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Your Korean Baseball Organization champs are the NC Dinos \u2014 so named because Guild Wars<\/em><\/a> <\/em>publisher NCSoft established and owns the team. Today the Dinos celebrated their 4-2 Korean Series triumph over the Doosan Bears as only their team could \u2014 with an enormous prop sword from NCSoft\u2019s Lineage<\/a> MMO franchise.<\/p>\n

According to Sung Min Kim, an American sports writer formerly of The Athletic and currently in the front office of the KBO\u2019s Lotte Giants<\/a>, that there is the Execution Sword (\uc9d1\ud589\uac80). It\u2019s basically the game\u2019s most powerful item. <\/p>\n

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The NCSoft, the parent company of the NC Dinos, is well-known for their mobile games, including the acclaimed “Lineage” series. One of the biggest items in the game is the big sword (\uc9d1\ud589\uac80) and it is brought to life in the ceremony. #KBO<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/4v033TpjTx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sung Min Kim (@sung_minkim) November 24, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

Lineage <\/em>debuted in 1998, and was followed by Lineage 2 <\/em>in 2003. It was NCSoft\u2019s first game, first big hit, and longest-running game, so it makes sense the team\u2019s ownership would celebrate with an artifact from that world. It puts the ordinary old KBO League trophy to shame, too. Peep its total weakness:<\/p>\n

\"Doosan <\/picture> <\/span> <\/span>
Actual KBO League trophy = kinda wimpy.<\/figcaption>Photo by Han Myung-Gu\/Getty Images<\/cite> <\/span> <\/figure>\n

The KBO League caught on with baseball fans in this hemisphere, mainly through ESPN, during Major League Baseball\u2019s COVID-imposed shutdown over the spring. North Carolina\u2019s minor league Durham Bulls, sidelined entirely by the virus, adopted the NC Dinos<\/a> as a rooting interest (for the team\u2019s first two initials, naturally).<\/p>\n

The NC Dinos are the KBO League\u2019s second-newest team, chartered shortly after the cities of Changwon, Masan, and Jinhae merged into a municipality large enough to host such a franchise. The Dinos joined the KBO League in 2013, and this is their first championship.<\/p>\n

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Your Korean Baseball Organization champs are the NC Dinos \u2014 so named because Guild Wars publisher NCSoft established and owns the team. Today the Dinos celebrated their 4-2 Korean Series triumph over the Doosan Bears as only their team could \u2014 with an enormous prop sword from NCSoft\u2019s Lineage MMO franchise. According to Sung Min Kim, an American sports writer formerly of The Athletic and currently in the front office of the KBO\u2019s Lotte Giants, that there is the Execution Sword (\uc9d1\ud589\uac80). It\u2019s basically the game\u2019s most powerful item. The NCSoft, the parent company of the NC Dinos, is well-known for their mobile games, including the acclaimed “Lineage” series. One of the biggest items in the game is the big sword (\uc9d1\ud589\uac80) and it is…<\/p>\n

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