SK Telecom T1 is essentially the most embellished crew in League of Legends historical past, and whereas the previous few years of competitions hasn’t been significantly sort to them, the revamped squad is presently sitting in a cushty third place within the LCK. However, that hasn’t stopped one caster from labelling the squad “has-beens” who don’t deserve their salaries.
According to Dexerto, the Korean shoutcaster, who made the feedback earlier this month and streams beneath the identify NiceGameTV, drew sufficient consideration that the crew’s former ADC, Bae ‘Bang’ Jun-Sik, has weighed in to defend his earlier team-mates’ reputations.
Bang, who final 12 months moved from SKT T1 to affix NA crew 100Thieves, took to Twitter in retaliation. In a tweet posted earlier this week (translated by bilingual esports journalist Ashley Kang) he stated that the crew “earned these results by working harder than anyone else, and even now they are continuing to work just as hard as other players. So to call them ‘washed up, nothing but big names’ really hurts my soul.”
SKT gained the League of Legends world championships in 2013, 2015, and 2016, with legendary mid-laner Faker on the helm. In doing so, they secured a aggressive legacy that few groups will ever be capable to problem.
(Rough translation) “They earned these outcomes by working tougher than anybody else, and even now they’re persevering with to work simply as laborious as different gamers. So to name them “washed up, nothing however large names” actually hurts my soul.” https://t.co/dJcTXb1MRK
— Ashley Kang (@AshleyKang) February 10, 2019
Bang and his bot-lane associate Wolf had been a part of that crew for 2 of the world champion wins, and whereas the roster has modified considerably over the past 12 months, SKT nonetheless has fairly the maintain on the broader esports scene.
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SKT is presently 4-2 within the LCK, behind the as-yet unbeaten Griffin and Sandbox Gaming. Over within the LCS, 100Thieves’ 3-Three report factors them in joint third place, behind Cloud9 and Team Liquid.
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