The appeal of T1
Of all the teams currently participating in the 2024 LCK Summer Playoffs, T1 is not the strongest. In fact, since the group stage, Faker and his teammates have shown quite an up and down performance. However, this is still a strong team and like many previous seasons, this team is showing that when entering the playoffs with BO5 matches, they will be able to show a different side. In addition, another truth is: no matter how up and down the performance is, in the LCK, they are still the most attractive team and even in a season that is not really as the audience wants, Faker and his teammates are still the “view hook” for the LCK.
Accordingly, in all 5 matches with the highest views of LCK Summer 2024 so far, T1 has participated. And the recent playoffs match against KT Rolster was the first match in the Summer 2024 tournament with a peak view of more than 1 million (1,275,116). Previously, the match with the highest views belonged to the match between T1 and Gen.G in the first leg of the group stage, ranked third was also the T1 – Gen.G match but in the second leg. The remaining two matches were the T1 – Kwangdong Freecs match in the second leg and the T1 – KT match, marking T1 as the first team to have a home field in LCK history.
LCK is having trouble because of T1
T1 will still be one of the top teams in the LCK and the world of LoL. The only thing is: the matches without the participation of this team do not reach high enough views to be in the top 5, which is a concern. Because the team's appeal comes from all 5 members with Faker as the leader. But Faker himself is too old and maybe he is tired.
Meanwhile, LCK has not built a new visual, when Gen.G, if not facing T1, has no match that can compare to Faker and his teammates. For those who do not know, in the recent group stage, T1 and Gen.G almost always played on the same day. On the day of the T1 – KT match (top 5 views), the Gen.G – HLE match followed. Both of these teams are the top two teams on the rankings as well as possessing players with high fan bases (Chovy, Peanut) but both of them could not make it to 5th place, which is a very concerning matter.
T1 will continue to assert its influence in LCK and LoL. But perhaps, at this moment, seeing T1 dominate the views like that, LCK is both happy and worried when thinking about a bleak future if Faker announces his retirement.
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