Saturday, December 5, 2015

Faker - Lee Sang-hyeok - 페이 커

Lee Sang-hyeok (Hangul: 이상혁), 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" 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]


Early life[edit]

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[edit]

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. 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). He is best known for his LeBlanc, Zed, Ahri 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.[citation needed] If this remains true, then it is speculated that Faker might be making notably more than any of the offers Chinese teams have thrown at him. 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.[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.

Streaming contract[edit]

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.[8]

Team results[edit]


A group picture of SK Telecom T1 at the 2013 World Championship.
  • 3rd OnGameNet Champions Spring 2013 (SK Telecom T1)
  • 1st HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 (SK Telecom T1)
  • 1st Season 3 World Championship (SK Telecom T1)
  • 1st PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014 (SK Telecom T1 K)
  • 1st All-Star 2014 (SK Telecom T1 K)
  • 1st ITENJOY NLB Summer 2014 (SK Telecom T1 K)
  • 1st 2015 SBENU Champions Korea Spring Playoffs (SK Telecom T1)
  • 2nd LOL Mid-Season Invitational 2015 (SK Telecom T1)
  • 1st 2015 SBENU Champions Korea Summer Playoffs (SK Telecom T1)
  • 1st Season 5 World Championship (SK Telecom T1)
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