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League of Legends Hall of Fame?

DCatBoone·5/14/2016, 2:11:08 PM·4 votes·3,225 views

I was thinking that eventually there should be a Hall to be a HOF'er, accomplishments, consistency, performance in their region, performance at international events, popularity etc.

Here are my picks for HOF'ers, and players that should be considered for the HOF once they eventually retire, admittedly I'm from NA so I am not super familiar with players from the other regions.

Retired Guys Reginald, HotshotGG, SaintVicious, Dyrus, The Odd One, XPeke (Plus many more I'm sure from Korea, China, EU, many of the guys who led the way, the first LoL stars are slowly slipping from memory, which is why a Hall would be nice)

Future Hall of Famers

Faker, Froggen, Westdoor, Aphromoo, Hai, Lemonnation, Yellowstar, Bjergsen, Loulex, Febiven, Rekkles, Doublelift, Marin, CPT Jack, Madlife, Uzi, Imp, Clearlove, Deft, Mata, GodV, Kakao, Impact, Insec, Pawn, Dade, Alex Ich, XiYang

I'm sure there are a lot more, but that's what I have so far. What do you guys think? And do you think Riot should create a hall of fame in the next few years? The average career for a pro player seems to be like 3 years, very few play more than that, so unlike traditional sports, it's kind of hard to create a perfect set of criteria. I was going based off regional results (Dyrus, Odd One didn't do well internationally, but they consistently were the best team in NA for several Splits, and internationally). Regi is a no brainer considering all he has done for the Esports scene, along with HotshotGG, SaintVicious was one of the most popular figures in the LoL pro scene at it's conception and has definitely left his mark on the sport. That's my defense for the NA guys.

41 Comments

TurquoiseYoshi5/14/2016, 4:12:06 PM2 votes

I feel like there should be a larger esports HOF rather than just a LoL HOF.

III BAKURYU III 5/14/2016, 4:15:23 PM2 votes

I would love a Hall of Fame for League of Legends can't say much about Esports Hall of Fame as I don't watch CS go or any other form of Esports other than League LCS-LCK-LPL etc etc. I would Also love a ALL TIME Leader board of the players stats since 2013 but thats not happening anytime soon.

DREADN0UGHT5/14/2016, 4:45:32 PM1 votes

To be honest I'm unsure as to why that is not already existing.

TheOddOne lol poor guy can't even get to high diamond anymore. He rusty af.

RendDuzit5/14/2016, 8:06:52 PM1 votes

alex ich i dont really agree with... hall of fame we should be exceptionally good people not just popular.. like there is very few people for basketball hall of fame.. like faker would be 100% on there and probably other world champions...

PDE5 Inhib5/14/2016, 11:59:55 PM1 votes

Bro. You listed so many players lol.

Smart Kitty5/15/2016, 2:11:04 AM1 votes

It's an interesting idea, but I think you have way too many players, lol. I don't see why Lemon and Loulex should be on it either. I think it should be based on both domestic and international sucess over the entirety of a player's career.

Reaper Soraka5/15/2016, 3:17:36 AM1 votes

Nightblue3 for best LoL stream.

Angry Monster5/15/2016, 3:32:16 AM1 votes

I think league needs to prove that is can last 15 years and be still relevant before a hall of fame can be talked about, we are roughly half way there at this point.

I think your list is way to long. A hall of fame member has to do something that special not just be popular. People like Dyrus should not qualify, sure he is iconic and should have a place in the history but he was never that great, he was more famous for wanting to play than playing.(camp dyruis reference).

People like Hai, Regi, and faker i can agree with. Hai mained 3 positions in the LCS was the shoot caller and pretty much made it so C9 existed in 2016. Hai is almost is league of legends c9. It does not exist without him. Hai might be the best shot caller in the world, even though not on the best team. So many people have respected his in game mind.

Faker, his accomplishments are already stuff of legends, so obvious

Regi owner, player, mastermind of TSM. Helped define league in NA. You could say the same thing about Hottshot but i always felt that he was less than Regi in all things, personality, branding, and presence. Though its hard to tell the story of TSM without Hotshot, and CLG story is lacking without mentioning TSM. So maybe both are needed.