Lustboy Explained

Id:Lustboy
함장식
Name Trans:Ham Jang-sik
Nationality:South Korean
Team:100 Thieves
Role:Coach
League:LCS
Games:League of Legends
Career Role:Support
Career Start:2011
Career End:2015
Coach Start:2016
Years1:2011–2012
Team1:MiG Blaze
Years2:2012–2013
Team2:Azubu Blaze
Years3:2013–2014
Team3:CJ Entus Blaze
Years4:2014–2015
Team4:Team SoloMid
Cyears1:2016
Cteam1:Longzhu Gaming
Cyears2:2018–2020
Cteam2:Team SoloMid
Cyears3:2021–present
Cteam3:100 Thieves
Highlights:

Ham Jang-sik (Korean: 함장식), better known as Lustboy, is a South Korean League of Legends coach and retired professional player. After retiring from professional competition, Lustboy became a coach for Longzhu Gaming of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), before leaving to coach for LCS team Team SoloMid. He is currently a coach for 100 Thieves of the LCS.

Lustboy first played for Korean team MiG Blaze through their transition though CJ Entus Blaze and CJ Entus from 2011 to 2014, then played for Team SoloMid from 2014 to 2015. He retired from professional play following an injury. During his tenure on Team SoloMid as a support player, Lustboy won the 2014 Summer and 2015 Spring NA LCS.

Playing 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 an 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.

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 quarter-finals to future world champs Samsung White, but were the first team to take a game off them which was matched by Star Horn Royal Club in the finals. 2015 Worlds was no better as they placed 4th in Group D, following their disappointing performance at the world championship TSM announced that Lustboy was retiring as a player for the team.[11] [12]

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.[13] [14] 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]

Coaching career

Longzhu Gaming

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

Team SoloMid

In December 2017, Team SoloMid announced that Lustboy would be returning as a "strategy coach" for 2018, working with fellow coaches Parth Nadu and SSONG (Sang-soo Kim).[22] [23]

100 Thieves

Ham was signed as a support role coach for 100 Thieves ahead of the 2021 LCS season.[24]

Tournament results

MiG Blaze/CJ Entus Blaze

2012

2013

2014

CJ Entus

2014

Team SoloMid

2014

2015

Longzhu Gaming

2016

Notes and References

  1. Web site: You can't see him: The rise of Lustboy . Jackson . Leah. LoL Esports . 5 July 2016 .
  2. Web site: A Dynasty of Ice and Fire - Part 1: Origins . Gamespot . July 5, 2016 .
  3. Web site: MiG Blaze wins Azubu LoL SPRING 2012 . Noether . Alex . May 19, 2012 . SK Gaming . July 5, 2016 .
  4. Web site: LoL eSports: 2012 in review. Pencheva . Irena . January 10, 2013 . SK Gaming . July 5, 2016 .
  5. Web site: The team builder of South Korea: Woong and Overwatch . Lonnquist . Erik . June 14, 2014 . ESPN . July 5, 2016 .
  6. Web site: CJ Blaze attain victory at WCG Korean . Choudhry . Ash . SK Gaming . July 5, 2016 .
  7. Web site: Lustboy heads to Team SoloMid—pending paperwork approval . Turton . William . July 2, 2014 . The Daily Dot . July 5, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160723075621/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/lustboy-gleeb-team-solomid/ . July 23, 2016 . dead .
  8. Web site: How TSM found success with Lustboy . Shin. Andy . February 18, 2015 . Gamurs . July 5, 2016 .
  9. Web site: Lustboy joins TSM and replaces Gleeb as the starting Support . Rouffa . Johnathan . July 22, 2014 . GameSpot . July 5, 2016 .
  10. Web site: Riot Games fines Team Solomid owner Andy Dinh for announcing TSM Lustboy too early . Kulasingham . Nilu . August 14, 2014 . Yahoo News . July 5, 2016 .
  11. Web site: America's Biggest League Of Legends Team Just Imploded . LeJacq . Yannick . October 14, 2015 . Kotaku . July 5, 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160612222621/http://kotaku.com/america-s-biggest-league-of-legends-team-just-imploded-1736590125 . June 12, 2016 .
  12. Web site: NA LCS offseason report cards -- CLG survives, NRG rises . Erzberger . Tyler. January 15, 2015 . ESPN . July 5, 2016 .
  13. Web site: Roster Shake-up Could Be Secret Blessing For Team Solo Mid . Evans . Michael . October 18, 2015 . Vavel . July 5, 2016.
  14. Web site: TSM announces departures of Lustboy, Santorin and Dyrus from League of Legends roster . Volk . Pete . October 15, 2015 . SB Nation . July 5, 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160618001754/http://www.sbnation.com/2015/10/14/9534707/lustboy-santorin-dyrus-tsm-roster . June 18, 2016 .
  15. Web site: Team SoloMid reveals Santorin, Lustboy will join Dyrus off the roster . Lingle . Samuel . December 11, 2015 . The Daily Dot . July 5, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160509143630/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/team-solomid-santorin-lustboy-dyrus/ . May 9, 2016 . dead .
  16. Web site: Team SoloMid reveals Santorin, Lustboy will join Dyrus off the roster . . June 26, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160509143630/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/team-solomid-santorin-lustboy-dyrus/ . May 9, 2016 . dead .
  17. Web site: TSM Biofrost: TSM Replaces YellOwStaR with NA Rookie Support . Jacobs . Jamie . May 21, 2016 . Esports Edition . July 5, 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160703061359/http://esportsedition.com/league-of-legends/tsm-biofrost-tsm-replaces-yellowstar-na-rookie-support/ . July 3, 2016 .
  18. Web site: TSM Roster Changes . TSM.gg . 5 July 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160703105944/http://www.tsm.gg/index.php/news/tsm-roster-changes/ . 3 July 2016 .
  19. Web site: Lustboy joins Longzhu IM as strategic coach . Josh . Bury . December 10, 2015 . The Score Esports . July 5, 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160731050440/http://www.thescoreesports.com/news/5241 . July 31, 2016 .
  20. Web site: Bjergsen and the evolution of Team SoloMid . Erzberger . Tyler. February 12, 2016 . ESPN . July 5, 2016 .
  21. esports.dailygame.co.kr/view.php?ud=2015121016583995263
  22. https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/tsm-announce-addition-ssong-lustboy-19272 TSM announce the addition of SSONG and Lustboy
  23. http://www.tsm.gg/news/welcome-ssong-lustboy Welcome SSONG + Lustboy!
  24. News: Geracie . Nick . Ousley . Parkes . [UPDATED 12/1] 100 Thieves completes LCS roster, adds Goldenglue & Lustboy to coaching staff ]. May 18, 2021 . Inven Global . December 1, 2020.
  25. Web site: CJ Entus Blaze wins ZOTAC NLB Winter 2013-2014 . Nordmark . Sam . January 18, 2014 . GameSpot . July 5, 2016.
  26. Web site: HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014 . March 12, 2014 . Challonge . July 5, 2016.
  27. Web site: After another NA LCS title, TSM will aim for international glory . Lingle . Samuel . The Daily Dot . July 5, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151224000055/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/team-solomid-cloud9-team-liquid-na-lcs-2015-spring/ . December 24, 2015 . dead .

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