Kook Kibong

Kook "TheBOy" Kibong is a professional StarCraft e-sports player. He manages e-sports for StarCraft and its sequel at Blizzard's Korean branch.

Biography
Kibong was 18 years old when StarCraft came out. he was introduced to the game while living in Australia. He soon became one of the best players in Korea, placing highly in numerous tournaments. Prior to this, he had competitive experience with the Daytona series. After eight months of playing StarCraft, he had acquired a sponsorship and manager, amassing enough winnings to buy a car. In 1999, he took part in the ProGamer Korea Open (PKO), where he achieved eight wins in a row. He became known for utilizing hydralisks, and gained numerous nicknames per his prediliction towards them.

Kibong launched a venture company, but it failed. However, he saw an opening at Blizzard for an e-sports position, and applied for the role, gaining it. While at Blizzard, he was challenged by many employees, but always won. As of 2017, Kibong has stated that some of his fellow workers have been able to beat him if he has been using terran or protoss, but remains undefeated as a zerg player.