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2024 LCK Season
The 2024 LCK season is the 13th season of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), a professional South Korean esports league for the MOBA PC game ''League of Legends''. The season is divided into two splits: Spring and Summer. The Spring Split began on 17 January and culminated with the playoff finals on 14 April 2024. League changes Teams Liiv Sandbox rebranded its esports team FearX heading into the 2024 season, in which became BNK FearX on 23 May in time for the Summer Split Salary cap In response to financial challenges faced by LCK organizations, such as Gen.G's CEO Arnold Hur revealing that his team had "never turned a profit" despite leading in sponsorship revenue, the LCK implemented a hard salary cap for starting rosters and a luxury tax system for the 2024 season. The salary cap will be calculated based on the total salary paid to the starting roster, excluding substitutes or benched players. It consists of a minimum level, set at 70% of a team's revenue ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Nongshim RedForce
Nongshim RedForce ( ko, 농심 레드포스) is a South Korean professional ''League of Legends'' team owned by food and beverage company Nongshim. The team's name and logo are a reference to Nongshim's popular instant noodle brand Shin Ramyun. For most of its history the team competed in Challengers Korea (CK), the second division of professional ''League of Legends'' in South Korea. However, as Team Dynamics, the team qualified for South Korea's primary league, ''League of Legends'' Champions Korea (LCK), after winning the 2020 LCK Summer promotion tournament. In late 2020 Riot Games Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop ''League of Legends'' and went on ... Korea announced that Team Dynamics would be one of ten permanent franchise partners of the LCK. Nongshim became the main sponsor of Team Dynami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Leagues In South Korea
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 In Esports
This topic lists the esports events for the 2024 year. If tournaments are held entirely online, it is denoted in the list below. For those tournaments that are held either partially or entirely offline, the host city that hosts the Grand Final is indicated last, if there are multiple host cities. ''Apex Legends'' ''Counter-Strike 2'' 2024 ESL Pro Tour ''Dota 2'' ''EA Sports FC 24'' ''Fortnite'' ''League of Legends'' ''Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' ''Overwatch 2'' ''PUBG: Battlegrounds'' ''Rocket League'' ''Teamfight Tactics'' ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'' ''Tetris'' * June 7–9: 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship in Pasadena, California, Pasadena *: Alex Thach ("AlexT") *: Michael Artiaga ("DogPlayingTetris") *:Semifinalists: Tristan Kwai ("Tristop") & Noah Dengler ("TheDengler") ''Valorant'' References {{Esports 2024 in esports, Esports by year Current sports seasons, Esport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bdd (gamer)
Gwak Bo-seong (, born March 1, 1999), better known as Bdd, is a South Korean professional ''League of Legends'' player for KT Rolster. He is a two-time LCK regular season MVP, receiving the title in the 2017 summer and 2018 spring splits. Bdd's signature champions are considered to be Galio, Azir, Taliyah, Orianna although his favourite champion is Zed. Career Bdd stands for (), which means "rice thief". Bdd joined CJ Entus as a substitute mid laner in April 2015 but was unable to play for them due to being underage. Bdd was hyped as a "super-rookie" and the biggest Korean mid laner prospect after Faker before his debut. He finally turned 17 on March 1, 2016, and he made his competitive debut in the 2016 LCK Spring on March 2 in a series against Kongdoo Monster, which CJ won 2–1. He finished the first competitive season at 8th place. CJ Entus had a very poor showing in the 2016 LCK Summer season, going 3-15 total in set score and being relegated for the first time in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Keria (gamer)
Ryu Min-seok (; born October 14, 2002), better known as Keria, 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. Keria began his career as a trainee on DragonX in 2018. He competed as a starter for the team beginning in 2020 and reached the LCK Finals in the Summer Split. For the 2021 season, Keria signed with T1. He has reached the LCK Finals five more times, winning it in the 2022 Spring Split. Keria has reached the knockout stage in the World Championship in each of his first five years of play, making it to the quarterfinals in 2020, semifinals in 2021, finals in 2022, and winning the World Championship in 2023 and 2024. Keria's individual accomplishments include accolades such becoming the first support player to win the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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