Team SCV Life
Park Sung Hyun (박성현) (assistant)
Overview[edit]
Team SCV Life (TSL) was a Korean StarCraft II team. It was founded by former MBC Game HERO coach Lee Woon Jae.[1] The team's initial roster included former eSTRO player and coach TricKsteR (Tester), FruitDealer (Cool)—both of whom were formerly part of oGs—Happiness (Gas), and Clide. It was announced during the opening rounds of the GSL tournament #2 that StarCraft: Brood War pro-gamer SangHo (now known as Killer) and a relatively unknown player named Rain also joined the team as well.
In 2011, TSL became the first professional StarCraft II team to pay salaries to its players. The highest paid player at that point in time is FruitDealer with roughly 30,000 USD annually, closely followed by TricKsteR, and the remaining members of the team.
On August 4, 2011, Team SCV Life was expelled from SC2Con, at the time the association of Korean progaming teams, because of accusations from FruitDealer and TricKsteR that Coach Lee had stopped paying their wages without any warning, and because he used these two players's image for his advertising even after they ended their collaboration with the team.[2] This was eventually overturned on August 9 due to the accusations being proved false and based on misunderstanding and misinformation.[3]
On September 20, it was announced that MajOr would start practicing with TSL.[4]
On November 27, it was announced that Killer, JYP, and Clide were leaving TSL. HyuN, formerly of Brood War team MBC Game would also join the roster of TSL.[5]
The team disbanded due to not being able to find enough sponsors on January 3, 2013.[6][7][8]
History[edit]
2011[edit]
- June 14, Rain leaves TSL.[9]
- June 24, FruitDealer and TricKsteR leave TSL to join StarTale.[10]
- July, Symbol, RagnaroK and Ultimate join TSL.
- July 20, PuMa leaves TSL and joins Evil Geniuses.[11]
- August 4, Team SCV Life is expelled from SC2Con
- August 9, Team SCV Life's expulsion is overturned due to misinformation and false testimonies by FruitDealer and TricKsteR [12]
- September 23, Polt joins TSL.[13]
- November 27, Coach Lee announces a major restructuring of the team. Clide, Killer, and JYP leave the team. HyuN joins TSL.[14]
2012[edit]
- January 15, Korean Protoss Cyrano joins the team.[15]
- January 18, under disputed circumstances, aLive as well as Heart leave the team.[16][17]
- February 20 former Team Reign player inori joins TSL.[18]
- May 19, Millenium partners with TSL and will be joining them in the GSTL.[19]
- November 23, It is announced during the GSTL broadcast that inori has retired.[20]
- November 28, Revival leaves TSL citing he would like a "fresh new start." [21]
- December 22, Polt leaves TSL to study in the United States.[8][22]
2013[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- TSL has made five GOMTV Global Starcraft II Team League semi-finals but have never made the finals, and every team that has beaten TSL in the semi-finals has lost in the finals.
Player Roster[edit]
Notable Players Before Disbandment[edit]
Best Yearly Results:
| ID | Name | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | New Team | ||
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Center | Choi Jae Sung | - | - |  13 - 24th
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 Quantic Gaming
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Cyrano | Kim Yong Jin | 33 - 64th
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HyuN | Ko Seok Hyun | - | - |  2nd
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Quantic Gaming
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RagnaroK | Shin Hee Bum | - | - | 41 - 64th
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 Incredible Miracle
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Shine | Choi Kyung Min | - | - | 13 - 24th
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 MVP
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Symbol | Kang Dong Hyun | - | 41 - 64th
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2nd   
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 AZUBU
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Mamuri | Lim Jae Hyun | - | - | - |  SK Telecom T1
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Venus | Park Ki Woong | - | - | - | Quantic Gaming
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Former[edit]
| ID | Name | New Team | ||
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Polt | Choi Sung Hoon |  Personal Sponsorship[24]
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Revival | Kim Dong Hyun |  Evil Geniuses
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Punisher | Lee Da Han | Retired |
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inori | Woo Min Gyu | Retired |
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Ultimate | Ahn Tae Jin | Retired/Unknown |
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Oscar | Lee Jung Hyun | Retired/Unknown |
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Dream | Seo Dong Min | Retired |
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Heart | Kim Min Hyuk |  compLexity Gaming
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aLive | Han Lee Seok |  Fnatic
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JYP | Park Jin Young | Evil Geniuses
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Killer | Shin Sang Ho | compLexity Gaming
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Clide | Han Kyu Jong |  SlayerS
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Rain | Park Seo Yong | Fnatic
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FruitDealer | Kim Won Gi |  StarTale
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TricKsteR | Seo Ki Soo | StarTale
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PuMa | Lee Ho Joon | Evil Geniuses
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GuineaPig | Kim Hyun Tae | MVP
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Happiness | Hwang Hee Doo | Retired/Unknown |
Team Achievements[edit]
| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2012-11-23 | 2012 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 3 |   3 : 5
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| 2012-07-21 | 2012 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 2 | 2 : 5 
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| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2011-10-08 | 2011 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1 | 4 : 5 
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| 2011-03-24 | 2011 Global StarCraft II Team League March | 1 : 4
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| 2011-02-10 | 2011 Global StarCraft II Team League February | 1 : 4
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| 2011-01-28 | Zotac Team Invitational Season 2 | 3 : 4
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Highlight Videos[edit]
- 2011-06-01 | Team House tour by Cyber Sports Network
- 2011-09-20 | New Path Episode 1 by Artosis
- 2011-09-27 | New Path Episode 2 by Artosis
References[edit]
- ↑ The SCV Life - New Korean SC2 Proteam
- ↑ SC2Con expells Team SCV Life
- ↑ TSL's ban from the SC2 Committee overturned
- ↑ MajOr practices with TSL
- ↑ Team SCV Life big changes
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "프로게임단 TSL, 역사 속으로..." (in Korean). THISISGAME.
- ↑ Ethan Ahn (3 January 2013). "TSL Disbands". Twitter.com.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Dodgin (3 January 2013). "TSL Disbands". TeamLiquid.net.
- ↑ Rain leaves Team TSL
- ↑ FruitDealer and TricKsteR join StarTale
- ↑ PuMa leaves TSL for EG
- ↑ TSL's ban overturned - SC2 Committee
- ↑ Polt joins TSL
- ↑ Major TSL restructuring
- ↑ "TSL signs Cyrano, new Protoss" TeamLiquid.net. January 15th 2012.
- ↑ "TSL claims Fnatic tampered with Alive, Fnatic denies" TeamLiquid.net. January 18, 2012.
- ↑ "Heart leaves TSL" TeamLiquid.net. January 19th 2012.
- ↑ "TSL signs inori". Thisisgame.com. February 21st 2012. TeamLiquid.net Forum thread
- ↑ Millenium partners with Team SCV Life
- ↑ "TSL_inori retires from SC2 and switches to League". TeamLiquid.net. November 23rd 2012.
- ↑ Revival leaves TSL
- ↑ Polt leaves TSL
- ↑ Ethan Ahn. "TSL Disbands". Twitter.com.
- ↑ CMStorm Sponsors Polt, TeamLiquid.net, 2013-03-12
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