Bilibili Gaming announced that Coach Sim ‘Sim’ Sung-soo would be joining the organization as a new coach, according to a November 23 post on the BLG Esports Club Weibo.

Sim has previously coached LCK teams NaJin Black Sword and White Shield from 2012-2014 before moving to the LMS to coach Taipei Assassins in 2014 and J Team in 2016. He came to the LPL at the end of 2016, coaching Suning Gaming (formerly T. Bear Gaming). Though he hasn’t brought a team to Worlds, he’s gotten third place in the LMS with Taipei Assassins and made it to LMS semifinals with J Team. He made it to the LPL 2018 Summer Playoffs with Suning but lost to Topsports Gaming in round one.

In their inaugural year, Bilibili Gaming achieved second in the 2018 Demacia Cup, but only made it to the 2018 LPL Spring Playoffs where they did not advance past quarterfinals. They no doubt hope bringing Sim as a coach, along with experience across multiple regions with many teams, will help them push farther this season. “We look forward to working side by side with Coach Sim,” they wrote on the Weibo announcement. “We believe Coach Sim can help BLG break through and grow rapidly.”





Written by Johanna Armstrong, @serialbear

