ok but they are two isolated incidents and not indicative of the entire scene still. Varrel, Gen.G, Nongshim have had zero internal controversy. Korean tier 2 has had no internal controversy. NA has had significantly more internal controversy than Korea but you don't see people making comments like this. Chet was airing out dirty laundry and starting beef with other NA coaches every day, Immi was slandering ex-players in YouTube videos, JonahP was hinting at bad treatment at G2, SEN N4RRATE, etc. etc.

just look at username and post history and you'll see why. guy is just another version of 1One or whatever his name is

i can't really say because i don't want to talk too much about my personal life, but i read a lot of books as a kid

i do think drx have a multitude of problems, but beyn isn't blaming flashback for the state they're in. that's not at all what he's saying. he's saying that, despite all those problems that happened when flashback stepped down, they still kept quiet because he was their teammate for 2 years.

but flashback's recent behaviour has soured that memory, partially because he's been rumoured to be returning to pro play. also as someone else mentioned, he's been doing content on stream like sneaking into the DRX building.

your timelines are mixed up. flashback did not step down due to the SA allegations, in fact, he played Champs and won Kickoff and played Bangkok and then stepped down halfway through Stage 1 due to mental health reasons. There's no public evidence to connect the (proven false I believe) SA allegations with his stepping down.

lmao all good you don't need both anyway

it's also the british way of spelling

alecks mentioned during an interview that they tried to get hyunmin before they picked up patmen, there were also rumours hyunmin was scrimming with prx for the initiator role, which is why hyunmin had a lot of fade clips at the time. also he was playing ranked with jinggg a lot

dunno, he obviously feels strongly about the situation. what does this have to do with korean valorant? does this one incident represent the entire korean scene lol?

not australian, just korean

i think a job/company is different from a job/team. behaviour like this flies better in more enterprise related settings but it's more looked down upon in sports settings like football, for example.

that being said there is indeed nothing wrong with prioritising yourself

i'm literally korean lol

maybe threats was the wrong word but you have somehow equated all of this to be termi's fault in most of your posts. that's kinda crazy

i don't understand how one retired pro's personal drama with his ex-team is meant to be representative of the korean scene as a whole?

did Inspire's benching paint a bad picture of the NA scene or something lol?

this. it personally feels like effluxi is making a statement so they can make veiled threats against termi more than anything lol. i don't like termi either but this just comes off as wanting to make jabs at him any way they can

i translated it too, but yeah your translation is better than mine as i'm kinda roughly doing it lol

working on a translation rn

this fucking guy man has zero punctuation its hard to read

It's a subject that can only lead to bad blood, and my team was too great for weak me to handle and feel motivated with. I will leave it up to my subpar performance and mental. I believed that there was someone either a trial player or a substitute who was a better fit for this team all three times, and I think it was a hasty judgment, so I want to apologise for that as well. To say what I want to say to BeyN and my teammates, my mental was too weak so even though we had good memories and times over 2 years, the bad memories and times stick, and I'm sorry for falling apart and hurting others and showing a weak mental. I was really envious of BeyN overcoming difficult moments even though they appeared more often for him. I admired him for his strength, which was different from me. I hope he keeps winning in the future and does well. Sorry. I would also like to apologise to the fans who, despite their continuous belief and support, I could not improve and could only show a poor display as I ended my professional career. I am really sorry.

rough translation here

there is no career to destroy though. flashback ended his career himself by retiring.

he wants flashback to stop streaming and playing in tier 2 and stay retired out of respect to the team he essentially fucked over by leaving.

whether that's a justified request or not is up to you

nobody really knows what went down except the people directly involved. but beyn spent the first 3 slides providing some context. i'm a lazy bum, so i'm not translating allat (i feel like the last slide kinda sums up his feelings anyway)

don't blame them. free my boy hyunmin

https://x.com/BeYNvlrt/status/2057093060065128712?s=20
It's pretty long, but to sum it up, here is a translation of his last slide and direct message to Flashback:

Minhyeok.

You suddenly asked to be sent down to the Academy team in Stage 1 2025, and I had to quickly fill the Sentinel role because we had no backup player because of it.
I even delayed my appendicitis surgery so we could prepare for the tournament.
And when you came back to the team in Stage 2, you told the team this:

"I know you guys still can't trust me. I'm sorry, it won't happen again. I will win you Champs."
We trusted those words. We always trusted you, comforted you, and tried to go with you.

But in the end you suddenly announced retirement 2 weeks before the roster lock for Kickoff 2026, and we fell apart without any time to make new preparations.
I still can't explain the situation or pain your actions caused us, and I cannot understand your current self.
If you're truly sorry to us and the fans, please stop your streaming activities. Please.

for context, flashback has been making regular stream appearances and there have been rumours of him returning to tier 2.

icl rewatching some of the clips, for that time in the game they are, on their own, actually pretty decent. problem is that the level of gameplay is atrocious

i can see it as a future valuation for sure, i think T1 is close to 100 mill, but not quite there yet (imo)

keep in mind that this profit came after they just threepeated, something no one else has even come close to in LoL history, with the GOAT. Even if they get Chovy after Faker they will never reach that level of success again in terms of achievements combined with popularity.

You also wouldn't be selling to be profitable. Most esports is a moneysink. You do it for the influence and as a stepping stone into the largest entertainment industry in the world, games.
It's why football players, and teams are looking into esports. It's not for profit, but to get a foot into another industry.

for sure, some investors are comfortable with the hit that comes from investing into a volatile scene like esports, but I doubt T1 would really have significant bargaining power if they reached a point where they would want to sell the org.

i also think that wanting esports to be your entryway into the gaming industry is not the best idea as it's still pretty niche even within the world of gaming. casual gamers significantly outnumber competitive gamers.

just because they are profiting does not make them worth what they say they're worth lol. That 100 mill could easily go to another sector or industry where there are companies making more profit at a lower operating cost

esports is one of the worst places to make financial investments because 90% of orgs operate at a loss and arguably the biggest org in the scene just barely made a profit last year after winning by far the most amount of trophies and with the biggest fanbase. what makes you think any investor should buy that org if they're barely squeaking by despite all that? just shows that the market for esports is risky as fuck.

shi you wouldn't have to tell me twice

100 million is a lot. considering T1 made 60 mill in revenue and only 1.4 million in profit (and that is with the success of OFGK), plus esports going through a winter right now, I doubt people would be willing to buy T1 for 100 million.

T1 values itself at 200 million, which is crazy. I think T1 can be worth 100 mill in the future, but right now it's probably not there just yet.

not worth, they are asking for 100 mill. which is pretty high imo, i doubt even T1 is worth that much

karon was like the second best player in kickoff. he's good on basically any role but smokes is his best ofc

racism against indians is normalised everywhere.

still not bad

nothing wrong with my statement unfortunately

santiago, shanghai, and bangkok are now part of korea

i thought the sea guys were the self proclaimed best ragebaiters tho

hoping to see fs win a trophy in london!

entirely self caused btw, no korean person ever said VCT Korea. shit was just other SEA fans doomposting

fuh naw

i don't see people doing that but the ones who are are either retarded or ragebaiting, technically the same thing ig

manifesting another all pacific finals

we had a good run boys, 3 trophies and a podium finish every year for 5 years straight is not bad at all

gl to ge fs and prx, primmie is insane man

save izu btw

it was a good run, 5 years 3 trophies

WE ARE SHIT

fake comeback

korea in shambles we suck

it's without a doubt mini lol, prx won their only trophy with his help and we all know fnatic's achievements

korean gigachad

ahh

how is zeek above meteor forsaken and kangkang

???

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