Griffin (esports)

Griffin
Short nameGRF
DivisionsPlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
League of LegendsOverwatch
FoundedNovember 2016 (2016-11)
FoldedOctober 2021 (2021-10)
Team historyNOT BAD (2016–2017)
Griffin (2017–2021)
LocationSouth Korea
OwnerSeo "Shark" Kyung-jong[1]
Parent groupSTILL8[2]
Websiteteamgriffin.gg Edit this at Wikidata

Griffin (Korean: 그리핀) was a South Korean esports organization owned by esports entertainment company STILL8.[1][2] It had a team competing in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and previously had teams competing in League of Legends and Overwatch.[2] Griffin's League of Legends team competed in the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), the top level of professional League of Legends in South Korea.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Ashton, Graham (May 16, 2019). "STILL8 CEO Wants to Globalize Team Griffin and Korean Esports". The Esports Observer. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Sim, Youngbo; Jang, David (November 21, 2018). "League of Legends: Team Griffin is Acquired by Still8, Formerly Known as Kongdoo". Inven Global. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  3. ^ Abbas, Malcolm (May 9, 2018). "Can Griffin translate their success in Challengers Korea to the LCK?". Dot Esports. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Ridgely, Brandon (July 28, 2018). "LCK: How Griffin has taken over in their rookie split". RealSport. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  5. ^ Rand, Emily (September 14, 2018). "Griffin leave the 2018 LCK season in a better place than they found it". VPEsports. Retrieved July 21, 2019.