Crown

Crown
Retired as Player
Crown
Background Information
Name	Lee Min-ho (이민호)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	February 28, 1995 (age 29)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Gen.G Scholars
Role	; Coach
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Competitive IDs	Shadow
Soloqueue IDs	KR: 스으을스으을, 땅만안짚으면되지, Gen G Crown, 삼성갤럭시크라운; Crown1; NA: Eugene Leee, OpTic Crown
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Lee "Crown" (▶️ listen) Min-ho (Hangul: 이민호) is a League of Legends esports player, currently teaching coach for Gen.G Scholars. He was previously known as Shadow.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
BR	⁠⁠Team 58ers	Jun 20142014-06-16^[2]	Sep 20142014-09-04^[1]	2mo 18d ejel
BR	⁠⁠KaBuM! Black	Sep 20142014-09-23^[4]	Dec 20142014-12-03^[3]	2mo 10d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hyper	Jan 20152015-01-05^[5]	Apr 20152015-04-16	3mo 11d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Samsung Galaxy	May 20152015-05-18^[7]	Nov 20172017-11-30^[6]	2yr 6mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠KSV eSports	Nov 20172017-11-30^[9]	May 20182018-05-03^[8]	5mo 3d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	May 20182018-05-03^[11]	Nov 20182018-11-15^[10]	6mo 12d ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Gaming	Nov 20182018-11-25^[13]	Oct 20192019-10-09^[12]	10mo 14d ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Academy	May 20192019-05-31	Jul 20192019-07-05	1mo 5d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	Oct 20192019-10-09^[15]	Nov 20192019-11-20^[14]	1mo 11d ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Nov 20192019-11-20^[17]	Mar 20202020-03-03^[16]	3mo 13d ejel
KR	⁠⁠OZ Gaming	Mar 20202020-03-20^[18]	Nov 20202020-11-16	7mo 27d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Fredit BRION	Jan 20222022-01-10^[21]	Aug 20222022-08-13^[20]	7mo 3d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G Scholars	Oct 20222022-10-13^[22]	Present	2yr 3mo ej

	Team	Start	End
BR	⁠⁠Team 58ers	Jun 20142014-06-16^[2]	Sep 20142014-09-04^[1]	2mo 18d ejel
BR	⁠⁠KaBuM! Black	Sep 20142014-09-23^[4]	Dec 20142014-12-03^[3]	2mo 10d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hyper	Jan 20152015-01-05^[5]	Apr 20152015-04-16	3mo 11d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Samsung Galaxy	May 20152015-05-18^[7]	Nov 20172017-11-30^[6]	2yr 6mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠KSV eSports	Nov 20172017-11-30^[9]	May 20182018-05-03^[8]	5mo 3d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	May 20182018-05-03^[11]	Nov 20182018-11-15^[10]	6mo 12d ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Gaming	Nov 20182018-11-25^[13]	Oct 20192019-10-09^[12]	10mo 14d ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Academy	May 20192019-05-31	Jul 20192019-07-05	1mo 5d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	Oct 20192019-10-09^[15]	Nov 20192019-11-20^[14]	1mo 11d ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Nov 20192019-11-20^[17]	Mar 20202020-03-03^[16]	3mo 13d ejel
KR	⁠⁠OZ Gaming	Mar 20202020-03-20^[18]	Nov 20202020-11-16	7mo 27d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Fredit BRION	Jan 20222022-01-10^[21]	Aug 20222022-08-13^[20]	7mo 3d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G Academy	Oct 20222022-10-13^[22]	Mar 20232023-03-21	5mo 8d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G Scholars	Mar 20232023-03-21	Present	1yr 9mo ej

News

2014
2015
2017
2018
2019
2020
2022
2023

BR	⁠⁠58ers	June 16, ReSEt and Shadow join. Snowlz (Mid to Top) changes position. Venon and CloudPrince leave.^[2] e
BR	⁠⁠58ers	September 4, Team disbands. SkyBart, ReSEt, Shadow, Rafes, and MiT leave.^[1] e
BR	⁠⁠KBB	September 23, Rafes, ReSEt, and Shadow join.^[4] e
BR	⁠⁠KBB	December 3, Shadow leaves.^[3] e

KR	⁠⁠Hyper	January 5, ⁠⁠Hyper is formed. Mimic, Jungle Kn1ght, Mid Modesty, SIgNore All, and 룰루남친 부케 join.^[5] e
KR	⁠⁠Hyper	April 16, Mimic, qrqrqrq, Mid Modesty, sayonara bye, and 룰루남친 부케 leave. e
KR	⁠⁠SSG	May 18, Crown and Luna join.^[7] e

KR	⁠⁠SSG	November 30, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and January (Director) leave.^[6] e
KR	⁠⁠KSV	November 30, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), and TrAce (Coach) join.^[9] e

KR	⁠⁠KSV	May 3, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Life, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and Lee Ji-hoon (General Manager) leave.^[8] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	May 3, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and Lee Ji-hoon (General Manager) join. Life joins as trainee.^[11] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	November 15, Ambition and Crown leave.^[10] e
NA	⁠⁠OPT	November 25, Crown joins.^[13] Crown's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.^[23] e

NA	⁠⁠OPT.A	May 31, Crown joins from main roster. Meteos leaves for main roster. e
NA	⁠⁠OPT.A	July 5, Crown leaves for main roster. e
NA	⁠⁠OPT	October 9, Dhokla, Dardoch, Meteos, Crown, Scarlet, Arrow, and Big are removed from the GCD.^[12] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT	October 9, Dhokla, Dardoch, Meteos, Crown, Scarlet, Arrow, Big, and Zaboutine (Head Coach) are added to the GCD.^[15] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT	November 20, Crown leaves.^[14] e
NA	⁠⁠CLG	November 20, Crown joins.^[17] e
NA	⁠⁠CLG	December 11, Crown and SSONG (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[24] e

NA	⁠⁠CLG	March 3, Crown leaves.^[16] e
KR	⁠⁠OZ	March 20, Crown joins.^[18]^[19] e
KR	⁠⁠OZ	November 16, SoaR, BroCColi, Juhan, Crown, Pilot, Motive, Bluff, Hell (Head Coach), and MaHa (Coach)'s contracts expire. e
KR	⁠⁠F/A	December 1, Crown retires.^[25] e

KR	⁠⁠BRO	January 10, Crown (Streamer) joins.^[21] e
KR	⁠⁠BRO	August 13, Crown (Streamer) leaves.^[20] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN.A	October 13, Crown (Teaching Coach) joins.^[22] e

KR

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⁠GEN.SC

March 21, ⁠

⁠Gen.G Academy renames to ⁠

⁠Gen.G Scholars.

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Biography[]

Lee "Crown" Min-ho is from Korea.

2014 Season[]

In June 2014, Shadow moved to Brazil to play for Team 58ers along with fellow Korean jungler ReSEt. They both stayed with the team until it disbanded in September and then moved to KaBuM! Black along with Brazilian teammate Rafes. Feeling homesick, Shadow left KaBuM! in December and returned to Korea.^[26]

2015 Season[]

Shadow joined Samsung in May as a mid lane substitute prior to the start of Champions Summer 2015, renaming to Crown. He shared the mid lane position with Ace and BlisS. Samsung placed seventh during the regular season and missed playoffs but they qualified for the next season of LCK.

2016 Preseason[]

Samsung competed in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup where they were placed against Ever in the first round. To the surprise of many, Samsung was quickly dispatched 2-0.

2016 Season[]

During the 2016 LCK Spring Season, Samsung Galaxy went 10-8 in sets overall. After looking like they could clinch the fifth and final seed for the Spring Playoffs, Samsung Galaxy were unfortunately denied by the surging Afreeca Freecs, who beat them by the game score tiebreaker, giving Samsung sixth place for the split.

During the 2016 LCK Summer Split, Samsung stayed a top four team throughout the split, notably taking a 2-0 series win against the ROX Tigers, one of two teams to do so. However consistent they were against the teams below them, Samsung rarely won against the three teams above them - ROX Tigers, SK Telecom T1, and KT Rolster. They managed to take fourth place with a 12-6 series record, seeding them into the first round of the 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs. Though they summarily defeated the Afreeca Freecs in the first round, they were matched against KT Rolster, a team who they had never managed to beat post-S4 in the LCK era, and they were swept 3-0, giving them fourth place in the season. Their accumulated points gave them enough to qualify as the second seed in the 2016 Season Korea Regional Finals. In a rematch against the Afreeca Freecs, Samsung managed to beat the Freecs 3-1, moving up to the finals in a rematch against KT Rolster. Samsung upset the heavy favorites 3-2, breaking a 19 game losing streak and giving them the third seed to worlds.

At the 2016 Season World Championship, Samsung were drawn into Group D along with NA's Team SoloMid, China's Royal Never Give Up, and Europe's Splyce.

2019 Season[]

After a difficult 2018 in the LCK, Crown joined OpTic Gaming of the LCS for the 2019 season, replacing PowerOfEvil. The change of scenery seemed to help him, as Crown played well throughout the spring split and was widely praised by fans and analysts. However, Crown's teammates were unable to match his level of play, and although OpTic remained in the playoff picture until the final day of Week 9, they never seriously challenged the top of the league and ended up in eighth with a 7-11 record.

Crown stayed with OpTic for the summer split, and they came out of the gate hot, posting a 4-0 record over the first two weeks, albeit against weak opponents. However, the team cooled off significantly after that, and only managed four additional wins over the rest of the split. OpTic's 8-10 record was still good enough to force a three-way tiebreaker for the final playoff spot with Golden Guardians and 100 Thieves, where they rose to the challenge and beat both teams, sending them to the playoffs. There, they were swept by CLG, ending Crown's season and breaking his 3-year streak of playing at the World Championship.

2020 Season[]

OpTic overhauled their roster and rebranded to Immortals in the off-season, and Crown left. After reportedly attracting attention from multiple LCS teams, Crown elected to sign with CLG, due to a desire to play under Korean coach SSONG. The 2020 season started horribly for both Crown and his new team, as CLG immediately fell to the bottom of the standings, with Crown and his teammates looking uncoordinated onstage. With the team 1-7 over the first four weeks, Crown was benched in favor of veteran mid laner Pobelter and left the team a few weeks later. Back in Korea, he joined Challengers Korea team OZ Gaming for the end of the 2020 Spring Season, but only played in four games, going 2-2 as OZ finished in sixth place, outside of playoffs.

Crown stayed with OZ for the 2020 Summer Season, splitting time with Ian. OZ finished with an 8-6 series record, good enough for third place. Crown did not play in a 3-1 defeat of RunAway in the first round of the playoffs. He returned for the second round against Awesome Spear with his team already down 1-0 in the series, but they lost the next two games and were eliminated, ending his season. In December, Crown announced his retirement.

Trivia[]

Was originally a Zerg Starcraft player under the name MinHo and was drafted by STX SouL in 2011.
- However, he resigned from the team around 2012 and was eventually permanently banned from Starcraft for playing an R-rated map on stream, leading him to take up League of Legends.
Supposedly played over 4,000 solo queue games in 2015.
Awarded Regular season MVP in LCK 2017 Spring Season with 1300 points.
Known to be a sensitive and easily stressed player.
Known as "Macho Man" by fans for sometimes watching 'inappropriate clips' during his live streams.
He chose his SSG Taliyah skin because according to him, she was his best champion at the 2017 Season World Championship.
Best known for his time as a player for Samsung Galaxy, he finished runner-up in Worlds 2016 and won the subsequent 2017 Season World Championship.
Often sings during his streams.

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2017-07-27	KR Korea	LCK 2017 Summer			Cassiopeia	Mid	W	9/1/1	Link	Link
2016-03-25	KR Korea	LCK 2016 Spring			Varus	Mid	W	6/1/5	Link	Link

Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.

Tournament Results[]

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Crown Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2020-09-26	2	Ambition League	1 : 3⁠⁠GEN.A	⁠⁠LEGE	Thal, Ambition, Crown, Sangyoon, MadLife
2020-08-27	3	CK 2020 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠ASP	⁠⁠OZ	SoaR, Juhan, Ian, Crown, Pilot, Motive, MaHa
2020-08-20	3	CK 2020 Summer	8 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠OZ	SoaR, BroCColi, Juhan, Crown, Ian, Pilot, Motive, Hell, MaHa
2020-04-17	6	CK 2020 Spring	5 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠OZ	SoaR, BroCColi, Juhan, Ian, Crown, Pilot, Motive, Hell, MaHa
2020-03-29	10	LCS 2020 Spring	3 - 15⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CLG	Ruin, Wiggily, Crown, Pobelter, Stixxay, Wind, Smoothie, SSONG, Weldon
2019-08-11	5 - 6	LCS 2019 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠CLG	⁠⁠OPT	Dhokla, Meteos, Crown, Arrow, Big, Zaboutine, Croissant
2019-08-04	6	LCS 2019 Summer	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠OPT	Dhokla, Meteos, Crown, Scarlet, Arrow, Big, Zaboutine, Croissant
2019-07-28	7	NA Academy 2019 Summer	7 - 11⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠OPT.A	Allorim, Dardoch, Crown, Scarlet, Asta, Gate, Kubz
2019-03-24	7	LCS 2019 Spring	7 - 11⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠OPT	Allorim, Dhokla, Dardoch, Meteos, Crown, Asta, Arrow, Gate, Big, Zaboutine, Croissant
2018-10-14	13 - 16	Worlds 2018	1 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GEN	CuVee, Haru, Ambition, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ, Edgar

Media[]

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

January 14, Samsung vs e-mFire MVP Interview with Crown & CoreJJ with , and on OnGameNet, English translation by krbnu.
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February 5, Samsung Crown, “I want to become one of the greats” with , and on Inven, English translation by krbnu.
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February 17, Samsung vs CJ Entus MVP Interview with Crown & CuVee with , and on OnGameNet, English translation by krbnu.
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March 22, Samsung Galaxy ‘Crown’ Lee Min-ho’s Message to Lee Jae-dong, the Tyrant with , and on Inven, English translation by krbnu.
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March 23, Samsung vs SBENU Sonicboom MVP Interview with Crown & Ambition with , and on OnGameNet, English translation by krbnu.
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March 25, Samsung Crown Postmatch Interview, “I thank my teammates for giving me my first ever Pentakill” with , and on Inven, English translation by krbnu.
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September 30, SSG Crown: 'I couldn't even imagine being here at Worlds' with , and on Yahoo!
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September 30, Crown on facing Bjergsen: ‘I’ve imagined it a lot, it feels like I can’t complete the picture’ with , and on The Score
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October 2, SSG Crown: ''I'm personally proud because INTZ is doing well'' with , and on Esports Heaven
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October 9, SSG Crown: ‘I never expected to be the first seed in the group’ with , and on The Rift Herald
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October 10, SSG Crown: ‘If I choose Viktor, I win’ with , and on Yahoo!
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October 11, Crown on SSG’s success: “I’ve cried a lot during 2016, even very recently.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
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October 14, SSG Crown on C9, H2K, First Blood and Winning with , and on Red Bull
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October 14, Crown: 'I'd like to meet SK Telecom T1 in the finals' with , and on ESPN
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October 23, Crown on making the Worlds finals:‘I think that we’ll have to win it all to feel really proud’ with , and on The Score
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October 25, SSG Crown says he sometimes wonders why he wasn't born in NA because it's more fun with , and on Esports Heaven
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December 22, SSG Crown – "I feel a bit sorry for Faker" with , and on Liquid Legends
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January 24, Crown on post-worlds mindset: “I shouldn’t say this, and it’s no longer the case, but I found the game to be no longer fun.” by , and on Slingshot Esports
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March 25, SSG Crown: "Today's victory feels better than usual" with , and on Inven Global
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March 29, SSG Crown: "Ekko is not necessarily a counter to Syndra." with , and on Inven Global
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April 6, Crown: 'I live every day, day to day, to win' with , and on ESPN
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July 6, SSG Crown: "I always try to be confident. I think I've played with confidence in the last match." with , and on Inven Global
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July 13, SSG Crown on Beating SKT: "It's rather simple. They played worse, and we played better." with , and on Inven Global
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July 21, Crown continues his reputation as the harshest self critic in the LCK: “Yes I struggled greatly (recently), and I still am.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
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September 2, Crown on Thanking Faker: "He solo-killed me on that champion before, so I made sure to pay special attention" with , and on Inven Global
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September 2, Crown reflecting on his summer split: “I started the summer thinking that I would work very hard, but looking back, it seems like I didn’t work hard at all.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
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September 7, Crown on who he wants to face at worlds: “Bjergsen.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
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September 18, Chase Your Legend - Crown - Worlds 2017 by , and on LoL Esports
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October 5, Samsung Galaxy Crown: "You just have to sit back and watch it unfold" with , and on Inven Global
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October 6, Crown looks ahead to RNG match at worlds, says Uzi is 'cute' with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
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October 11, Crown believes without improvement, SSG ranks around the mid to bottom rankings of the Worlds teams with , and on Travis Gafford
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October 13, Samsung Galaxy Crown, Ambition: "I’m going to take out my anger through the next game" with , and on Inven Global
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October 19, Samsung Galaxy Crown: "I still think that I made some mistakes in the 1v1s and 2v2s" with , and on Inven Global
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October 29, SSG Crown: "If I had to compare us to last year, I think our teamwork has improved a lot." with , and on Inven Global
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November 4, SSG Crown: "Throughout my career, this Worlds was the very first tournament that I truly enjoyed" with , and on Inven Global
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November 29, Crown: 'I wasn't satisfied with my performance at Worlds' with Young Jae Jeon on ESPN
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December 18, SSG Crown: "After Worlds, I was considering the idea of retiring." by , and on InvenGlobal
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December 22, The Top 10 League of Legends Player Storylines of 2017 by theScore Esports on theScore Esports
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December 27, Professional Gamers Read Negative Comments From the Community with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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February 3, KSV Crown on Zoe: "She's a double-edged sword... Once she's behind, there's nothing that she can do" with Youngbo "Roxyy" Sim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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February 22, Crown on Viktor: "From among the many champions that don't make an appearance on stage, he's one of the best" with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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March 13, KSV CoreJJ on Zyra: "I found her to be worth researching to bring out on stage" with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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September 1, Crown thinks Bjergsen is a top 3 mid laner globally by Xing Li on Dot Esports
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October 9, Worlds Group Stage Top 30 2018 Players: 30-26 by Rui Yang Xu on The Game Haus
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January 11, League of Legends: LCS Players to Watch by Rui Yang Xu on The Game Haus
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January 21, League of Legends: LCS Top 3 Mid Laners by Dedrick Freeman on The Game Haus
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February 27, Optic Gaming Crown on his first Interview in LCS "I was quite afraid to do an interview. it would hurt me a lot if I saw the fan’s bad comments." with Byungho "Haao" Kim on Inven Global
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February 28, League of Legends: The Fantastic Four of LCS Week Five by Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
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March 13, Player's choice This or That - Crown Likes Pizza delivery Sneaky with Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
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June 2, OPT Crown: "From season 2 to season 4, Twisted Fate was my highest winrate champion in Solo Queue." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
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June 12, Seven Fun Facts You May Not Know About OpTic's Mid Laner, Crown by Haao and Akiin on Inven Global
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June 13, LCS Spotlight: Lee ‘Crown’ Min-ho of OpTic Gaming by Brayden Nazarian on The Game Haus
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August 8, OpTic Crown on playoffs: “I want to f**k C9” by Brian Chang on Dot Esports
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January 31, [Interview] Crown on CLG being ranked as a mid-tier team "That's true, sure. But we're going to improve." with Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2020-08-06	CK 2020 Summer	BRB vs OZ
2020-07-30	CK 2020 Summer	OZ vs RNW
2020-07-27	CK 2020 Summer	GRF vs OZ
2020-06-22	CK 2020 Summer	EM vs OZ
2018-09-12	Korea Regional Finals 2018	GEN vs SKT	Link
2018-03-13	LCK 2018 Spring	KSV vs JAG	Link
2018-02-22	LCK 2018 Spring	KDM vs KSV	Link