The loss to Team Flash in the VCS Spring 2020 finals was perhaps a shocking result for both the GAM Esports players and their fans. However, it seems that Coach Tinikun was the one most affected by this defeat.
A confident believer in GAM’s victory, he had previously stated, “Only something terrible would prevent GAM from winning the VCS Spring 2020,” but the result was well-known, and the coach’s Facebook became a place for mockery and attacks from many anti-fans after the “terrible” loss.
Yet, with his personality that disregards public opinion, it seems that being attacked by anti-fans is completely normal for Tinikun. What truly makes him “sorrowful” is that due to his overwhelming confidence in his team’s victory, he produced a series of commemorative items to celebrate the championship, including 250 ‘Champion’ themed T-shirts from GAM and 1000 mouse pads, all ready for release once GAM lifted the trophy.
This was shared on the coach’s Facebook, and even more ironically, since GAM could not win the championship, the aforementioned T-shirts and mouse pads lost all commemorative value. According to Tinikun’s revelation, it seems that this has caused the GAM coach to lose over a billion VND.
Not long after, Coach Tinikun continued to post a heartfelt status after GAM’s defeat, mainly expressing the sadness of GAM’s members and the team’s fans over the loss, while also congratulating Team Flash for their great performance in the recent match.
Additionally, this coach also encouraged GAM supporters to find ways to cheer up and quickly forget this sorrow. At the same time, he tried to remain optimistic by joking that the batch of Champion T-shirts already printed would now have the word “No” added in front to become No Champion, just to sell them.
Being overly confident in victory as a given for GAM seems to have caused Coach Tinikun to experience quite a painful feeling when his team lost, combined with the risk of financial loss purely because of that confidence, truly feels like a “double pain.”
Furthermore, according to this coach’s statements, this will be the last season he will be with the GAM Esports League of Legends team, and parting with VCS with such a sad memory gives him even more reason to not be able to shake off this mood anytime soon.