T1 has issued a statement to League of Legends fans in the present day, requesting them to respect its gamers’ privacy.
In a message posted on social media, the group requested fans to respect its gamers, chorus from asking them for photos and autographs on sport days, and keep away from ready for them outdoors their crew homes.
“We would really like to ask fans to maintain their distance for their security and their privacy,” T1 stated. “Please present your respect for the gamers when they’re close to HQ, particularly earlier than and after the video games, as they want to put together in peace.”
The org added that due to a rise of COVID-19 instances in South Korea, fans must also keep away from partaking in any direct contact with the gamers for the sake of their security. “We ask the fans to your cooperation to defend and respect the gamers’ privacy in addition to create a protected fan/participant tradition,” T1 stated.
This assertion follows harsh calls for made by T1 fans on Aug. 4. A handful of fans dispatched a truck to LoL Park—the LCK venue in Seoul, South Korea—with an indication that learn: “Incompetent head coach. Coach who’ve demoted agreed his bundle of means. The reply is: rent coaches who received Worlds.” This was repeated on Aug. 14 throughout T1’s sequence towards Nogshim RedForce.
Despite these actions being referred to as out by the League community, T1 mid laner Faker sympathized with fans, saying “no matter fans do, it begins from the love in direction of the crew” and expressed that “T1 ought to do more durable to repay the love the fans give us.”
T1 have already secured a spot within the playoffs of the 2022 LCK Summer Split. They will return to motion tomorrow towards Liiv SANDBOX.