With just over two weeks before the beginning of Pacific Kickoff,
Gen.G
Gen.G
Korea
Rank #2
Munchkin
Byeon Sang-beom (변상범)
t3xture
Kim Na-ra (김나라)
Meteor
Kim Tae-O (김태오)
Lakia
Kim Jong-min (김종민)
Karon
Kim Won-tae (김원태)
have announced the acquisition of Kang "solo"
Geun-chul (강근철) for the head coach position. He will replace Kim "HSK"
Hae-seong (김해성), who becomes the team's new Head of Strategy.
HSK was first picked up in October as head coach, following his time on
DetonatioN FocusMe
DetonatioN FocusMe
Japan
Rank #5
Medusa
An Min-cheol (안민철)
neth
Yusuke Matsuda
Meiy
Ibuki Seki
SSeeS
Tomonori Okimura
Anthem
Yoshitaka Enomoto
. He joined Detonation in 2021 as a player, switching to a coaching role the next two years. He remained on the team for 2023, which they finished with a 0-11 record between LOCK//IN, the Pacific League, and the Pacific LCQ.
Previously a coach for
Dplus Esports
Dplus Esports
Korea
Rank #11
Yyy
NGen
Lee Jae-hong (이재홍)
Hermes
Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱)
SeliG
Um Hyun-sung (엄현성)
freeing
No Ha-jun (노하준)
exy
Park Geun-cheol (박근철)
, solo is best known for his time on
NUTURN
NUTURN
Inactive
as a player, reaching Masters Reykjavík in 2021. By the end of the year he moved to coaching, joining Dplus (then Damwon Gaming). Throughout the years he helped the team stay at the top of Challengers Korea, reaching the 2022 East Asia LCQ and Pacific Ascension in 2023.
With HSK, Gen.G participated in one OFF//SEASON event, Convergence 2023. They defeated
True Rippers
True Rippers
Asia-Pacific
Rank #11
Techno
Shravana Kumar Sahoo
Aryu
Philip Vergara
d1srupt
Nereus Lico
GauRanG
DEATHMAKER
Debanjan Das
hellff
Sagnik Roy
but lost to
FUT Esports
FUT Esports
Europe
Rank #3
MrFaliN
Furkan Yeğen
yetujey
Eray Budak
AtaKaptan
Ata Tan
cNed
Mehmet Yağız İpek
qRaxs
Doğukan Balaban
, failing to reach the final.
Gen.G
Gen.G
Korea
Rank #2
Munchkin
Byeon Sang-beom (변상범)
t3xture
Kim Na-ra (김나라)
Meteor
Kim Tae-O (김태오)
Lakia
Kim Jong-min (김종민)
Karon
Kim Won-tae (김원태)
will next play at Kickoff:
Discord