Effort (gamer)

South Korean esports player (born 2000)

In this Korean name, the family name is  Lee.

Effort

Effort in 2019

Current team
Team| Fredit Brion
Role| Support
Game| League of Legends
League| LCK
Personal information
Name| 이상호
(Lee Sang-ho)
Nationality| South Korean
Team history
2017–2020| T1[a]
2020–2021| Liiv Sandbox
2021–2022| Nongshim RedForce
2022–present| Fredit Brion
Career highlights and awards

* 2× LCK champion

Lee Sang-ho (Korean: 이상호; born November 23, 2000), better known as Effort (Korean: 에포트), is a South Korean professional League of Legends player for Fredit Brion. He made his debut on KeSPA Cup 2017.[1] He was an online trainee of SK Telecom T1 for 7 months before officially joining the team.[2] Effort is well known for his exceptional play on Pyke.[3]

## Early life

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He stated in an interview that he used to watch a lot of StarCraft games.[2] His in-game name, Effort, was named after a StarCraft player, Kim "EffOrt" Jung Woo, his favourite player.[2]

He started playing League of Legends during his first year of his secondary school.[4] His role model is Lee "Wolf" Jae-wan, former support player for SK Telecom T1.[4]

## Career

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### Season 7

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SK Telecom T1 announced that they had signed Effort,[5] who was previously a trainee of the team. Effort made his debut on KeSPA Cup 2017 on November 29, 2017. His first match was with Griffin, and his first champion used in his professional career was Blitzcrank.[6] He won his first game against Griffin.

### Season 8

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Effort became the starting supporter for SK Telecom T1 in the LCK Spring 2018. He played his first LCK game against ROX Tigers, which he won with a match score of 2–1. In the same season, he played his first playoffs in his career. SK Telecom T1 ended up at 4th place in the Spring season. SKT received 7th place in the Summer season, and 4th place in the Korea Regional Finals, which made them failed to qualify for 2018 League of Legends World Championship.

### Season 9

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Effort played his first game of the season in the LCK Summer 2019. His first win of the season was against kt Rolster, where he started as the support player for the second match, breaking the five-game losing streak of SKT in Summer 2019.[7] He became the starting player of the team since then.

He played his second playoffs in his career in Summer 2019. He had his first appearance on stage in the LCK finals on August 31, 2019.[8] He won his first LCK title against Griffin on the same day with a match score of 3–1.[9] His team had qualified as the first seed for LCK in the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, and he was selected as one of the members to represent SK Telecom T1 in World Championship.[10]

### Season 10

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On April 25, 2020, Effort and his team won the LCK Spring split finals against Gen.G with a match score of 3–0.[11] This was his second LCK title.

On December 1, 2020, T1 announced the departure of their four-year Support player, Effort.[12][13] Liiv Sandbox then announced that Effort will be joining them as their new Support player.[14]

## Accomplishments

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Year  | Team  | Event  | Place

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2017  | SK Telecom T1 | KeSPA Cup 2017  | 3rd–4th
2018  | League of Legends Champions Korea Spring 2018  | 4th
League of Legends Champion Korea Summer 2018  | 7th
Korea Regional Finals 2018  | 4th
2019  | League of Legends Champions Korea Summer 2019 | 1st
League of Legends World Championship 2019 | 3rd–4th
2020  | T1  | KeSPA Cup 2019  | 3rd–4th
League of Legends Champions Korea Spring 2020 | 1st
2020 Mid-Season Cup  | 7th–8th
League of Legends Champions Korea Summer 2020 | 5th
Korea Regional Finals 2020  | 2nd
Liiv Sandbox | KeSPA Cup 2020  | 5th–6th
2021  | League of Legends Champions Korea Spring 2021 | 8th
League of Legends Champions Korea Summer 2021 | 5th

## Notes

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1. ^ Known as SK Telecom T1 from 2014 to 2019.

## References

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1. ^ "[케스파컵] 신인 '에포트' 이상호, '울프' 이재완 대신 선발 출전". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 31, 2019.
2. ^ a b c "[롤플레이어] '에포트' 이상호 "나부터 잘하는 게 중요"". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 31, 2019.
3. ^ "League of Legends: Effort & Leo Renew Their Contract with SK Telecom T1". www.invenglobal.com. November 20, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
4. ^ a b "[단박인터뷰] SKT 새 희망으로 떠오른 '에포트' 이상호". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 31, 2019.
5. ^ "League of Legends: [Breaking News] SKT T1 signs kkOma as the Head Coach; Faker, Bang, Wolf, Blank, Untara, and Effort renew their contracts". www.invenglobal.com. November 24, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
6. ^ "New SKT Support Makes His Debut in KeSPA Cup". 90min.in. November 29, 2017. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
7. ^ "League of Legends: SK Telecom T1 Breaks 5-Game Losing Streak". www.invenglobal.com. June 27, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
8. ^ "League of Legends: [2019 LCK Summer Finals] SK Telecom T1 Players Speak of Their Thoughts on Winning the Championship". www.invenglobal.com. August 31, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
9. ^ "League of Legends: [2019 LCK Summer Finals] SK Telecom T1 Wins their 8th LCK Championship". www.invenglobal.com. August 31, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
10. ^ LoL, T1 (September 26, 2019). "Official Roster". @T1LoL. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
11. ^ "League of Legends: [LCK Today] T1 dominates Gen.G to win their 9th LCK championship". InvenGlobal. April 25, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
12. ^ "[오피셜] '에포트' 이상호, 연습생 시절부터 4년 함께한 T1 떠난다". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved December 1, 2020.
13. ^ "Thank You: Lee 'Effort' Sangho - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
14. ^ "'에포트' 이상호, 샌드박스로 전격 이적 발표". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved December 1, 2020.

## External links

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* Effort on Instagram