Lee Sang-hyeok, known as "Faker," the League of Legends (LoL) world champion, reported a user who used a game ID that disparages China during a match. Chinese netizens are welcoming the move.
According to News1 on the 9th, as of 12:30 p.m. that day, the 21st spot on the real-time search rankings of China's social media Weibo was taken by the term "Faker reported a strange ID."
A Chinese online gaming blogger with about 750,000 followers posted on the blogger's own account, saying, "The previous day, Faker reported a user using the ID 'JJANGKAFKCN' while playing LoL," and uploaded a post and video calling him a "righteous Lee Sang-hyeok hyungnim."
According to the video, Lee Sang-hyeok reported a user who was using a specific ID during the game and clicked "offensive name" as the reason.
Netizens presume that Lee Sang-hyeok reported an ID that evokes "jjangkkae," a word that disparages Chinese people.
On Weibo, users are responding positively, saying, "Great people don't need words," "Just the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time)," "There is a reason a god is a god," and "Justice was served."