Jang Min-chul (, born June 17, 1991), better known as MC or The BossToss, is a former Korean professional ''
StarCraft II
''StarCraft II'' is a real-time strategy video game created by Blizzard Entertainment, first released in 2010. A sequel to the successful '' StarCraft'', released in 1998, it is set in a militaristic far future. The narrative centers on a galacti ...
'' player, playing as the
Protoss
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faction. MC has accumulated more than $500,000 in tournament winnings, and won the
Global StarCraft II League
Global StarCraft II League (GSL) is a ''StarCraft II'' tournament held in South Korea from 2010 to the present. It has been hosted by afreecaTV since 2016; GOMeXp (formerly GOMTV) hosted it from 2010–2015. Blizzard Entertainment was involve ...
(GSL) championship twice. In 2014,
Red Bull Esports called him "one of the most successful ''StarCraft 2'' players ever".
''Starcraft II'' Career
Old generations (2010-2012)
He has won the
Intel Extreme Masters Season VI
The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is a series of international esports tournaments held in countries around the world. These Electronic Sports League (ESL) sanctioned events, sponsored by Intel, currently host events in ''Counter-Strike 2''. Oth ...
World Championship (6–10 March 2012) by defeating PuMa 3–2 in the finals,
GOMTV Global StarCraft II League
Global StarCraft II League (GSL) is a ''StarCraft II'' tournament held in South Korea from 2010 to the present. It has been hosted by afreecaTV since 2016; GOMeXp (formerly GOMTV) hosted it from 2010–2015. Blizzard Entertainment was involve ...
(GSL) twice, and is considered one of the top ''StarCraft II'' players in the world.
He has experienced similar success in Europe, winning 2011 DreamHack Stockholm Invitational and Copenhagen Games Spring 2011, while taking silver in
IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne.
SK Gaming (2012-2013)
In July 2011, Min Chul who was playing for the Korean team Old Generations (oGs), began representing
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional esports organization based in Germany that has teams across the world competing in different titles. SK is particularly known for their success in '' Counter-Strike'' (CS) tournaments. SK's Brazilian ''CS'' team won ...
in foreign events.
In January 2012, this partnership ended with Min Chul leaving Old Generations and moving to play for SK Gaming full-time.
He would remain with SK until the end of 2013, when the organization announced his departure.
Free agent (2014-present)
Following his departure from SK Gaming at the end of 2013, MC announced that he would continue to work with his former manager at SK Gaming, but would not join a new professional team.
On June 18, 2015, MC announced his retirement via Twitter.
League of Legends career
On November 2, 2016, it was announced that MC would coach
Kongdoo's
League of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL'', commonly referred to as ''League'', is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for ''Warcraf ...
team.
References
External links
Profile and game recordLivestream
1991 births
Living people
StarCraft players
South Korean esports players
SK Gaming players
CJ Entus players
League of Legends coaches
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