The Story of xPeke: The Backdoor Legend

More than maybe any other League of Legends player, Enrique “xPeke” Cedeno Martinez is a man of two legacies.

One is his history as a player: one of the game’s most renowned, from the earliest days of organized competitive play. He has won incredible victories and won fans with his playful attitude.

The other is the organization he built: its rise from Challenger to incredible competitive heights, And then its disappearance in 2017.

With one firmly cemented and the other now in question, the story of a mid laner who captured the imagination and excitement of a young esports audience is more relevant than ever.

This is xPeke’s story.

Video edited by: Matt Massey
Production assisted by: Niall Mccrossan

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[Whiteseal]

Imagine going down in history as "the backdoor legend"

[lahdzisback]

Xpeke, the dude that made me love esport and the only guy that makes me keeping playing LoL

[menionleah]

Origen was one of the brightest, if not the brightest, shooting star of lcs history. Whoever had the pleasure to watch their climb from zero to hero, defying all odds, especially during worlds, knows he was looking at a sport miracle. Watching Peke play tf, anivia and orianna, playing his own meta vs all the other world class midlaners, styling on them when he was considered one of the worst player in worlds, was a blessing. Whoever witnessed this team, as short as their light bright, knows that it was one of the best cinderella story in all compettitive scene, one that probably will never be forgotten. At least, i will never. Thx Origin for all the emotion you made me feel and goodbye.
(i might have made a lot of mistakes but i am not a native speaking english)

[SuperHeroR]

Xpeke was one of the games most "cerebral" players. He knew how to play the players and get inside their heads (ie: Fnatic Bush, the Xpeke backdoor, Baron fakes, etc). It's sad to see him retire.

[SakataSamig]

Man its sad, last time I saw xPeke was when he played support. I really want him to play again, he isn't too old but can't say much about his current skill level. But really do miss seeing him play...

[Gollum]

You dont know how emotional I got when I watched this. I'm a xPeke fan since season 1. I remember every. single. game. When I saw that Orianna 4 man shockwave, I just started shouting even though I know its from the past. I had goose bumps for 26 minutes and teary eyes. I know this sounds edgy, but xPeke and Faker are the only players I will ever acknowledge as true legends.
Great video. 10/10. Thanks for the emotional ride.

[shelkofsky]

As someone who didn't know the story of xpeke I must say this has been the best video you've done. Well done.

[Sinister]

This was such a throwback video and it was very emotional! I think the ending was incredible, but the closer "thanks for watching" was too abrupt and took away from the emotional impact of the video. I think you should only have that closer on videos that don't detail the emotional stories of players, rather, it should be inserted at the end of less emotional videos. That's just one dumb YouTube commenters opinion anyways. :P Regardless, this was a very well done video! Thank you for putting his LCS story together!

[yagzkarsn]

I'm supporting Fnatic because of him. I hope that Origen will come back

[sanjayr]

Dammit theScore esports quit making me cry with all the heartfelt and emotional content.

10/10 would engage in this masochistic but wonderful experience again.

[makiangelodacillo]

I like how faker respect the Old God of League :>

[senakobayakawa]

xPeke, that backdoor of yours made me love league of legends. You will always be my favorite league of legends player.

[unlimitedpower]

Great video but one nitpick is that in Season 1, xPeke was not a top laner. People didn’t play specific lanes as they did certain champions. A good example is that across the span of S1 Worlds, Dyrus on Epik Gamer played Singed top, Soraka support, MF bot lane, and other things that escape me right now.

The way teams strategized then is very different from now. Peke was a Mage player and Fnatic preferred to have a Mage in both top and mid lane, and while he mostly played in top lane, he did so due to the champions he played and the teams strategic preference, and played in mid lane depending on matchup.

Again roles were not yet so well defined and a player was not a “top laner” as much as he played a lot of champions that happened to work best in top lane. Solidified lane positions would become more mainstream after S1 Worlds. Phreak said a few times in S2 he was surprised players ended up specializing on lanes and not champion styles, like mages and marksman. Riot, however, as the game has gone on, has streamlined design to where lane choice and champion style are quite closely aligned.

[turigar]

Watching the "xPeke" Backdoor still makes me cry and spill some tears. A legend alive, thanks for all the great moments sir, you were, you are and will be my idol.

Great montage, great player.

[ahmedalkarkhi]

When they hugged there at the end of the xpeke play "I AM NOT CRYING U R CRYING!!!"

[OnlyYawnAuthor]

I've been waiting for this! Xpeke fan

[jeremey]

2:52 we need to take the time to appriciate the OG fans of league

[joetri]

Origen will always be one of the most legendary teams, even if only for their one year run.

[jonathanjacobs]

The best Western player by any metric other than peak of level of play (I would give that to S2 Froggen). S1 World Champion, IPL5 Finalist, S3 Semi-Finalist, S4 well, it never happened :D and S5 Semi-finalist, winning a lot of domestic titles too. All this whilst being the best player of the respective team, or at the very least the member who showed up in the biggest fashion when it truly mattered. The Backdoor, the 1v1 vs Dade, the second comming of the 3k elo shockwave, the Kassadin-game versus c9...
You can be clutch, you have players who are consistently clutch, and then there is Xpeke.

[metalmichew]

xPeke, the man that single handedly made esports a big thing, might be due to his playing but i do think that his looks mattered alot aswell, he is the esports poster boy. forever!