{{Short description|South Korean esports player (born 1988)}} {{family name hatnote|Chang||lang=Korean}} {{Infobox Pro Gaming player | ID = FreedoM | name = Chang Yong-suk | image = | caption = | name_trans = | status = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|04|26}} | hometown = | nationality = South Korean | team = | leagues = | coach = | games = ''StarCraft'' <br> ''WarCraft III'' | earnings = | website = | years1 = | team1 = | years2 = | team2 = | years3 = | team3 = | years4 = | team4 = }} {{Infobox Korean name/auto | hangul = %장용석 }} '''Chang "FreedoM" Youngsuk''' (born April 26, 1988) is a South Korean professional esports player of the real-time strategy games ''StarCraft'' and ''WarCraft III''. He is known by his pseudonym ''FreedoM'' or '''FreeDoM'''. Chang entered the E-sports world in 2004 where he started his career playing as the Night Elf race in the game ''WarCraft III''.
Chang represented South Korea in ''WarCraft III'' at the World Cyber Games 2004, winning the 2004 national Korean qualifier. In 2005, he once again placed first on the World E-sports Festival. After the "MBC Map Scandal" where maps were rigged in order to make the Orc race more powerful,<ref>{{cite web|title=MBC Map Scandal Update|url=http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/9111-MBC_Map_Scandal_Update|publisher=sk-gaming.com|accessdate=2013-09-29|archive-date=2014-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221105646/http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/9111-MBC_Map_Scandal_Update|url-status=dead}}</ref> Freedom decided to quit playing WarCraft III and move onto playing StarCraft in 2006. Since then, his team Samsung Khan, won the championship for the StarCraft Pro-League 2006–2007 season.
Currently he is one of the most successful Korean poker players. He finished in 4th place at the 2008 Asian Poker Tour (APT) Manila where he took over $38,000 in prize money.<ref>{{cite web|title=Team Liquid Progaming Database - Player Information|url=http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/players/48_Freedom|publisher=TeamLiquid.net|accessdate=2009-08-12|archive-date=2009-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923170435/http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/players/48_Freedom|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Tournament placings== *2003 MBC Sonokong Prime League III - 3rd place *2004 World Cyber Games Korea national qualifier - 1st Place *2005 MBC Land Cinema Prime League V - 3rd place *2005 World E-Sports Festival - 1st Place *2005 Ongamenet Invitational - 1st place *2007 Shinhan ProLeague - 1st place
===Poker=== *2008 APPT Manila 2008 4th Place ($38,000)<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 November 2008 |title=2008 PokerStars.net APPT Manila Main Event |url=https://www.pokernews.com/tours/appt/2008-appt-manila/main-event/day3/?page=10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125223645/https://www.pokernews.com/tours/appt/2008-appt-manila/main-event/day3/?page=10 |archive-date=2023-11-25 |access-date=2008-11-16 |website=PokerNews}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://cafe.daum.net/freewerra Freedom's fan cafe (Korean)]
{{StarCraft Pro-Gaming}} {{Professional Warcraft III competition}}
Category:1988 births Category:StarCraft players Category:South Korean esports players Category:South Korean poker players Category:Living people Category:Warcraft III players
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