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Gen.G
Gen.G (, stand for "Generation Gaming"), also referred as Gen.G Esports and previously known as KSV Esports, is a professional esports organization with headquarters in Santa Monica, California, Santa Monica, Seoul, and Shanghai. According to Forbes, Gen.G is the eighth most valuable esports organization in the world as of May 2022, worth United States dollar, US$250 million. History Gen.G Esports was formed in 2017 as KSV eSports by Kevin Chou and Kent Wakeford, co-founders of the video game development company Kabam, Michael Li, and Phillip Hyun. The organization started out by acquiring the rights for an Overwatch League franchise in Seoul, South Korea. The purchase reportedly amounted to $20 million with the intention to hire both an all-Korean roster as well as an all-Korean management staff. This team would later be known as the Seoul Dynasty. On May 3, 2018, KSV eSports announced a rebranding to Gen.G. On January 20, 2020, Gen.G was unveiled to be behind an NBA 2K L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends Champions Korea
''League of Legends'' Champions Korea (LCK) is the primary competition for ''League of Legends'' esports in South Korea. Contested by ten teams, the league runs two seasons per year and serves as a direct route to qualification for the annual ''League of Legends'' World Championship. The LCK is administered in cooperation between Riot Games and KeSPA. The league was formerly named ''League of Legends'' Champions before undergoing a major restructuring in late 2014, which saw a change in the competition's format and a rebranding to its current name. OGN reserved exclusive broadcasting rights of the league until 2016 when rights were split with SPOTV Games. In 2019, Riot Games took over the broadcasting of LCK. In 2021 the LCK franchised, and Challengers Korea (CK) and the LCK promotion tournament were discontinued. Teams from the LCK have won the World Championship a record nine times, including five consecutive titles from 2013 to 2017. History Pre-LCK era (2012–2014) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valorant Champions Tour
The ''Valorant'' Champions Tour (VCT) is a global competitive esports tournament series for the video game ''Valorant'' organised by Riot Games, the game's developers. The series runs multiple events throughout each season, culminating in ''Valorant'' Champions, the top-level event of the tour. The VCT was announced in 2020, with its inaugural season taking place in 2021. History 2021–2022: Open-qualifiers era In November 2020, Riot Games announced the first ''Valorant'' Champions Tour, a tournament series divided into three tiers: Challengers, Masters, and Champions. Challengers would act as the lowest tier, split into seven regions: North America, Brazil, Latin America (Hispanic America), EMEA, Southeast Asia (later included South Asia and Oceania, become to Asia-Pacific), Korea, Japan. Teams that advance past Challengers would move on to Masters, where teams would not be divided by regions anymore, and the top 16 teams from Masters would move on to Champions, the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 League Of Legends World Championship
The 2021 ''League of Legends'' World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game ''League of Legends''. It was the eleventh iteration of the ''League of Legends'' World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament was held from 5 October to 6 November in Reykjavík, Iceland. Twenty two teams from 11 regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia with ten of those teams having to reach the main event via a play-in stage. "Burn It All Down" was the tournament's theme song, put together by PVRIS, while Denzel Curry, CIFIKA, Besomorph, and Wang Yibo from Uniq, produced their own respective remix versions of "Burn It All Down". Edward Gaming of China's LPL defeated the defending world champions, DWG KIA of Korea's LCK, to win their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 League Of Legends World Championship
The 2020 ''League of Legends'' World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game ''League of Legends''. It was the tenth iteration of the ''League of Legends'' World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from 25 September to 31 October in Shanghai, China. Twenty-two teams from eleven regions qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits, such as those in China, Europe, North America, South Korea and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau/Southeast Asia, with ten of those teams having to reach the main "groups" event via a play-in stage. "Take Over" was the tournament's theme song, put together by Henry Lau, Max Schneider, and A Day to Remember's lead vocalist Jeremy McKinnon. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues The COVID-19 pandemic, which was mainly confined to China in January and early February 2020, affected the multi-city hosting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBA 2K League
The ''NBA 2K'' League (NBA 2KL or simply 2K League) is an esports league joint venture between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Take-Two Interactive. The league was announced in 2017 with its inaugural season taking place in 2018. There are 22 NBA teams that have teams, with a few independent teams also competing. The current champions are Warriors Gaming Squad (5v5, affiliate of the NBA's Golden State Warriors) and Lakers Gaming (3v3, affiliate of the Los Angeles Lakers). History The inaugural 2018 season lasted for 17 weeks, beginning with the tip-off tournament from May 1–5, with the first weekly matchups taking place on May 11–12. There were an additional two tournaments during the season before the playoffs began on August 17, concluding with the ''NBA 2K'' League Finals on August 25. All games were live-streamed on Twitch and available to view on demand after the live broadcasts. The league used Pro-Am mode for the games, which consis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 League Of Legends World Championship
The 2018 ''League of Legends'' World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game ''League of Legends''. It was the eighth iteration of the ''League of Legends'' World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from October 1 to November 3, 2018, in cities across South Korea. Twenty four teams qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in China, South Korea, Europe, and North America, with twelve of those teams having to reach the group stage via a play-in round. The tournament became known for its very surprising results, numerous upsets, and has often been considered the most unpredictable worlds in League of Legends' history. The tournament also became the most watched esports event in history, reaching a peak of over 200 million concurrent viewers during the finals. It surpassed the viewership of the 2017 League of Legend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul Dynasty
Seoul Dynasty is a South Korean professional Overwatch (video game)#Esports, ''Overwatch'' esports team based in Seoul, South Korea. The Dynasty compete in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the league's East region. Founded in 2017, Seoul Dynasty is one of the league's twelve founding members and one of two professional ''Overwatch'' teams based in South Korea. The team is owned by Kevin Chou of Generation Gaming, who also own and operate an Overwatch Contenders#Academy teams, academy team for the Dynasty that compete in Overwatch Contenders (OWC) under the moniker Gen.G Esports. The team that would be the Seoul Dynasty competed under the moniker Lunatic-Hai and were considered to be one the best ''Overwatch'' teams heading into the OWL's inaugural season. However, the team failed to reach the playoffs in 2018. Seoul qualified for the playoffs for the first time in 2019, and in 2020, the team reached the 2020 Overwatch League Grand Finals, Grand Finals, where they lost to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overwatch League
The Overwatch League (OWL) was a professional esports league for the video game ''Overwatch'', produced by its developer, Blizzard Entertainment. From 2018 to 2023, the Overwatch League followed the model of other traditional North American professional sporting leagues by using a set of permanent, city-based teams backed by separate ownership groups. The league used the regular season and playoffs format rather than promotion and relegation used commonly in other esports and non-North American leagues, with players on the roster being assured a minimum annual salary, benefits, and a portion of winnings and revenue-sharing based on team performance. The Overwatch League was announced in 2016 and secured commitments from 12 teams across the United States, Europe, and Asia, each investing $20million in franchise fees, to participate in its 2018 Overwatch League season, 2018 inaugural season. The league faced skeptics who questioned its potential success due to the lack of a proven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samsung Galaxy (esports)
Samsung Galaxy Pro-Game Team, or simply Samsung Galaxy (SSG, ) and formerly known as Samsung KHAN, was a professional esports works team of Samsung Sports, owned by Samsung Electronics via sub-company Cheil Worldwide. In September 2013, team was renamed after famous brand from Samsung Electronics' smartphone series. During its existence it had teams competing in ''League of Legends'', ''StarCraft'' and ''StarCraft II''. Samsung KHAN was founded in June 2000 as an esports team of ''StarCraft''/''StarCraft II'' and competing in StarCraft II Proleague. They won 2008 season. Samsung's ''StarCraft II'' division was disbanded in 2016, due to Proleague was discontinued. Samsung's ''League of Legends'' division was created on September 7, 2013 and competing in League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), after MVP's two teams, ''MVP Blue'' and ''MVP Ozone'' (formerly ''MVP White''), were acquired by Samsung as ''Samsung Blue'' (SSB) and ''Samsung Ozone'' (later ''Samsung White'' - SSW ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esports
Esports (), short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, played individually or as teams. Multiplayer competitions were long a part of video game culture, but were largely between amateurs until the late 2000s when the advent of online streaming media platforms, particularly YouTube and Twitch (service), Twitch, enabled a surge in participation by professional gamers and spectators. By the 2010s, esports was a major part of the video game industry, with many game developers designing for and funding for tournaments and other events. Esports first became popular in East Asia, particularly in China and South Korea (which first licensed professional players in 2000) but less so in Japan, whose broad Gambling in Japan, anti-gambling laws prohibit professional gaming tournaments. Esports are also popular in Europe and the Americas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
G2 Esports
G2 Esports (or simply G2) is a European esports organization headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with players competing in ''League of Legends'', ''Valorant'', ''Counter-Strike 2'', ''Hearthstone (video game), Hearthstone'', ''Rocket League'', ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Rainbow Six Siege'', Fortnite, and ''iRacing''. G2 also opperate the Minnesota Rokkr, Minnesota RØKKR in the Call of Duty League and G2 Football Club in Kings League#Kings League Germany, Kings League Germany. The organization was founded in Spain on 24 February 2014 as Gamers2 by former ''League of Legends'' pro Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago and investor Jens Hilgers. The organization rebranded as G2 Esports on 15 October 2015. G2's ''League of Legends'' team competes in the League of Legends EMEA Championship, ''League of Legends'' EMEA Championship (LEC), the highest level of competitive ''League of Legends'' in Europe. The team has won sixteen domestic titles in Europe, the most of any organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esports
Esports (), short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, played individually or as teams. Multiplayer competitions were long a part of video game culture, but were largely between amateurs until the late 2000s when the advent of online streaming media platforms, particularly YouTube and Twitch (service), Twitch, enabled a surge in participation by professional gamers and spectators. By the 2010s, esports was a major part of the video game industry, with many game developers designing for and funding for tournaments and other events. Esports first became popular in East Asia, particularly in China and South Korea (which first licensed professional players in 2000) but less so in Japan, whose broad Gambling in Japan, anti-gambling laws prohibit professional gaming tournaments. Esports are also popular in Europe and the Americas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
