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is also a top order, and it was also announced that it will retire on December 17th. Compared with Smeb, Untara's retirement has just caused a little disturbance, and it quickly dissipated as Smeb announced his retirement.
is like his entire career, whether it is the beginning or the end, it is full of plain taste. But in my eyes, compared to Smeb, Untara's retirement makes me feel more emotional: few people have the magnificent life history of Smeb: the vast majority of players are the same as Untara, although they are conscientious, they are always accompanied by the plain. , And finally left sadly.
But how many people can be like Untara, who obviously has no significant memory points, but can make the audience remember his name? Is
because he is a teammate of Faker and the influence of SKT's top laner? Maybe. Is
a funny operation of playing monsters to avoid opponents in the opposite jungle? maybe.
is he who has clearly climbed to the top of Hanbok, but is still unable to perform well in the game? Also a possibility.
Although Untara has not been able to add a glorious resume to his career, Untara is undoubtedly lucky. He has become one of the few players remembered by the audience; after all, behind Untara, he is as ordinary as Untara There are many players who have not been able to leave their names on the professional arena.
I never thought that I would be lost because an unknown player left; but when I heard the news of Untara's retirement, I couldn't let go of it for a long time. Although he has been fishing for several years, he is different from Crown. Although Crown has retired, people are impressed by him after all: whether it is the invincible Victor in S6 or the one who suppressed Faker in the S7 finals with a hand of the underworld. Marzaha;
And you want to say what Untara has done, except for SKT, which was runner-up in 17 years, you can't think of any memories related to him.
Oh no, he may not be the runner-up for S7. The player who played on the court is called Huni. A player like
is supposed to be just a hurried meteor in the vast sea of stars. The strong LCK may not even have the qualifications for a flash in the pan, but why do many people still have an impression of him?
This may have something to do with his experience: Although Untara's own strength is mediocre, none of the clubs he has played for is not famous.
Whether it is the triple crown SKT T1, or the GRF that staged a triple jump in the secondary league, even the team that discovered him is the royal family who has won the second place in the global finals twice.
has played for so many well-known teams, it can be said that even if the strength is not good, Untara is definitely the kind of obedient player that coaches and management like. But e-sports is not a classroom, and a serious and obedient player may not necessarily become the king of the summit. After all, it is strength and talent that determine all of this. The ending of
Untara's lonely retirement may also confirm this sentence.
What many people don't know is that Untara made her debut in China.
At that time, his ID was not Untara, but Yizhen; of course, his good brother Blank also played for this Chinese team. They were excavated by the LSPL team EPC (Energy Pacemaker.Carries) in 2014 and started their careers.
In addition to Untara and Blank, this team also has two players in the top league: one is the TT team assistant X1ri who has just been officially announced these two days, and the other is V5 AD player y4.
From the current point of view, the EPC lineup is absolutely luxurious in LSPL, but they did not achieve excellent results at that time.
In the 2015 LSPL spring competition, EPC was divided into group A, which can be called the death group, and the group with them is the future promotion zAfter 18zLPL was acquired by the Royal Family, VG.P, which was renamed RNG, YG, which had been on the LPL but was downgraded, and WoA, which was relatively weak.
In addition to EPC, we also briefly talk about the players we are familiar with in the other teams in Group A.
is VG.P first. In the future, all the players of the VG.P team will be on the stage of the top league: top laner Loong joined VG as top laner, and after retiring, he became the coach of VG; jungler Eimy and mid laner Funny (the ID was Apollo at the time) played In the future, he joined LGD and became a well-known combination of "The King of Wild Kings"; AD Pi Xiaoxuan and Loong joined VG together, and then moved to multiple teams (RNG, OMG); the name of the auxiliary position Heart does not need to be mentioned. "BP" is a topic that players talk about until now.
is followed by YG team. Z2z’s top laner, Korean aid Profit, later joined SKT, rotated with Huni, and went to Europe after Untara joined; the jungler is the old iG "back pot man" shadow IlluSioN that is familiar to the old audience; the mid laner is In the past two years, everyone likes to tease AFs solo Fly.
WoA also has two very famous players: is the "National Service First Victor" at the time, the future "Oxygen Cylinder Commentary" Hao Kai, and the former LGD jungler who is deeply involved in a fake match and recently lifted his suspension and plans to apply for a job. "Wild Saint" 1ntruder.
Although EPC has tried their best, it is clear that they cannot be compared with VG.P and YG in terms of their overall strength or game experience.
2-3-1, 7 wins and 5 losses in the small round, EPC unfortunately exited, watching VG.P and YG enter the next round. Although EPC swept the SPG in the subsequent promotion and relegation competitions and retained his LSPL quota, the EPC careers belonging to Yizhen and Blank have come to an end.
2015 is a year of turbulence. The former king and S4 runner-up royal family fell sadly after Uzi left OMG. Not only did they fall from the top team to the relegation zone, but they were swept by GT in the relegation competition and directly fell into the LSPL. .
Although the Royal Club has secured an LPL quota through the famous "Reincarnation" operation (quartet transaction to acquire VP.G's LPL quota and purchase of KING and GT players to form RNG), the fact that the Royal team fell LSPL cannot be changed after all.
In order to change, the royal management made a great change to the team roster: directly bought the entire EPC lineup. In this way, the royal career of Yizhen and Blank began.
Then, Yizhen and Blank's royal career ended. Although the last natural section just started at the end, this natural section ended at the beginning, but this sentence is not a joke: Yizhen and Blank joined the Royal Family in May 2015, but they left the team just until the end of the year.
Although in the 2015 LSPL Summer Split, the Royal Family won the group first with a score of 5-1-0 in their own Group A; but in the playoffs, the Royal Family lost to HYG and WE.F one after another, leading the loser group. The round is eliminated, which is intolerable by the royal management.
In December, Yizhen and Blank left the team one after another and chose to return to their home country, South Korea.
In this way, their trip to China came to an end.
is dependent on fortune and misfortune. Although they were abandoned by the royal team, Yizhen and Blank quickly found their next home: CJ Entus and SKT T1 threw an olive branch to them.
In this way, Yizhen officially changed its name to Untara to join CJ, becoming a teammate of Bdd, Kramer and MadLife. CJ Entus, who formed the grand formation of
, wanted to aim for 2016, but 2016 was undoubtedly full of magical realism for CJ Entus: CJ Entus in the Spring Split was only ranked eighth in the league, and almost went to the relegation competition. CJ managementDissatisfaction.
came to the summer CJ with a big stroke and formed the best line: Untara on the top lane and old top laner Shy in rotation, Haru and Bubbling on the jungle, Bdd and Sky in the mid lane, Ghost and Kramer on the bottom lane, and the god of support MadLife. Z3z
is so powerful, CJ management thinks in mind: There is hope for this lineup to fight for first place. Indeed, CJ took the first place, but it was the countdown-CJ Entus, who formed the grand formation, took the last place in the LCK with a record of 3 wins and 15 losses. It was also in the relegation competition held the following spring. ESC fought three to zero and was demoted.
In this way, a generation of powerful CJ Entus ended.
fell apart along with CJ, as well as the "grand array" formed by the CJ management: Untara took over SKT's olive branch after half a year of silence and replaced Profit as Huni's substitute;
Shy joined ROX Tiger, giving it the first place at the time. Top lane Smeb made suggestions;
Haru went to Samsung, became Crown’s teammate, and became Samsung’s rhythm engine;
BDD joined Dragon Ball, and Khan formed the future LCK first middle and top, and the limelight was flourishing;
Ghost and Kramer went to BBQ and respectively AFs acted as the starting ADC;
MadLife went to North America to continue his career dream in another place. The management of
CJ may not have thought that the players who led CJ to drop out of the ranks have become pillars in their new teams. Perhaps the boss of CJ can communicate with PDD about the history of "Scattered Stars" Lessons learned.
For Haru, BDD and others, leaving CJ may only mean a new opportunity; but for Untara, leaving CJ to join SKT may not only be a continuation of his career, but also a reunion with his old teammate Blank. Blank, who left Untara, has also been uncomfortable in the past year.
At first, he came to SKT wearing a Carry-type jungler, but he didn't get the corresponding hero in the game-after all, the core of SKT is Faker. The tilt of
's resources and its own incompatibility caused Blank to fail to play to its level, and Bengi's Leopard Girl Salvation in the S6 semifinals made Blank completely the background board. Although SKT defeated SSG after five fierce battles to win the third championship, most people think of Faker and the man behind him, Bengi, think of Duke's unsolvable single belt on the road, and think of the extremely stable playing. Road combination Bang/Wolf, but few people would think of Blank.
As Untara came to SKT, Blank gained an old friend who had been away for a long time, and also gained a partner who was also on the bench. SKT also gave them sufficient trust and allowed them to enter the normal Ueno rotation. Compared with Huni, who plays fiercely and sharply, Untara is more cautious and makes fewer mistakes.
In the entire 2017 LCK summer split, Untara played a good effect; although SKT only ranked fourth in the league with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses, but ranked in front is almost invincible throughout the summer LZ, by Deft, PawN, Smeb, Score, Mata formed KT, and last year's runner-up SSG. It is undoubtedly acceptable for SKT, which has undergone major staff changes (Duke and Bengi leave LPL, Peanut, Huni, and Untara joined) to achieve such results.
After the end of the playoffs, SKT also won the second seed for the S7. At this time, a choice was placed in front of SKT: Only one substitute can be taken. Should they take a solid play and lead the team through Untara in the mid to late season, or take Blank to confuse the opponent with two different jungle styles?
In the end, Kkoma chose Blank and left Untara. This also became a foreshadowing of SKT's fall: In the 2017 Bird’s Nest, SSG swept SKT 3 to 0 cleanly, not only achieved revenge in just one year, but also brought that infinitely close to three consecutive championships.
In 2018, SKT ushered in a great change again: Peanut and Huni, who played poorly, left one after another. SKT introduced top laner Thal and jungler Blossom, and relied on excellent luck to select a newcomer to assist Effort.
As Thal's strength gradually unfolded, Untara returned to the drinking fountain he was most familiar with.
However, compared with the invincible SKT in the past, the talent of this SKT is really poor: the spring split can still rely on the middle class with poor overall strength to maintain the fourth position. In the summer split, SKT slipped directly to the seventh in the league. Playoffs.
Oh, by the way, a new mid laner in the Summer Split took the place of God. This person’s name may still be a nightmare for SKT fans or Faker fans, and his name is Pirean. In the first round of the bubbling match, Blank's troll used a pillar to break Faker's dream of qualifying for S8. SKT lost to the renamed GEN.G with a total score of two to three and missed the S8 World Finals.
Maybe SKT's management can tolerate the team's loss in the World Championship, but they absolutely cannot tolerate the team not even entering the World Championship threshold. With the fate of S8 settled, SKT's transformation is also imperative.
There is no doubt that in addition to Faker and rookie assistant Effort, other players have become obstacles to SKT's progress.
For Untara and Blank, this is not the first time they have experienced the team disintegration, but the previous departure means hope and a new future; where is the future now? Still unknown.
On November 19, 2018, SKT officially announced that Thal, Untara, Blank, and Pirean, as well as the veterans Bang and Wolf of the bottom road, left the team. In this way, the triple crown king SKT stepped on the road to reconstruction.
Even the former kings have declined under the "assistance" of the two, and the brave team may not dare to offer Untara and Blank a contract. After sinking for half a year, the two old friends had to part ways again: Blank left South Korea to join Sengoku Gaming in the Japanese division;
and Untara went to Turkey to join TCL's powerful 1907 Fenerbah, who has played many times in the world. Cut (FB).
But perhaps the broom star always cares for this player. The arrival of Untara has not allowed FB, a traditional powerhouse, to return to the world competition: FB, which was originally among the best in the winter and won the championship, ushered in a straight decline after Untara's arrival. The summer season can only be ranked sixth in the league; in the playoffs, they were defeated by the GBM-owned GS in the first round, and they missed the S9 in advance.
just like that, after only less than 5 months in Turkey, Untara was swept out by FB. This time, even the wild card division is unwilling to accept the SKT abandoned general.
After a while, GRF, which has undergone a drastic change due to the cvMax incident, accepted Untara;
came with him and many losers: Naehyun, the former mid laner of the KZ and DRX teams, was the peak for the first time. Ucal, who was in decline, retired from the player status and just defeated Untara's new coach GBM. He was once known for facing RNG and VN, but no one cares about the former G2 assistant Wadid. The new members of
are paired with Ueno King Tarzan, AD player Viper, and old top laner Sword. From a paper perspective, although Griffin’s lineup is not comparable to the triple jump formation in the past, it can at least be seen;
is this one. The low-profile version of the "Avengers" did not achieve impressive results: 5 wins and 13 losses ranked the bottom of the league, Griffin fell back to his hometown CK in the last year before the alliance. On May 17, 2020, GRF officials announced that Untara, Ucal, and Viper had left the team, and Untara's last journey in the League of Legends was also over.
On December 17, 2020, Untara announced her retirement in the live broadcast; soon after
, LCK's legendary top single Smeb also announced her retirement. The news of Untara's retirement was instantly overwhelmed by the news of regret for Smeb; it seems that the existence of Untara The meaning is to be the background board for others.
After leaving Griffin, Untara may still want to continue her career: After all, it has been more than half a year since leaving Griffin. During this period, Untara did not show that she wanted The meaning of retirement; but the fact is cruel, Untara's resume really cannot make other teams dare to offer him a contract that is only one and a half years old.
In the end, Untara chose to retire; and this decision to retire meant that Untara had given up struggling, and that his unwillingness and regret turned into helplessness and relief.
In the past five years of my career, 17 years was my heyday, and I won the championship. I should have performed better after , but now I can only think of when I don’t perform well.
17 is my heyday, if I won the championship that year, it would be great.
18 is the most difficult day, if I played better that year, it would be great.
There are not many old 95 and 96 players on the field now. I hope the 95 and 96 players can cheer.
Each of the new young players is very strong. I hope that the old players can still maintain a good competitive state and achieve good results.
-what Untara said in the retirement live broadcast.
As a professional player, Untara is a failure: he is like a broom star, which team he joins will bring that team into the abyss, even the traditional famous powers and the rising new kings are no exception;
but he is no doubt Fortunately, how many professional players rushed past the professional arena like shooting stars, and they couldn't even make the players aware of their existence, but Untara made many players remember his name.
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I often think that Untara and ROX Tiger’s Kuro are very similar: they did not commit any unbearable mistakes, but they are often in the back of the pot, and they also did not get a complete ending. The team eventually retired sadly.
Maybe in an ordinary team, they will become good and stable players. While getting praise from people, there will be people who sympathize with them for "why didn't they compete for the championship in a good team"-yes, just Like Teddy in the Jin Air period.
But there is nothing wrong, and it is precisely because they are in a top-notch team that they can get such a large amount of attention and imprint their name in the hearts of every audience.
Untara retired, but Untara will not be the last ordinary player to retire silently. The arena is cruel, no one wants to be on the throne and win the final summoner trophy; but the gap between talent and strength will inevitably form an insurmountable gap between ideal and reality, only those who have both strength and luck Only the person can have both.
And their success is created by countless background boards and countless e-sports people. "Working as a worker, working as a working soul", it is precisely with countless small figures like Untara as the background that can highlight the greatness of the summit, the glory of the phoenix nirvana, and the grand scene of the new king's ascension. Although they fell on the way to climb the peak, every professional player who works hard and never stops to dream is worthy of our respect.
Errata:
There is a big mistake in the above: Untara did not debut in the domestic team EPC, and the initial ID of Untara is not Yizhen (real name Park Yizhen) but Uijin. Untara's debut team is called ANC (Anarchy), he played a leading role in this team, and then joined EPC as YIzhen.
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