Some Jin Air merch from the olden days

Mizenhauer

United States1804 Posts

July 31 2023 16:51 GMT

This is a bit random as I am 8 years removed from this whole thing, but here's the story. Back in 2015 I acquired the full set of WCS Cards from 2013 and, on a whim, contacted the Jin Air GW Facebook page, to see if they would be willing to have Maru and sOs sign them. I wasn't expecting a response since all their posts were in Korean, but one of the team managers actually did get back to me. They said if I mailed the cards that the players would sign them and Jin Air would mail it back to me. I was obviously thrilled (at the time my fav 5 players were Maru, Rogue, sOs, soO and Zest), but when I got the return shipment I could hardly believe my luck. I was expecting to receive the two cards and nothing else, but Jin Air pulled out all the stops and sent me signatures from everyone on the roster as well as this awesome banner which I assume is pretty much impossible to find outside of Korea (they probably handed it out for some Proleague playoff). Anyway, if you needed convincing that Jin Air were the GOAT team, here you are.

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WombaT

Northern Ireland24210 Posts

August 01 2023 10:10 GMT

Nice haul sir!

itsdaniel

Austria332 Posts

August 01 2023 20:54 GMT

wow!

Akio

Finland1838 Posts

August 02 2023 19:59 GMT

This is so cool, I love when teams (in any sport) take that extra step to give back to fans. Gladplane.jpg

micronesia

United States24612 Posts

August 03 2023 23:55 GMT

Pretty freaking sweet. Thanks for sharing that nice memory and pics.

Mizenhauer

United States1804 Posts

August 04 2023 01:11 GMT

On August 04 2023 08:55 micronesia wrote:
Pretty freaking sweet. Thanks for sharing that nice memory and pics.

People who weren't around for the Proleague days really missed out. The individual leagues are great, but there was nothing like rooting for your favorite team week in and week out. The loudest crowds in StarCraft history were almost always during the Proleague playoffs.

NewSunshine

United States5938 Posts

August 04 2023 16:54 GMT

I remember when they were still Kespa Team 8. Shit, that's cool. Proleague really was my all-time favorite place to catch SC2. Good memories.

Mizenhauer

United States1804 Posts

August 04 2023 18:16 GMT

On August 05 2023 01:54 NewSunshine wrote:
I remember when they were still Kespa Team 8. Shit, that's cool. Proleague really was my all-time favorite place to catch SC2. Good memories.

Imagine Jin Air with TY :O

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