Veteran London Spitfire players Hong “Gesture” Jae-hee and Park “Profit” Joon-yeong have been acquired by the Seoul Dynasty.
The London Spitfire parted ways with South Korean players Jae-hee "Gesture" Hong and Joon-yeong "Profit" Park, the team announced Tuesday. Profit and Gesture have been with the London Spitfire since the Overwatch League's inception, but according to a new report from ESPN Esports, that's about to change before the 2020 season. Given the prevalence of barriers in the current meta, it could serve the Dynasty well next season if things don’t shake up by February. Joon-yeong "Profit" Park (born November 19, 1999) is a South Korean Flex DPS player currently playing for the Seoul Dynasty . 105 votes, 140 comments. The London Spitfire parted ways with South Korean players Jae-hee "Gesture" Hong and Joon-yeong "Profit" Park, the team announced Tuesday.
He is known for his excellent tracer gameplay and insane flexibility, being comfortable on almost every DPS hero. This led many to speculate that London would be rebuilding their roster around them, but this is apparently not the case. London Spitfire is the team representing London, United Kingdom, in the Overwatch League.
"The 21-year-old Gesture and 19-year-old Profit each joined Spitfire in November 2017 from GC Busan.
The Overwatch League is moving to a traveling, all-homestand format. Profit and Gesture have played together since their first professional games, as they both got their starts on GC Busan. London Spitfire. However, they finished 7th-8th in this year’s playoffs, meaning something had to change for London. After a disappointing second half of the season, the London Spitfire released five players and were left with a seven-man squad to take on the world. This came after the team missed the playoffs entirely in their inaugural season.For the Spitfire, this move came as unexpected as Gesture and Profit were two of their only players that were on an extended contract moving into the 2020 season. Building a superstar roster of South Koreans could very well be playing into Dynasty’s plan to pack the house during their stints at home in Seoul.Dexerto has reached out to London and Seoul for comment. Seoul Dynasty. Welcome to the London Spitfire AMA just a couple of rules before you ask questions: Please remember to include the member … Editor's … "We've won a championship together -- a feat that will never be forgotten," the team posted on Twitter. 2019-10-22 – Present. The Spitfire compete in the Atlantic North Division. Under variations of the Cloud9 moniker, such as Cloud9 KONGDOO, they would go on to field rosters from multiple continents during their pre-OWL tenure.
They helped Spitfire win the inaugural Overwatch League season in 2018 with a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Fusion, with Profit being selected MVP of the Grand Finals.The team finished seventh in Season 2 and was eliminated by eventual champion San Francisco in the playoffs.The Spitfire announced earlier this month that it had released Ji-hyeok "Birdring" Kim, Jong-seok "NUS" Kim and Hee-dong "Guard" Lee, along with coach Jeong-min "Jfeel" Kim. "Thank you and we wish you the best of luck with what your future holds for you. They’ve decided on an apparent complete roster shakeup.ESPN says that Seoul are expected to be aggressive in the offseason, with several star Korean free-agents on the market, such as Meko and Flow3r from the NYXL. According to a report from Jacob Wolf, Joon-yeong 'Profit' Park and Hong 'Gesture' Jae-hee are joining up with the Seoul Dynasty for the 2020 season.The Dynasty have not had a great run the past two years and are clearly looking to reverse their fortunes after bowing out of the playoffs at 7-8th place. Profit is well known for his Tracer and Hanzo play, something that served him and Gesture well when they helped the Spitfire take home the OWL 2019 championship. It was with these players, Profit, Birdring, Gesture, Fury, Bdosin, Nus, and Closer, that they would win the Inaugural Season of the Overwatch League and be engrained in memory as eternal champions. The team is owned …