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{{short description|Korean professional StarCraft player}}
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{{family name hatnote|[[Choi (Korean name)|Choi]]||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox Pro Gaming player
| ID            = iloveoov 
| name          = 최연성
| name_trans    = Choi Yeon-sung
| image         = Choiyonsung.jpg
| caption       = Choi in 2008 at the MSL
| nickname      = oov
| birth_date    = {{Birth based on age as of date|36|2020|11|03}}<ref name="GPS" />
| birth_place   = 
| nationality   = [[South Korea]]n
| team          = 
| role          = 
| leagues       = 
| coach         = 
| game          = ''[[League of Legends]]''
| career_games  = ''[[StarCraft]]''<br />''[[League of Legends]]''
| career_role   = Terran, coach (''StarCraft'')<br /> Coach (''League of Legends'')
| career_start  = 2003
| career_end    = 2011
| coach_start   = 2016
| coach_end     = 2020
| earnings      = 
| website       = 
| years1        = 2003
| team1         = Orion
| years2        = 2003–2004
| team2         = 4 Union
| years3        = 2004–2011
| team3         = [[SK Telecom T1]]
| cyears1       = 2008–2016
| cteam1        = [[SK Telecom T1]]
| cyears2       = 2016–2020
| cteam2        = [[Afreeca Freecs]]
| highlights    = 
*[[World Cyber Games|WCG]] champion ([[World Cyber Games 2006|2006]])
}}

'''Choi Yeon-sung''' ({{korean|hanja=崔然星|hangul=최연성}}, born November 5, 1983), also known as '''iloveoov''', is a retired professional Korean ''[[StarCraft]]'' player, and formerly a coach for the [[Afreeca Freecs]]' ''[[League of Legends]]'' team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyesports.com/view.php?ud=2014020101543643319_27|title=[맨투맨] '사제지간' 최연성-정명훈이 밝힌 '엮인' 스토리|date=February 1, 2014|website=데일리e스포츠}}</ref> As a [[Terran (StarCraft)|Terran]] player he was known for his excellent macromanagement, leading to his nickname "Cheater Terran". However he is better known as "Monster Terran" (Gweh_Mool Terran) because of his ability to produce a massive number of units. 
The 'oov' in his nickname is believed to be the ASCII emotion icon of a face and two fingers forming letter [[V sign|'V' which stands for victory]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tl.net/forum/brood-war/42673-iloveoov-oov|title=Iloveoov... Oov?|website=tl.net}}</ref>

==Career==
He sees [[Lim Yo-Hwan]], who was on the same team as him, as an older brother or mentor. Lim scouted Choi through a match in battlenet after losing to Choi's Terran, Zerg and Protoss. Choi beat Lim 3:2 in 2004 during the Ongamenet Ever Starleague finals.

He announced his retirement as a pro-gamer as a result of a [[Video game-related health problems#Musculoskeletal issues|wrist injury]], to become a coach for his team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tl.net/forum/news-archive/66298-bisu-to-skt1-oov-retires|title=Bisu to SKT1, Oov Retires|website=tl.net}}</ref> Since then, Choi returned to the active roster as a "[[player coach]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tl.net/forum/brood-war/81147-iloveoov-coming-back-as-playing-coach|title=iloveoov coming back as "playing-coach"|website=tl.net}}</ref>

In 2016 SK Telecom T1 disbanded their Starcraft 2 roster and Choi became head coach for the Afreeca Freecs League of Legends team.<ref name = "iloveoov">{{cite web|url=https://lol.gamepedia.com/Iloveoov|title=iloveoov - Leaguepeda {{!}} League of Legends Esports Wiki|publisher=Gamepedia|accessdate=28 April 2020}}</ref> He led the team to a quarterfinals berth at the [[2018 League of Legends World Championship]] but was ultimately defeated 3-0 by Cloud9 and eliminated.

In subsequent seasons he failed to replicate his success, failing to qualify for the World Championship in 2019 and also failing to make playoffs in the 2020 Spring Split. In November 2020, Choi parted ways with Afreeca Freecs.<ref name="GPS">{{cite news |author1=Field Level Media |title=Head coach iloveoov leaves Afreeca Freecs |url=https://www.gwinnettprepsports.com/sportsxchange/head-coach-iloveoov-leaves-afreeca-freecs/article_d3c72ba1-bc8f-5309-8571-bb7f6fc8804a.html |access-date=May 3, 2021 |work=Gwinnett Prep Sports |date=November 3, 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In April 2008, Choi announced his engagement to his girlfriend. Choi and his fiancée had been together for six years, even when he was training to become a professional gamer.

==Tournament results==
*[[TriGem]] MSL Champion – September – November 2003
*HanaFOS MSL Champion – January – March 2004
*Gillette OnGameNet Starleague 3rd place – April – July 2004
*Spris MSL Champion – May – August 2004
*Ever OSL Champion – August – November 2004
*UZOO MSL 4th place – June – August 2005
*So1 OSL 3rd place – August – November 2005
*CKCG China-Korea Cyber Games Champion – October 2005
*CYON MSL 3rd place – October – January 2006
*Shinhan OSL Champion  – December 2005 – March 2006
*[[World Cyber Games 2006]] Champion – October 2006
*Second player to win 3 MSLs, after NaDa.
*[[2018 League of Legends World Championship]] 5-8th Place - October 2018

===Streaks===
His streaks versus Zerg are particularly notable.

Record: 79 wins – 37 losses (68.10%)

Best Streak: 27 wins    Worst Streak: 4 losses    Current Streak: 1 win

===Overall Record===
*All:  	228–143  	(61.46%)
*vT: 	82–62 	(56.94%)
*vZ: 	79–37 	(68.10%)
*vP: 	67–44 	(60.36%)

==See also==
*[[StarCraft professional competition]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080121070133/http://sc.gosugamers.net/database.php?id=172 gg.net: Player profile & game record and last played games]

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