Lustboy

Not to be confused with Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr.
This is a Korean name; the family name is Ham.
Lustboy
Ham Jang-sik
Status Retired, coach
Born February 18, 1994 (age 22)
Nationality South Korean
Current team Longzhu
Role Strategic analyst, support
League League of Legends Champions Korea
Games League of Legends
Championships 2014 Summer NA LCS
Professional career
Nov 2011 - Jun 2012 Maximum impact Gaming Blaze
Jun 2012 - Feb 2013 Azubu Blaze
Feb 2013 - June 2014 CJ Entus Blaze
June 2014–July 2015 Team SoloMid
Jan 2016 - Present Longzhu Gaming (coach)

Ham Jang-Sik, (함장식) better known as Lustboy, is a Korean retired professional League of Legends player and analyist, and current coach for Longzhu Incredible Miracle of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK). He played for MiG Blaze through their transition though CJ Entus Blaze and CJ Entus. He retired as a player from the North American Team SoloMid following an injury. He won the 2015 Summer North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS) with Team SoloMid as their support player.

Career

Lustboy started gaming at the age of 7 with the first installment of the Starcraft (SC1) franchise from Blizzard Entertainment. However, this was well after the game became competitively popular in South Korea. As he phrased it:

"I really like to make innovation...I like trying new things no one's ever tried before. But [Blizzard] already made SC1 a long time ago so there [wasn't much for me to do]."[1]

He later turned semi-pro playing Starcraft II, joining the Korean Team Prime as a substitute in 2010.[2]

MiG Blaze

The next year he began playing League of Legends with a number of soon-to-be professionals. One of these, Dong-jin "Helios" Shin, would later sign as AD Carry with Maximum Impact Gaming (MiG) Blaze, and then bring on Lustboy as support when the position became vacant.[1] As part of MiG Blaze, Lustboy took first place at the first OnGameNet tournament at Champions Spring 2012, winning the largest prize pool in League of Legends history up to that point.[3]

That same year, they became the first Korean team to compete professionally in North America at Major League Gaming's first arena tournament, winning the competition with 10 wins and one loss.[4]

MiG was acquired in 2013 by CJ Entus, and the now newly dubbed CJ Entus Blaze, went on to place first in the World Cyber Games 2013 Korean qualifiers.[5][6] Lustboy left Blaze in 2014.[7]

Team SoloMid

Lustboy joined Team SoloMid (TSM) of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS) in July 2014, replacing former support, Gleeb.[7][8][9] Lustboy described TSM as "like a dream team".[1] Prior to the official announcement, TSM owner Andy Dinh was fined $2,000 for announcing the acquisition of Lustboy before receiving League approval for the transfer.[10]

Along with Lustboy, TSM finished as the top North American team of 2014, with Lustboy ending with a 2.73 KDA.[8] In the world championship that year, they were eliminated in the semi-finals, finishing fourth in Group D. Lustboy was individually ranked 12th in the tournament according to KDA.[11]

In 2015, following their disappointing performance at the world championship TSM announced that Lustboy was retiring as a player for the team.[12][13]

Described as "arguably the best support in the NA LCS," at the time he ranked fifth among North American supports in KDA at 3.65, and fourth in gold-per-minute at 227.[14][11] He continued as a streamer for TSM, and as an analyst for the team where he was centrally involved in the process of creating a new roster following the simultaneous departure of teammates Lucas ‘Santorin’ Larsen and Marcus 'Dyrus' Hill.[15][16] He left the team on July 11 and was replaced as support by YellowStar.[17] In TSM's official announcement, Lustboy is quoted as saying:

Due to shoulder injuries and being tired of playing, I decided to step down as a player but I’ll still be involved with TSM helping in anyway possible. I will never forget how much fans and everyone treated me kindly, and I appreciate the opportunity given to me by TSM to prove my skills even though I was a foreigner.[18][lower-alpha 1]

Longzhu IM

In 2015 Lustboy joined Longzhu Incredible Miracle of the League of Legends Champions Korea as strategic coach.[19][20][21]

Tournament results

MiG Blaze/CJ Entus Blaze

2012

2013

2014

CJ Entus

2014

Team SoloMid

2014

2015

Longzhu IM

2016

Notes

  1. ↑ In the same announcement, coach Yoonsup "Locodoco" Choi is quoting saying the following: “Lustboy joined TSM at a critical time, when we were left without a support due to unforeseen circumstances. He was rushed to join the team and was a crucial part of our 1st place finish in summer split 2014. He’s been a pleasure to work with in and out of game and I hope he can continue his success for the rest of his future endeavors”[18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jackson, Leah. "You can't see him: The rise of Lustboy". LoL Esports. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "A Dynasty of Ice and Fire - Part 1: Origins". Gamespot. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 Noether, Alex (19 May 2012). "MiG Blaze wins Azubu LoL SPRING 2012". SK Gaming. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. 1 2 Pencheva, Irena (10 January 2013). "LoL eSports: 2012 in review". SK Gaming. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 Lonnquist, Erik (14 June 2014). "The team builder of South Korea: Woong and Overwatch". ESPN. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Choudhry, Ash. "CJ Blaze attain victory at WCG Korean Qualifers". SK Gaming. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  7. 1 2 Turton, William (2 July 2014). "Lustboy heads to Team SoloMid—pending paperwork approval". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 Shin, Andy (18 February 2015). "How TSM found success with Lustboy". Gamurs. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  9. ↑ Rouffa, Johnathan (22 July 2014). "Lustboy joins TSM and replaces Gleeb as the starting Support". GameSpot. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Kulasingham, Nilu (14 August 2014). "Riot Games fines Team Solomid owner Andy Dinh for announcing TSM Lustboy too early". Yahoo News. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 Volk, Pete (15 October 2015). "TSM announces departures of Lustboy, Santorin and Dyrus from League of Legends roster". SB Nation. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  12. ↑ LeJacq, Yannick (14 October 2015). "America's Biggest League Of Legends Team Just Imploded". Kotaku. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  13. ↑ Erzberger, Tyler (15 January 2015). "NA LCS offseason report cards -- CLG survives, NRG rises". ESPN. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  14. ↑ Evans, Michael (18 October 2015). "Roster Shake-up Could Be Secret Blessing For Team Solo Mid". Vavel. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  15. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (11 December 2015). "Team SoloMid reveals Santorin, Lustboy will join Dyrus off the roster". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  16. ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/team-solomid-santorin-lustboy-dyrus/
  17. ↑ Jacobs, Jamie (21 May 2016). "TSM Biofrost: TSM Replaces YellOwStaR with NA Rookie Support". Esports Edition. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  18. 1 2 "TSM Roster Changes". TSM.gg. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  19. ↑ Josh, Bury (10 December 2015). "Lustboy joins Longzhu IM as strategic coach". The Score Esports. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  20. ↑ Erzberger, Tyler (12 February 2016). "Bjergsen and the evolution of Team SoloMid". ESPN. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  21. ↑ esports.dailygame.co.kr/view.php?ud=2015121016583995263
  22. ↑ Nordmark, Sam (18 January 2014). "CJ Entus Blaze wins ZOTAC NLB Winter 2013-2014". GameSpot. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  23. ↑ "HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014". Challonge. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  24. ↑ Lingle, Samuel. "After another NA LCS title, TSM will aim for international glory". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

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