| Retired as Player | ||
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| MadLife | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Hong Min-gi (홍민기) | |
| Country of Birth | South Korea | |
| Birthday | October 5, 1992 (age 32) | |
| Residency | Korea | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Analyst | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Soloqueue IDs | KR: 그랩군단장 호두 자석제조기 | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Hong "MadLife" Min-gi (Hangul: 홍민기) is a League of Legends esports player, previously analyst for Riot Games Inc..
In his prime, Madlife was considered one of the best supports in the World, particularly on play-making skillshot-based champions like 
Thresh and 
Blitzcrank. He became particularly well-known for aiming hooks in the direction in which he predicted a player would Flash and landing them dead-on. However, despite his prowess, Madlife never won a championship or played at Worlds after 2012.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Azubu Frost | Oct 20112011-10-27 | Feb 20132013-02-04[1] | 1yr 3mo ejel | ||
 CJ Entus Frost | Feb 20132013-02-04[4] | Dec 20142014-12-02[3] | 1yr 9mo ejel | ||
| CJ Entus | Dec 20142014-12-02[7] | Nov 20162016-11-30[6] | 1yr 11mo ejel | ||
 Gold Coin United | Dec 20162016-12-29[9] | Nov 20172017-11-20[8] | 10mo 22d ejel | ||
 Riot Games Inc. | Jan 20192019-01-16 | Feb 20202020-02-05 | 1yr 20d ejel | ||
 Hanwha Life | Nov 20202020-11-04[11] | Oct 20212021-10-31[10] | 11mo 27d ejel | ||
| Riot Games Inc. | Jan 20242024-01-13[13] | Jun 20242024-06-14[12] | 5mo 1d ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 MiG Frost | Oct 20112011-10-27 | Jun 20122012-06-22[14] | 7mo 26d ejel | ||
| Azubu Frost | Jun 20122012-06-22[14] | Feb 20132013-02-04[1] | 7mo 12d ejel | ||
| CJ Entus Frost | Feb 20132013-02-04[4] | Dec 20142014-12-02[3] | 1yr 9mo ejel | ||
| CJ Entus | Dec 20142014-12-02[7] | Nov 20162016-11-30[6] | 1yr 11mo ejel | ||
| Gold Coin United | Dec 20162016-12-29[9] | Nov 20172017-11-20[8] | 10mo 22d ejel | ||
| Riot Games Inc. | Jan 20192019-01-16 | Feb 20202020-02-05 | 1yr 20d ejel | ||
| Hanwha Life | Nov 20202020-11-04[11] | Oct 20212021-10-31[10] | 11mo 27d ejel | ||
| Riot Games Inc. | Jan 20242024-01-13[13] | Jun 20242024-06-14[12] | 5mo 1d ejel |
News
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2016
- 2017
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2024
 MIG.F | October 27, Team is formed. Gunwoong, CloudTemplar, RapidStar, Locodoco, MadLife, Onair (Head Coach), and Kezman (Coach) join. |
 AZF | June 22, German media group Azubu sponsors both MiG teams, changing this teams name from MiG Frost to Azubu Frost.[14][15] |
| AZF | February 4, Shy, CloudTemplar, RapidStar, Woong, MadLife, Onair (Head Coach), and Kezman (Coach) leave.[1][2] | |
 CJF | February 4, Shy, CloudTemplar, RapidStar, Space, Woong, kkinsh, MadLife, Onair (Head Coach), fOru (Coach), and Kezman (Coach) join.[4][5] |
| CJF | December 2, Team disbands. Shy, CoCo, Space, MadLife, Onair (Head Coach), fOru (Coach), and Kezman (Coach) leave.[3] | |
| CJ | December 2, Team is reformed as a single team. Shy, Ambition, Trick, CoCo, Roar, MadLife, Max, Onair (Head Coach), and Kezman (Coach) join. Space and fOru (Coach) rejoin.[7] |
| CJ | November 30, Shy, Haru, Bdd, Sky, Kramer, MadLife, Untara, Bubbling, and Ghost leave.[6] | |
 GCU | December 29, MadLife joins.[9] |
 Riot | January 16, Bitdol (Analyst), Cpt Jack (Analyst), Kim Min-ah (Analyst), MadLife (Analyst), Caster Jun (Caster), PapaSmithy (Caster), SEONG K (Caster), CloudTemplar (Color Caster), Jeesun (translator), KangQui (Color Caster), Kim Dong-joon (Color Caster), and WhyManMC (Color Caster) join. |
| Riot | February 5, Lira (Analyst) and Wadid (Analyst) join. MadLife (Analyst) leaves. | |
 HLE | November 4, MadLife (Streamer) joins.[11] |
| Riot | January 13, Ambition (Analyst) and CuVee (Analyst) join. MadLife (Analyst) rejoins. KaKAO (Analyst) and MaRin (Analyst) leave.[13] | |
| Riot | June 14, PraY (Analyst), Rich (Analyst), Score (Analyst), and Wraith (Analyst) join. Kuro (Analyst) rejoins. Ambition (Analyst), CuVee (Analyst), Easyhoon (Analyst), and MadLife (Analyst) leave.[12] |
Biography
Hong "MadLife" Min-gi started playing StarCraft at the age of 7. He found himself enjoying the Aeon of Strife game-type, and so when a friend introduced him to League of Legends in September 2010 he started playing. His first champion was 
Akali. The first role he favored was AD Carry, but when he began to play professionally he switched to support.
Season 2
MadLife's first professional team was MiG Frost, which he joined alongside Woong, CloudTemplar, RapidStar, and Locodoco. The first tournament they participated in was Azubu The Champions Spring 2012 where they played well but ultimately fell in the finals to their sister team MiG Blaze. Locodoco left the team shortly after and Woong became MadLife's new lane partner. Frost and Blaze were both bought by Azubu and participated in Azubu The Champions Summer 2012 under their new organization. Frost ended up reverse sweeping CLG Europe in the finals and qualifying for the Season 2 World Championship. Unfortunately for Frost, they dropped in the finals 3-1 to the Taipei Assassins and took second place.
Season 3
In the beginning of Season 3, MadLife and Frost attended IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice but lost in the semifinals 2-0 to Gambit Gaming. Not long after OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013 ended and Frost dropped in the finals 3-0 to NaJin Sword. After Frost attended the IEM Season VII - World Championship and lost 3-1 to Blaze in the finals, Woong left the team and Hermes became MadLife's new AD Carry. MadLife was voted in to attend All-Star Shanghai 2013 where he and his teammates placed first, winning Korea another spot for the Season 3 World Championship. At OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013 they got swept by Blaze in the semis and by SK Telecom T1 2 in the third-place match so Hermes was benched in favor of the sub AD Carry, Space. Frost's next tournament was HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 where they once again disappointed, placing 4th after being swept by the KT Rolster Bullets and losing in a close 3-2 set to MVP Ozone. MadLife and Frost attended the Season 3 Korea Regional Finals with aspirations to go to worlds but were swept in their 2nd round by the Bullets.
2014 Season
Frost's decline continued as they were knocked out of the quarterfinals of PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014 3-0 by Samsung Ozone. Frost qualified for IEM Singapore where they lost in the finals 2-0 to Invictus Gaming. The new year didn't start well for Frost as HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014 saw them lose in the quarterfinals 3-1 to Samsung Blue. Frost failed to make it out of groups for the first time ever at HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014 which caused them to miss the 2014 Season Korea Regional Finals.
2015 Season
CJ Entus was forced to combine the rosters of Blaze and Frost after the changes to the OGN rules but the bot lane pair of MadLife and Space remained unchanged. They were invited to IEM Katowice in March 2015. They finished in 5th/6th place, after defeating Gambit Gaming but then losing to Team SoloMid and Team WE. CJ participated in SBENU Champions Spring 2015 where they lost in the semifinals 3-2 to SK Telecom T1. Max was called up to the starting roster prior to the start of SBENU Champions Summer 2015 to share the starting support position with Madlife. CJ placed third in the regular season of Champions Summer but lost 3-0 to the KOO Tigers in the second round of the playoffs. CJ had enough circuit points to qualify for the 2015 Season Korea Regional Finals but they lost 3-2 to the Jin Air Green Wings.
2016 Season
CJ played in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup in November 2015, where they lost 3-0 in the finals to Ever. During the 2016 LCK Spring Season, CJ went 8-10 in sets, finishing in eighth place overall for the spring split.
CJ Entus had a very poor showing in the 2016 LCK Summer Season, going 3-15 total in set score. Madlife was the only player who started every game for CJ, despite the team's frequent use of substitutions in other positions. Despite this, they were locked into tenth place in the LCK season, and CJ Entus participated in the 2017 LCK Spring Promotion. In the first round they were swept 2-0 by Kongdoo Monster, bringing them down to the loser's bracket. There, they beat SBENU Korea 2-0 before falling to ESC Ever in a 3-0 sweep to become relegated from the LCK. This marked the first time an original Kespa team was relegated from the LCK.
2017 Season
After CJ Entus relegated from the LCK, Madlife left the team and later announced that he would join NA Challenger Team Gold Coin United to compete in the 2017 NACS Spring Split. After two consecutive failed attempts to enter the NA LCS, Madlife left the team in November.
2018 Season
Madlife returned to Korea after leaving Gold Coin United. He negotiated with multiple teams from different regions including Korea, Europe, China, and Turkey but was satisfied with none of the offers and decided to stream until the Summer Split. During the break between the Spring Split and Summer Split, Madlife had a discussion with Royal Club's Head Coach Kezman[16] and decided to retire from pro play.
On June 19, 2018, Madlife announced his retirement.
Trivia
- Among Koreans, it was jokingly said that MiG (A previous name of CJ Entus Frost) stood for "MadLife is God." They also say "MAmen" whenever he shows exceptional play.
- Earned over 80% of the allstar vote in season 3, giving him the highest percentage vote of all players in all regions.[17]
- Enjoys playing the game Osu! as it requires concentration and good hand-eye co-ordination skills which are useful when playing LoL.
- Favorite champions are
Alistar,Blitzcrank, and Thresh. - Had the nickname "Machine" in Korea as a result of his lack of expression and his favorite champion being Blitzcrank. [18]
- Known as a god within the community for his 'godlike' support play.
- Is well known for being one of the top skill shot based support players in the world. His excellence on Blitzcrank and Thresh is put down to brilliant micromanagement skills.[19]
- His pioneering of heavy AP champions as support such as Lux and Zyra caused some to believe he was trolling or purposefully playing inefficient champions. This style of play has since come into the mainstream support meta.
- Known for his stylistic and aesthetically pleasing play. He is often the subject of videos which praise his ability pull off complex and difficult plays.
- Possesses a deep champion pool with no known support champions that he is weak with.
- Prefers to be known by his full name (Hong Min-gi) as opposed to MadLife.
- Was the last member of the original 2012 Azubu Frost roster to play a competitive game.
- Stated in interviews that he meditates to relax and finds it a good way to prepare for important matches.
- Awarded Best Support at 2012 Korean e-Sports Awards. [20]
- He is one of just two players (Doublelift is the other) to have participated in all three All-Star events (Shanghai 2013, Paris 2014, and Los Angeles 2015). He has the added distinction of being the only one to be on a winning team all three times.
- Played with Shy on the same roster for 1626 days. As of November 30, 2016, when they departed CJ Entus, this was the longest any pair of players had played together.
Tournament Results
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| MadLife Tournament Results | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Event | Last Result | Team | Roster |
| 2020-09-26 | 2 | Ambition League |  LEGE | Thal, Ambition, Crown, Sangyoon, MadLife | |
| 2017-08-13 | NQ | NA LCS 2018 Spring Promotion |  GCU | Solo, Santorin, Fly, Rikara, MadLife, Whyin, Locodoco | |
| 2017-07-27 | 1 | NACS 2017 Summer Playoffs | GCU | Solo, Santorin, Fly, Rikara, MadLife, Locodoco | |
| 2017-07-13 | 2 | NACS 2017 Summer | 8 - 2  RR | GCU | Solo, Santorin, Fly, rjsdndgod, Rikara, Madlife |
| 2017-04-02 | NQ | NA LCS 2017 Summer Promotion | GCU | Solo, Santorin, Fenix, Mash, MadLife, Locodoco | |
| 2017-03-15 | 1 | NACS 2017 Spring Playoffs | GCU | Solo, Santorin, Fenix, Mash, MadLife, Locodoco | |
| 2017-03-01 | 2 | NACS 2017 Spring | 2-3-0 RR | GCU | Solo, Santorin, Fenix, Rikara, Mash, Whyin, Madlife |
| 2016-11-19 | 9 - 14 | KeSPA Cup 2016 |  CJ | Soul, Reach, Sky, MoMo, MadLife, Reach, viNylCat | |
| 2016-08-27 | NQ | LCK 2017 Spring Promotion | CJ | Shy, Haru, Bdd, Sky, Kramer, MadLife, Reach, Cain | |
| 2016-08-06 | 10 | LCK 2016 Summer | 3 - 15 RR | CJ | Untara, Shy, Haru, Bubbling, Bdd, Sky, Kramer, Ghost, MadLife, Reach, Cain |
| MadLife Showmatch Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Last Result | Team | Roster |
| 2013-05-26 | 1 | All-Star 2013 Shanghai |  KR Champions | Shy, inSec, Ambition, PraY, MadLife, Reach | |
| MadLife 1v1 Tournament Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Prize | Team | Last Result |
| 2016-12-11 | 17 - 30 | All-Star 2016 Barcelona |  Fire | 0 : 1  Uzi | |
| 2015-12-13 | 9 - 16 | All-Star 2015 Los Angeles | Fire | 0 : 1 PraY | |
| 2015-03-08 | 21 - 48 | The Solo King Korean 1v1 Tournament | CJ | 1 : 2 Space | |
Media
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2020
- 2021
- March 6, [와드]#2. 김치의 매운 맛 세계에 알린다 MiG Frost [Lost] with Unknown Interviewer on This Is Game
- June 21, MadLife, Support for MiG Frost with Seltzer on YouTube
- October 6, Azubu Frost Interview with Chobra - Season Two World Championship Day Two (Subtitled) with Chobra on YouTube
- February 25, Korean eSports Weekly : Min-Gi “MadLife” Hong LoLStar Interview [Archived] with Cy on ggChronicle
- May 25, Shanghai All Stars 2013 Interview: Madlife with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- September 18, CJ Entus Frost 'MadLife' Interview with Daniel Jung on YouTube
- April 4, Interview with MadLife, the Support of the South Korean powerhouse CJ Entus Frost (English) (Portuguese) [http://www.teamplay.com.br/noticias/league-of-legends/11761-entrevista-com-madlife-em-coreano (Korean)] with , and on GosuGamers
- May 8, Madlife talks fire and ice before the first match of AllStar (video) by , and on onGamers
- May 9, Madlift or DoubleLife, Team Ice's Bot Lane chat across barriers (video) with , and on onGamers
- August 11, Quick Madlife Interview at KCon 2014 (video) with , and on Travis Gafford
- October 29, 'Reflections' with MadLife with Thorin on onGamers
- December 30, Inventing Playmaking – How MadLife and Edward Changed Support Forever by , and on Gold Per 10
- January 14, InsightOnEsports Hall of Fame - MadLife (video) by , and on InsightOnEsports
- March 14, Short Madlife interview in English: "I miss Doublelift's Vayne" (video) with , and on onGamers
- May 14, TIME / EP.2 MadLife_Part.2 [The Interview : My e-Sports] - [OGN PLUS] by , and on OGN Plus
- May 14, TIME / EP.2 MadLife_Part.1 [The Interview : My e-Sports] - [OGN PLUS] by , and on OGN Plus
- November 14, 부끄럽게 하고 싶지 않다. CJ 엔투스 '매드라이프' 홍민기 (Korean) by , and on Dong Dong Seo
- November 14, “I don’t want to play in an embarrassing way” - Interview with CJ Entus’ MadLife by , and on xoprestige
- December 12, Madlife Explains That the Korean All Star Team Is Practicing Hard, Says CJ Entus Has Finalized Ro… with , and on onGamers
- May 17, The Top 10 Supports of Spring 2016 by Kelsey Moser on The Score
- June 7, Madlife after dropping Game 1 to Longzhu: “I lost my mind along with the Nexus.” by , and on Slingshot
- June 8, CJ Entus MadLife, “Nowhere else to fall. We will improve” by , and on krbnu
- December 4, MadLife: "I plan to seek advice for my 1v1 against Uzi." with , and on Inven Global
- December 30, MadLife: “I considered retiring as a player, but I changed my mind after the All-Stars voting…I didn’t want to go out with the line, ‘retiring after team gets relegated.’” by Andrew Kim on Slingshot
- January 6, MadLife on Faker: “When I played games with Faker, he would say ‘I got him.’ I was puzzled at first as to what he meant, but then it would show that he got a kill five seconds later.” by Andrew Kim on Slingshot
- September 9, Madlife on Bdd: “When I first met him, I thought he was a talented Zed player that would be able to play any champion in the future.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- December 27, Professional Gamers Read Negative Comments From the Community with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- May 3, Madlife on Commentating MSI: "I'll analyze the games from a professional gamer's point of view" with Youngbo "Roxyy" Sim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- June 20, "Please remember that this isn't the end." MadLife Says His Farewell with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Beom "Nswer" Park, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, Woo "Ready" Hyun, and and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- June 20, “It was an honor to be with him.” Last Remarks From Players and Coaches on Madlife’s Retirement by Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Changsik "Alle" Son, , and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
- June 29, Madlife 'changed the concept of support' in League of Legends by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
- September 19, MadLife: League of Legends’ BoxeR by Oddball on Esports Heaven
- July 22, [League of Legends] Madlife's Most Famous Moments by 리그 오브 레전드X - LoL Montage on YouTube
Images
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CJF MadLife, Champions 2014 Summer
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CJ MadLife, LCK 2015 Spring
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CJ MadLife, LCK 2015 Summer
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CJ MadLife, LCK 2016 Spring
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CJ MadLife, LCK 2016 Summer
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GCU Madlife, NACS 2017 Spring
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GCU Madlife, NACS 2017 Summer
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HLE MadLife
Redirects
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 아주부 코리아, 소속 LOL팀 프로스트, 블레이즈 계약 만료 “다음을 기약하며” (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 프로스트-블레이즈 CJ 입단, ‘인섹’ 등 기존 선수들 거취는? (Korean) naver.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 별들의 전쟁 시작! LoL 챔피언스 코리아 프리시즌 로스터 공개 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 아주부 코리아, 소속 LOL팀 프로스트, 블레이즈 계약 만료 “다음을 기약하며” (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 CJ엔투스, LOL 최강팀 프로스트-블레이즈 품에 안다! (Korean) naver.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 CJ Entus' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 별들의 전쟁 시작! LoL 챔피언스 코리아 프리시즌 로스터 공개 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 MadLife's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 MadLife joins NA Challenger team Gold Coin United espn.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Hanwha Life Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Hanwha Life Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 첫 만남은 너무 어려워! (Korean) youtube.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 리플레이2 Ep.0 롤판 최강야구..? 무한도전..? 런닝맨..? 암튼 렛츠고! (Korean) youtube.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Azubu’s next move after sponsoring a League is to officially endorse a professional LoL team" azubu.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 [이스포츠] MiG 스폰 잡다, 아주부 프로팀 창단하며 MiG 인수 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ "Please remember that this isn't the end." MadLife Says His Farewellwww.invenglobal.com
- ↑ LoL Esports Profile Page lolesports.com
- ↑ [리그디스 질문드랍] 16편: 아주부 프로스트 '빠른별' 정민성 (Korean) thisisgame.com
- ↑ Madlife vs Maknoon youtube.com
- ↑ Result of 2012 Korean e-Sports Awardsinven.com.kr