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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 the Protoss. He was signed to the top esports team in the United Kingdom, 4Kings, 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 a former Warcraft III professional competitive player, 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. In an interview with GOMTV.net, an esports organization based in Seoul, South Korea, he hinted at his interest in competing in Starcraft 2. He achieved moderate success, winning some small tournaments and qualifying for World Cyber Games 2011.

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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 the Protoss. He was signed to the top esports team in the United Kingdom, 4Kings, 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 a former Warcraft III professional competitive player, 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. In an interview with GOMTV.net, an esports organization based in Seoul, South Korea, he hinted at his interest in competing in Starcraft 2. He achieved moderate success, winning some small tournaments and qualifying for World Cyber Games 2011.

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  1. date of birth: 1985 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1985". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1283317170

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