Chae ‘Piglet’ Gwang-jin is a professional LOL player from South Korea, practicing AD Carry position for Team Liquid. He is famous for his conservative playstyle and excellent positioning that has provided his teammates the help they needed to win matches. At the moment living in North America with his squad, he likes the fact that a lot of people watch his stream, playing his signature LOL characters Twitch, Caitlyn and Vayne.
Being brought up in South Korea, Chae’s mother was his motivator, whenever he felt like giving up, she would encourage him to keep trying and not give up on his dreams. The coolest esports fans he had were in Korea, they made big posters with his name on it and held it up to cheer him on. He has a fascination with the Disney character, Piglet and in fact he wears a hoodie or Winnie the pooh socks for good luck at esports events.
Where it all began:
Gwang-jin first video game he played was Starcraft, aiming to be a professional player but he reached amateur level. Very often he would clash with his family about his gaming habits and which led him to lie to his parents that he quit gaming. However, nothing could stop him from playing video games so he snuck out of the house to practice at the local Internet café.
His happiest moment came when he was signed with SK Telecom T1 in 2013 even though he had not played professionally in League of Legends. He has developed his skills to become the player he is thanks to SKT playing aside the star player Faker.
The Team:
Team Liquid is a professional esports association that was founded in 2000, established in The Netherlands. TL started out, forming their first team competing in StarCraft II and eventually expanded to have units that specialize in Hearthstone, Super Smash Bros, FIFA HALO, League of Legends and CS: GO. Team Liquid latest great win was their Dota 2 that won The International 7 scooping the highest reward in esports of a staggering $10 million.
Liquid LOL team was created in January 2015, and since then have made name for themselves in the world of esports. Team Liquid current roster consists of Lourlo, Reignover, Dardoch, Mickey, Goldenglue, Piglet and Matt so together all aim to perform their best LOL strategies to win tournaments.
Competition Participation and Winnings:
Piglet’s first memorable win was at the HOT6SIX Champions Summer 2013 while competing for SK Telecom T1. The LOL team beat KT Rolster Bullets with the record of 3-2, taking the championship title, scooping up a stunning prize of $54K.
Piglet made a name for himself at the Season 3 Worlds Championship, he led his team to dominate the whole LOL tournament. The results spoke for itself, SK Telecom won the Worlds Championship with an unbeatable score 3-0 to win a prize of a staggering $1 million. Widely known as the best AD carry player, he was given the AD MVP Award in the 2013 Korea Esports Awards.
For the past two years, Piglet was competing for Team Liquid where he attended several League of Legends tournaments, these include the North American LCS Spring and Summer Leagues in 2015,2016 and 2017 Piglet and Team Liquid participated at the IEM XI Gyeonggi where the LOL team finished in third place, scooping up a reward of $10K.
The latest tournament that Piglet and his unit have attended was the 2018 NA LCS Spring Promotion that has qualified them to participate in next year’s North American League Championship Series Spring LOL event.
