In LoL, a worrying clip has a sequel. South Korean star player Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok lost a game against his arch-enemies from GenG. The League of Legends star apparently couldn’t handle the defeat and banged his head against a wall several times out of frustration. Fans are worried about their idol and are sending him lots of love.
This is the situation with T1 and GenG:
GenG is once again extremely strong in 2024. They lead the Summer Split in South Korea with 15-0. T1 is in fourth place with 8-6. GenG has always brought in the best Korean players and this year they seem to be even stronger than in previous years.
Faker is considered an iconic LoL player who became world champion in 2023, but this year GenG seems to be unbeatable:
Faker hits his head against a wall, scares the fans
This was the shocking scene: In a regular match on August 3, T1 and GenG faced each other and although T1 started strong, GenG was able to turn the match around.
Faker then lost control, hit his head against a partition wall 4 times, then he quickly recovered and hit his head against the wall a 5th time, visibly harder, before teammate Gumaysui was able to stop him.
Commentators saw the clip as a sign of the enormous pressure that LoL professionals are now under.
“I received my university degree with honors only because of you”
These are the reactions: In the days that followed, the hashtag “#We_Stand_For-Faker” was established on the Internet, under which LCK fans expressed their support for Faker.
In numerous posts, people assure how much T1 and Faker mean to them:
“You treat other people so gently – but not yourself”
Faker was especially honored by Riot Games in 2024 after he ended a long dry spell and won the Worlds again in 2023, for the fourth time. The honor he received is also viewed critically, however, because Riot Games went all out on commercialism and dedicated an incredibly expensive skin to him: Faker sells items worth 10 annual salaries of normal people in one hour – would never use his €450 skin himself