Early Life
Kim was born in the South Korean county of Yesan. In his early years, before moving to Seoul, he lived in the city of Cheonan with his home being next to his school. Since childhood, however, Kim did not favour studying and became gradually addicted to computers in grade school. He also used to play soccer "until the sun went down" and has been always picked first during team arrangements; he wished to become a soccer player, but following his growing interest in video games, Kim quit playing soccer and his soccer experience slowly faded away. Kim started playing StarCraft while in the fourth school grade and up to high school has been the most experienced player in his class. Before choosing StarCraft Kim tried Lineage and Fortress, gaining some experience in the latter. Because of turning a professional gamer at age 17 Kim was unable to attend an institute of higher education. He lately entered Sejong University.
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