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EscPlan9
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2777 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-09 00:42:51
August 14 2012 21:04 GMT
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The EffOrt Fan Club

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(Z)EffOrt is a player most well known for his impressive streak during 2009 where he went 25-3 beating the likes of Jaedong and Flash, and of course, his distinct facial features that have given him various nicknames.


Profile

EffOrt
Real Name: Kim Jung Woo ( 김정우)
Date of Birth: 1991-01-30
Alternate ID'S: EffOrt, EffOrt[fOu], TheMuTaL
Nicknames: Alien Zerg, Hawkeye, Hawk, Phoenix, Messiah
Team: CJ Entus
Brood War Liquipedia Page: EffOrt
SC2 Liquipedia Page: EffOrt


Career as a Brood War Pro Gamer
Read all about it here on Liquipedia! (contents below):

EffOrt's first broadcasted match occurred in 2008 in the Ro128 of the GOM Classic Season 1 against ToSsGirL. He lost the first set, however, he came back to win the series two games to one. His run ended in the next round, where he lost 1–2 to fOrGG. Since then, he has proven to be more and more successful, and the next season became a regular on CJ Entus’ Proleague lineup, as well as reaching the Ro32 in the GOM Classic Season 2. EffOrt was dubbed the “neo-sAviOr” at that time due to his game-style’s strong resemblance to sAviOr, who is also on EffOrt’s team.

Effort was first noticed by many foreign fans in a televised match against Fantasy on Medusa. At the time, Fantasy was known for his fearsome tech-based TvZ build that many Zerg players struggled against. Effort won handedly with a 3 Hatchery Zergling all-in attack, made even more memorable because he spammed "1a2a3a4a" in the pre-game chat, suggesting he would do some sort of all-in. He was also affectionately termed "Alien Zerg" at this time due to his distinctive facial features.

During the first two rounds of Shinhan Bank Proleague 08–09, EffOrt became the most frequently used Ace player by his team. While performing sub-par in the Shinhan Bank Winners League 08–09, going 3–6 as a whole, he came back to form in SPL 08–09 Round 4. Through this he emerged as one of the best players statistically of 2009. He lasted until the Ro8 in the Avalon MSL, until Calm swept the series against him, 3–0. EffOrt was also in the semifinals of the GOM Classic Season 3, but lost to teammate, Iris, getting swept 3–0. EffOrt managed to defeat July in the 3rd place play-off, 3–1, which earned him a place at BlizzCon 2009. EffOrt was the eventual winner of BlizzCon 2009 as well, beating ZerO.

EffOrt continued his strong performances into the 09–10 Proleague Season. He finished with 10 wins and 3 losses, including 2 wins and 1 loss in ace matches with victories over JangBi and ZerO. After his strong performances in the Avalon MSL and Bacchus Starleague 2009, he was seeded into the round of 32 and round of 36 respectively. Despite his recent form, EffOrt was knocked out of his round of 32 NATE MSL group, losing 2 straight games to RuBy and Firefist. In his Round of 36 Starleague group, Effort defeated Frozean in two straight games, qualifying him into what many saw as this season’s Group of Death. Against opponents Shine, Calm and FanTaSy, EffOrt lost his first two initial ZvZs, and because of the outcome of the other matches, there would be no way he could qualify for the Round of 8. However, in his final game against FanTaSy, he could prevent a forced tiebreaker if he defeated the terran. On the final day of Starleague round of 16, EffOrt defeated FanTaSy on Heartbreak Ridge, stopping FanTaSy’s hopes of a fourth consecutive Starleague Semi-Final.

In Round 2 of the Proleague 09–10, EffOrt continued to show strong play, finishing the round with an 8–6 record and, once again, a 2–1 record in ace matches. This gives him a 19 win, 10 loss record going into Winners League and the third most wins of the league.

In the 2010 Korean Air Starleague, Effort defeated Flash, the heavy favorite, 3-2 after a 0-2 deficit. His OSL run included a 7 hour long tiebreaker in the group stage between go.go, Shine, and himself.

In September 2010, Effort announced his retirement, citing that he had achieved his goal as a progamer (to win a Starleague) and was seeking new challenges in life.

On March 21, 3:52 AM (KST), Hite Entus tweeted: "'Effort(Jungwoo Kim/Zerg)' is coming back! He will rejoin us from today and practice until he gets his pro-gamer license back on Aug 31st Plz cheer him up! Thank you!!!!!"

In his first game back, Effort defeated Hyvaa on Outlier after Hyvaa attempted to engage Effort's Zerglings who had a concave defending his ramp. Hyvaa traded poorly, a Zergling counter attack put his fast expanding economy behind Effort's one base play, and this allowed Effort to easily win the air battle capturing the team's first victory of the 2011-2012 Proleague Season 1.


Career as a Starcraft 2 Pro Gamer
(Z)EffOrt continues to improve on a regular basis. Too early to tell how well he'll do.





Major Achievements

[image loading]2010 Korean Air OnGameNet Starleague Season 1
[image loading]BlizzCon 2009
[image loading]2009 GOMTV Averatec-Intel Classic Season 3

Rookie of the Year Award (2009)

Brood War
TLPD Record
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All: 172-110 (60.99%)
vT: 58-43 (57.43%)
vZ: 67-44 (60.36%)
vP: 47-23 (67.14%)



News / Interviews / Quotes

Quotes:
From the interview shortly after winning the OSL in 2010:
Recently, I saw a show with Han Bi-ya [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Bi-ya] “If the world has to push you to the edge of the cliff, you might as well jump off. Then, you’ll realize you have a pair of wings.” At that time, I was in my longest slump. After I heard that, I thought “do I really have a pair of wings?”

And after falling off and into the re-re-re-re-game I immediately woke up. I really am a “hawk.” Because I fell down the cliff, I was able to discover my wings, and I was able to win the gold.

Now, standing on a high place, I really have become a hawk. Now all that’s left is to fly to an ever higher place. I will definitely become an awe-inspiring hawk that soars high in the sky. I hope to become that sort of player. I sincerely hope everyone waits for it.


Recent:
Korean WCS LR2 D1 (August 2012)
Will add more as I find them.

Older:
Interview on being named MVP (Dec 2011)

Surprise Relay Interview (Oct 2011)

EffOrt's triumphant return to SC! (Mar 2011)

Special Pre-MSL Interview (Feb 2011)

The maestro's apprentice - Blog post by jalstar shortly after EffOrt announced retirement with MANY links and short analysis of his VODs (Oct 2010)

EffOrt's announced retirement (Sept 2010)

Interview shortly after winning OSL (June 2010)

Adding more as I dig them up.



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After winning the Korean Air 2010, EffOrt received these airplane models
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Effort said: "I'm very happy that they printed the photo and words on just for me, a very big thank you to Korean Air. I will do my best in the upcoming Korean Air OSL S2."
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Noteable BW VODs
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2009 CJ Entus vs SK1 (EffOrt vs Bisu) - This is the game that first made me a fan of EffOrt! I was blown away by his multi-tasking!


2008 SPL (EffOrt vs Fantasy) - The game that made a lot of foreigners recognize EffOrt as an upcoming talented zerg. This was at the time Fantasy was wiping the floor with zergs with his TvZ mech builds. In the game lobby EffOrt is spamming 1a2a3a4a, and in-game he does a 3-hatch all-in to secure a quick victory!


2009 SPL (EffOrt vs Jaedong) - Mirror builds up until 6:30. EffOrt wins with superior Muta/Scourge micro!


2010 SPL (EffOrt vs Jaedong) - Expo hatch vs In-base macro hatch. Some great Muta/Scourge battles and fights for who can mine the most gas.

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Games every EffOrt fan should know (Thank you TreeHugger)
EffOrt vs great on Heartbreak Ridge (the spore defense game)


EffOrt vs Stork on Outsider (the SPL Playoffs ace match, aka "The Day EffOrt arrived")


EffOrt vs GosI[Flying] on New Heartbreak Ridge (the arbiter PvZ game)


EffOrt vs Flash on Judgment Day (the pre-OSL finals game)


EffOrt vs Flash on Match Point (Game 5 of the OSL finals)


EffOrt vs Flash on Fighting Spirit (the trololololol hive before lurkers game)

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EffOrt vs Luxury. A slightly longer and more back and forth ZvZ than usual.


Will add more later. Please suggest some!


Noteable SC2 VODs
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Will add later. Please suggest some!


Videos
HuskyStarcraft's "7 Things I Hate About Woo" (Parody)


Fan Site
EffOrt Fan Site (Korean)


This fanclub will be a place where we all convene to discuss the out-of-the-world, alien-like skill that EffOrt possesses! I will not be maintaining a list of fan members, but please do leave comments here showing your support of EffOrt!

I'd like this to be a fan club where we focus on our love of the game and our admiration and encouragement of EffOrt's continuing success through active discussions and positive comments. Tell us about why you like EffOrt so much, what is it about him and his play that garners your respect and admiration? What do you want to see him do next? Where do you see him going in the near future, or a few years from now, and what should he do to get there?

Additional art, pictures, videos, interviews, etc are more than welcome! Post the link and I'll put it here!
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bgx
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland6595 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 21:22:34
August 14 2012 21:09 GMT
#2
Good Fanclub!
Stork[gm]
EscPlan9
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2777 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 21:59:23
August 14 2012 21:10 GMT
#3
edit: removed some pictures that I did not have rights to post. My bad. Carry on! (Please alert me if you request anything to be taken down for similar reasons)
Undefeated TL Tecmo Super Bowl League Champion
massivez
Profile Joined May 2010
Belgium653 Posts
August 14 2012 21:13 GMT
#4
Sign me up one of my favorite BW zergs. And he really impressed me today in sc2!
rysecake
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2632 Posts
August 14 2012 21:27 GMT
#5
About damn time. Put me on the list.
The Notorious Winkles
Kamwah
Profile Joined February 2012
United Kingdom724 Posts
August 14 2012 21:29 GMT
#6
Another Zerg that micros! Welcome to the SC2 scene Eff0rt!
Learn to count with CatsPajamas!
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?36201 Posts
August 14 2012 21:32 GMT
#7
WHOOO!

EFFORT!

F*** YEAH!
ModeratorI've been managing Liquibets for 11 years! Bonjwa fo sho >.<
TL+ Member
Samp
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada783 Posts
August 14 2012 21:34 GMT
#8
effort =) the best!
Banelings, "They're cute, they live in a nest". -Artosis
Goldenfighter
Profile Joined August 2011
United States45 Posts
August 14 2012 21:40 GMT
#9
Effort so good
Sign me up :D
FruitDealer | Hero | Nada | Polt | Effort
acgFork
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada397 Posts
August 14 2012 21:44 GMT
#10
sign me up.
acgFork 208
8mmspikes
Profile Joined January 2012
United States1704 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 21:47:24
August 14 2012 21:46 GMT
#11
Good fan club sign me up!

Also EffOrt is now 8-1 in ZvZ after playing DRG yesterday :p
Suppy fan | ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ノ WELL MET ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ノ | http://www.twitter.com/8mmspikes
Kahzaar
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden897 Posts
August 14 2012 21:48 GMT
#12
I never watched Brood War, but I'm impressed by his transition to sc2. Sign me up
MonsterBeast
Profile Joined October 2011
Canada193 Posts
August 14 2012 21:58 GMT
#13
Sign me up!
It is what it is.
Soze
Profile Joined October 2011
9 Posts
August 14 2012 22:09 GMT
#14
Sign me up! Also, I find how he sits when he plays games way to funny.
tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-14 22:19:35
August 14 2012 22:11 GMT
#15
KIM JUNG WOOOOOOOOOOO

Games every EffOrt fan should know:
+ Show Spoiler +
EffOrt vs great on Heartbreak Ridge (the spore defense game)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45XZ9DUsZaE

EffOrt vs Stork on Outsider (the SPL Playoffs ace match, aka "The Day EffOrt arrived")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7lr0i1t2BI

EffOrt vs GosI[Flying] on New Heartbreak Ridge (the arbiter PvZ game)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMq-MT01Ai4

EffOrt vs Flash on Judgment Day (the pre-OSL finals game)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haoiocU0HTA

EffOrt vs Flash on Match Point (Game 5 of the OSL finals)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rz8B2a2FpQ

EffOrt vs Flash on Fighting Spirit (the trololololol hive before lurkers game)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuyDY-K0uUE


ModeratorEffOrt, Snow, GuMiho, and Team Liquid
Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
August 14 2012 22:13 GMT
#16
Thanks for making this, its really nice.

Sign me up! Wooooooooooooooooooo
TR
Profile Joined February 2011
2320 Posts
August 14 2012 22:16 GMT
#17
Sign me up! Been fan of him for long time and it's good to see him doing well in SC2!
EscPlan9
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2777 Posts
August 14 2012 22:22 GMT
#18
Thank you for the suggestions treehugger! Adding them now!
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ShowTheLights
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Korea (South)1625 Posts
August 14 2012 22:30 GMT
#19
:D SIGN ME UP! ITS BLOCK B Time!
•••Acer.MMA••• <> KT_Puzzle <> JinAir•GreenWings_CoCa <> CJ_herO <> Axiom CranK & Ryung <> IM_Seed <> IM_Squirtle <> le' ToD <> Innovation <> ROOT_CatZ <> inuh! <> Chobra <> SKT1_Fantasy
MetalPanda
Profile Joined April 2012
Canada1152 Posts
August 14 2012 22:34 GMT
#20
Effort really deserves a fanclub, thanks for making it Sign me up!
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