KT Rolster

KT Rolster

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

KT Sports
Baseball	Basketball	Esports
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

• Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games 2013 Gold Medallists
• Intel Extreme Masters Season VIII World Champions

Player Rosters

StarCraft II

Terran

• Jung Ji-hoon (jjakji)
• Jun Tae-yang (TY)
• Park Kun-il (SpeeD)

Protoss

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

Zerg

• Hwang Kang-ho (Losira)
• Lee Dong-nyoung (Leenock)
• Nam Yoon-seok (PenguiN)

League of Legends

• Kim Chan-ho (ssumday)
• Go Dong-bin (Score)
• Lee Ho-sung (Edge)
• Kim Sang-moon (Nagne)
• No Dong-hyeon (Arrow)
• Oh Hyun-sik (Mach)
• Jung Jae-woo (Fixer)

References

1. ↑ "Exotic E-Sports Records". gamedonga. 23 February 2009. 
2. ↑ "KT Rolster". gamernix. 16 February 2014. 
3. ↑ "KT Rolster Adds Two League of Legends Teams". ggChronicle. 10 September 2012. 

External links

• Official website (Korean)
• Facebook

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