

The Korean national team for the 2018 Asian Games stated that they'll work as one to bring back the gold medal.



With the 'Jakarta Palemburg 2018 Asian Games' just around the corner, Korea's National team asserted their resolution for the upcoming tournament. All the players said in the same voice that they'll "work together as one, as if we were already on the same team to begin with." They put emphasis on teamwork and bringing back positive results.



The midlaner of the national team, Faker, stated that "for the first time in history, esports has been selected as an Asian Games sport. I want to get the best results humanly possible. I'll show a good performance at the tournament like I did in the preliminaries." With a score of 8-2 and having won in the 1st place tiebreaker, the Korean national team came out in 1st place at the Asian Games preliminaries that took place in China.



Score, CoreJJ, and Peanut are really pushing for strong teamwork. Score began by stating, "as the oldest in the team, I'll take responsibility of getting the players to work as one." CoreJJ added, "The Korean national team is comprised of players from different LCK teams. But the Korean national team will play as if we were already on the same team to begin with." Peanut also shared similar thoughts. "If we produce good teamwork, I'm confident that we'll win," he said.



Kiin and Ruler asserted their desire to win gold. Kiin said, "As a Korean representative of the Asian Games, I feel a lot of responsibility. I'll do my best." Ruler also stated his resolve to "do my best and deliver a good performance."



For the first time in history, esports has been selected as a sports category in the Asian Games. Out of all the esports games that will be played in the tournament -- StarCraft 2, Arena of Valor, Hearthstone, Clash Royale, and PES 2018 -- the Korean national teams for League of Legends and StarCraft 2 made it through to play in the main event.