“Huan feng is going to be like a Jackie Love in the future… like, this guy i think is so individually talented, it’s insane….”
Huan feng was born on may 20th 2001, and from that moment onward, he would lead one of the most difficult lives imaginable. His parents raised him in Dongxing, a port city in the Guangxi region of China.
But before long at a time when he was only 12 years old, Huang Feng was abandoned by his parents. For the next three years, he’d have to learn how to take care of himself while living completely on his own. How to prepare his own meals, make sure he finishes his schoolwork, get enough sleep every night. He was completely left to fend for himself before he had even become a teenager.
But luckily for him, he managed to find a way to survive and eventually the world did show his life a little kindness. He’d make a few friends at school who’d help him get through some of his worst days, as well as meeting some good teachers who also helped guide him in life when he faced tough decisions. Even the port city he grew up in took care of him in a sense. As any time his life got too stressful or frustrating, he’d always be near a beach where he could go and hear the crashing of the ocean waves, letting them wash his problems away.
But maybe the greatest stroke of luck he had came in the form of a computer that his father left behind in his room before moving out. Which he mainly used to play League of Legends. And in spite of all the odds and all the hardship he faced one day, this 12 year old kid would grow up to become one of the best Ad carries in the Worlds.
Each morning he’d wake up at 5am just to play a game of solo queue before heading off to school where he’d participate in class until his two-hour lunch break, which he used as another opportunity to bike home, quickly play a few more games of solo queue, and then return to school again. While in class, he’d work extra hard to finish all of his work, avoiding anything having to be done at home so when he got back home, he could get back to grinding out matches, going to bed and repeating the process again. The following day, all of this while being the sole head of his small household.
By the time his school year came to an end, Huang feng had climbed all the way up to Diamond I, soon moving to the Chinese super server and then hit masters hovering 200 to 300 lp amazingly enough. Throughout all of this, Huan feng was also excelling as a student. He reached the top of his class, was eventually placed in honors programs, and had a really bright future in his education if he chose to pursue it. But eventually, he came to know what future he really wanted for himself. And halfway through his first year of high school, he’d drop out, deciding now was the time to go pro in League.
An internet cafe in Yinchuan, Ningxia had an owner that was interested in starting his own pro-League Of Legends team and made an offer for Huang feng to be the team’s starting ad carry. The salary was 432$ a month and with it being his only option. He accepted. Now Yinchuan is more than 2 600 kilometres away, almost directly North of Huang feng’s hometown of Dongjing. Basically on the opposite side of China. It was a serious distance to move, but this was a serious life decision that had his full confidence. Before leaving, his father told him “If you’re gonna go pro then do this properly, if it doesn’t work out, come back and join the military.”
By the end of 2018, Huang feng would eventually see the fruits of his labour, as he was promoted to the challenger in Korea. That very same day he hit challenger, wudoo cut him from their team. After that, he started playing for Invictus Gaming Young (IGY), placed in 2nd, begging rejected by JDG. But then right before the transfer window closed,one team saw his potential for what it really was. Suning, a relatively new up-and-coming team in the LPL gave him a tryout, liked what they saw, and signed Huanfeng to be their starting Ad carry for 2020.
And here we are in 2020, seven years after being abandoned by his parents and living alone, growing up in poverty, it seems like all of huang feng’s hard work is finally paying off. This past summer split, Suning finished with the highest result the organization has ever had in the LPL, reaching fourth place in the 17 teams League and capping off their regular season by beating the defending world champions, FPX. Huang feng led his team to not only a great summer split finish but was also able to lead them far enough in the playoffs and the regional finals to qualify as china’s number three seed at the 2020 World Championship, and now ends up coming to the semifinals and maybe the World’s finals?