[The club's achievement]
They won LOL World Championship in 7 years. It's a history. It's not just a regular win. There is also a dramatic story. [A victory with legendary history] [Faker was in T1 when they won in 2016?]
Faker was in the teas 7 years ago when they won? It's been a while. [2013]
I won 10 years ago. [Did you guys also win together then?]
Were there rest of four people 7 years ago? You weren't there. [I was getting permission from my parents then]
I was asking for approval then. He was a baby then. He wasn't a professional. [Born in 04, 02, 96, 02, 02]
The age gaps between here and me are 6 years and 8 years. [Middle schooler Gumayusi was reaching Challenger then]
I reached Challenger then. [Middle schooler Gumayusi was reaching Challenger then]
You were in middle school then. But, he was already winning a lot 10 years ago. [The super rookie made a debut in 2013 while he was in 11th grade]
Everyone knows that Faker is a legendary player. [Dominated the world with his overwhelming talent]
He is a super star and a living legend. [A legendary three-time champion of LOL
World Championship (2013, 2015, 2016)] [A legendary three-time champion of LOL
World Championship (2013, 2015, 2016)]
The history of LOL is [T1 kingdom might slack off but will never collapse]
divided before and after Faker's appearance. [Lost the final match of 2017 LOL World Championship]
I think I simply didn't perform up to the expectation. [2017 The League of Legends World Championship MVP, Ruler, Park Jaehyuk]
The pressure is [Looked like T1's golden time was ending]
from the outside felt a lot. T1 was originally the best team. They slacked off for 7 years. They also faced many crises. Fans wondered if T1 can play well on LOL World Championship? [Doubted T1's ability]
As people were doubting, [How were you during the low time?]
how did 5 of you felt? What do you even talk about?
You can say anything when everything goes well. Before 5 of us were formed, there were 10 people. After we competed for starting players, [Formed ZeOnFaGuKe in 2022]
this team was formed. [After confirming the roster]
When we became the team for the first time, ['Undefeatable T1' wins every match / National league (LCK)]
everything felt great as we won every match. We won lots of runner ups after that. The team wasn't feeling great then. How is it? When the atmosphere isn't great? Since Sanghyeok is the oldest, do you call someone to say if we are going to win you need to leave. [The oldest's decision for the team?]
Hey, someone needs to be a villian for the team. We can't leave anyone behind. Right. From 2022 to the end of this year, [T1 won 2nd place consecutively for 4 contests,
"We are sorry for the fans]
We went to final stages for 7 times out of 8 contests. [T1 won 2nd place consecutively for 4 contests,
"We are sorry for the fans]
We won runner-ups almost 5 to 6 times. I watched every game? [In 2022 The League of Legends World Championship]
In 2022, [Lost the final match]
you lost and [Keria cried a lot]
he cried so much. [The opponent was Keria's original team?]
But, Keria was in the opponent team before? Right, right. ['Keria', Ryu Minseok, moved from DRX to T1]
You moved. Kyung-hoon knows a little. After he moved, Keria ended up losing.
He cried so much. Faker panicked a little and kept watching Keria. [2022 LOL World Championship / T1 vs DRX /
Ended up supporting the winner] [Cried hard as he watched previous colleagues win] What did you think then as you cried? Did I move for no reason? When I saw the opponents at the final stage, ['Deft', Kim Hyuk-kyu, 'Pyosik', Hong Chang-hyun]
there are two players who I worked with. After I lost, I thought that they won first. And, I just. Did two of them tease you? Did two of them tease you? They didn't tease me but when we shook our hands [Burst crying]
and hugged afterward, he felt more sad. Keep losing at the final match like this [Don't the team members feel awkward with each other?]
I feel like members will feel awkward for no reason and start to drift apart? Since I have lots of experiences [Faker relieved them well]
over 10 years, I felt little better but [Worried about younger players and tried to talk ore]
I wonder how other players were doing. [Worried about younger players and tried to talk ore]
We talked to each other a lot. [The long-awaited League of Legends World Championship]
It took place in Korea this year. It took place in Korea, but [Almost no Korean teams could participate,]
there almost wasn't any Korean audience coming because [The notable strength of the Chinese teams,]
the Chinese teams are strong in LoL. In the quarterfinal of Worlds this time... there are three Korean teams and four Chinese teams all other Korean teams were eliminated, and our team was the only one left. Really? In the quarterfinals it was like that, so our team and three Chinese teams were in the semifinal. Then you guys went on to win against three Chinese teams? [Nod!]
Only the four Chinese teams almost made it to the semifinals. The only Korean team left was T1 so fans of other teams were also like "We have to support T1 so hard.", so [Everyone supported with one heart]
Everyone came together and supported for T1. It was club team, but [From a club competition / a competition that changed
to a national competition]
that became a national competition at that time because you were the only one. That became a national competition then it was definitely burdensome for you guys. How was it Zeus? If we were to be eliminated, then.. since only Chinese teams remained There's no Korean team at all. [Fans were so nervous]
People were super nervous. Should I appear now? The main character appears. Entering with sunglasses on [Sunglasses of determination] I think we enjoyed it. Because he's the youngest. You were confident, right? I was confident! What about you, Oner? I felt some pressure... but if we win against all other teams, then [It would definitely be a cool story]
it's a very cool story, so [Rather expect]
I had a lot of expectations as well. That was kind of exciting for you. Because a crisis is an opportunity, right? I also thought that was a very good opportunity [All we have to do is win]
I thought that if we won, it would be a really good result and even though we will lose... all other Korean teams were eliminated soโฆ I thought we would receive scattered curses I thought we would receive scattered curses [Curses] But T1 survived until the end! [Curse / Zero burden]
It's rather good. I think I had a little peace of mind. [Don't put the curses in one basket / 21 years old, Keria]
It's better when the curses are spread. The situation was like [T1, the only hope of the Korean teams at the time]
"Please only make it to the semifinals, T1. Just to the semifinals." Everyone was like that. You know, JDG, in the semifinal [The strongest team at that time!]
That's the strongest. so I was actually looking forward to battle against that team and regardless of the situation [Just enjoy the match]
my goal was to enjoy the match. [2023 League of Legends World Championship in the semifinals /
T1 vs JDG] [The old foe / Won the match against JDG] [It was fun] [T1 advanced to the finals] What I suddenly thought about is... when you win [Ceremony pose taken immediately after the victory]
a cameraman comes in and you do the poses one by one and then to Faker [Right after winning the League of Legends World Championship semifinals]
because they beat a team that was hard to beat players usually do a performance [Please give a thumbs down gesture]
"Do the gesture, please." [Shaking]
and then Faker said "Sorry." [Thumbs up]
and did a thumbs up so the fans of the team were like "Faker's personality is so good." Normally, this is done to the opposing team after the match? A little like... I like that kind of thing. [Surprised] [I thought you're the most gentle...]
You've been so gentle so far and then you do this after the match? I'm usually gentle but! [Gumayusi is unstoppable during a match]
When I enter a game, I tend to do things like that. He talks well. The team we beat, they did the 3:0 gesture after they beat us! So I gave it back to them after we beat them. So, you, Gumayusi [Excited Gumayusi and] "Faker, can you do it like this, please?" [Calm Faker]
"That's not polite." then Gumayusi is like this next to him... [Embarrassed] Just we are different I don't think I'm bad. [Nods] [The way they enjoy the match is different]
So, I prefer doing trash talk like this. It's just different. There are people like that, and there are those who balance things as well. Then the semifinals were like the finals eventually. [The semifinals were actually the finals]
So, people talk about it a lot, "Semifinals were the finals." In fact, we won the semifinals 3:1, and [The finals were easier to win than the semifinals]
we won the finals 3:0. It's a very famous story, but! [Faker rejects China's annual salary offer
of 24.5 billion won, "Focus on growing"]
In reality, Faker was actually offered
an annual salary of 26 billion won from China An annual salary? Overseas teams use this a lot. But I originally had a long-term contract. I also had a contract with T1 until next year like Sang-hyeok I like sport, so [Like other sports / Oner wanted a multi-year contract]
I was thinking that it would be nice if e-sports had
multi-year contracts like other sports [Already / Faker and Oner have already signed a long-term contract]
so, I signed a multi-year contract first. Who were able to renew their contracts? Zeus [Right after the competition / Zeus, Gumayusi, Keria
renewed contracts]
Me and Min-seok. Gumayusi and Keria couple. Actually, me too this time! I won MVP in the finals so the atmosphere was good. Since we don't talk, he talks on his own. [MVP top's talking by himself] Should I... look around? And I was looking around but I wanted to stay here. Still T1. Since I stayed in T1, I appeared in Knowing Bros as well. Now that I think again about it If at least one out of five did not renew the contract then they would've not been able to appear here. The four would've appeared here! [Cool Bros] I was basically... so loyal towards T1 [I have never thought about transferring]
I don't think I thought that way. It feels like Zeus did his interview wrong. For me, honestly even if another team offers more money or better conditions [The best merit is T1]
remaining in T1 has much more merit than the price. But you didn't get an offer like that, right? [Hesitating] No comment... No comment... No comment. No comment and Since you guys said like that [Only Zeus hesitated to re-contract]
only Zeus looked at all the other teams. This is really... the world is unfavorable to honest people. [The enlightenment of Woo-je at the age of 19]
- It's okay.
- That's what the top is. That's a professional. Making decisions after thorough consideration ensures no regrets. Among the members of Knowing Bros [From another program]
if they offer a much higher appearance fee? Well, I should at least go and try shooting there.
