[SPL] MBCGame HERO vs STX SouL

Pretty decent TvZ, with good moments for both players. Still, could have been closer. Not a must-watch, but something that doesn't need to be skipped either.

Ah... much better. Action all over the place, nice drops, awesome micro, definitely recommended.

Game of the Night. Low Econ awesomeness you cannot miss.

Plenty of highs and lows, but the entertainment quality wasn't all that good. Maybe if you have time.

Failed push into pretty much gg. Nothing to see here folks, move along.

Brilliant comeback or miserable failure? Maybe even both, but overall not that good, if you don't like failure. In that case, games of these two players should be right up your alley.

Interesting turn of events, but overall too lopsided to warrant a recommendation. No.

Role

Light is MBC’s second ace player and nice guy. He also happens to be one of the best TvZers of all time, a status he achieved ironically in the months after getting 2-0ed by Kwanro at the Nate MSL on Jan 7th 2010. His loss against Kwanro marked a defining moment in his career.

Before the “Kwanro Incident”, Light’s winrate against zerg was an excellent 63%. But since then, his winrate against zerg within the past year has exploded to a mind boggling 78%.

Light’s performances against Lee Ssang have also improved since then. Before getting Kwanrolled, Light’s winrate against Jaedong was 36.4%. He had also never beaten Flash in their 4 meetings before. However, within the past year he has recorded a 54.6% winrate against Jaedong, beaten Flash 2 out of the 5 times they’ve met since and reached the Ro4 of a starleague for the first time. The “Kwanro Incident” can be considered a turning point in Light’s career.
Now if he can just fix that TvP of his…



Highlights


Results wise, the highlight of Light’s career was undoubtedly reaching the Ro4 of Bigfile MSL. After losing 2-3 to Jaedong in that series, Light was devastated and left pondering what could have been had he built a bunker in game 5.

However the quarterfinal match between Light and EffOrt was a better series, especially the game on Polaris Rhapsody. In fact Light himself has said that that was one of the best games he has ever played:




Current Form


Light’s form has been rather indifferent this season. Beating the likes of Flash and Jaedong and then losing to less than average protosses. To Light’s credit though, he has been extremely unlucky with the opponents he draws. Of the 30 games he’s played this year, he has met Flash & Stork trice each, Jaedong, Zero & BaBy twice, and Kal & Fantasy once.

Light is also a notoriously slow starter in games. It takes awhile for him to warm up, but the longer the game goes, the better his play becomes. This makes him somewhat prone to timing attacks but is also a reason why he does well in Winners League. If Light wins his opening game in WL, the chances of him 3-killing or all-killing go up exponentially.

Unfortunately, while Coach Ha started him in most matches during last season’s WL, MuMyung’s strategy has been to rotate starters each match, a reasonable strategy for the team but not so beneficial to Light’s WL record.

Light’s best game this season was his win against BaBy, enroute to his all-kill of Wemade. Interestingly, he used a wraith build in every game in that all-kill:




Did you know?


Light loves to watch movies and Korean dramas.Sea revealed that Light cried while watching the drama Dae Mul.

He is also very supportive of his teammates. He helped Jaehoon a lot during the latter’s disastrous 2009-2010 season.

Light is from Busan. After he turned pro, Light moved from Busan to Seoul and transfered schools as well. A modest, shy and quiet person, Light got up every day at 6am to attend high school even after practicing into the early hours of the morning. Because he struggled to manage both progaming and regular school, after the first year of high school he withdrew from his studies. He stated that it was not an easy decision but he was able to do so with the help of his parents. Light said that he will continue his studies after he retires from progaming.

He was once bothered by the nickname “invisible Terran”. The nickname came about after Shark won a game in the 2007-08 season and high-fived everyone in the MBC team except Light. However, in a 2009 interview, Light said that it no longer bothers him.

Light's original nickname, “Super Terran” was coined after he won the 2006 OGN Super Rookie Tournament and played really well during his rookie season in 2006-2007, helping MBC to win the proleague.


Light once had red hair:



Light has an interesting sense of humour. On his previous cyworld page, he used to post funny photoshopped pictures of his teammates. Some years ago, he also did ceremonies after winning important matches:



After publicly stating that he would not do a ceremony for this season’s PD Pop MSL Group Selection, he surprised everyone with the funny “Terran scan” ceremony:



Light is quite popular among BW fangirls. Light fangirls waiting with gifts for him after his MSL match:


A regular Light fan-meeting:



The most famous Light fangirl is “Light Girl”.
Light Girl emerged sometime in 2010. Initially netizens speculated that she was Light’s girlfriend because she regularly attended MBC’s proleague and Light’s starleague matches.
But it turned out that she was just a fangirl.

Who is Light Girl?
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After one of his MSL matches last season, Light was reported to have deliberately thrown a signed shirt to Light Girl instead of other fans in the audience. An allegation he later denied in his post-match interview.

As different as they are, Light and Sea were born just 1 day apart.