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Team eLevate signs MaSa

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InsidiA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada1169 Posts
January 02 2016 23:14 GMT
#1
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Team eLevate is proud to announce our first endeavor into the StarCraft scene with the acquisition of North American Terran player, Maru “MaSa” Kim.

MaSa boasts strong achievements throughout his entire StarCraft career, consistently reaching Premier League in last year’s World Championship Series circuit. MaSa also comes in with first place finishes at two LAN ETS’, MLG GameOn Ender’s Game Tournament and more recently a victory at Red Bull Battle Grounds Toronto.

With the release of a new expansion and changes to the StarCraft 2 tournament circuit, MaSa will strive to compete among the world’s best at multiple international events throughout the year at events like DreamHack, IEM and eventually BlizzCon.

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MaSa had nothing but positive things to say about joining Team eLevate. “I am very excited to join Team eLevate and I really want to keep a long relationship with the team and organization. It really interested me as this is a new team for the organization, starting with me and I really want to help Team eLevate become a top StarCraft 2 team.” Jason “InsidiA” Pun, Chief Design Officer and StarCraft 2 Manager for Team eLevate, had a similar sentiment, noting, “I’m really happy to be a part of the StarCraft community again and to lead Team eLevate in it’s inaugural effort in the title. I can’t wait to work with MaSa who we know will cement himself as the North American hope this year!”


MaSa will be competing on January 9th in the first online qualifier for DreamHack Leipzig. Be sure to tune in and support #eLevateSC2!


Follow Team eLevate
Website // Twitter // Facebook // YouTube

Follow MaSa
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GraphicsInsidiA | StarCraft 2 Manager for Team eLevate | Graphic Designer for Red Bull eSports & HTC | @iamjasonpun
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55561 Posts
January 02 2016 23:19 GMT
#2
Didn't even know he left ROOT but congrats and GL with this new team I guess.
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Alchemik
Profile Joined March 2014
Poland7124 Posts
January 02 2016 23:21 GMT
#3
that sounds interesting
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
January 02 2016 23:26 GMT
#4
Foreigners getting signed, it's a good sign for the new WCS system. Now let's hope Masa actually gets to go to some real tournaments
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Taco87
Profile Joined February 2012
Norway72 Posts
January 02 2016 23:26 GMT
#5
Good for him and Starcraft :D
Hope he does well !
jmbthirteen
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States10734 Posts
January 02 2016 23:38 GMT
#6
always nice to see a new team come into the scene.
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Jer99
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada8159 Posts
January 02 2016 23:39 GMT
#7
the one true Maru
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GreenMash
Profile Joined August 2012
Norway1746 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-03 01:22:17
January 03 2016 00:22 GMT
#8
nice! Congrats to him hope he has alot of success in 2016
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
January 03 2016 00:26 GMT
#9
hope to see Masa at more tournaments
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SuperHofmann
Profile Joined September 2013
Italy1741 Posts
January 03 2016 00:32 GMT
#10
Never heard about this team, are they good in other esports?
Vasacast always in my <3
Kyhol
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2575 Posts
January 03 2016 00:39 GMT
#11
Inked
Party MasA

MaSa once defended a kingdom of turnip versus a predatory SluG.

Hes a legend.
Wishing you well.
Ctone23
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States1839 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-03 01:25:07
January 03 2016 01:09 GMT
#12
On January 03 2016 09:26 Shellshock wrote:
hope to see Masa at more tournaments

He's playing in tomorrow's Monday's Gauntlet!

Wishing MaSa the best at his new team
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Adept
Profile Joined December 2009
United States472 Posts
January 03 2016 01:12 GMT
#13
Always cool to have existing teams moving into StarCraft, congrats MaSa! :D
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InsidiA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada1169 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-03 01:16:11
January 03 2016 01:15 GMT
#14
On January 03 2016 09:32 SuperHofmann wrote:
Never heard about this team, are they good in other esports?

Hey! We currently have teams in Smite, Call of Duty, Gears of War and Halo. We also boasted first place finishes in 2015 in CS:GO, World of Tanks, Call of Duty and Smite.
GraphicsInsidiA | StarCraft 2 Manager for Team eLevate | Graphic Designer for Red Bull eSports & HTC | @iamjasonpun
feardragon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States973 Posts
January 03 2016 01:29 GMT
#15
Nice! Hope to see Masa more active in 2016!
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SuperHofmann
Profile Joined September 2013
Italy1741 Posts
January 03 2016 02:11 GMT
#16
On January 03 2016 10:15 InsidiA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 03 2016 09:32 SuperHofmann wrote:
Never heard about this team, are they good in other esports?

Hey! We currently have teams in Smite, Call of Duty, Gears of War and Halo. We also boasted first place finishes in 2015 in CS:GO, World of Tanks, Call of Duty and Smite.

Cool :-) Unfortunatly I don't follow other eSports
Vasacast always in my <3
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10686 Posts
January 03 2016 03:29 GMT
#17
Wow awesome eLevate is getting into SC2, thats great.
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Amazonic
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden239 Posts
January 03 2016 10:35 GMT
#18
This pleases me.
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Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
January 03 2016 14:18 GMT
#19
On January 03 2016 10:15 InsidiA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 03 2016 09:32 SuperHofmann wrote:
Never heard about this team, are they good in other esports?

Hey! We currently have teams in Smite, Call of Duty, Gears of War and Halo. We also boasted first place finishes in 2015 in CS:GO, World of Tanks, Call of Duty and Smite.

HotS team disbanded or what?
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InsidiA
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada1169 Posts
January 03 2016 18:10 GMT
#20
On January 03 2016 23:18 Ej_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 03 2016 10:15 InsidiA wrote:
On January 03 2016 09:32 SuperHofmann wrote:
Never heard about this team, are they good in other esports?

Hey! We currently have teams in Smite, Call of Duty, Gears of War and Halo. We also boasted first place finishes in 2015 in CS:GO, World of Tanks, Call of Duty and Smite.

HotS team disbanded or what?

My mistake, forgot to list HotS.
GraphicsInsidiA | StarCraft 2 Manager for Team eLevate | Graphic Designer for Red Bull eSports & HTC | @iamjasonpun
xXOneMunkXx
Profile Joined May 2014
United States6 Posts
January 03 2016 20:58 GMT
#21
On January 04 2016 03:10 InsidiA wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 03 2016 23:18 Ej_ wrote:
On January 03 2016 10:15 InsidiA wrote:
On January 03 2016 09:32 SuperHofmann wrote:
Never heard about this team, are they good in other esports?

Hey! We currently have teams in Smite, Call of Duty, Gears of War and Halo. We also boasted first place finishes in 2015 in CS:GO, World of Tanks, Call of Duty and Smite.

HotS team disbanded or what?

My mistake, forgot to list HotS.


You had one job.... This is why we can't have nice things Kappa

Seriously though, this is awesome. Can't wait to get to see more of MaSa. Let's hope more organizations follow suit and bring more talent/support to the foreigner scene with the new WCS set up for lotv.
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