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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 Je-hong |
| Born | 5 September 1991 |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Team history | |
| 2016-2017 | Lunatic-Hai |
| 2016-2017 | South Korea |
| 2017-present | Seoul Dynasty |
Ryu Je-hong (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
Ryu's professional esports career began in 2011 when he joined Lunatic-Hai's Counter Strike 1.6 team under the online alias ninja. The team participated in the WEG e-Stars Seoul tournament, where they failed to win a single match.
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 during the double elimination quarter finals 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 to win 4-3, 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.
Ryu and Lunatic-Hai followed this success into OGN Overwatch Apex Season 3, completing their group stage without a single loss once again. This strong performance, and Ryu's reputation as one of the best support players in Korea, got him selected to represent Team South Korea for a consecutive year in the Overwatch World Cup 2017.
The team experienced another scandal when Lee was announced to be benched for the rest of the season, citing behavioural issues. This forced the team to use Ryu's substitute, Moon "Gido" Gi-Do, in a damage role rather than the support role. Though the immediate effect of this setback granted the team a loss to rivals Kongdoo Panthera in the first round of the double elimination, the team managed to reach the finals for a rematch with Kongdoo. Ryu and the team played a close match against Kongdoo, with each team trading points until Lunatic-Hai managed to win 4-3, defending their Apex title. Ryu was also voted as the Most Valuable Player for this season.
Ryu, Yang and Kim (zunba), participated in the Overwatch World Cup 2017 Katowice Qualifier, where they exhibited a dominant performance over their group by finishing with a 3-0 win/loss ratio without dropping a single point.
On August 22, 2017, Ryu and his teammates from Lunatic-Hai minus Whoru and LEETAEJUN were announced as the first six members to represent Seoul as a team in Blizzard Entertainment's upcoming Overwatch League. Kevin Chou, the owner of the team which would later become the Seoul Dynasty, stated that he picked up the team owing to their strong recent performances.
Ryu returned to Korea to participate in OGN Overwatch Apex Season 4 with Lunatic-Hai. However, an inconsistent performance in the group stage and two consecutive losses to rookie team GC Busan, who would later win the tournament, had Ryu and the team exit during the quarterfinal stage.
Ryu participated in the Seoul Cup - OGN Super Match with Lunatic-Hai and their new members, alongside invited Chinese teams Lucky Future and Miraculous Youngsters, as well as the Kongdoo Panthera, who had been revealed to be expected to represent the London franchise of the Overwatch League. Ryu and the team managed a reverse sweep against Miraculous Youngsters to win 3-2 in the semifinals, and defeated Kongdoo Panthera in the finals 3-1. This would be the last time that Ryu and his teammates would play under the banner of Lunatic-Hai, as the team (with exceptions to whoru and leetaejun [correction needed]) would be collectively transferred to the Seoul Dynasty under ownership of Gen.G (formerly KSV esports) owned by Kevin Chou.
Ryu travelled to Anaheim with Yang and Kim for the Overwatch World Cup 2017 Playoffs. Team South Korea defeated crowd-favourites Team USA in the quarter final match with a 3-1 score, notably being the first time Team South Korea had ever lost a point during a World Cup event. After defeating France in the semi-finals 3-1 as well, Team South Korea successfully defended their title against Team Canada with a 4-1 finish. Notably, during these matches, the usage of Ryu's signature hero Ana had fallen out of favour in the professional scene due to various changes in the game. However, Ryu managed to perform similar feats as he did before on the hero, leading to (this) moment and maintaining his reputation as an Ana player above all others.
On December 6 2017, Ryu played his first match as the Seoul Dynasty in the Overwatch League Inaugural Preseason. Living up to their reputation as a favourite to win the Inaugural Season, they won all three of their preseason matches against the Shanghai Dragons, Houston Outlaws and New York Excelsior.
On January 10 2018, Ryu and his teammates played their first regular season match of the Overwatch League Inaugural Season, being the highlight match of the first day of the league, against the Dallas Fuel. The Dallas Fuel were formed from the core of Team EnVy, who Lunatic-Hai had faced multiple times throughout their OGN Apex runs, resulting in a historical rivalry. Ryu and the Dynasty won a close 2-1 match, which was recorded with a peak viewership of 436,789 viewers on the Twitch streaming platform and a further 1,210,105 viewers across Chinese streaming services.
Results
| 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
- OGN Overwatch Apex Season 2 Most Valuable Player Award.
- OGN OVerwatch Apex Season 3 Most Valuable Player Award.