TricKsteR

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TricKsteR

Player Information

Name:

서기수

Romanized Name:

Seo Ki-soo

Nationality:

South Korea

Born:

November 29, 1984 (age 40)

Race:

Protoss

Alternate IDs:

TricKsteR, Trickster, Tester, sSKS, Ki Soo, Sagisoo, Bulldozer

Approx. Total Winnings:

$17,409

Military Service:

Fulfilled

Years Active:

2010 - 2011,
2014

Links

History

2010-05-01 — 2010-08-23	Old Generations
2010-10-14 — 2011-06-24	Team SCV Life
2011-07-11 — 2011-12-20	StarTale
2011-12-20 — 2014-01-08	Military
2014-01-08 — 2014-10-14	StarTale

Recent Matches

ST	0:0 (Bo7)	ROOT
May 31, 2014 - 14:00EDT SHOUTcraft Clan Wars

ST	4:1 (Bo7)	mYi
May 17, 2014 - 17:00EDT SHOUTcraft Clan Wars

ST	2:4 (Bo7)	MVP
April 28, 2014 - 21:00EDT SHOUTcraft Clan Wars

ST	4:1 (Bo7)	coL
April 27, 2014 - 19:00EDT SHOUTcraft Clan Wars

ST	2:4 (Bo7)	EG
March 24, 2014 - 19:00EDT SHOUTcraft Clan Wars

Seo "TricKsteR" Ki-soo (born November 29, 1984) is aKorean Protoss player who last played forStarTale.

Biography[edit]

In Brood War, TricKsteR was a coach and player for South Korean progaming team,eSTRO. He was most notable for his 2v2 performances withhyvaa, as well as qualifying for the Round of 16 of2009 Batoo OSL.

In Beta[edit]

With the launch of the StarCraft II beta, TesteR moved out of the eSTRO Pro-house to pursue the goal of becoming a StarCraft II progamer. He is considered to be one of the top players on the Asian server and has won many tournaments, which include 2 PlayXP tours as well as finishing second toFruitDealer in the largest SC2 LAN of the beta, the PlayXP BrainBox tournament. He also won the second GosuCoaching weekly after defeatingSLush in the finals. In an interview withArtosis, he said he was keen to play in many international tournaments.

Tester was also part of oGs, a StarCraft II progaming-house with many other top South Koreans, includingFruitDealer,RainBOw andZenio.

Tester appeared to dominate the South Korean and international scene alongside former eSTRO and, at the time, oGs team-mateFruitDealer. As a reward for his beta success, he was invited toDay[9]'s King of the Beta tournament, where he placed second, losing 3-2 toIdrA.

Wings of Liberty[edit]

Tester eventually left the OGS house along withFruitDealer, claiming:

"Me and Wonki wanted to relax and enjoy games. Being in a team environment was nice but both of us wanted to really enjoy SC2 and leagues. For the purpose of more freedom, I left the team with Wonki, we are now living together."^[1]

Shortly after, he qualified for the firstGOMTV Starcraft II Open. After advancing to the Ro32, he announced joining the newly foundedTeam SCV Life along with FruitDealer.^[2] Tester would eventually advance to the Round of 8 before being defeated byRainBOw. In the next two open seasons Tester has been upset in the qualifying rounds by Flint and kkOma (LittleBoy), respectively.

Tester has participated in other GOMTV events including theGOM TV All-Stars Invitational 2010 as one of the 16 invitees. He would place third defeatingoGsNaDa,NEXGenius & oGsTheWinD. He ultimately lost 1-2 againstMarineKing in the semifinals.

On the 24th of June, Tester left TSL, because he disagreed with the direction TSL was heading.^[3] It was later announced that he had joinedStarTale.^[4] On December 16, 2011, it was announced that TricKsteR and his teammateSUPERSTAR would be entering the military.^[5]

Code S[edit]

Despite only qualifying for one GSL open season, his Round of 8 finish in GSL1 seeded him for Code S in 2011. TricKsteR has played in all Code S tournaments as of August 2011, the farthest he has reached being the Round of 8 inGSL January andGSL July. TricKsteR played in the Up and Down matches inGSL August after finishing 0-2 in his group, where he tied for second place withMarineKing andJYP with a score of 2-2. TricKsteR ended up losing to both of them in the tiebreaker playoffs, therefore placing fourth overall in the group and dropping to Code A.

Code A[edit]

TricKsteR had his debut in Code A inGSL October, where he was knocked out 2-1 byDream in the first round, therefore being knocked into Code B.

Outside Korea[edit]

Tester was announced as one of the South Korean invites toMLG Raleigh as part of theGSL-MLG Exchange Program.^[6] He was placed in Pool C alongsideDongRaeGu,TLO,SeleCT andSLush.,^[7] withHerO eventually making it into his group via the open bracket. TricKsteR went 2-3 in pool play series and entered the Championship Bracket as the 4th ranked player in his group. He would lose his first Championship Bracket match 2-1 to the British Terran playerDeMusliM.

Trivia[edit]

Slayer of the legendaryBaneling Mom.
Also Played Protoss in Brood War.

Achievements[edit]

Date	Place	Tier		Result		Prize
2011-07-20	5th - 8th	S-Tier	2011 Global StarCraft II League July: Code S	2 : 3	LosirA	$2,800
2011-05-29	2nd	B-Tier	Clash of the Houses: TSL	1 : 2	Killer	$23.13
2011-03-24	3rd - 4th	S-Tier	Global Starcraft II Team League March	1 : 4		-
2011-02-10	3rd - 4th	S-Tier	2011 Global StarCraft II Team League Feb	1 : 4		-
2011-01-17	5th - 8th	S-Tier	2011 Sony Ericsson Global StarCraft II League January: Code S	0 : 3	Mvp	$2,690.10
2010-11-21	3rd	A-Tier	GOM TV All-Stars Invitational 2010	2 : 1	TheWinD	$860
2010-09-28	5th - 8th	S-Tier	2010 TG Sambo Intel StarCraft II Open Season 1	0 : 2	RainBOw	$3,400
2010-07-26	2nd	B-Tier	Razer King of the Beta by Day9	2 : 3	IdrA	$1,000
2010-05-29	1st	B-Tier	Altitude TL Invitational	3 : 0	IdrA	$600
2010-04-30	1st	Week. (C)	GosuCoaching Weekly Cup 2	3 : 0	SLush	$100
Extended list of results