Ex-KT coach VicaL joins Insec and Zero in China’s revamped Royal Club

Alongside the news of Insec and Zero moving to China to play for Starhorn, former Royal Club, their ex-coach VicaL will be joining them abroad. VicaL coached both KT Bullets and KT arrows, and has worked with Insec and Zero in the past, which could be beneficial for communication and teamwork. Concurrently, VicaL has coached through OGN finals, what some would describe as the peak of League of Legends esports. With such expertise and knowledge VicaL, with Zero and Insec, may be able to raise StarHorn to the highest level of play, combining both Korean and Chinese prowess.

VicaL was a former professional Starcraft player, and is also has an official KesPA status of esports referee. His experience with mutliple esports, being a player, coach and referee makes him a perfect candidate for StarHorn. StarHorn Huangzu Esports Club made an official announcment regarding the pick-up of VicaL:

To prepare for the upcoming LPL Summer Season, and in order to bring more exciting competition to Chinese LoL fans, and finally in the interests of our championship dreams, following the previous roster changes we made, we have once again recruited two strong players as well as hired a professional coach. Here we want to thank KT Club for their cooperation and support in this matter. The details are as below:

Former KTB Team jungler Cui Renshi official transfers to SH HuangZu, taking the jungler role. His ID: Royal`inSec.

inSec has played for CJ, and helped them place top 8 in OGN Winter 2012, and third place at IEM7 Cologne. Afterwards he joined KTB, and helped them win MLG 2013 Dallas, place top 8 in OGN Spring 2013, first in LoL All Stars 2013, second in OGN Summer 2013, 亚室会 Champion, OGN Winter 2013 third place, IEM8 World Champions, and top 8 in OGN Spring 2014. He is a world-renowned LoL superstar, and has the title of "Best Lee Sin in the world".

Former KTB support player Yin Jingxie officially transfers to SH HuangZu, taking the support role. His ID: Royal`Zero.

Zero played solo mid for KTA at their formation. He helped KTA to top 8 in OGN Winter, and went with the team last year to China for StarsWar 8 in an exhibition. In 2013, KTA and KTB made roster switches, and Zero went to KTB, playing first as jungler then as support there, with good performances throughout.

Past KTA and KTB coach VicaL officially transfers to SH HuangZu, taking up the coach role.

Jin Xianmoz, ID:VicaL, is a former professional Starcraft player, and also holds official status from KesPA as an esports referee. In 2007, he retired from esports due to military commitments. After his military service, he continued in esports as an official referee. He led teams in 2013 to the OGN Finals, and at the same time led CTU Starcraft 2 and CTU LoL teams to titles. September of that same year, he transferred from CTU to Alienware as coach, and led the AW Competitors, and AW 别动队 to good results in OGN and NLB, thus cementing his reputation as a coach. Afterwards in December, he transferred to KTB, and as of May 2014 he was coach of both KTA and KTB.

Thank you to inSec and Zero and coach VicaL for coming far away from home to China and joining the HuangZu family in pursuit of our collective championship dreams. We greatly look forward to their performances in China, and we believe that they will certainly bring exciting matches to Chinese LoL fans. We also hope that HuangZu Club will be able to learn and gain much experience from VicaL and his deep understandings and roots in Korean eSports, thus allowing HuangZu to contribute to the growth of Chinese eSports.

And we thank all of those lovely fans that have supported us all along. It is your existence that has allowed HuangZu to rebirth. We will march on with gratitude in our hearts, and we will not let your hopes down!

Translation by Josh Lee

Credit to StarHorn