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CoreJJ Wins LCS Summer MVP After First-Place Finish to Regular Season

Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in has been crowned the LCS 2020 Summer MVP, securing his second season MVP award in two years. The Team Liquid Support player was announced as the winner on the afternoon of September 4th across the LCS’s official social media.

The award comes after a landmark season for the veteran support and one of the best showings for him following his return to the North American Region. Team Liquid rocketed from a dismal ninth-place finish in the LCS 2020 Spring Season, to a dominant first-place next split in Summer 2020 – Thanks in part to the impressive place of CoreJJ.

An in-game leader for the squad, Team Liquid’s Summer record with CoreJJ was an impressive 15-3. The support player garnering individual game MVP honors in week two, twice in week six, and again in week seven. In the Summer playoffs his performance saw the team advance to the upper-bracket finals. However, the team would unfortunately fall to FlyQuest in the fourth round. The squad now contends with TSM for a possible rematch against FQ for the title of playoff champions.

This, combined with his ever expanding popularity of CoreJJ has made him a natural candidate for MVP. Since his return to NA in 2019 CoreJJ has lived up to his reputation as a international-calibre talent. A former World Champion with Samsung Galaxy in 2017, Team Liquid’s support superstar now looks at a return to Worlds. It would be his fifth trip to the championship tournament in five years.

But first TL must topple TSM. Then CoreJJ be on the road to Worlds 2020, and a chance to secure his second world title.

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LEC/LCS Veteran Kold Announces Retirement, departs Origen

It’s always sad when seemingly young pro’s call it quits. However, today’s announcement that Jonas “Kold” Andersen would be retiring takes the cake. Kold announced his retirement today on social media, accompanied by a longer explanation on TwitLonger.

In his post, Kold describes the issues that had plagued him during the 2019 Summer Split – problems which eventually caused him to step down from Origen. The star Danish jungler had been under tremendous amounts of stress which had manifested into physical symptoms. In light of the threat to his health, Kold took a break from the competitive scene.

Now, just over 12 months later, Kold has officially announced his retirement. He’s not completely leaving the scene though. The talented former-player now looks to put his skills to work as a coach in either the LEC or LCS.

Any team that picks up Kold would benefit from his years of competitive experience, dating back to 2013 and the foundation of the modern LoL pro-scene. First rising to prominence on the now defunct Cloud9 Eclipse, a European branch of the NA organisation, Kold’s biggest break would come as part of H2k-Gaming.

Kold would later move regions to NA, playing on Enemy eSports, before returning to Europe. Here he found one of his most successful seasons with Splyce. However, despite their seeming mastery of Macro play, Splyce would find themselves eliminated in the group stage. Following this, Kold played on European teams including Unicorns of Love and finally Origen.

He departs his pro career with a legacy that includes international competition, a Rift Rivals victory, and several LEC runners up prizes.


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