Dade, Looper join WE Academy

This article was originally published on GameSpot's sister site onGamers.com, which was dedicated to esports coverage.

World Elite has announced that their secondary team, World Elite Academy, will be picking up Bae "dade" Eo-jin and Jang "Looper" Hyeong-seok as their new Korean members. A translation of their Tazatu post follows:

Today, we are happy to announce that two new members will join WEA. League of Legends. Former mid laner of SAMSUNG GALAXY Blue, Bae Eo-Jin will compete for us under the name of WEA.Dade. Former top laner of SAMSUNG GALAXY White, Jang Hyeong-seok,, will compete for us under the name of WEA.Looper.

Looper's move to World Elite Academy means that all players of Samsung White, who won the 2014 League of Legends Championship, will be playing in China for the 2015 season. While Looper's contract details are not known, sources tell onGamers that the offer for Dade was above $600,000.

Earlier this week, the LPL announced an implementation of the "one team rule" for the 2015 season, means that WE.A will have to be re-branded and sold to a different investor. Dade and Looper have recently started playing in China's Ionia Server and it seems that WE.A will be re-branded as M3.

World Elite's current League of Legends lineups are as follows.

WE.GIGABYTE.LOL

• WE.GIGABYTE.Aluka　彭震铭（Top）
• WE.GIGABYTE.Ruo　滕杨天下（Jungle）
• WE.GIGABYTE.OldB　양승빈 杨圣彬（Jungle）
• WE.GIGABYTE.Sin　연형모 延形模（Jungle）
• WE.GIGABYTE.Spirit　이다윤 李多允（Jungle）
• WE.GIGABYTE.sukiM　陈智远（Mid）
• WE.GIGABYTE.Ninja　노건우 鲁建宇（Mid）
• WE.GIGABYTE.Styz　屈梓良（AD）
• WE.GIGABYTE.Conan　柯宜（Support）
• WE.GIGABYTE.Candy　唐鑫（AD）

WEA.LOL

• WEA.xr　孙炎（Top）
• WEA.Khan　김동하 金东和（Top）
• WEA.Looper　장형석 张亨硕（Top）
• WEA.Soist　何志鸿（Jungle）
• WEA.xiye　苏汉伟（Mid）
• WEA.Dade　배어진 裴御珍（Mid）
• WEA.Mickey 손영민 孙永敏（Mid/Jungle）
• WEA.SmLz　韩金（AD）
• WEA.MagicAhrI　刘旭东（Support）
• WEA.YuZhe　张哲（Support)

WE.Future.LOL

• WE.Q 徐铭枢

Image credits: World Elite/Tazatu. Translation: Reazony. Special thanks to Redditor /u/solarnas for the tip about M3