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Faker is widely regarded as the greatest League of Legends player in history and has drawn comparison analogizing him to basketball player Michael Jordan for his esports success. Originally from Gangseo District, Seoul, Faker was signed by SKT in 2013, and quickly established himself as one of the league's top players. In his debut year, he ...
T1 (previously known as SK Telecom T1 or SKT T1) is a South Korean esports organization operated by T1 Entertainment & Sports, a joint venture between SK Telecom and Comcast Spectacor. The team that would become SKT T1 was originally founded in 2002 by StarCraft player Lim "BoxeR" Yo-hwan under the name Team Orion, which was later renamed to 4 ...
With their win, SKT became the first three-time League of Legends world champion. SKT's Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok was named MVP of the tournament. The final prize pool reached $6.7 million, the largest single prize pool in League of Legends history. The final was followed by 43 million unique viewers, with a peak concurrent viewership of 14.7 million.
In 2014, Azubu announced partnered with fourteen League of Legends streamers including Faker of SKT T1 K and MadLife of CJ Entus Frost. [1] Throughout much of 2016, several employees left the company, leaving Sapinda Group to fund Azubu less and less.
SKT won 3–2 versus Samsung Galaxy in the 2016 World Championship final, with Faker winning the MVP award. [38] The final was watched by 43 million people, with a peak concurrent viewership of 14.7 million viewers, breaking 2015's final's viewer records.
T1 then selected Akali for Faker, to which DRX responded by picking Aatrox for Kingen; and Maokai for Pyosik; meant to counter T1's picks in both middle and bottom lanes. Fiora was T1's final selection; for Zeus. Game 4 was the shortest game of the series, ending at only 28:44 minutes, with a tied final kill scoreline of 14–4, in favour of DRX.
Kkoma celebrating after winning the 2015 World Championship.. In 2012, SKT T1 named kkOma as a coach for their League of Legends team in preparation for the upcoming 2013 Season 3. kkOma recruited players Faker, Bengi, Piglet, Impact, and PoohManDu to form the original SKT T1 team. kkOma and his team had won the Champions Summer 2013 and the 2013 World Championship.
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.