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Samsung Electronics Pro-Game Team has changed its Starcraft 2 division team name from "Samsung Electronics Khan Pro-Game Team" to "Samsung Galaxy Pro-Game Team" and has also established a new League of Legends team.
Samsung Galaxy officials revealed, "The establishment of a new League of Legends team is part of our goal to actively invest and support e-Sports for its second Golden Age".
Currently Samsung Galaxy's League of Legends team contains 14 members (3 coaches, 11 players) and are divided into two teams and will join the existing SC2 team (Former Samsung Khan, now known as Samsung Galaxy. MVP SC2 has not been acquired) in its team house.
Samsung Galaxy has acquired the best amateur LoL teams MVP Blue and MVP Ozone (Ozone recently received the right to attend Season 3 World Championship). Through coach Choi Yoon Sang who has also been acquired with the League of Legends team, the team will focus on preparing for the next season by acquiring well-known amateur players to improve the rosters. Also, the coaching staff from Samsung Galaxy will be used to manage the League of Legends team and will receive full, active support.
Samsung Galaxy's Head Manager Kim Gyu-Ho stated, "Samsung Galaxy's establishment of League of Legends team will mark a new revitalization of e-Sports. We will support the League of Legends team so that it can become the world's most respected e-Sports team like our SC2 team".
Samsung Galaxy League of Legends team coach Choi Yoon-Sang also remarked, "I am happy that I was able to join the well-respected Samsung electronics Pro-Game Team and I will have it as my responsibility to make the best League of Legends team possible".
Samsung Galaxy's League of Legends team (former MVP Ozone) will leave for Los Angeles on the upcoming 11th to participate in the Season 3 World Championship and after, the team will take a brief break and join the new team house at the end of October.
Samsung Galaxy has considered the renown that the name "Ozone" has brought and will use the team name "Samsung Galaxy Ozone" for now and will use a new team name starting with Champions Winter Season.
Meanwhile, former MVP League of Legends coach Lim Hyun-Suk will head to lead the MVP Dota2 team.
Source: http://www.inven.co.kr/board/powerbbs.php?come_idx=2744&l=2248
On September 07 2013 20:52 Chexx wrote:![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/roL6lzM.jpg) Homme: As it turned out we joined a very prestige and major team in our country so I feel very happy. In return for the sponsorship we will try even harder. Before we got signed by Samsung we already showed you our best performance but now we want to be even better. I can’t talk in more detail about the contract but I really think it is the best in the Korean LoL scene. Mata: Honestly there was no big changes so I don’t feel much different. In reality I know changes will come. The uniforms are very pretty and I really like them (laughs). Other than that I have no idea. I will return this good opportunity with a steady increasing performance. Dandy: I will train hard because we met such a good sponsor. I am really happy. Uniforms are very pretty. To not shame the Samsung name I will train hard. Imp: There are no words to describe how good I feel. From now on I will focus on my form and behavior, I will show a grateful performance to the fans. We will show a strong performance to thank the people who believe in us and our sponsor. Dade: That we receive a lot of support from Samsung and were able to join them makes me very happy. I can conviently concentrate on the game in the Samsung environment I like it alot. I am happy to work together with a rich sponsor and I think with better results more money therefore I will try harder. Source: InvenThe last sentence of Dade is probably wrong because I dont know exactly what 빵빵하다 means
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Wait, isn't 최윤상 the guy who owned/founded MVP? If he's joined Samsung, who's left in charge of MVP's SC2, Dota and their new League divisons? 임현석? 최명원?
Initially I thought they would have poached 최명원 but it seems they took the head honcho instead...
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I'm curious as to how the transfer fee is being spent or if It's all going to Choi who left the MVP organization. If MVP isn't getting anything out of this to help run their SC2 and Dota 2 team I think It's quite a sad situation.
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On September 07 2013 12:16 GTR wrote:
Wait, isn't 최윤상 the guy who owned/founded MVP? If he's joined Samsung, who's left in charge of MVP's SC2, Dota and their new League divisons? 임현석? 최명원?
Initially I thought they would have poached 최명원 but it seems they took the head honcho instead...
None of that is clarified in the article.
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Welp,
They certainly said what many have been thinking for awhile about the Korean scene - that LoL is the second golden age of e-sport competition after Brood War.
Kinda sad that MVP's other departments get shafted (though hopefully they will improve with the funding from Samsung), though very happy for MVP's LoL players who have really established themselves amongst the top teams in the world in a short time.
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Ozone and blue? Holy fuck!
Money in the bank. Pimpin' ain't easy.
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On September 07 2013 12:21 Amethyst21 wrote:
Welp,
They certainly said what many have been thinking for awhile about the Korean scene - that LoL is the second golden age of e-sport competition after Brood War.
Kinda sad that MVP's other departments get shafted (though hopefully they will improve with the funding from Samsung), though very happy for MVP's LoL players who have really established themselves amongst the top teams in the world in a short time.
I don't know if you are looking at this in the right manner. The other MVP teams will be benefiting from the money that they got from the LoL deal. It's pretty much a win / win situation. I assume the money they received was large enough that MVP would part from their LoL teams like this.
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On September 07 2013 13:16 ketchup wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2013 12:21 Amethyst21 wrote:
Welp,
They certainly said what many have been thinking for awhile about the Korean scene - that LoL is the second golden age of e-sport competition after Brood War.
Kinda sad that MVP's other departments get shafted (though hopefully they will improve with the funding from Samsung), though very happy for MVP's LoL players who have really established themselves amongst the top teams in the world in a short time. I don't know if you are looking at this in the right manner. The other MVP teams will be benefiting from the money that they got from the LoL deal. It's pretty much a win / win situation. I assume the money they received was large enough that MVP would part from their LoL teams like this.
The thing we don't know for sure though is that the other MVP staff staying with the SC2/Dota2 teams and the SC2/Dota2 players are receiving anything at all from this. It's entirely possible all of the transfer money went to coach Choi and the LoL players. So MVP lost their head coach and manager for nothing in that scenario.
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On September 07 2013 13:18 Dodgin wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2013 13:16 ketchup wrote:On September 07 2013 12:21 Amethyst21 wrote:
Welp,
They certainly said what many have been thinking for awhile about the Korean scene - that LoL is the second golden age of e-sport competition after Brood War.
Kinda sad that MVP's other departments get shafted (though hopefully they will improve with the funding from Samsung), though very happy for MVP's LoL players who have really established themselves amongst the top teams in the world in a short time. I don't know if you are looking at this in the right manner. The other MVP teams will be benefiting from the money that they got from the LoL deal. It's pretty much a win / win situation. I assume the money they received was large enough that MVP would part from their LoL teams like this. The thing we don't know for sure though is that the other MVP staff staying with the SC2/Dota2 teams and the SC2/Dota2 players are receiving anything at all from this. It's entirely possible all of the transfer money went to coach Choi and the LoL players. So MVP lost their head coach and manager for nothing in that scenario.
Why would they accept that type of deal? I guess I don't understand why people think MVP would accept a deal that places them in a bad financial situation.
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On September 07 2013 13:36 ketchup wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2013 13:18 Dodgin wrote:On September 07 2013 13:16 ketchup wrote:On September 07 2013 12:21 Amethyst21 wrote:
Welp,
They certainly said what many have been thinking for awhile about the Korean scene - that LoL is the second golden age of e-sport competition after Brood War.
Kinda sad that MVP's other departments get shafted (though hopefully they will improve with the funding from Samsung), though very happy for MVP's LoL players who have really established themselves amongst the top teams in the world in a short time. I don't know if you are looking at this in the right manner. The other MVP teams will be benefiting from the money that they got from the LoL deal. It's pretty much a win / win situation. I assume the money they received was large enough that MVP would part from their LoL teams like this. The thing we don't know for sure though is that the other MVP staff staying with the SC2/Dota2 teams and the SC2/Dota2 players are receiving anything at all from this. It's entirely possible all of the transfer money went to coach Choi and the LoL players. So MVP lost their head coach and manager for nothing in that scenario. Why would they accept that type of deal? I guess I don't understand why people think MVP would accept a deal that places them in a bad financial situation.
What do they mean " they " ? Coach Choi who is going to Samsung with the LoL teams is the owner(I guess former?) of MVP and he could make these decisions by himself if he really wanted to.
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feels so good to be a Samsung fan
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Holy shit, not only they buy MVP Ozone, they change the team name? I preferred Khan = (
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On September 07 2013 13:37 Dodgin wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2013 13:36 ketchup wrote:On September 07 2013 13:18 Dodgin wrote:On September 07 2013 13:16 ketchup wrote:On September 07 2013 12:21 Amethyst21 wrote:
Welp,
They certainly said what many have been thinking for awhile about the Korean scene - that LoL is the second golden age of e-sport competition after Brood War.
Kinda sad that MVP's other departments get shafted (though hopefully they will improve with the funding from Samsung), though very happy for MVP's LoL players who have really established themselves amongst the top teams in the world in a short time. I don't know if you are looking at this in the right manner. The other MVP teams will be benefiting from the money that they got from the LoL deal. It's pretty much a win / win situation. I assume the money they received was large enough that MVP would part from their LoL teams like this. The thing we don't know for sure though is that the other MVP staff staying with the SC2/Dota2 teams and the SC2/Dota2 players are receiving anything at all from this. It's entirely possible all of the transfer money went to coach Choi and the LoL players. So MVP lost their head coach and manager for nothing in that scenario. Why would they accept that type of deal? I guess I don't understand why people think MVP would accept a deal that places them in a bad financial situation. What do they mean " they " ? Coach Choi who is going to Samsung with the LoL teams is the owner(I guess former?) of MVP and he could make these decisions by himself if he really wanted to.
Maybe I am misunderstanding something, but when I think of a company/brand, I never think of that company/brand having a sole owner. I just don't see how that would be possible.
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On September 07 2013 14:02 ketchup wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2013 13:37 Dodgin wrote:On September 07 2013 13:36 ketchup wrote:On September 07 2013 13:18 Dodgin wrote:On September 07 2013 13:16 ketchup wrote:On September 07 2013 12:21 Amethyst21 wrote:
Welp,
They certainly said what many have been thinking for awhile about the Korean scene - that LoL is the second golden age of e-sport competition after Brood War.
Kinda sad that MVP's other departments get shafted (though hopefully they will improve with the funding from Samsung), though very happy for MVP's LoL players who have really established themselves amongst the top teams in the world in a short time. I don't know if you are looking at this in the right manner. The other MVP teams will be benefiting from the money that they got from the LoL deal. It's pretty much a win / win situation. I assume the money they received was large enough that MVP would part from their LoL teams like this. The thing we don't know for sure though is that the other MVP staff staying with the SC2/Dota2 teams and the SC2/Dota2 players are receiving anything at all from this. It's entirely possible all of the transfer money went to coach Choi and the LoL players. So MVP lost their head coach and manager for nothing in that scenario. Why would they accept that type of deal? I guess I don't understand why people think MVP would accept a deal that places them in a bad financial situation. What do they mean " they " ? Coach Choi who is going to Samsung with the LoL teams is the owner(I guess former?) of MVP and he could make these decisions by himself if he really wanted to. Maybe I am misunderstanding something, but when I think of a company/brand, I never think of that company/brand having a sole owner. I just don't see how that would be possible.
MVP isn't really a company, It's a club run by the owner. Non-Kespa SC2 teams are pretty much all the same in that regard.
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So the dancing coach goes to Dota.
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On September 07 2013 14:13 glzElectromaster wrote:
So the dancing coach goes to Dota.
yeah. me sad too
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Awesome as ever, Frost! I won't get tired of saying that. 
Sad as fuck that the dancing coach leaves though......... I'm not sure if changing your coach right before Worlds is a good idea.
By the way, why does the article say "best amateur teams"? I don't get it.
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Oh cool. I use a Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Always thought Samsung Khan was awesome because I actually recognized their products, unlike most of the other KeSPA teams.
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Coach Choi, why 
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I wanted to see SamsungDRG D:
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