the playoffs of Acer TeamStory Cup Season 2, with four wins in the 5-4 victory against Axiom. With one match remaining the qualification came down to winning over Quantic Gaming with an all-kill, in order to have a better game record than Mousesports. TaeJa, fielded as the first player, went through a Zerg centric line-up defeating HyuN again twice, securing the needed 5-0 all-kill against Quantic Gaming and ultimately securing the team's participation in the playoffs.

It was now time for TaeJa to participate in 2013 DreamHack Open: Winter. With his formidable form in versus the other two races, TaeJa found himself in a group with four Terrans and the winner of 2013 WCS Global Finals in sOs. Like in HomeStory Cup, TaeJa did not drop a series inAcer TeamStory Cup Season 2 Playoffs, Team Liquid was matched up against Team Acer in the Semifinals. TaeJa was not able to reproduce his performance of the regular season, or his performance in Winner's Round 2 of 2013 DreamHack Open: Winter, as MMA all-killed them, going through TaeJa twice. Closing out the 5-3 with one win in the Lower Bracket against Western Wolves, TaeJa was sent out as the third player against Axiom's Impact, without any luck, resulting in another all-kill against his team. Having won only one of his four matches in the Playoffs, TaeJa's streak of domination streak came to an end. Team Liquid finished the competition at an honorable third place.

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