KT Rolster

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KT Rolster
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Location  South Korea
Founded 1999
Manager(s) South Korea Kang "H.O.T-Forever" Doh Gyung (SC2)
South Korea Lee Ji-hoon (LoL)
Sponsors KT
Oronamin C
Pocari Sweat
Razer
Danawa
Website KT Sports e-Sports
KT Sports
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Baseball Basketball eSports
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Shooting Field Hockey Sports

KT Rolster is a South Korean multi-gaming organization founded in 1999 with Korean Telecom as the head sponsor. A member of the Korean e-Sports Association, KT Rolster holds one of the richest and most successful StarCraft teams in the world, as well as the most successful League of Legends teams in Korea. The StarCraft team has fielded several legendary players throughout the pro-gaming scenes of StarCraft: Brood War and StarCraft II, such as Flash, Nal rA, YellOw, NaDa, NesTea, Reach, Life, TY and Zest.

History

When the organization was created in 1999 it consisted solely of a StarCraft team which was named KTF n016 Progame Team after the head sponsor, Korean Telecom Freetel.[1] In 2001 the team was renamed KTF MagicNs. When the sponsor merged with Korean Telecom the gaming-organization subsequently went through several name changes and eventually ended up as KT Rolster (short for "Roller Coaster") in August 2009. The team transitioned to Starcraft II during the hybrid 2011-2012 Proleague Season 2.[2]

In October 2012, KT Rolster added two League of Legends teams with members from teams NaJin Shield and the recently disbanded StarTale.[3]

KT Rolster reached the Quarter-Finals of the 2015 League of Legends World Championship in 2015.

Major tournament results

StarCraft/StarCraft 2

  • 2009-2010 Shinhan Bank StarCraft Proleague Champions
  • 2010-2011 Shinhan Bank StarCraft Proleague Champions
  • 2014 SK Telecom StarCraft II Proleague Champions

League of Legends

Arrows

  • HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014 Champions

Bullets

Player Rosters

StarCraft II

Terran

  • Jung Ji-hoon (jjakji)
  • Jun Tae-yang (TY)

Protoss

  • Choi Sung-il (Trust)
  • Joo Sung-wook (Zest)
  • Kim Dae-yeob (Stats)

Zerg

  • Hwang Kang-ho (Losira)
  • Lee Dong-nyoung (Leenock)

League of Legends

Nat. Position Player
South Korea Top Kim Chan-ho (김찬호) "Ssumday"
South Korea Jungle Go Dong-bin (고동빈) "Score"
South Korea Mid Song Yong-Jun (송용준) "Fly"
South Korea AD Carry No Dong-hyeon (노동현) "Arrow"
South Korea Support Ha Seung-chan (하승찬) "Hachani"
South Korea Head Coach Lee Ji-hun (이지훈)
South Korea Coach Oh Chang-jong (오창종)
South Korea Coach Kim Hwan (김환)

References

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by League of Legends Champions Korea winner
Summer 2014
Succeeded by
SK Telecom T1
Preceded by Intel Extreme Masters World Championship winner
Season VIII (2014)
Succeeded by
Team SoloMid