Even Hackers Couldn't Crush Faker

Faker is used to pressure but this was different there's a pause F laughing suddenly T's highly competitive season was in danger hell the entire lck was at risk oh my God no oh boy this just sucks it's just it's a crappy situation no way you can't pause at that moment can we at least finish the game and the situation was so exceptional that faker did something he had never done before so now the question was could T1 beat the super teams before them without being able to practice effectively they do manage to secure the bar but can they find the fight as they split the rested is in goes Theon finds absolutely no one double knock up from carrier is fantastic and they're on top of Viper in and in it's not a perfect fight are the W it's heavy enough is the question it's it goes the way of owner oh the black hook and he manages to find sea free delivery with the seismic show K finding the angle that may have been the game-winning [Applause] play all right so before we dive into Faker and T1 just a friendly reminder to please like the video if you enjoy it sub to the channel if you haven't already and maybe maybe even consider turning on notifications so you never miss our newest content so SK Telecom T1 or T1 today has always been a team with high expectations when League of Legends first exploded in Korea T1 formed a dynasty that changed the game forever they are the Undisputed best team in the world the SKT Reign continues they win their third world championship I couldn't even imagine I joining is SKT there's a lot of pressure from outside of Team like SKT is the best they need to save the title after three wins in four years the T1 Jersey weighed heavier than ever but amazingly after several failed rebuild attempts they started over from nearly nothing except of course Faker their Player Development bets paid off T1 and Faker had done it in 2023 they finally lifted the Summoners cup again a decade since their firstt legacy has been reignited T1 will be your 2023 world champions T's public success however came after a period of private turmoil Faker was already putting himself under a lot of pressure to bring the team Another World Championship during the darker moments some fans expressed their passion in sometimes distressing ways in 2020 after the team failed to make it to Worlds some fans sent funeral waths and eulogized not only the SK Telecom T1 name but also the ethos that they considered core to the team's early success T1 also benched Faker briefly that year which led to what T1 CEO Joe Marsh referred to as online harassment and violent threats it's wild and a bit scary that this level of passion could emerge but it's even Wilder that Faker didn't let it affect him on his way back to the top and I say mostly because there were times when Faker had to literally Sue fans from the very beginning fans expected T1 to contend for worlds but now that they had won for the fourth time in 2023 the expectation shifted to defending that title the problem was that domestically orgs were doing their best to find a combination of players that were better than t the cycle repeated itself the first of these teams was T's constant demon in the lck Gen G heading into spring 2024 the last five lck finals had featured both gen G and T1 and besides their first meeting Jenji always came out on top in the finals now in 2024 Jenji had added Keen Canyon and lens to bolster chovi and paays on paper the team looked Unstoppable Hana life Esports were also busy in the offseason signing Doran peanut and Delight all of whom had been part of gen G but as stacked as the lck was Faker was used to facing super teams it's what happened next that was truly unusual toward the end of the lck Springs week 5 something delayed a game between DRX and DK but this was no ordinary Tech they do need to be mindful that I don't feel like the scaling Advantage is necessarily with them as we do go into a Paws I think it might be a uh just a slight latency situation problem has been fixed so now we're just looking to get back onto the rift I'm pretty sure and try his tanks for so extraordinarily long he almost survived it will be big as unfortunately H we are back at a pole screen Atlas with back into the game all right video games have occurred once again here today I don't think they would have want the fight I'm getting some foreshadowing um and it is can we at least finish the game or the or the mystery it is not even 26 minutes yet it's more like an hour and 26 minutes as the Nexus will go down in what is actually just game one the best of three series was played in fits and starts stretching into a seven hour marathon that pushed everyone's patience to its limits we don't don't really know yet because last time that that was our oh that's not good everyone oh no that shouldn't come as a surprise but that's definitely not a that's not a good sign um we'll check back back in um as soon as we possibly can but it is time for us to go to a little bit of a break um to figure out what the heck to do in this situation I think it's a tie if it's a 21 victory for for b no if if quangong lose they will always oh boy same same please please please it's been an emotional day uh and you can imagine here at L Park H motion oh my God no does have Kik Rooker is's drawing two people but actually oh committing to him is really really tough this just Let's ignore it Let's ignore it see whether it goes away uh ostrich mode yeah we just we'll just pretend Rascal the next one to fall the Nexus an option as Saab is on the fountain and there it goes game three will be a D+ Victory and they are celebrating because they just played the longest Series in LOL Park history to date the remaining series were first rescheduled and then ultimately played behind closed doors and rebroadcast now despite not playing in this game Faker was about to experience the same frustration but on a way bigger scale even though the issue now confirmed to be a Dos attack was paralyzing live lck broadcasts it wasn't new [Music] reports of Korean solo Q players being dosed stretched more than two months back around late 2023 a user named primary drummer 109 posted information about it to Kroll's subreddit a tournament featuring both streamers and Pros run by enchant was apparently one of the first victims leaked Discord DMs from a cheat seller appeared to show that it was possible to grab the IP address of any League of Legends player on the Korean server using their Summoner name the exact reason as to why these dos attacks were happening isn't certain but it is possible that illicit betting on solo que players games was a factor after all betting had influenced solo qu games before and Faker the biggest name in the game had been targeted that same Reddit post pointed out that the targets of these attacks seemed to be Pro players or content creators streaming their ranked games and sometimes the deos attacks were aimed at the streamer's teammates causing them to abandon the game and inadvertently assuring the game's outcome while the week six lck broadcast began with an apology about the Dos situation the first scheduled game between jengi and kdf went off without a hitch but the second game was T1 versus Fox and suddenly it was clear that the situation was far from resolved there's a pause oh F's laughing so far so good in terms of ping for the moment looking like we are in this one for the long hole fingers crossed so happy report the game play is still going I wish you didn't say that I don't believe in jinxes yeah all right fine BOS I'm sorry God I just wanted to say something positive okay I felt really good about it I really did no and now closer and Willer are just running here is a TP but there's a vgo and a pause no way you can't pause in that moment and I think it makes sense at this point as T1 a couple of Team fights later and a mountain Soul they will be able to take game number one this just sucks it's just it's uh it's a crappy situation with the series second game postponed it was clear the lck needed a new way forward so once once again they announced that the remaining matches would be pre-recorded for week six the eventual more permanent solution was the addition of an offline server to LOL Park but week eight games were still played without an audience official lck games were now protected but that didn't mean that the players were when they weren't on stage behind the scenes T1 had been targeted extensively and according to T1 GM Becker by late February and early March T1 players basically couldn't play while streaming due to ongoing dos attacks1 the exact source of this exploit wasn't clear but theories pointed to the riot ID transition in November which was closer to the start of these attacks or even the theft of the League of Legends source code at the beginning of 2023 player frustration with the situation mounted and on March 20th Becker announced that the team would stop streaming entirely he later confirmed confirmed that players personal practice was being disrupted even when they weren't streaming despite the stream cancellations and the GM statement the full extent of the issue wasn't known until this stream by Becker on April 4th and the reason the stream became necessary was what happened next despite the challenges they were facing T1 were doing their best they finished the regular season with a second place 15 and3 record behind gen G and ahead of Hana life Esports this meant T1 started playoffs in top four on the winner side and it was Hana they'd be facing first now despite the difficulties the team faced some of which still weren't public the team's fan base expected a win most predicted a five game series as Zea now finally going to join the fight the hook is going to connect that's on the flashless Twisted Fate as well still he's able to kite this one out the Flash Forward from peanut and doren's able to lock that one down but now the package is absolutely gigantic still D just shrugs it off they are able to take down P up but Emperor divide connects and that is the wipe out for H life they are looking to try and end this game as Ona going to safeguard his way in and he's just going to steal it away it's highway robbery from this leas in he's even able to interrupt peanut who does get the Perma Frost by panel looking for an opportunity but the kick back is too good Emperor divide also fantastic in the bur fire is there carrier going to get taken down into his zombie form and he's going to find no value it is so easy for them to win long-term skirmishes into T's composition because there's no real strong front line doesn't find the charm as Delight will find the hook onto the rec side not exactly an optimal Target and now peanut he's going in equalizer goes down cring go my God this damage is disgusting and armal life will just get rid of the bottom Lane immediately the knock up comes in the prepared seismic shove and yeah that void Rush not going to be enough to save the rexi this time and H life a 3 over T1 in round two of playoffs T1 will now have to face off against D+ Kia in the lower bracket T1 couldn't get it done the sweep was complete Faker had always been a grinder he had always given himself the best chance to be the ultimate version of himself his teammates over the years understood that almost immediately that's why after the loss to Hana vager was frustrated grinding isn't only about improving your personal play Faker was also missing out on knowing what was good and what wasn't in the current meta Zer wasn't mad at the loss exactly he was mad that there was zero chance at the personal performance that he and his fans demanded of him and his teammates through no fault of their own Faker later apologized for these comments saying he lacked courtesy towards his opponents but many agreed that if the situation was that dire for their practice for such a prolonged period it would have a clear impact all T1 could do now was try to be ready for their next opponent first DK where a pocket pick from zus helped to turn the tide what that's just Bain okay all right Z King is like oh God no trying to play vain into vague notilus does not seem like a great time no I I would imagine that that could be a tough one K now finds himself in amongst two showmaker and Lucid a little bit too far away I don't know whether they're going to be able to save him but he gets a big old Shield showmaker flashes away and T1 are just going to jump down on top of him he can't click the blast cone oh it's a disaster trying to run from Z he gets himself a big old Shield but he won't find the cage and he's on one Health The Flash Forward from Goomer is going to be what gets it done and there is another team fight victory for T1 here Lucid just showing up as the rest of his teammates take a dirt now DK they had an incredible Series against gen G but it seems like tonight that magic remains only place when they face that team T1 dispatch of them and after sweeping DK it was hanwa turn once again but this time things were different after a shaky game one where they threw away a huge lead T1 turned the corner CR down ter going to get Knocked Up and Destroy they is diving on in there doesn't find The Stretch Armstrong the kill back does come on in though and now own he knows how to play the r and pris does nothing to heartbreak a d th and Baker will now get into that back line and Tona pretty good at the air as well very nicely Don Hill now just transform into everyone and the snowball of the team fight is beautiful T1 they love going to Bar they're going to do so now and once again just engaging with Reckless abandon this Zach gorgeous this game and T1 they will answer back and make this best of five a best of three hook now going to come on through flame trumpers go down they do manage to secure the bar but can they find the fight as they split the red SE as in goes the finds absolutely no one double knock up from carrier is fantastic and they're on top of Viper in an instant double kill for this is on top of the baron they've already taken yeah there's the ram once again it is the ulti from PE up but not able to interrupt the call of the forge guard now Doran doing a lot of work with his scissors as peanut able to get back but that's not a reset for Viper just barely not able to get it done and the Y falls down it's owner the locks that one up and now it's his turn to pop off in the fight Faker finds a triple just immediately and T1 move to Max Point Z is vain shown brightly once again in game four Ona is likely to be able to get in there though that is going to be the secure from peut and the black magnor Delight getting in there Viper is aled as well but the first kill is going to go over to T1 Delight now in trouble and he is going to be taken out and now say he is an 80 carry as well and he's looking gigantic in this one that is going to be him hunting down B but he is going to be able to help take down peut as well the hook from carrier is just too good they just with 10 seconds Dragon so oh the black and he manages to find free delivery with the seismic show carrier finding the angle that may have been the game-winning play they're the ones with the shield they're the ones with the control the H is going to find this are she is able to press that cleans flash button try and get himself out of there but it's Delight though fall up flank from sa the black the tumble and the bin is going to find the fight he goes invisible and Snipes out the Zer and this man maybe should just become the ad car and it looks like T1 have done it another finals the Gen Z T1 prophecy it just keeps delivering and on the sixth time of asking T1 will do it again another grand finals against unfair odds T1 made lck finals for a record sixth time in a row and for the fifth time in a row they'd be facing gen G with one's recent dos issues it was hard to see how the new gen roster built around chovi could lose Genji had performed well against Hana but they just played a winner side series before their rematch in the lower bracket on the other hand T1 and geneng hadn't played an official match for nearly three months since week one of lck spring 2024 the first series against Hana had been a blowout could T1 avoid a similar fate here at first it didn't seem like it game one was controlled by jengi and there weren't many bright spots for T1 fans but T1 were able to turn it around as the game went on te can't do anything and and and chy can't get here in time doesn't have his it's a baron over to the side of T1 and now on the chase thinking about it P is here he's trying to enter the story line he wants to be a character in this game but now the 's going to come down from the aurelion soul and the Crescent guard is doing it's going to finally be taken out and Baker gets the shutdown as well so much gold for them and that might be what T1 needed T1 were feeling themselves owner made sure that the team started the next game with momentum Canyon going to get charged on here once again owner continuing with the chase the bottom laners are just distracted at the moment they're not able to come on over and help yes the FL the blast go still goes down owner picks up first Blood 1 V one one can they force T1 to flip is really the question T1 not necessarily in position here comes the Zach though looking for that backline flashes away and now Toby provides the front line T1 are kind of broken up here it's not a perfect fight are the wallet heavy enough is the question and it goes the way ofer T1 will not have the rug pulled out from under them at the end of this one relatively tenacious game here for Gen but since the mid game T1 had control T1 played to their strengths in game three and were now up a game but jeni seemed calmer and more resilient in the next one that's now a gigantic ultimate going to hit the wrist here it's a fight me4 in favor of gen and quickly going their way as it's 53 Baker gets slowed up goes for a bit of a split but there's no followup Goa can't do it alone they take them out and clean Ace to take this fight it's happening guys Z is desperate he is so desperate to try to not allow this to go to game five but it is inevitable J will take down the turret for the first time in this rivalry we would get a game five in the lck finals and it was obvious that both teams were excited to play it the AL is going to miss here from the side of and here is a maive package Toby trying to get away Z going super deep for that one and now keen and the owner gets in and he takes down the dragon will deny the soul but the fight is coming in paay trying to go 1v3 isn't going to take out anybody and yes owner will go down but he keeps the game alive One Elder flip could get it done the flash on in with the package trying to make a play but JY is in the front line and he might just go down here just a bit of damage could get it done but they don't quite take him out Kean tanking on the left go down and ke is still alive he is still alive in the backline and geni they take the fight one last attempt one last package he's going to try to send it owner with the Cresent guard te so alliance's desperately trying to stop this one from ending as the VA is going to be utilized goes in and annihilates them underneath the t Exit and that will do it J Will take the 3 to2 Victory they will win for the first time in the lck geneng nabbed their fourth win in a row T1 came so close but couldn't close it out it was an incredible series made all the more Amazing by the strange difficulties that T1 had faced going into it Jenji absolutely earned the win when they were ahead they showed a suffocating level of control that only a team like T1 could even hope to upset but on the day it just wasn't enough but if any team that just lost domestically can justifiably say no worries we'll win Worlds instead it's T1 their placement also guaranteed them a spot at MSI where they remain as dangerous as ever though t1s Becker noted the existence of two-way communication with Riot games and the lck it seems like there's no resolution yet outside of the lck specific counter measures this split will go down as one of the weirder ones in the game's history but it's a credit to T1 that despite everything that happened we still got one hell of an lck finals what is this oh it's VAB dark soccer great this is not what I was expecting I'm going to be honest well that's so it's also like they're like horror movie Monsters right so it's sasquat they was like in Chinatown yeah so sick sasat versus a mummy this is so Ved

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Length: 25min 57sec (1557 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 01 2024