Faker's Most Controversial Trophy Explained

Faker and T1 won a tournament last weekend. As news goes – that’s not particularly out of the ordinary.

But, the question is, will this go down as just another trophy in Faker’s cabinet – or his most controversial win yet?

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[justfate]

A stain on Faker’s reputation? For what? Winning an international tournament? I understand the asterisk part, but that take by the “critic” was just absurd to me.

[wrongpagong]

Weird. I don't see why would this stain Faker's Legacy.

[sleepyheartss]

Ima keep it real. No one cares where the tournament is held. We just want to watch the game. No one is suddenly going to like Saudi Arabia more. That’s such an ignorant point of view

[hawaiilacrosse]

Top teams were at the tourney so that validates the trophy. Think it's pretty simple.

[jeffhonasan]

At the end of the day it's still 400k

[yobywon]

It's so strange when you say the same exact things China does but nobody bats an eye since they own Riot, not to mention always when you report this kind of "controversy" as if the US or the UK are burden free of such things.

[vjtnlcs]

With all due respect to everyone. but saying that EWC holds no value is straight up hypocritical. Like many other orgs and companies are backed by countries with shady ethics. Us Air Force endorcement and Tencent backed Riot are just some of those. There is a gradient to how shitty all of it is, but the tournament value to esports should be based on quality of the opposition the teams faced and EWC in that regard is quite high up there.

[joashsoobramoney]

Saudi Arabian guy in the interview said it perfectly, each country has its own traditions, Saudi Arabia has its own customs and trying to impose predominately western logic and customs on a place that has predominately Islamic people is absolutely absurd. The motive behind their customs is their business. Sure it may be shady but I urge you to name a country that doesn't have nefarious motives. This tournament was some fantastic League of Legends and man I love me some T1.

[gusantinon]

Are we pretending US never violated any human rights and isnt full of controversy too? Let my brother Faker get his trophy in peace, damn

[lawlietriver]

The country being what it is has no baring on the tourney itself. It is not like they won any less.

[dooooopy]

Really, none of us gave a fuck but you media channels. We just wanted to watch another international tournament between top teams from different regions

[afkable]

this is not and will not be a blip on T1, Faker, or anyone who chose to join the tourney.
those who participated gave it their all, and anyone that says otherwise is not in a position to do so.
leave the drama out of Esports, and for the love of god stop involving Faker and his name in your titles and controversy. he cares about competing and winning, not your issues and how you slept at night

[Arko_]

Critics are not esports fans. Esports fans just wants to watch exciting and entertaining matches for the games they love, regardless of where the tournament is held.

[Ahmad.s]

I think if every country did a checklist of how many awful things they did before hosting a sport event, US wouldn’t even stand a chance in hosting one! So let’s not mix politics and agenda’s with sports. Just enjoy watching this amazing event 😜

[dannydunzo]

My only questions is why would this be wrong but like not playing in China?

[dyrem]

it's just too hypocritical for critics to call the tourney out for sportswashing.

[BigJohn]

Why is there a controversy in the first place. It’s just a tournament(and a entertaining one at that) let it be and enjoy the games

[rajivrathod]

L news score esports seems to be dropping off

[gibson]

Love that you guys are willing to put out vids regarding politics/human rights, and unfortunately knew most of the commentors were going to be ignorant. Keep up the great work

[yikaiye]

Isn't it crazy how "critics" can just demand others not doing something for their principles just by typing on their phone?

"You cant take Saudi money because me mad."