|
Kim Taek-yong
Kim Taek-yong, known by his screen name Bisu hield'' or simply Bisu, is a South Korean professional ''StarCraft'' player, playing the Protoss race. Famed primarily for sublime performance in the ''StarCraft: Brood War'' professional competitions against Protoss and, especially, Zerg, Bisu scored three successful Starleague performances, the most of any Protoss player. Bisu was nicknamed the Revolutionist for innovating the metagame of Protoss versus Zerg matchup. Since his transfer from MBCGame HERO to SK Telecom T1 team in 2008 Bisu, along with Stork, has been leading the Protoss players and both were called "Twin Carriages". Bisu is ranked 2nd in the Elo rating system. In the 2010 Team Liquid forum poll Bisu was voted "the greatest Protoss player of all time". He retired from Starcraft II in 2013. After retirement, he started his personal broadcast by Afreeca TV. Bisu also participates in AfreecaTV StarCraft League. Early life Kim was born in the South Korean county of Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
|
 |
Kim (Korean Name)
Kim () is the most common Korean name, surname in Korea. As of the 2015 South Korean census, there were 10,689,959 people by this name in South Korea or 21.5% of the population. Although the surname is always pronounced the same, dozens of different Korean clans, family clans () use it. The clan system in Korea is unique from the surname systems of other countries. Kim is written as () in both North Korea, North and South Korea. The hanja for Kim, , can also be transliterated as () which means 'gold, metal, iron'. While Romanization of Korean, romanized as Kim by 99.3% of the population, other rare variant romanizations such as Gim, Ghim, and Kin make up the remaining 0.7%. Origin The first historical document that records the surname dates to 636 and references it as the surname of Korean King Jinheung of Silla (526–576). In the Silla kingdom (57 BCE935 CE)—which variously battled and allied with other states on the Korean peninsula and ultimately unified most of the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |