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{{Short description|South Korean electronic sports player (born 1985)}}
{{for|the singer Seo Ji-soo|Lovelyz}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Seo (Korean name)|Seo]]||lang=Korean}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox Pro Gaming player
| ID = ToSsGirL
| name          = Seo Ji-soo
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| nickname      = Queen of Terran
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| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1985|05|21|df=y}}
| birth_place   =
| nationality   = South Korean
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| leagues       =
| games         = ''[[StarCraft]]''
| career_start  = 2001
| career_end    = 2012
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| module        = {{Infobox korean name|child=yes
| hangul        = 서지수
| hanja = 徐智秀
| rr            = Seo Ji-su^
| mr            = Sŏ Chi-su
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'''Seo Ji-soo''' ({{Korean|hangul=서지수}}; born 21 May 1985)<ref>{{cite web |title=Player: ToSsGirL |url=https://www.sk-gaming.com/player/6389-tossgirl |website=sk-gaming.com |access-date=May 19, 2021}}</ref> is a [[StarCraft professional competition|professional ''StarCraft'' player]] from South Korea who played under the alias '''ToSsGirL'''<ref name="theb_Game">{{Cite web| title = Games and Girls: Our Gamer Girl Crushes| work = TheBitbag| date = 24 July 2014| accessdate = 20 February 2015| url = http://www.thebitbag.com/games-and-girls-our-gamer-girl-crushes/85691}}</ref> (Terran, STX Soul) and referred to as the "Queen of Terran".<ref name="gosu_STXS">{{Cite web| title = STX SOUL's ToSsGirl| author = Kim, Dawn| work = gosugamers.net| accessdate = 20 February 2015| url = http://www.gosugamers.net/dota2/news/6676-stx-soul-s-tossgirl}}</ref> On, 17 July 2012, Seo Ji-soo officially retired<ref name="kota_Kore">{{Cite web| title = Korea's Most Talented Female StarCraft Player Is Retiring| last = Ashcraft | first = Brian| work = Kotaku Australia| date = 5 July 2012| accessdate = 20 February 2015| url = http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/07/koreas-most-talented-female-starcraft-player-calls-is-retiring/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120709034314/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/07/koreas-most-talented-female-starcraft-player-calls-is-retiring/| url-status = dead| archive-date = 9 July 2012}}</ref> from [[pro gaming]] and she is now running a [[cybermall]] called 'tossgirl'.<ref name="TLPD">{{cite web|url=http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/players/66_ToSsGirL|title=TLPD - Player Information - ToSsGirL|publisher=Teamliquid.net|accessdate=4 April 2010}}</ref><ref name="game_ToSs">{{Cite web| title = ToSsGirl - Nữ hoàng StarCraft tái xuất - VnExpress Game Thủ| work = gamethu.vnexpress.net| accessdate = 17 February 2015| url = http://gamethu.vnexpress.net/gt/hinh-anh/2014/12/42284-tossgirl-nu-hoang-starcraft-tai-xuat/}}</ref><ref name="bank_Słyn">{{Cite web| title = Słynna zawodniczka e-sportowa rezygnuje z gry w StarCraft II| work = Bankier.pl| date = 7 February 2015| accessdate = 17 February 2015| url = http://www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/Slynna-zawodniczka-e-sportowa-rezygnuje-z-gry-w-StarCraft-II-3284931.html| language = pl}}</ref>
==StarCraft career==
Tossgirl was first introduced to StarCraft by her father in 1999, and she and her sister Seo Ji Seung "ZergGirl" both started to play avidly. Her continued practise has been attributed to her wanting to compete and win against her sister, and after accomplishing this, Tossgirl switched races from Protoss to Terran.
She continued to play ''StarCraft'' and was fascinated by the professional tournaments on television.  At 16, after seeing [[BoxeR]] play on television, she decided that she wanted to become a professional gamer.  When she told her father, he said that he wished he had never introduced her to StarCraft.  However, she continued to play and would sneak out at night to play in local tournaments around [[Seoul]].
In 2001 at age 17, ToSsGirl qualified for the female [[World Cyber Games|WCG]] tournament and showed good standings in preliminary rounds of other tournaments.  The next year, ToSsgirl got into her first major competition which was hosted by [[Ghem TV]].  She was able to get into the top 8 twice and by doing so she became qualified to receive her professional gaming license.  From there, she was picked up by the STX Soul professional gaming team where she has remained since.<ref name="TLPD" />
In 2003, she was able to win the gameTV female league and also made headlines by beating FreeMura, the first OSL winner, in minorleague (he then retired).  She subsequently won the gameTV female league in 2004 and in 2005.  In 2005, Tossgirl also beat [NC][[YellOw (video gamer)|YellOw]] in the WCG preliminary round.<ref name="TLPD" /> At this time, [NC]YellOw was considered one of the top professional gamers.
After the disappearance of female leagues in late 2005, Tossgirl has continued to play in regular tournaments with limited success. Her most prominent victories in recent years have been beating Modern 2–0 in the GomTv Classic, the first match win by a female in a KESPA sanctioned tournament along with a few more matches and in 2009 she was able to beat Max in the MSL Preliminary round.
In 2009, she played in e-Stars Seoul StarCraft Heritage League 2009.  After a dramatic loss in first game against YellOw, she defeated [[Park Jung-suk (video gamer)|Reach]] in her second game,<ref name="TLPD" /> which was a substantial upset.  In the 2010 Spring OSL preliminaries, ToSsGirL beat GoRush, one of the top players from 2001 to 2004.  However, she later lost to Stats in the preliminaries.
In 2010, Ji-soo won the champion of STX in China by beating Sun "F91" Yifeng with 2–1.
Ji-soo was considered one of the 15 highest paid female professional video gamers in the world.<ref name="busi_15Of">{{Cite web| title = 15 of the Highest-Paid Professional Female Video Gamers| last = Levy | first = Karyne| work = Business Insider Australia| date = 10 June 2014| access-date = 17 February 2015| url = https://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paid-professional-female-video-gamers-2014-6#15-seo-tossgirl-ji-soo-575313-from-3-tournaments-1}}</ref>
She retired in July 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/07/koreas-most-talented-female-starcraft-player-calls-is-retiring/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709034314/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/07/koreas-most-talented-female-starcraft-player-calls-is-retiring/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2012|title=Korea's Most Talented Female StarCraft Player Is Retiring|date=5 July 2012}}</ref>
==Tournament results==
* 1st place in Game TV Female League 4
* 1st place in Game TV Female League 3
* 1st place in Game TV Female League 2
* 1st place in TV Stargirls League 2
* 1st place in OGN Female Gamer Exhibition Tournament
* 3rd place in [[Electronic Sports World Cup Masters of Cheonan]] (2009)
==References==
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