Gen.G

Gen.G (Korean: 젠지), previously known as KSV Esports, is a professional esports organization with headquarters in Playa Vista, Seoul, and Shanghai. According to Forbes, Gen.G is the seventh most valuable esports organization in the world as of November 2018, worth US$110 million.[2]

Gen.G
Full nameGeneration Gaming[1]
Games
FoundedAugust 2017
Based in
OwnersKevin Chou, Kent Wakeford
Websitegeng.gg

History

In mid-2017, Kevin Chou and Kent Wakeford, co-founders of the video game development company Kabam, established the esports organization KSV (Korea plus Silicon Valley) esports International, as they purchased the rights to an Overwatch League franchise in Seoul, South Korea, for a reported $20 million.[3][4] This later became the Seoul Dynasty. In October 2017, the company expanded into Heroes of the Storm by acquiring the teams MVP Black and MVP Miracle;[5] In November 2017, KSV signed a roster for Overwatch Contenders,[6] established their PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds team,[7] and acquired Samsung Galaxy's League of Legends team.[8]

On May 3, 2018, KSV eSports announced they had rebranded themselves as Gen.G and added a new Clash Royale esports team.[9] On October 25, 2018, Gen.G signed an all-female roster for Fortnite.[10] In late January 2019, Gen.G acquired Team Space as their new Call of Duty team.[11] A month later, the team unveiled its Apex Legends roster, which included former Overwatch League players Chris "Grimreality" Schaefer and Ted "silkthread" Wang.[12]

Divisions

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

On December 6, 2019, Gen.G signed the former core of Cloud9 along with the team's assistant coach.[13] Boston Major winner, Timothy "autimatic" Ta was signed, along with Kenneth "koosta" Suen, Damian "daps" Steele, and Chris "Elmapuddy" Tebbit as head coach. Three days later, Gen.G signed Sam "s0m" Oh after he was released from Team Envy.[14] Hunter "SicK" Mims was also announced as a stand-in for the IEM Katowice 2020 qualifiers until the final slot was filled. On December 22, Gen.G announced the signing Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand from top Chinese team TyLoo to finalize the roster.[15]

Fortnite

In August 2019, Gen.G partnered with dating app Bumble to create an all-female Fortnite team.[16][17][18]

NBA 2K

Gen.G bought the only non-North American slot in the NBA 2k League. On January 20, 2020, The team was revealed to be called the Tigers of Shanghai.[19]

Rosters
As of January 10, 2020[20]
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Nat. ID Name Role
United States autimatic Timothy Ta AWPer/Rifler
United States koosta Kenneth Suen Rifler
Canada daps Damian Steele Captain/Entry
United States s0m Sam Oh Rifler
Indonesia BnTeT Hansel Ferdinand Flex
Australia Elmapuddy Chris Tebbit Coach
Fortnite
Nat. ID Name Role
United States maddiesuun Madison Mann Player
United States TINARAES Tina Perez Player
United States Carlee Carlee Gress Player
United States Hannah Hannah Reyes Player
United States Blank Andrew Leverette Coach
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Nat. ID Name Role
South Korea Menteul Lim Yong-su Fragger
South Korea Aqua5 Yu Sang-ho IGL, Support
South Korea Loki Park Jung-young Fragger
South Korea Pio Cha Seung Hoon IGL
South Korea WatchinU Seong Hu Bae Head coach
League of Legends
Nat. ID Name Role
South Korea Rascal KwangHee Kim Top
South Korea Clid TaeMin Kim Jungle
South Korea Bdd BoSeong Gwak Mid
South Korea Ruler JaeHyuk Park Adc
South Korea Life JeongMin Kim Support
South Korea Kellin HyeongGyu Kim Support
South Korea Edgar WooBum Choi Head Coach
South Korea oDin YoungDal Ju Coach
South Korea TrAce ChangDong Yeo Coach
NBA 2K (Tigers of Shanghai)
Nat. ID Name Role
United States Turnupdefense Christopher Anderson Shooting Guard
Overwatch (Seoul Dynasty)
Nat. ID Name Role
South Korea tobi Jinmo Yang Support
South Korea Michelle Minhyuk Choi Tank
South Korea Marve1 Minseo Hwang Support
South Korea FITS Dongeon Kim DPS
South Korea ILLICIT Jaemin Park DPS
South Korea Profit Junyoung Park DPS
South Korea Gesture Jaehui Hong Tank
South Korea Creative Youngwan Kim Support
South Korea Hocury Hocheol Lee General manager
South Korea Changgoon Changgeun Park Head coach
South Korea MMA Seong-won Mun Assistant Coach
Overwatch Academy (Gen.G)
Nat. ID Name Role
South Korea Haeim Hwang Jun-seon DPS
South Korea Stalk3r Jeong Hag-yong DPS
South Korea Wekeed Choi Seok-woo DPS
South Korea WooHyaL Sung Seung-hyun Tank
South Korea Oberon Ham Eun-sang Tank
South Korea someone Ham Jeong-wan Tank
South Korea BE9 Ahn Kyu-min Support
South Korea Bliss Kim So-myung Support
South Korea Zelgadiss Siwoo Lee Coach

Championships
  • 2017 — Heroes of the Storm Global Championship Mid-Season Brawl[21]
  • 2018 — Heroes of the Storm Global Championship[22]
  • 2018 — PUBG Global Invitational[23]
  • 2020 — CSGO DreamHack Anaheim[24]
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gollark: Yes, because people are *so very stupid*.
gollark: Yes, but actually no.
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References
  1. Murray, Trent (May 3, 2018). "KSV eSports Rebrands to Gen.G, and Expands into Clash Royale". The Esports Observer. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  2. Settimi, Christina (November 27, 2018). "Esports Company Gen.G Is Popular With The Ladies". Forbes. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  3. Young Jae-joon (September 5, 2017). "Silicon Valley meets Overwatch: Q&A with Kevin Chou". ESPN. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  4. Takahashi, Dean (July 12, 2017). "Why Kabam cofounder Kevin Chou is diving into esports with Overwatch League's Seoul franchise". VentureBeat. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  5. Park Beom; Bae Junseok (October 23, 2017). "Kevin Chou's KSV acquires the prestigious HotS teams, MVP Black and MVP Miracle". Inven Global. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  6. Carpenter, Nicole (November 2, 2017). "Seoul Dynasty signs Overwatch Contenders season three roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  7. Kim Mi-hee (November 7, 2017). "에스카·이태준 합류, KSV '배틀그라운드' 팀 만든다" [ESCA · Lee Joon-joon Joins KSV 'Battleground' Team]. GameMeca (in Korean). Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  8. Young Jae-joon (November 30, 2017). "KSV acquires Samsung Galaxy's League of Legends team". ESPN. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  9. Takahashi, Dean (May 3, 2018). "KSV Esports rebrands as Gen.G, adds Clash Royale team". VentureBeat. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  10. Carpenter, Nicole (October 25, 2018). "Gen.G signs all-female Fortnite team". Dot Esports. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  11. Miner, Phillip (January 31, 2019). "Call of Duty Esports: Team Space Acquired by Gen.G Esports". ESTNN. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  12. Binkowski, Justin (March 1, 2019). "Gen.G unveils its Apex Legends roster featuring former Overwatch League pros". Dot Esports. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  13. Burazin, Zvonimir (December 6, 2019). "Gen.G sign autimatic, daps, koosta". HLTV.org. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  14. "Gen.G confirm s0m signing". HLTV.org. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  15. "Gen.G confirm BnTeT signing". HLTV.org. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  16. Pei, Annie (August 6, 2019). "Bumble has found its match, striking a deal with an all-women's Fortnite team". CNBC. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  17. Fitch, Adam (August 6, 2019). "Gen.G partners with Bumble for all-women Fortnite team". Esports Insider. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  18. "Bumble and Gen. G form first pro all-women 'Fortnite' team". Engadget. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  19. Lace, Thomas (January 20, 2020). "Gen.G Tigers of Shanghai unveiled for NBA 2K League". Esports Insider. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  20. "Teams – Gen.G". geng.gg. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  21. Chen, Amy (June 19, 2018). "Heroes of the Storm: The Epic HGC Mid-Season Recap". Comics Gaming Magazine. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  22. Rizzo, Tim (November 3, 2018). "Gen.G Esports becomes first back-to-back HGC world champion". Inven Global. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  23. Newell, Adam (July 26, 2018). "Gen. G Gold take the TPP title at the PUBG Global Invitational 2018". Dot Esports. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  24. "DreamHack Open Anaheim 2020". HLTV.org. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
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