The league was followed intensely by "WarCraft III" fans around the globe and fully established Jang Jae-ho as a gaming icon. Around the same time he won MBCGame Prime League V and became the runner-up of the 2004–2005 Ongamenet War3 TFT Invitational, losing to Korean prodigy Jang "FreeDoM" Yong Suk in the finals after being up two maps. This further enhanced his reputation as the world's best "WarCraft III" player and made him one of the best paid gamers of the time; winning US$50,000 in a span of months.