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Korean Esports Teams: T1, Gen.G, Hanwha and Who Owns Them

Categories K-Games & Esports 12 min read
2018 League of Legends All-Star Stage (korean esports teams)

Korean esports teams centre on the 10 clubs in the LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea), and most of them carry the name of a telecom, an insurer, a bank or a food company. T1 grew out of SK Telecom, Gen.G descends from Samsung’s old teams, and Hanwha Life Esports belongs to an insurer inside the Hanwha Group. Learn who owns a team and you can usually guess how it spends, how it behaves, and which rivalry it’s cau…

What Is a PC Bang in Korea? 24-Hour Gaming Cafés Decoded

Categories K-Games & Esports 10 min read
2020-03-08 08.21.39 PC bang in South Korea (what is a pc bang in korea)

What is a PC bang in Korea: a gaming café, often open 24 hours, where you rent a fast PC by the hour. Bang (방) just means room, so a PC bang is a PC room, and Korea has them on almost every busy street, usually one floor up, marked by a glowing sign. You walk in, buy time at a kiosk or counter, sit at a high-spec machine with every big game already installed, and order noodles to your seat without getting up.