'League of Legends' Champions: Who is 'Thresh' in real life?

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"League of Legend" players will be familiar with the name "Thresh," but not many will know the man behind the popular support champion. Recently Duncan "Thorin" Shields re-introduced the world to legendary gamer, Dennis "Thresh" Fong.

Fong is the world's first professional Gamer, according to the Guinness World Record. Riot Games, the developer of LOL, decided to honor Fong and his unbelievable career as a professional gamer by naming one of its champions "Thresh," reports Gamespot.

"That was their homage, and they were nice enough to give me the summoner name, Thresh," says Fong. Thresh is a support-oriented champion, whose main job is to initiate fights and protect his carries, explains Gamespot.

Gamers often use Thresh when playing competitively because of the style of his kit and his versatility. According to Gamespot, Thresh can fit within in any team.

Ironically, however, Dennis Fong would like to tweak Thresh's kit a bit in LOL. He openly tells Shields, during the interview, that he does not play Thresh often, since he is not fond of playing support.

For those unfamiliar with the world of esports and gaming, think of Dennis Fong as Brenner from the movie "Pixels." Like Brenner, Fong also seems to be able to see patterns within games.

However, unlike Brenner, Fong plays against other gamers and not just the game. So in reality, Fong is able to predict the gaming style of his opponents, making him even more formidable.

He made his name playing games such as "Quake," one of the first FPS games in the world. According to 1337 magazine, Thresh literally wrote the guidebook to playing "Quake," which he calls, "Thresh's Quake Bible." Fong also popularized the WASD configuration that most players use today.

Dennis originally wanted the name "Threshold of Pain," but due to character restrictions shortened his gaming name to "Thresh." Only old school gamers will recognize Thresh from LOL as a tribute to Dennis Fong.

1337 magazine explains that Fong retired from gaming at the age of 22 and has since fallen into the background in the world of esports. However, back in his heyday, Fong was interviewed by multiple media outlets, including CNN.

As of now, Fong has started a social networking messaging service for gamers, which he co-founded with his old gaming rival Li. The company is called Engineering at Raptr.

Li, who happens to be the vice president of the company, recalls how kill throat Fong was back in the day. According to Li, Fong did not just want to beat his opponents, he wanted to destroy them.