T1 is one of the most popular esports organizations in the world featuring in almost every esport you can think of. They have many titles to their name, however this year they have had continuous struggles with almost every major esport.
T1’s disappointing 2020 – League of Legends
Starting with League of Legends, T1 had a very disappointing end to the season. In the Spring Split they were performing extremely well, finishing 2nd place in the group stage. Then progressing in the playoffs and winning it all in the Grand Finals versus Gen.G to be crowned champions of Korea for the 9th time.
Despite their great start to the year, they could not replicate the same performance in the Summer Split. T1 finished 5th in the group stage which got them in the Wildcard round versus Afreeca Freecs. They lost the match and ended the Summer Split in 5th. They were then given a 2nd opportunity to advance to Worlds via the Regional Finals. T1 had performed really well, up until the Grand Finals versus Gen.G where they got clean sweeped 3-0. Missing the League of Legends World Championship for the first time.
VALORANT
At the start of VALORANT, T1 were one of the most hyped up teams considering they picked up some of the best North American CS:GO players. During the closed beta, and shortly after the game was launched T1 had been dominating the region alongside TSM. Their best placement at an event was at T1 x Nerd Street Gamers Showdown where they got 2nd place, losing to their rivals, TSM.
Credits: T1
A few months passed and T1 were only getting worse with every event. This led to the benching of Skadoodle, where coach fRoD had to step in and replace him while they found a suitable 5th. They did not manage to find anyone which fit into the roster, and after another terrible result, T1 released both Crashies and Food. Now, just like 100 Thieves, they are rebuilding the roster with hopes of getting better results.
Overwatch
They’ve also had a horrible season In Overwatch. In the first season of the Overwatch Contenders in Korea, the team ended the group stage in 3rd place after getting a 100 points with a victory in Week 1. In the playoffs they were against RunAwa y which beat them 3-1, dropping T1 to the loser bracket. There they met with Gen.G which beat them 3-2 and knocked them out of the playoffs, ending the 1st Season in 7th-8th place.
Now in the 2nd Season of the Overwatch Contenders in Korea, T1 have already lost all 3 matches in their group stage and are sitting in last place. Them having a score of -7 clarifies that they will not be progressing forward to the playoff stage, and ending the 2nd season in 9th-10th place.
T1’s disappointing 2020 – What’s next?
As you can clearly see above, their results this year have not been promising; however, every organisation has its ups and downs. T1’s disappointing 2020 should be used as a learning curve for the future. All they have to do is look back, see what went wrong, apply the changes and move on. They will certainly be missed in this year’s League of Legends World Championship, however it will be very exciting to see new Korean teams perform instead.
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