CJ Entus
| Location | South Korea |
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| Sponsor(s) | CJ Corporation |
CJ Entus is a Korean multi-gaming organization originally founded in 2001 under the name "ProSuma" as a StarCraft: Brood War team before Korean holding company CJ became its title sponsor in 2006, giving the team its current name. It entered League of Legends in 2012 with its own team and then acquired both Azubu Frost and Azubu Blaze in 2013 after both teams' rosters announced they would not be renewing their Azubu contracts.
History
Season 2
CJ Entus made its first foray into the competitive scene when they formed a team that consisted of Pecko, LongPanda, Kkinsh, emboob, Eryuk. The team played in their first OGN at Azubu The Champions Summer 2012 where they lost all their games and placed last in their group. Their performances in NLB gained them enough circuit points to qualify for the Season 2 Korea Regional Finals. However, they lost in the fifth place tiebreaker 3-1 to Incredible Miracle.
Season 3
CJ's first tournament of the season was IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Cologne where they made it to the semifinals but lost 2-1 to Fnatic. They came back to Korea to play in OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013 where they lost 3-2 in the quarterfinals to Azubu Frost. The CJ organization sponsored Azubu Frost and Azubu Blaze and they were renamed to CJ Entus Frost and CJ Entus Blaze respectively. When both teams were picked up by CJ, the original CJ Entus team disbanded. A mixed CJ Entus roster participated in the OGN Club Masters where they made it to playoffs but placed fourth overall after losing 3-2 to Xenics-OP United and 3-0 to KT Rolster. Unfortunately, both CJ teams missed worlds at the end of the season. However, they earned the distinction of making the IEM Season VII World Championship grand finals an all-CJ final, which Blaze won 3-1.
2014 Season
Another mixed CJ Entus roster participated in the SK Telecom LTE-A LoL Masters 2014 where they placed third overall after losing to Samsung Galaxy in the semifinals. Neither of the CJ teams performed well in any of the 2014 OGN seasons, so both teams missed the regionals and, by extension, worlds.
2015 Season
Changes to the OGN rules forced Frost and Blaze to merge. The new roster consisted of Shy, Ambition, CoCo, Space, and Madlife. CJ Entus were invited to IEM Katowice, the IEM Season IX final in March 2015. They finished in 5th/6th place, after defeating Gambit Gaming but then losing to Team SoloMid and Team WE. CJ placed third in the regular season of SBENU Champions Spring 2015 and made it to the playoffs but they lost 3-2 in the semifinals to SK Telecom T1 and placed third for the season. The team played in SBENU Champions Summer 2015 and placed third in the regular season again. However, they lost 3-0 in the second round to the KOO Tigers and placed fourth for the season. CJ earned enough circuit points to qualify for the 2015 Season Korea Regional Finals where they lost 3-2 in the semifinals to the Jin Air Green Wings and missed out on worlds. CJ played in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup where they lost 3-0 in the finals to Ever.
Timeline
2012
- May 24th, CJ Entus is formed with Pecko, LongPanda, Kkinsh, emboob, and Eryuk. [1]
- August 13th, inSec joins. [2]
- September 9th, Dade replaces Pecko, playing as AP carry. emboob moves to AD carry. [3]
- Early October, Space joins.
- December 16th, 3rd-4th place in the IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Cologne.
2013
- February, After the creation of CJ Entus Frost and CJ Entus Blaze, the main CJ Entus roster is disbanded. Space and kkinsh join CJ Entus Frost as subs. See the team pages for individual roster histories.
2014
- December 2nd, When the Korean league is restructured, CJ Entus is reformed as a single team. Shy, Ambition, CoCo, Trick, CoCo, Space, Roar, MadLife and Max join.[4]
- December 15th, Coach Lee "fOru" Jae-hoon leaves.[5]
2015
- February 20th (approx.), Roar leaves.
- April 24th, 3rd Place in the SBENU Champions Spring 2015.
- April~, Ghost joins.
- May, Helper joins.
- August 19th, 4th Place in the SBENU Champions Summer 2015.
- September 4th, 3rd Place in the 2015 Season Korea Regional Finals.
- November 4th, Helper, Trick, and Max leave.[6]
- November 17th, Coach Onair, Kezman and Jung Je-seung leave. [7]
- November 30th, Cain and Reach joins. Ambition and CoCo leave.[8]
- December 1st, Space leaves.[9]
- December~, BDD joins.
2016
- February 16th, DayDream joins.[10]
- April 11th, DayDream leaves.[11]
- May 11th, Haru joins.[12]
- November 1st, Cain leaves his role as coach.[13]
- December 12th, Winged,Pure, Soul, Racoon join.[14]
- December 19th, CaNdy join. [15]
2017
- November 13th, CJ Entus disbands League of Legends roster. Soul, Winged, CaNdy, Pure and Raccoon leave.[16]
Player Roster
Former
- Soul, Top.
- Winged, Jungle.
- CaNdy, Mid.
- Pure, Support.
- Racoon, Support. Nationality: kr.
- Shy, Top.
- Untara, Top.
- Bubbling, Jungle.
- Haru, Jungle.
- Sky, Mid.
- Bdd, Mid.
- Kramer, AD.
- Ghost, AD.
- MadLife, Support.
- DayDream, Jungle.
- Space, AD.
- Ambition, Jungle.
- CoCo, Mid.
- Helper, Top.
- Trick, Jungle.
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| Max
|Jeong Jong-bin (정종빈)
|Support
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GashBears
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| Roar
|Oh Jang-won (오장원)
|Sub/AD
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Incredible Miracle
- LongPanda, Top.
- kkinsh, Support. Nationality: kr.
- dade, Mid. Nationality: kr.
- inSec, Jungle. Nationality: kr.
- Eryuk, Jungle.
- emboob, AD. Nationality: kr.
- Pecko, AD.
Organization
Active
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|Park Yong-woon (박용운)
|Director
Former
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| Onair
|Kang Hyun-jong (강현종)
|Head Coach
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Afreeca Freecs
- Kezman, Coach.
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|Jung Je-seung (정제승)
|Coach
| Afreeca Freecs
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| fOru
|Lee Jae-hoon (이재훈)
|Coach
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Team Achievements
| In Premier Tournaments | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Place | Event | Result | Winnings | ||
| 2016-04-08 | 
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8th | LCK 2016 Spring Season | 8 : 10 |  Group Stage (W/L)
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| 2015-11-14 | 
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2nd | 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup | 0 : 3 |  ESC Ever
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₩ 20,000,000 |
| 2015-09-04 | 
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3rd | 2015 Season Korea Regional Finals | 2 : 3 |  Jin Air Green Wings
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| 2015-08-19 |
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4th | LCK 2015 Summer Playoffs | 0 : 3 |  KOO Tigers
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₩ 20,000,000 |
| 2015-08-13 |
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3rd | LCK 2015 Summer Season | 12 : 6 | Group Stage (W/L)
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| 2015-04-24 |
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3rd | LCK 2015 Spring Playoffs | 2 : 3 |  SK Telecom T1
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₩ 30,000,000 |
| 2015-04-11 |
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3rd | LCK 2015 Spring Season | 10 : 4 | Group Stage (W/L)
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| 2015-03-14 | 
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5 - 6th | IEM Season IX - World Championship | 1 : 2 | Group Stage (W/L)
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$ 5,000 |
| 2012-12-26 |
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5 - 8th | OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013 | 2 : 3 |  Azubu Frost
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₩ 12,000,000 |
| 2012-12-16 |
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3 - 4th | IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Cologne | 1 : 2 |  Fnatic
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$ 4,500 |
| 2012-09-12 |
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5th | Season 2 Regional Finals Seoul | 1 : 3 |  Incredible Miracle
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| 2012-07-03 |
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9 - 16th | Azubu The Champions Summer 2012 | 0 : 3 | Group Stage (W/L)
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₩ 4,000,000 |
| In Major Tournaments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Place | Event | Result | Winnings | |
| 2013-02-01 | 2nd | NLB Winter 2012-2013 | 2 : 3 |  GSG
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₩ 2,000,000 |
| 2012-10-17 | 5 - 8th | Enter the Dragon | 0 : 3 |  Team WE
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Highlight Videos
Interviews
Articles
- February 26th, Entertain Us: CJ Entus' unlikely Spring by Emily Rand on TheScore
- January 18th, CJ Entus: Resurrected?from Gold Per 10
- January 26th, The Return of CJ Entus from LolEsports
- May 4th, CJ Entus - NaJin e-mFire Rivalry from LiquidLegends
- June 5th, The Old Boys of Entus from theScore
- October 28th, Operation Save CJ Entus 2016: the delusional ramblings of a former fan by Tyler "Fionn" Erzberger on theScore
- November 16th, Despite everything, they're still CJ by Emily Rand on Follow eSports
- December 20th, On the decline, CJ Entus from Gold Per 10
See Also
Links
References
- ↑ CJ Entus creates LoL team!"teamliquid.net"
- ↑ CJ Entus sign 'insec' inven.co.kr
- ↑ CJ Entus sign 'Dade' inven.co.kr
- ↑ [별들의 전쟁 시작! LoL 챔피언스 코리아 프리시즌 로스터 공개 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ CJ Entus' Facebook Post (Korean/English) facebook.com
- ↑ CJ ENTUS's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ CJ ENTUS's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ CJ ENTUS's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ CJ ENTUS's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ [1] facebook.com
- ↑ [2] facebook.com
- ↑ CJ ENTUS's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Cain leaves as coach facebook.com
- ↑ [3] facebook.com
- ↑ CJ joins 'Candy' Kim Seung-joo from former geniusfomos.kr
- ↑ CJ Entus disbands dotesports.com
