The Korean eSprots scene has been the longest running, going back to the original Starcraft, and even back then KT Rolsters and SKT have faced off against each other many times. In his article on thescoreesports.com, Finno goes over the history of this Telecom war, saying:
SKT T1 and KT Rolster have been around as eSport franchises since the early 2000’s, both groups starting out as StarCraft: Brood War teams. Back then, KT Rolster were named the KTF MagicNs, their colors green and orange instead of the red you see them wear today. SKT T1 were the golden team back in the days of Brood War, with KTF trying to catch up by buying big name stars and trying to assemble the best talent possible, but T1 always one step ahead of them. The two teams met in a Proleague grand final back in the summer of 2005, with a crowd of over 50,000 people standing in attendance to watch the greatest rivalry in Korean eSports.
Tonight, SKT will attempt to what hey did one decade ago: beat KT Rolster in front of a thunderous crowd and keep one step in front of their arch-rivals, not looking back on their way to the World Championship in Europe. KT Rolster, who roared back in the late 2000’s to take a few finals off of SKT T1 in StarCraft to even up the score, are looking to do the same tonight. They lost in a heartbreaking final two years ago that kept the Bullets from qualifying for Worlds, and tonight is the night where they want to correct that.
KT have had a great playoff run so the finals should be competitive compared to the regular season where SKT only lost one series. There is more on this season for SKT and KT and their League and Starcraft history in the full article, check it out here.
