Perhaps this will keep all the weirdos from wanting Faker to retire right? Right?
Now if we can just get Zeus Guma and Keria to sign 10 year contracts…
I feel a 3peat incoming. Keep my boys together! T1 Fighting!
Riot spotted wet with this statement
S4 SSW disbanded
S5 SKT lost MaRin
S6 SKT lost Duke
S10 DWG lost Nuguri
S12 DRX imploded
It’s very rare for LCK teams to be able to retain their players. It only happened after SSG won in 2017. I’m not couting 2013 SKT as imports werent a thing back then and neither were big money lpl contracts
And for SSG it didn’t work well at the end either
The biggest difference is all of T1 players excluding Keira was T1 grown talent.
I ain’t a pro gamer and money is always a big deal for moving teams but I feel like building a dynasty is wayyyy cooler.
Winning Worlds is the ultimate validation for a roster. Unless you’ve got a team of 5 intent on building a dynasty, usually someone will want to leave to secure more money for their future or just enjoy a different environment after winning one title.
I’d say that players have to really enjoy the roster/environment to be willing to stay in situations like this.
There has to be something that incentivizes them to not seek out what is in their best interests, which is always better contracts. Hope they can find a way to stick together, it’d be sick to see this roster continue forward.
we are going to be back to back to back worlds finalists and back to back world champions. 2024 2-peat.
People dont want faker to retire.
Most people want him to win worlds 4th time BEFORE he retires. Because koreans started to speak about Fakers potential retirement.
Dont shift blame it to us lmao.
Damn just the looks of it, this career is stressful as hell. Thank goodness it helps him avoid the military.
Run it back, T1. Run it back! Same guys and let them go get the golden road. If not, at least defend the title.
But what if this “Generation of Miracles” are the players we’re seeing right now. It’s just that Faker is a Kareem that is still playing in the NBA even to this day.
Honestly, why are people so obsessed with Faker retiring? He’s consistently shown that he is a master at what he does and hasn’t slowed down one bit, yet somehow people treat this 27yo as if he was 80. Just because you saw on the internet once that “human reflexes peak at twenty-something years old”, it doesn’t mean that Faker suddenly became bad after crossing that age.
that’s my GOAT
Salary cap and players’ value skyrocketing after this tournament will almost surely break this roster apart. Faker and Oner are the only certainties at the moment.
Golden road incoming next year then he will retire
Riot Games: breathing calmly
What was he gonna do? Give up his lifestyle and do military service?
I didn’t believe he’d retire.
Everyone should stay in T1, there’s literally no benefit outside of quick cash if they quit and join LPL. In LCK T1 is still the richest team.
Yup Nuguri quickly comes to mind. FPX were probably paying him a shit ton, but he got burned out so quickly playing in lpl. Still saddened by what could’ve been damwon contesting T1’s legacy to nuguri and showmaker become a husk of their previous selves.
Are there not salary caps now also?
Turns out age doesn’t really matter as much with video games!
Age affects performance but not to the extent that it is detrimental. I think the age excuse is just older people making an excuse for being lazy.
“Oh, I can’t do this or that because I’m too old now.”