Effort (gamer)

He stated in an interview that he used to watch a lot of StarCraft games. His in-game name, Effort, was named after a StarCraft player, Kim "EffOrt" Jung Woo, his favourite player.

He started playing League of Legends during his first year of his secondary school.{{Cite web|url=http://sports.news.naver.com/esports/news/read.nhn?oid=347&aid=0000132979|title=[단박인터뷰] SKT 새 희망으로 떠오른 '에포트' 이상호|website=sports.news.naver.com|language=ko|access-date=August 31, 2019}} His role model is Lee "Wolf" Jae-wan, former support player for SK Telecom T1.

SK Telecom T1 announced that they had signed Effort,{{Cite web|url=https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/3615/breaking-news-skt-t1-signs-kkoma-as-the-head-coach-faker-bang-wolf-blank-untara-and-effort-renew-their-contracts|title=League of Legends: [Breaking News] SKT T1 signs kkOma as the Head Coach; Faker, Bang, Wolf, Blank, Untara, and Effort renew their contracts|website=www.invenglobal.com|date=November 24, 2017 |language=en|access-date=September 1, 2019}} who was previously a trainee of the team. Effort made his debut on KeSPA Cup 2017 on November 29, 2017. His first match was with Griffin, and his first champion used in his professional career was Blitzcrank.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dbltap.com/posts/5861968-new-skt-support-makes-his-debut-in-kespa-cup|title=New SKT Support Makes His Debut in KeSPA Cup|date=November 29, 2017|website=90min.in|language=en|access-date=September 1, 2019|archive-date=September 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901134214/https://www.dbltap.com/posts/5861968-new-skt-support-makes-his-debut-in-kespa-cup|url-status=dead}} He won his first game against Griffin.

Effort became the starting supporter for SK Telecom T1 in the LCK Spring 2018. He played his first LCK game against ROX Tigers, which he won with a match score of 2–1. In the same season, he played his first playoffs in his career. SK Telecom T1 ended up at 4th place in the Spring season. SKT received 7th place in the Summer season, and 4th place in the Korea Regional Finals, which made them failed to qualify for 2018 League of Legends World Championship.

Effort played his first game of the season in the LCK Summer 2019. His first win of the season was against kt Rolster, where he started as the support player for the second match, breaking the five-game losing streak of SKT in Summer 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/8536/sk-telecom-t1-breaks-5-game-losing-streak|title=League of Legends: SK Telecom T1 Breaks 5-Game Losing Streak|website=www.invenglobal.com|date=June 27, 2019 |language=en|access-date=September 1, 2019}} He became the starting player of the team since then.

He played his second playoffs in his career in Summer 2019. He had his first appearance on stage in the LCK finals on August 31, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/8982/2019-lck-summer-finals-sk-telecom-t1-players-speak-of-their-thoughts-on-winning-the-championship|title=League of Legends: [2019 LCK Summer Finals] SK Telecom T1 Players Speak of Their Thoughts on Winning the Championship|website=www.invenglobal.com|date=August 31, 2019 |language=en|access-date=September 1, 2019}} He won his first LCK title against Griffin on the same day with a match score of 3–1.{{Cite web|url=https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/8978/2019-lck-summer-finals-sk-telecom-t1-wins-their-8th-lck-championship|title=League of Legends: [2019 LCK Summer Finals] SK Telecom T1 Wins their 8th LCK Championship|website=www.invenglobal.com|date=August 31, 2019 |language=en|access-date=September 1, 2019}} His team had qualified as the first seed for LCK in the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, and he was selected as one of the members to represent SK Telecom T1 in World Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/T1LoL/status/1177450787946950658|title=Official Roster|last=LoL|first=T1|date=September 26, 2019|website=@T1LoL|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927051907/https://twitter.com/T1LoL/status/1177450787946950658 |archive-date=September 27, 2019 |access-date=October 3, 2019}}

On April 25, 2020, Effort and his team won the LCK Spring split finals against Gen.G with a match score of 3–0.{{Cite web|url=https://www.invenglobal.com/lol/articles/11062/lck-today-t1-dominates-geng-to-win-their-9th-lck-championship|title=League of Legends: [LCK Today] T1 dominates Gen.G to win their 9th LCK championship|date=April 25, 2020|website=InvenGlobal|language=en|access-date=April 25, 2020}} This was his second LCK title.

On December 1, 2020, T1 announced the departure of their four-year Support player, Effort.{{Cite web|title=[오피셜] '에포트' 이상호, 연습생 시절부터 4년 함께한 T1 떠난다|url=https://sports.news.naver.com/news.nhn?oid=442&aid=0000126554|access-date=2020-12-01|website=sports.news.naver.com|language=ko}}{{Cite web|title=Thank You: Lee 'Effort' Sangho - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4KCGgLsmgg&feature=youtu.be|access-date=2020-12-01|website=www.youtube.com}} Liiv Sandbox then announced that Effort will be joining them as their new Support player.{{Cite web|title='에포트' 이상호, 샌드박스로 전격 이적 발표|url=https://sports.news.naver.com/news.nhn?oid=347&aid=0000149211|access-date=2020-12-01|website=sports.news.naver.com|language=ko}}

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