Redeem now - Steven "Hans Sama" Liv showed up for the "League of Legends" world championships looking hella fly.
- Gone are the days of bespectacled Hans Sama, it seems.
- "Bro is glowing," the official League Instagram account wrote on Monday.
The "League of Legends" 2023 world championships are back, and there's something to look out for on the big stage.
That something is Steven "Hans Sama" Liv, the ADC — Attack Damage Carry — for the European gaming organization, G2 Esports.
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in.The 24-year-old French player showed up in Seoul looking hella fly. Gone, it seems, are the big black glasses and the floppy fringe we've come to know him for.
And the official "League of Legends" Instagram account said it best: "Bro is glowing."
View this post on InstagramLiv's new look seems to be working wonders with the fanbase.
Currently trending in larger Korean communities with 400k views (still increasing)
"@Hanssama looks like a kpop idol" pic.twitter.com/SKZTyXMvEJ
— Ashley Kang (@AshleyKang) October 20, 2023And it's not hard to see why.
First W 😎 pic.twitter.com/Q9QEAi54vW
— Hans sama (@Hanssama) October 19, 2023"League of Legends" content creator Marc Robert "Caedrel" Lamont also reacted to the G2 player's glow-up last week.
"What happened to him?" Lamont said on a Twitch stream. "He looks crazy, no? He dyed his hair black, took off his glasses, his skin looks immaculate, and then he just changed his hairstyle. Damn!"
One has to wonder what's in the water over at the G2 gaming house. Because when Martin "Rekkles" Larsson played for the team, he too was in his Ralph Lauren model era.
That said, fans of G2's ADC can only hope Liv shines bright on Summoner's Rift as well.
"League's" Worlds 2023 is currently airing matches from its Swiss Stage, where 16 teams from China, South Korea, Europe, and North America battle it out for a spot in the quarterfinals.
Liv's G2 Esports, at press time, has won two matches and lost one. They need one more win to make it to the knockout stage. Gen.G Esports and JD Gaming — of South Korea and China, respectively — sit 3-0 at the top of the standings.
Representatives for Liv at G2 Esports did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.
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