This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Taek-Yong
Korean name
Hangul	김택용
Revised Romanization	Kim TaekYong

Kim Taek-Yong (born in South Korea on 3 November, 1989), better known by the pseudonym Bisu[Shield] (Bisu meaning Dagger in Korean) is a professional StarCraft player from South Korea. He is currently ranked 5th in Korea by the Korean E-Sports Association.

Contents 1 Team 2 Success 3 Major achievements 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Team

Bisu started his professional gaming career being part of MBCGame Hero, a South Korean Starcraft e-Sports team sponsored by MBCGame, a subsidiary of MBC Plus which is a company owned by the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, one of four major South Korean television and radio networks.

Bisu was initially recruited onto MBCGame Hero (known then as Pirates of Space) in early 2005.^{[citation needed]} In February 2008 Bisu transferred to rival team SK Telecom T1.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Success

In March 2007, at the GOMTV MBCGame Star League (MSL) Season 1 grand finals, Kim upset the number one ranked player and heavy favorite, Ma Jae-Yoon 3-0.^[1] In May 2007, Kim won the Blizzard Entertainment World Wide Invitational, defeating Ma for a second time in the finals with a 2-1 score.^[2] In July 2007, Kim defeated Song Byng-Gu 3-2 to earn his second GOMTV MSL final. However, in season 3 of the MSL, he was defeated by inteR.Mind in the final by 3 games to 1. Recently, he won his third MSL title hosted by ClubDay, beating JangBi 3-1. On February 8, 2009, he won the GOMTV TG Sambo-Intel Classic Season 2 by defeating JangBi yet again 3-1.

Kim also became the first Protoss gamer to be ranked #1 by the Korean e-Sports Association (KeSPA), a title he held for a total of six months, and never more than three consecutive months.

[edit] Major achievements

• 1^st place, 2009 World Cyber Games Korea Finals.
• 3^rd-4^th place, 2009 Batoo OnGameNet StarLeague
• 1^st place, 2008-2009 GOMTV TG Sambo Intel Classic Season 2.
• 1^st place, 2008 Clubday MBCGame StarLeague
• 3^rd-4^th place, 2008 Bacchus OnGameNet StarLeague
• 3^rd place, 2007 EVER OnGameNet StarLeague.
• 2^nd place, 2007 GOMTV MBCGame StarLeague Season 3.
• 1^st place, 2007 GOMTV MBCGame StarLeague Season 2.
• 1^st place, 2006-2007 GOMTV MBCGame StarLeague Season 1.
• 1^st place, Blizzard World Wide Invitational tournament.

[edit] See also

• StarCraft professional competition

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• TLPD: Player profile & game record

v • d • e Professional competition with StarCraft Players Terran players: Lim Yo-Hwan (BoxeR) · Lee Yun-Yeol (NaDa) · Choi Yeon-Sung (iloveoov) · Seo Ji-Hun (XellOs) · Seo Ji-Soo (ToSsGirL) · Lee Young-Ho (Flash) · Jung Myung Hoon (Fantasy) Protoss players: Guillaume Patry (Grrr...) · Park Jung Suk (Reach) · Kang Min (Nal_rA) · Park Yong-Wook (Kingdom) · Kim Dong-Soo (Garimto) · Song Byung-Gu (Stork) · Kim Taek-Yong (Bisu) Zerg players: Hong Jin-Ho (Yellow) · Park Sung-Joon (JulyZerg) · Ma Jae-Yoon (sAviOr) · Lee Jae Dong (Jaedong) Organizations Distribution: Blizzard Entertainment · HanbitSoft Broadcasting: Starleague · Ongamenet · MBCGame Team sponsors: SK Telecom · KTF · Samsung · Hite · CJ · STX · WeMade Entertainment