LG-IM coach interview (Korean)
LG-IM LoL team members interview (Korean)
LG-IM, one of the premier Starcraft 2 teams in the world, now has a League of Legends division.
Main points in the articles:
- The LG-IM League of Legends team members:
Jungle - Jeon HoJin AKA "a Lilac", formerly from team OP.
Bottom AD - Choi Hyun Il AKA "Paragon", also former team OP member
Mid AP - Park YongWoo AKA "Mid King"
Bottom Support - Lee MinWoo AKA "Tatu", no previous professional gaming experience.
Top - Jeong YoonSeong AKA "Ring Troll", no previous professional gaming experience. Korean ELO: 1964, NA ELO: 2125
- The forming of the team has been on the works since September 2011. LG-IM is now fifth professional LoL team in Korea, after Startale, MiG, Najin e-Empire and Xenics Storm.
- The team members will join the LG-IM house on May 15th, and will officially debut in the OGN's "The Champions Summer" Preliminaries.
- a Lilac and Paragon will finish this "the Champions" season as team OP members. They will play all the remaining matches with their former team.
- a Lilac will be the jungler, unlike in team OP where he played top lane.
- a Lilac was handpicked by coach Kang to be the leader of this team.
- Tatu apparently was a very famous WoW Arena player. He was introduced to coach Kang by a close friend of his.
- The other three players (MidKing, Paragon and RingTroll) were suggested to coach Kang by a Lilac himself.
- Going to IPL5 is a possibility. Foreign tournaments are somewhat a priority.
EDIT: Looks like MVP wants a slice of the pie too...
On May 07 2012 17:15 Loomies wrote:
http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?category=13438&id=1184891
wow things are moving so fast for the LoL scene in korea. 3 MVP teams?!
MVP Head Coach: Choi YoonSang
MVP League of Legends division coach: Lim HyunSeok (former team Rising Star coach)
MVP League of Legends division captain: Yoon SeongYoung, from MVP the White
THE BLUE (in parentheses ladder ID, Team ID order)
Choi SeonWhee (선자, Sun Chip) - team Captain
Kang SngHyun - (강퀴, Duelist)
Jeong NoChul (노처리, NoFe)
Kim KangHwan (The hermes, HanKun)
Lee HanKil (Me5, VeryBerry)
THE RED (in parentheses ladder ID, Team ID order)
Hwang KyuBeom (불켜보니타릭, Valentine) - team Captain
Shin YoonKi (악마, Milk Holic)
Hwang JaeKun (CYNE, CYNE)
Heo JunHyun (앨런킹, AlanKing)
Jeong JunGu (junegi, Frolic)
THE WHITE (in parentheses ladder ID, Team ID order)
Yoon SeongYoung (Top Jungle, Homme) - team Captain
Jung WooGwang (mima, MIma)
Choi InKyu (YaNkee, Ingoo)
Gu SngBin (잊혀진계절, 4seasons)
Kim JaeSung (EDG 작은두뇌, Small Brain)
http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?category=13438&id=1184891
wow things are moving so fast for the LoL scene in korea. 3 MVP teams?!
MVP Head Coach: Choi YoonSang
MVP League of Legends division coach: Lim HyunSeok (former team Rising Star coach)
MVP League of Legends division captain: Yoon SeongYoung, from MVP the White
THE BLUE (in parentheses ladder ID, Team ID order)
Choi SeonWhee (선자, Sun Chip) - team Captain
Kang SngHyun - (강퀴, Duelist)
Jeong NoChul (노처리, NoFe)
Kim KangHwan (The hermes, HanKun)
Lee HanKil (Me5, VeryBerry)
THE RED (in parentheses ladder ID, Team ID order)
Hwang KyuBeom (불켜보니타릭, Valentine) - team Captain
Shin YoonKi (악마, Milk Holic)
Hwang JaeKun (CYNE, CYNE)
Heo JunHyun (앨런킹, AlanKing)
Jeong JunGu (junegi, Frolic)
THE WHITE (in parentheses ladder ID, Team ID order)
Yoon SeongYoung (Top Jungle, Homme) - team Captain
Jung WooGwang (mima, MIma)
Choi InKyu (YaNkee, Ingoo)
Gu SngBin (잊혀진계절, 4seasons)
Kim JaeSung (EDG 작은두뇌, Small Brain)
Recent developments (May 17th): TIG source
1. Tatu out for the season due to personal reasons.
2. Lee Sang Jung AKA "CornSalad" (former team OP) in for LG-IM.
3. Tatu is still on the team, but CornSalad will be subbing in for him just for this upcoming season.
4. Since LG-IM got 3 former team OP members, it now has the rights to claim the team OP's seed for the next season.