Heute morgen gab StarTale die Aufnahme der ersten nicht-koreanischen Profispielerin bekannt. Die Chinesin Han ‚MisS‘ Yi Ying, früher Warcraft 3-Profi und heutzutage als Kommentatorin beim chinesichen Kabelfernsehen GTV, wird fortan Teil des Profiteams sein. Sie wird sich nun vorbereiten und in den nächsten zwei Monaten zur Fulltime-StarCraft II Spielerin wechseln. Damit ist StarTale das bislang erste und einzige Team, das diesen Schritt gewagt hat.
Statement von StarTale:
It is no secret that StarTale.Rainbow visited China together with his girlfriend, Aphrodite, for last years ZOWIE DIVINA. Where most people think that his reason for attending the event was to support Aphrodite in her efforts to become champion, he had a different mission that has been kept a secret until now. While Aphrodite was practicing for the games, Rainbow was testing the skills of a potential new member of the StarTale family, the Chinese SC2 player Yiying miss Han – and she passed. Yiying miss Han was a professional Warcraft 3 player up until a few years ago where she was offered a job to become the hostess of a gaming tv show. Today she is the most famous gaming tv hostess in China, but unable to forget about her dream of becoming a professional e-sports player, she started to play Sc2, and has found time to practice every day despite of her busy schedule.
Her dedication and passion to e-sports attracted the attention of StarTale and after a series of tests, she has been offered the chance to pursue her dream.
+ Won Joong Wook, Headcoach StarTale
„When I first heard of miss, I was told about a very famous hostess of a gaming program, but I didnt know she had so much talent in game. Professional gaming is not only for males, when female players with as much talent as aphrodite and miss comes by, you have to grab the moment and give them the chance to grow their talent in the best environment. This is just the beginning, we want to help make female gaming more competitive.“
„Lots of people told me that I am stupid for giving up my job as a tv hostess to become a computer player, but how often do you get a chance to follow your dream? When I got informed of this test to become a member of StarTale I was really nervous, just to get the opportunity is a dream come true. When I was told I could become a part of StarTale, it was the happiest day of my life, I still cant believe it! I will do my best every day, in every game. This is my dream come true.“
Lineup StarTale (Auszug):
[terrans] Han ‚MisS‚ Yi Ying
[protoss] Jung ‚Ace‚ Woo Seo
[protoss] Won ‚PartinG‚ Lee Sak
[protoss] Park ‚Squirtle‚ Hyun Woo
[protoss] Kim ‚Tiger‚ Hyun Joon
[protoss] Seo ‚TricKsteR‚ Ki Soo
[terrans] Kim ‚Aphrodite‚ Ga Young
[terrans] Choi ‚Bomber‚ Ji Sung
[terrans] Kim ‚Hack‚ Young II
[terrans] Kim ‚RainBOw‚ Sung
[terrans] Bae ‚Sound‚ Sang Hwan
[terrans] Park ‚Virus‚ Joon Yong
[zerg] Lee ‚Curious‚ Won Pyo
[zerg] Kim ‚FruitDealer‚ Won Ki
[zerg] Park ‚July‚ Sung Joon
[zerg] Yoo ‚KingKong‚ Chung Hee
[zerg] Shin ‚SUPERSTAR‚ Jung Min
Quelle: teamliquid.net