CuVee

CuVee
Retired as Player
CuVee
Background Information
Name	Lee Seong-jin (이성진)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	September 27, 1996 (age 29)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Role	; Streamer
Favorite Champs	; ;
Soloqueue IDs	KR: 삼성갤럭시 CuVee; Gen G cuvee; 취준생 큐베; 직장인 큐베
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Lee "CuVee" Seong-jin (Hangul: 이성진) is a League of Legends esports player, previously analyst for Riot Games Inc..

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Samsung Galaxy	Dec 20142014-12-02^[2]	Nov 20172017-11-30^[1]	2yr 11mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠KSV eSports	Nov 20172017-11-30^[4]	May 20182018-05-03^[3]	5mo 3d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	May 20182018-05-03^[6]	Nov 20192019-11-18^[5]	1yr 6mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Nov 20192019-11-27^[8]	Oct 20202020-10-04^[7]	10mo 7d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	Jan 20212021-01-11^[9]	Mar 20242024-03-21	3yr 2mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.	Jan 20242024-01-13^[11]	Jun 20242024-06-14^[10]	5mo 1d ejel

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Samsung Galaxy	Dec 20142014-12-02^[2]	Nov 20172017-11-30^[1]	2yr 11mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠KSV eSports	Nov 20172017-11-30^[4]	May 20182018-05-03^[3]	5mo 3d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	May 20182018-05-03^[6]	Nov 20192019-11-18^[5]	1yr 6mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Nov 20192019-11-27^[8]	Oct 20202020-10-04^[7]	10mo 7d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	Jan 20212021-01-11^[9]	Mar 20242024-03-21	3yr 2mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.	Jan 20242024-01-13^[11]	Jun 20242024-06-14^[10]	5mo 1d ejel

News

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2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2024

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⁠SSG

December 2,
CuVee,
Eve,
BlisS,
ZetNjin,
Casper, and Edgar (Head Coach) join.^[2]

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KR	⁠⁠SSG	November 30, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and January (Director) leave.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠KSV	November 30, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), and TrAce (Coach) join.^[4] e

KR	⁠⁠KSV	May 3, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Life, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and Lee Ji-hoon (General Manager) leave.^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	May 3, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and Lee Ji-hoon (General Manager) join. Life joins as trainee.^[6] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	November 22, CuVee, Fly, Ruler, and Life's contracts are extended through 2019.^[12] e

KR	⁠⁠GEN	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.^[13] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	November 18, CuVee, Roach, Peanut, SeongHwan, Fly, Kuzan, Rich, and Asper leave.^[5] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	November 27, CuVee joins.^[8] Cuvee's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[14] e

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⁠HLE

October 4,
CuVee and
Haru leave.^[7]

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KR

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⁠GEN

January 11, Crownshot (Streamer) and Nemesis (Streamer) join. CuVee (Streamer) rejoins.^[9]

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KR	⁠⁠Riot	January 13, Ambition (Analyst) and CuVee (Analyst) join. MadLife (Analyst) rejoins. KaKAO (Analyst) and MaRin (Analyst) leave.^[11] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	March 21, CuVee (Streamer) leaves. e
KR	⁠⁠Riot	June 14, PraY (Analyst), Rich (Analyst), Score (Analyst), and Wraith (Analyst) join. Kuro (Analyst) rejoins. Ambition (Analyst), CuVee (Analyst), Easyhoon (Analyst), and MadLife (Analyst) leave.^[10] e

Biography

2015 Season

Lee "CuVee" Seong-jin joined Samsung Galaxy as their starting toplaner along with teammates Eve, BlisS, Fury, and Wraith when the team formed a new roster following the change to one team per organization in Korea. At the time he was also on one of the top Challenger ranked 5s teams on the Korean server, 꿍이라니. Samsung played in SBENU Champions Spring 2015 but placed last and were forced to play in the 2015 Champions Summer Promotion. Samsung qualified for SBENU Champions Summer 2015 when they placed first in their group by beating Prime Clan and Xenics. Samsung placed seventh during the regular season and missed playoffs but they qualified for the next season of LCK.

2016 Preseason

Samsung competed in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup where they were placed against Ever in the first round. To the surprise of many, Samsung was quickly dispatched 2-0.

2016 Season

During the 2016 LCK Spring Season, Samsung Galaxy went 10-8 in sets overall. After looking like they could clinch the fifth and final seed for the Spring Playoffs, Samsung Galaxy were unfortunately denied by the surging Afreeca Freecs, who beat them by the game score tiebreaker, giving Samsung sixth place for the split.

During the 2016 LCK Summer Split, Samsung stayed a top four team throughout the split, notably taking a 2-0 series win against the ROX Tigers, one of two teams to do so. However consistent they were against the teams below them, Samsung rarely won against the three teams above them - ROX Tigers, SK Telecom T1, and KT Rolster. They managed to take fourth place with a 12-6 series record, seeding them into the first round of the 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs. Though they summarily defeated the Afreeca Freecs in the first round, they were matched against KT Rolster, a team who they had never managed to beat post-S4 in the LCK era, and they were swept 3-0, giving them fourth place in the season. Their accumulated points gave them enough to qualify as the second seed in the 2016 Season Korea Regional Finals. In a rematch against the Afreeca Freecs, Samsung managed to beat the Freecs 3-1, moving up to the finals in a rematch against KT Rolster. Samsung upset the heavy favorites 3-2, breaking a 19 game losing streak and giving them the third seed to worlds.

At the 2016 Season World Championship, Samsung were drawn into Group D along with NA's Team SoloMid, China's Royal Never Give Up, and Europe's Splyce.

Trivia

His ID CuVee comes from the character Kyubey from Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
Introduced to League of Legends by his friends from high school.
After winning the 2017 Season World Championship, he wanted his champion skin to be sold a lot - that's why he chose Gnar.

Tournament Results

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

CuVee Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2020-08-23	9	LCK 2020 Summer	2 - 16⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HLE	CuVee, DuDu, Haru, CaD, Yeongjae, Lava, Mireu, Viper, Lehends, Kezman, NoFe, Max
2020-04-16	8	LCK 2020 Spring	6 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HLE	CuVee, Haru, Tempt, Vsta, Lava, Zenit, Lehends, Kezman, NoFe
2019-12-30	5 - 8	KeSPA Cup 2019	1 : 2⁠⁠AF	⁠⁠HLE	CuVee, Haru, Tempt, Lava, Lehends, Kezman, NoFe
2019-08-18	6	LCK 2019 Summer	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GEN	CuVee, Roach, Peanut, SeongHwan, Kuzan, Fly, Rich, Ruler, Life, Edgar, TrAce
2019-03-31	7	LCK 2019 Spring	5 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GEN	CuVee, Roach, Peanut, Fly, Ruler, Life, Edgar, TrAce
2018-12-31	2	KeSPA Cup 2018	0 : 3⁠⁠GRF	⁠⁠GEN	CuVee, Roach, Peanut, Fly, Ruler, Life, TrAce, Edgar
2018-10-14	13 - 16	Worlds 2018	1 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GEN	CuVee, Haru, Ambition, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar
2018-09-16	1	Korea Regional Finals 2018	3 : 0⁠⁠KZ	⁠⁠GEN	CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Fly, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar, TrAce
2018-08-12	5	LCK 2018 Summer Playoffs	0 : 2⁠⁠AF	⁠⁠GEN	CuVee, Ambition, Fly, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar, TrAce
2018-08-09	4	LCK 2018 Summer	13 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GEN	CuVee, Mong, Ambition, Haru, Fly, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar, TrAce

CuVee Showmatch Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2017-12-09	3 - 4	All-Star 2017 Los Angeles	1 : 2⁠⁠LPL	⁠⁠LCK	CuVee, Ambition, Faker, PraY, GorillA, H-Dragon

CuVee 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2015-03-08	21 - 48	The Solo King Korean 1v1 Tournament		⁠⁠SSG	0 : 2 ⁠⁠ Ohq

Media

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January 16, Samsung vs Afreeca Freecs MVP Interview with Stitch & CuVee with , and on OnGameNet, English translation by krbnu.
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January 16, Samsung CuVee, “Ambition Solved Our Macro Problems” with , and on Inven, English translation by krbnu.
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January 20, Samsung vs Longzhu MVP Interview with CuVee & Ambition with , and on OnGameNet, English translation by krbnu.
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February 5, Samsung vs Jin Air MVP Interview with CuVee & Ambition with , and on OnGameNet, English translation by krbnu.
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February 17, Samsung vs CJ Entus MVP Interview with Crown & CuVee with , and on OnGameNet, English translation by krbnu.
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March 23, Samsung CuVee Postmatch Interview, “We will win our remaining matches and make the postseason” with , and on Inven, English translation by krbnu.
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October 2, CuVee: 'We are working really hard to at least not disappoint KT' with , and on The Score
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October 25, SSG Cuvee talks H2K win, final vs. SKT, top lane matchups with , and on The Rift Herald
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March 16, SSG CuVee: "I wish to defeat SKT in the future and reach the top" with , and on Inven Global
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June 28, Samsung Cuvee on Bruiser's fight in Top Lane "It is Jungler's fault." with , and on Inven Global
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June 29, CuVee says jokingly to fans: “I think the future games might be less interesting because we’ll win a lot more easily.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
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July 6, SSG CuVee: "We already have experience in playing against foreign teams. It gave us an upper hand" with , and on Inven Global
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July 11, CuVee on their disappointing result at Rift Rivals: “I think there are issues with individual skill right now.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
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July 20, Cuvee reveals the match-up against Longzhu and kt will be the most important to place 1st in LCK with , and on Inven Global
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July 27, CoreJJ and CuVee Brings SSG's Losing Streak to an End with , and on Inven Global
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August 1, SSG CoreJJ-CuVee: "I'm proud of how my Zyra was enough threat for the opponent to ban her." with , and on Inven Global
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September 1, CuVee: “It’s disappointing that we have to fight in the regional at all, but since it’s like what happened to us last year, I think it’ll work out.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
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September 2, SSG CuVee on Team Comp: "Our team is great at taking beatings" with , and on Inven Global
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October 2, SSG CuVee, “So pleased that we don’t have C9 in the same group” with , and on Inven Global
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October 15, Worlds’ OP five after week two by Thomas Baker on Worlds 2017
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October 19, Samsung Galaxy CuVee: "If we banned Khan's Jayce, I was confident we could win" with , and on Inven Global
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October 19, SSG CuVee: "I would like to give myself an 8 out of 10. As for Khan, I'd give him a score of 6" by , and on InvenGlobal
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October 29, SSG CuVee: "The drafting went not as we planned because of the Kassadin pick. We were a bit caught off guard. " with , and on Inven Global
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November 10, SSG CuVee: "As soon as I won Worlds, I thought, 'Hmm... so how much money did I just make?'" with , and on Inven Global
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December 4, CuVee on who he’d like to fight: “I think that Hauntzer is one of the best top laners outside of Korea, so maybe him.” with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, , and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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December 10, CuVee: "The All-Stars Event was a good experience." with Jiyeon "KaEnn" Kim, Sihoon "Maloo" Lee, , and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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December 22, SSG CuVee on Solo Queue: "Don't argue with those who blame you, block him and continue playing" with Minyoung "Irro" Jang, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, Woo "Ready" Hyun, , and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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December 26, Smeb to Faker: "What do you think of me?" with Yeonjae "Arra" Shin and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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December 31, CuVee Hits Liuhe Night Market of Taiwan by Byungho "Haao" Kim and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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January 30, KSV CuVee on Orn: "You'll never know until the patch comes." with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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February 22, Crown on Viktor: "From among the many champions that don't make an appearance on stage, he's one of the best" with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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March 10, KSV Coach Trace: "CuVee's strength as a toplaner is that he eats well and is healthy. He always takes good care of himself" with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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June 17, GEN CuVee: "If our team needs priority in the sidelanes, I'm fully willing to play bruisers again" with Beom "Nswer" Park, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, , and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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June 27, GEN CuVee on World Champion Skins: "All of the skins came out well. However, from among them, I think Samsung Ezreal stands out" with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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June 27, GEN Haru and CuVee on Their Worlds Skins: "Ezreal looks the best." with Byungho "Haao" Kim and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
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June 29, CuVee on the SSG Skins: "During my meeting with Riot Games, we had a lot of conversations regarding them. I really want to thank them because the quality of the skin ended up being even better." with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Woo "Ready" Hyun, , and Changsik "Alle" Son on Inven Global
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July 15, GEN CuVee on Playing Against Kingzone: " The competition between the top teams is a fierce one. Either of us can win." with Byungho "Haao" Kim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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July 22, GEN CuVee: "KT players never make mistakes when they go against us. It makes it very difficult for us, but I’ll prepare well since we really need to win that matchup." with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, Changsik "Alle" Son, , and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
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July 26, GEN CuVee: "I showed the fans today how good Gnar is as a champion. His pickrate will go up, and so will his skin sales!" with Byungho "Haao" Kim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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August 1, GEN CuVee: "In secrecy, I prayed for Kingzone and Griffin to lose their matches. (Laughs)" with Beom "Nswer" Park, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, , and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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August 4, CuVee on Fly Being Ganked 4 Times: "If that happens (in top lane), it means that the jungler needs to be blamed as well. (laughs)" with Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
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September 16, GEN CuVee on Winning Two Worlds in a Row: "Of course I want to win. I can win a lot of money!" with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Yeonjae "Arra" Shin, and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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October 12, Gen.G CuVee: "We strongly believe there is not a significant skill gap at all between us and C9. I most definitely have confidence we can beat them again." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
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October 13, Worlds Group Stage 2018 top 30 players: 15-11 by Taylor Damaschi on The Game Haus
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December 26, Interview with Gen.G Ruler & CuVee : "Life doesn’t listen to me very much but he’s cute and he’s the youngest so I guess that’s why" with Ji-Eun “Meii” Paek on Inven Global
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December 28, GEN CuVee: "the team atmosphere definitely saw change. I guess you can say that it got brighter? Maybe it's because Peanut joined" with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Hongje "Koer" Kim, and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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March 14, GEN CuVee: "Personally, I don’t think Vayne is top tier among the ADCs; she’s good when there aren’t many good ADCs to pick from." with Youngbo "Roxyy" Sim, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, and David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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June 22, [Video Interview] GEN CuVee Talks about How To Deal with Internet Trolls, Negative Comments, and Who Cusses the Most in his Team with Lasso and Ready on Inven Global
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July 12, GEN CuVee on his 1v2: "Whoever’s in that situation, there’s no assurance of winning. I just went ‘whoa, I won’ after I did win." with Viion on Inven Global
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February 7, HLE CuVee: "We’re a team that’s very wild and crazy, but I don’t think we showed all of that tonight." with Quest on Inven Global
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April 12, HLE Lehends sends a message to Griffin: "I'm coming for you, Viper. I’ll see you on the Rift very soon." with Lasso and Quest on Inven Global
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April 12, HLE CuVee on being called 'Kingslayers' and 'G2 of Korea': "It’s nice to hear nicknames like that, but on the other hand, it does make me feel a bit sad." with Lasso and Quest on Inven Global
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Post-Match Interviews

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2016-10-13	Worlds 2016	SSG vs C9	Link
2016-12-18	IEM Season 11 Gyeonggi	SSG vs KDM	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2017-10-29	Worlds 2017 Main Event	SSG vs WE	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2018-01-30	LCK 2018 Spring	MVP vs KSV	Link
2018-02-22	LCK 2018 Spring	KDM vs KSV	Link
2018-03-10	LCK 2018 Spring	KT vs KSV	Link
2018-06-27	LCK 2018 Summer	GEN vs bbq	Link
2018-07-15	LCK 2018 Summer	HLE vs GEN	Link
2018-07-26	LCK 2018 Summer	GEN vs GRF	Link
2018-08-04	LCK 2018 Summer	GEN vs JAG	Link
2018-09-14	Korea Regional Finals 2018	GRF vs GEN	Link
2018-12-26	KeSPA Cup 2018	KZ vs GEN	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2019-06-23	LCK 2019 Summer	AF vs GEN	Link
2019-07-12	LCK 2019 Summer	GRF vs GEN	Link
2019-07-14	LCK 2019 Summer	HLE vs GEN	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2020-02-07	LCK 2020 Spring	HLE vs T1	Link
2020-02-22	LCK 2020 Spring	HLE vs GRF	Link
2020-04-05	LCK 2020 Spring	AF vs HLE	Link
2020-04-12	LCK 2020 Spring	HLE vs GEN	Link