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{{Short description|South Korean esports organization}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox sports team
{{Infobox sports team
| name = CJ Entus
| name = OGN Entus
| short_name = CJ 엔투스
| short_name = OGN 엔투스
| logo = File:CJ_Entus_logo.png
| logo = OGN Entus logo.png
| logo_size =
| logo_size =
| alt =
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| caption =
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| city = [[Seoul]]
| location = [[South Korea]]
| location = [[South Korea]]
| parent_group =
| parent_group = [[OGN (TV channel)|OGN]]
| founded = 2001
| founded = {{start date|2001|04}}
| folded =
| folded = {{end date|2020|11}}
| manager =
| manager = Kim Jeong-woo, Jo Byung-se, Jin Yeong-wha, Han Sang-bong and Shin Dong-won
| partners = [[CJ Group]]
| partners =
| sport_label = Divisions
| sport_label = Divisions
| sport = ''[[Clash Royale]]''<br>''[[PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds]]''<br>''[[League of Legends]]''<br>''[[StarCraft II]]''<br>''[[Warcraft 3]]''
| sport =
| website =
| website =
| footnotes =
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}}
}}


'''CJ Entus '''is a [[South Korea]]n [[StarCraft II]] and [[League of Legends]] [[eSports]] team which is the [[works team]] of the [[CJ Group]] ''[[chaebol]]''. ''[[Warcraft 3]]'' and ''Special Force 2''<!--Not the Special Forces 2 on wikipedia, do not add link--> teams have been discontinued. CJ Entus began as a ''[[StarCraft: Brood War]]'' team in 2001 as ProSuma. In April 2006, CJ Group obtained the team's naming rights and it began competing in the ''StarCraft'' [[Proleague]]. On May 24, 2012, CJ Entus began sponsoring a ''[[League of Legends]]'' team to compete in the [[Ongamenet The Champions]] (LCK) league.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.sportschosun.com/news.htm?id=201201030000000000001378&ServiceDate=20120103&f_url=#_adtep|title=스포츠조선 :: [프로리그 리뷰] CJ, 선두로 1라운드 마감|publisher=}}</ref>
'''OGN Entus ''' was a South Korean [[esports]] organization . It formerly had teams competing in ''[[League of Legends]]'', ''[[StarCraft II]]'', ''[[Warcraft 3]]'',''[[Clash Royale]]'', ''[[PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds]]'' and ''Special Force 2''. OGN Entus was established in April 2001 as a ''[[StarCraft: Brood War]]'' team named ProSuma. In April 2006, the [[CJ Group]] ''[[chaebol]]'' obtained the team's naming rights and it began competing in the ''StarCraft'' [[Proleague]] as '''CJ Entus'''. On May 24, 2012, CJ Entus created a ''League of Legends'' team to compete in the [[League of Legends Champions Korea]] (LCK), then known as [[Ongamenet The Champions]] league.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.sportschosun.com/news.htm?id=201201030000000000001378&ServiceDate=20120103&f_url=#_adtep|title=스포츠조선 :: [프로리그 리뷰] CJ, 선두로 1라운드 마감}}</ref> CJ Entus was renamed OGN Entus on February 1, 2018.


== ''StarCraft'' / ''StarCraft II'' ==
== {{anchor|Team info}}Background ==
[[File:CJ Entus.jpg|thumb|200px|alt=Players holding a banner|CJ Entus after winning the SC league championship]]
[[File:CJ Entus.jpg|thumb|200px|alt=Players holding a banner|CJ Entus after winning the SC league championship]]


The team's notable early members were Kim Dong-jun, Lim Sung-choon, Choi In-gyu, Kim Jung-min, Lee Jae-hun and Kim Geun-baek. Later members were [[Seo Ji-hun (video game player)|Seo Ji-hun]], [[Kang Min]], Jeon Sang-wook, Park Tae-min, Byun Hyung-tae and Park Yeong-min, and current members are Kim Jeong-woo, Jo Byung-se, Jin Yeong-wha, Han Sang-bong and Shin Dong-won. Due to its longtime non-company affiliation, members moved to other teams. Choi In-gyu and Kim Geun-bak went to [[Samsung Galaxy (esports)|Samsung Galaxy]], Kim Jeong-min and Kang Min to [[KT Rolster]], Jeon Sang-wook and Park Tae-min to [[SK Telecom T1]] and Kim Dong-jun and Im Seong-chun became commentators. Team director Cho Gyu-nam saw each move as a chance to obtain new members, and kept many skilled players.
The team's notable early members were Kim Dong-jun, Lim Sung-choon, Choi In-gyu, Kim Jung-min, Lee Jae-hun and Kim Geun-baek. Later members were [[Seo Ji-hun (video game player)|Seo Ji-hun]], [[Kang Min]], Jeon Sang-wook, Park Tae-min, Byun Hyung-tae and Park Yeong-min, and current members are Kim Jeong-woo, Jo Byung-se, Jin Yeong-wha, Han Sang-bong and Shin Dong-won. Due to its longtime non-company affiliation, members moved to other teams. Choi In-gyu and Kim Geun-bak went to [[Samsung Galaxy (esports)|Samsung Galaxy]], Kim Jeong-min and Kang Min to [[KT Rolster]], Jeon Sang-wook and Park Tae-min to [[SK Telecom T1]] and Kim Dong-jun and Im Seong-chun became commentators. Team director Cho Gyu-nam saw each move as a chance to obtain new members, and kept many skilled players.


Although CJ Entus was supported for a long time by its members, director Cho did not obstruct his players' moves. When the no-sponsor slump continued into February 2006, Cho said that if the team was not sponsored within a month they would disband. Over 20 companies then offered to sponsor the team,<ref name="go3">{{cite web|url=http://gmnews.afreeca.com:8109/app/index.php?board=news_esports&b_no=10755&c_no=3&control=view|title="CJ 창단 Cho Gyu-nam 감독 인터뷰" 파이터포럼|publisher=|access-date=2015-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104002528/http://gmnews.afreeca.com:8109/app/index.php?board=news_esports&b_no=10755&c_no=3&control=view#|archive-date=2013-11-04|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> and CJ Group began its sponsorship in April.
Although CJ Entus was supported for a long time by its members, director Cho did not obstruct his players' moves. When the no-sponsor slump continued into February 2006, Cho said that if the team was not sponsored within a month they would disband. Over 20 companies then offered to sponsor the team,<ref name="go3">{{cite web|url=http://gmnews.afreeca.com:8109/app/index.php?board=news_esports&b_no=10755&c_no=3&control=view|title="CJ 창단 Cho Gyu-nam 감독 인터뷰" 파이터포럼|access-date=2015-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104002528/http://gmnews.afreeca.com:8109/app/index.php?board=news_esports&b_no=10755&c_no=3&control=view#|archive-date=2013-11-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> and CJ Group began its sponsorship in April.


CJ Entus has had good results in team and individual matches, particularly the latter in professional leagues. In the MBC GamSK Telecom League, the team finished in the top three with three wins, one second and one third and made the Winners League finals with a 9-2 record. They finished sixth in the [[Shinhan Bank]] league and lost to SKT T1 in the postseason.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.chosun.com/news/news.htm?id=201202030000000000001736&ServiceDate=20120203|title=프로리그는 '춘추전국시대', 삼성전자 ↑ CJ ↓ : 스포츠조선|publisher=}}</ref>
CJ Entus has had good results in team and individual matches, particularly the latter in professional leagues. In the MBC GamSK Telecom League, the team finished in the top three with three wins, one second and one third and made the Winners League finals with a 9–2 record. They finished sixth in the [[Shinhan Bank]] league and lost to SKT T1 in the postseason.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.chosun.com/news/news.htm?id=201202030000000000001736&ServiceDate=20120203|title=프로리그는 '춘추전국시대', 삼성전자 ↑ CJ ↓ : 스포츠조선}}</ref>


On May 24, 2016 SC2 pro [[Jang "MC" Min-chul]] joined the team, only two weeks after announcing his retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thescoreesports.com/sc2/news/7991-mc-joins-cj-entus|title=MC joins CJ Entus|publisher=}}</ref>
On May 24, 2016, SC2 pro [[Jang "MC" Min-chul]] joined the team, only two weeks after announcing his retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thescoreesports.com/sc2/news/7991-mc-joins-cj-entus|title=MC joins CJ Entus}}</ref>


==''League of Legends''==
== ''League of Legends'' ==
CJ Entus was relegated for the first time after the [[2016 Summer League of Legends Champions Korea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pvplive.net/c/lol-to-mourn-madlife-is-to-mourn-all-the-old-heroe|title=The Relegation of CJ Entus Marks the Passing of an Era|access-date=August 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305085658/https://pvplive.net/c/lol-to-mourn-madlife-is-to-mourn-all-the-old-heroe|archive-date=March 5, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> On November 13, 2017, the organization disbanded its ''League of Legends'' division.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abbas |first1=Malcolm |title=CJ Entus disband League of Legends roster |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/cj-entus-disband-league-of-legends-roster-18663 |access-date=June 22, 2019 |date=November 13, 2017}}</ref>
{{needs update|date=September 2016}}
CJ Entus was relegated for the first time after the [[2016 Summer League of Legends Champions Korea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pvplive.net/c/lol-to-mourn-madlife-is-to-mourn-all-the-old-heroe|title=The Relegation of CJ Entus Marks the Passing of an Era|publisher=}}</ref>

===CJ Entus (main team)===

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Competition
! Final match
! Wins
! Losses
! Rank
! Winnings
|-
| rowspan="8" | 2012
| NLB Spring 2012
|
|3
|0
|1st
|6,000,000 [[South Korean won|won]]
|-
| Champions Summer 2012
| colspan="3" | Failed to qualify
|9~16th
|4,000,000 won
|-
| CPL Korean Team Selection
| MVP White
|1
|2
|2nd
|-
| World Championship Season 2 Korean Team Selection
| LG-IM
|1
|3
|6th
|-
|
| Team WE
|0
|3
|5~8th
|-
| IPL 5 LOL Coln Korean Team Selection
| Eat Sleep Game
|1
|2
|2nd
|-
| IPL 5 LOL Coln
| FnatiSK Telecom
|1
|2
|5~8th
| $4,500
|-
|Champions Winter 2012-2013
| Azubu Frost
|2
|3
|5~8th
|12,000,000 won
|-
| 2013
| NLB Winter 2012-2013
| GSG
|2
|3
|2nd
|2,000,000 won
|}

=== CJ Entus Frost ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Competition
! Final match
! Wins
! Losses
! Rank
! Winnings
! Other
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2011
| WCG Summoner`s Battle Arena
|
|1
|0
|
| 300,000
| rowspan="9" | MiG Frost
|-
| [[WCG 2011]]
| EDG
|1
|2
|2
|-
|
|
|2
|3
|2
| 500,000
|-
| CLG's Last Call
| [[Counter Logic Gaming|CLG]]
|0
|2
|4
|-
| rowspan="8" | 2012
|
| Nil
|1
|0
|1
|-
|
| Team OP
|0
|2
|2
|-
| LOL
| CLG
|2
|0
|1위
| [[Won sign|\]]5,000,000
|-
|
|
|1
|2
|2
| \1,000,000
|-
| Champions Spring 2012
| MiG Blaze
|0
|3
|2
| \40,000,000
|-
| Champions Summer 2012
| CLG EU
|3
|2
|1
| \80,000,000
| rowspan="5" | Azubu Frost
|-
| 2
| Taipei Assassins
|1
|3
|2
| $250,000
|-
| IPL 5 LOL
| Azubu Blaze
|0
|2
|5 ~ 8
|-
| rowspan="9" | 2013
| [[Intel Extreme Masters|IEM]] 7
| Gambit Gaming
|0
|2
|3 ~ 4
| $4,500
|-
| Champions 2012-2013
| Sword
|0
|3
|2
| \40,000,000
|-
| LOL
| [[KT Rolster]]
|0
|3
|4
| \1,000,000
|-
| [[Intel Extreme Masters|IEM]] 7
| CJ Blaze
|1
|3
|2
| $25,000
|-
| [[2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games]]
| VTG Monsters
|0
|2
|5 ~ 8
|-
| Champions Spring 2013
| [[SK Telecom T1|SKT T1 #2]]
|0
|3
|4
| \18,000,000
|-
| Champions Summer 2013
| [[Samsung Galaxy (esports)|MVP OzonSK Telecom]]
|2
|3
|4
| \18,000,000
|-
| 3
| [[KT Rolster|KT Bullets]]
|0
|3
|3
|-
| IEM 8
| Invictus Gaming
|0
|2
|2
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2014
| Champions 2013-2014
| [[Samsung Galaxy (esports)|OzonSK Telecom]]
|0
|3
|5 ~ 8
|-
| NLB 2013-2014
| B Sword
|0
|2
|5 ~ 8
|-
| Champions Spring 2014
| [[Samsung Galaxy (esports)|BluSK Telecom]]
|1
|3
|5 ~ 8
|}


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Twitter}}
* [https://twitter.com/ENTUS_Progaming Twitter account]


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Latest revision as of 13:05, 19 January 2024

OGN Entus
Short nameOGN 엔투스
DivisionsClash Royale
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
League of Legends
StarCraft II
Warcraft 3
FoundedApril 2001 (2001-04)
FoldedNovember 2020 (2020-11)
Based inSeoul
LocationSouth Korea
Parent groupOGN

OGN Entus was a South Korean esports organization . It formerly had teams competing in League of Legends, StarCraft II, Warcraft 3,Clash Royale, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Special Force 2. OGN Entus was established in April 2001 as a StarCraft: Brood War team named ProSuma. In April 2006, the CJ Group chaebol obtained the team's naming rights and it began competing in the StarCraft Proleague as CJ Entus. On May 24, 2012, CJ Entus created a League of Legends team to compete in the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), then known as Ongamenet The Champions league.[1] CJ Entus was renamed OGN Entus on February 1, 2018.

StarCraft / StarCraft II

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Players holding a banner
CJ Entus after winning the SC league championship

The team's notable early members were Kim Dong-jun, Lim Sung-choon, Choi In-gyu, Kim Jung-min, Lee Jae-hun and Kim Geun-baek. Later members were Seo Ji-hun, Kang Min, Jeon Sang-wook, Park Tae-min, Byun Hyung-tae and Park Yeong-min, and current members are Kim Jeong-woo, Jo Byung-se, Jin Yeong-wha, Han Sang-bong and Shin Dong-won. Due to its longtime non-company affiliation, members moved to other teams. Choi In-gyu and Kim Geun-bak went to Samsung Galaxy, Kim Jeong-min and Kang Min to KT Rolster, Jeon Sang-wook and Park Tae-min to SK Telecom T1 and Kim Dong-jun and Im Seong-chun became commentators. Team director Cho Gyu-nam saw each move as a chance to obtain new members, and kept many skilled players.

Although CJ Entus was supported for a long time by its members, director Cho did not obstruct his players' moves. When the no-sponsor slump continued into February 2006, Cho said that if the team was not sponsored within a month they would disband. Over 20 companies then offered to sponsor the team,[2] and CJ Group began its sponsorship in April.

CJ Entus has had good results in team and individual matches, particularly the latter in professional leagues. In the MBC GamSK Telecom League, the team finished in the top three with three wins, one second and one third and made the Winners League finals with a 9–2 record. They finished sixth in the Shinhan Bank league and lost to SKT T1 in the postseason.[3]

On May 24, 2016, SC2 pro Jang "MC" Min-chul joined the team, only two weeks after announcing his retirement.[4]

League of Legends

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CJ Entus was relegated for the first time after the 2016 Summer League of Legends Champions Korea.[5] On November 13, 2017, the organization disbanded its League of Legends division.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "스포츠조선 :: [프로리그 리뷰] CJ, 선두로 1라운드 마감".
  2. ^ ""CJ 창단 Cho Gyu-nam 감독 인터뷰" 파이터포럼". Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  3. ^ "프로리그는 '춘추전국시대', 삼성전자 ↑ CJ ↓ : 스포츠조선".
  4. ^ "MC joins CJ Entus".
  5. ^ "The Relegation of CJ Entus Marks the Passing of an Era". Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  6. ^ Abbas, Malcolm (November 13, 2017). "CJ Entus disband League of Legends roster". Retrieved June 22, 2019.
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