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Cyan
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Cyan
Player Information
Name:
黄旻
Romanized Name:
Huang Min
Nationality:
Born:
October 28, 1992 (age 31)
Race:
Teams:
Alternate IDs:
Sundial, 探姬, 鬼斯通, NeverSteam, 天青色的奇迹, GentleProbe
Nicknames:
鸡哥（Chicken elder brother）
Approx. Total Winnings:
$134,150
Approx. Winnings 2024:
$6,905
EPT AS rank:
Years Active:
2013 - Present
Years Active (caster):
2021
Links
History
| 2015-01-04 — 2015-04-30 | Zenith of Origin |
| 2015-07-15 — 2016-06-28 | Brave Heart |
| 2016-06-28 — 2016-07-06 | Gondor |
| 2016-07-06 — 2016-12-06 | RYE E-SPORTS |
| 2018-06-01 — 2019-03-22 | Topsports Gaming |
| 2019-06-14 — 2020-12-01 | Brave Star Gaming |
| 2020-12-06 — 2023-02-14 | Good Game Gaming |
| 2023-03-08 — 2023-04-07 | LittleFairy |
| 2023-04-07 — 2023-11-29 | SSLT |
| 2023-11-29 — Present | Mystery Gaming |
Upcoming Matches
MYG  | vs (Bo7) |  BRSKR |
| May 24, 2024 - 22:00 CST | ||
| MYG | vs (Bo7) |   SR |
| June 8, 2024 - 22:00 CST | ||
| MYG | vs (Bo7) |   TL |
| June 15, 2024 - 20:00 CST | ||
Huang "Cyan" Min (born October 28, 1992) is a Chinese Protoss player who is currently playing for Mystery Gaming.
He is also known as "NeverSteam" and "Tanji".
Heart of the Swarm[edit]
2015 WCS Season 2[edit]
Cyan tried to qualified for WCS Challenger throughout the year of 2014, but did not obtain delightful results. He is still struggling in WCS China qualifiers after losing to TooDming in 2015 Season 1 and was defeated by Ein in 2015 Season 2. However, because Ein was unable to attend offline event, Cyan, after many times of failures, finally got the chance of participating WCS Challenger League for the first time. At last, he lost to Jim in the Challenger match with the score 1-3.
IEM Season X - Shenzhen[edit]
Cyan qualified for Ro16 of the main event due to massive Open Bracket drop outs, he finished 4th in his group, losing to herO and uThermal.
Legacy of the Void[edit]
IEM Season XI - Shanghai[edit]
Still in IEM, during the China Qualifier, Cyan got the runner-up by beating iAsonu with the score of 3-2. He got the opportunity to play in the main event of IEM Season XI - Shanghai. Faced with the strong Nerchio after lost two games with more Immortals once and more Disruptors once. He won the first game in the premier tournament with the tactics of Dark Templars though he still lost to Nerchio with Nerchio's rush of the fourth game.
WCS Copa Intercontinental[edit]
In the CN Qualifier, he won Chick twice by 4-0 and got the opportunity. In the main event, he won Kelazhur and lost to ShoWTimE.
WCS Winter 2019—January 2019[edit]
On the 15th of January 2019, Cyan was found to have colluded with fellow players, Route, JieShi, and Nice by intentionally losing matches on the WCS Winter-Americas ladder race and was banned from all Blizzard esports competitions. The ban lasted until the 31st of May 2019.[1]
Trivia[edit]
- His main Chinese ID, 探姬 (Tanji) is from 探机, Probe in Mandarin Chinese. His main English ID, Cyan is from his former clan, 天青色的天空 (the cyan sky).
- He is the only player who beat PartinG in a 1v1 match in the NeoTV Starcraft League 2015.[2]
- He is married and has a child. His wife is also a SC2 player.
- He won TL.net's weekly MVP Award for his performance in the fifth week of the Gold Series Team Championship 2020 Spring Season.[3]
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Award | Team | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-13 | Premier |   | World Team League 2023 Summer | Best Post-match Celebration No.6 |  | $138.85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-01-23 | Premier | | World Team League 2021 Winter | Best Post-match Celebration No.2 |  | $157.76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Statistics[edit]
Matchup Statistics
vs  | vs  | vs  | vs  | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Win% | Record | Win% | Record | Win% | Record | Win% | Record | Win% | |
| as | 878 - 822 | 51.6 % | 647 - 697 | 48.1 % | 814 - 647 | 55.7 % | 30 - 0 | 100 % | 2369 - 2166 | 52.2 % |
| as | 0 - 0 | - | 0 - 0 | - | 0 - 0 | - | 2 - 8 | 20 % | 2 - 8 | 20 % |
| as | 0 - 0 | - | 0 - 0 | - | 2 - 0 | 100 % | 0 - 0 | - | 2 - 0 | 100 % |
| Σ | 878 - 822 | 51.6 % | 647 - 697 | 48.1 % | 816 - 647 | 55.8 % | 32 - 8 | 80 % | 2373 - 2174 | 52.2 % |
Earnings Statistics
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| Tier |  |  |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| Minor | 26 | 30 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 101 |
| Basic | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Total | 56 | 45 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 155 |
References[edit]
- ↑ https://wcs.starcraft2.com/en-us/news/22865613/
- ↑ http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM4MzgzMzI4NA==.html
- ↑ TheOneAboveU (2020-05-03). "Weekly MVP Award: BSG.Cyan". TL.net. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
