xPeke

xPeke
Enrique Cedeño Martinez
Status Active
Date of birth (1992-04-24) April 24, 1992
Nationality Spain
Current team Origen
Championships League of Legends Championship Series Europe
Professional career
Oct 2010 - Jan 2011 Team-Birth
Jan 2011 - Mar 2011 oSk Gaming
Feb 2011 - Mar 2011 myRevenge
Mar 2011 - Dec 2014 Fnatic
Dec 2014 - Present Origen
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cedeño and the second or maternal family name is Martinez.

Enrique Cedeño Martinez (born April 24, 1992), usually known by his gaming handle xPeke, is a Spanish professional gamer who plays the Multiplayer online battle arena game League of Legends. He is the current mid laner for Origen, which he created and with whom he competes in the European League of Legends Championship Series.[1] He is famous for his time spent with Fnatic, with whom he has won three League of Legends Championship Series Europe titles and the Season 1 World Championship.

Early life

Enrique Cedeño Martinez was born on April 24, 1992 in Spain.[2][3] He is from Murcia.[4]

Career

xPeke first came to prominence in 2011 as a member of myRevenge, winning the Intel Extreme Masters Season V League of Legends invitational. That myRevenge squad was picked up by Fnatic, with whom xPeke won the Season 1 League of Legends World Championship held at DreamHack.[5] In 2013, he was a part of the Fnatic squad that played in the first ever split of League of Legends Championship Series Europe, eventually winning both the Spring and Summer Split, with him being named the Summer Split playoffs MVP. At IEM Season VI Katowice xPeke backdoored SK Gaming in a play regarded as one of the most iconic in LoL history.[6] In 2014, he won another Spring Split title with Fnatic, but lost in the Summer Split finals to Alliance. After the Season 4 World Championship, xPeke announced his departure from Fnatic with the intention to create a new team. On December 7, 2014, the formation of Origen was officially announced, with xPeke being in the mid laner and manager role.[7] In its first season as a professional team, Origen won the Europe Challenger Series title and finished second in the Summer Split of the European LCS. xPeke and Origen qualified for the Season 5 World Championship, having qualified through the regional gauntlet.[8] At Worlds they got to the semi-finals of the playoff bracket before losing to SK Telecom T1.

Tournament placements

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Origen | LoL Esports". euw.lolesports.com. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  2. ↑ Maeso, Gustavo (December 2, 2015). "El Cristiano de los videojuegos". Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ hxd (2012-04-24). "xPeke turns 20!". Fnatic. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  4. ↑ MARCA.com. "El Cristiano de los videojuegos". MARCA.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  5. ↑ Raven, Josh (July 4, 2015). "xPeke plans to retire after Worlds". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (January 2, 2015). "xPeke just can't stop backdooring". The Daily Dot. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (April 8, 2015). "xPeke returning to LCS as Origen secures Challenger victory". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  8. ↑ http://na.lolesports.com/articles/origen-secures-spot-2015-world-championship
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