Flash

Lee Young-ho (, born July 5, 1992), is a South Korean StarCraft: Brood War and StarCraft II player who played Terran for the Korean pro-gaming team KT Rolster under the alias By.FlaSh or simply Flash. He made his debut as a StarCraft: Brood War player in 2007 and retired on December 19, 2015. Lee began playing StarCraft II competitively in 2011, until his retirement in December 2015. He subsequently returned to playing Starcraft: Brood War, and started his personal broadcast in February 2016 on the AfreecaTV personal broadcasting platform. Since returning to Brood War, Lee has won first place in Seasons 2, 3, 4, and 8 of the Afreeca Starleague. As of 2020, he is still broadcasting personal broadcasts. He is, along with BoxeR, NaDa, Iloveoov, and SAviOr, regarded as the fifth, final, and greatest of the Bonjwas, a title for players who dominated the Korean Brood War scene over long periods of time. He is considered to be the greatest StarCraft: Brood War player of all-time. Career Lee joined KT Rolster in 2007 at the age of 14 as a StarCraft: Brood War player. In his rookie debut at the Daum OnGameNet Starleague (OSL) of 2007, he defeated the MSL champion Kim "Bisu" Taek-yong to reach the final four, before losing to the eventual champion Kim "GGPlay" Joon Yung. He won the KeSPA Rookie of the Year award that year. In March 2008, he won both the GOMTV Star Invitational and the Bacchus OSL, defeating Song "Stork" Byung-goo in both finals. His Bacchus OSL title made him the youngest OSL champion of all time. In 2010, Lee reached the finals of eight major events, winning five of them. In 2011, Lee underwent surgery on his right arm due to repetitive strain on his muscles. By September 2012, Lee had won 17 major tournaments and broke StarCraft elo record six times, with all previous elo records being held by Lee himself. In 2012, Lee switched to playing StarCraft II competitively. He won his first StarCraft II major event in 2014, after winning Intel Extreme Masters Toronto. The same year, he led KT Rolster to a proleague title. Lee announced his retirement on December 1, 2015. At that point in is career, he had a nearly 80% win rate in Brood War and had spent multiple years at the top of KeSPA's official rankings.