- Korean e-Sports Award Ceremony
- Interview with Jaedong
- Interview with Flash
- Shortest OSL Finals ever
Korean e-Sports Award Ceremony
As expected, Jaedong stood in the spotlight of this year’s Awards, taking home awards for Best Winning Percentage, Best Zerg and most importantly the award for the Best Player of 2007. Stork, the guy we thought would never win something finally did win something: Best Protoss of the Year. Best Terran and Best Newcomer were awarded to Flash, also known as the ‘Young Monster’ (in reference to Ilooveoov the ‘Monster Terran’).
A picture gallery can be found at Fomos.
Here’s the full list of laureates:
# Best Match of theYear (3 can be picked)
Bisu vs Hwasin - GomTV MSL Season 3 Round of 16 Game 3
Bisu vs sAviOr - EVER OSL Round of 8, 2nd Set
sAviOr vs YellOw[ArnC] - Shinhan Bank Proleague Playoffs vs OGN
# Best Ceremony
firebathero (Samsung KHAN) - Shinhan PL R1 Finals
# Best Fans/Supporters
Lecaf Oz
# Fairplay Team
Airforce ACE
# Special Prize for Efforts
Shinhan Bank
# Friendship/Friendliness Prize [not really sure what kind of award this is]
Goodfriend (eSTRO)
# Most Improved Player
Mind (WeMade FOX)
# Best Progaming Related Show
Starcraft Gossip (OGN)
# Best New Map
Blue Storm
# Best Player - Warcraft III
Moon (MYM)
# Most Wins
Stork (Samsung KHAN)
# Best Win Percentage
Jaedong (Lecaf Oz)
# Best Teamplay
Flower/ Justin (OGN Sparkyz)
# Newcomer of the Year
Flash (KTF MagicNs)
# Best Coach
Jo JeongUng (Lecaf Oz)
# Best Player – Terran
Flash (KTF MagicNs)
# Best Player – Zerg
Jaedong (Lecaf Oz)
# Best Player – Protoss
Stork (Samsung KHAN)
# Best Korean Game
Special Force (Dragonfly)
# Player of the Year (Team of the Year)
Jaedong (Lecaf Oz)
# Starcraft Proteam of the Year
Lecaf Oz
Source:
FiFo
Short Interviews – Quick Translations
Interview with Jaedong
-You were awarded with 3 prizes
I am very happy that I got 3 prizes at this prestigious Event. In the 2008 Season I will put in even more effort so I can get 4 or even 5 prizes. Next time I would like to get the prize for Best/Most memorable Match and Most Wins, too.
-You were nominated for 4 awards, how many did you think you would get? And which one was the one you wanted to get the most?
The one wanted to have the most was of course the Best Player of 2007 award. I knew that I’d get the award for Best Winning Percentage and I was happy to get the Best Zerg award. It’s a pity that I missed the award for Best Match.
-The Winner of Best Winning Percentage Award was a close, last minute outcome
Actually I had hoped for this Award so I cheered for Flash in my heart at the OSL Finals. I was in a bad condition during the beginning of the 2007 season so I was behind Stork in terms of Winning Percentage, but it seems like I still got the award through fortunate circumstances and a little help from Flash. So in the end, I am happy about it. Next time I will try hard to get the award in a cleaner way.
-Your goals for next Season
I haven’t decided on something specific yet, but I will not be satisfied with what I have got now and will try hard to continue giving good results.
Interview with Flash
-Did you expect to win something today?
I heard from many people that I had a good chance for the Best Newcomer award, so I was hoping for it. For the Best Terran award, I heard that it will be a close call between me and Mind, so I didn’t have confidence to win that one. I am very happy that I won both awards I was nominated for.
-It is your first time to attend the Korean e-Sports Awards, what are your feelings?
Today was the first time I ever stepped on a red carpet. It was a very special experience. I envied Jaedong a lot when I saw him getting the award for Player of the Year. Next year I want to get that Award.
-The next season is about to start. A short comment about your mindset please.
I just want to show better results compared to now. Next year I will take the Best Player of the Year award.
-You will leave for Silmido (place in Korea) for a workshop tomorrow
I like sports so I’m not afraid of working out. I think it will be a good experience.
Sources:
FiFo
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The shortest OSL Finals ever
Flash is not only the youngest player (1992-07-05) to ever win an OSL title, he now also holds the record for the shortest final best-of-five series ever. Flash finished off Stork after only 42 minutes. This record was previously held by ilooveoov, who needed 48 minutes and 33 seconds to defeat July in the 2006 Shinhan Bank OSL Finals. The record for the longest finals ever is held by Xellos, who managed to overcome Yellow 3:2 in the 2003 Olympus OSL after 2 hours 15 minutes and 36 seconds.
Here are the full statistics for all OSLs (Ongamenet has no data before 2001):
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01:16:51 Sp 01 Hanbitsoft - BoxeR > JinNam
01:43:21 Su 01 Coca-Cola - BoxeR > YellOw
00:52:29 Fa 01 SKY 2001 - Garimto > BoxeR
01:40:00 Su 02 NATE - Sync > H.O.T.
01:40:59 Fa 02 SKY 2002 - Reach > BoxeR
01:02:49 Wi 02 Panasonic - NaDa > ChoJJa
02:15:36 Sp 03 Olympus - XellOs > YellOw
01:27:46 Fa 03 MyCube - Kingdom > Nal_rA
01:29:12 Sp 04 NHN Hangame - Nal_rA > Zeus
01:21:56 Su 04 Gillette - July > Reach
02:06:35 Fa 04 EVER 2004 - iloveoov > BoxeR
00:50:43 Sp 05 IOPS - NaDa > July
01:32:47 Su 05 EVER 2005 - July > Goodfriend
02:02:55 Fa 05 So1 - Anytime > BoxeR
00:48:33 Sp 06 Shinhan Bank - iloveoov > July
01:22:49 Su 06 Shinhan Bank Season 1 - Casy > ChoJJa
01:43:58 Fa 06 Shinhan Bank Season 2 - NaDa > Anytime
01:19:54 Wi 07 Shinhan Bank Season 3 - sAviOr > NaDa
01:51:14 Su 07 Daum - GGPlay > Iris
01:17:11 Fa 07 EVER 2007 - Jaedong > Stork
00:42:00 Sp 08 Bacchus - Flash > Stork
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