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Road to BlizzCon #4 - mYi.StarDust - WCS 2014

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Road to BlizzCon #4 - mYi.StarDust - WCS 2014

Text bystuchiu
Graphics byMeru, shiroiusagi
October 21st, 2014 01:22 GMT

Photo Credit: ESLProtoss
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Stardust

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The Star

by stuchiu

Every Korean pro-gamer's career has an expiration date. And that is mandatory military service. Puma once called it a death sentence. A ticking clock. One that inevitably ends the career of all Korean pro-gamers. It is something that looms in the back of their minds. A constant plague, a sword that hangs above them ready to strike down at any moment. As the days, weeks, and months pass by the pressure to retire now and do military service grows as they realize that they are inevitably taking loans on their own future.

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They are as falling stars. They burn with a bright intensity as they burn their youth in search for the fulfillment of their dreams, ambitions and ideals. But once they crash, once the sword drops, once military service comes in, it is lights out. It is more than just 2 years of life; for many it is the end of youth. A hard reset of their lives knowing that all they have built up must be put on halt and the world marches on.

It is fitting then that M18M changed his name to StarDust upon the end of his BW career and the end of his tenure at Air Force ACE. His star had already burned out during his BW career. 4 years with little to no results. He had burned out and all that was left was Stardust.

For other players, military service is the end. For StarDust it was a rebirth. Near the end of his military service, KeSPA finally picked up SC2. And StarDust’s career hasn't been the same since.

The first time we saw StarDust was on opening day of SPL. It was Air Force ACE against Samsung Khan. And StarDust played RorO on Ohana. In that game, StarDust befuddled RorO as he went for a mass air army. Anything that could be made out of a Stargate was made. Phoenixes, void rays, carriers. It was a strange game in a strange time when all of protoss had given up on any other strategy beyond Soul Train and 3 base timing attacks. And while RorO’s inexperience contributed to StarDust’s win, I can’t help but think how symbolic this game was.

On the map most favorable for Soul Trains, in a meta that had given up on air-style protoss, in a match where his entire team had lost, StarDust won with a strategy of his own devising in a way unique to him. And that is the story of StarDust. A man who cut across the heavens to make a path all his own. Who’s very way of playing made you know StarDust was a man born to fly. From his debut against RorO, to his shocking finals against Jaedong, and his countless battles in WCS EU, you could see it in all his games. His burning passion for the game, his burning passion to win, to fly.

And StarDust did fly. First to America for a brief stint under team LighT. And then he joined mYi upon realizing how many more tournaments there were in the EU scene. Since then the fates of mYi and StarDust have been intrinsically linked. It was mYi’s biggest pick up to date and StarDust rewarded their faith as he immediately won his first ever Dreamhack in one of the great finals of HotS.

Both in and out of game, you can see StarDust’s passion and drive. He is constantly trying to improve his play. Since winning his first ever Dreamhack, Stardust has never hit a slump as he is constantly practicing and working on his play. Outside the game, he has become a paragon of what a pro-player should aspire to be. He interacts with his fans, learned English, even created his own talk show. Even spiteful names like CheeseDust were taken and twisted into an ironic epitaph. StarDust in his talk show once said that he was living his dream right now. That all he wanted to do was play the game and eventually work in eSports. And you can see that passion, that drive in him in everything he has done from the beginning of his career until now. Whether it be in Brood War, on LighT or on mYi, StarDust is a man who knows what he wants and does everything in his power to achieve it.

And this weekend he wants to win. In his SC2 career, he has achieved everything he has already set out for. When he left for America from Korea he wrote:

After that, I was not sure whether I should keep playing BW or SC2 as a pro or I should stop doing it. I loved playing BW much more than playing with textbooks in school, but I was not sure I can still do a good job in this area. However, after a long time of pondering, I decided to come to US and play SC2.


Where other players had given it up, StarDust had pushed on. When StarDust had left America for mYi, he wrote:

While living in NA I realized that EU has more tournaments, both online and offline...I needed to go EU. My goal is simple: To win a major tournament like Dreamhack or WCS.


He has now won both. Upon losing in the ro16 for the first time in WCS EU he wrote:










Tomorrow has come today. Two years ago, StarDust left Korea for America and joined LighT to become a pro-gamer in SC2. One year ago, he left America for Europe and joined mYi to win his first Dreamhack and WCS EU. In November, he goes to Blizzcon to challenge the best in the word for a chance to win Blizzcon and memorialize his career forever.


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Writer: stuchiuGraphics: shiroiusagi, MeruPhoto Credit: GSL, inven eSports, Fomos, Silverfire, itsjustatank, Dreamhack, Blizzard, GHOSTCLAW, Helena KristianssonEditor: lichter
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lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
October 21 2014 01:22 GMT
#2
that cheese fondue
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Picasso
Profile Joined October 2013
Korea (South)52 Posts
October 21 2014 01:29 GMT
#3
inspirational success story...
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
October 21 2014 01:29 GMT
#4
Thanks for reminding me of the most forgettable player in Blizzcon, after San of course.
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
October 21 2014 01:41 GMT
#5
Stardust is the Star? Nice

Honestly, I had never thought of him in this way. Very interesting
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di4m0nd
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United States297 Posts
October 21 2014 01:43 GMT
#6
this
"StarDust in his talk show once said that he was living his dream right now. That all he wanted to do was play the game and eventually work in eSports."

After hearing him say this, it was clear to me that he is truly passionate about the game and esports in general. i always respected his play but after that statement in is talk show, I realized Stardust had become one of my fav players.

anyways great article, cant wait to read the upcoming ones.
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ZigguratOfUr
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Iraq16955 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-21 01:45:20
October 21 2014 01:44 GMT
#7
Great article. His tarot card is broken though: all there is a grey back.
DreameRSC2
Profile Joined January 2013
United States7 Posts
October 21 2014 01:48 GMT
#8
Seriously, whoever writes these articles deserves a medal.

Amazing stuff, awesome job!
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Trizztein
Profile Joined August 2014
Canada45 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-21 01:52:54
October 21 2014 01:50 GMT
#9
I can't help but think this DOES look like these articles are going from the least favorable players to win blizzcon to the most ... I was actually betting on stardust for #4 and here he is.

But still, great writing, very respectful and inspired.
Picasso
Profile Joined October 2013
Korea (South)52 Posts
October 21 2014 01:53 GMT
#10
his mention about defeat is intriguing, too. For many of us losses hurt way more than victories make us happy. But think about pro players that play 30+ games a day. They've lost more games than we've played... thinking about how many times these pros' confidences were shattered in SC2 makes me want to practice harder.
shiroiusagi
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
SoCal, USA3955 Posts
October 21 2014 01:54 GMT
#11
On October 21 2014 10:44 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Great article. His tarot card is broken though: all there is a grey back.


Not sure what to tell you. :x Either you internet is bad or the browser you are using isn't rendering out the stuff right, If the cards are all grey they are showing the back of the cards. Grey cards mean they haven't been revealed yet. Not sure what else to tell ya.
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lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
October 21 2014 02:02 GMT
#12
pro tip: if you can find just the right spot, you can make a card bug out and spin like crazy
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SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
October 21 2014 02:03 GMT
#13
On October 21 2014 10:54 shiroiusagi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 21 2014 10:44 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
Great article. His tarot card is broken though: all there is a grey back.


Not sure what to tell you. :x Either you internet is bad or the browser you are using isn't rendering out the stuff right, If the cards are all grey they are showing the back of the cards. Grey cards mean they haven't been revealed yet. Not sure what else to tell ya.


I get it on the San card too. It reverses to grey
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pure.Wasted
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Canada4701 Posts
October 21 2014 02:14 GMT
#14
You guys are pretty good at making me almost care about players I don't like, I'll give you that.
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lichter
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
October 21 2014 02:14 GMT
#15
when in doubt blame internet explorer
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SetGuitarsToKill
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Canada28396 Posts
October 21 2014 02:14 GMT
#16
On October 21 2014 11:14 lichter wrote:
when in doubt blame internet explorer

But I use Firefox...
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ZigguratOfUr
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Iraq16955 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-21 02:31:03
October 21 2014 02:17 GMT
#17
On October 21 2014 11:14 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 21 2014 11:14 lichter wrote:
when in doubt blame internet explorer

But I use Firefox...


Same. But I reloaded the page a few times and the image on the back of Stardust's tarot card started rendering correctly.
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Canada13389 Posts
October 21 2014 02:37 GMT
#18
If you get a grey box just do a cache refresh (ctrl f5 on windows)
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United States3584 Posts
October 21 2014 03:19 GMT
#19
Using Chrome here, no problems.
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United States1318 Posts
October 21 2014 03:38 GMT
#20
On October 21 2014 10:29 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Thanks for reminding me of the most forgettable player in Blizzcon, after San of course.

You heartless monster. How can you not like/remember StarDust after Dreamhack Summer? And ManZenith, the guy who has Taeja as his #1 fan.
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