Faker (League of Legends player)

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Faker the mid-laner of SKT T1

Faker

Lee Sang-hyeok

Hangul 이상혁
Revised Romanization Lee Sang-hyeok
McCune–Reischauer Lee Sang-hypo
Date of birth (1996-05-07) 7 May 1996
Hometown Seoul
Nationality South Korean
Current team SK Telecom T1
League League of Legends Champions Korea
Games League of Legends
Championships LoL Worlds: 2013, 2015
Nickname(s) Peikeo, Ppakeo, The Unkillable Demon King
Professional career
February 2013–December 2014 SK Telecom T1 K
December 2014–present SK Telecom T1

Lee Sang-hyeok (Hangul: 이상혁 born 7 May 1996), known by his in-game name Faker (Hangul: 페이커; RR: Peikeo) or (Hangul: 빠커; RR: Ppakeo), is a professional League of Legends player. Formerly known as "GoJeonPa"(Korean:고전파) on the Korean server, he was picked up by the SK Telecom Organization in 2013 and is currently the Mid Laner for SK Telecom T1, which competes in League of Legends Champions Korea.[1]

Faker is renowned for his high mechanical skill at the game, and is considered by many to be the best League of Legends player of all time. He is consistently ranked number one by analysts and often referred to as the "God" of League of Legends. He is one of only two players, along with teammate Bengi, to have won two Summoner's Cups for winning the League of Legends World Championship, having done so in 2013 (Season Three) and 2015 Season.

Early life

Faker was born in Seoul on May 7, 1996. He and his brother were raised by their grandparents and their father, Lee Kyung-joon in Gangseo District, Seoul. Faker always loved puzzles and video games, including custom maps on Warcraft III and the MOBA "Chaos". He discovered League of Legends in late 2011, and quickly became very good at the game. He dropped out of high school in order to join SKT.[2]

Playing career

Faker in 2015.

Faker is widely considered to be the best LoL player in the world.[3][4] In October 2013 Faker won the League of Legends World Championship as a member of SK Telecom T1 K.

SKT K and SKT S merged in 2014 and Faker became a member of a consolidated SKT T1. SKT T1 failed to qualify for League of Legends World Championship 2014.

In November 2014 it was reported that Faker had declined contract offers from several Chinese companies including one offer of ₩500 million for streaming.[5] In League of Legends, there are characters known as "champions", and Faker is renowned as having one of the largest "champion pools" (number of champions in a player's arsenal that the player has mastered). He is best known for his LeBlanc, Zed, Ahri, Ryze and Orianna.[6]

Many former top Korean players, including Samsung Galaxy's members Pawn, Dandy and Imp, left South Korea to play in China, Faker on the other hand declined an offer of over $1,000,000 by a Chinese Team. Imp reported in a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) that his salary was larger than $200,000 a year without any specifics as to how much. If this remains true, then it is speculated that Faker might be making notably more than any of the offers from Chinese teams. It is speculated Faker has made more than $1,000,000 in his pro-gaming career.

Faker opened the 2015 Spring LCK split by getting benched by the team and then coming back for a pentakill against NaJin e-mFire.[7]

In the 2015 World Championship, he and his team won while only dropping one game in the finals for a record of 15–1 throughout the series.[8]

Streaming contract

In 2014 Faker signed an exclusive streaming contract with Azubu. Despite this, a user on twitch.tv created a channel called SpectateFaker, which streamed matches he played on ranked servers using the in-game spectating. Azubu eventually responded by issuing a DMCA takedown request. Riot Games, while questioning whether Azubu actually had legal ownership of the gameplay footage, decided to cooperate with the request because of damages caused to Faker and Azubu.[9]

Team results

A group picture of SK Telecom T1 at the 2013 World Championship.

Individual awards

References

  1. ↑ "Faker". Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ Kimes, Mina (June 10, 2015). "The Unkillable Demon King". ESPN The Magazine. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ Fields, Frank. "The Worlds Top 20". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Mohr, Devin Ryanne. "Froskurinn's Top 20 Players of All-Time [Part 1]". Goldper10. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Kulasingham, Nilu. "Faker reportedly declined contracts valued up to $1 million in total by Chinese companies.". OnGamers. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ "SANGHYUK FAKER LEE". Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (January 7, 2015). "Faker gets benched, comes back with a pentakill". The Daily Dot. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CV1drzCUsAEe8GB.jpg:large. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/spectatefaker-riot-games-dmca-dare/The Daily Dot
  10. ↑ Cho, Hak-Dong (2015-11-25). "This year's Grand Prize awarded to Faker".

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