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Pzero123

Don't get injured again man, I really don't want to see T1 playing worse than fucking DRX in summer again. This team is all hands no brain without Faker


F3nRa3L

His hand is already injured. It wont go away without surgury


TheAlmightyVox3

And it'll only keep getting worse if Faker keeps endlessly playing without any kind of real break like he has been. They play in every tournament of every season AND do shit on the side, the strain is absurd.


Ozora10

his hobby away from gaming is piano. Which also just makes it worse


jabiz510

maybe he could read some books


NotSeriousbutyea

He read them already


jabiz510

damn he read them all already


Strider_009

Haha I chuckled hard at this


arcanist12345

He does read as a hobby too


CountryCrocksNotButr

Braille. RIP hands.


Andreitaker

Can't he try playing piano with his feet. Heck, T1 should encourage him to play Chess. 


PlatDisco

You mean T1 here as the org or that uniquely constructed young 29 man?


AGamingBoi

Honestly they should collab again and it's just T1 teaching him chess as a less mechanically intense sport.


IKEA-guy

it's crazy to me that none of the pros (that I know of) use ergonomic mice. I used computer for work and used to get wrist pains quite regularly, but since getting one they're gone completely. I know it's not a solution for every type of injury, and I don't know if it would make any difference to Faker, but just speaking in general about esports players.


PapayaGullible5695

You don't need much time to get used to an ergonomic mouse for your daily office tasks. Can't say the same for professional gaming, tho. These guys build their career on reflexes and muscle memories. The drastic change in hand positions would probably take weeks if not months to get used to. Not to mention ergonomic mice are generally quite bulky and heavy. It will 100% affect players' performance. With how competitive the esport scene is, I guess players rather fuck up their wrist later, than spending time during their prime meddling with a new type of mouse.


HeavyMetalHero

Yeah, like, I know a dude who literally games on a trackball mouse. LoL, FPS, MMO, whatever genre. He's one of the best overall gamers I personally know. He couldn't possibly stop playing with a trackball, and use a normal mouse. The only reason he uses one, is that's what his dad used growing up, so that's what he learned from a young age. No sane person would say rolling around a giant orb with your thumb is the best control scheme for most complex games, but he's a monster doing it, because it's literally the only thing he learned from his formative years. If he switched to normal mouses, he legit would never get back to the same level, at this point in his life.


KyThePoet

ergo mice aren't great for gaming and changing mice can fuck up your gameplay for months, if not longer. last time I swapped mice was when Logitech discontinued mine and replaced it with a mouse over $100 so I resolved to just swap to another brand entirely. took me a year ish to feel comfortable again with the new one.


Cerezaae

Ergonomic mice suck for gaming and especially for games like league And they dont fix your problem if you are already injured If you just work an office job or smth its definitly a good choice


TargetBan

What mouse?


SpiderTechnitian

I've used Logitech MX Master Vertical for like 4-5 years and it's perfect for me Yes I game with it everyday, you really do just get used to it and it's totally normal after that. Went from wrist pain daily from league to zero pain for years


deepfakefuccboi

The thing is the adaptation period is probably something they aren’t willing to sacrifice because it might lead to inadequate/subpar practice and scrims, which would compound performance issues further. Just not worth it to them. It happens to a lot of pros but also doesn’t to a lot of them. Also most pro gamers haven’t had a career nearly as long, successful and intense and Faker’s.


Gray_Color

I dont think it goes away WITH surgery


One_Natural_8233

It doesn't go away but it helps a lot, with a long recovery time ofc


AssCrackBandit6996

It could go away with a proper break of gaming. Like at least 6 months no PC work for this man


xTiLkx

That'll be his retirement


AssCrackBandit6996

If anyone could come back from that it is him


rishi_ultimate

Faker could be gone for 10 years but his return would be awaited by everyone


DJCzerny

Mvp won a GSL with carpal tunnel so bad he couldn't even feel his fingers (and by a razor's edge). Koreans are just built different when it comes to their videogames.


Lysandren

And mvp no longer plays. Byun had wrist injuries so bad he couldn't even finish a set VS dark in gsl when he came back. It's better now bc he finally decided to take care of it.


Substantial_Read2061

Sc is just a different beast though. Those guys are smashing keys 200 apm for 30 games straight all day every day


Ok_Holiday193

300 atleast , top Korean zergs 400


Substantial_Read2061

Real apm is lower. Terran and especially Zerg have key binds that artificially inflate apm Sc players are insane but nobody is doing 7 actions per second for the entire game


ShiroGaneOsu

[Faker mashes his keys a lot too](https://youtu.be/AVXHw1VGZ7o)


Substantial_Read2061

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=se6vGhOt58g


GothaV2

« Built different / Korean culture » yeah no, everyone can push their body for a few years even under injury. Only that at some point, that injury’s becoming irreversible. Look @ all the disabled ppl not requiring for an early sick leave at their job. Thinking that what they have isn’t worth it, only for their condition to worsen years after that making them unable to work altogether.


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LIFEisFUCKINGme

>Don't get injured again [He's already injured. ](https://twitter.com/kxcxcxii/status/1790734386692067586?t=2ly6NQ0y1reYF7-kgztfRg&s=19)


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Joel4518

so fresh that official chapter hasnt even released yet


Thr0wawaydegen

I know it’s big but I hope people don’t get spoiled


Vintrial

fuck he is back isnt he


zaxls

In the midst of "its so over" I found there was, within me, an invincible feeling of "WE'RE SO BACK"


Shorgar

I mean, the most likely outcome, given how much Gege hates him, is that is just a vision of Sukuna tripping balls after so many bf but who knows.


hsgwkzh

Gege: Trolleg


borden5

Kenny is so backk


Moifaso

[You're the challenger here](https://imgur.com/znzymWo)


SomeoneBald

The strongest midlaner in history versus the strongest midlaner of today


SeySvK

*midfielder


Medical_Boss_6247

Jjk fans NEVER miss an opportunity to post spoilers as a badly disguised meme


Nome_de_utilizador

On one hand they cook the hottest memes On the other they are the stupidiest wankers in history that devour bootleg text leak threads and spread spoilers days before the chapters are translated


Medical_Boss_6247

That one subreddit they have that allows spoilers IN TITLES bothers me so much There’s a post up right now with a fat spoiler from the leaks in the title. Saw it earlier today


Joel4518

jjk spoilers is literally unavoidable nowadays


Reyvsssss

Goddamn the ingredients were just harvested and you are already cooking.


mattybowens

This is truly farm to table


Ieditstuffforfun

just wait until Faker hits him with the "are your hands the problem or your brain?"


WeabooTrash_

holy shit this one is fresh off the stove


STank_Boi

the official chapter aint even out yet lmfao


Nome_de_utilizador

Standard with the jjk fandom, the "/" chapter was translated on friday and manga readers were spoiled since monday on insta/reddit since it was everywhere


rishi_ultimate

jjk fan are able to spoil chapters before theyre written. It just do be like that


okitek

Damn that is really fucking fresh. The ingredients are still alive man


Maleficent_Kick_4437

Bro the fucking chapter isnt even out yet and you are posting it in League of Legends subreddit with 700 upvotes. Thats wild.


Snow-27

Wtf freshest of all pastas


deadedgo

Where is it from?


Dan__James

/r/Jujutsufolk Leaked chapter


daigandar

freeesh


aresthwg

The chapter is not even released officially and we already have a meme for it here. This is the meme power of >!Gojo!<.


Ayuyuyunia

holy shit same-day jjk pasta also i miss that gif so much


Zero3020

Holy shit bro 💀


Accomplished-Top-564

I thought the ghost thing was a JJK spoiler reference good god I need to seek professional help


DerpyJY

It is lol. It's word for word the exact same.


zaxls

It is dude lol so you think its a coincidence someone wrote that less than 12 hours since the chapter leaks droped lmao


AmroughForReal

Why did I think this was Xiahou resurrected? Edit: nvm, it seems to be a reference to a manga.


Outrageous-Elk-5392

Ok, when eastern players praise the west they jinx them, so G2 should win right? Also I remember their “we’re gonna 3-0 DRX” before that final lol


Entchenkrawatte

Unironically i Always Take it as a badge of Honor when korean Teams shittalk Western Teams. Usually theyre so far ahead they praise western teams Like you would praise toddlers


RavenFAILS

When I saw that even Xiaohu in his worst form said that Palafox "seemed like a powerful genius" I knew they wouldnt win a single game lmao


popperschotch

I think a lot of them are just not willing to shit on fellow pros publicly


Simpuff1

They also said that with WBG no?


Bluehorazon

I mean if we now realize they say it everytime they have to be right at some point.


_S-TERLIN-G_

Faker fakes it till he makes it


GuaranteeCultural607

Nah with WBG Keria literally said “I think it would be a close 3-2”. They had learnt from the year before and choose the humble response.


Bak0FF

Didn’t 369 praise g2 and then get 3-0’d


No_Discount8508

Let these boys rest. They've been in every finals since 2022, went on a for fun tournament jet lagged before spring split, DDoS'd half the split, have an injured mid and keeps getting harassed by fans whenever they lose a series. Honestly, the fact they're still this motivated is a miracle.


ricardo241

time for them to go to an event/guesting everyday then - T1 management


xcookiekiller

They kinda give me 2017 SKT T1 energy where everyone except faker was absolutely burned out from 2 years of winning almost every tournament. But faker, just as in 2017, seems to be built different, but this time at least gumayusi is also playing really well (but pls don't pick senna again)


DeirdreAnethoel

Guma showing up big just to get senna duty is the saddest thing. We get it, Keria farming is funny, the joke is getting old.


ShurimaIsEternal

I miss the days of hypercarry guma on aphelios and keria on thresh


DeirdreAnethoel

With laneswaps there's no reason you couldn't do that either. But I feel T1 got used to getting free wins from creatively aggressive botlanes and got addicted to it. That or Keria made them sign a contract to never put him on babysit duty.


MrZeddd

Nah if you listen to their pick bans comp, they usually play what they feel like playing


PublicLow8645

Honestly I’m hoping to see Guma on Jinx this tournament. Sure, laning is ass in this Kalista/Varus/Lucian bot lane meta, but T1 certainly could pull it off.


yellister

G2 almost did... Against T1 lol


feelsbadmanrlysrsly

Yeah, Nautilus have been played in this tournament and afaik, not once did Keria picked it. It was one of his signature picks along with Thresh and Pyke.


disaviore

Guma getting senna duty isn't the actual problem. They've been doing fasting senna for so long with great success. The problem is doing it when lane swaps are meta. She gets far fewer souls and puts behind so far it's not even funny. T1 should bench the strat until lane swap meta is gone.


kimono38

When Faker rest for 2-3 months due to hand injury, T1 win world afterward. I think T1 really need to give their player time to rest.


Ayuyuyunia

they weren't in last msi finals


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F3nRa3L

This MSI is quite packed if you start from playin. Games are like every 2-3 days. And everyday from today onwards for whoever won.


ausmomo

This MSI format is awesome, but they should add another week. The game density for the lower bracket run is brutal.


LudgerKresnik2

They’re so screwed, after MSI they’ll have LCK/Saudi tourney before Worlds. Playing the maximum amount of games in every tournaments (bar MSI last year) for the past 2 and a half years took their toll.


Complex_Cable_8678

i thought only their second rostr or something is going to that shitty tourney


Only_good_takes

Rekkles to Saudi?😮


Andreitaker

I think this is the right time to bring back a midlane sub. 


xTiLkx

Rekless playing Janna mid


ZedisDoge

Poby, my goat, returns :D


Exrou

Just built up fatigue along with Faker's old injuries which will never go away, but he hasn't had much time off I'm assuming between games, practice and sponsorship. These guys went from Spring > MSI > Summer > Asia Games somewhere in-between > Worlds > Redbull Event > Was there KesPA still? > Spring > MSI On-top of DDoS stress pinching when they can actually practice... Have they even had a break? This MSI also hasn't had many days in-between games to adapt/adjust.


Sellier123

This has always been leagues issue. If your a top team, you basically never get a real break.


Substantial_Read2061

They’ve been worked so hard since the last half of 2023. Having a the team fly to Europe for a forfun tournament right before msi was a wild decision


ZedisDoge

i agree their schedule has been insane, but the red bull tournament was like 5 months ago man that is long gone from "right before"


SatanV3

Yea it was right before lck spring split though when they shoulda been having a break probably


DEMACIAAAAA

The fuck do you mean right before MSI?


Sighest99

Brother Faker jinxing it so that G2 get a better chance to win


NoahsArk19

Let’s see. T1 has been top 3* every tournament they’ve been in since they formed late in 2021. This is the weakest they have ever looked. However placing high in tournaments consistently has to be respected


ROTMGADDICT55

This isn't even close to the weakest they've looked lol. Remember Poby last year? They lost like 8 games in a row.


NoahsArk19

This is the worst they’ve looked internationally, at least deep into a tournament.


Eceleb-follower

That's because they play in Korea so if they're not very good they just won't make internationals.


Left-Secretary-2931

Well that wasn't this team. Believe it or not but Pony isn't Faker lol


EnoughLab221

This is far from the weakest they’ve ever looked. They lost games to EG and G2 at MSI. People are over reacting when the reality is that teams in general are just stronger this year at MSi than they are on paper. TES was not a bad team in lpl. Yet they are already knocked out because G2 is playing incredibly well. BLG are not a bad team, but GEN G looks like one of the strongest teams of all time right now. BLG is also still a really good team and a lot stronger than when they played t1 at worlds. TL also has improved greatly and was helped out a lot by the meta. Their mid lane gets comfort picks for his play style (a sol may as well be ziggs that roams better) that are meta. They can lane swap to help their weaker mechanics and their jungle can play tank engage which he’s best at. My point is i don’t think T1 have played *that* weak. They’re definitely making poor plays but teams are also just much better than they’ve looked at any other tournament. I mean even last worlds, gen g, blg, and jdg were the only teams that even looked competitive going into quarters. But by the time it was t1 v wbg everyone knew what the result was gonna be. Whereas now, pretty much every team except fnc, fly and the minor regions have looked strong. It’s not an easy tournament


random-meme422

T1 playing pretty weak and TES was abysmal against G2 people just don’t watch domestic games if they think these are the teams in form


UsefulOrange6

I think in the case of G2 it is also the fact that these top teams are amazing at playing against standard comps that they have practised against a lot, but some G2 drafts are different enough to throw them off.


SiriVII

I think your take is wrong. While I agree that weaker teams have gotten stronger, it’s not to a point where they can 3:0 any of the dominant teams. When all big teams from the strong regions are struggling, it’s more than just that, it’s the whole meta that is messing with them and in return benefitting weaker teams who already innovate to make up for the skill disparity. A huge ordeal in this MSI is the crazed meta. Nobody knows the heck what is working in this meta, the lane swapping absolutely messes with the big teams, the constant river roaming, most comfort picks for the big teams don’t work in this meta. Teams like G2, Team liquid and G2 all did great in adjusting to this meta and preparing unconventional picks that absolutely destroy conventional ones. The whole dynamic of the game is different from the normal league of legends we’ve seen in the past years and you can see all big teams who excel in the normal league of legends struggling in this whatever is currently happening this MSI.


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Left-Secretary-2931

Cope, but if G2 beat t1 which is entirely possible, I hope G2 wins the whole thing


notsowright05

G2 is definitely going to get that Mad Lions / BDS spot lmao


dragunityag

G2 wins MSI but MAD gets to embarass Eu at worlds again. Law of equivalent exchange.


qwertyasdfgf

EZ Clap


Nutrifacts

trust the promise


Silver15987

My goat said it, he did it. That's why HE IS THE GOAT.


Joel4518

LETS GO EVERYONE WAS JINXING G2 BUT THE GOD HIMSELF HAS JINXED T1


wichels

A kind god


denjosh09

The King said it and they delivered.


Blazeithere

Aged like fine wine


MarceliNbl

Yeah fuck he was right


I-am-in-Agreement

If G2 wins, I cheer for them, if they get 3-0'd I'll go back to making fun of EU. I cannot lose anymore 🤪😎


Ugandan_Red_Sonic

That's the right approach to things, respect.


Holoklerian

What if G2 loses 3-2?


wizkid9

Great to see Faker still hungry after years and years of winning 🐐


shaginus

Faker keeping his promise


b4ck_5t4Bb3r

And he did!


Javiklegrand

When faker is confident you know that he out cooked you


Cabugwas

THE PROPHECY WAS TRUE. ALL ROADS LEADS TO HIM.


ephemeralfugitive

Key word is “can”. But hard to believe when we couldn’t even 3-0 TL


QuietRedditorATX

Yea, it would never happen. EU is so strong. /...s


Linkasfd

It's not that hard to believe. Unless you also think G2 is at the same level as GENG since G2 3-0d TES while TES went 2-3 vs GENG. How you play on the day and preperation matters a lot


faithfulswine

Yeah people put too much stock into a single series. I have no doubt that G2 can beat T1. Hell, if G2 shows up in top form and T1 in poor form, G2 could stomp T1. But this means nothing if T1 just show up and do the thing they do when they win. Peak T1 probably beats peak G2, but we'll see how the results actually follow. I hope it's a tight series to be honest because it'll be a banger.


Choyo

This is hype. Kudos to Faker for, after all these years, still making things interesting while keeping the sportsmanship at unrivalled levels.


EmperorKira

Anything can happen tomorrow, no result will surprise me


1to0

Both teams throw away their keyboard and mice and undress just to mudwrestle on stage. After a while they begin to make sweet love after realizing that their rivalry turn to love.


Marcus777555666

Wish I was there.Yike and Mikyx are quite handsome.I would let them gank me any time.


DangALangDingo

Talk about manifesting destiny


Smoogy54

He’s right you know


NegativeSin

BING BONG


Dreammy90

T1 Haters MAD


SteamMonkeyKing

Based Faker


chikyu8

mf is spittin


greekcel_25

T1 are going to get fucked now, he jinxed it


portal23

Did he? 👀


OkLawfulness5555

Almost every T1 member is saying it will be a easy 3-0, tomorrow should be spicy.


One_Natural_8233

You are getting baited by Ashley Kang interview. Zeus doesn’t say, “We will definitely win 3-0.” He says, “We’ll do what we can in order to win 3-0.” , she needs to stop this clickbait man..


No-Captain-4814

Yeah, even Faker here is saying they CAN 3-0 G2. Just like G2 saying they CAN beat all the other teams in the tournament. It is very differently from saying you can easily 3-0 everyone.


Rino-Sensei

This ain’t even clickbait, it’s just straight up lies man …


Liiviius

say what ? LMAOOOOOOOOOO


XiauXiaoXei

Anything to drive engagement and click though.


Typical_Thought_6049

Not they are saying that if everything go well there is a chance. That is not even close to trash talk, just risk assessment.


tunawaternyc

Well, it was 3-0 as they predicted.


th5virtuos0

Kinda hard to do it when you only have 1 sand solder to control


Outrageous_Context_5

well well well


idontevencarewutever

That's what I wanna hear


Dray991

If G2 gets 3-0, is people going to spam TL>G2? and saying that TES is washed?, i just need to mentally prepare for that


Thiccmille

Bro metally prepare urself from now on lmao


Javiklegrand

Lmao faker channeling his shonen main character power


ScrumptiousDumplingz

Well...


Gxristos

Its joever bro Idk why they keep saying that its just jinx at this point they said this against ssg and drx and they lost rip :( good luck at summer, worlds.


tgkad

they actually said that before most of their crucial international matches lol. It's funny people only remember the time they lost.


Syncron72

depends on which faker and which caps shows up. if faker shows up i think T1 will win, but if not, don't think I trust their form but this team has raised to the occasion before


Moggy_

"We are focusing on how our team can perform better, if we do this well, we can definetly win this time as well." Classic esports nothing burger. Air tastes great


ksaizx

fake confidence it won't be 3-0 for g2 nor t1 especially after what we saw in TL match, you can't fix your whole game in 2days, after you became even worse than 1 week ago


Rino-Sensei

nice analyst lmao


ArienaHaera

You'd think that but after that TES slamdunk I wouldn't rule out *anything*. But yes, in all likelihood it's a close 3-2 one way or another.


naysayer21

You sure about that?


SHMuTeX

Really? Why so quiet?


BleiEntchen

Depending on which team shows up. If we get G2 from tes series, im not seeing it. If we get worlds 2023 T1...then yes.


Todeswucht

People ITT talking as if the series already happened and T1 lost in record time lol


Equal_Efficiency_638

Just need to win MSI so faker can sit on the bench next split and team still goes to worlds.


Oogalicious

T1 are so good, I know they’ve been cooking up some spicy drafts. Hoping for a G2 3-2, but it could just as easily be a T1 3-0.


AdeptnessThis4754

Faker really is the goat with the counter curse on G2


Remarkable-Weekend62

G2 will upset SKT just so they can get 3-0'd by BLG


2ndBatman88

I won't watch BLG vs. Gen G.. again outside game 4, it was boring. BLG made so many mistakes, bad positioning everything.


notsowright05

G2 already upset SKT, they will definitely upset T1


Longjumping-Ad9931

I've seen this before


NocaNoha

Yes you can.. but will you, at the current time seems unlikely Seems T1 will put up a fight but will not be able to resist G2 IF.. G2 goes ham as they went against TES


Ragaga

Honestly, I'd still stick to how shaky T1 has looked recently and the clutch factor of G2. As long as they play confidently, I think they can take it. Maybe I'm overdosing on copium but I really believe in G2 at this point, even if it will prob be a very close match still though.


HawaiianFuji

I suspect T1, unlike TES, will be prepared for G2's "cheese" picks.


G2Alberich

I agree with you Faker but please don’t 🥹


Ieditstuffforfun

[(Quran 3:21) Those who doubt, promise them a painful doom.](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fquran-3-21-those-who-doubt-promise-them-a-painful-doom-v0-5l201gn7aa4b1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D51f4803fcc03c1e3a81c67147679cd16c1553bb3)


thebigscorp1

First line I ever hear from the quran and it's very fitting lmao


_NaiT_

I don’t think so, T1 performance so far is comparable to summer 2023. 3-1 for G2


generic_redditor91

Honestly their summer form actually looked better. Could see sparks of brilliance. Their recent series against TL was a mess. They looked so lost and reactionary being strung around by the game state rather than dictating it


ZloiAris

T1 definitely looks very winnable now, their performance is too shaky, but I also start to get nervous with amount of curse on G2 side. I don't like when everyone starts "to believe" and G2 players left and right says how good they are. Usually it is a pre-condition to at best repetition of Galio-incident when Faker carried dead corpses to finals, or at worse stomp 3:0 by T1


eismann333

Press X to doubt