Prime
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| Team Information | |
| Location: | South Korea 
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| Coaches: | Park "Gerrard" Oi Sik |
| Manager: | Lee Jun Ho (이준호) |
| Team Captain: | Moon "AnNyeong" Hak Seon |
| Website: | Prime Prime Clothing Store |
| Sponsor: | Tt eSPORTS OCZ Technology |
| TLPD: | Prime International Prime Korean |
| Player Breakdown | |
| Number of Players: |
18 |
 6  8  4
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| History | |
| Created: | 2010-10-13 |
| Recent Player Trades: | Left: cOre |
Prime is a top Korean StarCraft 2 team.
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[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 surprised the world 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.
On January 1st 2012, Maka was reported to have left the team. [4] He later joined eSahara.
On January 4th 2012, Tt eSPORTS was announced as a new global partner. [5]
[edit] Player Roster
[edit] Notable
Best Yearly Results:
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AnNyeong ( )
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Moon Hak Seon | Ro64 
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BBoong | Choi Jong Hyuk | - | - |  Ro32
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BumbleBee | Song Byung Hak | Ro32
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Ro32
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Ro32
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Creator | Jang Hyun Woo | - | Ro16
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Gerrard | Park Oi Shik | Ro64
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GhostKing | Byun Hyun Woo | Ro32
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Ro4
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13 - 16th
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Libero | Kim Tae In | Ro64
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MarineKing | Lee Jung Hoon | 2nd
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1st 
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Maru | Cho Seong Ju | Ro32
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Ro32
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Ro16
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Nettie | Jun Yung Soo | Ro16
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Ro32
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Tankboy | Lee Yoo Seok | Ro32
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Ro32
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[edit] Other
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Classic | Kim Hong Jae |
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Dayfly | Lee Joong Heon |
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Salmosa | Kim Jong Sung |
[edit] Former
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Hannibal | Kim Dong Wook | N/A |
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Daisy | Lee Jong Hyuk |  ESC ICYBOX
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cOre | Ahn Jung Min | Retired |
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anypro | Lee Jung Hwan | N/A |
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BitByBit | Kim Nam Kyu | N/A |
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HongUn | Ahn Hong Wook |  eSahara
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Check | Lee Hyung Joo | eSahara
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Polt | Choi Seong Hun |  Team SCV Life
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July | Park Sung Joon |  StarTale
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GuineaPig | Kim Hyun Tae | Team SCV Life
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Junwi | Park Gyung Lak |  Incredible Miracle
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Maka | Kwak Han Eol | eSahara
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[edit] Organization
[edit] Team Achievements
| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2012-04-08 | 2012 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1 |  Prime  5 : 2  StarTaleQ
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| 2012-03-09 | IPL Team Arena Challenge 2 | Prime 8 : 7  New Star HoSeo
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| 2012-01-30 | 2012 KSL Team League - January | Prime 6 : 3 New Star HoSeo
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| 2012-01-22 | IPL Team Arena Challenge 2 Qualifier 2 |  Prime 3 : 5 New Star HoSeo
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| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2011-10-08 | 2011 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1 | Prime 3 : 5  MvP
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| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2010-10-16 | 2010 Brainbox StarCraft 2 Team Invitational |  Prime 3 : 0 TSL
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[edit] Championships
| Global Starcraft II Team League Champions | ||
| 2011 GSTL Season 1 Preceeded By: MvP
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2012 GSTL Season 1 8th April 2012 - Present Prime
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2012 GSTL Season 2 Succeeded By: None/TBD |
| IPL Team Arena Challenge Champions | ||
| IPL TAC 1 Preceeded By:  QIM
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IPL TAC 2 23rd January 2012 - Present Prime
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IPL TAC 3 Succeeded By: None/TBD |
[edit] Highlight Videos
- Team House tour by Artosis
- Team House tour by Cyber Sports Network
- Player Highlights by JJangsePrime
[edit] Interviews
[edit] References
- ↑ GSL Super Tournament Media Day Interview
- ↑ Prime's new Clothing website opened!
- ↑ PrimeZZang Opens Internationally
- ↑ http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=299520
- ↑ "Tt eSPORTS goes PRIME" Press Release on TteSPORTS.com
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