Enrique Cedeño Martinez (born 24 April 1992), better known by his in-game name xPeke (/ɛksˈpɛkeɪ/), is a retired professional League of Legends player. He was the founder and owner of Origen, which competed in the LEC, the top level of professional League of Legends in Europe.[1] Martinez is best known for his spell with Fnatic, with whom he has won three League of Legends Championship Series Europe titles and the Season 1 World Championship.
| xPeke | |
|---|---|
 xPeke at the 2015 League of Legends World Championship | |
| Personal information | |
| Name | Enrique Cedeño Martinez |
| Born | 24 April 1992 Jumilla, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Career information | |
| Game | League of Legends |
| Playing career | 2011–2017 |
| Role | Mid laner |
| Team history | |
| 2011 | myRevenge |
| 2011–2014 | Fnatic |
| 2015–2017 | Origen |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Early life
editEnrique Cedeño Martinez was born on 24 April 1992 in Spain.[2][3] His hometown is Molina de Segura in the southeastern Spanish autonomous community of Murcia.[4]
Career
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Martinez first came to prominence in 2011 as a member of myRevenge, winning the Intel Extreme Masters Season V League of Legends invitational.
Fnatic
editThat myRevenge squad was picked up by Fnatic, with whom Martinez won the Season 1 League of Legends World Championship held at DreamHack.[5] In 2013, he was a part of the Fnatic squad that played in the first ever split of League of Legends Championship Series Europe, eventually winning both the Spring and Summer Split, with him being named the Summer Split playoffs MVP. At IEM Season VI Katowice, Martinez "backdoored"[a] SK Gaming in a play regarded as one of the most iconic in League of Legends history due to how he accomplished it under pressure, near death, and while the enemy team was about to destroy his own base.[6] In 2014, he won another Spring Split title with Fnatic, but lost in the Summer Split finals to Alliance. After the Season 4 World Championship, Martinez announced his departure from Fnatic with the intention to create a new team. On 7 December 2014, the formation of Origen was officially announced, with Martinez assuming the position of a player manager.[7] In its first season as a professional team, Origen won the Europe Challenger Series title and finished second in the Summer Split of the European LCS. Martinez and Origen qualified for the Season 5 World Championship, having qualified through the regional gauntlet.[8] At Worlds they got to the semi-finals of the playoff bracket before losing to SK Telecom T1. Overall, Martinez had the highest Creep Score (CS) of any player in the tournament.[9]
Origen
editOrigen was initially founded by xPeke in December 2014 after he departed Fnatic to found his own team. Jungler Amazing (of Team SoloMid), support Mithy (formerly of Lemondogs), and rookie AD carry Niels (now called Zven) joined xPeke as he played mid lane. xPeke's former Fnatic teammate sOAZ joined shortly thereafter to play top lane. Origen established a base and gaming house in Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain in the beginnings.
In 2018 it was reported that Astralis' parent company RFRSH Entertainment had acquired Origen and would use their name and brand for their EU LCS entry as part of the 2019 European franchise program.[10] On November 20, Riot Games confirmed Origen as one of the ten partner teams for the LEC 2019 Spring Split. xPeke stayed under the organization as an Origen ambassador and has an ownership.
Seasons overview
edit| Team | Year | Domestic | International | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Split | Rift Rivals | Mid-Season Invitational | World Championship | |||
| Spring | Summer | ||||||
| Fnatic | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | 1st |
| 2012 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2013 | EU LCS | 1st | 1st | 3rd–4th | |||
| 2014 | EU LCS | 1st | 2nd | 12th–13th | |||
| Origen | 2015 | EU CS | 1st | — | — | ||
| EU LCS | — | 2nd | — | 3rd–4th | |||
| 2016 | EU LCS | 2nd | 9th | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | ||
| 2017 | EU LCS | 5th | — | — | — | ||
Awards and honors
edit- International
- LEC
- Three-time LEC champion – Spring 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2014
- EU CS
- One-time EU CS champion – Spring 2015
- Tournaments
- Intel Extreme Masters – Hanover 2011, New York 2011, San Jose 2015[b]
- One-time Intel Extreme Masters MVP – Katowice 2013
- DreamHack Winter – 2012
- Thor Open – 2012
- RaidCall Dominance 1 – 2012
- ASUS ROG Paris Games Week – 2012
- ESL Major Series 10 – 2012
- 4Players.de All or Nothing 6 – 2012
- 4Players.de All or Nothing 4 – 2012
- League of Champions June – 2012
- Cdiscount Cup 4 – 2012
- Fight for Pride Promo – 2012
- Campus Gaming Party: Berlin – 2012
- PLAY RaidCall LoL Showmatch – 2012
- Gamers Assembly – 2015
- ESL MWC Challenge – 2015
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Origen". euw.lolesports.com. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ Maeso, Gustavo (2 December 2015). "El Cristiano de los videojuegos". Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ hxd (24 April 2012). "xPeke turns 20!". Fnatic. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ MARCA.com (12 February 2015). "El Cristiano de los videojuegos". MARCA.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Raven, Josh (4 July 2015). "xPeke plans to retire after Worlds". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Lingle, Samuel (2 January 2015). "xPeke just can't stop backdooring". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ Lingle, Samuel (8 April 2015). "xPeke returning to LCS as Origen secures Challenger victory". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ "LoL Esports".
- ^ </ "LoL Esports".
- ^ "Astralis parent company RFRSH Entertainment has acquired Origen and will use that team's name and brand as it enters the European League of Legends Championship Series as a franchise partner, league sources told ESPN. The legacy Spanish esports team will change ownership for the first time since it was launched by pro mid laner Enrique "xPeke" Cedeño Martínez in January 2015. RFRSH will make its pro League of Legends debut following a successful franchise application submitted this summer, a collaborative effort between RFRSH and Astralis with the assistance of commentator Martin "Deficio" Lynge". 19 November 2018.