Victory Five announces partnership with Got7’s Jackson Wang
Team Wang x Victory Five for the win!
Victory Five, quarter-finalists of the 2020 Legends Pro League (LPL) Summer Split, have announced that they have officially partnered with k-pop starJackson Wangof Got7 andShenzhen Media Group.
Mario Ho, son of tycoon Stanley Ho, is the founder ofVictory Fiveesports organization and president of the Macau Esports Federation. Following this collaboration with Shenzhen Media Group, Victory Five will make Shenzhen its headquarters and home base.
This will be the sixth city participating in the LPL. Before the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, the LPL had adopted a “home” and “away” system, where teams played regular season games in their home city, or traveled to another to compete.
Victory Five has officially partnered with Shenzhen Media Group, and has moved team headquarters to Shenzhen. Shenzhen is now the sixth home city of the#LPL. Famous artist@JacksonWang852has also become a new partner of V5.pic.twitter.com/EhBQACrBqh
The announcement was made as part of the Conference on Strategic Cooperation in Esports in the Greater Bay Area (Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau) where Riot Games, TJ Sports — the company that currently runs the LPL — and Shenzhen Media Group met to discuss plans to promote esports within the Pearl River Delta metropolitan region.
Victory Five’s current roster post-Summer was also present at the conference. Top laner Yu “Biubiu” Lei-Xin, jungler Wei “Weiwei” Bo-Han, and bot laner Lee “Samd” Jae-hoon were not seen. Their contracts expired on August 31, and their absence has left fans wondering how this once successful roster will change going into Spring 2021.
Victory Five came in last in the 2020 LPL Spring Split. After undergoing a roster overhaul, they made waves in Summer by consistently holding a top five position, defeating big names like Royal Never Give Up, and cutting shortTop Esports‘ perfect win streak.
Even though they qualified for playoffs, they lost 1-3 to Suning in the quarterfinals, and could not qualify for Worlds.
With the kpop and mandopop superstar Jackson Wang as a partner of Victory Five, fans are now excited at the possibility of him performing at an LPL event in the future.
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