July (gamer)
South Korean electronic sports player
Park Sung-joon (Korean: 박성준) is a professional player of the real-time strategy game StarCraft. He is known by his pseudonym July, a shortened version of JulyZerg. Park Sung-joon is also known as the "God of War" or "Tushin. Park used to play for the team STX SouL.
StarCraft
July emerged onto the scene during Gilette OSL (OnGame Net Starleague), where he beat Oov 3–2 in a famous series and went on to win the tournament against Reach, making him a royal roader and the first Zerg to ever win an OSL.
He later won another OSL (Ever 2), a KT-KTF tournament and the ITV league. He also made another OSL final which he lost 3–0 to Nada.
After reaching another OSL final in early 2006 and losing 3–0 to his longtime rival Oov, July experienced a period with fewer major results. He later defeated Xellos and Oov in the Proleague finals and advanced to the final round of the OSL.
On July 12, 2008, July defeated the new Protoss phenom, BeSt, in the 2008 EVER OSL, by a score of 3–0. The victory was July's third OSL title, which won him the Golden Mouse, a prestigious achievement held previously only by Lee Yun-Yeol (NaDa).
As of September 10, 2010, he has not renewed his contract with STX_SouL and has announced that he will be moving to the StarCraft 2 scene in a new team and will continue to play as Zerg. And on November 10, July has qualified for the GSL Pre-Season 3.
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