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T1, the most successful club in League of Legends esports, has encountered many difficulties this year, and has faced a lot of crises from the inside out, and Joe Marsh, as CEO, has also become the biggest ghost of T1's poor performance.

And yesterday, there was another big event at the T1 club.

Club CIO runs away, a red flag for T1

Here's the thing, T1 Club CIO (Chief Information Officer) Tucker Roberts deleted his social media resume, his true identity is in doubt, it is certain that this Tucker Roberts is the core figure in the founding of T1, SKT changed its name to T1 in 2019, and the company behind it Comcast took a stake in power.

Tucker Roberts, the son of Comcast Chairman Brian Roberts, was highlighted as a key figure when SKTelecom and Comcast formed T1 as a joint venture.

And when T1 won the championship, he also appeared on the stage for a group photo, and is widely regarded as the big man behind the scenes of the T1 club.

But the big man recently deleted T1-related content and bio from all of his social media, which was seen by viewers as a red flag for the T1 club.

It has been pointed out that the act of deleting resumes may be a precautionary cut to the risk of business failure and should have a lot to do with the operating losses of the T1 club, while the article published by the Korean media Digital Mail pointed out that Tucker Roberts is not the owner of the club, holding only 0.6% of the shares, and has never actually operated T1, but his departure is indeed a bad sign for T1.

T1 suffered heavy losses and relied on the LOL division

Tucker Roberts once led the operation of the G4 resurrection project in the United States, which is similar in nature to the well-known Korean game channel OGN, but suddenly closed in 2022 due to unfavorable operations, and then all employees unanimously pointed to Tucker Roberts as the core responsible for the business failure.

Tucker Roberts has been accused by former employees of being a capricious person, frequently changing key decisions, constantly adjusting the YouTube channel that G4 is supposed to operate, causing a large diversion of viewers, and multiple changes that exacerbate the chaos.

In short, Tucker Roberts' role in G4 is somewhat similar to that of Joe Marsh, looking like an inner ghost.

It also shows everyone's stereotype of the rich second generation, and on the T1 club's side, the most likely reason why Tucker Roberts deleted his resume and ran away is that the T1 club has also continued to face a deterioration in its financial situation recently, according to the official audit report, T1's net loss for the current period in 2024 will reach 6.3 billion won.

The total capital plummeted from 17.9 billion won to 1.8 billion won, the total debt reached 389.3 billion, and the U.S. subsidiary was in a state of loss for three consecutive years.

The crisis of T1 is also the crisis of LOL

It can be said that the T1 club is making money from the LOL division, but this year the LOL division also has a huge problem, and the loss of T1 when Zeus leaves the team cannot be compensated.

Personally, I think the root of all this is Joe Marsh's outrageous operation in the transfer period last year.

You must know that the T1 team won the championship in S6, and after S7 was swept, it took six years to win the next championship.

Once it is said that this year's results are not good, then T1 is likely to enter the next accumulation cycle, but whether Faker's career can support the time of the next cycle, the answer is no, and League of Legends e-sports may also be coming to an end, and T1's last glory may be stuck in last year, which is a more terrifying thing.

Once T1 falls and Faker retires, then LOL esports may come to an end, when the commercial value and popularity decline significantly, everyone's interest in the project will gradually dissipate, from this point of view, the crisis of T1 is also the crisis of the entire League of Legends.