Team OSC Elite is a new competitive division of OSC. It’s primary goal is to work closely with players, support them to achieve their goals in eSports, and see both individual and team success in online and offline events across the world! We want to support top talent and develop new heroes across the eSports landscape. OSC Elite will initially exist purely as a SC2 squad, but we have plans to expand into other titles in the future.
Our squad of elite SC2 players will represent the organisation in the WCS + OSC circuits, our new OSC Team Championship, and various other competitions.
We are looking for more top talent SC2 to support! If you think you have the dedication, results, talent or desire to go further with your Starcraft, feel free to apply!
Thanks to KJ’s Artistries for the creative eSports themed custom design logo.
Comment from OSC Executive Director Eddie Edwards on OSC Elite’s announcement:
I’m really excited about our new team OSC Elite (first announced on Dankshrine Ep 49), the players we’ve recruited, and what we can achieve together! Over the last 12 months OSC were partners in the creation, financing, and running of team OSC-ROOT. Working with and supporting the players closely over that time was a great experience. While unfortunately the partnership recently dissolved, many at OSC, myself included, were in favour of continuing such a project, so it’s great that we’ll now be able to build on that with the creation of our own team, and a long term commitment to the project.
The first players to join the squad, Cham, Azure, Has and DemiLove, are all established top competitors in their respective regions, and have shown they are capable of performing at a high level in the WCS and OSC global leagues. They should form a great foundation for OSC Elite.
Cham and DemiLove are #1 + #2 in the OSC World Rankings respectively, with 31 tournament wins already in 2017 between them, so securing both was a priority for the new team. Additionally Cham is currently #9 in the WCS Standings, with great results at WCS Austin + Jonkoping, which sees him well in the running to qualify for Blizzcon this year!
Has was the next highest available free agent in the WCS Standings (#16), and a player everyone loves to watch, so we’re really excited to work with him. Azure may not be a household name globally, but he performs very well within the SEA region, and has been showing great improvement and activity in the OSC Online circuit over the last couple of years. He’s one to watch in the second half of 2017-2018.
We’re confident all these players will be great brand ambassadors for the organisation, and continue achieving impressive results for their fans, and fans of our new team.
We will be looking at adding a few more players to the squad in the coming days-weeks 🙂 It was important for us to announce while still in July, despite ongoing talks with some other great candidates, so we can start accumulating points towards the OSC Team Championship asap. We have a long way to catch up, but are up for the challenge!
There’s also some major league news coming in the next 2-3 weeks, so lookout for that!
Comment from DemiLove:
After the OSC-ROOT Partnership ended i was approached with an offer i couldn’t resist, or likely to find anywhere else, so was this was the best and easy choice! I’m very happy to join OSC Elite!
PLAYERS:
PABLO CHAM BLANCO
AGE 20 | COUNTRY: MEXICO
One of the strongest Latin American players, Cham had a breakout 2016, qualifying for and placing 5th at the $150,000 WCS DreamHack Tours event, 5th in $100,000 WCS DreamHack Championship, 1st place in season 2 of the $10,000 Copa America tournament, 3rd in season 1, and 17th in the $400,000+ World Electronic Sports Games Championship.
In 2017 Cham has taken his game to another level, placing 5th at the $100,000 WCS Austin Championship, and 5th again at the $100,000 WCS Jönköping Championship, as well as strong results in the $10,000 Copa America Challenger series (2nd S.1, 5th S.2, 2nd S.3), which sees him currently sit at Rank 9 in the WCS Standings, 1 spot away from qualifying for Blizzcon!
MARU KIM
AGE 22 | COUNTRY: CANADA
Currently ranked #9 in the world on Aliqulac, #2 Non-Korean, and #1 from Canada, MaSa joins the team on the back of 2 major domestic LAN victories ($7500 Dreamhack Atlanta and $5000+ Cheesadelphia #5), adding more trophies added to an already decorated career! He also recently came equal 9th at the $100,000 WCS Valencia Championship. Some of his other past results include coming 3rd in the $150,000 2016 WCS Spring Circuit Championship, 3rd in the $50,000 2016 DreamHack Open Austin Championship, 5th at the $50,000 IEM XI Shanghai Championship and 5th at TaKeTv’s $20,000 HomeStory Cup XIII tournament. He’s also a regular streamer, so be sure to tune in and learn from one of the best!
KE YU FENG
AGE 20 | COUNTRY: TAIWAN
Genius. Innovative. Unorthodox. Brilliant. Cheesy. Entertaining. – This is Has. He plays the game the way he wants to, often baffling opponents and amazing fans in the process. What’s more, he gets results! He recently came equal 9th at the $100,000 WCS Valencia Championship, 1st place in ’17 S.3 $10,000 Taiwan Challenger, 1st place in ’17 S.1 $10,000 Taiwan Challenger, and 4th place in ’17 S.2 $10,000 Taiwan Challenger. We look forward to seeing more fun styles of play from Has under the OSC Elite banner.
VARUN IMMANUEL
AGE: 22 | COUNTRY: INDIA
The number 1 player in India, DemiLove is one of the hardest working players in competitive Starcraft! In 2016 he was ranked 2nd for tournament participation in OSC events (167 tournaments played)! He regularly places highly in online events, and arguably his best performance to date is 5th in the $10,000 regional WCS Spring Circuit Championship! His blend of skill, work rate, macro and aggression, make him a danger in any tournament, and we’re confident it won’t be long until he transfers his online form to offline premier events!
PIOTR WALUKIEWICZ
AGE 18 | COUNTRY: POLAND
souL is a very talented young polish terran player, who regularly sits around 7000+ MMR near the of European ladder! All while studying! He’s now taking a year off to commit fulltime to SC2 before looking into university. Already he’s been placing high and winning several Online tournaments, and has his eyes set on WCS success at Montreal this year, and all stops in 2018!
YOU?
We are looking for more top talent to support! If you think you have the dedication, results, talent or desire to go further with your Starcraft, feel free to apply!