About a decade or two ago, there were many things you didn’t dare to aspire to as a career. For example, it would have been unthinkable and considered foolish to expect his social media presence to grow into an influencer. Likewise, it was definitely not an option to consider playing games as a profession. The game was exclusively another way of having fun. But it’s a different world today and people like Alex Ich have found ways to make a living with things that were originally considered a hobby and a way to waste time.
Who is Alex Ich?
Born on January 31, 1992 as Aleksei Ichetovkin, Alex Ich is from Kamensky, Russia. That’s about all that can be said about Mr. Ich’s background. Details of his early life, family, and upbringing are largely unknown, and our efforts to learn more about these things have yet to yield significant results.
While there are a thousand and one things people don’t know about Alex, it’s common knowledge that he’s primarily recognized for his status as a Lane of League of Legends (LoL) player. For those who don’t know, LoL is an online video game in which a player, controlling a single character, competes with a team against another team of players.
Riot Games’ action multiplayer real-time strategy game is considered one of the biggest and most important electronic sports. Among the multitude of video game competitions, League of Legends stands out not only for its series of championships and the many tournaments held each year around the world, but also for being the most lucrative of professional gaming franchises. A few years ago, in mid-2016, LoL was estimated to be among the top 5 games in esports history with over 4,000 players, nearly 2,000 tournaments and over 29 million games. dollars in prizes.
As far as we know, Alex Ich has been involved in the League of Legends since 2009. According to him, he is now exploring opportunities as a coach and position analyst. It was in 2010 that Alex started trying out LoL pro gaming. He became a member of a handful of teams, but he only gained noticeable attention when he became a member of Team Empire in October 2011. With the team in 2012, he got the chance to play for Moscow Five (M5) at the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM). in Kyiv, Ukraine, where his popularity skyrocketed after the team won the IEM qualifier.
With M5, an esports establishment based in Russia, Alex Ich participated in the Kings of Europe tournaments, the IEM World Championship, the Corsair Vengeance Cup and several other tournaments around the world until 2013, when he joins Gambit Gaming along with his colleagues from the Empire team. Thanks to this organization, Alex and his gaming partners – Edward, Genja, Darien and Diamondprox – have maintained their outstanding performance and their fame has continued to grow.
But then, in 2014, Alex Ich decided he was done with Gambit. It is said that he left because the team schedule was straining his relationship with his family. After leaving Gambit, he joined Rox in 2014 but soon left the team for Team 8 the following year (2015). The same year, he created Misfits with Remilia (Maria Creveling), Crumbz (Alberto Rengifo), RF Legendary (Oleksii Kuziuta) and Intense (Ritchie Ngo) as teammates. The Misfits later became Renegades and following contentious controversies between Renegades and North American team Dragon Knights (TDK) which saw Riot Games ban the latter from participating in any of its sponsored leagues, Alex became a substitute midfielder for Team EnVyUs.
Is he married, who is his wife?
If you have to talk about Alex’s love life, youI have to mention Yekaterina Ichetovkina, the woman he married about half a century ago. Yes, Alex Ich has been Yekaterina’s husband since August 31, 2012.
Alex is said to be one of not very many League of Legends players who are married. Based on what this LoL star shared, he has a healthy relationship with his wife and they have a child together.
Apparently, Yekaterina is proud of what her husband does. She even encouraged him to pursue a career in esports when he wanted to give up the path of a more conventional profession.