On April 7, 2020, it was revealed that South Korean actor Su Ji-seop and LCK's former host Cho Eun-jing had completed marriage registration and become a husband and wife in the legal sense.
That night, Brother Li's live broadcast room exploded.
The 7-year-long fate between Faker and Eun Jing finally came to an end on this day.
During those seven years, Faker led SKT up and down, creating operations that almost pushed the limits with a keyboard and mouse.
In the minds of a generation of young people, Faker has long become the industry benchmark in the game League of Legends, and in the eyes of many players, he is the ultimate "big devil" that cannot be surpassed.
7 years later, Faker is still the teenager who does not like to talk, although he is wrapped in countless glory, but in the face of this euphemistic marriage news, perhaps no amount of glory can make up for the loss in his heart.
"I won the whole world, but I lost you."
For Faker, a generation of e-sports legends, perhaps not going to the end with Eun Jing is his biggest regret.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >, the birth of the "Great Demon King" Faker</h1>
Lee Sang-hyuk was born in South Korea on May 7, 1996.
When he was three years old, his parents divorced, and Lee Sang-hyuk grew up with his father and grandmother. His father, a carpenter, was forced to make a living, and his father would often work late, and Lee Grew up with an old-fashioned computer.
Just like the image of Brother Li in public, he was a taciturn child from an early age, spending all day with games. For this reason, Brother Li in his childhood was not less scolded by his grandmother.
But perhaps no one thought at the time that this taciturn teenager would one day go to the top of the king and become a world champion.
On December 4, 2011, a game called League of Legends was launched in Hanbok, causing a huge sensation in the game industry.
Lee Sang-hyuk, who was in middle school at the time, also heard about the game and joined it.
Since then, Lee Sang-hyuk has almost reached the level of obsession with this game, and in just a few months, he has risen to the second place in the Hanbok rank list, becoming the well-known "passerby king" in the circle.
In early 2013, SKT coach Kim Jong-hoon, known as "Esports Wang Lihong", was gathering a new team for the SKT team, and while wandering around the forum, the young "passerby king" attracted Kim Jong-hoon's attention.
In February of the same year, Lee Sang Hyuk was invited to sign for SKT Club and became a member of the 2 team, and it was at this time that Lee Sang Hyuk changed his game ID to Fake.
At that time, Faker was only 15 years old, and there was a fierce heat in this teenager's body.
Soon, Faker was given the opportunity to show off himself for the first time.
The first time he appeared on the field, he faced the "Ambition" known as the first single in Hanbok.
In the early stage of the middle road to the line, the two are in a stage of steady development, and at level six, Ambition's mantis is shrinking under the tower to upgrade their skills, just at this time:
A long marker passed through the body of the praying mantis, and the killing mark was immediately engraved, and the leopard woman operated by Faker pounced on it, bitten, jumped, and left the tower, successfully killing the "first single of Hanbok".
Since then, Faker has become famous in this battle.
His bite not only killed the praying mantis on the other side, but also tore a new era for him.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > 2, the first acquaintance with Enjing, the establishment of the SKT dynasty</h1>
In the spring of 2014, Li Enjing successfully applied for the league of legends tournament official and became a post-match interview host.
In a post-match interview, Faker became acquainted with Eun Jung.
At that time, Faker was still very young, and in the face of Eun Jing's interview, Faker seemed a little shy, just staring at Eun Jing's side face in a daze, and her cheeks were slightly red.
It was obvious that the big boy who was galloping on the field was impressed with Eun Seol at that moment.
In the series of competitions that followed, Faker passed the hurdles and was heroic on the field, leading the team Carry again and again to win the OGN Winter Championship with 18 consecutive wins.
And that's where the Faker saga began.
Since then, Faker has led the SKT team to three League of Legends World Championships, two mid-season titles, and eight domestic top league titles.
In SKT's tactics, Faker is always the most reliable support point, and his rhythm point and kill can often be the key to determining the team's victory.
Because of this, many players refer to Faker as the unstoppable "Great Demon King".
And the "five-five-open" that we are now familiar with is because in the interview with Faker in front of the line that year, he said: "Me and Faker can play five-five." Then in the next game, Lu Benwei's middle road almost let Faker kill.
It was also after this game that the title of "five-five-open" spread and became a generation of "good stories".
In Faker, we can feel his purest love of esports, despite his reticence in life.
But once he put on his headphones and entered the arena, Faker became the "Great Devil" who destroyed the decay, and once became the biggest nightmare of the Chinese team on the way to the peak.
In faker's own words:
'On the field, I've been outperforming myself and as long as this game is a little bit better than the last time, I'm successful.
Because of this, Faker is also the highest benchmark for the level of gaming in the minds of many players.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > won the championship three or thirteen times, just for Enjing to laugh</h1>
During this period, the story of Faker and Enjing has also become the focus of attention of many "otaku", and in the hearts of many players, they all hope that the "Great Demon King" and Enjing can have a happy ending.
After a game in the S5 "ONG Summer Playoffs", Faker successfully led SKT to the World Series, and was interviewed by Eun Jung.
In this interview, Faker confessed to Eun Jing for the first time:
"The last time I couldn't enter the S tournament because I lost the game, I couldn't accept the interview hosted by Eun Jing, which is very regrettable. I won the game today and am very happy. ”
Since then, the official also took this opportunity to hype the CP of the two, in the S6 competition schedule, the two once appeared in the variety show, and the unspeakable Fake even sang a song for Enjing in front of the camera, and the atmosphere of the scene was sweet.
However, perhaps it was the creation of people, after Faker once again led SKT to win the world championship of S6, Eun Jing announced that she would leave LCK, and the two have hardly seen each other since.
In a later interview, Faker admitted that without Eun Seol's LCK, there was a lot less enthusiasm.
For a long time after that, Faker was in a slump, and even the team members were exposed, and the sleeping Faker once called Enjing's name.
The final of the S7 was held at the Bird's Nest in Beijing, China, and following the defeat of the Chinese team in Shanghai, SKT's defeat undoubtedly poured another salt on the wounds of chinese audiences.
After the final, the big screen on the scene gave Faker lying on the table to cover his face and cry. With Faker's tears, some people can't help but sigh that the youth of a generation has also ended.
"When you lose, saying anything is like an excuse."
This time, Faker lost the game and also lost Eun Jing.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >4, "Legend never dies"</h1>
In May 2019, Eun Jing exposed the romance on her social networking site, and some netizens had rumors that there was a mysterious person who slaughtered in the Hanbok High Bureau that night, suspected to be Faker.
Although it was later clarified that this was just a rumor, Faker's mood was very heavy compared to that after learning the news.
With the successive victories of the Chinese team RNG, IG and FPX in the past two years, the dynasty belonging to SKT seems to be gone, but in the minds of Chinese players, Faker is still the "big devil", and in his body, it also carries the youth and dreams of a generation.
Like the S7 Global League's theme song Legends Never Die, Faker is an immortal myth for a generation of players.
While participating in competitions and live streams, Faker is also passionate about participating in philanthropy.
In 2018, there was news that Faker was successfully selected into the Hall of Charity of Honor in South Korea, and the amount of donations exceeded 50 million won, becoming a veritable "e-sports charity ambassador".
Faker is 24 years old this year, and the best years for a professional esports player have passed.
Now he has more time to run and manage his life, and has a wonderful life outside of the game.
Faker, who hopes to get out of the teenager, can keep the purity of his body as always, and in ten years, he will still be the teenager he was.
Author: River Wine