Faker appeared in the center in the cover photo of The Times magazine along with the football player Sam Kerr, boxer – KSI and baseball star Shohei Ohtani.
The Times explained that they often did not report on eSports in the sports category. However, The Times acknowledged that Faker became a prominent star of the Olympics, like Usain Bolt, not far away. In addition, The Times also introduced Faker with the nickname “Immortal Demon King”.
In 2023, Faker and T1 had 2 seconds in LCK in the summer of 2023, LCK Spring 2023 before the throne of the 2023 World Championship.
In 2023 also witnessed Faker dominate personal awards. First, Faker was honored as “Best Esports PC player in 2023” and won the “Esports content of the year” with the story “Faker: A Decade of Greatness” at the Esports Awards 2023.
After the Esports Awards 2023, Faker continued to be honored at the awards The Game Awards 2023 with the award “Best Esports player” when passing a series of candidates including Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk (League of Legends), Max “Demon1” Mazanov (Valorant), Mathieu “Zywoo” Herbaut (CS: Go), Paco “Hydra”, Paco Rusiewiez (Call of Duty) or Phillip “Imperialhal” Dosen (Apex Legends).
Finally, at LCK Awards 2023, Faker continued to win two more awards “mid lane of the year” and “Best Player of the year”.
