Say what you will about lol or esports but this guy is the goat for a reason. His achievements are insane. He has a 60% win rate at the world Championship, spanning over a 13-year career.
He started as a genius kid with insane outplays and as he got older and his mechanics fell from number one to top 10 his leadership skills and strategic mind has allowed him to enable his teammates and continue to dominate the world stage.
While his team t1 rarely wins Korea these days they still crush their peers internationally thanks to the insane pressure he creates and the experience he brings to the table.
It’s not unfair to compare him to Messi (sorry baus) for being so dominant over so long time, but at least faker isn’t a sellout. Maybe Gretzky or Serena Williams makes more sense.
Haha, yeah the title originally made me think that he was known for cheating, and then was being celebrated on a postage stamp anyway for some reason. But I’m guessing most people who follow the game competitively would know the name Faker.
I would put him in the same category as a chess grand master. It’s obviously a mental skill.
Not to mention, this is hardly out of the ordinary for South Korea. Esports are a major thing there and have been since the 1990s, filling arenas and attracting many millions of regular viewers.
from the greek “athlon” - prize -> athlein - wanting a prize -> athlētēs- one who competes for a prize -> athleta - Latin version -> modern English (note similarity between athlētēs and athletes)
Although the physical side is culturally connotated, there’s nothing in the strict definition that requires “someone who competes for a prize” to be a physical, e.g. chess, math, science, economics…competitor
Just saying “esports competitor” (and then “competitor” thereafter) always sounded like a completely reasonable description to me. Not calling them an athlete, while also not belittling their skill or accomplishments.
Just saying “esports competitor” (and then “competitor” thereafter) always sounded like a completely reasonable description to me. Not calling them an athlete,
If it’s a sport, he’s an athlete. If it’s competitive video gaming, he’s a video game competitor.
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Say what you will about lol or esports but this guy is the goat for a reason. His achievements are insane. He has a 60% win rate at the world Championship, spanning over a 13-year career.
He started as a genius kid with insane outplays and as he got older and his mechanics fell from number one to top 10 his leadership skills and strategic mind has allowed him to enable his teammates and continue to dominate the world stage.
While his team t1 rarely wins Korea these days they still crush their peers internationally thanks to the insane pressure he creates and the experience he brings to the table.
It’s not unfair to compare him to Messi (sorry baus) for being so dominant over so long time, but at least faker isn’t a sellout. Maybe Gretzky or Serena Williams makes more sense.
Anyhow, complete legend
Is “Faker” their handle or do they not actually play LoL? 🤔
Haha, yeah the title originally made me think that he was known for cheating, and then was being celebrated on a postage stamp anyway for some reason. But I’m guessing most people who follow the game competitively would know the name Faker.
Don’t follow the game competitively really, but I still know that name, so yeah.
They should honor PoE 2 Faker, Elon Musk, as well.
deeply unserious world
I would put him in the same category as a chess grand master. It’s obviously a mental skill.
Not to mention, this is hardly out of the ordinary for South Korea. Esports are a major thing there and have been since the 1990s, filling arenas and attracting many millions of regular viewers.
maybe if we were talking about starcraft, but this is league of legends. deeply unserious
“Athlete.”
Edit: It’s insane how butt-hurt so many of you are about not being athletes because you slap keys.
from the greek “athlon” - prize -> athlein - wanting a prize -> athlētēs- one who competes for a prize -> athleta - Latin version -> modern English (note similarity between athlētēs and athletes)
Although the physical side is culturally connotated, there’s nothing in the strict definition that requires “someone who competes for a prize” to be a physical, e.g. chess, math, science, economics…competitor
I’m a high performance athlete.
eAthlete would probably fit better.
Since Athlete means
Just saying “esports competitor” (and then “competitor” thereafter) always sounded like a completely reasonable description to me. Not calling them an athlete, while also not belittling their skill or accomplishments.
If it’s a sport, he’s an athlete. If it’s competitive video gaming, he’s a video game competitor.
It ain’t a sport though. Competitor is more accurate. They don’t call chess players athletes.
Video game, grow up, that’s not an accomplishment.
Agreed.
Professional Chess players are athletes.
No they bloody aren’t though
They absolutely are not.
Physical exercises, physical sports, or physical games.
I physically have to move the pieces, or press buttons on my PC/game console to play. I cannot use telekinesis.
If you could you could be a Psythlete
“Opinion.”
Literal definition.
I was unaware there was apparently no physical reaction time, endurance, or skill to being one of the greatest LoL players of all time.
Its a sport
They are games at a gaming event.
Its sport there are two teams competing.
Not every competition is a sport. That’s why there are two distinct terms – competition and sport.