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T1 (esports)
T1 (previously known as SK Telecom T1 or SKT T1) is a South Korean esports organization operated by T1 Entertainment & Sports, a joint venture between SK Telecom and Comcast Spectacor. The team that would become SKT T1 was originally founded in 2002 by ''StarCraft'' player Lim "BoxeR" Yo-hwan under the name Team Orion, which was later renamed to 4 Union in December 2003. In April 2004, South Korean wireless carrier SK Telecom began sponsoring the team, officially creating the team SK Telecom T1. T1's ''League of Legends'' team has won a record five League of Legends World Championship, ''League of Legends'' World Championship titles (2013 League of Legends World Championship, 2013, 2015 League of Legends World Championship, 2015, 2016 League of Legends World Championship, 2016, 2023 League of Legends World Championship, 2023 and 2024 League of Legends World Championship, 2024), two Mid-Season Invitational titles (2016 Mid-Season Invitational, 2016 and 2017 Mid-Season Invitationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL'', commonly referred to as ''League'', is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for ''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III'', Riot's founders sought to develop a stand-alone game in the same genre. Since its release in October 2009, ''League'' has been free-to-play and is monetized through Freemium, purchasable character customization. The game is available for Windows and macOS. In the game, two teams of five players battle in player-versus-player combat, each team occupying and defending their half of the map. Each of the ten players controls a character, known as a "champion", with unique abilities and differing styles of play. During a match, champions become more powerful by collecting experience points, earning gold, and purchasing Item (game terminology), items to defeat the opposing team. In ''League''s main mode, Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 League Of Legends World Championship
The Season 3 World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game ''League of Legends''. It was the third iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, ''League of Legends'' World Championship held by Riot Games, and the last iteration not to be formally titled after the year it took place. SK Telecom T1 defeated Royal Club (esports), Royal Club 3–0 in the finals and took their first championship. Teams * 14 teams participate * Four teams receive direct entry into Quarter-finals through top 4 of All-Star Shanghai 2013. ** Seed #1 from China, South Korea, North America, and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau Venues Culver City and Los Angeles were selected as the host cities for the World Championship. Group stage * Ten teams are drawn into two groups with five teams in each group based on their seeding. Teams of the same region cannot be placed in the same group (excepted seed #3 of Europe is Gambit Gaming). * Double round r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KeSPA
The Korea e-Sports Association (KeSPA) is a South Korean body established to manage esports in South Korea. It is a member of the Korean Olympic Committee and the International e-Sports Federation. , it was the managing body for 25 e-sports in the country, including '' Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void'' (excluded in 2016), ''League of Legends'', ''Dota 2'', and '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''. KeSPA also hosts the KeSPA Cup, a yearly tournament event for some of their games. History The early years of KeSPA KeSPA was founded in 2000 after the approval of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Its official goal is to make esports an official sporting event, and to solidify the commercial position of esports in all sectors. The organization manages the broadcasting of e-Sports, the formation of new events, and the conditions in which pro gamers work, as well as encourage the playing of video games by the general population. In 2008 SK Telecom was given the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
StarCraft II
''StarCraft II'' is a real-time strategy video game created by Blizzard Entertainment, first released in 2010. A sequel to the successful '' StarCraft'', released in 1998, it is set in a militaristic far future. The narrative centers on a galactic struggle for dominance among various races. ''StarCraft II'' single-player campaign is split into three installments, each of which focuses on one of the three races: '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'' (released in 2010), '' Heart of the Swarm'' (2013) and '' Legacy of the Void'' (2015). A final campaign pack called '' StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops'' was released in 2016. ''StarCraft II'' multi-player gameplay spawned a separate esports competition that later drew interest from companies other than Blizzard, and attracted attention in South Korea and elsewhere, similar to the original ''StarCraft'' esports. Since 2017, ''StarCraft II'' multi-player mode, co-op mode and the first single-player campaign have been free-to-play. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It has a curricular emphasis on government, economics, public affairs, finance, and international relations. CMC is one of the seven members of the Claremont Colleges consortium. Established in 1946 as a men's college, CMC was officially incorporated in 1947 and began admitting women in 1976. The college focuses primarily on undergraduate education, but in 2007 it established the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, which offers a master's program in finance. Faculty at CMC are noted for exhibiting a more Conservatism in the United States, conservative political orientation than those at similar liberal arts institutions. , there were 1,338 undergraduate students and postgraduate students. CMC competes in the NCAA Division III's Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Southern California Intercollegiate A ... [...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] |
2024 Esports World Cup – League Of Legends
The multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game ''League of Legends'' had a tournament at the 2024 Esports World Cup, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from July 4 to 7, 2024. Eight teams took part in this tournament, marketed as Esports World Cup presenting League of Legends, two each from the four major competitive regions – LCS (North America), LEC (EMEA), LCK (Korea) and LPL (China). T1 would win the tournament, beating Top Esports 3-1 in the final. Format The eight teams that participate in the tournament were put into a single-elimination bracket, not unlike the one used at the ''League of Legends'' World Championship. The only difference to the Worlds bracket was that the quarter-finals and semi-finals were best-of-3 games; the final was a traditional best-of-5 series. Due to the top 8 teams at each EWC tournament gaining Club Championship points, all 8 teams participating will earn points, with each organization able to qualify for the Club Championship it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esports World Cup
The Esports World Cup (EWC) is an annual international esports tournament series run by the Esports World Cup Foundation, a nonprofit organization. It is considered the largest professional esports event in the world both financially and in terms of games, with , encompassing individual tournament prize pools, rewards for teams that qualify to events, most valuable player awards, and the Club Championship, being awarded to esport teams and players during the 2024 edition and upwards of 25 titles being contested at EWC itself. The tournament itself takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from July to August each year. The Esports World Cup has its origins in Gamers Without Borders (GWB), a charity esports tournament series run by the Saudi Arabian Federation for Electronic and Intellectual Sport (SAFEIS, with esports later being spun off to become the Saudi Esports Federation) that originally supported charities who played a part in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Mid-Season Invitational
The 2017 Mid-Season Invitational was the third annual ''League of Legends'' Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) tournament, hosted by Riot Games. The tournament was held from April 28 to May 21, 2017, in Brazil. This was the first time MSI had been extended. Each of 13 premier List of League of Legends leagues and tournaments, ''League of Legends'' leagues had a team that won the Spring Split represent them; Europe (EU LCS), South Korea (League of Legends Champions Korea, LCK), and China (League of Legends Pro League, LPL) had their teams automatically admitted into the main event whereas the other 10 leagues competed among each other in a "Play-in Stage" with the top 3 teams advancing to join the main event. SK Telecom T1 from South Korea successfully defended their championship from 2016 Mid-Season Invitational, the previous year, defeating G2 Esports 3–1 in the final. Qualified teams Based on the result of the MSI and World Championship in 2 years before (2015–2016), 3 teams fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Mid-Season Invitational
The 2016 Mid-Season Invitational was the second event of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a ''League of Legends'' tournament by Riot Games. It took place from March 4 to March 15, 2016, in Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Pudong, Shanghai, China. The participants were 6 winning teams of the Spring Seasons in their respective regions: 5 teams from North America ( NA LCS), Europe (EU LCS), China ( LPL), South Korea ( LCK), Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau ( LMS) and a team from Wildcard regions (Brazil, CIS, Japan, Latin America, Oceania, Southeast Asia) that won the Mid-Season International Wildcard Invitational (IWCI). SK Telecom T1 from South Korea won their first MSI title after defeating Counter Logic Gaming from North America 3–0 in the final. Qualified teams Venue Shanghai was the city chosen to host the competition. Group stage * Double Round Robin, all matches are Best-of-one. * Top 4 teams advance to Play-off. Bottom 2 teams are eliminated. Knockout stage * The 1s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-Season Invitational
The Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) is an annual ''League of Legends'' international tournament hosted by Riot Games in the middle of years, since 2015. It is the second most important international ''League of Legends'' tournament aside from the World Championship. In 2015 and 2016, the event featured the Spring Split champions of the five major competitive ''League of Legends'' regional leagues ( LEC, LCS, LCK, LMS, LPL), as well as a wildcard team from a region determined by the International Wildcard Invitational, held a few weeks beforehand. In its inaugural tournament, Chinese team Edward Gaming emerged victorious by defeating South Korean team SK Telecom T1 3–2 in the final. Since 2017, Spring Split champions from all regions have been participating in the event. The International Wildcard Invitational was replaced by the Play-in Stage. The best Wildcard region receives a direct spot in the World Championship's Group Stage for that year for their Summer Split champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 League Of Legends World Championship
The 2024 ''League of Legends'' World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game ''League of Legends''. It was the fourteenth iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, ''League of Legends'' World Championship, an annual international tournament organised by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament was held from 25 September to 2 November in Berlin, Paris, and London. It marked the fifth time Europe has hosted the tournament, having held the event in League of Legends: Season 1 World Championship, 2011, 2015 League of Legends World Championship, 2015, 2019 League of Legends World Championship, 2019, and 2021 League of Legends World Championship, 2021. Twenty teams qualified for the event based on placement within their regional leagues and results gained in the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI). The finals took place on 2 November at The O2 Arena in London, where T1 (esports), T1 of the League of Legends Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
