Yoan Merlo
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Yoan "ToD" Merlo is a French former professional player of the real-time strategy games Warcraft III and Starcraft II. In WarCraft III he played as the Human race and in StarCraft he played as Protoss. He was signed to the top esports team in the United Kingdom, Four-Kings, until 7 November 2007, when he decided not to renew his contract for unspecified reasons. He later explained in an interview that the dissatisfying results of the Four Kings team were the reason for his departure. After much speculation, Merlo unexpectedly joined the team Mousesports on 1 December 2007.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Occupation
- professional gamer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Sport
- esports
- Image
- Fnatic ToD.jpg
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- name in native language
- Yoan Merlo
- sports discipline competed in
- Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
- date of birth
- 1985-03-20
- Commons category
- ToD
- social media followers
- 16800
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- ''Warcraft III'' career
- Rise in France (2002–2003)
- A year in South-Korea (2004–2005)
- Return to France (2005–2006)
- Move to China (2006–2007)
- ''Starcraft II'' career
- Casting career
- Notes
- External links
Yoan "ToD" Merlo is a French former professional player of the real-time strategy games Warcraft III and Starcraft II. In WarCraft III he played as the Human race and in StarCraft he played as Protoss. He was signed to the top esports team in the United Kingdom, Four-Kings, until 7 November 2007, when he decided not to renew his contract for unspecified reasons. He later explained in an interview that the dissatisfying results of the Four Kings team were the reason for his departure. After much speculation, Merlo unexpectedly joined the team Mousesports on 1 December 2007.
He is one of the most successful Warcraft III players ever, holding among other achievements first places at the World e-Sports Games, Blizzard Worldwide Invitational and Cyberathlete Professional League competitions. He is also a World Cyber Games silver and bronze medalist. He was recognized as the Warcraft III player of 2007.
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