NETGEAR & Seoul Dynasty Team Up In Overwatch League

By TJ Denzer ·

NETGEAR & Seoul Dynasty Team Up In Overwatch League

Today began the first day of the Overwatch League in which teams from all over the world will be coming together to compete for the honor of being crowned world champions in Blizzard’s popular team-based shooter. With the first day starting on Wednesday January 10, 2018, teams are finalizing rosters and prepping to succeed, but one team and company are making bigger moves in the opening days of the League. NETGEAR has just partnered with Seoul Dynasty marking one of the first major investments and sponsorships by the major computer networking company.

NETGEAR made the announcement earlier on January 10, according esports news website The Next Level. The company has been looking to dive deep into the esports scene and make its mark in the field of competition following the launch of its Nighthawk Pro Gaming routers focused towards gamers and striving to produce the best connectivity possible in online gaming. The partnership with Seoul Dynasty, representing Seoul, South Korea in the Overwatch League represents a major deal for both company and team.

Seoul Dynasty will be sporting sleek black and gold colered skins on their chase to the Overwatch World Cup in 2018.
Seoul Dynasty will be sporting sleek black and gold colered skins on their chase to the Overwatch World Cup in 2018.

It’s worth noting that NETGEAR has made an investment in a team chockfull of impressive players as well. Seoul Dynasty’s roster is a who’s-who of top players in the Overwatch scene. Owned by video game executive and entrepreneur Kevin Chou, Seoul Dynasty is captained by Je-hong "ryujehong" Ryu, who has helped Lunatic Hai and national South Korean teams place in several first place spots throughout his career. Ryujehong is widely considered to be one of, if not the best support player in the world for his abilities to make plays and keep the momentum on his team.

Other members include Jin-hyuk "Miro" Gong, Ryujehong’s teammate on Lunatic Hai and one of competitive Overwatch’s best tank players, and Joon-hyuk "zunba" Kim, considered to be one of the best Zarya players in the world. Seoul Dynasty is packed with experienced talent from all over the top tiers of the South Korean scene.

Even outside of its main stars, Seoul Dynast features a wealth of talent from the likes of Cloud9, Laser Kittenz, MVP Space, and more.
Even outside of its main stars, Seoul Dynasty features a wealth of talent from the likes of Cloud9, Laser Kittenz, MVP Space, and more.

It remains to be seen how Seoul Dynasty will stack up against the other teams around the world in the Overwatch League, but win or lose, NETGEAR has placed its money on a team that promises to deliver excitement and top-level play throughout the League.