Sometimes we’re not about ‘new’ news here at Esports News UK, we just want to highlight UK talent, specifically in League of Legends.
A few months back, UK jungler Luke “Phurion” Brammer (formerly known as Dongs) was featured in a Lee Sin montage video that has been viewed more than a million times.
The video, titled ‘200 IQ Lee Sin’, can be viewed below.
Phurion’s play is the second clip in the video, starting at just after the 20-second mark.
Phurion uploaded the original clip to Reddit a couple of years back. In it he can be seen killing pro player PowerOfEvil in the mid-lane.
Phurion told Esports News UK: “It was awesome when i first submitted the clip because it was the first time I’d ever done something notable in the ‘high elo’ scene.
“It was a great feeling when people would actually recognise me in normal games and say: ‘Aren’t you that guy from Reddit?’
“Part of me wishes I made the play under the name Phurion, but it was great to see the laughs it brought knowing that a guy named ‘Dongs’ was kicking ass.”
Phurion
“Part of me wishes I made the play under the name Phurion but for this reason my past name ‘Dongs’ holds that ever bit more sentiment. Even though the name was a bit more humorous it was great to see the laughs it brought knowing that a guy named ‘Dongs’ was kicking ass haha.”
And so it shall be: Dongs will be forever immortalized.
Dongs is dead.
Long live Dongs.
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
