Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, left, meets e-sports star Lee Sang-hyeok, generally known as Faker, at his official residence in Seoul, Dec. 18. Yonhap
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok met e-sports star Faker this week to debate the newest developments and tendencies of the nation’s online game trade, his workplace mentioned Saturday.
The assembly passed off Thursday in an interview format, with Kim asking the skilled League of Legends (LoL) participant, whose actual identify is Lee Sang-hyeok, concerning the trade and e-sports.
“After I first turned an expert gamer, there was a lack of know-how and coverage (on video video games), but it surely has now considerably improved,” Faker mentioned. “The online game trade is becoming one among South Korea’s key industries.”
Nonetheless, he famous that whereas South Korea has dominated e-sports globally, the nation’s video games haven’t loved that degree of success.
“As an alternative of video games that give inspiration, there are more and more extra formulaic video games or money seize video games (in South Korea),” he mentioned, voicing hopes for video games to function an inspiration for folks, somewhat than being performed to easily move time.
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, left, meets e-sports star Lee Sang-hyeok, generally known as Faker, at his official residence in Seoul, Dec. 18. Yonhap
When requested about his workforce’s latest sixth LoL World Championship title, which marked an unprecedented third consecutive win, Faker mentioned it felt like a dream.
Their full dialog has been posted on the YouTube channel of the Prime Minister’s Workplace.
