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Ryujehong

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Current team
Team	Seoul Dynasty
Role	Support
Games	Overwatch
League	Overwatch League
Personal information
Name	Ryu Jehong
Born	5 September 1991
Nationality	Korean
Team history
2016-2017	Lunatic-Hai
2016-2017	South Korea
2017-present	Seoul Dynasty

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Ryu Jehong (Hangul: 류제홍, born September 5, 1991), better known by his online alias ryujehong, is a South Korean professional Overwatch player currently playing for the Seoul Dynasty.

Ryu is renowned for his high mechanical ability and high impact in-game performances. He is most famous for his performances on the hero Ana, a sniper wielding hero on which Ryu displayed high accuracy.

Ryu is one of two players to win the Overwatch World Cup twice, doing so consecutively in 2016 and 2017 alongside his teammate Kim "zunba" Joon-Hyuk. Additionally, these two are also the only two players to have won the OGN Overwatch APEX tournament twice, also consecutively in the second and third seasons of the tournament.

Personal life

Ryu was born in Incheon, Korea on September 5 1991.

Career

Early career

Overwatch

Ryu returned from his military service on May 25, 2016, a day after the global release of Overwatch. Remaining with Lunatic-Hai, he joined former teammates Kim "EscA" In-Jae and Lee "LEETAEJUN" Tae Jun to form the organisation's Overwatch team. Alongside other notable players such as Gong "Miro" Jin-Hyuk and Yang "tobi" Jin-mo, the team entered the APAC Premier 2016 tournament as the team expected to win. However, they were upset by the European super team Rogue in the finals, losing 1-4.

Ryu was selected to participate in the first Overwatch World Cup as a member of Team South Korea, alongside his teammates Gong and Kim from Lunatic-Hai. In LA??? they completed their group stage without dropping a single point. Ryu and Team South Korea continued this performance into playoffs, completing their tournament without giving up a single point, and beating Team Russia in a 4-0 sweep in the grand finals. It was in this tournament that Ryu made an international name for himself as one of the best support players in the world, as well as the undisputed title of best Ana player in the world.

Ryu returned to Korea to participate in the first season of the OGN Overwatch Apex tournament. Despite having a strong group stage performance, leaving their group as the highest seed, Ryu and Lunatic-Hai were knocked out by Kongdoo Uncia in the first round of the playoffs.

Ryu and his team participated in the Intel Extreme Masters Season XI Gyeonggi in Goyang, where he and his team had a relatively easy path through to the grand finals, only dropping one point. However, they were defeated 3-1 in the finals by LuxuryWatch Red, denying Lunatic-Hai yet another first place finish at a major event.

Ryu and Lunatic-Hai came into 2017 being considered as "the best team in the world yet to win a major title", with Ryu maintaining his reputation as one of the strongest Ana players in Korea. The team was rocked by a scandal during the group stage of OGN Overwatch Apex Season 2 when two of their members, Geum "dean" Dong-geun and Lee "LEETAEJUN" Tae Jun, were banned from the tournament after they allegedly engaged in inappropriate relations with fans. As a result, the team was forced to replace them new addition Kim "zunba" Joon-Hyuk, signed at the beginning of the season, and rookie Lee "Whoru" Seung Joon. Commentators at the time noted that this may have benefitted the team in the long term, as it allowed Ryu to stay in the support role rather than be forced to move in between support and tank like he had been when Geum was on the roster. After completing their group stage with a strong performance, only dropping a single point in three games, the team earned the moniker of the "uncrowned kings", owing to their lack of a major title despite their recent strong performances. The team would suffer its first loss of the tournament to the underdog team Runaway, who they would later meet in the grand final. Ryu and the team came back from a 3-1 deficit to Runaway in the grand finals, awarding them their first major title as Lunatic-Hai and Ryu's second major title. Ryu was voted as the Most Valuable Player for the season.

Results

Date^[1]	Placement^[1]	Tier^[1]	Tournament^[1]	Team^[1]	Prize^[1]
2016-09-11	2nd	Minor	Overwatch Power League - Preseason	Lunatic-hai	$2682
2016-10-02	1-12th	Qualifier	Overwatch APEX Season 1: Offline Qualifier #1	Lunatic-hai	$0
2016-10-16	2nd	Premier	APAC Premier 2016	Lunatic-hai	$30,000
2016-11-05	1st	Premier	Overwatch World Cup 2016	South Korea	$18,000
2016-11-21	5-8th	Premier	Overwatch APEX Season 1	Lunatic-hai	$6,337
2016-12-18	2nd	Major	Intel Extreme Masters Season XI Gyeonggi	Lunatic-hai	$20,000
2017-02-23	5-8th	Qualifier	Nexus Cup 2017 - Spring Korean Qualifier	Lunatic-hai	$0
2017-04-08	1st	Premier	Overwatch APEX Season 2	Lunatic-hai	$89,910
2017-07-29	1st	Premier	Overwatch APEX Season 3	Lunatic-hai	$92,707
2017-07-29	1st	Premier	Overwatch APEX Season 3	Lunatic-hai	$92,707
2017-08-06	1-2nd	Qualifier	Overwatch World Cup 2017 - Katowice Qualifier	South Korea	$9,000
2017-10-06	5-6th	Premier	Overwatch APEX Season 4	Lunatic-hai	$7,137
2017-10-15	1st	Major	Seoul Cup - OGN Super Match	Lunatic-hai	$60,000
2017-11-04	1st	Premier	Overwatch World Cup 2017	South Korea	$9,000
2017-12-09	1-3rd	Exhibition	Overwatch League - Inaugural Season	Seoul Dynasty	$0
2018-06-17	8th	Premier	Overwatch League - Inaugural Season	Seoul Dynasty	$75,000
2018-08-26	L	Exhibition	OWL All-Stars 2018 - Mystery Heroes	Pacific	$0
2018-08-26	L	Exhibition	OWL All-Star Game 2018	Pacific	$0
2018-12-28	Draw	Exhibition	Pacific Challenge	Seoul Dynasty	$0
2019-03-24	3-4th	Major	Overwatch League - 2019 Stage 1 Playoffs	Seoul Dynasty	$50,000

Individual awards

References

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 Ryu and his team participated in the Intel Extreme Masters Season XI Gyeonggi in [[Goyang]], where he and his team had a relatively easy path through to the grand finals, only dropping one point. However, they were defeated 3-1 in the finals by LuxuryWatch Red, denying Lunatic-Hai yet another first place finish at a major event.
-Ryu and Lunatic-Hai came into 2017 being considered as "the best team in the world yet to win a major title", with Ryu maintaining his reputation as one of the strongest Ana players in Korea. The team was rocked by a scandal during the group stage of OGN Overwatch Apex Season 2 when two of their members, Geum "dean" Dong-geun and Lee "LEETAEJUN" Tae Jun, were banned from the tournament after they allegedly engaged in inappropriate relations with fans. As a result, the team was forced to replace them new addition Kim "zunba" Joon-Hyuk, signed at the beginning of the season, and rookie Lee "Whoru" Seung Joon. Commentators at the time noted that this may have benefitted the team in the long term, as it allowed Ryu to stay in the support role rather than be forced to move in between support and tank like he had been when Geum was on the roster. After completing their group stage with a strong performance, only dropping a single point in three games, the team earned the moniker of the "uncrowned kings", owing to their lack of a major title despite their recent strong performances. The team would suffer its first loss of the tournament to the underdog team Runaway, who they would later meet in the grand final. Ryu and the team came back from a 3-1 deficit to Runaway in the grand finals, awarding them their first major title as Lunatic-Hai and Ryu's second major title.
+Ryu and Lunatic-Hai came into 2017 being considered as "the best team in the world yet to win a major title", with Ryu maintaining his reputation as one of the strongest Ana players in Korea. The team was rocked by a scandal during the group stage of OGN Overwatch Apex Season 2 when two of their members, Geum "dean" Dong-geun and Lee "LEETAEJUN" Tae Jun, were banned from the tournament after they allegedly engaged in inappropriate relations with fans. As a result, the team was forced to replace them new addition Kim "zunba" Joon-Hyuk, signed at the beginning of the season, and rookie Lee "Whoru" Seung Joon. Commentators at the time noted that this may have benefitted the team in the long term, as it allowed Ryu to stay in the support role rather than be forced to move in between support and tank like he had been when Geum was on the roster. After completing their group stage with a strong performance, only dropping a single point in three games, the team earned the moniker of the "uncrowned kings", owing to their lack of a major title despite their recent strong performances. The team would suffer its first loss of the tournament to the underdog team Runaway, who they would later meet in the grand final. Ryu and the team came back from a 3-1 deficit to Runaway in the grand finals, awarding them their first major title as Lunatic-Hai and Ryu's second major title. Ryu was voted as the Most Valuable Player for the season.