Guard did something special.
They grew together, they made their tier 1 debut together, and they lost together. Nobody knew who they were until they got together and made their team work.
For 2 years they fought under the same roster with the exception of Sayaplayer.
As franchising came around, they all rejected offers for spots in tier 1 teams in favor of staying together as a team that they believed can pull off great things.
What they did is amazing, respectable, straight out of fiction
But... it was also insane. There was no guarantee that they would make franchising.
Guard is an outlier, and just because the guard did it does not mean 4-5 players of every t2 team will try to stay together based off the hope that they might win Ascension next year. If a t1 offer comes their way, you can bet your ass they'll take it.
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