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MVP is a Korean professional gaming organization based in South Korea.
History[]
MVP first signed League of Legends teams in May 2012, forming MVP Blue, MVP White, and MVP Red. MVP Red disbanded a few months later, but White and Blue went on to participate in multiple seasons of Champions. In February 2013, the organization shuffled the rosters of the two teams, and White (now renamed to Ozone) became the flagship team. With a roster of Homme, DanDy, Dade, imp, and Mata, Ozone won Champions Spring 2013 with a 3-0 sweep of CJ Blaze in the finals. In Septermber 2013, Samsung Electronics acquired both MVP lineups, forming Samsung Ozone and Samsung Blue.
In November 2015, it was announced that MVP would return to League of Legends,[1] and in December they announced a new roster of relatively unknown players: ADD, Beyond, Ian, MaHa, and ChaResh.[2]
2016 Season[]
Before the start of the season, support ChaResh left the team, and Max, formerly of CJ Entus, joined. During the Challengers Korea 2016 Spring Season, MVP performed admirably during the regular season with an 85% winrate, giving them first place with 34 pts. This seeded them directly into the finals of the Challengers Korea 2016 Spring Playoffs, where they were upset 3-2 by ESC Ever. However, they still earned a spot in the 2016 LCK Summer Promotion, where they beat Kongdoo Monster 3-1 to earn a spot in the 2016 LCK Summer Season.
During the 2016 LCK Summer Split, MVP managed to go 7-11 in series, netting them sixth place overall. Unfortunately, this made them barely miss the 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs for the season. Their lack of circuit points from the spring season of the 2016 LCK Spring Split made them unable to qualify for the 2016 Season Korea Regional Finals as well.
At the 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup they were drawn in round 1 against Afreeca. With their new coach Saroo they managed to sweep them 2-0 but lost in quarterfinals against SK Telecom T1 0-2.
2017 Season[]
Going into the 2017 Season MVP kept their roster unchanged and were rewarded with consistent performances that lead them to a 5th place finish in Spring Split after they lost the tiebreaker for 4th against Afreeca. Due to the playoff format they got the chance to take revenge in the wildcard round and took it before getting dominated in macro play by KT Rolster in round 2 of playoffs.
They struggled at the start of Summer Split losing 7 series in a row 0-2 which realistically already ended any hope of another playoff participation and in between they participated for the LCK at Rift Rivals but fell short in finals against LPL. They recovered to 8th place with a 6-12 record which meant that they saved their championship points from spring to participate in the Regional Finals where they lost in round 1 against Afreeca after threatening to reverse sweep them.
At the 2017 LoL KeSPA Cup they swept past amateur team Gangwon and bbq Olivers before getting drawn against world champions Samsung Galaxy where they expectedly stood no chance.
2018 Season[]
Going into the 2018 Season they decided to sign a second AD carry in Pilot who returned from his time abroad. Another pretty bad start in Spring Split ended up costing them this time as they despite recovering from 1-5 to 6-12 finished the split in 9th place which meant they had to defend their LCK spot in the promotion tournament. There they first faced Challenger playoff champions Ever8 Winners and turned the series around after losing game 1 before facing Griffin who went undefeated in regular season in the first qualifying round. This series went the opposite way as they won game 1 before getting dominated for the rest of it. In the second qualifying round against Kongdoo MVP was 2-1 up after 3 rather one-sided games. After they almost came back from a big deficit in game 4 they used their second matchpoint in a slow but dominating game to keep their place in LCK.
The coaching staff still had faith that the roster is good enough to compete in LCK and they managed to do well in the opening weeks of Summer Split despite the major meta changes. After the teams got used to the game state MVP fell off and went from 4-6 to 4-14 which meant another 9th place finish. In the promotion tournament they lost the series against Team BattleComics convincingly before avoiding relegation by dominating bbq in the elimination round. This meant they had a rematch against Team BattleComics where they were once against clean swept and therefore relegated to the Challenger Scene.
Following the relegation Ian, Pilot, Max, and ADD left the team to continue their careers somewhere else so MVP went into the 2018 LoL KeSPA Cup with some new players. Motive and Carrot moved up from sub to the starting roster and they signed rookie Garden and midlaner Edge from also relegated Kongdoo while MaHa moved to a coaching position. In their first match they had to face challenger team GC Busan Rising Star and were 0-2 swept by them.
2019 Season[]
Before the spring split they also signed Beware, Syu, Neulbo and iffy. They recovered from a 0-2 week 1 to 3-3 after 3 weeks whilst constantly swapping around their botlaners while Carrot was benched in favor of Beware as toplaner. They could not keep this positive trend going though and finished the split despite only winning one more series in 6th place barely avoiding directly dropping down to another promotion tournament.
Timeline[]
- 2013
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- January 4,
Pilot joins.[11] - April 15,
Motive joins as substitute.[12] - June 2, Beyond renames to Yondu.[13]
- June 7,
MaHa moves to substitute.[14] - November 4,
Motive moves to starting roster.
Ian,
Pilot, and
Max leave.[15] - November 18, Saroo (Coach) leaves.[16]
- November 19,
Yondu,
MaHa, and Hell (Head Coach)'s contracts expire but departure is not confirmed.
ADD's contract expires but departure is not confirmed.[17] - November 24, MaHa (Sub/Bot to Coach) changes position.
Yondu's contract is extended.[18] - November 28,
Edge joins.[19] - December 3,
ADD's departure is confirmed.[20] - December 7,
Garden joins.
Carrot moves to starting roster.[21] - December 13, Yondu renames to Revenger.
- January 10,
Beware,
Syu, and
Neulbo join.[22] - January 28,
iffy joins.[23] - March 11,
Crow joins. - June 5,
iffy leaves. - June 6, Lee Jeong-min (Coach) joins.
- July 12, MaHa (Coach to Bot) changes position.
- October 2, Hell (Head Coach) leaves.[24]
- November 18,
Edge leaves.[25] - November 21,
Revenger leaves.[26] - November 22,
Garden leaves.[27] - December 2,
MVP is disbanded.
Beware,
Carrot,
Crow,
MaHa,
Syu,
Motive,
Neulbo, and Lee Jeong-min (Coach) leave.[28][29]
Player Roster[]
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.
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | Left | Next Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beware | Park Su-hyeon (박수현) | Top Laner | Jan 20192019-01-10 | Dec 20192019-12-02 |  Retired | ||
| Carrot | Kim Byeong-jun (김병준) | Top Laner | Jun 20172017-06-20 | Dec 20192019-12-02 | Retired | ||
| Crow | Kim Seon-gyu (김선규) | Mid Laner | Mar 20192019-03-11 | Dec 20192019-12-02 |  ASP | ||
| MaHa | Oh Hyun-sik (오현식) | Bot Laner | Jul 20192019-07-12 | Dec 20192019-12-02 |  RHD | ||
| Syu | Lim Seung-soo (임승수) | Bot Laner | Jan 20192019-01-10 | Dec 20192019-12-02 | ASP.A | ||
| Motive | Cho Se-hee (조세희) | Support | Apr 20182018-04-15 | Dec 20192019-12-02 | RHD | ||
| Neulbo | Kim Jae-jin (김재진) | Support | Jan 20192019-01-10 | Dec 20192019-12-02 | Retired | ||
| Garden | Seo Jeong-won (서정원) | Bot Laner | Dec 20182018-12-07 | Nov 20192019-11-22 |  ASR | ||
| Revenger | Kim Kyu-seok (김규석) | Jungler | Dec 20152015-12-29 | Nov 20192019-11-21 |  DYN | ||
| Edge | Lee Ho-sung (이호성) | Mid Laner | Nov 20182018-11-28 | Nov 20192019-11-18 |  RNW | ||
| iffy | Kim Hyeon-jun (김현준) | Jungler | Jan 20192019-01-28 | Jun 20192019-06-05 | RNW | ||
| MaHa | Oh Hyun-sik (오현식) | Sub/Bot | Dec 20152015-12-29 | Nov 20182018-11-24 |  MVP | ||
| ADD | Kang Geon-mo (강건모) | Top Laner | Dec 20152015-12-29 | Nov 20182018-11-19 |  BLG | ||
| Ian | An Jun-hyeong (안준형) | Mid Laner | Dec 20152015-12-29 | Nov 20182018-11-04 |  LGD | ||
| Pilot | Na Woo-hyung (나우형) | Bot Laner | Jan 20182018-01-04 | Nov 20182018-11-04 |  RYL | ||
| Max | Jeong Jong-bin (정종빈) | Support | Jan 20162016-01-17 | Nov 20182018-11-04 |  OPG | ||
| ChaResh | Cha In-myeong (차인명) | Support | Dec 20152015-12-29 | Jan 20162016-01-17 | Retired |
Player League Participation[]
LCK
| Player | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Games | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Summer | Winter | Spring | Summer | Winter | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Split 1 | ||
| Beyond |  | | | | |  | 253 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max |  | | | | | | 210 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ian | | | | | | 209 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ADD | | | | | | 204 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MaHa | | | | | | 147 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pilot |  | | | | | | | 207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
CK
| Player | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Games | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | ||
| Beyond | | | | | 126 | |||||||||
| Ian | |  | | 71 | ||||||||||
| MaHa | | | 35 | |||||||||||
| ADD | | 28 | ||||||||||||
| Max | | 28 | ||||||||||||
| Edge |  | | | | |  | 141 | |||||||
| Beware |  | | | | | 123 | ||||||||
| Garden | | |  | 58 | ||||||||||
| Syu |  | | | 55 | ||||||||||
| Carrot | | | 28 | |||||||||||
| Bluff | | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Crow |  | | |  | 66 | |||||||||
Organization[]
Former[]
| C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyunmoo | Choi Yoon-sang (최윤상) | Owner & CEO | None | |
| Dopani | Lim Hyeon-seok (임현석) | COO |  DRX
| |
| Flyn Shin | Shin Dong-geun (신동근) | Manager | None | |
| Lee Jeong-min (이정민) | Coach | None | ||
| Hell | Kwon Jae-hwan (권재환) | Head Coach |  Rockhead
| |
| Can Yang | Yang Seon-il (양선일) | CBO | DRX
| |
| MaHa | Oh Hyun-sik (오현식) | Coach |  Bot
| |
| Saroo | Lee Jong-won (이종원) | Coach |  SinoDragon Gaming
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Tournaments[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| MVP Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2019-08-12 | 7 | ₩3,000,000₩3,000,000₩3,000,000 | CK 2019 Summer | 2 - 12  RR | Carrot, Beware, Revenger, Crow, Edge, Garden, Syu, Neulbo, Motive, MaHa, Hell |
| 2019-04-01 | 6 | ₩4,000,000$ 3,536.9€ 3,112.77 | CK 2019 Spring | 4 - 10 RR | Carrot, Beware, Revenger, iffy, Edge, Garden, Syu, Motive, Neulbo, MaHa |
| 2018-12-18 | 13 - 19 | KeSPA Cup 2018 | Carrot, Revenger, Edge, Garden, Motive, MaHa | ||
| 2018-09-22 | NQ | LCK 2019 Spring Promotion | ADD, Yondu, Ian, Pilot, Max, Hell, Saroo | ||
| 2018-08-09 | 9 | ₩10,000,000₩10,000,000₩10,000,000 | LCK 2018 Summer | 4 - 14 RR | ADD, Yondu, Ian, Pilot, MaHa, Max, Motive, Hell, Saroo |
| 2018-04-22 | Q | LCK 2018 Summer Promotion | ADD, Beyond, Ian, Pilot, Max, Hell, Saroo | ||
| 2018-03-25 | 9 | ₩10,000,000$ 9,339.72€ 7,571.28 | LCK 2018 Spring | 6 - 12 RR | ADD, Beyond, Ian, MaHa, Pilot, Max, Hell, Saroo |
| 2017-12-02 | 5 - 8 | ₩5,000,000$ 4,600€ 3,850 | KeSPA Cup 2017 | ADD, Beyond, Ian, MaHa, Max, Hell, Saroo | |
| 2017-09-02 | 4 | Korea Regional Finals 2017 | ADD, Beyond, Ian, MaHa, Max, Hell, Saroo | ||
| 2017-08-06 | 8 | ₩10,000,000$ 8,800€ 7,500 | LCK 2017 Summer | 6 - 12 RR | ADD, Beyond, Ian, MaHa, Max, Hell, Saroo |
| Total Prize: KRW 42,000,000 • USD 0 | |||||
Media[]
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- May 3, The Kingmaker of Korean Esports: MVP by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
- February 15, MVP head coach on playing KT: “Before we got to the arena, we joked around that we should try to win 2-0, but I didn’t know the players could actually pull it off.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
- March 23, MVP head coach: “I’m very happy because this was the most dramatic victory since our performance at the promotional tournament to make it into the regular season.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
- April 7, MVP Head Coach Jae-hwan Kwon: "If we use our psychological vantage point, I believe we can beat KT" with , and on Inven Global
- July 3, MVP Head Coach Jaehwan Kwon: "We'll show them what a 9th-placing team can do." with , and on Inven Global
- March 14, MVP Pilot: "When I was in EU and China, I taught the other players a lot, and I also learned a lot by teaching." with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
See Also[]
External Links[]
Images[]
MVP 2017 LCK Spring Roster
References[]
- ↑ MVP, 리그오브레전드팀 재창단 한다 fomos.kr
- ↑ Kenzi's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Ozone Gaming Taiwan's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 삼성전자 MVP 인수하며 LOL 팀 창단, 팀명은 '삼성 갤럭시 프로게임팀' (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ Dopani's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 kenzi's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 2016 네네치킨 LoL Challengers Korea Spring 참가선수 엔트리 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup 참가 팀 로스터 공개 (Korean) e-sports.or.kr
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Rift Rivals: Roster representing LCK, LPL and LMS(Red Rift) has been revealed invenglobal.com
- ↑ 2017 LoL 케스파 컵 로스터 공개, '쿠잔' 이성혁-'블레스' 최현웅 제외 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 MVP's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 KeSPA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ MVP's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ KeSPA's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 MVP's Facebook Post
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Saroo's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2018-11-18; after change - KR - 2018-11-19
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 MVP's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 MVP's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ [오피셜] '애드' 강건모, 중국 BLG로 이적 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 MVP's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 MVP's Tweet twitter
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 MVP's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Hell's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Edge's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Revenger's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Garden's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 28.7 [단독] 챌린저스 성공 신화 MVP, 부진 끝 LoL 팀 해체 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.5 29.6 29.7 MVP's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com