| Retired | ||
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| MaRin | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Jang Gyeong-hwan (장경환) | |
| Country of Birth | South Korea | |
| Birthday | February 12, 1991 (age 33) | |
| Residency | Korea | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Top Laner | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Soloqueue IDs | 아옳옳옳아옳옳, 김정균, Disney Stitch, SKT T1 MaRin, SKT T1 마가린 | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Jang "MaRin" Gyeong-hwan (Hangul: 장경환) is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously analyst for Riot Games Inc..
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SK Telecom T1 2 | Jun 20132013-06-29 | Oct 20132013-10-12 | 3mo 13d ejel | ||
| SK Telecom T1 S | Oct 20132013-10-12[2] | Dec 20142014-12-02[1] | 1yr 1mo ejel | ||
| SK Telecom T1 | Dec 20142014-12-02[4] | Nov 20152015-11-25[3] | 11mo 23d ejel | ||
 LGD Gaming | Dec 20152015-12-10[6] | Dec 20162016-12-02[5] | 1yr 23d ejel | ||
 Afreeca Freecs | Dec 20162016-12-12[8] | Nov 20172017-11-20[7] | 11mo 8d ejel | ||
 Topsports Gaming | Feb 20182018-02-14[10] | Nov 20182018-11-07[9] | 8mo 21d ejel | ||
 Team Liquid | Nov 20222022-11-18[12] | Apr 20232023-04-07[11] | 4mo 19d ejel | ||
 Riot Games Inc. | Jun 20232023-06-04 | Jan 20242024-01-13[13] | 7mo 9d ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK Telecom T1 2 | Jun 20132013-06-29 | Oct 20132013-10-12 | 3mo 13d ejel | ||
| SK Telecom T1 1 | Oct 20132013-10-12[2] | Nov 20132013-11-12[14] | 1mo ejel | ||
| SK Telecom T1 S | Nov 20132013-11-12[14] | Dec 20142014-12-02[1] | 1yr 20d ejel | ||
| SK Telecom T1 | Dec 20142014-12-02[4] | Nov 20152015-11-25[3] | 11mo 23d ejel | ||
| LGD Gaming | Dec 20152015-12-10[6] | Dec 20162016-12-02[5] | 1yr 23d ejel | ||
| Afreeca Freecs | Dec 20162016-12-12[8] | Nov 20172017-11-20[7] | 11mo 8d ejel | ||
| Topsports Gaming | Feb 20182018-02-14[10] | Nov 20182018-11-07[9] | 8mo 21d ejel | ||
| Team Liquid | Nov 20222022-11-18[12] | Apr 20232023-04-07[11] | 4mo 19d ejel | ||
| Riot Games Inc. | Jun 20232023-06-04 | Jan 20242024-01-13[13] | 7mo 9d ejel |
News
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
 SKT 2 | June 29, MaRin joins as substitute. | |
| SKT 2 | October 12, MaRin leaves. | |
| SKT 1 | October 12, MaRin, Eazyhoon, Bang, and Wolf join.[2] | |
| SKT S | November 12, SK Telecom T1 1 renames to SK Telecom T1 S.[14] |
| SKT S | December 2, Team disbands. MaRin, Easyhoon, Bang, Wolf, L.i.E.S (Head Coach), and kkOma (Coach) leave.[1] | |
| SKT | December 2, Team is formed as a single team. Impact, MaRin, Bengi, Easyhoon, Faker, Bang, Piccaboo, Wolf, L.i.E.S (Head Coach), and kkOma (Coach) join.[4] |
 TOP | February 14, MaRin joins. Lies and Moyu move to substitutes.[10] | |
| TOP | June 27, MaRin and Corn's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2018. Cat's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2019. Xubin's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019.[15] | |
| TOP | November 7, MaRin leaves.[9] |
 F/A | January 19, MaRin retires.[16] |
Biography[]
Season 3[]
Jang "MaRin" Gyeong-hwan joined SK Telecom T1 2 as a sub in 2013. He was an official sub for them in HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 but he did not play any games.
2014 Season[]
MaRin first joined the competitive scene when SK Telecom T1 1 was rebuilt around him on October 12, 2013. The team renamed to SK Telecom T1 S a few months later. They qualified for PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014 where they failed to make it past the group stage. At HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014, S failed to make it out of groups once again. The team's best result came at HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014 where they made it to the semifinals but ultimately placed 4th after losing 3-2 to the KT Rolster Arrows and then being swept 3-0 by Samsung White.
2015 Season[]
With the changes to the OGN rules, S and their sister team SK Telecom T1 K were forced to merge to form SK Telecom T1. With K's top laner, Impact, departing from the team, MaRin was given the starting position for top. The team participated in SBENU Champions Spring 2015 where they won the championship after beating the GE Tigers in the finals 3-0. SK Telecom's victory qualified them for the 2015 Mid-Season Invitational where they made it to finals but lost 3-2 to EDward Gaming. SKT placed first in the regular season of SBENU Champions Summer 2015 after only dropping one set the whole season. They beat KT Rolster 3-0 in the finals of the playoffs to qualify for the 2015 Season World Championship as the top seed from Korea. SKT was placed in a group at worlds alongside EDG, Bangkok Titans, and H2k Gaming. They went undefeated all the way to the finals, beating AHQ e-Sports Club and Origen in the playoffs along the way. They met the KOO Tigers in the finals and beat them 3-1 to give the organization its second World Championship.
2016 Season[]
SKT played in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup where they lost 2-0 in the semifinals to Ever. MaRin left SK Telecom in November of 2015 and joined LGD Gaming.[17] Hoping to bounce back from their rough Worlds and post-Worlds performances, LGD would go into LPL Spring with high hopes. Being placed in Group A, LGD struggled in the first several weeks of play. Despite having good players in every position, they struggled to play as a team. In the second half of the season however, they started playing better and bounced back, finishing 4th in their group with an 8-8 record. They would face off against Vici Gaming in Round 1 of the Playoffs but would go on to lose 1-3, finishing the Spring Split in 7th-8th.
In Summer, LGD finished 5th in their group with a 7W-9L record, failing to make it to the Playoffs. The team had to play in the Promotion Tournament as well, which they fortunately won over Newbee (3-1), to secure their spot in the Summer Split.
2017 Season[]
During the off season, MaRin decided not to renew his contract with LGD and go back to Korea instead. He then signed with LCK team Afreeca Freecs to play as their starting Top Laner for the 2017 Season, alongside Spirit, Kuro, TuSin, Mowgli and Kramer. Afreeca Freecs managed to end the Summer Split at 5th place, with a 10-8 record, guaranteeing a spot in the playoffs. In the first round of playoffs, MaRin faced off his former team SK Telecom T1. Unfortunately, SK Telecom T1 won the series with a clean 2-0 victory, leading to Afreeca Freecs to play in the Regional Finals in order to go to Worlds. MaRin and Afreeca Freecs played and won against MVP in the first round with a close 3-2, followed by a 2-3 defeat by Samsung Galaxy in the second round, failing to make it to Worlds.
On November 11, MaRin announced that he would be leaving the team. Shortly after he joined Chinese team Topsports Gaming.
2018 Season[]
While Marin arrived at Topsports Gaming in February 2018, the team is in serious situation. The team competed 20 series since June 29, 2017, and only have 1 winning series against Joy Dream, a team from LSPL (or LDL in 2018). Marin's first apperence as top laner of TOP happened at 17:00 CST in February 23, 2018, as the first match of LPL 2018 Spring after the National Holiday of Chinese Spring Festival and against Vici Gaming, the other team with a 0-7 result at that time. Marin successfully help Topsports to win the match with a 2-1 victory, and became MVP in both games they won. However, Marin's arrival didn't change Topsports' fate. They finished the Spring Season in 3-14, the worst in East Region and the second worst in the whole LPL, and Marin's last apperance as a professional player was at the Game 1 of the series against FunPlus Phoenix in LPL 2018 Summer Season in June 26, 2018. Topsoprts Gaming finished the Summer Season as a dark horse with a 10-9 record, ranking at the third place in West Region, and finished the Playoff at the 6th place. Marin's departure was confirmed in November 7, 2018.
2019 Season[]
After leaving Topsports Gaming, MaRin went back to Korea. On 20th of January KST, MaRin turned on his Twitch stream for the first time in the last few months. To the viewers who asked how he had been doing, MaRin told he has been under the weather. He told the viewers that he would be retiring from pro play. He also mentioned that he received multiple offers to be a coach during his break period but he has no intention of being a coach.
Trivia[]
- Reached rank 1 and 11 in KR Challenger on multiple accounts.
- Known for his plays and roams in the top lane.
- Also known for his
Maokai since he went 31-1 as this champion before he left SKT. - Completed his mandatory military service before he started playing League.
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| MaRin Tournament Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Last Result | Team | Roster |
| 2023-03-17 | 8 | LCS 2023 Spring | 8 - 10  RR |  TL | Summit, Pyosik, Haeri, Yeon, CoreJJ, MaRin, Reignover |
| 2018-09-02 | 3 | LPL 2018 Summer - West | 10 - 9 RR |  TOP | Lies, MaRin, Moyu, Xx, Ggoong, Corn, QiuQiu, Cat, BSYY |
| 2018-04-08 | 7 | LPL 2018 Spring - East | 3 - 16 RR | TOP | Lies, Moyu, MaRin, Karin, Xx, Ggoong, Corn, QiuQiu, Cat, Fage, Slythe, VicaL |
| 2017-09-02 | 3 | Korea Regional Finals 2017 |  AF | MaRin, Spirit, Mowgli, Kuro, Kramer, TusiN, iloveoov, Cho Gye-hyeon | |
| 2017-08-26 | 5 | LCK 2017 Summer Playoffs | AF | MaRin, Spirit, Kuro, Kramer, TusiN, iloveoov, Cho Gye-hyeon | |
| 2017-08-06 | 5 | LCK 2017 Summer | 10 - 8 RR | AF | MaRin, Spirit, Mowgli, Kuro, Kramer, TusiN, iloveoov, Cho Gye-hyeon |
| 2017-04-22 | 5 | LCK 2017 Spring Playoffs | AF | MaRin, Spirit, Kuro, Kramer, TusiN, iloveoov, Cho Gye-hyeon | |
| 2017-04-02 | 4 | LCK 2017 Spring | 10 - 8 RR | AF | MaRin, Spirit, Mowgli, Kuro, Kramer, TusiN, iloveoov, Cho Gye-hyeon |
| 2016-11-20 | 2 | NEST 2016 |  LGD | MaRin, 1ntruder, We1less, imp, pyl, Heart | |
| 2016-11-13 | 9 - 11 | Demacia Cup 2016 | 2 - 4 RR | LGD | MaRin, 1ntruder, punished, imp, pyl |
| MaRin 1v1 Tournament Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Prize | Team | Last Result |
| 2015-12-13 | 17 - 32 | All-Star 2015 Los Angeles |  Fire | 0 : 1  Clearlove | |
| 2015-03-08 | 7 - 12 | The Solo King Korean 1v1 Tournament |  SKT | 0 : 2  ssumday | |
Media[]
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2022
- 2023
- December 24, OGN Champions Spring 2015: Dark Horses by , and on GoldPer10
- May 8, Who's No. 1 in top lane? MaRin says it's him or Koro with , and on LoL Esports
- May 9, Faker and MaRin press conference: "I think [Febiven] will become a great player" with , and on The Score
- May 9, MaRin: Winning MSI will make me the best top laner in the world with , and on the Daily Dot
- July 9, Mint: A look at MaRin’s golden play by , and on LoL Esports
- September 15, Faker & Marin's Day Off by , and on Azubu
- October 2, Marin on Fiora, playing against H2k and the results of Day 1 with , and on The Score
- October 3, SKT MaRin: "Huni is a really strong player" with , and on Fragbite
- October 3, EDG vs SKT - Marin Interview with , and on Twitch
- October 9, SKT emerges undefeated from the Group Stage with , and on LoL Esports
- October 23, SKT's Faker and MaRin discuss their upcoming match against Origen and look ahead to 2016 with , and on The Score
- December 16, MaRin on 2016: 'I'm placing a lot of importance on meeting SKT...' with , and on The Score
- December 28, Interview with MaRin and Eimy of LGD: “As long as I call pro gaming my profession, my constant goal is to win the World Championship.” with , and on News of Legends
- January 3, Interview with Eimy, MaRin and Pyl: Regrouping after Worlds and expectations for 2016 [Archived] with Kelsey Moser on theScore esports
- January 11, I am LGD MaRin, AMA! with , and on reddit
- April 11, LGD's imp and MaRin on their playstyles and preparing for the LPL playoffs with , and on The Score
- January 19, Return of the Top - An Interview with Afreeca Freecs’s MaRin with , and on Inven Global
- February 7, AFs MaRin: "Would you kindly refrain from making spiteful comments about the players?" with , and on Inven Global
- February 9, MaRin: “I think the way Huni played today is different from his usual play style, so it wasn’t difficult to deal with him.” by Andrew Kim on Slingshot
- March 20, Afreeca's Marin: 'I actually was considering staying in China for another year' with , and on ESPN
- May 23, MaRin injures his hand while riding a bicycle, says he’s “taking solo queue slowly” while he heals with , and on Slingshot Esports
- May 23, Meet MaRin, the Man Who Loves Good Coffee With a Side of Splitpush with , and on Inven Global
- May 25, The interview with MaRin, the barista of Afreeca Freecs at his photoshoot studio with , and on Inven Global
- July 13, MaRin on facing SKT next: “We need to beat all of the other teams in order to make it to the playoffs.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- November 9, LCK: Players to Keep an Eye On During the Off-Season by Rui Yang Xu on The Game Haus
- January 19, Marin, once considered the best top laner in the World, has Announced his Retirement by Hongje "Koer" Kim and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
- January 19, Former Worlds MVP MaRin retires from professional play by Malcolm Abbas on Dot Esports
- July 27, [LoL THE NEXT] MaRin and Wolf as mentors, competitors, and on rookie talent in the scene with Quest on Inven Global
- December 19, Is 2023 TL an "LCK" team? MaRin reveals WHY he joined LCS and TL with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- January 25, Korea, Team Bonding, and a Fresh Start | SQUAD S7E1 by Team Liquid on YouTube
- February 15, Adjusting to LCS | SQUAD S7E2 by Team Liquid on YouTube
- February 16, TL Marin's most important fix Team Liquid's mistakes with dGon on YouTube
Images[]
MaRin
SKT T1 S MaRin 2014 Summer
SKT Marin 2015 Spring
SKT MaRin 2015 Summer
LGD MaRin 2016 Spring
AFs MaRin 2017 Spring
AFs MaRin 2017 Summer
TOP MaRin 2018 Spring
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 별들의 전쟁 시작! LoL 챔피언스 코리아 프리시즌 로스터 공개 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 롤챔스 윈터예선 SKT 2팀 명단제출 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 장경환-이지훈 SK텔레콤과 작별…'페이커'와는 재계약 (Korean) dailygame.co.kr
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 별들의 전쟁 시작! LoL 챔피언스 코리아 프리시즌 로스터 공개 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 LGD Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 LGD Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Afreeca Freecs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 한국 복귀 '마린' 장경환, 아프리카 프릭스에 입단 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Topsports Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Topsports Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com'
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 리플레이2 Ep.0 롤판 최강야구..? 무한도전..? 런닝맨..? 암튼 렛츠고! (Korean) youtube.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 SK텔레콤 T1 LOL팀, 팀명 변경. 1팀 2팀에서 'S'와 'K'로! (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2018-06-26; after change - CN - 2018-06-27
- ↑ 한 시대 풍미한 탑 솔러 '마린' 장경환, 개인 방송서 은퇴 선언 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ LGD-Gaming's Tweet twitter.com