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Impact Weighs His Future After Sentinels' Playoff Collapse

Sentinels top laner Jeong "Impact" Eon-young nearly called it a career last year. After a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Shopify Rebellion in the LCS Lower Bracket Playoffs, his future is up in the air again.

19.09.26, 07:03 Updated 19.09.26, 07:04 6 Minute Read

Esports athletes are like their traditional sports counterparts where those who have long careers tend to have something about them that makes them unique and capable of staying at the top leagues longer.

Take Sentinels top laner Jeong “Impact” Eon-young, as one of those players.

At 31, Jeong is one of the older statesmen of League of Legends. He played at every level, including winning a World Championship in Season 3 (2013) with SK Telecom T1 alongside Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok.

So, what makes Jeong special? His ability to make a difference in a game regardless if he’s won or lost his lane.

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Paul Delos Santos

is a reporter based in Las Vegas. He covers the Vegas Golden Knights for NHL.com and covers esports and general Las Vegas sports for The Sporting Tribune. He’s a gamer who never has time to play them, so he naturally opted to write and talk about them instead.

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