Gen.G Esports
Seong "WatchinU" Hu Bae
Gen.G is a Korean/American professional esports organization. The current team was formed in August 2018 following the merge of the Gen.G Gold and Gen.G Black teams.
History[edit]
In November 2017 organisation formed two Korean-based PUBG teams - KSV Notitle / KSV NTT ( later rebranded to Gen.G Black ) and KSV AseL ( later rebranded to KSV CLES, then to Gen.G Gold )
Gen.G Black started 2018 strong, winning first major Korean PUBG league in AfreecaTV PUBG League ( APL ) Pilot Season in February, followed by defending their championship in APL Season 1 in May and representing South Korea in IEM Katowice PUBG Invitational and PUBG Global Invitational.
Meanwhile, KSV_AseL struggled throughout winter of 2018, after which they've replaced players 'LeeTaeJun' and 'Aloha' with two rookies, 'Loki' and 'Chelator'. These changes proved successful as KSV CLES / Gen.G Gold racked up three second-place finishes throughout PUBG Korea League Season 1 ( APL Season 1 , SpoTV Warfare Masters Pro Tour and OGN Survival Series Season 2 ) before finishing 1st in PKL 2018 Season 1 and winning the PUBG Global Invitational TPP World Championship.
On August 16th it have been announced that organisation will merge their teams into single PUBG roster. A unified roster got mixed results as they finished 11th in Starladder & I-League PUBG Season 2 in September, 4th in PUBG Korea League Season 2 Finals, 9th in PUBG Japan Series Winter Invitational in December and 14th in Korea League 2019 Phase 1 in March, before returning to the top with a championship runs in Korea League 2019 Phase 2, MET Asia Series and once again, become the PUBG Global Championship winner and bring home more than 2 million dollars.
Timeline[edit]
- August 16th - Gen.G esports announce the merging of Gen.G Gold and Gen.G Black into one team, Gen.G PUBG. [1]
- August 17th - Gen.G esports announce that YoonRoot will go on break from competitive play and will stay on as a Streamer. [2]
- August 20th - Gen.G esports confirmed the transfers of EscA to OP Gaming Rangers [3]
- October 29th - SimSn leaves. [4]
- November 19th - Dozer joins. [5]
- December 19th - WICK2D leaves. [6]
- December 22nd - HANKEONHEE and Banbazi leaves. [7]
- December 22nd - Maczora joins. [7]
- January 11th - Gen.G esports signed taemin. [8]
- February 11th - Dozer gets moved to trainee position.
- April 23rd - Maczora contract expired, left the team. [9]
- April 24th - Dozer signed with Element Mystic and left the team. [10]
- April 29th - Pio signed by Gen.G. [11]
- December 5th - Taemin leaves the team.[12]
- December 11th - Team signed Aqua5 and Menteul. Chelator will work as Head Coach. Esther will be new Content Creator.[13] [14]
Player Roster[edit]
Active[edit]
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Loki | Park Jung-young | Fragger | 2018-08-16 [1] |
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Pio | Cha Seung-hoon | IGL | 2019-04-29 [11] |
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Aqua5 
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Yoo Sang-ho | Co IGL,Support | 2019-12-11 [13] |
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Inonix | Na Hee-joo | Fragger | 2020-03-23 [15] |
Inactive[edit]
| Inactive Players | |||||
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| ID | Name | Role | Join Date | Inactive Date | |
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YoonRoot (Streamer) | Hyunwoo Yoon | Sniper | 2018-08-16 [1] | 2018-08-17 [2] |
Former[edit]
| Former Players | ||||||
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| ID | Name | Role | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |
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Menteul | Im Yeong-su | Fragger | 2019-12-11 [13] | 2020-03-30[16] |  Team VSG
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Chelator | Kim Min-ki | Support | 2018-08-16 [1] | 2019-12-11 [14] |  Gen.G Esports
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Esther
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Go Jeong-wan | Fragger | 2018-08-16 [1] | 2019-12-11 | Gen.G Esports
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taemin | Kang Tae-min | Support | 2019-01-11 [8] | 2019-12-05 [12] | 
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Dozer (Trainee) | Kang Min-Seong | Support | 2018-11-19 [5] | 2019-04-24 |  Element Mystic
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maczora | Han Dae-kyu | Starter | 2018-12-22 | 2019-04-23 [9] |  SeolHaeOne Prince
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WICK2D | Jin-hyeong Kim | Starter | 2018-08-16 [1] | 2018-12-19 [6] |  DeToNator.KOREA
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SimSn | Younghoon Sim | IGL | 2018-08-16 [1] | 2018-10-29 [4] |
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EscA | Injae Kim | Fragger | 2018-18-06 | 2018-08-20 [3] |  OP Gaming Rangers
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Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
| Organization | ||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |||
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WatchinU | Bae Seong-hu | Head Coach | 2018-08-16 [1] | ||
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Chelator | Kim Min-ki | Coach | 2019-12-11 [14] | ||
Former[edit]
| Former Organization | ||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Organization | |
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Esther | Go Jeong-wan | Content Creator | 2019-12-11 | 2020-07-10 [17] | |
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Banbazi | Myeongwon Choi | Head Coach | 2018-08-16 [1] | 2018-12-22 [7] | |
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HANKEONHEE | Keon Hee Han | Coach | 2018-08-16 [1] | 2018-12-22 [7] | |
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Tournament | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020-08-15 | 7th | Qualifier | PUBG Continental Series 2: Korean Qualifier | $8,425 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-07-05 | 7th | S-Tier | PUBG Continental Series 1: Asia | $6,588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-05-24 | 5th | S-Tier | PUBG Continental Series: Charity Showdown - Asia | $8,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-04-28 | 1st | C-Tier | Battlegrounds Weekly Series 2020 - Phase 1 Week 5 | $3,282 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-04-21 | 1st | C-Tier | Battlegrounds Weekly Series 2020 - Phase 1 Week 4 | $1,623 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-12-29 | 1st | A-Tier | PUBG JAPAN SERIES Winter Invitational 2019 | $34,673 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-11-24 | 1st | S-Tier | PUBG Global Championship 2019 | $2,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-10-12 | 6th | S-Tier | PUBG Korea League 2019 - Phase 3 | $8,439 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-07-28 | 1st | S-Tier | MET Asia Series: PUBG Classic | $130,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-06-29 | 1st | S-Tier | PUBG Korea League 2019 - Phase 2 | $51,910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gallery[edit]
Logos[edit]
Original KSV eSports Logo
2018 Logo
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Gen.G esports (2018-08-16). "Regarding Gen.G PUBG roster change for PKL Season 2".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gen.G esports (2018-08-17). "Gen.G PUBG YoonRoot, the future of the next trip notice".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gen.G esports (2018-08-20). "Goodbye, EscA".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gen.G esports (2018-10-29). "[ Farewell, SimSn "].
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gen.G esports (2018-11-19). "[ Dozer joins "].
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gen.G esports (2018-12-19). "[ Farewell, WICK2D "].
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Gen.G esports (2018-12-21). "[ Updates on Gen.G PUBG rebuilding "].
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Gen.G esports (2019-01-11). "[ Welcome to Gen.G esports, Taemin "].
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Gen.G esports (2019-04-23). "Our contract with Dae-kyu "maczora" Han has come to an end".
- ↑ Element Mystic (2019-04-24). "[Welcome K1nch"].
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Pio joined Gen.G PUBG! We believe he will show his best performance in Gen.G PUBG!". Gen.G. 2019-04-29.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 @Gen.G_KR (2019-12-05). "Thank you, taemin". twitter.com.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 @GenG (2019-12-11). "Welcome @koreaAqua5 and @Menteul to #GenGPUBG". twitter.com.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 @Gen.G_KR (2019-12-11). "Coaching Staff Update". twitter.com.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Gen.G esports (2020-03-23). "[ Welcome to Gen.G esports, Inonix"].
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "[Welcome! #WICK2D & #Menteul"]. VSG. 2020-03-30.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "[ Farewell, Esther "]. Gen.G. 2020-07-10.
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