Jin Air Green Wings (Korean: 진에어 그린윙스) was a South Korean e-sports organization with teams competing in StarCraft II and League of Legends. Its parent organization was Korean Air subsidiary Jin Air. The organization was formed in November 2011 as a StarCraft: Brood War team, which combined three disbanding Proleague teams: Hwaesung Oz, WeMade FOX and MBCGame HERO. It was simply known as "The 8th Team" until Jin Air became its title sponsor in July 2013. Jin Air Green Wings was one of eight Korean e-Sports Association recognized teams participating in Proleague when it disbanded in late 2020.
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| Short name | JAG |
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| Divisions | StarCraft II League of Legends |
| Founded | November 4, 2011 |
| Folded | November 30, 2020 (StarCraft II) December 2, 2020 (League of Legends) |
| Location | South Korea |
| Parent group | Jin Air |
League of Legends
editThis section needs to be updated. (May 2019) |
Final Roster
edit| Nat. | Name | ID | Role |
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Lee Sang-wook | TaNa | Top Laner |
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Kim Chan-hee | Seize | Jungler |
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Eom Seong-hyeon | UmTi | Jungler |
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Lee Chan-ju | Yaharong | Mid Laner |
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Kwon Sun-ho | Light | Bot Laner |
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Jeong Yong-seung | Rumor | Bot Laner |
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Park Hee-seok | Senan | Support |
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Cha Ji-hoon | Signature | Head Coach |
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Oh Ji-hwan | Raise | Coach |
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Kim Dong-hyeon | Sensation | Coach |
History
edit2013 season
editThe Jin Air organization picked up the rosters of Eat Sleep Game and Hoon Good Day to form the Jin Air Green Wings Falcons and the Jin Air Green Wings Stealths respectively. Miso, Reapered, Raven, Roar and StarLast joined the Falcons and HooN, TrAce, ActScene, ŁØAÐ and IceBear joined the Stealths. Neither team managed to qualify for worlds.
2014 season
editA mixed Jin Air team participated at the SK Telecom LTE-A LoL Masters 2014 but they placed fifth in the regular season and missed playoffs. Neither the Stealths nor the Falcons managed to earn enough circuit points to qualify for the 2014 Season Korea Regional Finals so neither went to worlds.
2015 season
editChanges to the OGN rules forced both teams to merge to form the Jin Air Green Wings.[1] The roster consisted of TrAce, Chaser, Winged, GBM, Pilot, Cpt Jack, Chei, and XD. They placed fourth in the regular season of SBENU Champions Spring 2015 and qualified for the playoffs. However, they lost in the first round 3–0 to CJ Entus and placed fourth for the season. Jin Air placed sixth in the regular season of SBENU eChampions Summer 2015 and gained 10 circuit points but missed the playoffs. They had enough circuit points to qualify for the 2015 Season Korea Regional Finals where they made it to the finals but lost 3–1 to KT Rolster and barely missed out on worlds.
GBM was left off of the roster for KeSPA Cup 2015 and ultimately joined NRG eSports.[2] Jin Air played in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup where they lost 2–0 in the quarterfinals to CJ Entus.
Jin Air received an invitation to Intel Extreme Masters Season X - San Jose where they ended up finishing 5–8.[3]
2016 season
editIn December 2016, Pilot and Blanc joined PSG eSports.[4]
2019 season
editJin Air Greenwings had experienced a 15-series losing streak in Spring 2019. They broke their losing streak by taking the match from Afreeca Freecs on March 7, 2019, with a set score of 2–1.[5][6] They ended up at the last place for the season, and had to go through Summer Promotion to play in the LCK. They successfully promoted back to the LCK by winning their last match in the 2019 LCK Summer Promotion with a set score of 3–1 against ES Sharks.[7][8]
For the Summer season, they went through a 18-series losing streak.[9] They only managed to win 4 games, without winning a single match.[10] They had an overall of 1–35 record of their match in the 2019 season. They went through their second LCK promotion in the same year in order to play in the LCK again. However, they lost in the match against Hanwha Life Esports for the last spot of LCK, and was relegated to Challengers Korea.[11]
2020 season
editJin Air was announced as one of the short list of alternates for LCK franchising. On November 17, Jin Air announced that they had not been selected to participate in the LCK Franchised league and their League of Legends team would be disbanding.[12]
StarCraft II
editJang "Creator" Hyun-woo joined the team on November 17, 2015.[13]
Final Roster
edit| ID | Name | Race |
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| Creator
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Jang Hyun Woo | Protoss |
| Maru
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Cho Seong Ju | Terran |
| Rogue
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Lee Byung Ryul | Zerg |
| sOs
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Kim Yoo Jin | Protoss |
| Trap
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Cho Sung Ho | Protoss |
 Rex
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Lei Hao Chen | Zerg |
Former players
edit| ID | Name | Race |
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| Jaedong
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Lee Jae dong | Zerg |
| Hyun
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Ko Seok Hyun | Zerg |
| Cure
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Kim Doh Wook | Terran |
| TY
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Jeon Tae-yang | Terran |
History
editJin Air Green Wings was one of the seven KeSPA-recognized teams participating in Proleague before its discontinuation in 2016 and was the only Proleague team that kept on playing Starcraft II after 2016. During its existence Jin Air Green Wings was one of the strongest Korean StarCraft II teams in no small part thanks to Kim "sOs" Yoo-jin, Cho "Maru" Seong-ju, Lee "Rogue" Byeong-yeol, Cho "Trap" Seong-ho & Jang "Creator" Hyun-woo. Between 2014-2020 Jin Air Green Wings won 9 Global StarCraft II League tournaments, 3 Intel Extreme Masters seasons and 2 StarCraft II World Championship Series finals, both being won by Kim "sOs" Yoo-jin.[citation needed]
On Nov 30, 2020, Jin Air officially disbanded their Starcraft 2 team along with their league of legends team due to not being accepted for League of Legends' LCK franchising.[14][15]
References
edit- ^ Erzberger, Tyler "Fionn" (September 5, 2015). "Chains of Despair: the tale of the Jin Air Green Wings". TheScore eSports. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ Park, Paul (November 6, 2015). "GBM left off Jin Air Green Wings roster for KeSPA Cup". TheScore eSports. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ Doucet, Nic (October 8, 2015). "Jin Air Green Wings receive invite to IEM San Jose". Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ Sparx, Joe (December 14, 2016). "PSG Esports Announce League of Legends Roster". Dexerto. Archived from the original on December 17, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ^ "Jin Air Green Wings defeat Afreeca, breaking 15-series losing streak". Dot Esports. 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ Kim, Kevin (2019-03-07). "Jin Air Greenwings Grace after the team's losing streak: "I don't really feel too much...I think I did okay."". Korizon. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "League of Legends: JAG H-Dragon on the LCK Summer Promotion and His Homework for the Next Split". www.invenglobal.com. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ Koyle, Vince (2019-04-22). "KT Rolster, Jin Air GW retain LCK spot after 2019 Summer Promotion". Daily Esports. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "Jin Air Green Wings make history as the first LCK team to end a split 0-18". Dot Esports. 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "Race to the bottom: Why Jin Air's 2019 is almost as bad as Shanghai's 2018". Dot Esports. 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "League of Legends: Hanwha Life Esports Survives from Promotions/Relegations". www.invenglobal.com. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^ "Jin Air Green Wings League of Legends team disbands". 17 November 2020.
- ^ Dunn, Connor (November 17, 2015). "Creator joins Jin Air Green Wings". Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ "Jin Air Green Wings Starcraft 2 team disbands". 30 November 2020.
- ^ Kang, Ashley (2020-11-17). "JAG League team will be ending contracts with the coaching staff and the players". twitter.com. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
