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League of Legends Faker [Lee 'Faker' Sang-hyeok: won more LoL World Championships] becomes first esports athlete to appear on Korean postage stamps (www.pcgamesn.com)

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[-] MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social 46 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"Athlete."

Edit: It's insane how butt-hurt so many of you are about not being athletes because you slap keys.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I'm a high performance athlete.

[-] RedSeries 6 points 3 days ago

"Opinion."

[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

Literal definition.

[-] RedSeries 2 points 3 days ago

I was unaware there was apparently no physical reaction time, endurance, or skill to being one of the greatest LoL players of all time.

[-] GuyIncognito@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

deeply unserious world

[-] DdCno1@beehaw.org 6 points 3 days ago

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.

[-] GuyIncognito@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

maybe if we were talking about starcraft, but this is league of legends. deeply unserious

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

They should honor PoE 2 Faker, Elon Musk, as well.

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