KT Rolster

kt Rolster is a South Korean multi-gaming organization founded in 1999 with Korean Telecom as the head sponsor. A member of the Korean e-Sports Association, KT Rolster holds one of the richest and most successful StarCraft teams in the world, as well as one of the most successful League of Legends teams in Korea. The StarCraft team has fielded several legendary players throughout the pro-gaming scenes of StarCraft: Brood War and StarCraft II, such as Flash, Nal rA, YellOw, NaDa, NesTea, Reach, Life, TY and Zest.

kt Rolster
Founded1999
LocationSouth Korea
ManagerKang "H.O.T-Forever" Doh Gyung (SC2)
Lee Ji-hoon (LoL)
PartnersKT
Oronamin C
Pocari Sweat
Razer
Danawa
WebsiteKT Sports e-Sports
KT Sports
Baseball Basketball Esports
Shooting Field Hockey Sports

History

When the organization was created in 1999 it consisted solely of a StarCraft team which was named KTF n016 Progame Team after the head sponsor, Korean Telecom Freetel.[1] In 2001 the team was renamed KTF MagicNs. When the sponsor merged with Korean Telecom the gaming-organization subsequently went through several name changes and eventually ended up as KT Rolster (short for "Roller Coaster") in August 2009. The team transitioned to Starcraft II during the hybrid 2011-2012 Proleague Season 2.[2]

In October 2012, kt Rolster added two League of Legends teams with members from teams NaJin Shield and the recently disbanded StarTale.[3]

kt Rolster reached the Quarter-Finals of the 2015 League of Legends World Championship and 2018 League of Legends World Championship.

Major tournament results

StarCraft/StarCraft 2
  • 2009-2010 Shinhan Bank StarCraft Proleague Champions
  • 2010-2011 Shinhan Bank StarCraft Proleague Champions
  • 2014 SK Telecom StarCraft II Proleague Champions

Arrows
  • HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014 Champions

Bullets

Merged Team

Player Rosters

StarCraft II

The Starcraft division was dissolved on October 18, 2016.

Terran
  • Jung Ji-hoon (jjakji)
  • Jun Tae-yang (TY)

Protoss
  • Choi Sung-il (Trust)
  • Joo Sung-wook (Zest)
  • Kim Dae-yeob (Stats)

Zerg
  • Hwang Kang-ho (Losira)
  • Lee Dong-nyoung (Leenock)

League of Legends
ID Position Player
Doran Top Laner Choi Hyeon-joon (최현준)
Bonnie Jungler Lee Gwang-su (이광수)
Gideon Jungler Kim Min-sung (김민성)
Ucal Mid Laner Son Woo-hyeon (손우현)
5kid Bot Laner Park Jeong-Hyeon (박정현)
HyBriD Bot Laner Lee Woo-jin (이우진)
Harp Support Lee Ji-yung (이지융)
Rebel Support Park Geun-u (박근우)
Hirai Head Coach Kang Dong-hoon (강동훈)
supreme Coach Choi Seung-min (최승민)
Acorn Coach Choi Cheon-ju (최천주)
Mental Coach An Hyo-yeon (안효연)

References
  1. "Exotic E-Sports Records". gamedonga. 23 February 2009.
  2. "KT Rolster". gamernix. 16 February 2014.
  3. "KT Rolster Adds Two League of Legends Teams". ggChronicle. 10 September 2012.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Samsung Galaxy Blue		 League of Legends Champions Korea winner
Summer 2014		 Succeeded by
SK Telecom T1
Preceded by
CJ Entus Blaze		 Intel Extreme Masters World Championship winner
Season VIII (2014)		 Succeeded by
Team SoloMid
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