He is very well respected in StarCraft both in Korea and abroad. In many games, he has gone for quick attacks ("rushes") or special ops units ("ghosts") which make the games extremely entertaining. In contrast, some commentators consider poor macromanagement (economy/unit production) skills his weakness, in comparison to other top-level professional StarCraft players.īoxeR is most renowned for his creativity often building proxy barracks. He would often continue the game despite heavy disadvantages yet still pull out a victory. He also gained a reputation for being able to turn around matches against the odds and having excellent micromanagement (unit control) skills. During this early time in his career he innovated heavily, creating many new strategies that saw much use afterward, most notably making much more effective use of the Terran Dropship unit than had previously been achieved. The following reign of dominance earned him the nickname the "Terran Emperor", a reference to StarCraft lore. Lim first came to fame by dominating professional StarCraft while choosing to use the Terran race. He is one of the highest-paid professional gamers, with annual earnings that exceed US$400,000 and endorsement contracts that bring in an additional $90,000 per year. Lim has a record of 548 wins and 416 losses (56.80%) in his professional career. He is currently a professional poker player. Since the disbanding of SlayerS, he briefly returned to SK Telecom T1 (SK T1) as a coach before retiring due to health related issues.
In late 2010, he retired from StarCraft: Brood War and founded the StarCraft II team SlayerS. He is often referred to as The Terran Emperor ( Korean: 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. Lim Yo-hwan ( Korean: 임요환), known by the ID SlayerS_`BoxeR` (usually shortened to BoxeR), is a former professional player of the real-time strategy computer game StarCraft.
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