Faker: eSports legend and South Korea 'national treasure'
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Seoul: Lee Sang hyeok wanted only to be a normal kid . He was anything but, and is now a multi millionaire eSports superstar known worldwide simply a...
Seoul: Lee Sang-hyeok wanted only to be a "normal kid". He was anything but, and is now a multi-millionaire eSports superstar known worldwide simply as Faker.
The 28-year-old has officially been given the title of "national treasure" in his native South Korea, along with the likes of footballer Son Heung-min and K-pop mega-group BTS.
He is said to earn an estimated 10 billion won ($7.2 million) a year and is easily the most recognisable name in professional gaming.
The bespectacled Lee will hope to add to his fame and fortune by winning a fifth League of Legends (LoL) world title on Saturday in London when his T1 team face China's Bilibili Gaming.
But for all that, it is not the life Lee originally envisioned for himself.
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