Jae Yoon Ma is the defending champion from last years BlizzCon. In 2007, he was in his prime and playing at the highest level possible. During the reign of terror that he had cast over South Korea, he was considered as close to unbeatable as they come. However, since that time his results have been a spiral downward to the point that his coaches had demoted him to the B-team. Although, he was eventually able to convince the coaches to put him back on their main squad.

In the past, BlizzCon have favored the veterans or players that were considered far past their prime. If Ma wants to prove that he can still compete at the highest level, BlizzCon in the perfect opportunity for him to showcase it.



Ji Hoon Seo is the winner of the 2004 World Cyber Games in San Francisco. Like Lee, he is well-known for his very strong mechanics and high APM (Actions Per Minute). His nickname is the "Perfect Terran" for a reason, because he generally makes very few mistakes.

At past BlizzCon events, he has not been able to show the kinds of results that people have expected of him. He has also not been able to achieve much in the professional gaming world since 2005.

This wily veteran has shown time and time again that age does not hamper ones ability to play StarCraft at the highest level. At the first BlizzCon in 2005, he was even considered past his prime, but he was able to shock the world and win it. Since then, he is put up fairly respectable results at both BlizzCon and Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational.

Being one of the oldest professional gamers, he has juggled with the idea of leaving KTF and joining ACE to go ahead and complete his mandatory military service. While he has not made an official decision yet, there is a high probability that he might be making a team change in the near future.

Greg Fields is the only professional gamer from outside of South Korea. Almost a year ago, he was recruited by eSTRO, where he trained as a practice partner with the team. Just before getting traded to CJ Entus, he was awarded with his semi-professional by his former coach, giving him the title of an actual professional gamer.

Last weekend at WCG USA he entered into the tournament as a favorite, but failed to even pass the group stages. This led a lot of people to question if he really had what it takes to be successful in Korea.

Expecting him to win at BlizzCon is a nearly impossible task, but for Fields to show that he deserves to remain in Korea he will need to take at least one series off one of the pros. If he does not, expect the critics to continue to talk about how he doesn’t deserve to be a professional gamer.
A last minute replacement for Eugin "Strelok" Oparyshev, who failed to get a visa to the U.S. on-time.

Giannacco will have a lot of pressure on him during this event. He finished in second place at the Spirit Tournament - an event created to give non-Koreans the opportunity to become professional gamers. He was defeated by Tyler "NonY" Wasieleski in the finals, but his hopes of Korea have not been lost.

He is considered one of the strongest players in Europe. At the 2007 World Cyber Geams in Seattle, he made it into the top 16, but was defeated by Sasha "GoOdy" Lupp in the first round of elimination play.