King-Zone DragonX mid-laner, PawN, retires due to “setup OCD”
He announced his retirement just days before Worlds started.
Korean League of Legends pro, Heo “PawN” Won-seok, has announced his retirement.
The mid-laner for League of Legends Champions Korea team King-Zone DragonX announced his retirement on September 28, just a few days before the World Championship 201 Play-In stage started.
PawN revealed that he had developed a mental illness back in 2018, even before he took a break earlier May this year.
“I was hit with the compulsive disorder at 2018 and I could not play the game at all if I was not set up in exactly the way I wanted it to,” according to atranslated statement by Korizon.
Despite his disorder, PawN continued to play as KT Rolster’s mid-laner back at Worlds 2018. King-Zone DragonX acquired him after, where PawN played for the team until the Spring Split.
“I thought everything was ok, I began playing for Kingzone DragonX, I finished the spring split without issues.
But when the summer split came, I didn’t expect the compulsive disorder would hit me again. In a different way, so suddenly,” revealed PawN.
PawN is known for his incredible run at Worlds back in 2014 with the now-disbanded LCK team Samsung White. Together with Choi “Dandy” In-kyu, Gu “Imp” Seung-bin, Cho “Mata” Se-hyeong, and Jang “Looper” Hyeong-seok (who has also retired), Samsung White bagged the Worlds trophy for the last time before they dissolved.
PawN 허원석 선수가 오늘 은퇴를 발표했습니다.그동안 킹존 드래곤X에서 멋진 활약을 펼친 허원석 선수와 응원해 주시는 팬 여러분에게 진심으로 감사드립니다.pic.twitter.com/mAvA0lp3oS
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