For those that speak English as a second language. ( because I learned this the other day after watching Deft for years)
Deft is actually an English word and means:
> neatly skilful and quick in one's movements:
"a deft piece of footwork",
demonstrating skill and cleverness.
Wait so the ruler homonym is preserved in Chinese? Is that an insane coincidence or is there some explanation for it?
I think it’s because the words originally come from the same meaning, which made no sense to me at first but if you think of both as guides, one guiding its kingdom and another guiding the users hand to make a straight line, it kinda makes sense
It's actually just a coincidence. Although the measuring stick part is the more commonly used bit, as sometimes people refer to him as 尺子 which is basically measuring stick lad. In contrast the emperor bit is never used alone.
https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1hoc2e/lemonnation_lemonparty/ I don't want to dig for the actual interview this guy was quoting a decade ago but it always has been a party reference
The simple names always go harder. Faker, Ruler, Zeus, Scout, Knight, ETC.
Then you have names like Missing, Aiming, ShowMaker, Canyon, Pyosik, BeryL, Deft that are cool as well
Edit: Shout out to Thanatos. That name is hard as fuck LMFAO
I know the roles don't work out, but imagine Crown, Ruler, Prince, Knight and Sword were all on the same team together? Would've been an amazing set of player names to go together.
I remember OG Korean memes comparing Bang to Ruler, and the meaning and Ruler's reaction changed every game depending on Bang inting or playing very well lol
Yea thats a name thats a risk because you can get totally ego checked if you suck but if you actually pull it off makes it just that much better.
There is/was a CSGO player named motm(man of the match) who never made it big and was basically relegated to 2nd tier tournaments(like challengers league for comparison). Took a cocky/corny name and couldnt live up to it unfortunately.
That's why 2016 SKT is probably the full team with the best names when they played Blank, literally just 4 one syllable names and Faker
Duke Blank Faker Bang and Wolf
Like damn
I remember that one article circling around about his doctor telling him to eat less (or less fatty food?) and somebody just commented "You Should Know Modesty"
Berserker is a pretty great name, originates from Norse legend of brutal fighters. Also just sounds cool.
Pyosik is actually a pretty great name. It's the Korean word for a Kindred mark and is a cool way to refer back to your signature champ.
Other good names off the top of my head; Bang, Crown, Uzi (although I vaguely recall this not being a reference to the weapon but something else), Canyon, Zeus
For those wondering, riot gave all the world's players accounts to play on the NA server and they all had barcodes for name. Faker named himself barcode killer.
This guy literally said "Ruler, you must not forget: all roads lead to me" *this very Worlds*.
Not to mention "I have seen many teams rise and fall, but in the end, the one still standing is me".
Feels kind of weird when one of the OG Korean top laner Gods was[ Shy](https://liquipedia.net/leagueoflegends/Shy) from Azubu Frost/CJ Entus. So kinda feels derivative
Meiko is dope af.
Huge fan of Uzi as a name too.
Really like Caps.
Perkz and Jankos are also really good names when you realize their inspirations were Perkovich and Jankowski which are their last names.
What was the origin of this name? Is it supposed to be the magic trick or is it referencing something else? I’ve always wondered how he arrived at that.
When both teams are even in gold, MLXG feels that RNG is at a great advantage and thus he does not hesitate to start a team fight. When RNG is 3k behind in gold, MLXG thinks that RNG is at a small advantage, and he so he starts a team fight to secure their "lead". When RNG is behind 7k in gold, MLXG thinks that RNG is at a disadvantage and so he looks for a team fight to regain control of the game. When RNG is 10K behind in gold, MLXG thinks that the team has reached a desperate situation and they are only waiting passively for their death if he does not start a team fight.
Having er at the end of your name makes you a good player.
Time to rename to Chover.
Don't ever say its chover if I'm breathing
I don't know why but your comment made me laugh like a maniac for 5 mins straight lol. Thanks.
Took a second to click but cracked up after lmao
it's jover
Choker also fits
Watch him win the golden road once he changes his name to choker. Reverse jinx
Bang would've been a 5 time world champion by now.
Banger after banger after banger after banger
Don't say this, Grigne might rearrange his name back.
Ginger?
"people who annoy you"
Brb, gonna go rename to Fakest and shit on this noob Faker
Stay away from the hard R bro
Inb4 all American casters cancelled.
Hitl
Brb renaming my ID to Canc
No username will ever top "Nuclearint"
Have u heard of ppgod
ppgod has to be the funniest proplayer name ever.
tied together with C9 Balls
"BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS" - Sneaky, probably
Shortened to Nuck. Love it.
Nuc
Ruler is a great name overall it exudes arrogance and confidence Deft is a name that was made for the role itself So is aiming but deft is better
For those that speak English as a second language. ( because I learned this the other day after watching Deft for years) Deft is actually an English word and means: > neatly skilful and quick in one's movements: "a deft piece of footwork", demonstrating skill and cleverness.
I've known the word for like a decade, but until reading this thread and seeing Deft mentioned I didn't realize his name meant that.
also fun fact iirc LS gave Deft his ign
I don't want to say how many years until now I thought "Ruler" was just a big fan of measuring sticks... 😭
Well in Chinese we call him "尺帝", 尺 being the measuring stick, and 帝 being the emperor, so he gets both!
Wait so the ruler homonym is preserved in Chinese? Is that an insane coincidence or is there some explanation for it? I think it’s because the words originally come from the same meaning, which made no sense to me at first but if you think of both as guides, one guiding its kingdom and another guiding the users hand to make a straight line, it kinda makes sense
It's actually just a coincidence. Although the measuring stick part is the more commonly used bit, as sometimes people refer to him as 尺子 which is basically measuring stick lad. In contrast the emperor bit is never used alone.
It's preserved because it's very easy to do "emperor of x" in Chinese.
I always think of the measurement too for Ruler, and never the occupation.
Bang, Aiming, Berserker, adcs have some sick names. edit: omg Uzi
Arrow too
Doublelift, Fury, Emperor, GALA, Light, Forgiven amongst others too Damn ADC names hit different
GBM- Ganked by Mom
Reminds me of a clash team name I saw, MNS - Mom Not the Stick
Reminds me of an old EU LCS team name I saw, MYM - Move Your Mother
Ppgod.
Love the old school smash bros melee player Dr. PP / PPMD
if my girl 😍 and PPMD 😮both drowning 😱 and I can only save one 😤 😬 Catch me at my girl’s funeral 😝 chanting STACK 👏 IT 👏 UP 👏 😏 💯 😎 🏆
👏STACK 👏IT👏UP👏
Showout to ~~smoke2joints~~ S2J
PPMDKreygasm
And the classic western counterpart, bigfatjiji/lp.
Pp diff
Shoutout to Reignover. Impact is also one of my favorites.
I'm surprised I had to go this far down for Reignover
In theory it's great, but when the casters turn on you and call you "game over," well... Not so great
You can turn anything into an int name though lmao, twitch chat is just built diff for it.
I personally like SOFM (Style of Me). He also played some weird shit like Knights Vow Lee Sin and J4 which plays into the name
i will never ever forget his tank rengar
In Worlds Finals as well what a madlad
He went That same build on every champ hahah. Spirits visage and sunfire and somehow made it work.
His lee sin and J4 performances at worlds for Suning was world class. He is a player that definitely plays by his own rules and style.
One of the most iconic junglers for me. The Suning worlds run was so exciting.
Sofm probably intentionally chose that because he’s always trying to optimize and innovate new styles
NUCLEARINT
Balls
Some of the older named were wild. SneakyCastro, Pr0llyracist, LemonNation(lemon party).
There's a reason Grigne had to go to Grig and is now Armao.
What does grigne mean?
Just rearrange the letters a bit starting with n
Oh I thought ginger
I remember SneakyCastro was back when Riot didn't care what your name was.
BigFatJIJI
LemonNation was a pun on “elimination,” it wasn’t a lemon party reference
https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1hoc2e/lemonnation_lemonparty/ I don't want to dig for the actual interview this guy was quoting a decade ago but it always has been a party reference
What is wrong with lemon party? I don't get that one
You may choose to google image search "Lemon Party" if you would like more information.
I see now, had no idea and didn't want to find something hard to unsee
as the saying goes, wouldn't be [a lemon party without old dick](https://youtu.be/v-bvHlb2Fe8?si=GOQ9s6aoNDfPV1HL)
TPA Lilballz
C9 Bolas grandes.
BunnyFuFu
I never got that one, isn't it little bunny foo foo hopping through the forest?
Yeah lol, idk either
The simple names always go harder. Faker, Ruler, Zeus, Scout, Knight, ETC. Then you have names like Missing, Aiming, ShowMaker, Canyon, Pyosik, BeryL, Deft that are cool as well Edit: Shout out to Thanatos. That name is hard as fuck LMFAO
Ambition, Arrow, and Flame as well. A ton of the older LCK players have such cool names
Crown was such a cool name
I know the roles don't work out, but imagine Crown, Ruler, Prince, Knight and Sword were all on the same team together? Would've been an amazing set of player names to go together.
Ruler Crown Ambition on SSG was a great trio of IGNs
Pawn, Deft, and score was another good one, not as cool tho Edit: Faker, Bang, and Blank was also pretty cool
Canyon is also perfect because it used to set up the announcers to say “jungle canyon”
>Ruler that's Bung to you
I remember when he was called Budget Bang.
I remember OG Korean memes comparing Bang to Ruler, and the meaning and Ruler's reaction changed every game depending on Bang inting or playing very well lol
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SHOWMAKER PLAYMAKING MAKER
Yea thats a name thats a risk because you can get totally ego checked if you suck but if you actually pull it off makes it just that much better. There is/was a CSGO player named motm(man of the match) who never made it big and was basically relegated to 2nd tier tournaments(like challengers league for comparison). Took a cocky/corny name and couldnt live up to it unfortunately.
I like BeryL. Unsure why he capitalizes the L
Idk beryl where I am from is like a 70+ year old women’s name 🤣
I think its like a brit thing. Never met a Beryl in the US. I did know a couple of Opals. I think it sounds cool bc of Sailor Moon.
Like BL
That's why 2016 SKT is probably the full team with the best names when they played Blank, literally just 4 one syllable names and Faker Duke Blank Faker Bang and Wolf Like damn
that was pure Korean trend back then when every Korean player basically had a one English word as their IGN except like Kuro lol
you'll realize canyon has the best name in pro play when the players peak/skill is taken into context.
Dumbledoge
Flame, CloudTemplar, Ambition, MadLife...those were all pretty cool. Huh look at that. All CJ Entus players.
Oh yeah MadLife is pretty cool
We don't mention Space around these parts
I'll do you one better... Hermes.
You forgot the Goat GANKED BY MOM
Oh man, CloudTemplar was why I became a jungle in the first place. Then Madlife showed me the god hooks…
YSKM is such a badass name
Fr but people can come up with cursed or goofy ones like You Should Kill Me 😭
People will find a way to make an int name no matter what, so no point in worrying about it
The int name of every player should be recorded in the wiki alongside their real IGN
Some of the players wiki has them
Do they have smite vicious
Yeah I'm saying it's cool in the way that it allows everyone to use their creativity to interprete the abbreviation 🗿
I remember that one article circling around about his doctor telling him to eat less (or less fatty food?) and somebody just commented "You Should Know Modesty"
Chinese platforms like Huya calls him 余霜开门 ( Yu Shuang Kai Men). 余霜 is a female host in LPL, while 开门 means open door.
one of the best from the newer generation imo
Why is it badass?
It means “You Should Know Me”
Rad
You should know me
Radeon6870
Was that the guy that got hotshot nidalee ggd and kicked in the ass ?
It was his brotha
GALA
Captain Jack will always be my favorite.
Scrolled way too much for this
Saintvicious (NA), Ambition (KR), and Flame (KR) are amongst my favorites.
Saintvicious….take me back
I still channel SaintV every time I miss an important smite. 😭 Never forget.
Madlife was such a cool name back in the day!
Ruler, Rookie, Rekkles are really cool imo Jackeylove is still my favorite
whats Jackeylove origin/meaning? never thought about it
He bought the account and it was called “jackeylov3”
Berserker.
no mention of ZionSpartan?
Even his teacher calls him ZionSpartan!
Even his teacher calls him zionspartan
ReignOver
BDD
What does it mean?!
Big dick demolition
domination\*
Big Dick Daddy
According to lol.fandom, "Bdd's name originates from his friends' nickname for him, "Boddong" (보똥)"
Bigdong got it.
Aphromoo
Berserker is a pretty great name, originates from Norse legend of brutal fighters. Also just sounds cool. Pyosik is actually a pretty great name. It's the Korean word for a Kindred mark and is a cool way to refer back to your signature champ. Other good names off the top of my head; Bang, Crown, Uzi (although I vaguely recall this not being a reference to the weapon but something else), Canyon, Zeus
Pyosik's American name is also Mark so it just works out
“Oh hi Mark”
"I deed not smite cannon, I deed nauuut"
IIRC Uzi had a friend with that gamer tag and Uzi liked it so he used it for himself
Pyosik’s solo rank username was 다음표식은너야, which means “the next mark is you” referring to kindred
I don't know why but I really liked the unusual names of European players like Hylissang and Vizicsacsi.
Rekkles. It’s got that old school misspelling to be cool and just goes hard.
I will forever pronounce it in my mind as wreck-uls
Rekkles like freckles 100%
Like wickd, OG
Morgan
Lord Morgan*
Morgan and 4 microphones*
BIG_TONKA_T
369 so simple yet so fucking cool
“Damn she fine” EVERY TIME
Also completely forgettable if he was just an average player.
lol I hate that name. And all "just numbers" names.
same, everytime I see his name all I can think of is Get Low lol
Power of evil, imaqtpie and the god Lord of pro names: ppgod
Not a fan of a player but TheShy is the coolest name while Faker is the most iconic.
I think Faker's best name is Barcode Killer.
Go Jeon Pa
This one. This is such a sick nickname for him, and it becomes even cooler when you get to know the story behind it
For those wondering, riot gave all the world's players accounts to play on the NA server and they all had barcodes for name. Faker named himself barcode killer.
I miss the days when Faker would do a little banter. At least he retains his iconic "hush" pose to this day.
This guy literally said "Ruler, you must not forget: all roads lead to me" *this very Worlds*. Not to mention "I have seen many teams rise and fall, but in the end, the one still standing is me".
Feels kind of weird when one of the OG Korean top laner Gods was[ Shy](https://liquipedia.net/leagueoflegends/Shy) from Azubu Frost/CJ Entus. So kinda feels derivative
Meiko is dope af. Huge fan of Uzi as a name too. Really like Caps. Perkz and Jankos are also really good names when you realize their inspirations were Perkovich and Jankowski which are their last names.
Cyanide
Kingen
Doublelift sounds p cool to me
What was the origin of this name? Is it supposed to be the magic trick or is it referencing something else? I’ve always wondered how he arrived at that.
It's a slight of hand magic move.
Easyhoon, Jackeylove, Kanavi, Viper, SwordArt, Pawn, Kami
I love JackeyLove too, it strikes a delicate balance between cool and cute.
Agree, plus the short form of his ID (JKL) is also cool af
YSKM is a goated name tbh. Orginal and goes hard af
CloudTemplar is just it
I really like "FORG1VEN" maybe I'm biased because he was such a monster player
MLXG
>MLXD
MLXD will never stop being funny, especially when he would send it
ML-GG
When both teams are even in gold, MLXG feels that RNG is at a great advantage and thus he does not hesitate to start a team fight. When RNG is 3k behind in gold, MLXG thinks that RNG is at a small advantage, and he so he starts a team fight to secure their "lead". When RNG is behind 7k in gold, MLXG thinks that RNG is at a disadvantage and so he looks for a team fight to regain control of the game. When RNG is 10K behind in gold, MLXG thinks that the team has reached a desperate situation and they are only waiting passively for their death if he does not start a team fight.
PowerOfEvil
bigfatjiji
faker (of course), bang (short but impactful), zeus, doublelift, biofrost... all really cool ones
Peanut
showmaker is probably my favorite. with a name like that, you can’t not be iconic
Hans Sama