Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon is interested in returning to South Korea to play for an LCK team, the player told ESPN's Tyler Erzberger.
"Basically, I want to see — when [in] free agency — I can compare [contracts]," he said. "Maybe I can just change my mind. For now, I'm just open to everything. I don't mind about anything, really, so it's going to depend how offers [go]. Yeah, also maybe [I'd] like to be an LCK player, too."
Huni joined Fnatic in 2015 after being a practice partner for Samsung's League of Legends roster. Huni never played for Samsung, and made his competitive debut in Europe as part of Fnatic. After being part of the team's 18-0 perfect season in the 2015 Summer Split and placing 3rd-4th at the 2015 World Championships, Huni and fellow ex-Fnatic jungler Kim "Reignover" Yeu-jin joined Immortals, a new organization in the NA LCS.
While with Immortals, Huni helped the team place first in the 2015 Spring Split, nearly replicating his perfect season with a 17-1 record, then second in the Summer Split with a 16-2 record. However, Immortals were never able to make the magic that got them so far in the regular season work in playoffs.
TSM defeated Immortals 3-0 in the spring semifinals and Cloud9 handed Immortals a 3-2 loss in the summer semifinals. Both times Immortals were able to win the third place match, but it wasn't enough to get them to the world stage. Cloud9 defeated Immortals again in the final round of the Regional Finals to take North America's last spot at the 2016 World Championships.
Despite the rough treatment he's gotten in the postseason, Huni says he doesn't have a problem with staying in North America. He's a little less sure about Europe though.
"I'm good to stay in NA, too. The life was really good," he said. "For sure. I'm not sure about going back to Europe, maybe. I'll just be open to everything. It's just going to depend on what I want to [do] at the time. Probably going to be like that."
And there are other reasons that Huni would rather stay in NA or go to Korea than return to Europe. Well, one reason: food.
"Europe was really good too, but I just didn't like the food that much," he said. "Maybe that's why. [Los Angeles] food is, like, there is so much food. I'm comfy. It feels like even LA Korean food is better than actual Korean [food]."
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