Meet the KL Hunters - Malaysia LoL Professional Team

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Malaysia's First Professional League of Legends Team

E-sports, formally known as electronic sports, has had a growth spurt over the past few years with the help of various game publishers such as Garena, whose social platform is designed for gamers to connect with each other internationally. Although E-sports is still in its infancy stage, rapid growth of the industry has triggered Garena to take the first step to offer gamers the career of a lifetime. Here is the introduction of Malaysia’s first professional gaming team, Team KL Hunters.

KL Hunters Profile

KL Hunters is an elite group of gamers who have played competitive games for many years and
participated in many prestigious E-sports tournament. Goldenz, the team captain of KL Hunters, was formally the team captain for Orange E-sports, along with current team member Monk3yz. Both of them made a name for themselves within the League of Legends community when they participated in WCG 2011 Malaysia and emerged as the national champion. It was during that spectacular event that they met Epyonz, Donmuri, and Hagane, all of whom played for different teams in the WCG qualifiers.

Each “hunter” has distinctive skill in League of Legends, thus capturing the attention of Garena to recruit them and nurture them into becoming the most impressive players they could be, hence KL hunters, Malaysia’s first professional E-sports team for League of Legends, was born

Ticket to a new career!

According to the Graduan 2U site, the average basic salary for fresh graduates between the years of 2009 – 2010 is approximately RM22,000. Garena has offered an annual salary payment of RM120,000 to the KL Hunters - more than the average payment of a university graduate, not to forget the potential prize money from participation in tournaments.

Besides investing time and energy in discovering these extraordinary players, Garena has hoped to mold these players into the company itself. With their exceptional raw talent and the right attitude in improving and developing their skills, these players have the potential to join Garena as official staff members.

Journey to a new path

After the introduction of KL Hunters, here are some of the basic procedures to mold these players into Malaysia’s finest E-sports team.

Where the real hunt begins
The first step to beginning is finding a team name that best represents the team. Garena wanted a team name with meaningful inspiration to symbolise the team and Malaysia. One of their inspirations came in the form of Malaysia’s national animal, the tiger, as a symbolic icon. The tiger is the epitome of a great hunter in Asian lore. The tiger represents the virtue of strength, confidence and passion. Hence the word “Hunter” was applied to the team name.

Hunting with style
A good self-image begins with healthy self-esteem. Each player will receive an image transformation which includes hair styling and wardrobe makeover. Each facet of the player will be improved in accordance with their personality. This paves the way to bring out their elegance through personal enhancement.

An exercise a day keeps the doctor away
To be able to conquer on the Fields of Justice, every “hunter” will need to follow an exercise regime to keep up with their health. A moderate amount of exercise performed three days per week for an hour helps improve the players’ mental well-being in order to have better concentration during gameplay.

Hunting with stance and skills
Even when facing the opponents on the Fields of Justice, every player must possess the right etiquette to avoid conflict in social interactions. Garena will partner with an image consultant to design an image and behavioural program specifically for the team. Meanwhile, players will have daily training sessions and strategy discussions to further improve their gameplay. Under the supervision of the image consultants and Garena, the players will improve every aspect of their personal development, including personal charisma, team spirit, self-confidence, and social communication skills.

Learn from the Pro
KL Hunters will have a monthly friendly match with teams from other regions such as Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, North America, and etc. This will increase the competitive level of the team and allow them to form new strategies.

KL Hunters 2012 yearly schedule

Garena Premier League: Organised by Garena, KL Hunters have been invited to participate and compete with teams from other countries such as Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia.

IPL Qualifier: KL Hunters will compete with teams from other regions for the Grand Final position which will take place in United States.

Riot Games Season 2 Finals: The Grand Finals of this season comes with a prize pool of two million USD (over six million Malaysian Ringgit)

About Garena

Garena is a leading online game service provider. Its flagship online game platform, Garena+, is the largest social platform in South East Asia and Taiwan, designed for online gamers to meet, chat and play games with each other. Garena has introduced the latest premium online games on Garena+, including the award-winning League of Legends and other premium game titles, such as first-person shooter game BlackShot and real-time strategy game Heroes of Newerth.

Garena official website: www.garena.com
KL Hunter's official website right here : www.klhunters.my