导出博客文章League of Legends Lee Sang-hyeok, known as Faker, is one of the greatest
athletes in sports today.If you want to be a stickler over competitive video
games versus traditional sports and debate over the word athlete, fine. Faker,
20, from South Korea, is one of the best competitors in the world today. Really,
if we want to make it even more simple: Lee Faker Sang-hyeok is one of the best
people at his job in the world today.However you want to categorize Faker in the
world of sports, hes special. Generational talents, regardless of what
competition you talk about, dont come by very often. In the world of video
games, the South Korean phenom with such nicknames as God and The Unkillable
Demon King might be the greatest of all time.Last Friday night, inside Madison
Square Garden in New York City, Faker delivered another of his iconic
performances in front of a sold-out crowd of thousands. It was the semifinal of
the 2016 League of Legends World Championship, and Faker, the defending champion
with his team SK Telecom T1, faced off with their greatest rival for the past
two years, fellow South Korean club ROX Tigers, who came in second place last
year behind SKT.The series was ripped out of every Hollywood sports movie youve
ever watched. Stoic, bulletproof Faker was the villain. The ROX Tigers were the
lovable group of misfits who had overcome adversity the past two years to reach
the top. The teams star player, Song Smeb Kyung-ho, came into the World
Championship as the competitor chosen to usurp Faker as the best in the world.
In the domestic league of South Korea, SKT had failed to pull off an
unprecedented four-peat due to a loss in a semifinals; instead, the Tigers won
their first major championship by beating SKTs semifinals opponent.Fridays World
Championship semifinal had higher stakes for the Tigers. They had failed time
and time again for two straight years to defeat SKT T1 in a major playoff match,
and this could have been their final chance to take them out with this
particular roster. ROX threw everything and the kitchen sink at the defending
world champion, even deploying trick strategies that could be equated to a
Statue of Liberty play in American football or the Flying V formation in The
Mighty Ducks. Although the Tigers pushed Faker to the brink using these
crowd-pleasing strategies, even up 2-1 in a best-of-five series, they werent
capable of putting him away.SKT T1 rebounded, inserting veteran member, two-time
world champion and Fakers right-hand man, Bae Bengi Seong-woong, into the lineup
for the final two games. Although the crowd backed the Tigers, urging on the
underdog to dethrone its personal white whale -- chants of LETS GO TI-GERS! with
rhythmic thunderous clapping raining down from the rafters to the ground floor
-- it wasnt enough. Faker and SK Telecom T1 won, and the Tigers sat at their
desks, hands in faces, wondering how, after all the planning, after all the
tireless work and after throwing everything they had at their enemy, how they
didnt couldnt defeat him. The core of the Tigers stayed intact during last years
offseason while receiving bigger offers from foreign clubs. Why did they stay
together? They were best friends, more family than teammates, and they wanted to
overcome SKT T1 once and for all.In his signature red jacket, Faker faced the
press after the matchup, calling it one of the most difficult series he had ever
played in. Im not really affected by long series, but I did get a little hungry
after Game 4, so I had a chocolate bar and was all good, he admitted with a
grin, his every word being scribbled down by the worldwide media covering the
event. Every simple quote or throwaway line is magnified when coming from God
himself.The difference between the Tigers and Faker is that while the Tigers,
one of the best teams to ever play professionally in League of Legends, dreamed
of victory, living for the moment they could win it all, Faker doesnt dream.He
either believes he is not good enough to win, or he will win. And more often
than not, including this years World Championships, he not only believes he can
win it all -- he knows, without an inkling of doubt, hell win.To understand the
legend behind the name, you have to look to the past.The first spark of
greatnessIts the spring of 2013. Fakers stardom is more of a hope than a
reality. Faker is a highly touted prospect signed by SK Telecom T1, Koreas most
respected esports organization, and makes his debut in the countrys premier
tournament League Champions Korea.In his first professional game, Faker plays
against South Koreas best mid laner in Kang Ambition Chan-yong of CJ Entus
Blaze, one of the tournaments favorites. In the 7th minute, Faker secured his
first kill as a pro, pouncing on Ambition with the champion Nidalee to solo-kill
the South Korean All-Star. SKT T1 would go on to win the game thanks to Fakers
immaculate 6/0/7 kills/deaths/assists debut.I had a lot of preparation with
Nidalee before the game, so I chose her, Faker said afterward. At the moment of
the solo kill, I felt like Ambition had made a mistake, and thats when I went in
and got the kill. After that, I just kept on throwing spears and the game was
over.Ambition and Faker will once again meet more than three years after that
fateful solo kill in the middle in the 2016 Summoners Cup Finals. Since the
mistake that was seen as a passing-of-the-torch moment between the worlds best
mid laner at the time and Faker, the one to take the crown, Ambition has changed
everything but his ID. Hes a grizzled veteran now on the youthful Samsung Galaxy
roster that has a 17-year-old rookie starter in the form of Park Ruler Jae-hyuk.
Hes also changed positions from mid lane to the jungle, meaning that in the
final it will be Ambitions job to protect his mid laner, Lee Crown Min-ho, from
meeting the same fate he did in 2013 against Faker.Like the Tigers, this could
be Ambitions best (and last) chance of getting revenge on Faker and winning a
world championship.For Faker, also like with the Tigers, he doesnt mind being
the bad guy. Hes going for the jugular, and a third world title.Faker turns
international superstarBack to 2013. A few months after his debut as a
professional, Faker is in his first major finals. Hes made the final of the
summer season of Champions against the feared KT Bullets roster that played the
perfect all-for-one team style. Its a clash between Faker and SKTs individual
raw brilliance versus the Bullets and their tenacious objective-focused play
that ground teams to the bone.After falling down 0-2 in the series, SKT T1 made
a spirited comeback and tied up the series with one game remaining. In the last
game, per South Koreas rules at the time, both teams were able to blind-draft
whichever five champions they wanted in their composition with no pick or ban
phase. Faker and KTBs mid laner Yoo Ryu Sang-ook both pick the assassin Zed in
the middle lane.At the end of the match, Fakers Zed pulls off the greatest
individual outplay in League of Legends history against Ryu, capping off his
first championship victory and launching him into superstardom across the globe
following the clip going viral online.When asked about that key play, Faker
said, [That] moment itself wasnt actually significant to the outcome of the
game, so all I was thinking about was [beating KT] and winning the final. After
the final, I found out the clip went viral and I got really famous from it, so I
was really happy. But I thought it was a bit of luck, as well.Faker becomes
two-time world championIn the fall of 2013, Faker wins his first World
Championship Summoners Cup on SKT T1 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. A
month after the clip that went viral to make him a superstar, Faker journeyed
abroad for the first time to make himself known in the Western market. SKT T1
went 15-3 throughout the competition en route to the title, and it swept the
final against Chinas Royal Club in one of the most lopsided major finals in
League history.What was that first World Championship final like for him?
Honestly I cant really remember because we had a pretty easy win. The only thing
I remember is the stage [at Staples Center]. The crowd was cheering really loud,
thats it. [To compare] I still remember how I felt when I won the summer split
[against KTB], though.Two years later in Germany, Faker wins his second world
title with SKT T1. This time, SKT defeats fellow South Koreans the ROX Tigers in
the final. SKT T1 ends up with a record of 15-1 for the entire campaign, and its
only loss is the third set of the series against the Tigers.I dont particularly
remember the champions I picked, he said. The only memory I have about that
moment was that me and my teammates did great.The man with no rivalCurrently,
there is no rival for Faker. Smeb, who doesnt even play the mid lane position,
was positioned to overcome Faker as the worlds best player, having won two
straight domestic MVP awards, but he couldnt come up big when it mattered the
most. In last weekends semifinal against SKT, Smeb wasnt the same dominant
figure he was when facing other teams in the competition.When Fakers back is
pushed against the wall, he shows why he is the greatest. Theres almost no
suspense. No matter how far someone bends his arm, he finds a way out,
repositioning himself and making sure it never breaks. The only team to ever
truly beat Faker is the Samsung White club of 2014. The team repeatedly bested
SKT T1 and Faker in the middle and late months of 2014, and its victories over
Faker in quarterfinals of the spring and summer domestic leagues forced SKT into
a last-chance gauntlet to qualify for the 2014 Worlds. Faker failed in the
qualifier, and White eventually went on to win the world championship. The one
World Championship that was held in his home country of South Korea where he is
so revered, Faker didnt make it. Instead, he stewed over his loss, promising he
would practice enough to make sure this feeling of defeat would never overcome
him again.In the offseason before the 2015 campaign, Samsung White disbanded,
the teams players all taking large contracts in China to play in its domestic
league. Faker was allegedly offered over $2 million per year to leave SKT T1 and
join the Chinese circuit, but he declined, staying with SKT T1. The decision
would work out in the end results-wise, at least, with Faker winning his second
world title in 2015 while none of the Samsung White players in China made it
past the quarterfinal stage.With or without a rival, Faker keeps pushing
himself. For many, having someone greater than yourself is what pushes you to be
the best. For Faker, mastery of the game, and seeing how far he can go as an
individual, with no other human as a measure, is his mindset.In the world of
sports, there are stories that transcend the playing field. The Chicago Cubs
versus the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, a matchup between two clubs
with a combined drought of 176 years since winning a title; the No. 1 pick in
this years NHL draft, American Auston Matthews, who scored four goals in his
first game as a professional on the Toronto Maple Leafs; Norwegian chess world
champion, Magnus Carlsen, who at 25 years old will look for his third
championship this November against Sergey Karjakin of Russia; 22-year-old
baseball wunderkind Shohei Otani, who is currently playing for Japans
championship as not only one of the best pitchers in the league but also as one
of its best hitters.Basketball, football, curling, everywhere you look, at one
point or another in time, there are stories that transcend sports interest and
break through to the mainstream. The 20-year-old video gaming prodigy is on the
verge of breaking through that barrier.So come Saturday, regardless if youre a
diehard League of Legends fan, a casual watcher, or never heard of esports in
your life, do yourself a favor: find a way to watch Faker go for his third world
championship. You might not understand the game in full or the nuances that make
him great, but from the reaction of the crowd, to how he moves his character, to
how his eyes and fingers dart around endlessly like he is performing a
life-or-death surgery, you might start to understand his determination.His
brilliance.His all-time greatness.
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