Impact (video Game Player)
Jeong Eon-yeong ( ko, 정언영), better known as Impact, is a South Korean '' League of Legends'' player for FlyQuest of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS). Impact won the Season 3 League of Legends World Championship as a member of SK Telecom T1 K. He played for both Team Impulse and NRG Esports in the LCS, before transferring to Cloud9 in May 2016. Impact left Cloud9 after the 2017 season and joined Team Liquid, where he won four LCS titles before departing the team for Evil Geniuses after the end of the 2020 season. Career Xenics Storm Impact began his career as a support player for Xenics Storm in 2012, and the team managed to place third in spring. SK Telecom In 2013, Impact joined SK Telecom T1 K along with Bengi, Faker, Piglet and PoohManDo. The team went on to finished third in the spring split, and win the summer finals against KT Rolster Bullets. The team qualified for the 2013 World Championship as Korea's third seed, and subsequently t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jeong (surname)
Jeong is a Latin alphabet rendition of the Korean family name "정", also often spelled Chung, Jung, Joung or Jong. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 2,407,601 people by this name in South Korea or 4.84% of the population. The Korean family name "정" is mainly derived from three homophonous hanja. (2,151,879), (243,803) and (11,683). The rest of the homophonous hanjas include: (139), (41), (29), (22) and (5). Latin-alphabet spelling In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on a sample of year 2007 applications for South Korean passports, it was found that 48.6% of people with this surname chose to have it spelled in Latin letters as Jung in their passports. The Revised Romanization transcription Jeong was at second place with 37.0%, while Chung came in third at 9.2%. It was the only one out of the top five surnames (the others being Kim, Park, Lee, and Choi) for which the Revised Romanization spelling was used by more than a fe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2022 LCS Season
The 2022 LCS season is the fifth year of North America's League Championship Series, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game ''League of Legends'', under partnership and the tenth overall. The Lock In tournament began on January 14 and concluded on January 30 with Team Liquid defeating Evil Geniuses 3–0. The spring regular season began on February 5 and will conclude with the Mid-Season Showdown, which will start on April 2 and finish on April 24 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. The summer split began on June 18 and will finish with the Summer Playoffs, which will begin on August 20 and conclude with the Summer Finals. League changes On November 16, 2021, Riot announced the official format for the 2022 season, shortly after the conclusion of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship. Returning for the second year was the Lock In, acting as a preseason tournament which does not affect the regular season standings. The winner and runners-up of the Summer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Faker (gamer)
Lee Sang-hyeok ( ko, 이상혁; born May 7, 1996), better known as Faker ( ko, 페이커, rr=Peikeo, links=no), is a South Korean professional ''League of Legends'' player for T1. Formerly known as GoJeonPa ( ko, 고전파, links=no) on the Korean server, he was picked up by T1, then called SK Telecom T1, in 2013 and has played as the team's mid laner since. He is widely considered to be the best ''League of Legends'' player of all time. Lee is renowned for his high mechanical skill and extremely versatile champion pool. He is best known for playing LeBlanc, Zed, Syndra, Azir, Ahri, and Ryze. He is the first player to have reached both 1,000 and 2,000 kills in the LCK, as well as first to have played 600 and 700 games and to have won 500 games. Lee is one of the only two players to have won the ''League of Legends'' World Championship three times, having done so in 2013, 2015 and 2016. He has also won the All-Star Paris 2014, the Mid-Season Invitational tournament in 2016 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bengi (gamer)
Bae Sung-woong ( ko, 배성웅), better known as Bengi ( ko, 벵기), is a South Korean former professional ''League of Legends'' player, and current head coach for T1. Bae is one of the only two players to have won three League of Legends World Championships, having done so in 2013, 2015, and 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh .... He has also won the All-Star Paris 2014. He owns three different ''League of Legends'' skins as a result of winning World Championships, which include SKT T1 Lee Sin (2013), SKT T1 Elise (2015) and SKT T1 Olaf (2016). He had played a total number of 319 matches in his career, with 231 wins and 88 losses, and a win rate of 72.4%. Early life Bae was born in South Korea on November 21, 1993. Bae enlisted in the army on January 28, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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T1 (esports)
T1 (previously known as SK Telecom T1 or SKT T1) is a South Korean esports organization operated by the T1 Entertainment & Sports, a joint venture between SK Telecom and Comcast Spectacor. At the end of 2003, SK Telecom took the StarCraft Team Orion (formerly 4U) by Lim Yo-hwan under contract and set up the team under the conglomerate's banner. Lim Yo-hwan took the role of team captain.Lim Yo-Hwan,''Crazy as Me''(임요환,''나만큼 미쳐봐''), 2004, Bookroad, (03810) T1's ''League of Legends'' team has won the 2013, 2015, and 2016 editions of the ''League of Legends World Championship''. Honours Domestic League * League of Legends Champions Korea ::Winners (10): 2013 Summer, 2013–14 Winter, 2015 Spring, 2015 Summer, 2016 Spring, 2017 Spring, 2019 Spring, 2019 Summer, 2020 Spring, 2022 Spring ::Runners-up (3): 2017 Summer, 2021 Summer, 2022 Summer International *League of Legends World Championship ::Winners (3): 2013, 2015, 2016 ::Runners-up: 2017, 2022 *Mid-Seaso ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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SK Telecom T1 K
T1 (previously known as SK Telecom T1 or SKT T1) is a South Korean esports organization operated by the T1 Entertainment & Sports, a joint venture between SK Telecom and Comcast Spectacor. At the end of 2003, SK Telecom took the StarCraft Team Orion (formerly 4U) by Lim Yo-hwan under contract and set up the team under the conglomerate's banner. Lim Yo-hwan took the role of team captain.Lim Yo-Hwan,''Crazy as Me''(임요환,''나만큼 미쳐봐''), 2004, Bookroad, (03810) T1's ''League of Legends'' team has won the 2013, 2015, and 2016 editions of the ''League of Legends World Championship''. Honours Domestic League * League of Legends Champions Korea ::Winners (10): 2013 Summer, 2013–14 Winter, 2015 Spring, 2015 Summer, 2016 Spring, 2017 Spring, 2019 Spring, 2019 Summer, 2020 Spring, 2022 Spring ::Runners-up (3): 2017 Summer, 2021 Summer, 2022 Summer International *League of Legends World Championship ::Winners (3): 2013, 2015, 2016 ::Runners-up: 2017, 2022 *Mid-Seaso ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Season 3 League Of Legends World Championship
The Season 3 World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game ''League of Legends''. It was the third iteration of the ''League of Legends'' World Championship held by Riot Games, and the last iteration not to be formally titled after the year it took place. SK Telecom T1 defeated Royal Club 3–0 in the finals and took their first championship. Teams * 14 teams participate * Four teams receive direct entry into Quarter-finals through top 4 of All-Star Shanghai 2013. ** Seed #1 from China, South Korea, North America, and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau Group stage * Ten teams are drawn into two groups with five teams in each group based on their seeding. Teams of the same region cannot be placed in the same group (excepted seed #3 of Europe is Gambit Gaming). * Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one. * If teams have the same win–loss record and head-to-head record, a tiebreaker match is played for second place. * Top ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of League Of Legends Leagues And Tournaments
''League of Legends'' is an esports game widely played at both amateur and professional levels. This is a list of ''League of Legends'' competitions organized or sponsored by the game's publisher, Riot Games. International tournaments Tier 1 leagues As of 2021, there are 12 professional leagues for ''League of Legends'' around the world. For the World Championship, the LEC, LPL, LCS and LCK are allocated three spots each, the PCS and VCS is allocated two spots, and the six emerging regions are allocated one spot each. One spot is awarded at the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) to the region of the MSI champion, and one last spot is awarded to the highest ranked region that did not win that year's MSI. League cups Tier 2 and lower leagues Former tier 1 and 2 leagues Other tournaments "Established" and "ended" refers to the years the tournament hosted a ''League of Legends'' tournament, not necessarily the years the competition itself was held. Collegiate le ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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League Of Legends All-Star
The ''League of Legends'' All-Star event (ASE) is an international off-season ''League of Legends'' tournament featuring fan-voted players from each of the twelve professional regions' top level leagues. The tournament is typically held in December, after the World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ..., and features professional ''League of Legends'' players competing in various unconventional game modes. Overview References All-star games All-Star Riot Games competitions {{Videogame-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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League Of Legends Rift Rivals
Rift Rivals (RR) was a series of cross-regional ''League of Legends'' tournaments organized by Riot Games from 2017–2019. Rift Rivals was five concurrent tournaments where related regions would be pitted against each other. Teams who placed the best in the Spring Split (or other opening season) of the year were invited to a tournament against another region's top teams. In 2019 Rift Rivals, the event was narrowed to only the two largest tournaments: the LCS (NALCS) vs. the LEC (EULCS) for North America vs. Europe, and the LPL vs. LCK vs. LMS-VCS for South Korea / China / Taiwan / Vietnam. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 Rift Rivals was canceled by Riot, as the originally scheduled timeslot in July 2020 was replaced by a delayed Mid-Season Invitational (MSI). Riot additionally announced it would "sunset" the tournaments. Blue Rift * Europe - EU LCS (2017–2018) / LEC (2019) * North America - NA LCS (2017–2018) / LCS (2019) Red Rift *China ( LPL) * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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League Of Legends Champions Korea
''League of Legends'' Champions Korea (LCK) is the primary competition for ''League of Legends'' esports in South Korea. Contested by ten teams, the league runs two seasons per year and serves as a direct route to qualification for the annual ''League of Legends'' World Championship. The LCK is administered in cooperation between Riot Games and KeSPA. The league was formerly named ''League of Legends'' Champions before undergoing a major restructuring in late 2014, which saw a change in the competition's format and a rebranding to its current name. OGN reserved exclusive broadcasting rights of the league until 2016 when rights were split with SPOTV Games. In 2019, Riot Games took over the broadcasting of LCK. In 2021 the LCK franchised, and Challengers Korea (CK) and the LCK promotion tournament were discontinued. The LCK is considered one of the strongest ''League of Legends'' competitions in the world, with teams from the league winning the World Championship a record sev ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Season 3 World Championship
The Season 3 World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game '' League of Legends''. It was the third iteration of the ''League of Legends'' World Championship held by Riot Games, and the last iteration not to be formally titled after the year it took place. SK Telecom T1 defeated Royal Club 3–0 in the finals and took their first championship. Teams * 14 teams participate * Four teams receive direct entry into Quarter-finals through top 4 of All-Star Shanghai 2013. ** Seed #1 from China, South Korea, North America, and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau Group stage * Ten teams are drawn into two groups with five teams in each group based on their seeding. Teams of the same region cannot be placed in the same group (excepted seed #3 of Europe is Gambit Gaming). * Double round robin, all matches are best-of-one. * If teams have the same win–loss record and head-to-head record, a tiebreaker match is played for second place. * Top ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |