Stork (gamer)

Song Byung-gu (born 4 August 1988) is a South Korean professional StarCraft Protoss player from Pohang who plays under the alias Stork[gm] or simply Stork.^[1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Song.

Stork
Personal information
Name	Song Byung-gu
Born	(1988-08-04) 4 August 1988 (age 36)
Nationality	Republic of Korea
Career information
Game	StarCraft
Playing career	2004–present
Role	Protoss
Team history
2004–2013	Samsung KHAN
2013–2016	Samsung Galaxy
Career highlights and awards
WCG champion (2007)
Korean name
Hangul	송병구
Hanja	宋炳具
Revised Romanization	Song Byeong-gu
McCune–Reischauer	Song Pyŏng-gu

Tournament results

Individual

• 3rd 2007 Daum Starleague: 3rd
• GomTV MSL: 2nd
• 1st World Cyber Games 2007 Grand Final^[2]
• 2nd 2008 EVER OnGameNet Starleague
• 2nd 2008 Bacchus OnGameNet Starleague 2nd^[3]
• 1st WWI 2008^[4]
• 1st 2008 Incruit Starleague^[5]
• 2nd World Cyber Games 2008 Grand Final
• 2nd World Cyber Games 2009 Grand Final
• 1st IEF 2009^[6]
• 2nd 2010 Bacchus OnGameNet Starleague

Samsung KHAN

• Shinhan bank Proleague 2007: 1st^[7]
• Shinhan bank Proleague 2007: MVP^[8]
• Shinhan bank Proleague 2007 Final: MVP

KESPA awards

• 2005: Rookie of the Year
• 2007: Best Player – Protoss^[9]

OSL/MSL/WCG career statistics

2008-2009 season

League	Name of Tournament	Result	Qualification
WCG	2009 Grand Final	Silver
OSL	EVER 2009	Round of 16	TBA
MSL	Avalon Online	Round of 32
OSL	Bacchus 2009	Round of 16	EVER 2009
MSL	Lost Saga	Semifinal	Avalon
OSL	Batoo	Quarterfinal	Bacchus 2009

2008–2009 season

League	Name of Tournament	Result	Qualification
WCG	2008 Grand Final	Silver
OSL	Incruit	Winner	Batoo
MSL	Clubday Online	Quarterfinal	Lost Saga
OSL	EVER 2008	Round of 16	Incruit
OSL	Bacchus 2008	Runner-up	EVER 2008

2004–2008 season

League	Name of Tournament	Result	Qualification
MSL	GomTV S3	Round of 16
OSL	EVER 2007	Runner-up	Bacchus 2008
WCG	2007 Grand Final	Gold
MSL	GomTV S2	Runner-up	GomTV S3
OSL	Daum	Third place	EVER 2007
OSL	Shinhan Bank 2006 S1	Round of 16
MSL	Pringles S1	Round of 16
OSL	Shinhan Bank 2005	Round of 16
OSL	So1	Round of 16
OSL	EVER 2005	Round of 16

See also

• StarCraft professional competition
• Samsung Khan
• Starleague
• MSL
• Electronic sports

References

1. "KeSPA Player Information Page" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
2. "WCG Official Website - WCG History". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
3. Archived July 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
4. "StarCraft News: WWI 2008: Stork victorious". GosuGamers.net. 29 June 2008. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
5. "인크루트 스타리그 2008". Star.incruit.com. 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
6. "StarCraft News: IEF 2009: Stork secures Korean supremacy". GosuGamers.net. November 2009. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
7. Archived February 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
8. "▒ 삼성 프로게임단 칸 입니다. ▒". Archived from the original on July 17, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
9. "StarCraft: Brood War: Jaedong takes KeSPA "player of the year"". Sk-gaming.com. 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2015-04-24.