Prime
From Liquipedia Starcraft 2 Wiki
| Overview | Team Results |
| Prime [help]
[edit]
| |
| Team Information | |
| Location: | |
|---|---|
| Coaches: | Park "Gerrard" Oi Sik |
| Manager: | Lee Jun Ho (이준호) |
| Website: | Prime Prime Clothing Store |
| Sponsor: | Tt eSPORTS OCZ Technology |
| TLPD: | Prime International Prime Korean |
| Player Breakdown | |
| Number of Players: |
8 |
| History | |
| Created: | 2010-10-13 |
Prime is a top Korean StarCraft II team.
Contents |
[edit] Overview
Prime is a Korean Team and clan. They were founded near the launch of Wings of Liberty. Near launch they were announced to be sponsored by the World Elite, but this sponsorship was eventually dropped.
In October of 2010, Prime took part in the Brainbox Team Invitational placing third after oGs who won and the now disbanded team WeRRa that placed second.
Prime lost 2 players, Maka and Polt, on the opening day of the GSL Code S Sponsorship League. HongUn and anypro were later eliminated as well. MarineKing was the only Prime member that made it through Ro32, eventually making it to the finals where he was decisively defeated 0-4 by Mvp.
Going into February, Prime had 5 Code S players: MarineKing, HongUn, Check, anypro, and Polt. Maka and Polt were both defeated in the Up and Down Matches, putting them in Code A. A tournament was held to decide which player, of the 8 players who went to Code A from Up and Down matches, would replace LiveForever who was entering military service. Polt won the tournament, putting him back in Code S. Maka remained in Code A.
The "Optimus" ID has been an ID MarineKing popularized in his first GSL finals, but never took up for himself since he never won a championship. The Prime coach has said that the "Optimus" ID will move around the team to the current Prime champion. [1] Polt was the first Prime player to win a GSL championship, so he was the first player to hold the title. After his switch to TSL, the status of the Optimus title is currently unknown.
Prime also has their own online clothing store which includes their team shirts as well as other merchandise. The clothes are all modeled by Prime players, with more of a focus given to MarineKing and Gerrard.[2] The store initially only delivered to Korean addresses, but opened up to international deliveries on September 24th, 2011.[3]
Prime did not have much success in the team leagues in the first three seasons as they would always lose in the first round. However, in the GSTL Season 1, they pulled an upset by making it out of the group stages and into the play-offs where they eventually were defeated by MVP in the finals to place second.
Prime went one better during the 2012 GSTL Season 1 taking victory over StarTale with MarineKing taking victory over Leenock to win 5-3 over all. The finals were the first GSTL finals to be held over seas, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada. [4] The 3 months between March and June would prove to be incredibly successful for Prime, winning the IPL Team Arena Challenge 2, 2012 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1 and 2012 KSL Team League Season 1 over New Star HoSeo, StarTale and StarTale again respectively. The KSL victory was notable for a 6 man all kill by MarineKing.
[edit] History
[edit] 2010
[edit] 2011
- March 4th, BitByBit, ParkJongHyuk, and Dayfly are all dropped from Prime's roster. While Classic and Daisy joined Prime.[6]
- September 14th, Polt leaves Prime. He later joined Team SCV Life.[7]
- October 7th, ByuN joined Prime, after leaving ZeNEX.[8]
- October 8th, Prime places second in the 2011 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1.
- October 21st, Check leaves Prime.[9] He later joined eSahara. [10]
- November 17th, HongUn leaves Prime.[11] He later joined eSahara. [12]
[edit] 2012
- January 1st, Maka was reported to have left the team.[13] He later joined eSahara.
- January 4th, Tt eSPORTS was announced as a new global partner.[14]
- March 1st, cOre retires from progaming.[15]
- April 8th, Prime wins 2012 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1.
- May 1st, Daisy leaves Prime to join ESC ICYBOX.[16]
- May 20th, AriA joined Prime, after oGs disbanded.[17]
- July 12th, AnNyeong leaves Prime and retires.[18]
- August 21th, Lucy joins Prime.[19]
- October 22nd, BBoong leaves Prime.[20] He later joined MJ Team along with former Prime players Bitbybit and Hannibal. [21]
[edit] 2013
- January 23rd, TerrOr and Emir join Prime. [22]
- March 25th, Coach Gerrard's girlfriend, Barbie joins Prime as their first female pro gamer.[23]
- March 31st, Classic retires.[24]
[edit] Player Roster
[edit] Notable
Best Yearly Results:
| ID | Name | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbie | Lee Yura | - | - | - | - | ||
| ByuN | Byun Hyun Woo | Ro32 |
|||||
| Creator | Jang Hyun Woo | - | 1st |
Ro16 | |||
| Emir | Kim Kang Bin | - | - | - | - | ||
| Lucy | Jo Ji Hyun | - | - | - | - | ||
| MarineKing | Lee Jung Hoon | 2nd |
1st |
4th | |||
| Maru | Cho Seong Ju | Ro32 |
|||||
| TerrOr | Jeon Ji Won | - | - | - | - |
[edit] Former
| ID | Name | New Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic | Kim Hong Jae | Retired | ||
| Terius | Song Byung Hak | Retired/Unknown | ||
| AriA | Byun Jeong Geun | Retired/Unknown | ||
| Salmosa | Hwang Sung Woo | Retired/Unknown | ||
| BBoong | Choi Jong Hyuk | |||
| Nettie | Jun Yung Soo | Retired/Unknown | ||
| AnNyeong | Moon Hak Seon | Retired | ||
| Libero | Kim Tae In | Retired/Unknown | ||
| Tankboy | Lee Yoo Seok | Retired/Unknown | ||
| Hannibal | Kim Dong Wook | |||
| Daisy | Lee Jong Hyuk | |||
| cOre | Ahn Jung Min | Retired | ||
| anypro | Lee Jung Hwan | Retired/Unknown | ||
| Maka | Kwak Han Eol | |||
| HongUn | Ahn Hong Wook | |||
| Check | Lee Hyung Joo | |||
| Polt | Choi Seong Hun | |||
| ParkJongHyuk | Park Jong Hyuk | Retired/Unknown | ||
| Myth | Kim Sung Yeon | Retired/Unknown | ||
| Dayfly | Lee Joong Heon | Retired/Unknown | ||
| BitByBit | Kim Nam Kyu | |||
| Aory | Byun Joon Young | Retired/Unknown | ||
| Chipmunk | Hong Won Wi | Retired/Unknown | ||
| Wind | Choi Jin Seok | Retired/Unknown | ||
| Min | Hwang Doh Hyung | |||
| Ryung | Kim Dong Won | |||
| Fanta | Park Sung Joon | |||
| Eternal | Kim Hyun Tae | |||
| Junwi | Park Gyung Lak |
[edit] Organization
[edit] Team Achievements
| Date | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-06-03 | 2012 KSL Team League Season 1 | |
| 2012-04-08 | 2012 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1 | |
| 2012-03-09 | IPL Team Arena Challenge 2 | |
| 2012-01-30 | 2012 KSL Team League - January | |
| 2012-01-22 | IPL Team Arena Challenge 2 Qualifier 2 | |
| Date | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-10-08 | 2011 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1 | |
| Date | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-10-16 | 2010 Brainbox StarCraft II Team Invitational | |
[edit] Championships
| Global Starcraft II Team League Champions | ||
| 2011 GSTL Season 1 Preceeded By: |
2012 GSTL Season 1 8 April 2012 – 28 July 2012 |
2012 GSTL Season 2 Succeeded By: |
| IPL Team Arena Challenge Champions | ||
| IPL TAC 1 Preceeded By: |
IPL TAC 2 23 January 2012 – 11 August 2012 |
IPL TAC 3 Succeeded By: |
[edit] Highlight Videos
- 2011-03-02 | Team House Tour by Artosis
- 2011-06-02 | Team House Tour by Cyber Sports Network
- 2011-10-04 | Player Highlights by JJangsePrime
[edit] Interviews
[edit] References
- ↑ GSL Super Tournament Media Day Interview
- ↑ Prime's new Clothing website opened!
- ↑ PrimeZZang Opens Internationally
- ↑ GSTL Finals at Las Vegas
- ↑ http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=178269
- ↑ "March KR roster changes"
- ↑ "Polt joins TSL"
- ↑ https://twitter.com/orangemilkis/status/122549758597414912
- ↑ http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=277434
- ↑ "Check joins eSahara!"
- ↑ http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=285937¤tpage=6#104
- ↑ http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=303457
- ↑ Maka streaming
- ↑ "Tt eSPORTS goes PRIME" Press Release on TteSPORTS.com
- ↑ MarineKing's interview
- ↑ "ESC ICY BOX welcomes Daisy"
- ↑ ByuN's interview
- ↑ ByuN's interview
- ↑ Creator's interview
- ↑ Bboongbboong leaves Prime team
- ↑ BB4 joins Team MJ
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ 스타크래프트2 여성 프로게이머 이유라, 프라임 팀 입단 inven.co.kr 25/3/2013.
- ↑ [InterviewAZUBU vs Prime 2013 GSTL S1 Group Stage] teamliquid.net 31/03/2013.
| ||||||||||
