For fans of T1 right now, every move of the team sends the entire League of Legends community into a frenzy. Coupled with T1’s habit of keeping all information under wraps until the last moment, this makes the global League of Legends fans even more curious. In the context of several teams in the LCK beginning to show their first moves, while key players’ contracts are expiring, fans of this team feel like they’re “on fire”.
However, unexpectedly, late on November 22 and early on November 23 (Vietnam time), T1’s YouTube channel suddenly had a premiere. Immediately, the event attracted the attention of League of Legends viewers worldwide. Many rushed to T1’s YouTube channel, eagerly awaiting what would come next. Everyone hoped that T1 would announce information about a player who would re-sign. Of course, expecting T1 to reveal all 3 players was unrealistic, but if it was just 1 person, that seemed possible.
But in the end, nothing happened. Over 80k viewers (at peak time) simply sat through about 2 minutes of the music video GODS – the official song for the World Championship 2023. After that, the silhouettes of 5 or 6 characters appeared in the clip and… it was over. Everything was contained in such a brief clip, and then T1 left the community to speculate with the cryptic phrase: “T1 IS WHERE THE BEST BELONG”. Perhaps many still remember, this was Gumayusi’s catchphrase when he talked about the effort needed to win the World Championship 2023 and to deserve wearing the T1 jersey.
Many viewers expressed their disappointment or frustration at being “teased” by their beloved team in the middle of the night. However, on many forums, speculations began to explode. According to a T1 fan page, many people speculated that the number 01:31 at the start of the clip refers to Gumayusi’s birthday, and the clip’s length of 2 minutes and 10 seconds could also be interpreted as 14:10, which coincidentally is Keria’s birthday.
But many viewers felt “let down” when T1 announced nothing
Additionally, whether by coincidence or not, right when T1’s YouTube channel released the clip (12:10), a few minutes later, Zeus also posted a story featuring him in T1 gear during a scene from the music video for the recent World Championship final. Keria’s personal Twitter page also posted a photo of all 5 T1 members sitting together, which somewhat reassured fans.
According to some opinions, these actions may implicitly affirm: T1 has completed contracts with the players and the clip is just the prelude to official announcements later. But no matter what, it can be said that T1 has truly shown that they are the “kings of content” at this moment when just a short clip is enough to keep the League of Legends community awake at night.