Con la final del mundial ya algo mas reposada, en la que Samsung Galaxy consiguió su segundo título mundial frente a SK Telecom T1, y con tiempo para empezar a ver reacciones de fans y de la scene, me gustaría plantear en el subforo la siguiente pregunta:
SKT, ¿y ahora qué?
Me explico, SKT ha tenido uno de los * peores * años de su historia, si no el peor, aunque esto para esta squad signifique ganar 1 título doméstico, ser finalista en el otro, ganar un gran torneo internacional y ser finalista en los mundiales.
La llegada de Huni y Peanut al equipo en primavera sustituyendo a Duke y Bengi ha dado en la tecla para los tricampeones, y ni Untara ni Blank desde el banquillo les han servido para darle la vuelta a la situación durante el año. Un año en el que solo Faker ha parecido querer jugar ya que su botlane ha estado completamente desaparecida y la parte de arriba del mapa no ha respondido cuando era mas necesaria.
Esto hace saltar muchas dudas en el equipo de cara a 2018, dudas como:
- ¿Seguirán Bang y Wolf en el equipo?
- ¿Sirven Huni y Peanut para el nivel de exigencia de SKT?
- ¿Es necesario cambiar algo en el staff? ¿Ha estado kkoma y su equipo a la altura?
- En caso de salida de jugadores, que equipo montaria MV para reconstruir a SKT?
Son solo algunas preguntas que se me ocurren, extendeos sobre los temas que querais del equipo, la idea es debatir sobre que ha pasado y como es posible que lo solucionen en 2018.
Para introducir un poco mas el tema, dejo tres textos, el primero de Deilor, una defensa de Huni y su actuación, y los dos siguiente de Thescore y ESPN, donde plantean el futuro de SKT y como su derrota no es el fin de una era:
Hey everyone, welcome to my Facebook page!
During the last few months I've been considering creating this page to share my thoughts on Lol, coaching and other topics. Twitter's 140
character limit forced me to compress and chop my message so much that I just ended up not writing at all.Yesterday I spent the day coaching Movistar Riders and couldn't watch the Worlds. Today I caught up and although it was a 3-0, I really enjoyed the series.
There were a lot of Tweets, videos and Reddit threads about Faker crying after losing.
It was heartbreaking to watch faker cry but I actually feel bad for Huni. He had a rough year: evolving as a (tanks in his champion pool), playing vs the best tops in the world, getting benched and being criticised a lot.
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We see the term "dynasty" echoed in sports all the time. The Belichick Patriots, Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United, Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls, The New York Yankees' “New Dynasty” — dynasties for sports normally exist for many years and across all different kinds of sports. In esports, the biggest games today have yet to see runs that rival the period of dominance seen in other competitive activities.
That all was to change with SK Telecom T1. The team was poised to really cement their dynasty as the grand storyline from this pre-franchising era of League of Legends. Namely, the team was looking to carve their name into over half of the World Championships in history, and cement themselves as the kings of LoL even when they were looking the weakest that they ever have going into the tournament.
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In February of 2013, Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok debuted as SK Telecom T1's rookie prodigy. Even with the buzz from solo queue, no one could have predicted the rise of the star mid laner who would change the landscape of League of Legends, inspiring and challenging players from all over the world for a chance to take down the Unkillable Demon King.
Almost five years after Faker's debut, he and SKT fell for the first time in a best-of-five at a League of Legends World Championship, but that's less shocking than it sounds. In the offseason leading up to the 2017 world championship, a handful of the old stars that pushed SKT out of a worlds berth the only time in Faker's career returned. Some of the greatest talents in LoL flooded League Champions Korea, and KT Rolster formed a roster with the express purpose of defeating Faker's SKT.
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