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TDK Announces Ninja and Emperor

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Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
May 18 2015 10:15 GMT
#1
Recently qualified NA LCS team Team Dragon Knights has announced their finalized roster. After kr Seo "Kyle" Ji-sun left with ru Alexey "Alex Ich" Ichetovkin only serving a temporary substitute the team has finally announced their roster for the upcoming split of NA LCS. Previous AD carry kr Lee "LouisXGeeGee" Sung-jin will not be playing replaced by former CJ Blaze and Keyd Stars AD Carry kr Kim "Emperor" Jin-hyun meanwhile former Prime Optimus and World Elite mid laner kr Noh "Ninja" Geon-woo will round out the roster at midlane.

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Current TDK roster:
kr Shin "Seraph" Woo-yeong (Top)
us Kevin "Kez" Jeon (Jungle)
kr Noh "Ninja" Geon-woo (Mid)
kr Kim "Emperor" Jin-hyun (AD Carry)
ca Andy "Smoothie" Ta (Support)
Glorious SEA doto
Ansibled
Profile Joined November 2014
United Kingdom9872 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-18 10:29:39
May 18 2015 10:17 GMT
#2
Ninja and Emperor o.O

Does this mean the WE.Dade thing is dead?
'StarCraft is just a fairy tale told to scare children actually.'
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Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Bearded Elder29904 Posts
May 18 2015 10:18 GMT
#3
Oh boy ! More Korean imports to NA LCS ! Ninja in TDK, awesome, huehue.
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AlterKot
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
Poland7525 Posts
May 18 2015 10:33 GMT
#4
haha ohwow
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Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
May 18 2015 10:38 GMT
#5

Blaze bot reunion hype
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manisier
Profile Joined May 2013
Australia240 Posts
May 18 2015 10:56 GMT
#6
RIP Altec
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krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
May 18 2015 11:20 GMT
#7
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oo_Wonderful_oo
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
The land of freedom23126 Posts
May 18 2015 11:26 GMT
#8
Now it's my turn to lose almost all ability to even.
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RAPiDCasting
Profile Joined July 2009
Korea (South)594 Posts
May 18 2015 12:42 GMT
#9
I'm really excited to see Ninja perform in LCS. His playstyle may not have suited his time in the limelight in the WE organization, but I see a pretty bright future for him with TDK in NA LCS.

Emperor had a lot of issues meshing and performing in Brazil so I'm hoping those will be resolved with a move to TDK. It should be really interesting to see his communication with Smoothie since he's the only member of TDK who doesn't speak Korean.
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Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21245 Posts
May 18 2015 14:09 GMT
#10
This team doesn't actually sound that bad lol.
TranslatorBaa!
TeeTS
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany2762 Posts
May 18 2015 15:14 GMT
#11
emperor was a top5 adc in korea in season 4. He formed with Lustboy probably the best non-samsung bot lane back then. Nice to see him back in the spotlight. If he can get back to this level, he will be one of the very best adc in NA LCS.
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
May 18 2015 15:16 GMT
#12
LouisXGeeGee is Korean? Wat.
Slusher
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States19143 Posts
May 18 2015 15:17 GMT
#13
Going to be sad when ninja actually looks legit vs na. I mean xwx sucked balls in china so it would seem likely
Carrilord has arrived.
Ansibled
Profile Joined November 2014
United Kingdom9872 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-18 15:35:13
May 18 2015 15:34 GMT
#14
On May 19 2015 00:17 Slusher wrote:
Going to be sad when ninja actually looks legit vs na. I mean xwx sucked balls in china so it would seem likely

Just like XWX, he might get better? Actually I'm not sure if XWX got better of if NA is just that bad. I didn't think Ninja was too bad though, he should be above average for NA mids.
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Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21245 Posts
May 18 2015 15:37 GMT
#15
XWX improved but barely. If XWX went back to China he still would've been a bottom half mid laner.
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Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
May 18 2015 15:40 GMT
#16
On May 19 2015 00:14 TeeTS wrote:
emperor was a top5 adc in korea in season 4. He formed with Lustboy probably the best non-samsung bot lane back then. Nice to see him back in the spotlight. If he can get back to this level, he will be one of the very best adc in NA LCS.



Remember Emperor will be playing with a support who lacks Korean DNA.
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Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany24794 Posts
May 18 2015 15:54 GMT
#17
Still cant believe these guys are in LCS.
Off-season = best season
terialk
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States770 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-18 19:09:27
May 18 2015 18:55 GMT
#18
I am pleasantly surprised :D. Excited for this weekend of LPL~

Edit: Apparently Ninja's being loaned/rented to TDK only for the summer split?
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Itsmedudeman
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States19229 Posts
May 18 2015 19:23 GMT
#19
I fucking cringe anytime anyone says emperor was pretty good
Call_me_b_
Profile Joined April 2015
Mexico117 Posts
May 18 2015 20:22 GMT
#20
NA = No Americans - twitch ``Kappaf4gs´´ kind of comments.
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Slusher
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States19143 Posts
May 18 2015 20:58 GMT
#21
honestly at this point I wish they'd get rid of the reigon lock rules and let the chips fall as they may
Carrilord has arrived.
thejuju
Profile Joined January 2015
United States413 Posts
May 18 2015 22:01 GMT
#22
More LCS teams bringing master race to their teams to win via the dna of gods.

I like it.
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ripvlcn7
Profile Joined January 2015
32 Posts
May 19 2015 03:30 GMT
#23
On May 19 2015 05:58 Slusher wrote:
honestly at this point I wish they'd get rid of the reigon lock rules and let the chips fall as they may


We'd probably have 6 or more all Korean teams right now lol.

The money is probably as good here and there's probably a bit more prestige so there'd probably be a ton of good teams who would jump at the chance.
Slusher
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States19143 Posts
May 19 2015 03:53 GMT
#24
sounds good to me
Carrilord has arrived.
I N V I C T U S
Profile Joined January 2015
Australia21 Posts
May 19 2015 12:16 GMT
#25
It's a good change for them. Ninja and Emperor are both strong but unexceptional players, and this isn't going to catapult TDK into being a contender for Worlds, but it will strengthen them significantly, giving them a pretty respectable roster all around. I think they should be able to avoid relegations this split at very least, which new LCS teams can't always guarantee.
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