2023 LCK Season
The 2023 LCK season was the twelfth season of South Korea's LCK, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game ''League of Legends''. The season was divided into two splits: Spring and Summer. The Spring Split began on 18 January and culminated with the playoff finals on 9 April 2023. The Summer Split began on 7 June and culminated with the Summer Split finals on 20 August 2023. The Spring Split winners, Gen.G, and runners-up, T1, qualified for the 2023 Mid-Season Invitational. Gen.G also won the Summer Split, directly qualifying them for the 2023 World Championship. T1 qualified for the 2023 World Championship via Championship Points, while both KT Rolster and Dplus Kia also qualified for the 2023 World Championship through the regional qualifier. Format The regular season format was double round-robin. The games were played five days per week for both round robins. Starting from the 2023 season, LCK introduced new format for the playoffs, where double elimination ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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League Of Legends Champions Korea
''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. The LCK is administered in cooperation between Riot Games and KeSPA. The league was formerly named ''League of Legends'' Champions before undergoing a major restructuring in late 2014, which saw a change in the competition's format and a rebranding to its current name. OGN reserved exclusive broadcasting rights of the league until 2016 when rights were split with SPOTV Games. In 2019, Riot Games took over the broadcasting of LCK. In 2021 the LCK franchised, and Challengers Korea (CK) and the LCK promotion tournament were discontinued. The LCK is considered one of the strongest ''League of Legends'' competitions in the world, with teams from the league winning the World Championship a record seve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hanwha Life Esports
Hanwha Life Esports (HLE) is a South Korean esports organization based in Seoul, owned by Hanwha Life Insurance. It has teams competing in ''League of Legends'' and ''Kart Rider'', with the former competing in the LCK, South Korea's top level professional league for the game. In middle 2018, HLE acquired the League of Legends team and LCK spot of Tigers. At the 2015 ''League of Legends'' World Championship, the team (as KOO Tigers) placed second in their preliminary group before beating KT Rolster and Fnatic in the bracket stage. The team finished as runner-ups after facing SK Telecom T1 in the finals in Berlin, Germany. The team (as ROX Tigers) won their first LCK title after winning the 2016 Summer League of Legends Champions Korea playoffs. At the 2016 ''League of Legends'' World Championship, team finished as third place after lost again to SK Telecom T1 2–3, although leaded the series 2–1. History Tigers era 2014 Tigers was founded in November 2014 by Chines ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chovy (gamer)
Jung Ji-hoon (; born March 3, 2001), better known as Chovy, is a South Korean professional ''League of Legends'' player for Gen.G. Throughout his career, he has won four League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) titles and one KeSPA Cup title. His career began in 2017 when he played for KeG Gwangju in the 2017 KeSPA Cup. The next year, he joined Griffin. He reached the 2017 LCK Finals in his rookie season, and at the end of the year, he won the 2018 KeSPA Cup. From 2019 to 2021, Chovy played on a different team each year: Griffin in 2019, DRX in 2020, and Hanwha Life Esports in 2021. In that time, he made three LCK finals appearances and three World Championship appearances. In 2022, Chovy signed with Gen.G. In his first year with the team, he reached the finals in both of the LCK splits, winning the 2022 Summer Split, and reached the semifinals of the 2022 World Championship. He picked up two more LCK titles with Gen.G in 2023, played in his first Mid-Season Invitational (MS ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peanut (gamer)
Han Wang-ho (; born Yoon Wang-ho, February 3, 1998), better known as Peanut, is a South Korean professional ''League of Legends'' player for Hanwha Life Esports. Throughout his career, he has one Mid-Season Invitational title, one First Stand title, seven League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) titles and one KeSPA Cup title. He also represented the South Korean national team at the 2018 Asian Games, earning a silver medal. Peanut's career began in 2015, at age 16, when he signed with League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) team Najin e-mFire for the 2015 LCK season. From 2015 to 2021, Peanut played for a different team every year. In 2016, he signed with ROX Tigers, won the 2016 LCK Summer Split, and reached the 2016 World Championship Semi-Finals. He then signed with SK Telecom T1 in 2017, winning the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational and another LCK title. The following year, in his fifth consecutive LCK finals appearance, he won his third LCK title with Kingzone DragonX. After a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gumayusi
Lee Min-hyeong (; born February 6, 2002), better known as Gumayusi () or simply Guma, is a South Korean professional ''League of Legends'' player for T1. As a member of T1, he won the 2023 and 2024 ''League of Legends'' World Championships. He was a trainee of T1 before being promoted to the team. Early life He was born in South Korea on February 6, 2002. He is the younger brother of , a South Korean former professional ''StarCraft II'' player. Lee is also the distant nephew of Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, his fellow T1 teammate and part-owner. Lee is a Christian. His role model is Uzi. Career 2018 On December 18, 2018, Lee played in KeSPA Cup 2018 under the amateur team, KeG Seoul. His team defeated pro LCK team, Hanwha Life Esports with a match score of 2–1. In December, it was announced that Lee joined SK Telecom T1 under the name "Catan". 2019 During his time as trainee, he and four other trainees from T1, Canna, Ellim, Mask, and Kuri, competed in the 2019 LoL ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Faker (gamer)
Lee Sang-hyeok ( ko, 이상혁; born May 7, 1996), better known as Faker ( ko, 페이커, rr=Peikeo, links=no), is a South Korean professional ''League of Legends'' player for T1. Formerly known as GoJeonPa ( ko, 고전파, links=no) on the Korean server, he was picked up by T1, then called SK Telecom T1, in 2013 and has played as the team's mid laner since. He is widely considered to be the best ''League of Legends'' player of all time. Lee is renowned for his high mechanical skill and extremely versatile champion pool. He is best known for playing LeBlanc, Zed, Syndra, Azir, Ahri, and Ryze. He is the first player to have reached both 1,000 and 2,000 kills in the LCK, as well as first to have played 600 and 700 games and to have won 500 games. Lee is one of the only two players to have won the ''League of Legends'' World Championship three times, having done so in 2013, 2015 and 2016. He has also won the All-Star Paris 2014, the Mid-Season Invitational tournament in 201 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oner (gamer)
Moon Hyeon-jun ( ko, 문현준), better known as Oner, is a South Korean professional ''League of Legends'' player for T1 (esports), T1. Throughout his career, he has won one League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) titles and one League of Legends World Championship title. Oner began his career in 2020 as a member of T1 Academy, the developmental team of T1. He was promoted to the main roster for the 2021 LCK season. While he only received some playing time in the 2021 Spring Split, since then, Oner has reached four LCK Finals, including a win in the 2022 Spring Split. He reached the semifinals of the World Championship in his first year as a starter, and the following year, he won the 2023 League of Legends World Championship, 2023 World Championship. Oner's individual accomplishments include accolades such as an LCK Finals MVP award, two LCK Jungle Laner of the Year awards, and a first LCK First All-Pro Team designations. Professional career In 2020, Oner was signed to T1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zeus (gamer)
Choi Woo-je ( ko, 최우제; born January 31, 2004), better known as Zeus, pronounced "Je-woo-s", is a South Korean professional ''League of Legends'' player for T1. Throughout his career, he has won one League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) title and two League of Legends World Championship titles. He also represented the South Korean national team at the 2022 Asian Games, earning a gold medal. Zeus began his career in 2019 as a member of T1 Academy, the developmental team of T1. He was promoted to the main roster for the 2021 LCK season. While he received some playing time in the 2021 Spring Split, Zeus did not become the main starter for the team until 2022. Since then, Zeus reached LCK Finals four times, winning it in the 2022 Spring Split. He reached the finals of the World Championship in his first year as a starter, and the following year, he won the 2023 World Championship. Zeus's individual accomplishments include accolades such as a World Championship Finals MVP a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Korea JoongAng Daily
''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is the English edition of the South Korean national daily newspaper '' JoongAng Ilbo''. The newspaper was first published on October 17, 2000, originally named as ''JoongAng Ilbo English Edition''. It mainly carries news and feature stories by staff reporters, and some stories translated from the Korean language newspaper. ''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is one of the three main English newspapers in South Korea along with ''The Korea Times'' and ''The Korea Herald''. The newspaper is published with a daily edition of ''The New York Times'' and it is located within the main offices of the ''JoongAng Ilbo'' in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea .... See also * List of newspapers in South Korea References External li ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Regional Qualifier
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and the environment (environmental geography). Geographic regions and sub-regions are mostly described by their imprecisely defined, and sometimes transitory boundaries, except in human geography, where jurisdiction areas such as national borders are defined in law. Apart from the global continental regions, there are also hydrospheric and atmospheric regions that cover the oceans, and discrete climates above the land and water masses of the planet. The land and water global regions are divided into subregions geographically bounded by large geological features that influence large-scale ecologies, such as plains and features. As a way of describing spatial areas, the concept of regions is important and widely used among the many branches of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yuseong-gu
Yuseong District (Yuseong-gu) is a gu ("district") of Daejeon, South Korea, known for high tech industries, Daejeon Expo '93, Daedeok Science Town and the Yuseong Special Tourism District. Daejeon Islamic Center is also located in Kung-dong, Yuseong-gu. The Science Town is the core of the International Science and Business Belt. History Yuseong first started its spa business in 1913, and by the 1970s, major developments were made, adding 12 more hotels to the area, leading this area to be designated first as the Special Spa District in 1981 and finally as the Yuseong Special Tourism District by August 31, 1994. To prevent centralization in Seoul, then-President Park Chung Hee concentrated the country's high tech industries in the Daedeok Science Town in the 1970s and the Expo '93 was held here. The area is in process of expanding into the International Science and Business Belt. Tourism and technology Since the time of the Baekje Kingdom, travellers have visited Yuseong's nat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daejeon Convention Center
Daejeon Convention Center, also known as simply DCC is the convention center run by the Daejeon Tourism Organization and the sole convention center for the city. Facilities The first building, known as DCC1, was opened in 2008 with four exhibition halls and three medium-sized meeting rooms on the first floor and two grand ballrooms on the second floor. DCC2 opened in 2022 with a usable space of 49,754 square meters, which is roughly four times as much space as DCC1. The new building can accommodate 8,000 people. It is a three story structure with four exhibition halls on the first floor and three meeting rooms on the third floor. DCC2 was built on the site of the Daejeon Trade Exhibition Hall. See also * Expo Science Park * Institute for Basic Science The Institute for Basic Science (IBS; ) is a Korean government-funded research institute that conducts basic science research and relevant pure basic research. IBS was established in November 2011 by the Lee Myung-bak adm ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |