Tempt
| Tempt | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Kang Myung-gu (강명구) | |
| Country of Birth |  South Korea | |
| Birthday | May 13, 1998 (age 22) | |
| Residency | Korea | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Mid Laner | |
| Soloqueue IDs | 명구리버드 | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Kang "Tempt" Myung-gu (Hangul: 강명구) is a League of Legends esports player, previously mid laner for Hanwha Life Esports.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ESC Ever | Jan 20162016-01-17[2] | Jan 20172017-01-10[1] | 1yr 24d ejel | ||
 bbq Olivers | Jan 20172017-01-10[5] | Nov 20182018-11-12[3] | 1yr 10mo ejel | ||
 Hanwha Life | Nov 20182018-11-12[7] | Nov 20192019-11-19[6] | 1yr 7d ejel | ||
| Hanwha Life | Dec 20192019-12-01[9] | May 20202020-05-08[8] | 5mo 7d ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESC Ever | Jan 20162016-01-17[2] | Jan 20172017-01-10[1] | 1yr 24d ejel | ||
| bbq Olivers | Jan 20172017-01-10[5] | Nov 20182018-11-12[3] | 1yr 10mo ejel | ||
| Hanwha Life | Nov 20182018-11-12[7] | Nov 20192019-11-19[6] | 1yr 7d ejel | ||
| Hanwha Life | Dec 20192019-12-01[9] | May 20202020-05-08[8] | 5mo 7d ejel |
News
2016
 ESC | January 17, Tempt joins. Police leaves.[2] |
2017
| ESC | January 10, Crazy, Firetrap, Bless, Tempt, Ghost, Totoro, Kim Ga-ram (Head Coach), and Ares (Strategic Coach) leave.[1] | |
 bbq | January 10, ESC Ever rebrands as bbq Olivers.[5] Crazy, Bless, Tempt, Ghost, Totoro, Kim Ga-ram (Head Coach), and Ares (Strategic Coach) join. Firetrap joins as substitute.[10] |
2018
| bbq | November 12, Tempt, Ghost, and Bono leave.[3][4] | |
 HLE | November 12, bonO and Tempt join.[7] |
2019
| HLE | January 10, Sohwan, Thal, Bono, Tempt, Sangyoon, LinLan (Coach), and Woong (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Moojin and Onair (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020. Lava's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[11] | |
| HLE | November 19, SoHwan and Tempt leave.[6] | |
| HLE | December 1, Zenit joins. Tempt rejoins. Merry moves to starting roster.[9] | |
| HLE | December 2, Tempt, Zenit, Lehends, and Vsta's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[12] |
2020
| HLE | May 8, Tempt leaves.[8] |
Biography[edit]
2016 Season[edit]
Kang "Tempt" Myung-gu joined Ever on January 15, 2016 as their new mid laner after Athena left. With Athena, Ever had won IEM Cologne and so secured an invitation to IEM Katowice. At the time of competing at Katowice, Ever were in second place in Challengers, after losing a series 0-2 to MVP. Despite a round-one surprise upset win over Team SoloMid, Ever lost to Royal Never Give Up and then a rematch series against TSM to be eliminated before the playoff bracket.
After coming back to Korea, ESC Ever continued to perform well in the Challengers Korea 2016 Spring Season, finishing second place in the regular season with 27 pts. After beating Ever8 Winners 3-1, they beat MVP 3-2 to win the season and earn a spot in the 2016 LCK Summer Promotion. Then, they beat SBENU Sonicboom 3-0 to earn a spot in the 2016 LCK Summer Season.
During the 2016 LCK Summer Season, ESC Ever went 5-13 in total sets, with one notable upset victory over SK Telecom T1. However, they still finished the split in ninth place, leading them to participate in the 2017 LCK Spring Promotion tournament. In the first round, they beat SBENU Korea 2-1 before falling to Kongdoo Monster 3-1. In the deciding loser's match, ESC Ever swept CJ Entus to earn their spot back in the LCK.
Trivia[edit]
- Known to donate to charity on a regular basis.[13]
Pentakills
| Date | Region | Tournament | Team | Vs | Champion | Pos | W/L | KDA | SB | VOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-18 | Korea | LCK 2017 Spring |  |  | Taliyah | Mid | W | 15/3/7 | Link |
- Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.
Tournament Results[edit]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[edit]
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- January 18, BBQ Olivers’ Tempt on mid lane match ups: “I think I have a solid chance as long as I don’t face Faker.” by Andrew Kim on Slingshot
- January 18, bbq Tempt: "I've never lost a game with LeBlanc" with , and on Inven Global
- February 22, BBQ Tempt: "If the president of BBQ Chicken visits our games more often, I think we'll win more" with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- March 14, bbq Tempt: "I don’t think Cassiopeia is a good champion at top lane." with Hongje "Koer" Kim, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, , and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- September 11, HLE Tempt: "From experience, APK is a team whose top and jungle are dangerously good." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok & David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- February 22, HLE Tempt: "Although I want to beat all the teams that previously beat us, we lost 1-2 against Afreeca, so I really want to beat them in Round 2." with Byungho "Haao" Kim & Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-05 | LCK 2020 Spring | AF  vs  HLE | Link |
| 2019-12-28 | KeSPA Cup 2019 | KT  vs HLE | Link |
| 2019-09-11 | LCK 2020 Spring Promotion | HLE vs  JAG | |
| 2019-02-24 | LCK 2019 Spring | HLE vs AF | Link |
| 2019-02-15 | LCK 2019 Spring | HLE vs  KZ | Link |
| 2019-02-13 | LCK 2019 Spring | HLE vs  GEN | Link |
| 2019-02-01 | LCK 2019 Spring | JAG vs HLE | Link |
| 2018-07-18 | LCK 2018 Summer | JAG vs  bbq | Link |
| 2018-02-22 | LCK 2018 Spring | bbq vs KZ | Link |
| 2018-01-28 | LCK 2018 Spring | bbq vs JAG | Link |
| 2018-01-18 | LCK 2018 Spring | KDM  vs bbq | Link |
Images[edit]
ESC Tempt 2016 Summer
BBQ Tempt 2017 Spring
BBQ Tempt 2017 Summer
BBQ Tempt 2018 Spring
BBQ Tempt 2018 Summer
HLE Tempt 2019 Spring
HLE Tempt 2019 Summer
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 KeSPA's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2016 네네치킨 LoL Challengers Korea Spring 참가선수 엔트리 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ghost's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 한화생명 e스포츠, ‘템트’ 강명구, ‘보노’ 김기범 신규 영입 (Korean) ruliweb.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 KeSPA's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Hanwha Life Esports' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 한화생명 e스포츠, ‘템트’ 강명구, ‘보노’ 김기범 신규 영입 (Korean) ruliweb.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Hanwha Life Esports' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Hanwha Life Esports' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ KeSPA's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2018-11-19; after change - KR - 2019-01-10
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2019-11-30; after change - KR - 2019-12-02
- ↑ FOMOS article (Korean) fomos.kr
