Lim Jae-duk

Lim Jae-Duk (임재덕) (born 12 December 1982), known by the pseudonym of NesTea, is one of the most successful players of the real-time strategy game StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.[1] He has won $246,963 in tournament winnings[2] over the course of his StarCraft 2 career, and has won three GOMTV Global Starcraft II League (GSL) tournaments, the second-most of any player, just behind teammate Jung "Mvp" Jong Hyun who has four titles.

Lim Jae-duk
Medal record
Global Starcraft II League
2010 Sony Ericsson Starcraft II Open Season 2
2011 Sony Ericsson GSL January: Code S
2011 LG Cinema 3D GSL May: Code S
2011 Pepsi GSL July: Code S
Other Tournaments
Gainward SC2 Tournament
BlizzCon 2011
Major League Gaming Global Invitational 2011
2012 MLG Winter Qualifier Korea
IGN ProLeague Season 4
Iron Squid Season 1
This article is about the professional StarCraft 2 player. For the iced tea brand, see Nestea.
NesTea
Lim Jae-Duk
Hangul임재덕
Lim Jae-Duk at LG-IM Sponsorship Signing Ceremony, on April 25, 2012
Personal information
Born (1982-12-12) December 12, 1982
NationalitySouth Korean
Nickname(s)NesTea
Career information
StatusActive
GamesStarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Career prize money$246,963
Career history
2006 - 2010KT Rolster
2010 - 2014Incredible Miracle

History

2010

NesTea was one of the top ranked Zerg players on the Korean ladder shortly after the launch of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.[3][4] He managed to qualify for the very first GOMTV Global Starcraft II League, but his tournament run met a quick end when he got knocked out in the first round by LiveForever. His opponent eventually went on to finish in 3rd/4th place. In late September 2010, NesTea, together with Mvp, TT, ChRh, and LosirA, founded the team IM - "Incredible Miracle". All of these team members were former Brood War players.[5]

However, in season 2 of the GOMTV Global Starcraft II League he went much further in the tournament than his previous run. He did not drop a single set until the final's; a record that was only broken by himself in a later season where he won the tournament without dropping a single map. He ended up winning season 2 by defeating Boxer (who changed his name to Marineking) 4-3.[6]

2011

NesTea kept up with his impressive performance when his team Incredible Miracle reached the finals of GOMTV Global Starcraft II Team League. They were up against Startale and were tied 4-4 in the best of seven, NesTea was chosen for the ace match and won his game carrying his team to the first ever GSTL win.[7]

When Code S and Code A were introduced into the GSL it was a rocky start for NesTea. Losing to MVP in the semifinals of the first Code S and then being taken down to the up and down matches (this is used to determine how moves up and down between Code A and Code S) in the second season of the new GSL. He however bounced back getting right back into Code S.[7]

In May he advanced from his group only losing one game and proceeded to reach the finals of the GSL once again. He met InCa in the finals and easily took the game 4-0 to claim yet another GSL win.[7]

In July NesTea beat the record that he had set for the cleanest tournament by not losing a single game in the whole tournaments and taking the finals 4-0. This record has never been met again by anyone including NesTea.[7]

In August, NesTea beat Kyrix in the group stages and lost against MMA, which ended NesTea's massive GSL win streak. He advanced from his group to the Round of 16 by winning a close match against his teammate Happy. Unfortunately, his next opponent was once again his teammate and rival, Mvp, whom he lost to 0-2.[7]

In October, NesTea was once again in a group with MMA. However, this time, NesTea managed to advance through his group by defeating both MMA and NaDa. He then defeated Virus 2-1 in the Round of 16, but lost in the Round of 8 to Mvp in a close (2-3) series.[7]

NesTea struggled a bit during the initial stages of the 2011 GSL November. He was able to advance out of the Round of 32 by defeating his teammate LosirA, but he then lost 0-2 in the Round of 16, sending him into Code A.[7]

In the 2012 GSL Season 1 Code S Round of 32, NesTea was seeded into a group with Mvp, Lucky, and IdrA. He defeated IdrA 2-0 and Mvp 2-1 to continue into the Round of 16. NesTea would lose 2-1 against both DongRaeGu and Genius to fall down to Code A as last in his group.[7]

NesTea was only in Code A for a brief period, he played one game against asd and beat him 2-0 reclaiming his Code S spot.[7]

NesTea was invited to his first major foreign tournament when he got invited to BlizzCon 2011. He reached the finals where he had to verse he teammate MVP in an extended series due to the fact that he had beat him in the winners bracket prior to the finals. He lost 2 best of 3's to MVP leaving him in 2nd place. After BlizzCon 2011 NesTea went to MLG Providence.[8] He ended up in 12th place losing to Haypro and NaNiwa. His lose to NaNiwa created a new rivalry between the 2 players that would come back often in events in and out of Korea.[9][10][11]

2012

In 2012 NesTea participated in many foreign tournaments and achieved high rankings in these tournaments. He participated in the Iron Squid tournament, a tournament hosted in Paris, France. He went to the US for the IGN Pro League and for the 2012 MLG Winter Qualifier Korea.

When he participated in the Iron Squid tournament he was in group D with aLive, Nerchio, Leenock and HasuObs.[12] He advanced from his group without dropping a set and proceeded to the open bracket. He went up against Jjakji in the quarterfinals and beat him 3-2 in the best of 5. He then lost to Symbol 3-1 in the semifinals droping him down to the 3rd place decider match where he would face aLive. He defeated aLive 3-2 to claim 3rd place in the tournament and claiming $3,750.[13]

2014

In 2014 NesTea became a free agent.[14]

Trivia
  • He is the first player to win three GSL championships.
  • He is the first and only player to win a GSL without dropping a single game. (July 2011). The only player who has ever come close to achieving such a feat is his teammate Mvp, who only lost a single game in GSL January 2011—to NesTea himself.
  • From GSL May to GSL August he had a 19-game win streak[15]
  • First player to win 2 GSL Code S tournaments consecutively
  • He has won the GSL finals against every race. He won GSL Open S2 against MarineKing (Terran), GSL May against InCa (Protoss), and GSL July against teammate LosirA (Zerg).
  • He chose the ID NesTea because there was a Nestea bottle on his desk when he was making his StarCraft 2 account.[16] Bong is a censored word on Blizzard's Battle.Net 2.0, so he could not use his original ID, 'ZergBong.'
  • He has only been eliminated from Code S single elimination bracket stages by his teammate Mvp.
  • He is the first player to qualify for GSL Code S ten consecutive seasons, earning the "NesTea Award" named in his honor.[17]
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References
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  2. "SC2 Earnings". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  3. "SC2 Ranks- Korean ladder". Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  4. "SC2 Ranks- Korean ladder". Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  5. motbob. "New Korean SC2 Team -- IM". Teamliquid. motbob. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
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  7. "GomTV". GomTV. GomTV. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  8. "Championships 2011 - Competitions - Major League Gaming". Major League Gaming. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  9. "NaNiwa interviewed after winning MLG Global Invitational". Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  10. "NesTea says he's ready to destroy NaNiwa". Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  11. "NaNiwa Post Nestea Interview - MLG Providence 2011". Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  12. "Iron Squid: Group stage". Teamliquid. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  13. "Iron squid". Iron Squid. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  14. "임재덕, IM과 계약만료…자유의 몸". DailyGame. April 1, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  15. "Nestea's win streak on TLPD". Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  16. "[SC II OPEN S2] Interview With Lim Jae-Duck (NesTea) [Round of 16]". Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  17. 조, 영준 (2014-05-13). "원이삭, GSL 사상 네 번째 '임재덕 상' 수상한다". Donga. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
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