While he maintained one of the best Proleague records and consistently beat lesser opponents, he faltered repeatedly in the individual leagues against the very best players. In the three months after the title win, Flash went on to have one of the most dominant winning sprees in progaming history: achieving a record of 24 wins and 4 losses and tying a Proleague record of 17 straight wins.įlash stagnated in the year following his OSL victory. This was a dramatic turning point in Flash's career as he had previously been criticized for his inability to defend carrier-based builds (shown by his 3rd/4th place match against Stork in the Daum OSL).
He also placed first in the GOM Star Invitational, again defeating Stork in the finals as well as Jaedong in the ro8. It was during this period that he earned his reputation as a TvP master, using his Dual Armory style Flash Build to counter the rampant use of 2 Base Carrier strategies. In 2008, Flash's career reached new heights when he defeated Stork in the finals of the 2008 Bacchus OSL and became the youngest Starleague champion ever at 15, defeating top players such as Jaedong and Bisu along the way. It wasn't until later in his career when his genius in relation to economic timings, defensive play, was revealed. He was hated for using cheese to eliminate Bisu from the Daum OSL on Monty Hall, and was considered to be a very boring player. Although he put forth strong results, Flash was not a popular player.
Starcraft 1 series#
This series is notable for Flash attempting not one, but two 14 CC builds, both on Fantasy in Game One and Five. He became the youngest player to reach the semifinal of the OSL, losing to GGPlay in a series that went to game five. His early notable matches include ones against BoxeR, Bisu, and sAviOr.
Starcraft 1 Offline#
Advancing to the Daum OSL from his first attempt in the offline preliminaries, his career started off in a strong fashion, quickly amassing a winning record in Proleague play and succeeding in getting into both the MSL and OSL. Drafted by Pantech and Curitel in 2007 and traded off to KTF MagicNs shortly after being drafted, Flash came on to the scene as one of the youngest progamers to be televised at 14 years old.