On the 25th, after completing the first schedule in the extra competition area of Hangzhou Sports Center, the Ryu “Keria” Min-seok player shared: “Whenever Sang-Hyeok passed by the cafeteria in the athletes, there were dozens of people waiting to take pictures with him. I think I have to work harder.”
“Sang-hyeok agreed to take pictures with everyone. It was really happy to witness that image.”
Reuters chose Faker as the most worthy Esports player in ASIAD 19. Even Reuters even said: “Lee Sang-hyeok is more known as a professional player. In other words, Faker is Michael Jordan of electronic sports”.
“With the first sports sport to become the official sport at the 19th Games, Faker will become the most attractive player of the tournament.”
Sang-hyeok's popularity in the athletes is a hot topic on social networks. Many athletes did not hesitate to post photos they took with Sang-Hyeok. In addition, athletes from other countries such as China, Japan, Indonesia or the Philippines are trying to find opportunities to “take pictures with Faker”.
The same thing happened on September 25, when the Korean League of Legends team had a match. Many Chinese reporters have kept their place in the press area, and shared that “I came here to report on Faker”. Most of them opened their phones to show to Korean reporters, “I took pictures with Faker.” Even many reporters have collised, just because they want to “report on Faker”.
When asked about his popularity in the athletes, Lee Sang-hyeok said: “I greeted many Korean athletes. We were also close to each other when we were in the same gathering place of the sports delegation.
At this time, Faker and Korean League of Legends won tickets to the final after defeating the host of China with a score of 2-0. Accordingly, Faker and his teammates are facing great opportunities to win the gold medal of League of Legends – ASIAD 19.
