T1 CEO’s New Move Only Further Provokes Fans
In the days of T1’s drama since the official start of the LCK Cup 2025, what the audience has been eagerly awaiting is a statement from T1’s upper management, specifically CEO Joe Marsh or at least a comment from Faker. However, in a recent statement, T1 CEO Joe Marsh indeed spoke about the current drama but only managed to further anger the team’s fans.
Accordingly, T1’s CEO spoke about the drama: “I think competitiveness is necessary, especially when you wear the T1 jersey. We cannot accept players coming in and playing just to survive, right? We don’t want to see the team in 15th place, do we? I think that will create a continuous loop and we will frequently change the roster.”
However, the T1 CEO’s remarks are, in some ways, completely contrary to the results of this team and highlight the mistakes of T1’s management. The reigning World Champion does not have good results at all. They only managed to defeat a fluctuating Gen.G in the group stage, along with three other teams that are rated significantly weaker. The moment they faced a sufficiently strong opponent, T1 was immediately defeated.
In fact, finishing in 6th place means that Faker and T1, despite being the reigning World Champions, will miss the next international tournament organized by Riot – a “achievement” that SKT T1/T1 had seemingly not repeated since 2014.
The Worst Scenarios Await T1
In the 2025 Regular Seasons, as the team’s GM announced, T1 will compete with a 6-player roster. However, with Smash’s past performances at the LCK Cup 2025, if this young ADC is given more important responsibilities in the Regular Seasons, it’s almost certain the fans will not be at ease.
Moreover, as Riot is determined to eliminate the lane swap meta, the “win lane win game” strategy is incredibly important and can be seen as the key gameplay of top teams. But bitterly for T1, this is precisely Smash’s critical weakness, as even against opponents rated weaker and with Keria always by his side, he has not secured a single lane win.