Gen.G is a Korean multi-gaming team owned by KSV eSports Korea Inc.. They were previously known as KSV eSports.
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History[]
2017 Season[]
2018 Preseason[]
Gen.G (then known as KSV eSports) acquired the 2017 League of Legends World Champions Samsung Galaxy’s roster. The acquisition happened on the 30th of November, 2017.
[external_link_head]2018 Season[]
Wraith and Stitch left the team. Wraith went to join Jin Air Green Wings and Stitch went to join the LMS team, G-Rex. KSV eSports came into the LCK 2018 Spring Split with their world champ winning roster. Former KT coach, Lee Ji-hoon, joined KSV eSports as the general manager. Through the assistance of Wraith and Jin Air Greenwings defeating the ROX Tigers, KSV eSports managed to qualify for the LCK 2018 Spring Playoff. They met SKT in the wildcard match and conceded defeat with a score of 1:2, thus ending their Spring Split run.
On the 3rd of May, KSV eSports rebranded to Generation Gaming, better abbreviated as Gen.G. Gen.G acquired 2 new players, Fly and MONG. Gen.G qualified for the LCK 2018 Summer Playoffs and ending their regular season with 13 wins and 5 defeats. They were in a 4 way tie with kt Rolster, Griffin and Kingzone DragonX, due to head to head records, Gen.G was fourth. Gen.G were defeated by Afreeca Freecs in the wildcard match, hence putting them into the Korea Regional Gauntlet. Gen.G ran through the whole Korea Regionals Gauntlet by defeating SKT 3:2 and then proceeding to beat the favorites and Summer finalist, Griffin in a 3:2 fashion. They proceeded to defeat Kingzone DragonX dominantly 3:0. Hence empowering the meme of Gen.G’s roster being the Gauntlet Gods. Gen.G came into the 2018 Worlds off one of the best gauntlet runs, but even with the homecrowd backing them up, they failed to show up and ended the group stage with 1-5.
On November 15, Ambition and Crown left Gen.G. Ambition retiring and Crown at the time was a free agent, only to join OpTic Gaming in the NA LCS later in the year. On November 17, Mong, Haru and CoreJJ left as well. Haru eventually joins SKT and CoreJJ joins Team Liquid.
On November 23, superstar jungler Peanut joins the roster.
On December 3, Roach joins the roster.
The team competed at the 2018 LoL KeSPA Cup with the new roster and dominated the new rosters of LCK newcomers SANDBOX Gaming, Kingzone and KT. They met Griffin in finals but ended up losing 0-3.
2019 Season[]
Gen.G could not keep up their early form from Kespa Cup and struggled throughout the split. They failed to qualify for the LCK 2019 Spring Playoffs and just barely avoided relegations. They ended their Spring regular season with 5-13 record, finishing in 7th place.
Going into Summer Split GEN decided to sign veteran Kuzan as mid laner which seemed to pay off as they had better performances than in spring. It didn’t seem to be enough to reach playoffs though which lead to bringing Fly back into mid lane. This caused a peak in performance for a few weeks during which they won 6 of their 7 series before Fly was subbed back out and GEN lost their remaining three series missing out on playoffs, gauntlet and another Worlds participation.
During the “prolonged” off-season announced the departure of all players except their botlane and revealed their replacements KingZone’s top lane substitute Rascal, SKT T1 jungler Clid and KT mid laner Bdd. A few weeks later former Jin Air support Kellin joined the team as well.
2020 Season[]
Gen.G’s new roster was expected to compete for the title and had a had a promising first showing during 2019 LoL KeSPA Cup as they comfortably swept past Challenger teams GC Busan Ascension and Team Dynamics before putting up a good fight against the relatively attuned T1 roster in quarterfinals.
They confirmed this promising result during the first half of Spring Split in LCK as they went 8-1 nearly only dropping games to the other top teams. Not even a two week break and a change to online play due to the 2019–20 Coronavirus Pandemic could stop their momentum until they dropped the matches against both T1 and DragonX in week 7 and got upset the week after by HLE. Due to their great record against the bottom teams of the league that was still enough to secure first place in Regular Season and therefore first seed in playoffs though. Back in LoL Park for the finals they were outdrafted and outplayed by T1 in a 0-3 sweep which was disappointing for the viewers, their fans and of course the team themselves.
Trivia[]
- Gen.G stands for Generation Gaming.
Timeline[]
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- February (approx.), David (Manager) joins.
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- May 3, KSV eSports rebrands as Gen.G.[1]
CuVee,
Ambition,
Haru,
Crown,
Ruler,
CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and Lee Ji-hoon (General Manager) join.
Life joins as trainee.[2]e
- May 17,
Fly joins.
MONG joins as substitute.[3]e
- June 7,
Life moves to starting roster.[4]e
- November 15,
Ambition and
Crown leave.[5]e
- November 17,
Haru,
CoreJJ, and
Mong leave.[6]e
- November 22,
CuVee,
Fly,
Ruler, and
Life’s contracts are extended through 2019.[7]e
- November 23,
Peanut joins.[8]e
- December 3,
Roach joins.[9]e
- January 10,
CuVee,
Roach,
Peanut,
Fly,
Ruler, and
Life’s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Edgar (Head Coach), TrAce (Coach), and oDin (Coach)’s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[10]e
- April 19,
SeongHwan joins.[11]e
- May 20,
Kuzan joins.[12]e
- May 28,
Rich joins.
Asper joins as substitute.[13]e
- June 1, Helper (Coach) joins.[14]
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- July 10,
SeongHwan,
Kuzan,
Rich, and
Asper’s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[15]e
- July (approx.), David (Manager) leaves.
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- September 22,
Ruler’s contract is extended through 2022.[16]e
- October 7,
Ruler’s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[17]e
- November 7,
Life’s contract is extended through 2020.[18]
Life’s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[19]e
- November 18,
CuVee,
Roach,
Peanut,
SeongHwan,
Fly,
Kuzan,
Rich, and
Asper leave.[20]e
- November 20,
Rascal,
Clid, and
Bdd join.[21][22]
Rascal’s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[23]
Clid and
Bdd’s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[24]e
- November 21, Saira Mueller (Director of Content) leaves.[25]
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[external_link offset=1] - December 2, Ambition (Streamer) rejoins.[26]
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- December 4, Helper (Coach) leaves.[27]
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- December 9,
Kellin joins.[28]e
- December 17,
Kellin’s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[29]e
- December 19, Tom (Coach) joins.[30]
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- February (approx.), WINGUARDIAN (Content Creator) joins.
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- March 12, Tom (Coach)’s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2022.[31]
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- May 15, Edgar (Head Coach) leaves.[32]
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- May 26, oDin (Coach to Interim Head Coach) changes position.[33]
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- November 10, Tom (Coach) and TrAce (Coach) leave.[34]
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- November 16,
Kellin leaves.[35]
Life’s contract is extended through 2022.[36]
Life’s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2022.[37]e
- November 17, Lyn (Coach) joins from academy roster. oDin (Interim Head Coach to Head Coach) changes position.[38] oDin (Head Coach) and Lyn (Coach)’s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[39]
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- November 29, Ggoong (Coach) joins.
Flawless joins as substitute.
Karis joins as substitute from academy roster.[40]e
- November 30,
Flawless and Ggoong (Coach)’s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[41]
Karis’ contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[42]e
- December 17, GEN Challengers will represent the organization in the 2020 LoL KeSPA Cup.[43]
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- January 6,
Burdol joins as substitute.[44]e
- January 11, Crownshot (Streamer) and Nemesis (Streamer) join. CuVee (Streamer) rejoins.[45]
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- February 9, Crownshot (Streamer) leaves.[46]
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- February 27, WINGUARDIAN (Content Creator) leaves.[47]
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- March 7,
Burdol’s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[48]e
- April (approx.), Jordan Sherman (Head of Revenue Operations to Chief Revenue Officer) changes position.
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- April 16,
Life’s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[49]e
- July 18,
YoungJae joins as substitute from academy roster.
Flawless and
Karis leave for academy roster.[50]e
Player Roster[]
Active[]
Dates:Approx|Exact
| Player | Name | Role | Contract Ends | Joined | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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KR |
Rascal | Kim Kwang-hee (김광희) | Top Laner |
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KR |
Clid | Kim Tae-min (김태민) | Jungler |
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|
KR |
Bdd | Gwak Bo-seong (곽보성) | Mid Laner |
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|
KR |
Ruler | Park Jae-hyuk (박재혁) | Bot Laner |
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|
KR |
Life | Kim Jeong-min (김정민) | Support |
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|
KR |
Burdol | Noh Tae-yoon (노태윤) | Sub/Top |
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KR |
YoungJae | Ko Yeong-jae (고영재) | Sub/Jun |
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Former[]
Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.
Dates:Approx|Exact
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | Left | Next Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
KR |
Flawless | Sung Yeon-jun (성연준) | Sub/Jun |
Nov 20202020-11-29 | Jul 20212021-07-18 | GEN.C | |
|
KR |
Karis | Kim Hong-jo (김홍조) | Sub/Mid |
Nov 20202020-11-29 | Jul 20212021-07-18 | GEN.C | |
|
KR |
Kellin | Kim Hyeong-gyu (김형규) | Support |
Dec 20192019-12-09 | Nov 20202020-11-16 | DYN | |
|
KR |
CuVee | Lee Seong-jin (이성진) | Top Laner |
May 20182018-05-03 | Nov 20192019-11-18 | HLE | |
|
KR |
Roach | Kim Kang-hee (김강희) | Top Laner |
Dec 20182018-12-03 | Nov 20192019-11-18 | SKT | |
|
KR |
Peanut | Han Wang-ho (한왕호) | Jungler |
Nov 20182018-11-23 | Nov 20192019-11-18 | LGD | |
|
KR |
SeongHwan | Yoon Seong-hwan (윤성환) | Jungler |
Apr 20192019-04-19 | Nov 20192019-11-18 | PNG | |
|
KR |
Fly | Song Yong-jun (송용준) | Mid Laner |
May 20182018-05-17 | Nov 20192019-11-18 | AF | |
|
KR |
Kuzan | Lee Seong-hyeok (이성혁) | Mid Laner |
May 20192019-05-20 | Nov 20192019-11-18 | DYN | |
|
KR |
Rich | Lee Jae-won (이재원) | Mid Laner |
May 20192019-05-28 | Nov 20192019-11-18 | DYN | |
|
KR |
Asper | Kim Tae-gi (김태기) | Sub/Sup |
May 20192019-05-28 | Nov 20192019-11-18 | SPG | |
|
KR |
Haru | Kang Min-seung (강민승) | Jungler |
May 20182018-05-03 | Nov 20182018-11-17 | SKT | |
|
KR |
CoreJJ | Jo Yong-in (조용인) | Support |
May 20182018-05-03 | Nov 20182018-11-17 | TL | |
|
KR |
Mong | Moon Chang-min (문창민) | Sub/Top |
May 20182018-05-17 | Nov 20182018-11-17 | APK | |
|
KR |
Ambition | Kang Chan-yong (강찬용) | Jungler |
May 20182018-05-03 | Nov 20182018-11-15 | GEN | |
|
KR |
Crown | Lee Min-ho (이민호) | Mid Laner |
May 20182018-05-03 | Nov 20182018-11-15 | OPT |
Player League Participation[]
Playoff games are NOT included, but regular-season tiebreaker games ARE.
LCK
Organization[]
Current[]
| C | ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Chou | Co-Founder & President | ||
| Chris Park | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Arnold Hur | Chief Operating Officer | ||
| Kent Wakeford | Vice President | ||
| FIFAHUN | Lee Ji-hoon (이지훈) | General Manager | |
| oDin | Ju Yeong-dal (주영달) | Head Coach | |
| Lyn | Kim Da-bin (김다빈) | Coach | |
| Ggoong | Yu Byeong-jun (유병준) | Coach | |
| Alle | Son Chang-sik (손창식) | Scout | |
| Ambition | Kang Chan-yong (강찬용) | Streamer & Content Creator | |
| CuVee | Lee Seong-jin (이성진) | Streamer & Content Creator | |
| Nemesis | Tim Lipovšek | Streamer & Content Creator | |
| Duy Còm | Vũ Đức Duy | Streamer & Content Creator |
Former[]
Tournaments[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Gen.G Tournament Results – Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2021-08-22 | 3 | LCK 2021 Summer Playoffs |
1 : 3T1 |
Rascal, Clid, Bdd, Ruler, Life, oDin, Ggoong | |
| 2021-08-15 | 2 | LCK 2021 Summer |
12 – 6 |
Rascal, Burdol, Clid, YoungJae, Bdd, Ruler, Life, oDin, Ggoong, Lyn | |
| 2021-04-10 | 2 | ₩100,000,000₩100,000,000₩100,000,000 | LCK 2021 Spring Playoffs |
0 : 3DK |
Rascal, Clid, Bdd, Ruler, Life, oDin, Ggoong |
| 2021-03-28 | 2 | LCK 2021 Spring |
13 – 5 |
Rascal, Clid, Flawless, Bdd, Karis, Ruler, Life, oDin, Ggoong, Lyn | |
| 2020-12-25 | 5 – 6 | ₩8,000,000₩8,000,000₩8,000,000 | KeSPA Cup 2020 |
0 : 2HLE |
Lonely, YoungJae, Karis, Dice, Ophelia, Envy, Khael, Dokgo |
| 2020-10-18 | 5 – 8 | $100,125$ 100,125€ 85,924.4 | Worlds 2020 |
0 : 3G2 |
Rascal, Clid, Bdd, Ruler, Life, oDin, Tom |
| 2020-09-09 | 1 | LCK 2020 Regional Finals |
3 : 0T1 [external_link offset=2] |
Rascal, Clid, Bdd, Ruler, Life, oDin, Tom | |
| 2020-08-30 | 3 | ₩30,000,000$ 25,258.21€ 21,334.9 | LCK 2020 Summer Playoffs |
2 : 3DRX |
Rascal, Clid, Bdd, Ruler, Life, oDin, Tom |
| 2020-08-23 | 3 | LCK 2020 Summer |
14 – 4 |
Rascal, Clid, Bdd, Ruler, Life, Kellin, oDin, Tom | |
| 2020-05-30 | 3 – 4 | $60,000$ 60,000€ 54,023.72 | Mid-Season Cup 2020 |
0 : 3TES |
Rascal, Clid, Bdd, Ruler, Life, Kellin, oDin, Tom |
| Total Prize:KRW 138,000,000 • USD 160,125 | |||||
Media[]
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- May 3, Arnold Hur, CGO Of Gen.G. (previously known as KSV), Reveals Gen.G’s Goal To Create A Gold Standard For Esports. with James “Bick” Hong on Inven Global
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- September 10, LCK: Gauntlet Preview by Rui Yang Xu on The Game Haus
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- September 11, How SKT can get through the Gauntlet and still make Worlds by Malcom Abbas on Dot Esports
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- September 21, League of Legends Worlds: Four regions, four questions by Rui Yang Xu on The Game Haus
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- September 28, The top 5 teams at the 2018 World Championship by Aaron Mickunas on Dot Esports
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- October 6, LCK: Hopefuls vs realities of Worlds 2018 by Rui Yang Xu on The Game Haus
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- October 13, Gen.G’s slow start not a cause for worry … yet by Emily Rand on ESPN
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- November 20, What Gen.G’s moves mean for South Korean League of Legends by Emily Rand on ESPN
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- December 21, League of Legends: KeSPA Cup 2018 – Qualifying Rounds Preview (Part 1) by Rui Yang Xu on The Game Haus
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- April 25, [KR Reactions] LCK Spring Finals: “Wow, I never expected the loss of 2 ban cards would turn out to be a handicap for Gen.G.” by Joonkyu “Lasso” Seok & Daniel “Quest” Kwon on Inven Global
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- May 29, [MSC] GEN Clid on facing TES: “Their style is similar to ours. I think the laning phase would be really important.” with Minyoung “Irro” Jang & David “Viion” Jang on Inven Global
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- June 27, The COO of Gen.G, Arnold Hur, speaks up on Gen.G’s support in #BlackLivesMatter with Joonkyu “Lasso” Seok & Daniel “Quest” Kwon on Inven Global
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- September 9, Gen.G Ruler on CoreJJ wanting to meet Gen.G at Worlds: “I guess he wants to be eliminated early.” with Daniel “Quest” Kwon on Inven Global
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- September 18, [Worlds 2020] Gen.G Ruler: “I do believe that I’m in my prime once again.” with Daniel “Quest” Kwon on Inven Global
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- September 25, Worlds 2020 is Korea’s last chance to continue their League of Legends legacy by Andrew Amos on Snowball Esports
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- October 13, All Three LCK Teams Make it Through Groups by Terry Oh on The Game Haus
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- October 18, GEN vs G2 post-match: GEN Press Conference, Worlds 2020 Quarterfinals with Korizon Esports on YouTube
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- January 21, GEN Ruler says he will eat THIS in order to defeat DWG KIA – Ashley Kang with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
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- January 31, Flawless says he’s here to improve Gen.G in the LCK with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
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- February 11, GEN Rascal’s thoughts on esports, age, performance, prejudices, LCK with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
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- March 10, Bdd on finally defeating Chovy, talks about the recent underperformance of Gen.G with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
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- March 21, GEN Clid complains about the current jungle meta “Everyone plays the same champion” with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
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- April 7, GEN Rascal swings BANTER to DK Khan before 2021 LCK finals with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
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- June 11, GEN Bdd on 2021 summer meta “All champions are viable at mid” with Ashley Kang (Korizon Esports) on YouTube
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- June 16, Rascal: Put your faith in Gen.G, just one more time with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
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- July 17, Gen.G Clid: “GrabbZ Interview? G2 needs to qualify for Worlds first” with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
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- July 21, GEN Ruler: Top three ADC in the world? Me, Viper, and … with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
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- August 16, Rascal on Gen.G’s RISE to 2nd place: “Deft, I’m buying you a gift for beating T1” with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
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- September 22, 2021 롤드컵 조추첨 젠지가 생각한 죽음의 조 [ENG SUB] with Gen.G on Gen.G
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Images[]
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Initial 2018 Summer Roster (May 2018)
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2019 LCK Spring Split Roster (January 2019)
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2019 LCK Spring Split Roster
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2020 LCK Spring Split Roster
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Gen.G’s 2020 LCK Summer Roster
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Gen.G’s 2020 Worlds Roster
References[]
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