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166:2007โpresent
156:StarCraft II
154:
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134:South Korean
122:July 5, 1992
87:Lee Young-ho
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1206:competition
1128:FlaSh.์ด์ํธ.
755:Dot Esports
453:Lee joined
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283:South Korea
130:Nationality
95:Nickname(s)
66:Lee in 2013
41:Korean name
1501:Categories
1462:KT Rolster
1411:SK Telecom
604:References
455:KT Rolster
393:or simply
387:KT Rolster
208:champion (
188:KT Rolster
118:1992-07-05
34:Ri Yong-ho
1477:OGN Entus
1395:AfreecaTV
1204:StarCraft
953:March 23,
925:March 23,
897:March 23,
871:March 21,
845:March 22,
817:March 21,
789:March 21,
761:March 23,
728:March 23,
682:March 21,
635:March 23,
517:Brood War
482:StarCraft
411:Brood War
407:AfreecaTV
184:2007โ2015
150:StarCraft
1390:MBC Game
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1073:and the
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919:PC Gamer
811:GameSpot
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629:GameSpot
569:See also
427:Iloveoov
391:By.FlaSh
39:In this
1441:Jin Air
1266:Protoss
1213:Players
1114:YouTube
1085:YouTube
1056:YouTube
1008:ํ, ์ง์.
266:Esports
1220:Terran
485:'s
441:Career
431:SAviOr
429:, and
363:;
355:Korean
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174:Random
1455:Teams
1381:(KSL)
1375:(ASL)
1369:(MSL)
1363:(OSL)
1014:๊ฒฝํฅ๊ฒ์์ค
839:Razer
584:Notes
534:2โ0.
473:KeSPA
419:BoxeR
395:Flash
365:Hanja
145:Games
55:Flash
1312:Zerg
977:2017
955:2023
927:2023
899:2023
873:2023
847:2023
819:2023
791:2023
763:2023
730:2023
722:ESPN
684:2023
637:2023
558:Bisu
532:Bisu
423:NaDa
379:and
210:2010
171:Role
112:Born
77:Name
1431:STX
1385:OGN
783:IGN
488:elo
370:ๆๆณณๆตฉ
360:์ด์ํธ
237:ASL
235:4x
230:MSL
228:3x
223:OSL
221:3x
216:IEM
206:WCG
104:God
81:์ด์ํธ
46:Lee
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