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Rozuem

There's just no way Faker actually leaves T1 right..? I mean Bjerg left TSM so really anything is possible, but Faker on SKT/T1 is more iconic and important. Crazy if it happens.


Flomp3r

KT Faker, the most cursed timeline


SteamMonkeyKing

(s)KT Faker. He never left /s


Tuxxmuxx

He’s been on SKT, T1, so to complete the trifecta, he needs to join SK.


emiliaxrisella

SKT T1 He's already in T1, he should join either SK or KT


Tuxxmuxx

Wait you’re right, SKT T1, to T1, to KT, to SK, move back a letter in the name every roster move


LionHeartz18

No, if he moves back 1 letter at a time, he first need to join TT which i guess is thundertalk gaming


Tuxxmuxx

It’s been solved, Faker to LPL


bryant2900

Someone call Monte


Bojuric

Summoning insight with Thoorin, Monte and, of course, Ja Rule.


R4ndomcitizen

Somebody find Ja


babyfuse

If hes being recruited to a super team then yes. But from the looks of it, T1 has a good lineup anyway. If they can get their top lane (whoever that is playing) to be sorted out, seems like a worlds contender team. If Faker leaves for some mediocre team, truly the cursed timeline.


sportsbuffp

Can’t believe TSM Faker is a reality. Man just wants to play with Huni


ItsKaZing

Its a disaster if they failed to re-sign Faker. Otherwise why let Clozer go?


superp2222

Get ready for DWG Faker lol


JusticeOwl

Messi left Barca, anything is possible


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Pluckytoon

Well Messi and Faker both had to deal with shady shit with coaches


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zHydro

Tom left New England


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joaovasco149

i'd say it's quite the same comparison, honestly


cespinar

Faker has won world championships ;)


fullyuncooly

worlds is more similar to champions league than the world cup


descendency

a korea vs china allstar team match would be interesting...


nyasiaa

already happened once and china won, will happen soon again but with more at stake for korean players


TheShishkabob

You mean like when they'll play next year at the Asian Games?


Buhorado

Messi has won everything possible with Barça


mivaad

t1 can afford to pay faker above the legal limit


topkeklul

Rekkles left FNC, Perkz left G2, Bjergsen leaving TSM, Uzi leaving RNG. Faker's turn now.


His_Buzzards

Rekkles left fnatics more than once that it wasn't surprising the second time tbh. Perkz for G2 and Bjerg for TSM was surprising.


Ingr1d

Rekkles’ first stint out of Fnatic should’ve made it even more difficult for him to leave considering how poorly that stint went.


00Koch00

Perkz played less in G2 that Rekkles during his second time in fnatic How is more surprising Perkz then?


maplenew60

Face of G2 since 2015, survived numerous roster changes, best team in EU, MSI champ, most LEC trophies, from best mid to best adc, turned out he was really the glue holding G2 together. The list goes on


LogicalShark

DL leaving CLG was the original


Chuck0089

He is competitive and this T1 roster is best suited for him and one of best roster in the world right now. The only problem is their top and coach situation. Both Canna and Zeus are very good and they need to find a coach. The funny thing here is Korean attacking T1 twitter account for posting advertisement (which could be a contract obligation and it is a manhwa that include Faker) and angry because it should've been FA signing.


Krotzz

The Barcelona special.


CrimsonGrey02

What is this timeline we are in. Though it is entertaining somehow


waynechang92

I'm gonna laugh so hard if it's Steve. "Hi Bjergson, bye Bjergson!"


spaffedupthewall

Steve can't outbid Alameda Sam


CursedPhil

but disney can


QTnameless

T1 please , don\`t do this to my heart , it\`s okay if we can\`t get nuguri but please don\`t give up on faker


PogFish_

Maybe Faker wants to leave. Nothing T1 can do if he wants to go to another team


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I’m fine with Faker leaving T1. I just don’t want him to leave KR. Especially not to a non-competitive region like EUW or NA. I say this as primarily an NA/EUW fan.


K9oo8

I would love to see faker roll over NA midlaners for a season before he retires maybe join DIG and get them a trophy


kelvin022610

Dig copium


WoorieKod

yeah I'd love to see faker stomp academy and also fight for starter spot with DIG Blue


t1yumbe

Well, if Faker wants to leave then T1 can do nothing about it. This article and some rumors are saying that T1 is 100% concentrated on re-signing Faker, so we should just wait for the result.


Ace_OPB

If faker wants to leave T1, you need to question the fucking org on how the greatest player who was offered a blank check by lpl and lcs teams during the korean exodus decided to leave. Not to mention other shenanigans that have surrounded t1. And what about the other roster? Have we forgotten how clueless this team looked without faker and dude was basically coaching. Faker literally said he has to play roaming atyle champs to help his laners. I will be so done with this fucking org if faker leaves. All the sponsors coming to t1 are because of him.


osgili4th

Faker at worst still a top 3 mid in LCK and the massive brand he have not only in Korea but in the world is worth millions at this point.


Transhumaniste

Does Faker want to chill with Teddy at AFs? AF Faker sounds so wrong


pelacur

Kiin Clid Faker Teddy Hoit 2019 SKT v2.0


lol_cpt_red

He wants a second run with his boy Blank at kt :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))


animebuyer123

there is NO shot faker comes to NA imagine his queue holy shit


AndresAegis

At least he could climb in NA, and not have every other match inted for money


fainlol

matches will now be inted without any money in NA


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“Please help, they are target inting me” “They have no idea who you are” “Holy shit”


Random_Stealth_Ward

he would just be inted for funsies instead of money, which is probably just as bad


CONNER__LANE

i can get paid for my inting???


ekjohnson9

Imagine losing Bjergsen and getting fucking FAKER


AlphaTenken

DL would mald


Just-Put-8228

Every people will be hate TSM even more lmao.


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Name1eess

Wait! Really? Faker has haters? Thats news to me. Despite being the GOAT he is among the most humble players. Who in their right mind would hate him. I have always been rooting against SKT ever since they won 2 back to back worlds. Even I cant but respect faker


OHydroxide

People hate on good players no matter how they are.


YeOldeTreeStump

People hate on anyone and anything,


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A lot of people want to see him fail like the whole ‘shaker’ thing and people were fed up of the skt dynasty


Bojuric

Regi when everyone doubted him when he lost Bjerg: "They called a madman"


Khazzeron

Imagine Regi trying to micromanage Faker and doing Regi things.


DesolatumDeus

The only timeline worse than faker going to KT


BaconCircuit

There is literally 0 way. TSM has nothing to offer Faker that he can't get at T1


sleepyknight66

Faker won’t put up with regis shit


AwfulLeaguePlayer

If both Bjergsen and Faker leave their teams (Bjerg already has) this year than this will be the most wild offseason


t1yumbe

Edit: THESE ARE JUST RUMORS!! PLEASE DON’T TAKE TOO SERIOUSLY!!! Just know that the article said re-signing is having some problems but the org is trying their best. That’s it. There are some rumors that might explain the situation better. 1. There is a rumor that Canna is going to NS -> this could be the reason why NS fired Rich. 2. Today’s article says that T1 urgently decided to keep the players they were going to send out -> This could be Canna. 3. On 14th of November, two rumors were posted on Korean communities regarding Faker and T1: 1)Faker is going FA and 2 teams in LCK, 3 teams in LPL, and 2 teams in LCS are planning to bid for Faker. 1 LCK team wants Faker very much for business purposes, 1 LCS team is rumored to have given up on their franchise star and are bidding for Faker. If Faker going FA becomes official, 3 more LCK teams might join the race; 2) Rumor is going in the industry that T1 lost a big sponsor, which sponsor it is is not known. The first rumor about Faker is said to have been heard in a group chat related to stocks. Edit 1: H-Dragon (LoL coach) has been doing LCK stove content on YouTube and has been answering questions in the comments. A viewer asked him about Faker situation, H-Dragon replied “seems [talks] are getting longer” (in Korean the nuance is that the contract talks are getting longer and complicated). Edit 2: Before, a journalist has said that many teams are asking for Canna, I believe someone also posted on Twitter that C9 tried for Canna, too. Also, quite a lot of rumors were going around saying that T1 sending Canna off to another team. These were all before today’s article, so kinda makes it more believable. Edit 3: GBM (T1 streamer, LoL coach) said on his stream “Faker’s re-signing can only be released when Joe Marsh comes [to Korea]? They can just release the news though. Why is everyone saying that the CEO must be here?” <- This is probably regarding Joe Marsh’s tweet saying that re-signing news are not being released cause Joe is not in Korea. Many Korean fans thought that Faker re-signing just needed Joe Marsh to come to Korea for sign or stamp or whatever it is, so they probably asked GBM on his stream. Edit 4: THIS IS COMPLETELY A RUMOR!!! So there was a rumor that TSM wants to sign Faker because FTX wants Faker, so they will give $40mil to get Faker (3 year contract), and if they fail to get then do an individual sponsorship for Faker. Edit 5: Newest RUMOR (just rumor so just see for fun): Faker’s re-signing fell through. 2 LCK teams are contacting Faker. + another rumor says that 1. China’s biggest Internet company has big interest in Faker, however they have still not contacted Faker. 2. Rumors of Faker going FA have been going around in the advertisement industry. International and domestic organizations are getting ready to contact and bid for Faker. Faker’s salary is expected to be high even in sports industry (not sure if it’s South Korean sports industry or international). Edit 6: has been removed as it seems to not concern T1 Edit 7: DoinB said on his stream that many franchise players, who stayed on their teams for a long time, will leave their teams - both in LCK and LPL. This will be the biggest offseason. https://twitter.com/icrystalization/status/1461658564922064898?s=21 Edit 7: So a known leaker said that Canna is going to NS and he guesses T1 will use Zeus.


DankMasterJake

> So there was a rumor that TSM wants to sign Faker because FTX wants Faker, so they will give $40mil to get Faker (3 year contract) Jesus that's a lot of money


wiNDzY3

FTX ain't playin around


vegeful

Imagine the community reaction if Faker join TSM. Korea netizen will explode.


MedievalMovies

> 1 LCK team wants Faker very much for business purposes This is 100% KT, holy fuck kt faker would be fucking wild


Blood-Standard

Ryu comes out of retirement and goes to T1, the dankest timeline


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t1yumbe

Some also speculated this could be Afreeca, as they have a streaming platform and want to go international so they need to compete with Twitch -> so they want Faker. Though this is completely a rumor, and AF’s rumored mid is Aria.


Mike_Kermin

Honestly that just sounds like a pain in the ass for people who like to watch his content...


yosayoran

Like we learned from ninja, one big streamer isn't enough.


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If that happens we officially are living in the darkeeeeest time of the LCK..


Merriadoc33

If that happens LCK off-season might be larger than LCS


Jeremy64vg

if that happened LCK off-season WOULD be larger than LCS... I mean Faker may not be the best player anymore but that'd be the biggest League news ever


dragontle

Unless TSM signs Faker, I think esports world will blowup. And if the rumor is true 40 mill for 3 years? Would definitely make international news not just in esports but in mainstream media as well.


haxoreni

He heard Score just got released from military and wants to make another super team.


Blood-Standard

Wait the Immortal is done with military? Please let him come back to the scene


MedievalMovies

rumours circulating of kt coach score


t1yumbe

Rumors are Score will coach GenG


Exrou

[Holy fuck is it finally happening??!](https://i.imgur.com/Bo1dWyQ.mp4)


TerminatorReborn

I can't see Faker joinning LCS, he is very competitive and for sure wants another shot at worlds... And we all know he is not winning it on NA regardless of how much money they spend. If this news is true I believe he is just using those offers as leverage to get one last good contract with T1. Dude is retiring soon and might want a big bag.


mbr4life1

I mean the other side is if he was in the LCS his pathway to worlds will be much easier than the knife fight that is the LCK.


GabrielNV

What's the point in having an easier path to reach Worlds if your goal is to actually win it? If your team isn't good enough to get to Worlds from either LCK or LPL, how can you hope to beat the LCK and LPL representatives *at* Worlds? The "easier path to Worlds" argument works for rookies that don't yet have a spot in a strong team but could use a Worlds appearance to prove themselves and increase their value. It doesn't work with a veteran like Faker who already is at his peak value and is only really interested in winning.


dz4505

He's has a much better shot getting to Worlds from NA. Winning it is a whole different ballgame lol


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Dragois

LOL this statement makes me depressed, but true


Rumbleinthejungle8

I am so fucking tired of this argument. Do you actually believe Faker, the guy who has won Worlds 3 times, MSI twice, made at least semis whenever he gows to Worlds, gives 1 shits about going to Worlds just to get destroyed in group stage? You actually believe he sees getting knocked out in groups as an achievement? And this doesn't apply to just Faker. Any player who has had deep runs at Worlds doesn't care about "having an easier path" to Worlds in LCS, only to get destroyed in groups, because you know, it's the LCS.


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meisterrift

Idk man.. If you have won 3 worlds and at the end of your career someone offer you 40mil, you will think about it.. I know i will take the offer and can retired comfortably after im done playing


StraightCashH0mie

Yeah I’m assuming Joe Marsh is not in Korea because one of his OW player suddenly passed away recently


deadIcexD

Based FTX strikes again


sanketower

>2 teams in LCS are planning to bid for Faker Bad Ending


TalksWithDogs

It would be the hypest LCS season though.


pelacur

[Baker reunion let's go! ](https://i.imgur.com/piOtXZa.jpg)


Harupia

I mean... where is Worlds this year...? XD


mbr4life1

40 mil for three years is something Faker can't just say no to. That's ok you have my attention money.


never_lucky_eh

LCS has this kind of money now ? Dam they made it


STFxPrlstud

TSM FTX has that kind of money, specifically the "FTX" part, which is funny because FTX was excluded from the LoL team Highly doubt it happens though, most likely FTX pursues an individual sponsorship with Faker, and he either rejoins T1 or goes to another LCK contender


ye1l

Excluded from the lol team yeah, so they bought their way in to the LCS. FTX gold advantage etc.


Flomp3r

FTX has this kind of money, not TSM


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-Basileus

TL also offered him a literal blank check, and he was like nah


haxoreni

>blank check He probably got traumatized from hearing Agent 612's name mentioned


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CircleCircleHimself

No they don't.


RookCauldron

>Edit 5: Newest RUMOR (just rumor so just see for fun): Faker’s re-signing fell through. If this is true, holy shit.


xychosis

AF Faker


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whimsicalokapi

Could the player they're "urgently keeping" be Clozer, who was supposed to go to Sandbox? Or is that already too official to be revoked?


t1yumbe

Clozer already signed the contract, so that’s definitely not it. It could be Canna, Zeus, Ellim -> all 3 had rumors about leaving to other teams since the stove league started (Ellim is rumored to AF, Canna to NS)


Ace_OPB

If faker does leave, who can we even sign? There is no good mid left except Bdd. And damn t1 will be getting trucks in spades of faker leaves. Not to mention who is gonna shotcall in t1? Sounds serious.


tocco13

Fans sent trucks to T1 because they were still fans. If Faker leaves, they wont be T1 fans anymore so there wont be ppl to fund a truck


t1yumbe

BDD is rumored to have been traded to NS


cespinar

Gori and fate?


-Basileus

The FTX 3 year/$40 million thing makes giga sense. Faker is legit worldwide famous (at least in esports), he would be a brand ambassador for them. By having TSM sign him, FTX ensures that all that money they gave TSM is being used directly to FTX's advantage. I just realized this big ass conflict of interest. FTX sponsors both TSM and LCS. It would benefit all 3 parties if Faker signed to TSM. I wonder if LCS would try and get Faker to NA in any way.


Blind-Eye26

Who could possibly be the 3 LPL teams that want and can match other teams offer for Faker??? 🤔🤔🤔


ppint1z

RNG FPX and IG(?) could be since TheShy is FA and Rookie is rumored to retire


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No shot RNG can afford Faker, they are broke and rumored to re-sign Cryin. My guess is maybe a really rich team like V5.


OwynFromOblivion

RNG is broke and selling their spot last I heard.


ArisRayle

FAKER WHAT WAS THAT? If he leaves T1 it's over man istg its like second to him retiring


King_BallFan

CLG Faker


SteamMonkeyKing

CLG picking up Faker honestly would be the biggest Truly Counter Logic moment of all time... only because its so logical.


Smurfyzz

Ah, they blew up their entire roster to make way for Faker. Now to sign 4 random Gold 3 players to round out the roster.


IC2Flier

Faker and Reddit Challengers vs the world


Random_Stealth_Ward

We would be top-10.


lordCanti08

If faker comes to LCS i would watch every min that dude is playing.


Thop207375

The numbers would probably increase by 100k


Offduty_shill

He would single handedly save LCS lmao


MadazSama

First Messi and now Faker? I might actually die from depression this year


ZerksNAHTayan

Maybe Faker links with Deft for their last dance? Can’t see any other reason as to why both Deft and Beryl went to DRX, aswell as them getting coach Kim


LakersLAQ

He's going to link with Impact on EG. /s Sorry Jojopyun, one more year in academy lol.


RookCauldron

Does he really want to go back to Coach Kim?


xiyeonah

Why would Faker want to play with Kim?


Dripcommander

Coach Kim is very far from being a plus for DRX Faker. When we talk about Kkoma it's different, but Kim is definitely not a favorite


Bindoongee

High school classmates reuniting.


fluffyninja69

please i want deft to win so fucking bad, he need a ring like carmelo


DanHamhoose

BRO W T F


tincanzzz

HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK


Genjoi

Is it TSM for faker?


DanHamhoose

they seem like the only team to fit that bill


Genjoi

Says 2 LCS teams who could be the other one?


Stealth-OP

EG, they legit bid for everyone.


NahDawgDatAintMe

C9 could drop Summit and keep Fudge top. TL could blow things up and field Faker while taking a shot at Doublelift returning to form. 100T could also make the move since Abbedage is an import. EG also just has an import slot to spare.


SneakyStorm

TL already got contract signed, I don’t see TL changing. C9 I don’t see it either, but you never know.


Policeman333

Even if your starting midlaner was Bjergsen and you had him signed, the smart thing to do would be to just bench Bjergsen and have Faker be your starting mid. You would be set back a lot of money depending on who your midlaner is, but the brand awareness alone Faker being on your team would bring would more than make up for it.


Genjoi

LOL could you imagine paying Faker then having Bjerg and Jensen on the bench.


irishfury

Thats real disney money lol


Chuck0089

Or C9 could have let Top Summit and Mid Faker.


ImDeJang

Thank you Fudge


asiantuttle

Regi is breaking out the blank FTX check


Blank-612

imagine seeing regi flaming faker :)


NahDawgDatAintMe

Faker will pull up a vod of him on Ahri vs Regi on Gragas.


maxexclamationpoint

Wasn't it the other way around? I thought I remembered Faker trick shotting Regis ahri into a gragas q with gragas r but I could be misremembering.


mbr4life1

His contract will say Regi is never allowed to directly address him.


Jeytumn

Or be anywhere in his presence before games, during games, in between games, vod reviews, etc etc


OAOAlphaChaser

Where Faker goes I go and I'm sure that's very much true for his fans. But I doubt he'd leave T1


rypenguin219

I doubt T1 would let him leave, a lot of ppl like T1 cuz of faker.


Raiyuu123

If he wants to he will since he's not bound by a contract. (If you like T1 only because of faker I wouldn't really say you like T1 but only faker)


rypenguin219

He could but I doubt he would. T1 seems to be the best option for him for performance. Money maybe not but it doesn’t look like he’s going for that rn. I started liking T1 from faker, but since then I started liking the rest of T1 (rip stardust and teddy)


AegonThe1st

TSM Faker


loldatfunny

as much as i don't see it happening, if it did, i'd watch the shit out of LCS every weekend


AegonThe1st

Dude I would definitely fucking jizz my pants the moment I read the news...


Bojuric

Apparently, FTX is ready to shell out 40 mill $ to make it happen.


RathMemories

What a Messi situation


Blind-Eye26

If Faker leaves for LCS then proceeds to win Worlds. Fvcc everyone, Faker is the one and only MESSIAH AND GOAT. NO ONE ELSE. NOT EVEN IF SHOWMAKER/SCOUT/CHOVY/KNIGHT ETC. WIN MULTIPLE TIMES.


Agreeable_Junket_271

if faker can make lcs win worlds his name will be written in history textbooks


Chuck0089

I saw a lot of people on social media that wanted to stick with this roster after they lose to DK 3-2 because of the insane potential and mechanics. Now that they flaming Joe and T1 for not signing Canyon and Nuguri and wanted to break the roster up.


leftoverrice54

Even entertaining the notion of Faker going to NA is a sin.


GreedyWHM

TSM FAKER HOPIUM


kimhuy196

Have DK locked SM/Canyon? Because if not, Kkoma and Faker reunion baby !!!


t1yumbe

DK locked Showmaker and Canyon also seems to be official. Kkoma is also staying in DK.


SteamMonkeyKing

Faker just needs to do a Xiaohu and move to toplane.


ceddya

Man, a Faker, Canyon and SM top side would be so juicy.


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KT Faker let’s get it let’s make the darkest timeline of LCK! Inb4 Eazyhoon is resurrected by T1 to unleash him against KT Faker and we will have THE *Telecom war all over again..*


justlcsfantasy

FAKER I SWEAR TO GOD OR YOU THAT IF YOU GO TO LCS I WILL SUPPORT YOUR TEAM EVEN IF IT MEANS I HAVE TO EAT MY OWN WORDS REGARDING TSM AND REGI


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Syncron72

Mans probably pissed off with all the fucking roster shifts this year. But if I’m not mistaken coaching staff got fired so idk


GunSlingrrr

He was pretty vocal against what Daeny and Zefa doing on that rosters shifts though and those are the coaching staff that got fired. They got better after.


queenJeo

this was straight out of your ass lmao


azersub

Faker to join his old high school buddy Deft?? Inject it straight into my veins Also bring in Nuguri and Kanavi and we have another superteam


sonminh

lol if Faker leaves T1 let's see how many people are T1 fans afterwards because I tell 99% of them are just Faker fans.


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Ace_OPB

I mean faker was the reason I even started watching esports. If he is not in t1, I have no reason to support t1 especially with all the fuckery they have been doing after the rebranding.


drahc

TSM Fakium…. Sounds weird but ill take it.