round, he was matched up with Polt, who had defeated him in their last encounter. In a close series, TaeJa managed to topple him 3-2, and moved on to meet jjakji, whom he destroyed 3-0, securing his spot in the Loser's Finals. Here, TaeJa met up with Life again. Life had lost the Winner's Finals against ForGG 3-2, and was now looking to get a rematch. Yet again, the TaeJa vs. Life rivalry created a great series, going the full length of 5 games. Finally, Life edged out the last win with a strong Ling, Baneling, Mutalisk strategy on King Sejong Station, eliminating TaeJa 2-3 in third place.

Just a few weeks before the end of the year, TaeJa participated in the qualifier for 2015 SSL Season 1 onbeing eliminated from Code S, finishing in a 25-32nd place.

Being eliminated from both Korean leagues, TaeJa had to play foreign tournaments. Due to his win at IEM Season IX - Shenzhen he was invited to the IEM Season IX - World Championship in Katowice, Poland, taking place from March 12 to 15. In the very first round, his opponent was fellow Korean Dark, a Zerg player who had shown a trend of improving results. Despite being able to win one map, TaeJa was eliminated with a score of 1-3.

On April 1, 2015 GSL Season 2: Code A recommenced with TaeJa playing Sorry, a rather unknown Terran from SK Telecom T1. In a close TvT series, the underdog prevailed on the final map and eliminated TaeJa with a score