REACTING TO Hall of Legends: Faker - FIRST TIME REACTION

[@Karlken0209]

17:29 they didn't just lose 1 or 2 games, as that commentator said Faker and his team indeed went downhill in 2018-2021, lose a lot and was not even qualified to international tournaments in some years, after dominating the world for 4 years - and that's totally normal! The career of a professional esports player is pretty short, so I believe it's reasonable for people to think Faker's prime is over and start looking at the new rising stars (that Showmaker guy is considered the closest to Faker's level by many, sadly his prime is quite short), no disrespect intended here. What isn't normal here is Faker, at 28, somehow still came back and won Worlds... back to back. Again. Truly the GOAT.

[@VictorNightroad]

how long would be a pros carrer , aproximatly ?

[@Karlken0209]

@@VictorNightroad it's estimated that eSports players usually go professional between 16 and 18, and retire between 22 and 24. Faker is one of the oldest pro Leaguea players who's still active.

[@zebrion5793]

@@VictorNightroad The average professional League player plays between 2 and 4 years. Some of the better pros will go 5 or 6 years. Faker has been playing professionally at the top level for 12 years. He is literally just different. Sadly, he will likely be retiring within the next few years because of physical injury in his wrist, but he no longer has anything left to prove to us. He is and will always be the GOAT.

[@flygoon420]

​@@VictorNightroadadd about 4 years to a current esports player's age and you would get their age equivalent to a traditional sports athelete. Faker right now is 28, which is quite old, most esports players start to decline past their mid 20s

[@VictorNightroad]

​@flygoon420 got it 👍

[@x3r1x_18]

18:10 Korea's LCK has the most championships, which is 8. Chinese LPL has 3, Europe's LEC and Taiwan has 1. In fact, Faker won worlds 5 times(2013, 2015, 2016, 2023 and 2024), which is more than a half of LCK's wins and more than whole LPL Worlds trophies. Incredible! There is also a fact that out of 13 Worlds Faker has been in the Grand Finals in 7 out of them.

[@VictorNightroad]

🐐

[@zlp5287]

Korea has 9 now

[@GreatImperium]

2023 worlds Storyline was wild. It was mentioned briefly in the video. but worlds that year was in South Korea. By the time T1 (Faker's team) played in the quarterfinals, there were 4 LPL (Chinese) teams left along with T1, the last South Korean representative. The LPL and LCK are the biggest regional rivals in League of Legends, and it would have been a national humiliation to have 4 Chinese teams in the semifinals when worlds was in South Korea. But against all odds, T1 who has never lost to a Chinese team in a best of 5 at worlds, won the finals. I remember even the president of South Korea congratulating the team on their worlds win.

[@VictorNightroad]

EPIC

[@wolfroarxx6055]

Im sorry in advance but I'll try to explain: in the summoner's rift map, where league is played in pro play, theres 5 players in each team. The map has 3 lanes (literally 3 lines across it), top lane, mid lane and bot lane. Top lane is where you get mostly your tanks and bruisers and its usually a 1v1 lane, mid lane is literally in the middle of the map, you play mostly mages or assassins and its also 1v1 but theres a lot of pressure from both sides. Bot lane is 2v2, its where you have a ranged attack damage carry and the support of the team (engager, tank, healer,etc), the extra "lane" its not really a lane, its the jungle! The jungle is between the lanes and its where your 5th player goes, they farm neutral monsters, gank their lanes to help their team get ahead and have to secure objectives like drakes and stuff that give permanent or temporary buffs to your team. You win by killing enemy turrets, enemy inhibitors and finally the enemy nexus has to explode. They have a pick and ban phase before the game starts, theres 169 champions of right NOW. Depending on the meta some champions become stronger and every team wants to play them, so in that phase both teams have 5 bans and they get to pick 5 champions... maybe the best right now, maybe the champions youre better at or sometimes champions that work amazing together. You stay with the champion you picked for the entire game. The map is mirrored, both blue and red side are basically the same.. except blue side has a bigger winrate because playing on red side feels like youre playing upside down XD When you die, you have a death timer that grows the longer the game goes on and then you respawn in your base, you can also go back to your base when you have money by recalling to buy items! I hope this helped in any way! You could probably check out a video about league on your own to help you! Also Faker is special because he steps up when hes needed (mechanically) and because he helps the entire team by talking a lot during the games, giving them information, directions and suggestions, he knows the game like the back of his hand! Western teams do go to Worlds but usually they dont make it far (theres exceptions ofc, Fnatic, european team, won 1st worlds AND G2, other european team, made it to finals in 2019), League of legends is 100% the Asians' playground. Edit: Faker is very very humble, he paid for his father's house and grandparents' house, he feeds the younger players BUT besides that he doesnt spend money really, he says he spends around 200 bucks a month and he also doesnt wear skins in game. Even his own skins he does NOT want to buy them, and tbh that makes him so inspiring because a lot of us cant pay for skins either!

[@VictorNightroad]

No need to apologise ! I'm greatful ! I'll read this thoroughly tommorow in my lunch break !

[@wolfroarxx6055]

@@VictorNightroad haha youre welcome, Ive been playing and watching this game since forever, I have a lot of info on it. Also yes our eyes are trained to the game but also theres live replays all the time for the big fights like they would do for goals in soccer : )

[@VictorNightroad]

That's so cool ! He sounds wholesome! Thanks fkr explaining the game also. You've done a good job at explaining it I appreciate you taking the time for it !

[@Some_Dumass]

Faker's Career 2013 - World Champion 2014 - Did not qualify for Worlds 2015 - World Champion 2016 - World Champion 2017 - Lost to Samsung Galaxy in World Finals 2018 - Did not qualify for Worlds 2019 - Lost to G2 in World Semifinals 2020 - Did not qualify for Worlds 2021 - Lost to DAMWON Gaming in World Semifinals 2022 - Lost to DRX in World Finals 2023 - World Champion 2024 - World Champion

[@DoctorNerf]

They're not disrespecting Faker they're explaining what happened lol. The entire community loves Faker, I've never seen anyone pedestalised like him.

[@VictorNightroad]

😁

[@Sphiinxy]

At 19minutes the person is Khoma, he was the coach for T1 / Faker originally when they had been winning. Khoma then left and went to another team, and beat Faker, which is why he said it was difficult for him because the team he was coaching beat Faker and won. He mentions that Faker congratulated him sincerely on stage and that it was difficult to put into words how Khoma felt considering their history together. Khoma is back with Faker now on T1

[@VictorNightroad]

It's nice to hear the old crew is back together ! Also I had no idea they had a coach ! Cool , thanks for sharing

[@VaMage]

There are 4 major regions: LPL = China LCK = South Korea LEC = Europe LCS = North America Although starting next year there will be some big format changes so some of them will be called differently.

[@VictorNightroad]

Excellent! Thanks !

[@danghaa2269]

vcs : VietNam

[@rbn1261]

CBLOL : Brazil

[@aphels]

​@@VictorNightroadLCL - Russia

[@timaalo154]

Thank you so much for the reaction! It was fun to watch! I don't play LoL, but I've been always tuning in with LoL songs. Then there i found about Faker, people kept talking about him in the comment. I was curious "who is this guy?" xD People seemed to love him so much. So I started looking for information about him and watched a lot of videos and documentaries about him and SKT/T1. I watched LoL tutorial and played a bit just to grasp how LoL game worked so I could appreciate Faker and T1 more. Now I've been a fan of Faker for about 3-4 years now. I like Faker not only as a player but also as a person. He is so endearing and really inspiring!

[@VictorNightroad]

@timaalo154 Thanks a mil ! I appreciate you and I'm happy you enjoyed the reaction. Yea he's inspiring as a person especially because he never quit in the face of adversity! Cool guy !

[@staycoldkids]

Yeaaah brother, just saw your 2024 ceremony reaction and was just about to recommend the faker docu. awesome, I did enjoy your reacation so much cause it was basically my own reaction too so can´t wait to get into this. Keep your good energy 💪💪

[@VictorNightroad]

@staycoldkids much appreciated brother ! Loved it ! I've done the MAKE THEM BELIEVE T1 VS BLG , that one got me abit emotional ! I'm loving these recommendations boys keep em coming

[@ZboZek131]

Brother stop the video sometimes i like you commenting about stuff but u talk while someone else talks, then you miss crucial information and then you might miss context to other things aswell.

[@VictorNightroad]

noted brother

[@flygoon420]

You did pretty well absorbing the general essence of what this documentary was about for someone who has never played League 😅

[@VictorNightroad]

😁Thanks

[@EdwardSwardt]

"Do not be afraid to fail anything... except in the kitchen" I felt that bro

[@VictorNightroad]

@@EdwardSwardt 🤣🤣nothing more true brother

[@rachelheke5737]

What amazes me the next trophy was winning EWC(Esports World Cup), unfortunately their summer season didn't go to well they did make it to playoffs though and got 3rd which was so cool especially with how rough summer was going apart from winning that world championship. So they had to go into Regionals and they lost first game against the LCK team that came 4th but thankfully next series they played it went to game 5 and they won so just slipped in to being able to go to Worlds which is the major championship everyone wants. They lost their first match too a chinese team called TES but they eventually just picked up pace started playing so good they ended up winning World's 2024 so that's the second time this T1 Organization has had a back to back performance and Faker was their involved with both so this T1 roster if they stay together it's basically another T1 Dynasty and the only Org to ever have this happen.

[@VictorNightroad]

The stuff of Legends , sounds like they won against adversity with perseverance, commitment and a whole lot of passion

[@hanna76543]

The reason Keria cried in despair was because before the match they were considered stronger and the chance to reach the trophy was very close. Although Faker has achieved it 3 times, for the remaining 4 young players, this is their lifelong dream. And when they let it slip out of their hands, they may never have that chance again. Getting to the finals of Worlds is not easy, there are hundreds of players and only 10 players have to make it, the chances are very very small and there are many factors including luck. If they don't win in year 23, then year 22 will truly be a lifetime of regret because they could have win but lost because of their own arrogance.

[@VictorNightroad]

@@hanna76543 I see ! Thanks for explaining that ! 😁

[@x3r1x_18]

18:58 kKoma is the former coach of SKT, and at the time of 2021 he was the coach of DK, the team that beaten up T1 at the Semi Finals. He is also a GOAT coach tbh :)

[@VictorNightroad]

Nice1 ! 🍻

[@l3n4e66]

I also recommend watching T1 Rose Together - great material

[@VictorNightroad]

I'll check it out over the weekend ! I need tk catch up with some old requests but I soon as my schedule clears ill watch it !

[@l3n4e66]

@VictorNightroad cool, have a nice day

[@dizzlebizzle8424]

most of the language you heard in this video was Korean, with a bit of English and even less Chinese, but when you mention that Korean sounds like so hard of a language, it was the one time in the video that someone was speaking Vietnamese, and it sounds nothing like Korean.

[@VictorNightroad]

@@dizzlebizzle8424 ohh 😁

[@thalleseduardo8041]

faker win worlds again, is insane sick, how win e how is incrible one player win e create new era again

[@PrugallTFM]

LCK = South korea championship LPL = Chinese championship

[@VictorNightroad]

Thanks

[@rebonrjar]

I loved your reaction bro, keep it up! While you don't fully understand the game that much (tbh it is a very hard game to learn at first, look at it as a super fast chess game + football game at the same time, with every piece is moving non stop) you get the essence and feeling about the competitiveness of the sport perfectly: crying, passion, teamwork etc :) For a little more context about fakers career: he has been playing from 2013 till 2024 now and from 2013-2017 he was seen as the best player in the world (he could 1vs5 the game basicly, if he wanted). If you have Faker's skill he was like 95% perfect and the rest of the players back then were like 60% compared to him in 2013-2017 but from 2018, he stayed around 90-95% perfect while other players started to catch up and started to get that 90-95% aswell. He could not play 1vs5 anymore, so he had to reinvent himself and become a better teamplayer and leader. In 2018-2021 were his 'dark years', where he did not win alot of championships and people were saying he was getting old and should retire (average pro play career is age 18-22 so 3 or 4 years), that's why he unique that he is 28 now and won back to back world championships at 27-28 years old (not as the best player in the world but as a teamplayer and clutch player) sorry im all over the place and read all of this (english is my 3rd language :D) , he is also very humble and kind so a good player to inspire you

[@VictorNightroad]

Thanks for explaining that i appreciate you! Also did you just said english is your 3rd language ?? What ..bro you write better than me and English is my second language! You should be more confident ! Well done !

[@rebonrjar]

@@VictorNightroad thank you for your kind words and taking to time to read my essay :p (i am from belgium, so dutch 1st, french 2nd, english 3rd for me) love your league reactions! keep it up

[@LuxAbortera]

Lck :Korean league Lpl: Chinese league There are many other league like northamerica , Russia, Europa, etc. And others than have been changed like latinoamerica Vietnam or Japan.

[@VictorNightroad]

😁

[@mikanob37]

don't worry almost everyone rewinds, mainly on complicated teamfights. they broadcast rewind+slomo during the game as well just like other traditional sports

[@VictorNightroad]

😁

[@travistrittabao-ican4402]

worlds 2024 is much more struggling than lastyear , geng is so dominant , they didnt win any lck and msi title , well they won ewc , but continued to struggle in qualifyers they almost didnt get to finals but end up as 4th representative of lck(lolchapionshipkorea) and just suddenly they crushed all the teams even there cryptonite geng , fought the lpl(china) strongest team in finals and won his 5th world titles ,, such a good time to witness this esport legend

[@VictorNightroad]

@travistrittabao-ican4402 😁thanks my guy ! I'm lovin these videos !

[@stefanboehle9682]

whats next ? -> 5th world trophy :D gosh i tear up everytime i watch something about faker. i started lol when he became a pro. stopped playing lol in s7 , but following his career over the years and all that , fills my heart with joy to see him win over and over again . Especially since he's such a humble person.

[@nooy2771]

When you play for that long you don't have to rewind it, you just see it all

[@VictorNightroad]

You mofos have that LOL SHARINGAN

[@Karlken0209]

So, the easiest way to describe how great Faker is I could think of is... imagine if Messi - with all of his magical plays - won World Cup and Champions League in the first year he played for Barca, literally outplayed every football legends at that time, keeps winning trophies and Ballon D'or years after years later, has played twice or even 3 times longer than almost any pro football player, still won international tournaments at 50, and throughout his whole career there's no one could be seriously considered his rival like Ronaldo, just some random Mbappe/Yamal who's way younger than him and obviously have better physique but their form quickly declined in a few years. Also there's no stupid arguments like "is he that good or it's just his team" because he's already won many times with completely different teammates. Also never losed to any EPL teams at Champions League for 20 years and literally became the nightmare of this whole league. Also somehow got the brain of Pep Guardiola when he got older. That's how crazy Faker is. There's a pretty short video that I think you can do a quick react called "The Number: Faker". This man's record is so ridiculous that someone could think he's the only one playing this esport.

[@VictorNightroad]

yoooo ,,insane ,,,ill watch it thanks

[@Karlken0209]

​@@VictorNightroad also now that i reread the "stupid arguments" part it's hilarious 'cause out of the only 9 people who have won Worlds more than once - not counting Faker - 8 of them were his teammates. This man is so good he actually reversed the question lmao.

[@VictorNightroad]

​@@Karlken0209😂mad

[@Nora-c4y]

Loved the reaction man ! Don't worry if you don't understand the gameplay stuff, you just comprehend the emotions of the players that are universal in any sports and that's what makes us human in the end

[@VictorNightroad]

@Nora-c4y I appreciate the kind words dude ! You're right , emotion is a universal language and, thanks for tuning in !

[@LuxAbortera]

I love so much your reactions. I'm doing a marathon with them hahaha. There is so many things with league of legends that you can react that I'm sure you will have some content to do for a while, and most of them (not all) is free of copyright thanks to Riot games. Anyway, really good reaction I loved your opinions and I understand everything you said because I felt the same. Good job!

[@VictorNightroad]

Thank you so much!! It means alot bro ! For this kind of interaction i started this youtube channel ! I appreciate you and I'm happy you enjoy the content ! 😁💪

[@nicolaiiimmm]

Bro LpL is a Chines pro league, LcK is Korean pro League. T1 has never lost B05 against LpL team at worlds

[@VictorNightroad]

@nicolaiiimmm Noted bro! Thanks

[@febri6551]

They need to redo it now since Faker won his 5th Geng were also basically on golden road this year outside that 1 loss to Hanwa but T1 beat them too

[@VictorNightroad]

@@febri6551 how many does Geng have ?

[@stefanboehle9682]

@@VictorNightroad 0

[@VictorNightroad]

​@@stefanboehle9682damn

[@thalleseduardo8041]

@@VictorNightroad kings of the LCK. have won 3 in sequency, but in world faker is the goat

[@eroham20]

@@stefanboehle9682 That's not true Geng used to be called Samsung Galaxy, they have two titles and it was RULER that made Faker cry in 2017 and they were the ones that won the championship that year and in 2014.

[@xblastyolo]

Good reaction broo..keep it up!!

[@VictorNightroad]

@xblastyolo Cheers bro ! 💪

[@Hyp333R]

Each player has one champion per game, but once you die u are just dead for amount of time depending on how long the game already is ranging from idk 15 seconds to almost a minute So you have 5 roles in one team in league, map is split into 4 sections. There's Toplane where Toplaners ofc operate - Usually thats where Tanks play (Not always ofc) U 1v1 there with enemy toplaner There is Jungle, where the junglers have thier kingdom, Junglers role is to take objectvies from the map and help other lanes, acting as a support for all the lanes. Midlane, where midlaners are such as Faker, usually on mid you play ranged mages. Then there is Botlane, the only 2v2 lane where each team have ADC (Attack Damage Carry, in theory it should be played by ranged characters that are not mages, but mages work there tho ocasionally) and Support, adc is your team's primary damage source, support's most important role for the team is gain help early for your adc and then roam around the map and gain vision/help other lanes acting like a second jungler basically. Map is divided kinda like this: ------------------Top Lane Blue Jungle | River | Red Jungle ------------------Mid Lane Red Jungle | River | Blue Jungle -------------------Bot Lane In the river you have objectives that junglers try to acquire for thier teams, the objectives give some sorts of buffs. Each jungler have its own two parts of the jungle. LPL, LCK, LEC, and few others are regional championships from league. Think like idk Premier League in football, but for the whole continent. So basically Champions League if it was first division.

[@VictorNightroad]

I'll read this better tommorow , now I'm crashing 😴 thanks 🍻 I'll back to this

[@Hyp333R]

@@VictorNightroad if you want to react to something on channel about league's gameplay here you have: roles explained kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5qpXpSXgaxmp68 begginers guide kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZuloGmgg7CZhtk they both quite short so you can even make one video out of it, they both also one year outdated, but not much has changed.

[@Hyp333R]

10:18 European team was first ever to win Worlds, then we only had european team in 2 finals, but both of them lost.

[@VictorNightroad]

So we've made it bassically 🙌

[@qsxmirage7274]

@@VictorNightroad Doing better than we are in North America. We often don't even make it to quarter finals let alone a win or semis ahaha

[@minlaoghayre]

​@@VictorNightroad yes but Europe won back the only because the game wasnt released in asia back then, so it was basically just an Europe cup 😅😅

[@Lucasxx_0]

Can you please activate the subtitles for this video? My english is not perfect lol😅

[@VictorNightroad]

Video is still processing due to some copyright , as soon as it finishes automatic subs should engage ! Check back in few hours or tommorow please , if still nothing , let me know and I'll see what I can do !

[@Lucasxx_0]

@VictorNightroad Oh okay, thanks!

[@VictorNightroad]

@@Lucasxx_0 it's done ! I activated them !

[@Lucasxx_0]

​@@VictorNightroad For me, it only shows subtitles in Korean..

[@Lucasxx_0]

Could you please activate it in Portuguese? If it's possible.. ❤

[@itspaul1304]

Pls do react to the numbers the stats are just 🔥

[@VictorNightroad]

Will do Paul !

[@ciberoyuncu7459]

31:55 people who are watching these games knows whats happening on the screen, the newcomers like you just dont understand it, do you really think now any newcommer when he/she watches cs2 tournament understand whats happening, its the same in league they know whats going on and how good is FAker

[@VictorNightroad]

I hear you 🦾

[@SyphexG59]

League of legends has different regions for competitive play, The LCK = South korean teams, The LPL = Chinese teams, The LCS = North American teams, The LEC = European teams. And there other minor regions but those 4 are the major regions.