On June 25, the current world champions, T1, released a video in which they let their professional players speak freely. The star of the team, Faker, has two demands to Riot Games about what they should do with League of Legends need to get under control.
These are Faker’s demands: In a video from World Champion T1 in Korean, Faker calls for two things that Riot urgently needs to get under control:
Faker says it is crucial to address both issues, as if they remain unresolved, it will gradually undermine the value of esports.
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T1 in the constant focus of DDOS attacks
Why are DDOS attacks such a problem for him? For competitor Faker, the DDOS attacks are a crucial problem because they specifically target T1.
When T1 players stream on Twitch and are in solo queue, their games are deliberately torpedoed and sabotaged. It has gotten to the point where other players say that Korean solo queue is like Russian roulette. If you have a T1 player on your team or on the opposing team, the game becomes practically unplayable.
At T1, DDOS attacks have now reached such dimensions that they are affecting the training and thus the playing strength of the world champion and have even been cited by the otherwise sober Faker as a reason why important games were lost.
What does he mean by “personal attacks”? As the most prominent face in League of Legends, Faker often receives unfiltered hate from fans in personal messages or other ways.
In South Korea, LoL is not just a video game, but an important part of life for many people – similar to how football is for many people here. There is great rivalry between fans of individual teams, like between fans of Schalke and Dortmund. The most famous rivalry is probably that between T1 and Gen G, who previously spoiled the 4th World Cup as Samsung Galaxy Faker.
Even today, Gen G., with “Our Lord and Savior” Chovy, is considered the great counterpart to Faker.
When Faker makes a brilliant play in the mid lane that dashed other teams’ playoff hopes, he gets a lot of love from his own fans, but also hate from his opponents.
And the love of your own fans can quickly turn to hate when things aren’t going well. T1 fans are known for renting trucks and driving them with a message through the area of Seoul where T1 players live and train.
“It undermines the value of e-sports” is certainly true. An experienced player who is already 28 years old like Faker can handle it. But younger players can break under the pressure: LoL: Pro breaks under pressure and is criticized by supermarket cashier – now afraid to buy food