Savior (gamer)

In this Korean name, the family name is Ma.
sAviOr
Personal information
Name마재윤
(Ma Jae-yoon)
Nickname(s)The Maestro
NationalityRepublic of Korea
Career information
GamesStarCraft: Brood War
Playing careerUntil 2010
RoleZerg
Team history
2006Greatest Ones
2006–2010CJ Entus
Korean name
Hangul
마재윤
Hanja
馬在允
Revised RomanizationMa Jae-yun
McCune–ReischauerMa Chae-yun

Ma Jae-yoon (Korean: 마재윤; Hanja: 馬在允), known by the pseudonym sAviOr (previously IPXZerg), and dubbed "The Maestro", is a former professional South Korean e-sports gamer of the real-time strategy game StarCraft. He played the Zerg race and was one of the most successful and popular players of all time.[1][2] Savior was one of several players implicated in the 2010 match fixing scandal, and as a result he was banned from KeSPA-run competition for life. After retiring as a pro-gamer, sAviOr began streaming on AfreecaTV, but AfreecaTV made the decision to ban several players implicated in match-fixing offenses from the platform, including sAviOr.[3] Ma Jae-yoon was a member of CJ Entus, a professional StarCraft: Brood War e-sports team sponsored by CJ CGV, an entertainment subsidiary of the CJ Corporation.[4][5]

  1. ^ Bellos, Alex (29 June 2007). "Rise of the e-sports superstars". Click. BBC. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2007.(BBC Click article claiming "...Ma Jae-yoon is the number one computer games player in the country...")
  2. ^ DW Staff (act) (28 June 2007). "South Korea's Online Gaming Craze". Deutsche Welle. DW-World.de. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2012.(Deutsche Welle article that says "Ma Jae-Yoon is South Korea's current StarCraft champion.")
  3. ^ kwon, oh young (22 October 2015). "Ma jae yoon can not personal broadcast anymore". Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Team Liquid Progaming Database – Team Information – CJ Entus". TeamLiquid.net. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
  5. ^ "CJ Entus" (in Korean). CJ Entus. Archived from the original on 4 July 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2008.