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The 2012 First-Half (there are 2 drafts every year) Starcraft Draft was held on 12th April at Seoul Yongsan-gu iParkmall stadium. 9 players were drafted by pro-teams and thus qualified to become progamers. This is the smallest number since the draft was first started. At the 2011 Second-Half draft, 10 players were drafted. 22 of the players who qualified for this draft, by finishing within the top 40 placings in Rookie League, registered to take part in the draft. However 3 did not turn up, leaving 19 actual participants.



The first player to be chosen was terran By.Yourosia (류다운), a former SKT trainee and the number one ranked rookie based on the Kespa Rookie League rankings. (Edit: the draft proceeded in the order of the lowest to highest ranked team in the previous Proleague season. None of the teams before SKT picked anyone in round 1. There are 5 rounds in a draft.) He was chosen by SKTelecom T1 but instead personally requested for this appointment to be canceled and was subsequently drafted by STX in the next round. (Edit: according to Fomos, Coach Park said that the reason is because Yourosia could not adapt well to SKT or harmonize well with the players.)



The team that drafted the most players was Samsung Khan. They drafted zerg BBatta_Lt (강민수), protoss Beach_Lt (박진석) and (유태호). STX drafted By.Yourosia and protoss By.comet (신혜성), Woongjin drafted terran Shout[ScM] (서현후), KT drafted zerg PenguiN (남윤석) and protoss MyuNgSiK[WHITE] (김명식), while SKT drafted protoss By.ReQuiem (강기훈).



In total, 4 protosses, 3 terrans and 2 zergs were drafted. ACE and Team 8 did not take part.



After finalizing their contracts, these 9 players will attend the Progamer Education Seminar on 17th April.



Source:



For more info on these players and their rankings going into the draft, please refer to this thread:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=326425

kjwcj also found this replay of Shout[ScM] from when he was about 13:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=81652









Summary



STX Soul - terran By.Yourosia (류다운) and protoss By.comet (신혜성)



Woongjin Stars - terran Shout[ScM] (서현후)



CJ Entus - None



KT Rolster - zerg PenguiN (남윤석) and protoss MyuNgSiK[WHITE] (김명식)



Samsung Khan - zerg BBatta_Lt (강민수), protoss Beach_Lt (박진석) and (유태호)



SKTelecom T1 - protoss By.ReQuiem (강기훈)











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More pics here:























The 2012 First-Half (there are 2 drafts every year) Starcraft Draft was held on 12th April at Seoul Yongsan-gu iParkmall stadium. 9 players were drafted by pro-teams and thus qualified to become progamers. This is the smallest number since the draft was first started. At the 2011 Second-Half draft, 10 players were drafted. 22 of the players who qualified for this draft, by finishing within the top 40 placings in Rookie League, registered to take part in the draft. However 3 did not turn up, leaving 19 actual participants.The first player to be chosen was terran By.Yourosia (류다운), a former SKT trainee and the number one ranked rookie based on the Kespa Rookie League rankings. (Edit: the draft proceeded in the order of the lowest to highest ranked team in the previous Proleague season. None of the teams before SKT picked anyone in round 1. There are 5 rounds in a draft.) He was chosen by SKTelecom T1 but instead personally requested for this appointment to be canceled and was subsequently drafted by STX in the next round. (Edit: according to Fomos, Coach Park said that the reason is because Yourosia could not adapt well to SKT or harmonize well with the players.)The team that drafted the most players was Samsung Khan. They drafted zerg BBatta_Lt (강민수), protoss Beach_Lt (박진석) and By.BigTiger (유태호). STX drafted By.Yourosia and protoss By.comet (신혜성), Woongjin drafted terran Shout[ScM] (서현후), KT drafted zerg PenguiN (남윤석) and protoss MyuNgSiK[WHITE] (김명식), while SKT drafted protoss By.ReQuiem (강기훈).In total, 4 protosses, 3 terrans and 2 zergs were drafted. ACE and Team 8 did not take part.After finalizing their contracts, these 9 players will attend the Progamer Education Seminar on 17th April.Source: http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/news/read.php?id=59150 For more info on these players and their rankings going into the draft, please refer to this thread:also found this replay of Shout[ScM] from when he was about 13:STX Soul - terran By.Yourosia (류다운) and protoss By.comet (신혜성)Woongjin Stars - terran Shout[ScM] (서현후)CJ Entus - NoneKT Rolster - zerg PenguiN (남윤석) and protoss MyuNgSiK[WHITE] (김명식)Samsung Khan - zerg BBatta_Lt (강민수), protoss Beach_Lt (박진석) and By.BigTiger (유태호)SKTelecom T1 - protoss By.ReQuiem (강기훈)EDIT:More pics here: http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/news/album.php?id=59135&seq=1 영원히 엠비씨게임 히어로 팬.