The Stork Fan Club

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United States1704 Posts

August 10 2012 14:53 GMT

The Stork Fanclub

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Introduction

Called the Commander in Chief of No Weak Points Stork is known for his macro style and strong control. He was considered one of the "Three Neo-Kings" of Protoss and most notably helped to define modern Protoss vs. Terran play. He was also considered one of the Six Protoss Dragons of 2008 and early 2009.

A few months ago, Song Byung Goo, known by his ID Stork, debuted in his first ever Starcraft 2 match (an long, epic ProLeague match against ZerO on May 26th). Right from his first game he showed that his skill as a gamer translated well into SC2, as he made good tactical moves in the game before ultimately losing to a strong methodical Zerg push. Now, he is practicing SC2 with all his might and is ready to make his foray into the Starcraft 2 competitive scene. However his history goes all the way back to 2004, when a young Stork came onto the scene as a very strong Protoss player, showing very good results that would lead to one of the best careers of a Brood War progamer. With his BW past, Stork has been and will continue to be a force to be reckoned with. His amazing intelligence and gift for strategy made him one of the strongest Protosses of the Brood War era, and will no doubt make Stork a feared player in SC2.

Career as a Brood War Pro Gamer

Stork may have been known as the third most dominant player to ever touch the game of Starcraft: Brood War after Flash and NaDa if not for his poor luck in finals matches. After he joined Samsung Khan, Stork began to make a name for himself when he defeated foru in the 2004 CYON Challenge League final, earning him a fourth seed in the 2005 EVER OSL. The group stages of the EVER OSL put Stork in a very strong group with Xellos, Yellow, and Goodfriend. After upsetting Xellos in their game, Stork forced a tie-breaker between himself, Yellow, and Xellos. Despite losing the tie-breaker to Xellos, who eventually won a podium finish, Stork began to make a name for himself in both the OSL and as a contributor to Samsung KHAN’s team league success. It was a few years before Stork achieved major individual league success again, reaching the finals of the 2007 GOMTV MSL and EVER OSL but losing to Bisu and Jaedong respectively. He also lost in the finals of the 2007 WCG Korea Finals to Hwasin, yet finally achieved tournament victory again in the 2007 WCG Grand Finals over China's PJ. This ignited a string of strong performances over the next few years, with Stork reaching the finals of numerous events but ultimately coming short.

Then, in 2008, Stork made his breakthrough. He once again reached the finals of a major tournament, the 2008 Incruit OnGameNet Starleague, and faced Fantasy, who was walking the Royal Road. The stage of the Finals was set: Stork versus Fantasy. Would Stork's silver curse once again strike and crown Fantasy a Royal Roader?
Stork replied with a resounding 'no' in five highly suspenseful sets. Despite Stork gaining a two game lead, Fantasy evened the field in their matches on Return of the King and Plasma. With the final game returning to Chupung-Ryeong, Stork played at his fullest and finally earned his OSL gold (as well as breaking Kim Carrier's OSL prediction curse that had been in place since he had started commentating).

Since then, Stork has had varied success, reaching the finals of varied events such as WCG and the 2010-2011 Bacchus OSL but ultimately losing once again. He reached 100 victories in individual league for OSL in 2012, and was the recipient of the Golden Hand to acknowledge his accomplishment. His final major Brood War tournament appearance was in the Jin Air OSL ro16, where he went 0-3 in his group and was eliminated. With the end of Brood War coming in 2012, Stork finished his BW carrer with more 2nd place finishes than any other player with eight 2nd place finishes in KESPA-sanctioned and WCG events. Three of them are from consecutive WCG Korea tournaments in 2007, 2008, and 2009. He found great success during his time as a Brood War player, yet he just lacked that final little bit at the end that would have turned him into one of the most successful players ever.

If you're interested in his Brood War career, you can get more information at his BW Liquipedia Page. Additionally, check out [image loading]

Final Edits for a nice article that discusses Stork's early Brood War days.

Career as a Starcraft 2 Pro Gamer

Though Stork has just begun to compete in Starcraft 2 tournaments, he has demonstrated a decent level of skill against other former Brood War players who have competed against him. One of his most telling performances was coincidentally a loss in his first televised SC2 match against Woongjin Star's ZerO, a long macro game that saw Stork demonstrate a good understanding of the matchup in reaching the late stages of the game. In June, Flash and seven other KeSPA gamers traveled to Anaheim, CA to compete in a special exhibition tournament coordinated by Major League Gaming. Each team (except AirForce ACE) sent their best player to compete in the event, and the player list was a veritable "who's who" of top Real Time Strategy talent. Stork was defeated by Flash in the first round, and his tournament run was ended quickly.

Since his tournament appearance in June, Stork has only played a handful of ProLeague games. His next major SC2 tournament appearance is pending his attempts to qualify for Code A or the next SC2 OSL.

Stork
Real Name: Song Byung Goo (송병구)
Date of Birth: 1988-08-04
Alternate ID'S: Stork[gm], mansa[ok], sbg[gm]
Nicknames: The Bird, Dinosaur Toss
Team: Samsung Khan
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sbgstork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/byunggu88
Brood War Liquipedia Page: (Wiki)

Stork
SC2 Liquipedia Page: (Wiki)

Stork

Major Achievements

Brood War

2009 International E-sports Festival

2008 Incruit OnGameNet Starleague

2008 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational

2007 WCG Grand Finals

2004 CYON OnGameNet Challenge League

2010-2011 Bacchus OnGameNet Starleague

2009 WCG Grand Finals

2009 WCG Korea Finals

2008 International E-sports Festival

2008 WCG Korea Finals

2008 XNote GOMTV Star Invitational

2008 Bacchus OnGameNet Starleague

2007 EVER OnGameNet Starleague

2007 WCG Korea Finals

2007 GOMTV MBCGame StarCraft League
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2007 Daum OnGameNet Starleague

Recipient of Golden Hand for 100 individual league victories in OSL

TLPD Record: 396 wins - 261 losses (60.27%)

Starcraft 2

Ro8 at the KeSPA Invitational at MLG Anaheim

TLPD Record: 10 wins - 3 loses (76.92%)

Upcoming Matches

None

News / Interviews

Recent:
Blizzard eSports interviews Bisu, Stork, Jaedong, Flash
Slasher interviews Flash, Jaedong, Stork and Soulkey
Fantasy, Stork Jaedong and Leta interviewed at MLG Anaheim
Stork: "There needs to be a Players Council"
Tossgirl's interview with Stork
Twitter Q&A with Stork

Older:
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Song Byung Goo: The Little Protoss That Could
Incruit 2008 OSL Grand Finals TL LR
DES talks with Bisu and Stork
Stork and Bisu interviewed at IEF
2010 October MSL Prelims Winners interview
Stork and Jaedong 2010 offseason interviews
Starcraft Backstage Talk: Stork Interview
Jaedong, Bisu and Stork interviewed at WCG 2009
Jaedong and Stork interviewed at WCG 2009
Samsung interview: Stork, Firebathero and Coach

Media

Videos
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Stork and Bisu go on a Date

Stork and FBH check out some girl

KeSPA's Brood War Pro Players at MLG Anaheim

Stork interviewed by Slasher at MLG Anaheim
http://www.gamespot.com/videoembed/6381826

OGN After Talk with Stork

Stork and Bisu interviewed at WCG 2009

BW VODs
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2008 Incruit OnGameNet Finals
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Incruit 2008 OSL Finals Fantasy vs Stork 2008-11-01 Game 1 on Chupung-Ryeong

Incruit 2008 OSL Finals Fantasy vs Stork 2008-11-01 Game 2 on Medusa

Incruit 2008 OSL Finals Fantasy vs Stork 2008-11-01 Game 3 on Return of the King

Incruit 2008 OSL Finals Fantasy vs Stork 2008-11-01 Game 4 on Plasma

Incruit 2008 OSL Finals Fantasy vs Stork 2008-11-01 Game 5 on Chupung-Ryeong

Notable Games
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Shinhan 2010 Winners League Jaedong vs Stork 2010-02-20 on Match Point

SPL GGPlay vs Stork 2008-06-18 on Andromeda

SPL R2 Stork vs GoRush 2006-01-21 on Neo Requiem

SPL Bisu vs Stork 2009-06-10 on Shades of Twilight

Lost Saga MSL fOrGG vs Stork 2009-03-07 on Destination

Lost Saga MSL Kwanro vs Stork 2009-02-21 on Byzantium 2

Incruit 2008 OSL Quarterfinals BeSt vs Stork 2008-10-24 Game 3 on Return of the King

Incruit 2008 OSL Quarterfinals BeSt vs Stork 2008-10-24 Game 4 on Plasma

Highlights
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Best Highlights pt.1 by PurE)WinFollow

Best Highlights pt.2 by PurE)WinFollow

Stork the Bird by MooN

SC2 VODs
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SK Planet 2011-2012 Proleague Season 2
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SPL Stork vs ZerO 2012-05-26 on Entombed Valley

SPL Stork vs Fantasy 2012-06-03 on Entombed Valley

SPL Stork vs Organ 2012-06-23 on Antiga Shipyard

SPL Stork vs ZerO 2012-07-01 on Entombed Valley

SPL Stork vs Skyhigh 2012-07-10 on Ohana

SPL Stork vs BaBy 2012-07-22 on Ohana

SPL Stork vs Sun 2012-07-31 on Ohana

SPL Stork vs Wooki 2012-08-05 on Ohana

Pictures
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TL member Kiett poses with her lovely fanart of Taekbang (and Stork)
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Handsometoss
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Stork photoshoot by NeverGG
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Stork competing
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Funny
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Stork doing his best Flash impression

Misc
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Stork and RorO photoshoot
The origin of Stork's ID
Cellphone games are more worth my time than preparing for MSL Prelims

Fans

Fans (28)
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MonsterBeast
Kznn
nanaoei
OpticalShot
NasKe_
YMCApylons
bgx
bokchoi
ShiroKaisen
pathy
Hyde
Captain Peabody
kornetka
Mzimzim
smekz
nuke1991
RezChi
hipaul
whereismymind
Moka
eviltomahawk
AngelOvUriel
itsdaniel (#1 Stork fan)
TR
docvoc
Gojii
ryuu_
Polarexia

Fanart
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Taekbang Fire and Ice by Kiett

Please pm me if you wish to contribute any art or design skills. Stork's fanclub deserves to look amazing!

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Champion.

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8mmspikes

United States1704 Posts

August 10 2012 14:55 GMT

Thanks to NrGMonk for okaying the return of the Stork fanclub after a few months hiatus

As always if you have anything you want to contribute or you feel is missing from the OP, be it fanart, VODs, pictures etc, post it in the comments or pm me

MonsterBeast

Canada193 Posts

August 10 2012 14:55 GMT

Sign me up!

Kznn

Brazil9072 Posts

August 10 2012 15:00 GMT

I'm in

nanaoei

3358 Posts

August 10 2012 15:24 GMT

ME... please : )

OpticalShot

Canada6330 Posts

August 10 2012 15:27 GMT

YES
FINALLY
IM IN
STORK #1

NasKe_

Brazil570 Posts

August 10 2012 15:27 GMT

hey
sign me in please
i really like stork

YMCApylons

Taiwan359 Posts

August 10 2012 15:29 GMT

All time favorite Protoss...sign me up.

bgx

Poland6595 Posts

August 10 2012 16:04 GMT

Oh captain, my captain.

I LOVE YOU for making this fanclub.

Finally SC2 fanclubs are looking decent, no Stork no legitimacy, just like no modern PvT in BW

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Highligh Vod :
Stork the Bird made by MooN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP_iK21P51w

One of the best games ever played a MUST see.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijf6RysNq9I

some pictures:
Beacon of Hope and Wisdom, Captain Stork:
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Funny pictures:

Much younger stork being struck by a camera and Kim Ga Eul(KHAN manager) charm.
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I was looking for funny photo when someone cought Stork making angry "FU" face while walking next to Iris (i think). Remember seeing it on Nada's Body thread but cant find it now.

Kiett

United States7639 Posts

August 10 2012 16:05 GMT

#10

If you're going to use my art, please don't use a version that's been badly resized. Enlarging images make them look awful :|

hi-res original

bokchoi

Korea (South)9498 Posts

August 10 2012 16:27 GMT

#11

What happened to the old one? :[

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United States1704 Posts

August 10 2012 18:14 GMT

#12

On August 11 2012 01:27 bokchoi wrote:
What happened to the old one? :[

Closed due its owner not updating thread for a long time. Plus old one was not of the quality that is required for the fanclub of one of the TBLS :p

On August 11 2012 01:05 Kiett wrote:
If you're going to use my art, please don't use a version that's been badly resized. Enlarging images make them look awful :|

hi-res original

Yeah I pulled that one off his old fanculb TT I'll see what can be done
(no fair wanting to give Bisu more attention even in Storks fanclub though :p)

On August 11 2012 01:04 bgx wrote:
Oh captain, my captain.

I LOVE YOU for making this fanclub.

Finally SC2 fanclubs are looking decent, no Stork no legitimacy, just like no modern PvT in BW

+ Show Spoiler [some additions] +

Highligh Vod :
Stork the Bird made by MooN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP_iK21P51w

One of the best games ever played a MUST see.
+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijf6RysNq9I

some pictures:
Beacon of Hope and Wisdom, Captain Stork:
+ Show Spoiler +

Funny pictures:

Much younger stork being struck by a camera and Kim Ga Eul(KHAN manager) charm.
+ Show Spoiler +

I was looking for funny photo when someone cought Stork making angry "FU" face while walking next to Iris (i think). Remember seeing it on Nada's Body thread but cant find it now.

Thanks, updated

ShiroKaisen

United States1082 Posts

August 10 2012 18:37 GMT

#13

SONG BYUNG GU!

My first favorite BW progamer. Your reaver control... <3

pathy

Taiwan619 Posts

August 10 2012 18:42 GMT

#14

sign me up, ILY SBG

Hyde

Australia14568 Posts

August 10 2012 18:57 GMT

#15

On August 11 2012 01:04 bgx wrote:
I was looking for funny photo when someone cought Stork making angry "FU" face while walking next to Iris (i think). Remember seeing it on Nada's Body thread but cant find it now.

Also, you might want to remove all FOMOS related content.

No mention of Stork's 100 OSL wins + golden hand in his BW section D:
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8mmspikes

United States1704 Posts

August 10 2012 19:25 GMT

#16

On August 11 2012 03:57 Hyde wrote:

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Also, you might want to remove all FOMOS related content.

No mention of Stork's 100 OSL wins + golden hand in his BW section D:
http://i.imgur.com/VyOMD.jpg

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Updated! I can't find anything about the Golden hand anywhere though T__T

EDIT: found it thanks bgx

Captain Peabody

United States3139 Posts

August 10 2012 19:39 GMT

#17

Sign me up! Dinotoss fighting!

bgx

Poland6595 Posts

August 10 2012 19:44 GMT

#18

Ah it was NeverGG's photo.

About handprint
I cant remember where it was exatcly, the mention of 100th win was in http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=339466. But i remember reading about hand print somewhere else, maybe it was a simple mention by someone in comments. Cant remember right now. And to lazy to look it up today, tomorrow, no sweat. Its great Fanclub already