solely hosted on OGN after MBC closed down its gaming venture. The Proleague allowed for fans to follow their favorite team or player. It also allowed up and coming amateurs to participate in a televised setting. There were a total of 31 Proleague events for Starcraft: Brood War from March 2003 to September 2012. As of December 2012, the Proleague moved on to Starcraft II. This marked the first time since the inception of the Proleague that a non-Korean team participated in the event with the collaboration between Evil Geniuses and Team Liquid. The Champions / League of Legends Champions Korea The Champions was the highest level of League of Legends competition in Korea from 2012 to 2015. The tournament officially launched in March 2012 and lasted until 2015, when The Champions was rebranded to League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK). Soon after, controversy sparked when League of Legends developer Riot Games declared that the broadcasting rights of the LCK would be split between OGN and its main competitor, SPOTV. Many fans were disappointed by the controversial decision to split time between OGN and SPOTV because of SPOTV's lack of experience in esports broadcasting and OGN's long commitment to fostering the esports scene in Korea and being frontrunners in the esports industry as a whole. In 2019, OGN's operation of the LCK broadcast was terminated by Riot Games when it was decided that the LCK would become an in-house, first-party broadcast, produced directly by Riot Games. This transition coincided with the construction and opening of LoL Park, a new stadium and studio that would function as the new location of all LCK competition. Overwatch APEX Overwatch APEX was the first premier tournament series in South Korea for Overwatch esports and is the place where many players in the later Overwatch League found early success. The first season began in late 2016, and each tournament season took place over the course of several months, with breaks in play between each consecutive season. For its short, year-long reign, the APEX tournaments were regarded as the highest level of Overwatch competition at the time. For the first three seasons, four western teams were invited each season to compete with 12 teams from Korea. In July, 2017, it was announced that no more Western teams would be invited for APEX Season 4 onwards and all teams from APEX Season 3 and the top 5