Ray | ||
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Background Information | ||
Name | Jeon Ji-won (전지원) | |
Country of Birth | South Korea | |
Birthday | March 15, 1998 (age 26) | |
Residency | Korea | |
Competitive | ||
Role | Top Laner | |
Favorite Champs | ||
Competitive IDs | Rey | |
Soloqueue IDs | KR: KT Ray NA: 15 March, lIlIlllllIIlllIl EUW: March 15 | |
Social Media & Links | ||
Jeon "Ray" Ji-won (Hangul: 전지원) is a League of Legends esports player, previously top laner for Case Esports. He was previously known as Rey.
Team History
Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
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AD Gaming | Jul 20142014-07-30[2] | May 20152015-05-18[1] | 9mo 19d | ejel | ||
EDward Gaming | May 20152015-05-18[4] | Dec 20152015-12-25[3] | 7mo 7d | ejel | ||
Apex Gaming | May 20162016-05-20[6] | Sep 20162016-09-26[5] | 4mo 6d | ejel | ||
Apex Pride | Jun 20162016-06-10 | Jul 20162016-07-06 | 26d | ejel | ||
Dignitas | Sep 20162016-09-26[8] | Dec 20162016-12-01[7] | 2mo 5d | ejel | ||
Cloud9 | Dec 20162016-12-19[10] | Dec 20172017-12-19[9] | 1yr | ejel | ||
EDward Gaming | Dec 20172017-12-21[13] | Dec 20192019-12-05[11] | 2yr 15d | Inactive ejel | ||
KT Rolster | Dec 20192019-12-05[16] | Nov 20202020-11-16[15] | 11mo 11d | Inactive ejel | ||
Rainbow7 | Dec 20202020-12-17[18] | Mar 20212021-03-31[17] | 3mo 14d | ejel | ||
Fenerbahçe | Jul 20212021-07-04[20] | Nov 20212021-11-17[19] | 4mo 13d | ejel | ||
Fenerbahçe | Dec 20212021-12-10[24] | Mar 20222022-03-02[21] | 2mo 23d | ejel | ||
Case Esports | Dec 20222022-12-23[26] | Sep 20232023-09-28[25] | 9mo 5d | ejel |
Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
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EDG Future | Jul 20142014-07-30[2] | ≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-?? | ≈5mo 2d | ejel | ||
AD Gaming | ≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-?? | May 20152015-05-18[1] | ≈4mo 17d | ejel | ||
EDward Gaming | May 20152015-05-18[4] | Dec 20152015-12-25[3] | 7mo 7d | ejel | ||
Apex Gaming | May 20162016-05-20[6] | Sep 20162016-09-26[5] | 4mo 6d | ejel | ||
Apex Pride | Jun 20162016-06-10 | Jul 20162016-07-06 | 26d | ejel | ||
Dignitas | Sep 20162016-09-26[8] | Dec 20162016-12-01[7] | 2mo 5d | ejel | ||
Cloud9 | Dec 20162016-12-19[10] | Dec 20172017-12-19[9] | 1yr | ejel | ||
EDward Gaming | Dec 20172017-12-21[13] | May 20192019-05-23[27] | 1yr 5mo | ejel | ||
EDward Gaming | May 20192019-05-23[27] | Dec 20192019-12-05[11] | 6mo 13d | Inactive ejel | ||
KT Rolster | Dec 20192019-12-05[16] | May 20202020-05-27[28] | 5mo 22d | ejel | ||
KT Rolster | May 20202020-05-27[28] | Nov 20202020-11-16[15] | 5mo 20d | Inactive ejel | ||
Rainbow7 | Dec 20202020-12-17[18] | Mar 20212021-03-31[17] | 3mo 14d | ejel | ||
Fenerbahçe | Jul 20212021-07-04[20] | Nov 20212021-11-17[19] | 4mo 13d | ejel | ||
Fenerbahçe | Dec 20212021-12-10[24] | Mar 20222022-03-02[21] | 2mo 23d | ejel | ||
Case Esports | Dec 20222022-12-23[26] | Sep 20232023-09-28[25] | 9mo 5d | ejel |
News
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
ADG | January (approx.), EDG Future renames to AD Gaming. | |
ADG | May 18, Ray and BaeMe leave for main roster.[1] | |
EDG | May 18, Ray and BaeMe join as substitutes from academy roster. Ff and At leave. Mouse leaves for academy roster.[4] | |
EDG | December 25, Hide joins as trainee from academy roster. AmazingJ, Ray, BaeMe, and Jinjiao leave.[3] |
APX | May 20, Ray, Diamondprox, Roar, and KonKwon join. Saintvicious (Head Coach/Sub/Jungle to Head Coach) and BlisS (Assistant Coach/Sub/Mid to Assistant Coach) change positions. Big ol Ron and BrandonFTW leave.[6] | |
APP | June 10, Ray and Keane join as substitutes. Thal leaves. | |
APP | July 6, Shernfire joins as substitute. Ray, ShrimP, Keane, and Xpecial leave. | |
APX | September 26, Apex Gaming is acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers and merges with Dignitas under the Dignitas brand. Ray, ShrimP, Keane, Apollo, Xpecial, Cris, Diamondprox, Shiphtur, Roar, Saintvicious (Head Coach), Cop (Coach), BlisS (Assistant Coach), and Crumbz (Assistant Coach) leave.[5] | |
DIG | September 26, Dignitas is acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers and merges with Apex Gaming under the Dignitas brand. Ray, ShrimP, Keane, Xpecial, Cop (Coach), and Saintvicious (Coach) join. Apollo rejoins. Cris joins as substitute.[8] | |
DIG | December 1, Ray leaves.[7] | |
C9 | December 19, Ray, Contractz, and Cain (Assistant Coach) join. Meteos moves to substitute.[10] |
C9 | December 19, Ray leaves.[9] | |
EDG | December 21, Haro joins. Ray rejoins. Hope joins as substitute. Mouse, Audi, and Iceloli leave.[13][14] |
EDG | May 23, Jinoo joins. BBD joins as substitute from academy roster. Sleepy moves to substitute. Ray becomes inactive. Mole leaves.[27] | |
EDG | December 5, Ray leaves.[11][12] | |
KT | December 5, Ray, SoHwan, bonO, Malrang, and Kuro join.[16] Ray and Malrang's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[29] |
KT | May 27, Ray becomes inactive.[28] | |
KT | May 31, Ray is removed from the GCD but is still part of the organization.[30] | |
KT | November 16, Ray, Smeb, and Malrang leave.[15] | |
R7 | December 17, Ray, Ceo, and lHertz (Strategic Coach) join. Xypherz rejoins. Aloned, Shadow, Skin (Head Coach), and Khynm (Positional Coach) will remain with the team for 2021. UkFallen (Strategic Coach) leaves.[18] Ray renames to Rey.[18] |
R7 | January 13, Rey, Shadow, and Skin (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021. Xypherz, CEO, and Yuyo's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.[31] | |
R7 | March 31, Rey leaves.[17] | |
FB | July 4, Ray and SeongHwan join.[20] | |
FB | July 7, Ray and SeongHwan's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[32] | |
FB | November 17, Ray leaves.[19] | |
FB | December 10, Ray, Crash, stillnumb, Ellam, and Sparz rejoin.[24] |
Biography[]
Jeon "Ray" Ji-won joined AD Gaming in July 2014, as one of the founding members of the team along with Move, BaeMe, Marbee, and Mouse. After an unsuccessful LPL 2015 Summer Promotion series with a quarterfinal loss to Energy Pacemaker in April 2015, he moved to sister team EDward Gaming along with BaeMe in May. Ray played in one series against Snake eSports in the LPL. He left EDG in December 2015.
2016 Season[]
In May 2016, Ray moved to North America to join the newly-qualified NA LCS team Apex Gaming. In the first weekend of the season, he immediately gained recognition among the community for his Fizz and Ekko play, as Apex won both of their series, including a 2-1 upset of reigning NA LCS champions and MSI alums CLG. Their success, however, was short-lived, and despite Ray's deep champion pool and carry-oriented play, by week 5 they were in 7th place, where they remained for the rest of the season, out of reach of the playoffs but also safe from relegations for the 2017 Spring Season. In September, both Team Dignitas and Apex were acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers in September 2016, to play under the Dignitas name.[35]
2017 Season[]
Spring Split[]
Cloud9 signed Ray for the 2017 season, with the stated goal of using his carry-oriented play to supplement Impact's tank-oriented play. Rey saw time throughout the spring split but only played 10 games to Impact's 34, posting a 6-4 record. However, Cloud9 performed much better with Impact in the lineup, and contended with TSM for first place throughout the split, eventually finishing second, only a single series behind TSM.
Their regular-season finish gave Cloud9 a bye into the semifinals of the playoffs. Ray played in Game 2 of the semifinals against third-place Phoenix1, which C9 won en route to a sweep. This sent them to the finals against TSM, where Impact and Ray alternated games despite their unequal regular season split. After appearing in a Game 1 loss, Ray helped his team win Game 3 to stave off elimination. After a Game 4 win with Impact, Ray returned for Game 5, but Cloud9 lost after mid laner Jensen failed to use either his Zhonya's Hourglass or Ekko ultimate in a crucial team fight, ending their split.
Summer Split[]
Cloud9 retained both top laners going into the summer split. Ray started the first seven games before settling back into alternating time with Impact. However, after Ray played in all three games of a Week 6 loss to Immortals, he was effectively benched for the remainder of 2017. Although he remained listed as an active substitute for Cloud9 through playoffs, regional finals, and Worlds, Ray didn't play another game for the team.
In December, Ray left Cloud9 and joined the Chinese team Edward Gaming in time to play in the Demacia Championship 2017, which EDG won.
2018 Season[]
Spring Split[]
Ray stayed with EDG for the LPL 2018 Spring as their starting top laner. EDG was sorted into the West Region and quickly established themselves as one of the best teams in that group. They spent most of the split in second place behind Snake Esports, but put on a five-game winning streak at season's end to take the number one spot.
This gave them a bye into the semi-finals of the playoffs, where they faced and defeated Group A #2 seed Rogue Warriors, sending EDG to the finals against Royal Never Give Up, who they had faced and defeated in the 2017 Summer Playoffs. EDG took the first game but then lost three straight, ending their season.
Summer Split[]
EDG started the summer season hot, going 5-1 over their first three weeks and contending with Rogue Warriors for the top spot in the West region. However, they began to decline after Week 5, eventually falling all the way to 7-7. EDG still finished second, but only managed an 11-8 record despite playing in a group where five of the seven teams had negative game scores.
Despite their subpar record, Edward Gaming still had a bye into the semifinals of the playoffs due to their group placement. However, they were dispatched 3-1 by East Region #3 seed JD Gaming. Despite their weak summer finish, EDG's spring success meant that they had enough championship points to attend the regional finals. Seeded into the first round due to having a lower summer finish than Rogue Warriors, EDG overcame JD Gaming in a tense five-game set, then upset their regional rivals 3-1 to qualify for Worlds 2018 as China's third seed.
Worlds 2018[]
In his first time actually playing at Worlds after being a substitute the previous year, Ray and Edward Gaming began the tournament in the play-in stage, where they were seeded into Group A with Dire Wolves of the OPL and Infinity Esports of the LLN. Despite a surprising loss to Infinity on the final day of the group stage, Edward topped their group, and easily qualified to the main stage by sweeping DetonatioN FocusMe in the second round.
In the main stage, Edward joined LCK #1 seed KT Rolster, NA LCS #1 seed Team Liquid, and LMS #2 seed MAD Team. EDG did drop a game to Team Liquid but made up for that by giving KT their only loss of the group stage, finishing 4-2 and moving on to the knockout stage. However, they were beaten 3-1 in the quarterfinals by eventual finalists Fnatic.
2019 Season[]
Spring Split[]
Ray stayed with Edward Gaming for 2019. Although the team retained the entire roster from their Worlds run, they started the spring split mediocre. The team never fell out of playoff contention, but also never seriously challenged for the top of the league. In the newly unified, 16-team LPL, EDG finished 7th with a 9-6 record. This qualified them for playoffs, but they were swept by rookie squad SinoDragon Gaming in the first round, ending their season. In May, EDG signed top laner Jinoo from Victory Five, and Ray became inactive. He didn't play in another game and left the team in December.
Ray returned to Korea and joined KT Rolster. Ray's first tournament with the team was the 2019 LoL KeSPA Cup, but he only played a single game against an amateur team Ulsan, and KT was knocked out by Hanwha Life Esports in the second round.
2020 Season[]
Spring Split[]
Ray remained with KT Rolster for the spring split, playing in the LCK for the first time. However, SoHwan saw the majority of the action, and Ray only appeared in six games, with his only two wins coming in a Week 3 series victory over Afreeca Freecs. KT finished 10-8 and made the playoffs, but Ray didn't play in their first-round loss to DAMWON Gaming. In May, Ray became inactive once again and saw no additional playtime in 2020.
2021 Season[]
Spring Split[]
Ray restyled his name to "Rey", and joined the Latin American team Rainbow7 for 2021. Despite being defending champions, Rainbow7 only managed a 7-7 record in Phase 1 of the spring split, but won a tiebreaker over XTEN Esports to qualify for Phase 2. A 2-2 record in that stage qualified them for playoffs, but they lost 3-1 to All Knights in the first round, ending their season. Only a few days after Rainbow7's playoff elimination, Rey left the team.
Trivia[]
Pentakills
Date | Region | Tournament | Team | Vs | Champion | Pos | W/L | KDA | SB | VOD |
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2021-03-06 | Latin America | LLA 2021 Opening | Volibear | Top | W | 7/4/15 | 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.
Media[]
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- June 6, A blinding Ray: A look at Ray's history as he transitions to Apex Gaming by Kelsey Moser on The Score
- January 14, League of Legends - Meet Cloud9 Ray with , and on Cloud9
- January 27, C9 Ray: “A lot of people don’t even know I’m here yet. So I’m focusing on learning in the spring, and making myself known in the summer.” with , and on Slingshot
- February 12, Back to the Future: How Ray's NA experience mirrors Impact's 2016 with Cloud9 by Emily Rand on The Score
- April 21, C9 Ray on reaching the finals in his first NA LCS playoffs, and his desire to play TSM with , and on Yahoo Esports
- June 5, C9 Ray on subbing for Impact, who took an extra between-split break: “Since his start in Korea, I was told that he didn’t take a single break in the past five years.” by , and on Slingshot Esports
- June 12, C9 Ray credits Jack for helping him through mental struggles: “He’s always supporting me from behind the scenes, telling me that he believes in me. So I’m always thankful for him.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- July 2, C9’s top lane: Looking into the stats for both Ray and Impact by Christian Marcale on The Game Haus
- July 10, Ray on his recent Twitter posts: “It kind of felt like, instead of me carrying on the team, I was kind of being dragged along with the team.” with , and on Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- December 19, Thank you: Jeon "Ray" Ji-Won by , and on Cloud9
- October 4, EDG Ray: “If we make it to the Group Stage, I’d like to face TL and C9.” with Byungho "Haao" Kim and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
- October 19, EDG Ray says he will carry NA's torch if C9 falls with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- October 23, Edward Gaming's Ray has a message for NA fans with Ashley Kang on ESPN Esports
- December 27, KT Ray: "I want to go to worlds, to let my NA and LPL fans know I'm doing well" (Korean) with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- February 23, KT Ray: "I was a very inconsistent player... Reapered, NoFe, and Heart led me well, and iloveoov is also teaching me well." with Lasso, Haao, and Viion on Inven Global
- February 25, "Mindsets are so important" - Ray on how KT Rolster were able to snap losing streak with Ashley Kang on YouTube
Post-Match Interviews
Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
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2023-03-01 | LVP SL 2nd Division 2023 Spring | VIL vs CASE | Link |
2023-02-10 | LVP SL 2nd Division 2023 Spring | LUD vs CASE | Link |
2021-03-15 | LLA 2021 Opening | R7 vs XTN | Link |
2020-02-23 | LCK 2020 Spring | AF vs KT | Link |
2018-10-12 | Worlds 2018 Main Event | TL vs EDG | Link |
2018-10-06 | Worlds 2018 Play-In | EDG vs DFM | Link |
Images[]
Redirects
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) t.qq.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) t.qq.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 2016 EDG 大名单 (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 EDG's Tencent Weibo Post (Chinese) t.qq.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Philadelphia 76ers acquire, merge and manage leading esports teams Dignitas and Apex team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Apex Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ray's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Philadelphia 76ers acquire, merge and manage leading esports teams Dignitas and Apex team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 C9 2017 LCS Roster Announcement youtube.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 EDward Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 KT Rolster's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 EDward Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 2018赛季OMG队员大名单。 (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 KT Rolster's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 KT Rolster's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Rainbow7's Tweet (Spanish) twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Rainbow7's Tweet (Spanish) twitter.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Ray's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 1907 Fenerbahçe Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Fenerbahçe Esports' Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Fenerbahçe Esports' Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Fenerbahçe Esports' Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Fenerbahçe Esports' Tweet (Turkish) twitter.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Case Esports' Tweet (Spanish) twitter.com
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Case Esports' Tweet (Spanish) twitter.com
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 KT Rolster's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2019-12-03; after change - KR - 2019-12-05
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2020-05-30; after change - KR - 2020-05-31
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - LAT - 2021-01-12; after change - LAT - 2021-01-13
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - TUR - 2021-07-06; after change - TUR - 2021-07-07
- ↑ Ray's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ Ray's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Philadelphia 76ers acquire, merge and manage leading esports teams Dignitas and Apex team-dignitas.net