After Coach Tinikun directly criticized several figures within Vietnam Esports TV, claiming that VETV’s media was deliberately reporting negatively on GAM during the 2019 World Championship, the close friends Hoàng Luân and Tinikun found themselves in a heated conflict that seemed irreparable.
This is because Commentator Hoàng Luân is part of VETV, while Tinikun has always insisted that VETV and the VCS organizing committee are conspiring against GAM, and he is ready to “declare war” on any organization to protect his team’s interests. As a result, both of them publicly stated on Facebook to “avoid each other” since November last year. Hoàng Luân declared he would no longer consider Tinikun a friend, while GAM’s coach expressed that he didn’t care about what Hoàng Luân said.
However, recently, the League of Legends community was astonished to see both of them interacting on social media once again. Specifically, when Hoàng Luân posted a status on his fan page asking for advice on where to assemble a PC, Coach Tinikun almost immediately responded and provided detailed advice to his… former close friend.
Clearly, this was not a reconciliatory gesture from the coach, as shortly after, Hoàng Luân replied in a very relaxed manner, making it seem as if the two were just like long-time friends who had never experienced any conflict.
Witnessing this, many gamers expressed their surprise, even disbelief. Both Tinikun and Hoàng Luân are well-known figures in the League of Legends scene with strong personalities, and once there is discord between two such personalities, no one would dare to imagine the scenario… “after everything, we come back together.”
However, these recent actions clearly indicate that the relationship between Coach Tinikun and Commentator Hoàng Luân has been mended. Although it’s unclear how they reconciled, this is certainly great news for the fans of both.