Wie Team Acer am heutigen Morgen bekannt gab, verlässt Lee 'INnoVation' Shin Hyung das Team. INnoVations Vertrag war Ende August ausgelaufen und im beiderseitigen Einverständnis nicht verlängert worden. Der Terraner möchte sich fortan wieder auf Turniere in Korea konzentrieren und sich einem KeSPA-Team anschließen.
Als Team Acer INnoVation vor etwa einem Jahr verpflichtete, galt er als bester Spieler der Welt. Während seiner Zeit bei Acer konnte er trotz einiger guter Platzierungen nicht mehr an seine Erfolge früherer Zeiten anknüpfen. Für Team Acer dürfte es dennoch eine erfolgreiche Verpflichtung gewesen sein, führte INnoVation sein Team zu zwei Siegen im Acer TeamStory Cup und gewann zusammen mit den Spielern von Axiom eSports die letzte GSTL-Saison.
Zu welchem KeSPA-Team es INnoVation verschlagen wird, steht noch nicht fest. Seine Fans dürfen sich allerdings auf eine Rückkehr von INnoVation zur Proleague freuen, die er 2013 mit seinem damaligen Team STX Soul gewinnen konnte.
+ Statement von Hun ‚Inuh‘ Park
I remember exactly one year ago when INnoVation contacted me to join Team Acer. Signing him into Team Acer was not only for him but also for me a big turning point in our eSports careers. It was a whole new challenge for all of us and we learned a lot in the last year.
Known as ‚The Machine‘ everyone probably knows how much of a training beast INnoVation is. He is a really hard worker but after knowing him for a year now and being always really close to him working together I have to say that in private he is just a really nice little brother and a good friend. With him being very shy and not confident enough with his English, work was always a small challenge for us but I think during his time in Team Acer he learned to open up himself at least a little bit to us and his fans.
As Team Acer’s manager I am really sad that INnoVation is leaving. But as his big brother and friend I am really happy that he knows what he really wants and is able to follow his goals and dreams.
Lee Shin Hyung: It was an unforgettable time with you and I wish you the very best for your future career and hope to see you soon for some Korean BBQ and Soju ;)“
+ Statement von Lee ‚INnoVation‘ Shin Hyung
But I also want to say sorry to my team and most of all to my fans that I didn’t achieve as good results as I was supposed to do. Those things made me think a lot about my future and my dreams and I think it is now time for a change for me again. I hope all of you keep following my path as I follow my dreams and keep rooting for me but also for Team Acer. Thank you.
Thanks again to all my teammates in Team Acer: Uwe, Fred, Alex, Scarlett, Nerchio, Bly and special thanks to MMA who always took care of me and taught me how to be a player on a foreign team (laughs) and inuh who was always there to help me (especially with translations) and always took care of me on events – I would have been lost so many times without you.“
Lineup Team Acer:
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Mun 'MMA' Seong Won
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Sasha 'Scarlett' Hostyn
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Artur 'Nerchio' Bloch
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Alexander 'Bly' Svisuk
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Rafal 'ParanOid' Kontowicz
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