The Story of Scout - A League of Legends Documentary 

Lived up to his name in the end

It's official. Gbay can predict the future. Any player he makes a video on like this reaches/wins Finals

Scout finally won Worlds! Congrats, EDG! Edit: And he’s also a Finals MVP, I’m so happy for him 😄

Just as a short note, a few people have pointed out I unintentionally glossed over Meiko (EDG's support) who's been with EDG this whole time too, even longer than Scout. This documentary obviously focused on Scout, but he also deserves credit for sticking with the team through their dark days until their recent resurgence :)

Gbay has a talent for making me care about players I never even would've given a moment's thought to. First it was Huanfeng and now Scout.

The Gbay Buff actually exist. So happy EDG and Scout won worlds this year!

I came back to this video to tell everyone: HE IS GOING TO FINALS! Edit: He just won finals against DW! And also got the MVP!

the fact that gbay didn't talk a single time about Meiko make me hope there will be a documentary on him someday

There's just something cool with someone dedicating their entire pro career to a team and actually be able to win in the highest stage as the most valuable player. Glad that someone has documented Scout's journey in the pro scene.

EDG JUST WON WORLDS AND SCOUT WAS CROWNED MVP OF THE SERIES LETSS GOOOOOOOO !! They did it....they finally broke the curse....by defeating DAMWON

I remember gbay99 making a story about Huanfeng last year. Then Huanfeng and his team went all the way to the finals. Although they didn't win, they still gave us one of the best worlds championship series ever, especially game 2. I also remember watching every game they played at worlds that year starting from the groups stage, all because of gbay99, and ngl they were one of the most exciting team to watch that year. The Gbay99 buff for Scout will surely take him and his team to places.

Scout did it, what a mad lad

Now he won worlds, seems like watching this before Worlds was a good idea

"pawn started suffering from severe back pain..." *Immediately sits up straight*

the best part about this is that EDG actually has a nice shot in winning worlds when you think about it

At this point whatever team Gbay makes a doc on for worlds just becomes one of my favorite teams I think. First SN with Huanfeng now EDG with Scout

Watched this video on release and now I'm watching it again today after celebrating Scout and EDG's heroic victory at the 2021 League of Legends World Championship. No one in the history of this sport has struggled, fought, and persevered like Scout has. This was truly an anime-esque story arch for a player who will go down as one of the greatest players of all time and a true role model for aspiring competitors. Congratulations Lee Ye-chan, you earned it!

The one be forgotten? He is now the world champion! The junior of SKT finally becomes the legend of EDG!

If EDG wins worlds you need to make a part 2!!

Btw in the last EDG vlog, when the players took the bus to the airport, you see Aaron telling the players "Lastly, I hope we can make a promise to each other. Let's not meet in the next two weeks." and crying when the bus drove away

If I had a nickel for everytime i rooted for an LPL team I had no connection to because gbay made a documentary, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot but its weird that it happened twice.

2 seconds ago, they won 2021 WORLDS👍👍👍 EDG 3 - 2 DAMWON What a game! Congratulations scout and the entire edg team.

Poor Meiko. Being forgotten every time when Gbay mentions the roster shuffles. Great docu nonetheless

you mentioned scout was the only constant through EDG's history but Meiko was there all the years aswell (and he's also an LPL legend, probably one of the most influential supports of all time) despite this, watching this after the 2021 world's finals give me the chills. scout finally got what he deserved after grinding for years, truly a heartwarming story

BRO IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE, THE MOMENT THAT GBAY DOES A VIDEO OF A PLAYER BEFORE WORLDS THEN THAT PLAYER REACHES TO THE FINAL - HAUNFENG AND SCOUT XD

The most satisfying thing about this is the fact that at Worlds, Scout and EDG are in the same group as....Faker and SKT, now known as T1. Scout finally comes in as the better player of the two, with a chance to finally exact revenge. Unbelievable.

31:08 this made me almost cry man, EDG saved Scout and Scout saved EDG

What is so fascinating to me with EDG's win at summer playoffs, was that it was not only redemption for EDG, and for Scout, but it was at this moment that a player long stuck on a team that almost made it, that almost made it to an international tournament year on year. With snake esports with his old pal SoFM, and with LNG after the rebrand. Flandre is going international baby. I am an LNG fan, but at my heart if EDG wins worlds I would be over the moon, Flandre has long been one of my favorite players and I am so happy he finally made it.

Everyone in these EDG roster needs a documentary himself, specially, Flandre, the man who tell jokes when it plays in tournament for maintain the cheers in his teamates

I think it would be really cool to reupload an extended version now adding the story of this worlds to the end. From stumbling in groups by dropping a game to 100T, to breaking the curse against against the msi-champion in RNG, to almost loosing against the arguably worst team left, so they go into finals as massive underdogs just to somehow win it in a 5 games series. When EDG believed in him he payed them back and now when he believed in them and stayed with them they payed him back, by not only breaking the curse but also winning it all.

Today, EDG finally break the curse and redeem itself! Congratulations!

And he is now a World Champ, Grats to Scout and EDG, ggwp

Wow, I honestly was always a diehard NA fan, never paying much attention to the Eastern League teams, but this really opened my eyes to some amazing tales and I think I just might be an EDG convert now. Let's fucking go Scout

I think you need a second Video on edg now! Cant wait!!

Thank you for making this documentary Scout deserves a lot of recognition.

It's a shame that Meiko was so glossed over because he has such a fantastic relationship with Scout. They're the longest-lasting teammates in LPL history (since 2016, so Scout's whole career in LPL Meiko's been his only team support). In that time between Summer 2020 and Spring 2021 splits, it was both Scout and Meiko's contracts there were up and both of them could have potentially left EDG but they both stayed. Scout congratulated Meiko in post-game interview for when the EDG support got his 6000th assist (LPL record) and said he hoped they'll continue playing together for a long time. Meiko also refers to him as a great friend in his Players Tribune essay (a fantastic read!). And now Viper (the ADC Scout scouted~ for the team) along with Meiko are often referred to as the best 2v2 bot-lane in the world. It's such a great narrative and like~ Meiko really adds to Scout's lore Also some of my fave insights on Scout come from Frosk's casting of 2021 LPL Spring EDG in the Playoffs when they 3-0'ed TES: he's a quiet god of the midlane, as he has always been greatly overshadowed by the World Champion midlaners he's subbed for (Faker, PawN) and by the other big World Championship players in the LPL (DoinB, Rookie, etc.). He grew into his own as this quiet god of the midlane who does the job his team needs him to and doing it well. It's such a cool title imo~ The Quiet God. (Pretty accurate too as he's the least chatty in the team comms. Even Viper who's still learning Chinese is more talkative in game or in streams.) Now he's a World Champion himself with a skin for a champion he really likes (Zoe~ incidentally Frosk also referred to Scout as the best Pro Zoe player in the world and now he has the skin to show for it). So like, yeah~ 加油Scout！加油EDG！ 2v2

Meiko definetly deserves one of these docs too! Absolute beast that stayed with EDG for pretty much the entire time.

Most underrated player at worlds tbh

I really hope scout wins worlds this time, he's a LEGEND.

Scout is fucking CRAZY good but people on reddit don't realize it, this guy in terms of raw skill is in the conversation with Chovy/ShowMaker as the best mids in the world but he's heavily underappreciated because he doesn't win titles, that often, kind of like Rookie but maybe a tiny bit worse than Rookie.

Watched this documentary before Worlds started. Couldn't be happier that a player this dedicated to his organization not only won Worlds, but also won MVP.

There are a lot of players I would want to see a documentary next, namely smeb, khan, and others but honestly I really want to see Deft, in terms of longevity he is only second to Faker, arguably the 2nd greatest ADC of all time, and the greatest ADC Korea produced, he has MSI, LCK, and LPL, 1K kills in LCK and LPL, the only thing he does not have is a worlds trophy which seems that every year he gets a chance to get one, he blows it everytime, and now that his career is losing time, his desperation to win a title shows by his work ethic and even if he has back problems which causes him pain in game, he never stops to try and reach his goal, Deft docu would make my year honestly gbay! only halfway through the scout vid but ik this is going to be a banger

THEY'RE GOING TO FINALS HOLY HYPE

They did it, they are now the 2021 world champion against DK the curse is over

HOLY MOLY GBAY IS A PROPHET. I AM SO HAPPY FOR SCOUT

scout finally getting the recognition he deserves as worlds champion and finals mvp

Damn, this is one of your best videos ever. That's 2 years in a row now that you've single handedly got me interested in watching worlds after quitting league 4 years ago.

This feels like the hero story now after the last game today.

These documentaries are sooo good. I find myself rooting for these players and teams solely because of your work. Love them Gbay!

HE WON HE FUCKING WON OMG!!!!!.

Videos that aged like fine wine.

And now. The World champion finally

Instantly thought of this video when watching his MVP Interview. What a great story and great bit of content.

Thanks for making this video. As a fan for scout and EDG I am almost in tear. I really hope they can get what they want in S11. Scout has been waiting for a world champion a long time. His talent needs to be proved this time.

Gbay documentary blessing > EDG curse

Amazing video ❤️🔥 Edit happy he made it to Semis 🌚🔥 Edit he won it 😭❤️

I'd love a follow up to this following their worlds victory vs an on form dwg, I'm sure I'm not alone in this! Such a compelling narrative

And he did it.

Well Today he, and his team made it to the 2021 semifinals :D

Prior to Worlds Semis, I've seen this video and after watching it, I hoped Scout can win it all, especially from knowing nothing about him and to see the growth and the sacrifices he made to even stay on EDG for so long. And this video is even more satisfying to see given that he has won it all. Thanks Gbay99.

its insane how EDG was just a usual team for me and now im seeing myself being biased towards them in their matches, simply because of this video. great series!

Coming here to say that I truly love your videos, that I watched this documentary and most importantly to say that Scout just won Worlds today just minutes ago(november, 6th)

watching this today. He didn't really EDG let them down.! salute to scout ! a long journey! A WORLD CHAMPION!

This documentary deserves so much more recognition it's insane. Despite not knowing much about Scout beforehand, he has earned my complete respect and now I feel bad not picking them as favourites going into Worlds 2022

To be honest, Viper is hardly a star when he was recruited. GRF lost LCK seat the year before. The case is very similar to their top laner Flandre. EDG's ability to hire good players from the underdogs is phenomenal.

I already respected EDG a lot because of their dominance and how prominent and loyal players like clearlove and meiko were and this just added a lot to it. I never knew how much of a carry he was past 2017 I always just thought he was solid. Great video as usual gbay and I hope edg performs well this worlds

And now he is a WORLD champion. This is a true example of consistency!!

SCOUT MVP FOR EDG ''' i got revenge for faker''

Okay I want EDG to win worlds now

Man... You are making me root for EDG as a loyal T1 fan... How amazingly well made... Very beautiful...May the Best players... the Best team win...

Won worlds and won MVP! GJ SCOUT!

I don’t know him much, but I’ve seen him play. Which is quite amazing, edg made a big deal winning worlds in 2021. And man Damwon and edg did a great run and amazing play.

Who's here after Scout makes it to the World Final!? Edit: EDG just won Worlds!!!

And now the curse is broken. Congrats to LPL and EDG!!

Yo, finally another banger documentary from my favourite RU-vidr.

you are the ultimate content for league

Quick note: Chinese fans call scout 小學弟，which in context means he’s the understudy （to faker) . I hope this year’s worlds he can show that he’s his own unique mid laner, and one of the best in the world

Commenting just after EDG won the worlds. That video made me really insight into the worlds this season and now the history have been made. Edit: also Scout is MVP LETS GOOOOO

Being a midlaner with skt is a blessing and a curse... I can only imagine the pressure being with the best player in the game, and playing his role... Its an honor to be sure, but its gonna be such a high bar to surpass

Came back here after EDG won their 1st worlds congrats scout!

This video aged very well.

Shed a tear with this one. Obviously in hindsight everything worked out, but one cannot imagine how hard the choice to remain must have been. The org is in disarray, in an increasingly competitive LPL, and with no clear path to win worlds. Scout chooses to stay, returning the faith the org had placed on him when he was at his lowest, and finally took EDG to the promised land. Appreciate this fellas, for this happens very rarely. In sports, Damian Lillard stays dedicated to an org that has no plan to win the NBA finals, because they believed in him when no one would. The only other story that comes close is when Rekkles left Fnatic to join Alliance, and then Fnatic were willing to take him back in 2015. They went on to finish that season with a perfect 18-0, winning the playoffs and reaching semis, where they eventually lost to KOO Tigers. Sidenote: that Viper triple kill was clean af.

You couldnt just wait for a month :D Now i need part two of this

What an epic documentary to make the worlds feel more euphoric. Last month, I rooted for skt t1 to win worlds, while low key supporting edg because of this video. Thank you for this documentary, it will be one of my core memory.♥️

It’s a good video but I have to figure out that Meiko is another veteran in this team. Both Scout and Meiko carried edg forward in those difficult days.

Semi final in 2 days, gl EDG u deserve it

I swear this guy predicts who wins worlds through his documentaries

Not the first time i had a few tears in my eyes from a story of yours and hopefully not the last time. The loyalty of scouts is moving, truly.

Came back for this

I don't know how you do it but these documentaries are some of the few videos where I have to cry. Thank you for such emotionally engaging videos.

just finished watching edg win over rng in the courter final and they broke the edg curse 😂👍👍

Thanks for that video, and for all others. Really love your documentary subjects choices. I'm big fan of Scout his story is really amazing, what a great video !

And he won! Scout is a champion and MVP of the finals!

Damn that got me teary-eyed. Now knowing that EDG finally won worlds and him getting MVP for it... Fuck man I'm happy for him!

Hell yeah, I was hoping you'd put out another video like last week. Glad to see this hasn't disappointed, and even more glad that we got a documentary with a cliffhanger.

Incredible documentary. Well done. I'm a huge RNG fan and feel conflicted, heartbroken after the loss against EDG on quarters. However, as I'm a big LPL fan and because of Scout's legendary story, I kinda want him to win. Either him or bdd. Even though, however wins this will be a massive underdog in finals

Both times you made a video on a Worlds player their team makes it to finals. Maybe Gbay was the real script writer all along.

As an EDG fan, scout is the only reason that I love this team. Hope he get his own champion after being the alternate of Faker, Easyhoon and Pawn.

Amazing video as always just one criticism: you were saying twice that Scout is now the veteran on the team, but please don't forget my boi Meiko

Watching this after Worlds 2021 is some major story arc for Scout.