Kim "Trick" Kang-yun has retired from professional League of Legends. On Jan. 6, Trick said goodbye to pro gamer life, mentioning that it was really fun and that he'll miss LEC, the players and
2018 Worlds champions, Invictus Gaming (IG) recently signed Korean LoL coach, Kim Karam as their new head coach. Kim Karam started his coaching career in TSL, a former Starcraft II gaming team. After
Untara posted a video on his YouTube channel that briefly explained his position regarding the controversy he was involved in with bbq Olivers. On January 8th, Untara posted a video on his channel that showed bbq Oliver's new jungler, Malice, pinging excessively at his teammates. This led to LS, the coach for bbq Olivers, posting complaints on Twitter, accusing Untara of exaggerating Malice's in-game behavior to garner views and bullying Malice because he is a foreigner in Korea. Untara, in his defense, responded that he had no intention of exaggerating or bullying Malice for being a foreigner. He also said that he will be taking the video down if it makes them uncomfortable. However, Untara decided against it since he thought he found nothing wrong with it. He provided further details on his thoughts during his stream, which he later posted to Youtube on January 15th; the video briefly explained his stance on the whole situation.
On January 11th, bbq Olivers' coach, LS, posted complaints via Twitter about Untara's recent YouTube clip regarding Malice's action in KR solo ranked games. The controversy sparked when Untara posted a YouTube video showing Malice, a jungler for bbq Olivers, pinging excessively to his team.
On the 25th of December (KST), SKT T1 defeated bbq Olivers 2:0 and advanced to the 2nd round of the 2018 KeSPA Cup. With SKT delivering near-perfect performance in game 1, it seemed likely that they'd
Since the early days of the League of Legends esports scene, Korean players and coaches were frequently imported by other leagues worldwide. Korean LoL talents were considered the best for quite some
On the 21st of December (KST), bbq Olivers defeated ES Sharks 2:0 in the last day of the 2018 KeSPA Cup Round 1. Although it was a 2:0 series, the sets were full of ups and downs; either team could
On December 20th, bbq Olivers posted an official apology on Inven KR for the racist remark made by their new player, Sebastion ‘Malice' Edholm. The controversy sparked when a post was made within the League of Legends KR community regarding how Malice, the Swedish jungler for bbq Olivers, made a racist remark during his solo ranked games on the KR server prior to joining bbq Olivers. Apart from calling his fellow teammate, "monkey", he also had past experiences of being toxic towards other players, calling out to Pirean, "pire09an", referring to when Pirean scored 0/9/4 with his Orianna in a tournament.
On the 20th of November, bbq Olivers' jungler, Kim "Trick" Kang-yun stated that he is now officially a free agent. After winning multiple titles in Europe, Trick's comeback to the LCK indeed received
On the 12th of November (KST), Korean LoL pro gamer, Jang "Ghost" Yong-jun announced his free agency through his social media account. In his Facebook statement, Ghost showed thanks to his former team
On the 8th of August (KST), Afreeca Freecs and Griffin both swept Jin Air Green Wings and bbq Olivers 2:0. With this victory, Afreeca advanced to the playoffs Wild Cards match. Griffin also has a
On the 8th of August (KST), Griffin defeated bbq Olivers 2:0. Although bbq had the advantage in game 1, Griffin delivered some unbelievable teamfight abilities and came from behind to win. Game 2 was
On the 5th at the Gangnam Nexon arena for the 2018 LoL Champions Summer Korea, Hanwha Esports won against Afreeca Freecs and Kingzone Dragon X won against bbq OLIVERS.First on the 1st game of the day,
On the 5h at the Gangnam Nexon Arena for the 2nd game of the 2018 LoL Champions Summer Korea, Kingzone Dragon X defeated bbq OLIVERS 2:0. Taking their much deserved 2 league points, Kingzone is now pl
On the 5th of August (KST), Kingzone Dragon X took down bbq OLIVERS 2:0. Regardless of bbq's relentless playmaking and aggressiveness, they could not keep up with Kingzone's immaculate plays. Unlike p
On the 29th of July (KST), SKT defeated Gen.G Esports 2:1 and kt Rolster swept bbq Olivers. The first match was against SKT and Gen.G. With each lane matchup even on the early-game, SKT managed to
On the 29th of July (KST), kt Rolster (KT) defeated bbq Olivers (BBQ) 2:0. Although KT swept the series, BBQ did have the early-game advantage in both games. However, KT remained solid in mid/late
On the 27th of July (KST), SKT T1-Hanwha Life Esports each defeated bbq Olivers-Jin Air Green Wings in the 2018 LCK Summer split day 33. Hanwha defeated bbq 2:1 on the first series of the night. They
On the 25th of July (KST), SKT T1-Hanwha Life Esports-Afreeca Freecs each secured a win in the 2018 LCK Summer split Day 31. Match 1, game 1 went favorably for SKT. BBQ's Camille-Trundle-Galio joined
On the 25th of July (KST), SKT T1 (SKT) defeated bbq Olivers (BBQ) 2:1.With Faker on the bench for 2 consecutive games, SKT used Pirean for their starting mid laner. On game 1, SKT earned first blood
