Faker looked to have an overloaded schedule, which enraged the LCK fan
KeSPA officially published the shortlist of ten players who will compete in the final selection round for the national team for the Asian Games 2022 a few days ago. This is also the first time that esports in general, and League of Legends in particular, have been given the opportunity to compete for medals.
However, with a well-known player like Faker, aside from Asian Games 2022, or even MSI 2022, as everyone is aware, he has an exceedingly busy schedule in addition to the professional league.
During the April 17 livestream, Faker was frequently attacked with negative comments from the chat. This is due in part to the fact that T1’s contract with Twitch has ended, forcing the players to move to YouTube broadcasting.
Furthermore, Faker’s performances were not as stunning as usual. After being knocked out frequently and suffering successive defeats, Faker instantly lashed out about the situation. T1’s mid lane stated that he did not have enough time to prepare and hence did not perform well, and he spoke out against T1’s harsh schedule, which enrage the fans.
“The T1’s schedule has been really difficult lately. I had to stream between the ad shoots as well as my personal workout schedule, which led to the situation as it is now. I don’t know why it’s so unreasonable to schedule.”
And, according to certain LCK rumors, KeSPA also made Faker’s schedule heavier when it began to collect players to practice for the Asian Games 2022. In reaction to Faker’s statements, the T1 fan base took to social media to vent their displeasure with the manager. Many comments stated that following T1’s excellent performance in the LCK Spring 2022, the organization did not hesitate to push them through their limits with commercial shots, practices, and streams.
Immediately after noticing the reaction from Faker as well as the fan community, T1 manager canceled the whole livestream schedule of the players on April 17 for a day off. The team stated that it will revise their players’ schedules as soon as possible.