Lim "BoxeR" Yo-Hwan
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Lim Yo-hwan |
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| Hangul | 임요환 |
| Hanja | 林遙煥 |
| Revised Romanization | Im Yo-hwan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Im Yo-hwan |
Lim Yo-hwan in 2011
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| Status | Retired |
| Born | 4 September 1980 |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Role | Terran |
| Games |
StarCraft StarCraft II |
| Career prize money | $400,000 |
| Nickname(s) | SlayerS_`BoxeR` Terran Emperor |
| 2001-2002 | Ideal Space |
| 2002-2003 | Orion |
| 2003-2004 | 4 Union |
| 2004-2006 | SK Telecom T1 |
| 2006-2008 | Air Force ACE |
| 2008-2010 | SK Telecom T1 |
| 2010-2012 | SlayerS |
| 2012-2013 | SK Telecom T1 |
| Medal record | ||
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| World Cyber Games | ||
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2002 Seoul, South Korea | |
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2001 Daejeon, South Korea | |
Lim Yo-hwan
Lim Yo-hwan (born 4 September 1980), known by the ID SlayerS_`BoxeR` (usually shortened to BoxeR), is a former professional player of the real-time strategy computer game StarCraft. He is often referred to as The Terran Emperor (Hangul: 테란의 황제), or simply "The Emperor", and is widely considered to be one of the most successful players of the genre as well as an esports icon. In late 2010, he retired from StarCraft: Brood War and founded the StarCraft II team SlayerS. Since the disbanding of SlayerS, he briefly returned to SK Telecom T1 (SK T1) as a coach before retiring due to health related issues. He is currently a professional poker player.
Lim has a record of 548 wins and 416 losses (56.80%) in his professional career. He is one of the highest-paid professional gamers, with annual earnings that exceed $400,000 US Dollars and endorsement contracts that bring in an additional $90,000 per year.
Lim first came to fame by dominating professional StarCraft while choosing to use the Terran race. The following reign of dominance earned him the nickname the "Terran Emperor", a reference to StarCraft lore. During this early time in his career he innovated heavily, creating many new strategies which are still used today, most notably making much more effective use of the Terran Dropship unit than had been achieved in the past. He also gained a reputation for being able to turn around matches against the odds and having excellent micromanagement (unit control) skills. He would often continue the game despite heavy disadvantages yet still pull out a victory. In contrast, his weakness is thought by some commentators to be poor macromanagement (economy/unit production) skills in comparison to other top-level professional StarCraft players.
BoxeR is most renowned for his creativity; often building proxy barracks. In many games, he has gone for quick attacks ("rushes") or special ops units ("ghosts") which make the games extremely entertaining. He is very well respected in StarCraft both in Korea and abroad.
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