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Prime
Primelogo.jpg
Team Information
Location: South Korea South Korea
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

Picon small.png 6Ticon small.png 8Zicon small.png 4
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

Prime's roster after winning 2012 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1.

[edit] Notable

Best Yearly Results:

ID Name 2010 2011 2012
South KoreaSouth Korea ZZicon small.png AnNyeong (Captain.png) Moon Hak Seon I2Ro64 GSL Y- L6bAicon.png Ro48 GSL
South KoreaSouth Korea ZZicon small.png BBoong Choi Jong Hyuk Y- Y- H1Sicon.png Ro32 GSL
KoreaSouth Korea ZZicon small.png BumbleBee Song Byung Hak H1Ro32 GSL L6aAicon.png Ro32 GSL L6aAicon.png Ro32 GSL
South KoreaSouth Korea PPicon small.png Creator Jang Hyun Woo Y- L5aAicon.png Ro16 GSL A99 - 12th IPL
South KoreaSouth Korea ZZicon small.png Gerrard Park Oi Shik I2Ro64 GSL Y- Y-
South KoreaSouth Korea TTicon small.png GhostKing Byun Hyun Woo H1Ro32 GSL ESicon.png Ro4 GSL B313 - 16th IPL
South KoreaSouth Korea TTicon small.png Libero Kim Tae In I2Ro64 GSL Y- Y-
South KoreaSouth Korea TTicon small.png MarineKing Lee Jung Hoon B2nd GSL BSicon.png 2nd GSL A1st MLG
South KoreaSouth Korea TTicon small.png Maru Cho Seong Ju H1Ro32 GSL L6aAicon.png Ro32 GSL G1Sicon.png Ro16 GSL
South KoreaSouth Korea PPicon small.png Nettie Jun Yung Soo G1Ro16 GSL L6aAicon.png Ro32 GSL Y-
South KoreaSouth Korea TTicon small.png Tankboy Lee Yoo Seok H1Ro32 GSL L6aAicon.png Ro32 GSL Y-

[edit] Other

ID Name
South KoreaSouth Korea PPicon small.png Classic Kim Hong Jae
South KoreaSouth Korea TTicon small.png Dayfly Lee Joong Heon
South KoreaSouth Korea ZZicon small.png Salmosa Kim Jong Sung

[edit] Former

ID Name New Team
South KoreaSouth Korea TTicon small.png Hannibal Kim Dong Wook N/A
South KoreaSouth Korea PPicon small.png Daisy Lee Jong Hyuk ESClogo std.png ESC ICYBOX
South KoreaSouth Korea PPicon small.png cOre Ahn Jung Min Retired
South KoreaSouth Korea PPicon small.png anypro Lee Jung Hwan N/A
South KoreaSouth Korea TTicon small.png BitByBit Kim Nam Kyu N/A
South KoreaSouth Korea PPicon small.png HongUn Ahn Hong Wook Esaharalogo std.png eSahara
South KoreaSouth Korea ZZicon small.png Check Lee Hyung Joo Esaharalogo std.png eSahara
South KoreaSouth Korea TTicon small.png Polt Choi Seong Hun TSLlogo std.png Team SCV Life
South KoreaSouth Korea ZZicon small.png July Park Sung Joon Startalelogo std.png StarTale
South KoreaSouth Korea PPicon small.png GuineaPig Kim Hyun Tae TSLlogo std.png Team SCV Life
South KoreaSouth Korea ZZicon small.png Junwi Park Gyung Lak IMlogo std.png Incredible Miracle
South KoreaSouth Korea TTicon small.png Maka Kwak Han Eol Esaharalogo std.png eSahara

[edit] Organization

[edit] Team Achievements

2012
Date Event Result
2012-04-08 2012 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1 Gold.png Prime Primelogo std.png 5 : 2 StarTaleQlogo std.png StarTaleQ
2012-03-09 IPL Team Arena Challenge 2 Gold.png Prime Primelogo std.png 8 : 7 HoSeologo std.png New Star HoSeo
2012-01-30 2012 KSL Team League - January Gold.png Prime Primelogo std.png 6 : 3 HoSeologo std.png New Star HoSeo
2012-01-22 IPL Team Arena Challenge 2 Qualifier 2 Silver.png Prime Primelogo std.png 3 : 5 HoSeologo std.png New Star HoSeo
2011
Date Event Result
2011-10-08 2011 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1 Silver.png Prime Primelogo std.png 3 : 5 MVPlogo std.png MvP
2010
Date Event Result
2010-10-16 2010 Brainbox StarCraft 2 Team Invitational Bronze.png Prime Primelogo std.png 3 : 0 TSLlogo std.png TSL

[edit] Championships

 Global Starcraft II Team League Champions
2011 GSTL Season 1
Preceeded By:
MVPlogo std.png MvP
2012 GSTL Season 1
8th April 2012 - Present
Primelogo std.png Prime
2012 GSTL Season 2
Succeeded By:
None/TBD
 IPL Team Arena Challenge Champions
IPL TAC 1
Preceeded By:
QIMlogo std.png QIM‎
IPL TAC 2
23rd January 2012 - Present
Primelogo std.png Prime
IPL TAC 3
Succeeded By:
None/TBD

[edit] Highlight Videos

[edit] Interviews

[edit] References

  1. GSL Super Tournament Media Day Interview
  2. Prime's new Clothing website opened!
  3. PrimeZZang Opens Internationally
  4. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=299520
  5. "Tt eSPORTS goes PRIME" Press Release on TteSPORTS.com


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