The Story of SK Telecom vs. KT Rolster: The Telecom Wars

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  • čas přidán 4. 05. 2018
  • The rivalry between KT and SKT, two of South Korea’s largest telecom companies, is one of the oldest in esports. Dubbed “The Telecom War,” it has defined generations of players and shaped the history of entire games. In Korea, the crucible from which esports emerged, no teams have battled for longer than SK Telecom T1 and KT Rolster.
    Written by: Sean Wetselaar
    Edited by: Sean Tepper
    Narrated by: Josh Bury
    Video edited by: Colten Gowan
    Sources: pastebin.com/tN33RaZz
    Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).
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Komentáře • 306

  • @michielcampagne8614
    @michielcampagne8614 Před 6 lety +207

    Them starcraft player suits are looking slick

    • @user-el5gn9wh6q
      @user-el5gn9wh6q Před 6 lety +3

      Let`s remind that those suits were used almost 20 years ago
      :)

  • @blindeyes404
    @blindeyes404 Před 6 lety +278

    bring back bengi...the right hand man of the God

  • @randomrandom3031
    @randomrandom3031 Před 6 lety +312

    Man, i knew the wars had a long backstory, and deep. But not this deep.

  • @versutus2699
    @versutus2699 Před 6 lety +25

    22:30 "in classic kt fashion, they missed out on worlds"
    as a kt fan, this quote made me laugh and die on the inside at the same time.....
    but yeah good shit theScore. your stories are always of such high quality

  • @venum98
    @venum98 Před 6 lety +68

    Forgot to add that KT wasn't able to win a single best of 3 or 5 all year in 2017 against SKT even when SKT had their slump in summer still no losses.

    • @fightingdreamer123
      @fightingdreamer123 Před 6 lety

      Venum but kt Beat Skt this spring...
      I

    • @venum98
      @venum98 Před 6 lety +8

      Fighting Dreamers and I'm talking about 2017 when SKT had a better stable line up. SKT's line up isn't as good as it was of course SKT is ganna lose to KT

  • @kinggrantking
    @kinggrantking Před 6 lety +13

    Should have at least mentioned the two times SKT and KT met in the proleague playoffs in 2014 and 2016. KT won 4-2 in the grand finals in 2014 and won two consecutive series 4-3 in the 2016 semifinals. The SC2 rivalry is arguably much closer and much older than the league of legends rivalry in which SKT has basically always had the upper hand save 1 finals and 1 other playoff series.

  • @Robloxis123
    @Robloxis123 Před 6 lety +49

    I remember growing up with slayerS_boxer. My favorite SC1 player of all time. His legendary Terran rushes was freaking amazing. Man, how times have changed.

  • @yamiRic
    @yamiRic Před 6 lety +2

    watching a video that features The Emperor, The First Kong, Ultimate Weapon, and League God is totally worth it... great video

  • @DodderingOldMan
    @DodderingOldMan Před 6 lety +62

    Another awesome video from you guys. You really are the best thing in esports IMO... well, y'know, apart from the actual games :P
    Actually, who am I kidding, I probably get more enjoyment from your vids than watching or even playing most games.

    • @earlcoffin2420
      @earlcoffin2420 Před 6 lety

      Buffoon1980 the sad thing is that they dont respond to comments like this

    • @DodderingOldMan
      @DodderingOldMan Před 6 lety +1

      Uh... yes, they do. They've replied to more than one of my other comments. And they upvoted this one.

    • @mareksicinski3726
      @mareksicinski3726 Před 2 lety

      the videos aren't good, it is kinda like tha tabloid of esports reporting

  • @tams7128
    @tams7128 Před 6 lety +3

    great video, thank you!!

  • @marivinod1970
    @marivinod1970 Před 6 lety +92

    Nice story

  • @tofuklops8159
    @tofuklops8159 Před 6 lety +2

    Wow. Just wow. Every time I watch the Story video from you I get the feeling I just finished a real good anime.
    Keep on going reserching stuffs and making videos!

  • @orllyfools14X8
    @orllyfools14X8 Před 6 lety +76

    Why didn't you touch on their Starcraft 2 teams?? Those were some great games.

    • @mareksicinski3726
      @mareksicinski3726 Před 2 lety +1

      thescore is kind of a tabloid type publication and they focus on sorts easy and what they’re aware of / pop stuff

  • @werwar27
    @werwar27 Před 6 lety +1

    very well made, cool that you went indepth on broodwar too. Starcraft and BW especially doesnt get a lot of coverage in the west, Id love to see more of these style of videos!

  • @kevinvalenzuela1684
    @kevinvalenzuela1684 Před rokem +1

    Bro muchas gracias por este video me encanto y era justo lo que estaba buscando para entender todo esto de la Telecom wars

  • @AdamBaugh
    @AdamBaugh Před 6 lety +15

    Good video overall but disappointed with the lack of talk on the KT vs. SKT Rivalry in SC2 and even the rush through Brood War. You spend the majority of the video on League of Legends, which is fine considering how huge it is and how the rivalry played out there, but hardly talk about important SC as a series was to the rivalry in comparison.
    Again, you all make tremendous content! However, for a lot of people, this is the only piece of esports history that they'll ever get on the subject. Being more accurate and objective about the old days of esports and how it directly impacted how we found ourselves in this modern era is incredibly important. You are THE content creators in the space in a lot of ways and I hope you can continue to improve your videos for the future.

    • @elisabettajdj335
      @elisabettajdj335 Před 6 lety +2

      SC2 doesnt matter and never mattered in korea. BW on the other hand...

    • @mareksicinski3726
      @mareksicinski3726 Před 2 lety

      ​@@elisabettajdj335 Yes it did matter, it was much smaller than BW, I'm not sure if your goal is to arbitrarily 'show off your knowledge' thinking others don't know (which at it's peak was arguably some of the biggest anyhting ever was) but that is a red herring- it is totally irrelevant to the point, I'm not sure fi you thought these were showmatches; if they didn't care about i.. The Nexon Studio did attract big crowds for Proleague in SC2 and there were enough people to certainly care about it; interantionally as well, that is what Wolf and Valdes casted.
      What you ignored, if you understand English is that they *rushed through BW*. That doesn't mean they talked about it too much, it means too little, if you don't understand that thisi is what i means in English.

  • @user-el5gn9wh6q
    @user-el5gn9wh6q Před 6 lety +62

    Yellow is a god of two
    Yellow is a god of two
    Why am I writing it twice
    Why am I writing it twice

    • @joshkim4874
      @joshkim4874 Před 4 lety +1

      Ikr
      Ikr

    • @hwayoungyi1267
      @hwayoungyi1267 Před 4 lety +1

      Don't make fun of Yellow!
      Don't make fun of Yellow!

    • @kokorocrunch6615
      @kokorocrunch6615 Před 4 lety

      Can someone explain this to me? I have no knowledge of Korean Starcraft ;-;

    • @kya6816
      @kya6816 Před 4 lety +1

      @@kokorocrunch6615 he never win major finals and always 2nd so people make fun about his forever 2nd place

  • @hehexd69420
    @hehexd69420 Před 6 lety +238

    360p squad where u at?

    • @nyarr8364
      @nyarr8364 Před 6 lety

      Wu Andrew legendary graphics

    • @voidlaser02
      @voidlaser02 Před 6 lety +7

      8 hours later it's still 360p

    • @yinan02
      @yinan02 Před 6 lety

      Wu Andrew I’m so late but I’m here

    • @r3f676
      @r3f676 Před 6 lety

      12 hours l8r, still 360p :^)

    • @semalone
      @semalone Před 6 lety

      17 hours later still 360p

  • @edwardkim2579
    @edwardkim2579 Před 6 lety

    I love these videos. Keep it comin.

  • @onlygusfarias
    @onlygusfarias Před 6 lety

    nice video as always! : )

  • @Lamb666
    @Lamb666 Před 6 lety +92

    12:32 I miss montecristo

    • @yichenlu2174
      @yichenlu2174 Před 6 lety

      me 2

    • @actualcouch
      @actualcouch Před 6 lety +13

      Yeah, but for good reason, he says Blizzard pays tremendously more than Riot will ever pay him. There's a video of it somewhere, but it said Blizzard paid him more in two weeks than Riot has in five weeks during Worlds.

    • @daii120
      @daii120 Před 6 lety +1

      Lamb Choppy riot doesnt deserve him

    • @pokemon2257
      @pokemon2257 Před 6 lety +2

      TheIRWC but he's also banned from riot isn't he, cause he didn't pay the renegades players on time

    • @daii120
      @daii120 Před 6 lety

      pokemon2257 that was chris bwaldi who was very negligent with the team monte was unable to get the help they needed

  • @jameschiu4162
    @jameschiu4162 Před 3 měsíci

    Another Telecom war today, I come back to this every time

  • @rickpingol5921
    @rickpingol5921 Před 5 lety

    Good stuff, made me tear up.

  • @thejusjustinmathews7222

    That ending, oh baby. Made me want to rewatch some games

  • @afoolfromnowhere
    @afoolfromnowhere Před 6 lety

    AMAZING video...Hyped af
    Im a big KT fun and second place its not a shame its always hard to watch kt fail (for 2 years to not qualificate for worlds) but kt always can fight for first place and i love this

  • @fdsflk
    @fdsflk Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you!! This is great.

  • @WisteriaBerlitz
    @WisteriaBerlitz Před 6 lety +1

    Watched the first half not knowing it was locked at 360p because it was older footage.

  • @hahi0982
    @hahi0982 Před 2 lety +3

    And after 2018, KT just lose all the way to SKT. KT just keep on going downhill and telecom war is totally over.

  • @blitsheart
    @blitsheart Před 6 lety

    I've been waiting for a video talking about the early days of SC broodwar. Altho this one doesn't wholely focuses on it, it's still great to see some sc love. :)

  • @simonchasnovsky1835
    @simonchasnovsky1835 Před 6 lety +14

    God damn you CZcams processing

  • @KLUSTUR
    @KLUSTUR Před 6 lety

    360p in 2018. The dream!

  • @Games_With_James350
    @Games_With_James350 Před 2 lety

    the music at the beginning is awesome

  • @BurgMusic
    @BurgMusic Před 4 lety +1

    Maaaaan, not even a single mention of an sc2 game between the 2 teams. Some great games and rivalries birthed from there as well in both single tournaments and proleague.

  • @lucasxearthbound1948
    @lucasxearthbound1948 Před 6 lety +20

    Why 360p??

  • @Khyte
    @Khyte Před 6 lety +17

    7:38 is that Kkoma??

    • @Khyte
      @Khyte Před 6 lety +2

      Filip Starberg wow this guy has a huge stock of game knowldege all across strategy moba like games!

  • @Jasongy827
    @Jasongy827 Před 5 lety +1

    Bengi, Is awesome. Dam, I want to see a perfect team match. I love deft gameplay and smeb

  • @khameleon2906
    @khameleon2906 Před 5 lety

    this story made me cry

  • @JerryTheCarry420
    @JerryTheCarry420 Před 5 lety +3

    Boxer and Yellow. Those were good times.

  • @shadowhalo123
    @shadowhalo123 Před 6 lety

    a waited a whole day to see if the quality was up, but im not watching at 360p lol

  • @AsianSensationist
    @AsianSensationist Před 5 lety +1

    I always feel bad for Hong Jin-ho... He's the forever bridesmaid because of Boxer.
    Crazy to think that I've been watching the Telecom Wars for most of my life.
    Let's go SKT

  • @IM_Arcades
    @IM_Arcades Před 6 lety

    I still remember staying up super late to see Proleague.
    Bisu & SKT :)

  • @noelbate505
    @noelbate505 Před 3 lety

    Other teams can't compare to this rivalry this will always be the most iconic esports rivalry ever

  • @R4MY
    @R4MY Před 6 lety +14

    Bappo is currently Watcho

  • @Green1Storm
    @Green1Storm Před 6 lety

    Great content, earned a sub from me. I wish if there was a higher resolution. Still great regardless ♥️

  • @elijahgonzalez3874
    @elijahgonzalez3874 Před 6 lety +67

    Wtf pro league was blind pick

    • @Zightz
      @Zightz Před 6 lety +16

      Only in the decider match iirc

    • @daii120
      @daii120 Před 6 lety +13

      The blind pick rule was only in korea from 2011-2013

    • @Green1Storm
      @Green1Storm Před 6 lety +8

      daii120 this and only in the 5th match. Never forget 2 zed and 2shens wtf spam

    • @datedabyss
      @datedabyss Před 6 lety +12

      It was freakin awesome because we got to see both teams go all out on their strongest/favorite champions in a deciding match.
      The rule itself is really controversial because it forced both teams to change their strategy, and you could find endless arguments on whether or not it’s a perfect way to decide the better team.
      It did certainly bring the HYPE. I wish they brought it back for some tournament. I’d love to see another mid laner mirror match outplay.

    • @calebsmith254
      @calebsmith254 Před 5 lety

      They getting sued by Dota for the "ban" format

  • @Pipoy_99
    @Pipoy_99 Před 6 lety

    Feelsbadman. I'm crying right now with kt fans.

  • @KnoxCrichton
    @KnoxCrichton Před 5 lety +1

    This was so good but we need an update now that KT wan the LCK and made it worlds summer 2018!

  • @mathiassjvik8700
    @mathiassjvik8700 Před 6 lety

    Beautiful

  • @bartekbialkowski3734
    @bartekbialkowski3734 Před 5 lety

    24:25 can somone tell what keyboard mata is using right there?
    wpuld rly aprecciate the A

  • @brobro398
    @brobro398 Před 5 lety

    Idk why but I got hella goosebumps

  • @THEMRGAMINGMONSTER1
    @THEMRGAMINGMONSTER1 Před 5 lety

    To think that today was the day that KT Score was to win his first LCK Title. Still on the KT is insane.

  • @joshuafrancisco2616
    @joshuafrancisco2616 Před 4 lety +5

    And still,skt dominated till this day. Punching their ticket to worlds 2019 ✌🏼👌🏽

  • @shawnleelaguna1632
    @shawnleelaguna1632 Před 6 lety +10

    All people with the name "Lee" are good AF. Even my name has a Lee on it...

    • @Eminence_1337
      @Eminence_1337 Před 6 lety +1

      My friend's name is Lee and he's hardstuck silver...

    • @kirinheineken1455
      @kirinheineken1455 Před 6 lety +8

      no! your name is sexy beast.

    • @R.G.962
      @R.G.962 Před 6 lety +2

      My friend's name is Lee and he had two accounts banned for being toxic

    • @someguy1290
      @someguy1290 Před 5 lety

      Damn, if your name had Lee in it, then you must be wrong about good players having that name.

  • @Aserve1st
    @Aserve1st Před 4 lety +2

    Beating skt and werent able to win worlds is like getting tons of kills, and ended up losing the game

  • @VaRiiaLHD
    @VaRiiaLHD Před 5 lety +3

    I like the video but i have no clue what happening on the starcraft matches x)

  • @CJKpoprox
    @CJKpoprox Před 5 lety

    25:17 that focus on Untara and Blank lmao 😂

  • @warrenempeno8156
    @warrenempeno8156 Před 6 lety

    GOOD JOB THE SCORE ESPORTS

  • @oldmanschilddave
    @oldmanschilddave Před 6 lety

    for better quality watch with speed 2

  • @bonesoftheark4665
    @bonesoftheark4665 Před 5 lety +5

    Should have waited a few months for this one lol

  • @619Slipk
    @619Slipk Před 5 lety

    "Look at the cleanse look at the moves!!"

  • @DericK-21
    @DericK-21 Před 6 lety +39

    Y is 360p max?

    • @Spparklings
      @Spparklings Před 6 lety

      I im sking myself as well !

    • @mitchellwilliam95
      @mitchellwilliam95 Před 6 lety +1

      Most of the clips are super old regardless, it wouldn't affect the quality all that much.

  • @cloudtv7920
    @cloudtv7920 Před 5 lety

    Imagine the newer generation watching SKT win 3 league worlds same way as we are watching this now ;O

  • @raynesylvania8541
    @raynesylvania8541 Před 6 lety

    Could you do a story about Deman the caster? He was one of the best casters in league ever

  • @jambest3195
    @jambest3195 Před 6 lety +3

    Fakers zed outplay still gives me goosebumps everytime i see it

  • @Kbognoy
    @Kbognoy Před 2 lety

    Could do a dark side documentary on the starcraft 1/2 match fixing scandals with Savi0r(SKT, Brood War) and Life(Kt Rolster, SC2) as figureheads as well. Both were candidates for a legacy aching to what FlaSh and Faker have been renowned for. The fallen ones so to speak.

  • @meruru_meru
    @meruru_meru Před 6 lety

    never forgetti brood wars pepperoni

  • @themanthemyth111
    @themanthemyth111 Před 6 lety

    I got an SK Hynix ad from the video lol

  • @ReptarTheUgly
    @ReptarTheUgly Před 5 lety

    Faker has been apart of SKT T1 from the start:) feels good

  • @pat5467
    @pat5467 Před 4 měsíci

    telecom wars looking good in 2024

  • @raulladislau427
    @raulladislau427 Před 5 lety +2

    The story of Score pls

  • @MrBandola
    @MrBandola Před 4 lety

    SKT is so good for developing players.

  • @raymundamansec
    @raymundamansec Před 2 lety

    2015 Lineup of SKT is the GOAT.

  • @akrambenaida2115
    @akrambenaida2115 Před 6 lety +99

    Skt need to play without blank and untara

    • @ticket7012
      @ticket7012 Před 6 lety +7

      Akram Benaida thal is doing fine. If not thal, then you have to play intara

    • @jerrytang5888
      @jerrytang5888 Před 6 lety +5

      Ticket never forget 612

    • @akrambenaida2115
      @akrambenaida2115 Před 6 lety

      Fail lol i mean blank and untara sorry

    • @ayahandouf9122
      @ayahandouf9122 Před 6 lety +10

      Akram Benaida they need bengi back and duke

    • @timm1538
      @timm1538 Před 6 lety +5

      Aya Handouf Bengi is Back they only need transfer he's role to Jungler instead of Coach and for Duke ahhhh idk

  • @JoiyGaming
    @JoiyGaming Před 6 lety

    SKTeam where you at

  • @Sifolyy
    @Sifolyy Před 6 lety +45

    starcraft parts too short

  • @OliRotMG
    @OliRotMG Před 5 lety

    WAITT : At 14:11, they are not even playing full screen ?

  • @fidsa3034
    @fidsa3034 Před 5 lety

    And now for worlds 2018, KT Rolster is now at worlds while SKT is not. Probably a sign of things to come in further telecom wars in the future?

    • @blurry3255
      @blurry3255 Před 5 lety

      Aaaaaaaaand knocked out of worlds. Once a disappointment always a disappointment.

    • @fidsa3034
      @fidsa3034 Před 5 lety

      KT simply cannot shake off their demons.

  • @royfablooo2810
    @royfablooo2810 Před 3 lety +1

    SKT 1 Vs KT Rolsters is the Los Angeles Lakers Vs Boston Celtics of EsPorts

  • @its_arko_0
    @its_arko_0 Před 6 lety

    We want "The story of scream"

  • @DarkFlame666
    @DarkFlame666 Před 6 lety +7

    OMG!!! FINALLYYYYY!!! STARCRAFT!!!! yeessssssss

  • @acreon6350
    @acreon6350 Před 6 lety

    What do the fans scream at 26:59 and what does it mean?

  • @kitfisto9470
    @kitfisto9470 Před 6 lety +3

    I have been going through your the story of series and I love it. One player I have been curious about and know very little about is Easyhoon. I see a decent amount of Faker and SKT stories, but Im interested to know Easyhoon's side of the story from people just knowing him as mostly a sub, but still being a world champion.

    • @Prefix1998
      @Prefix1998 Před 6 lety +3

      Kit Fisto He couldn't get out of faker's shadow. Which is why he left.

    • @vegard7020
      @vegard7020 Před 6 lety +1

      Did you watch the one on Faker's Azir?

    • @Rishon0708
      @Rishon0708 Před 6 lety +1

      easyhoon was SKT's midlane sub. but couldn't shake faker.

  • @wilsonzheng9284
    @wilsonzheng9284 Před 5 lety

    Music?

  • @karma9354
    @karma9354 Před 4 lety

    it's like a Goku and Vegeta rivalry

  • @yusifrady3298
    @yusifrady3298 Před 5 lety

    It's the Samsung galaxy era now BABYYY (im a Fnatic fan xD)

  • @karlmatthewmasiglat8757

    2013, 2015, 2016 3 Times world champions SKT T1

  • @absurdj_
    @absurdj_ Před 5 lety

    Sad to say now though....

  • @martinjovchevski2420
    @martinjovchevski2420 Před 6 lety

    no HD ?

  • @koundragon333
    @koundragon333 Před 6 lety

    It a good video

  • @fightingdreamer123
    @fightingdreamer123 Před 6 lety

    Never realized skt had other players other than league of legends

  • @sentryward8744
    @sentryward8744 Před 5 lety

    KT also have Flash while SKT have Bisu
    2 of the great 4 TaekBangLeeSsang

  • @beezneez9851
    @beezneez9851 Před 6 lety

    9:43 EPIC pose

  • @mareksicinski3726
    @mareksicinski3726 Před 2 lety

    6:21 or the military in general. the air force was where a lot of former pro players were

  • @peterjulio8461
    @peterjulio8461 Před 6 lety

    Who's skt member on 11:13

  • @skrattaoppar9753
    @skrattaoppar9753 Před 5 lety

    Here before SKT changed to T1 Entertainment

  • @Kadazzle
    @Kadazzle Před 6 lety

    Why skip over Reapered in the SKT segment? They won a LCK title show some respect.

  • @IonJ
    @IonJ Před 6 lety +2

    if only bengi went as jg in 2017 worlds.

  • @isaaclopez357
    @isaaclopez357 Před 6 lety

    What happened to PAWN??

  • @saifayachi6517
    @saifayachi6517 Před 6 lety

    Wtf 360p

  • @TTundra__
    @TTundra__ Před 5 lety

    Back when Ryu was a mid lane god.