In the post-game interview, he announced that the second game on Requiem was his favorite because he won “in true Protoss fashion” with a two-gate rush – he ended by claiming that “a true man’s pride should be his zealots”. In the third place match of the latter, he beat his friend and teammate YellOw 3-2. However, in Gillette, he still fell to a horribly dressed watermelon ( July) 1-3 in the finals and in EVER, he lost 2-3 to the monster known as iloveoov in semifinals. Mercury holds a sub-30 percent win rate for PvZ but in that time, Reach lived up to his name, and trampled his way through all opposition. During the crisis of the Mercury era - Gamevil OCL, G-voice OCL, Gillette OSL, EVER 2004 OSL - Protosses were being annihilated. Sometime during early 2004 Reach was offered an 80,000,000 won per year contract by KTF he took them up on their offer it was renewed the following year for 230,000,000 won. From then on, he was hailed as the hope and the Hero of Protoss – throughout the dark times of Protoss, he maintained top 5 KeSPA Ranking for longer than any other. Of note is their game on Neo Forbidden Zone Reach shows signature shuttle/templar play, giving him the nickname Mudang Toss. The following year, he won the 2002 SKY OSL, again beating BoxeR in a convincing set of games in the finals to take the crown. While his micromanagement of all Protoss units shone, his ability to crank out legions of holy Protoss to do his bidding led to the rise of his star. He was the prototype macro player before iloveoov, there was Reach. The win was due to those qualities that made him famous: his incredible macro, uncanny storming abilities, and godlike micro. In 2001, he made somewhat of a splash in SKY2001 OSL-though he was eliminated early on, he was the only Protoss player in the tournament to have a winning record against BoxeR-and the only player in the tournament aside from GARIMTO to have taken a game from him. However, he showed lackluster performance as a 1v1 player. After the release of revealing photos depicting an unclothed Reach posing with a similarly naked H.O.T., his fame increased. Partnered with H.O.T-Forever, he gained a fearsome reputation as a powerful team player. From Pusan, Park Jeong Seok was initially taken on by Hanbit to be a 2v2 specialist.
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