with two all-kills and two 4-kills as well as an overall 23-3 record in games which was by far the best in the league, far ahead of Revival's 12-3 record (second best) and of Zenio's 8-5 record (second best for Team Liquid and fifth overall).

String of Good Results (Aug 2012 — December 2012) [ edit ]

The day after the IPL Team Arena Challenge 3 grand finals, TaeJa played his TeamLiquid StarLeague 4 round of 16 against First, whom he had swiftly defeated 2-0 MLG Summer Arena a couple of weeks earlier and in the IPL TAC 3 finals as well. This time however, the Protoss player, who had thoroughly studied his opponent's playstyle from his recent showings at the MLG Summer Arena and Assembly Summer, emerged victorious ofa tied series and ended TaeJa's short-lived run in the tournament.[12] At the end of August, TaeJa attended the MLG Summer Championship as the reigning champion, being regarded as the favourite.[13] Things started off on the wrong foot right at the outset for him, as he lost to CranK in the first round of the group play and therefore fell into its losers' bracket. He made his way through it at the expense of Illusion, Ryung and Revival, and met CranK again for an extended series starting at 2-1 in favor of the Protoss player. TaeJa was unable to turn the tables, and lost the series 4-3. He was subsequently seeded in the fifth round of the championship losers' bracket, from where he defeated LosirA, aLive, and Revival,