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Isn't Zero's ID Mensol?

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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33540 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-25 18:13:54
November 25 2009 18:12 GMT
#1
I'm pretty sure his ID is Mensol and his clan tag is Zero...

So do we just call him Zero because we were confused early on, and now we're too used to it to fix the mistake?

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vnlegend
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1389 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-25 18:15:07
November 25 2009 18:14 GMT
#2
Yea. This is what I've always said in the beginning but everyone is like "no, he's Zero!" GOM, OSL, and foreign tournaments have always listed him as Mensol (which is probably the nickname he/the koreans provided to them).
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Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
November 25 2009 18:16 GMT
#3
Being able to tell between their korean names and usernames is hard enough. Now they do this. t_t
Shauni
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
4077 Posts
November 25 2009 18:16 GMT
#4
What's your source for being pretty sure? Why do you think his nick is Mensol and not Zero? I thought the reverse was already stated.
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Megalisk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States6095 Posts
November 25 2009 18:17 GMT
#5
Lol I remember all the confusion at Blizzcon because of this,,Zero sounds cooler.
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vnlegend
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1389 Posts
November 25 2009 18:18 GMT
#6
The source is the tournaments showing his nickname as Mensol. For Jin Young Soo, they showed Hwasin. For zero's nickname, they showed Mensol. GOM and other events have also done this in the past.
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33540 Posts
November 25 2009 18:18 GMT
#7
On November 26 2009 03:16 Shauni wrote:
What's your source for being pretty sure? Why do you think his nick is Mensol and not Zero? I thought the reverse was already stated.


Everytime his profile is on Korean TV, his ID is stated as Mensol
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Durak
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada3685 Posts
November 25 2009 18:21 GMT
#8
Honestly, I think Zero is a cooler name than Mensol so I prefer using it. I suppose if Mensol is his actual name it should be used instead.
ReketSomething
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States6012 Posts
November 25 2009 18:23 GMT
#9
He's cute regardless so it doesn't matter
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FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
November 25 2009 18:26 GMT
#10
On November 26 2009 03:16 Shauni wrote:
What's your source for being pretty sure? Why do you think his nick is Mensol and not Zero? I thought the reverse was already stated.


his ID is MenSoL[ZerO]. [ZerO] is a clan.
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Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
7000 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-25 18:31:14
November 25 2009 18:27 GMT
#11
I honestly remember this being the exact opposite and people confused it to be Mensol before he was known..

I mean, it makes sense too to assume that zero is the clan in Mensol[Zero] so thats why there was confusion, idk maybe I'm just being a retard.

edit: google leads me to believe that MenSol is indeed the clan as I found lots of players with that as their clan tag, but maybe they're fans?
skronch
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2717 Posts
November 25 2009 18:27 GMT
#12
yea, i always see him identified as mensol in tv broadcasts. i think we just prefer zero because it sounds approximately 43758437 times cooler
hasuprotoss
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States4612 Posts
November 25 2009 18:29 GMT
#13
On November 26 2009 03:21 Durak wrote:
Honestly, I think Zero is a cooler name than Mensol so I prefer using it. I suppose if Mensol is his actual name it should be used instead.


김명운 is his actual name. Mensol is his actual gamer tag. Big difference there
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Rostam
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2552 Posts
November 25 2009 18:32 GMT
#14
Found an old post about a clan tourney:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=48300

Mensol is listed as one of the clans, seems reasonable enough to me since there doesn't seem to be any mention of a clan Zero.
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Pads
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
England3228 Posts
November 25 2009 18:33 GMT
#15
I think he might be in both MenSol and [Zero] if you people are sure that [Zero] is the clantag. I have seen the tag MenSol quite a few times before but have never heard of nor seen [Zero].
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Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3001 Posts
November 25 2009 18:36 GMT
#16
During GOM, I'm pretty sure Tasteless said something along the lines of his name originally being Zero, with Mensol being the clan, then for whatever reason, he dropped the Zero, and just went by his clan name. And there was much talk about it being a lady hygiene product.
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haster27
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Taiwan809 Posts
November 25 2009 18:42 GMT
#17
So.. is the clan name Mensol or Zero ?
Rostam
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2552 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-25 18:48:07
November 25 2009 18:44 GMT
#18
I've never seen him use anything but MenSol[Zero] in-game, I think he just submits that as his ID and they assume Zero is the clan tag since it's in the typical position of one.

And that seemed to be the assumption made by people in LR threads as well in his earlier games so I'm not sure exactly when he started being called Zero.

On July 16 2007 03:34 GTR wrote:
Mensol is really good, not suprising he's rolling over Hery.


On May 18 2008 16:26 GTR wrote:
Mensol blows, I don't understand why the coach decides to risk an ace match vs a top team on the hands of some mediocre zerg.

Should have sent free.... atleast they would have had a bigger chance.


A note on a non-Zero replay:

On January 30 2008 06:44 Puosu wrote:
Thanks for the replays, Inc.
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On January 30 2008 17:22 zulu_nation8 wrote:
I thought it was mensol[etoos], there's a replay of him on gg.net i think

Mensol is a clan.

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city42
Profile Joined October 2007
1656 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-25 19:21:37
November 25 2009 19:12 GMT
#19
I don't know where people here are getting their info, but the clan is most definitely Mensol. It just gets a bit confusing because the clan tag is Mensol[id], similar to GosI[id]. He is zero of the Mensol clan.

edit: if you need evidence, do a ygosu or yaoyuan replay search for "mensol" and take a look at the different names that come up. Mensol[Zero], Mensol[Zerg], Mensol[Ryu], etc.

This isn't the first time there's been id/clan confusion. I remember TT just called himself Ever) after a while because of all the mix-ups.
SkylineSC
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States564 Posts
November 25 2009 19:21 GMT
#20
On November 26 2009 04:12 city42 wrote:
I don't know where people here are getting their info, but the clan is most definitely Mensol. Anyone who argues this is wrong. It just gets a bit confusing because the clan tag is Mensol[id], similar to GosI[id]. He is zero of the Mensol clan.

edit: if you need evidence, do a ygosu or yaoyuan replay search for "mensol" and take a look at the different names that come up. Mensol[Zero], Mensol[Zerg], Mensol[Ryu], etc.


On November 26 2009 03:26 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 26 2009 03:16 Shauni wrote:
What's your source for being pretty sure? Why do you think his nick is Mensol and not Zero? I thought the reverse was already stated.


his ID is MenSoL[ZerO]. [ZerO] is a clan.


which is it :O
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
November 25 2009 19:23 GMT
#21
his id is zero mensol[] is the clan tag
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33540 Posts
November 25 2009 19:28 GMT
#22
so OGN and MBCGame are wrong -_-?
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Shauni
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
4077 Posts
November 25 2009 19:29 GMT
#23
On November 26 2009 04:28 Waxangel wrote:
so OGN and MBCGame are wrong -_-?

yes!
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BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10833 Posts
November 25 2009 19:40 GMT
#24
Yeah, the 2v2 player Core on iccup was aka Mensol[Core]
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OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
November 25 2009 19:43 GMT
#25
On November 26 2009 03:18 Waxangel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 26 2009 03:16 Shauni wrote:
What's your source for being pretty sure? Why do you think his nick is Mensol and not Zero? I thought the reverse was already stated.


Everytime his profile is on Korean TV, his ID is stated as Mensol

Mensol is a pretty famous clan in Korea, I don't know why they would show his ID as mensol lol.

What profile are we talking about? Like player introductions? Both OGN and MBC always show his ID as Mensol[ZerO]. On their websites, they have him listed as Mensol[ZerO] as well.
miseiler
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States1389 Posts
November 25 2009 19:51 GMT
#26
On November 26 2009 04:43 OneOther wrote:
What profile are we talking about? Like player introductions? Both OGN and MBC always show his ID as Mensol[ZerO]. On their websites, they have him listed as Mensol[ZerO] as well.


In the last OSL, the one with the "underwater" intro, he was shown as Mensol in the intro.
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pubbanana
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3063 Posts
November 25 2009 19:51 GMT
#27
I didn't read anything in the thread, but MenSol is the clan and ZerO is his ID. There are a few Korean clans who type their IDs like this: ClanID[MemberID], which is against the conventional way of MemberID[ClanID].
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OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
November 25 2009 19:59 GMT
#28
On November 26 2009 04:51 miseiler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 26 2009 04:43 OneOther wrote:
What profile are we talking about? Like player introductions? Both OGN and MBC always show his ID as Mensol[ZerO]. On their websites, they have him listed as Mensol[ZerO] as well.


In the last OSL, the one with the "underwater" intro, he was shown as Mensol in the intro.

Ah okay, I guess even OGN and MBC make errors too haha
ZZangDreamjOy
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada959 Posts
November 25 2009 20:01 GMT
#29
MenSol is a korean guild, a decent one, not great. ZerO is their only real progamer. His ID is ZerO, OGN/MBC just like to fuck up.
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Astrogation
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States477 Posts
November 25 2009 20:01 GMT
#30
Like how they showed Calm as inter.clam last night
DreaM)XeRO
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Korea (South)4667 Posts
November 25 2009 20:11 GMT
#31
fuck Mensol
sounds like a mint candy

Just call him zero
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tirentu
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1257 Posts
November 25 2009 20:32 GMT
#32
I love how we just can't figure this out.
Clow
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Brazil880 Posts
November 25 2009 20:50 GMT
#33
It's Mensol, I'm his friend and he told me.
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Rostam
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2552 Posts
November 25 2009 20:52 GMT
#34
On November 26 2009 05:32 tirentu wrote:
I love how we just can't figure this out.


Seems pretty figured out to me..
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pubbanana
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3063 Posts
November 25 2009 23:06 GMT
#35
On November 26 2009 04:59 OneOther wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 26 2009 04:51 miseiler wrote:
On November 26 2009 04:43 OneOther wrote:
What profile are we talking about? Like player introductions? Both OGN and MBC always show his ID as Mensol[ZerO]. On their websites, they have him listed as Mensol[ZerO] as well.


In the last OSL, the one with the "underwater" intro, he was shown as Mensol in the intro.

Ah okay, I guess even OGN and MBC make errors too haha


They used to fuck up progamer's IDs ALL THE TIME on every single game channel a long time ago. They still make a few errors here and there, but it's much more infrequent (but still occurs, as is evident by calling him MenSol and not ZerO).

I think most of it has to do with the fact that no one cares about the progamer's IDs in Korea, they are all known by their real names, not by their IDs.
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OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
November 25 2009 23:14 GMT
#36
On November 26 2009 08:06 pubbanana wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 26 2009 04:59 OneOther wrote:
On November 26 2009 04:51 miseiler wrote:
On November 26 2009 04:43 OneOther wrote:
What profile are we talking about? Like player introductions? Both OGN and MBC always show his ID as Mensol[ZerO]. On their websites, they have him listed as Mensol[ZerO] as well.


In the last OSL, the one with the "underwater" intro, he was shown as Mensol in the intro.

Ah okay, I guess even OGN and MBC make errors too haha


They used to fuck up progamer's IDs ALL THE TIME on every single game channel a long time ago. They still make a few errors here and there, but it's much more infrequent (but still occurs, as is evident by calling him MenSol and not ZerO).

I think most of it has to do with the fact that no one cares about the progamer's IDs in Korea, they are all known by their real names, not by their IDs.

Yea that is absolutely true. I had a chat with a friend from Korea about progamers and he didn't know who free[gm] was. Only knew him by 윤용태.
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
November 25 2009 23:31 GMT
#37
players change names too, free uses pretty[gm], but his real name never changes
I only know the korean names of the big players, I only know the other ones by their gamer tags.
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Jopz
Profile Joined January 2008
United States262 Posts
November 26 2009 00:01 GMT
#38
Yeah OGN and MBC aren't infallible, just ask CLAM.
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-26 00:03:38
November 26 2009 00:02 GMT
#39
Frankly since no one in Korea gives a shit what their ID is, it seems like the best option is to just keep the one thats most liked. ZerO is a cool name and Mensol is silly, same deal with Luxury/practice or free/pretty.
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Ganfei
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Taiwan1439 Posts
November 26 2009 00:04 GMT
#40
I know one Korean name, and it's Lim Yo Hwan. I don't know anyone else. Wait, is Lee Yun Yeol...is that Nada? Fuck I don't know. Shit. ummm oh yeah, Lee Jaedong (is that a name or just his ID?)

lol.
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United States9292 Posts
November 26 2009 00:05 GMT
#41
which is cooler: piano or organ?
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United States33540 Posts
November 26 2009 00:11 GMT
#42
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Durak
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada3685 Posts
November 26 2009 00:39 GMT
#43
On November 26 2009 03:29 hasuprotoss wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 26 2009 03:21 Durak wrote:
Honestly, I think Zero is a cooler name than Mensol so I prefer using it. I suppose if Mensol is his actual name it should be used instead.


김명운 is his actual name. Mensol is his actual gamer tag. Big difference there


I used "name" to mean handle or tag or ID or any other similar word. It wasn't the best choice considering I preceded it by "actual." I don't think anyone would believe Mensol is a korean name.
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United Kingdom5399 Posts
November 26 2009 00:41 GMT
#44
He's cute whatever his name is;

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