Very interesting article. I must admit, that I never played League of Legends. So could please someone explain, how is it possible to reach top position simply by using this strategy in this game:<p><pre><code> "My strength is in understanding the flow
of the game, when to fight and when not to
fight," he explains.
"Regardless of which champion I play, that
strength is there."
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Either he's very humble or does not tell the whole story.<p>Additionally, I only get news from League of Legends by stuff posted on reddit. Which happens very often. Obviously there's a large fanbase. But the stuff posted there looks very alien to me. Moreover it often looks more like a spamfest than anything else. I'm used to First-Person-Shooters and there's a clear line from Starter to Pro. But how do you define skill in this game?<p>Example: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/37d6kw/fizz_ladies_and_gentlemen/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/37d6kw/fiz...</a><p>For me this looks more like someone running around aimlessly, bashing some spells and getting lucky. Please explain.
I play Dota 2 every once in a while. Fun game. I never played League of Legends (LoL), which seems to be more popular, just because I've read that they look very much alike, and I can't really afford, time-wise, to learn another game at all.<p>Interesting to see if someone plays both and has any comment on how they differ.
Am I the only one who can not understand the hype about esports? I like playing myself and find watching others boring. It's cool if you like it, but I don't watch soccer either.
It's tough to overemphasize just how <i>good</i> Faker is/was. When he first appeared on the scene there had been other players before that had been considered to revolutionize their role. People like Diamondprox (for jungle) and Reapered (for top). But Faker was just something else completely.
For anyone interested in seeing Faker's first game, and the series of events that they describe where he kills his lane opponent: <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/ongamenet/b/387298731?t=24m28s" rel="nofollow">http://www.twitch.tv/ongamenet/b/387298731?t=24m28s</a><p>Was a pretty one-sided game, but it was as much due to SKT as a team as it was to Faker. I'm not sure where they got that MonteCristo quote from, I don't recall him saying it.
Worked in game industry for more than 15 years, but never played any multiplayer games (except at work locally), and hot-seat (Heroes of Might and Magic). I always felt strange about such tournaments, but now I'm reading Ender's game and that feeling is even more stranger :)<p>Oh, I forgot... I've played for 30 minutes minecraft with my son last week first time for me and him on a server. It was fun!
Not sure if they provided a link anywhere but anyone who's curious about the game or wants to see him play, this is a recent VOD of him playing casually. (gameplay starts around 14 minutes in).<p><a href="http://www.azubu.tv/faker#!/play/35259/skt-faker-june-01st--2015" rel="nofollow">http://www.azubu.tv/faker#!/play/35259/skt-faker-june-01st--...</a>
What does faker play? Jungle, top, etc.? Or was the article saying he plays everything?<p>I've been out of league for a few years now and never got into e sports besides solomid for context.