The T1 – Gumayusi drama intensifies, causing fans to “remember” Zeus
These days, T1 fans should have been fully focused on their team’s performance at the LCK Cup 2025. However, the matches where the T1 stars performed well have been overshadowed by the T1 – Gumayusi drama. It can be summarized that for many T1 fans right now, cheering for the team is one thing, but feeling sympathy for Gumayusi also takes up a significant part.
Notably, on the afternoon of February 12 (Vietnam time), many T1 fans in general and Gumayusi fans in particular were genuinely furious. Specifically, when a fan entered T1’s membership to send words of encouragement to Gumayusi, these messages were almost immediately deleted. However, this fan also discovered that the comments criticizing and cursing Gumayusi (and even his family) were still intact.
At this moment, many T1 fans recalled… Zeus. When T1’s top laner insisted on “cutting ties”, T1 also took a series of rather “ruthless” actions by erasing all information about him in the training section of the youth team. Additionally, the CEO of T1 also released a 25-page document to direct criticism towards Zeus and the representative of this player.
In the context of Gumayusi facing certain disadvantages from T1’s management’s handling, many viewers have even demanded to “reverse course and apologize to Zeus”. In fact, throughout the past few days, T1’s CEO and the management team have not made any statements regarding Gumayusi’s situation.
All of this is just the statements from Coach KkOma and Faker. But these two figures are merely “employees” and cannot represent the decisions of the team’s higher-ups.
The situation of Gumayusi at T1 is very difficult to discuss
At this point, perhaps those who express opinions about “T1 wanting to diversify strategies by replacing Gumayusi” have a different perspective. If it were just a matter of professionalism, there would be nothing to discuss. But the direct toxicity towards a player in the fan service package is a significant issue, especially for a team that is actively “idolizing” players like T1.
Particularly, T1 has yet to take any action to protect their player. This is what has made T1 fans furious. Perhaps the team’s management still trusts in Faker’s drawing power. But if the situation escalates further, even Faker may not be able to “save” T1 anymore.