Team Liquid League of Legends pro Jung ‘Impact’ Eon-yeong has revealed that he’s bought an entire apartment complex in South Korea.
The Liquid top-laner showed off his new building – which fans have been quick to dub the “Impact Tower” – on Twitter, stating that he had saved money from 2012, when he started his professional career in League of Legends, to 2019 in order to acquire it.
While Impact didn’t go into detail about what he plans to use the building – which even bears his name above the entrance – for, it seems it may act as a training facility for himself and his team, as he states it is “already set up to boot camp.”
Impact also offered use of the building to his fellow pros, stating he would like to occasionally help others who wish to come to South Korea. The country has often been a destination not only for teams to boot camp, but also individual players to hone their skills due to the online ladder famously offering more rigorous practice than other regions.
Impact made his name as the top-laner for the original SK Telecom line-up featuring Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok, which won the 2013 World Championship. After leaving SKT at the start of the 2015 season, he moved to North America’s LCS.
Since making the move, Impact has consistently competed at or near the top of the league, never failing to reach the playoffs, but it wasn’t until he joined Team Liquid for 2018 that he finally secured the title. Since then, TL have become the first NA team to ever win four consecutive LCS titles.
That success currently puts him as the 16th highest-earning League of Legends pro by prize money, with $531,340.34 from tournament winnings, although it’s quite likely that the majority of his career earnings have actually come from salary or sponsorship.
Impact’s investment of those earnings in an entire apartment building acts as a material reminder of just how far League of Legends has come as an esport over the seven years in which Impact has competed at the top.
The League of Legends’ LCS is underway with the 2021’s Lock In. North America’s 10 best teams lock horns for bragging rights ahead of the Spring Split. Here’s the LCS Lock In standings, schedule, results & more to stay in the loop!
Cloud9 comes back vs TSM, series tied at 1-1
Winner of C9 vs TSM face off against 100T next week
100T beat IMT in two quick games to advance
LCS Lock In: Stream
The LCS Lock In tournament is the 2021 starter for League of Legends in North America. All 10 LCS teams will take part in the two-week competition that gives fans a taster of the year to come.
They’re not playing for pittance either. The winning team will take home $150,000 USD, and a lot of confidence heading into the start of Spring 2021 in February.
The first set of Lock In quarterfinals was a breeze for 100 Thieves, who faced off against an Immortals playing their full Academy roster. Support Choi ‘huhi’ Jae-hyun (0/1/12 on Rakan and 1/4/20 on Alistar) and jungler Can ‘Closer’ Celik shone as 100T (5/2/2 on Nidalee and 12/2/13 on Graves) just outclassed IMT.
The other series wasn’t smooth sailing for Cloud9 though. They dropped the first game against TSM, before running it back in Games 2 and 3 to get the win.
Quarterfinals Day 2: Sunday, January 24
Match
PT
ET
GMT
Team Liquid vs FlyQuest
1pm
4pm
9pm
Evil Geniuses vs Golden Guardians
5pm
8pm
1am (Jan 24)
Groups Day 1: Friday, January 15
Group
Match
PT
ET
GMT
Group A
100 Thieves 1 – 0 TSM
3pm
6pm
11pm
CLG 0 – 1 Liquid
4pm
7pm
12am (Jan 16)
Group B
Cloud9 0 – 1 Evil Geniuses
5pm
8pm
1am (Jan 16)
Dignitas 1 – 0 FlyQuest
6pm
9pm
2am (Jan 16)
Group A
Golden Guardians 1 – 0 CLG
7pm
10pm
3am (Jan 16)
Perkz’s Cloud9 debut doesn’t go as planned
The first day of LCK Lock In action didn’t go as planned for Luka ‘Perkz’ Perkovic and Cloud9, losing their first match of 2021 to Evil Geniuses. His 4/7/2 performance on Yone disappointed many, as Deftly shone on Kai’Sa.
100 Thieves’ new roster got off to a strong start against a new-look TSM, while CLG are 0-2 in 2021, losing to both Liquid and the rookie Golden Guardians lineup. Although they are without Broxah and Finn, the team failed to live up to their legacy.
Groups Day 2: Saturday, January 16
Group
Match
PT
ET
GMT
Group B
Immortals 0 – 1 Evil Geniuses
1pm
4pm
9pm
Group A
Golden Guardians 0 – 1 TSM
2pm
5pm
10pm
Group B
Cloud9 1 – 0 FlyQuest
3pm
6pm
11pm
Immortals 1 – 0 Dignitas
4pm
7pm
12am (Jan 17)
Group A
CLG 1 – 0 100 Thieves
5pm
8pm
1am (Jan 17)
Evil Geniuses remain flawless at Lock In
After 100 Thieves fell down to a weakened CLG, Evil Geniuses remain the only undefeated team at Lock In. Their win against Immortals was dominant off the back of another great performance from Deftly and IgNar in bot.
Cloud9 came back strong after their disappointing loss to Evil Geniuses against FlyQuest with a near-perfect game, only losing one tower. TSM (against Golden Guardians) and Immortals (against Dignitas) also posted wins.
Groups Day 3: Sunday, January 17
Group
Match
PT
ET
GMT
Group B
Immortals 0 – 1 Cloud9
1pm
4pm
9pm
Group A
Liquid 0 – 1 100 Thieves
2pm
5pm
10pm
Group B
Dignitas 0 – 1 Evil Geniuses
3pm
6pm
11pm
Group A
CLG 0 – 1 TSM
4pm
7pm
12am (Jan 18)
Golden Guardians – 1 Liquid
5pm
8pm
1am (Jan 18)
Evil Geniuses overtake Liquid to claim ‘favorites’ mantle
Evil Geniuses have extended their undefeated streak to the end of the opening weekend, defeating Dignitas to secure a 3-0 record. Their lead was helped along by a 100 Thieves upset win over Liquid, with Can ‘Closer’ Çelik and Victor ‘FBI’ Huang dictating the mid-game in their team’s second win.
On the other end of the spectrum, Counter Logic Gaming has become the first team eliminated from playoff contention early on Day 2.
The roster — which is missing Finn ‘Finn’ Wiestål and Mads ‘Broxah’ Brock-Pedersen due to visa issues — were punted after losing to arch-rivals TSM in a back and forth battle. Their 1-3 record leaves them without a chance to make finals.
Groups Day 4: Friday, January 22
Group
Match
PT
ET
GMT
Group B
Dignitas 0 – 1 Cloud9
3pm
6pm
11pm
Group A
Golden Guardians 0 – 1 100 Thieves
4pm
7pm
12am (Jan 23)
Group B
Evil Geniuses 0 – 1 FlyQuest
5pm
8pm
1am (Jan 23)
Group A
Liquid 1 – 0 TSM
6pm
9pm
2am (Jan 23)
Group B
Immortals 0 – 1 FlyQuest
7pm
10pm
3am (Jan 23)
Evil Geniuses, 100 Thieves finish on top in groups
The LCS Lock In 2021 playoffs have been decided, with Evil Geniuses and 100 Thieves getting the best of the bunch by finishing on top. It didn’t come easy though, with EG losing their first game of the event against FlyQuest.
FlyQuest made a huge resurgence with two wins to get off the bottom of Group B and make playoffs, all thanks to the debut of jungler Josedeodo. CLG and Dignitas failed to make the cut.
