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MarineKing takes MLG Winter Arena crown

By Duncan 'Thorin' Shields
Feb 27, 2012 09:35


ImageMarineKing has taken the MLG Winter Arena 2012 title after a 4:2 finals performance against DongRaeGu. MKP lost only three maps during the entire tournament.

KR Jung-Hoon 'MarineKing' Lee became the MLG Winter Arena 2012 champion with a sixth map series win over KR Soo Ho 'DongRaeGu' Park to that the final series 4:2. MarineKing won the opener of the series but then fell behind 1:2. From there on out he didn't suffer any more losses and stormed to the title and the $10,000 which comes with it.

DongRaeGu had fought through to the final from the lower bracket, defeating the likes of Ret, NaNiwa, PartinG, Oz and HuK to get a shot at the crown. For MKP his opening series against LosirA saw him lose his only map of the tournament prior to the final, taking down NaNiwa, viOlet, PartinG and HuK without a loss.

MLG Winter Arena 2012 final:
KR Jung-Hoon 'MarineKing' Lee 4:2 KR Soo Ho 'DongRaeGu' Park
-1:0 Dual Sight
-1:1 Daybreak
-1:2 Shakuras Plateau
-2:2 Entombed Valley
-3:2 Metalopolis
-4:2 Antiga Shipyard


MLG Winter Arena 2012 final standings

1st KR Jung-Hoon 'MarineKing' Lee - $10,000
2nd KR Soo Ho 'DongRaeGu' Park - $6,000
3rd CA Chris 'HuK' Loranger - $3,600
4th KR Hak Soo 'Oz' Kim - $2,200


MarineKing has famously finished runnerup in numerous high profile tournaments, including three GSL finals. This had led many to think of him as the YellOw of SC2. What's more his form had dipped in the GSL in the latter half of 2011. Outside of Korea a 5th at MLG Orlando and 3rd at ESWC were his best showings. In January of 2012 he finished top 8 at HomeStoryCup IV.

(Photograph courtesy of R1CH from TeamLiquid)


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