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Glad to see Polt back in Korea and back in e-sports, even if it no longer related to SC2. He's such a smart guy, T1 can really use his brains to try and win the LCK next year. Would explain why he stopped streaming TFT and went quiet on Twitter.
Leak suggests Polt will join T1 in League of Legends
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geokilla
Canada8230 Posts
Glad to see Polt back in Korea and back in e-sports, even if it no longer related to SC2. He's such a smart guy, T1 can really use his brains to try and win the LCK next year. Would explain why he stopped streaming TFT and went quiet on Twitter. | ||
Waxangel
United States33330 Posts
MMA is still a coach on a 2nd division overwatch team. FanTaSy is still a coach on a mid-tier LCK team. MC started out as a coach on a low-tier LCK team. Ex-pros from different games DO get more opportunities in LoL, but this level of direct promotion to a marquee job would be unprecedented. | ||
Poopi
France12779 Posts
On November 03 2020 06:23 Waxangel wrote: Seems pretty weird to be going directly to head coach on the biggest LoL team in Korea? Polt never coached before and has no professional history in LoL. MMA is still a coach on a 2nd division overwatch team. FanTaSy is still a coach on a mid-tier LCK team. MC started out as a coach on a low-tier LCK team. Maybe they took his scholar degrees + english skills into account? | ||
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5500 Posts
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Chris_Havoc
United States600 Posts
Polt going dark may indeed indicate he's been in active negotiations with T1 in October. This is all speculation however. | ||
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ShowTheLights
Korea (South)1678 Posts
On November 03 2020 06:23 Waxangel wrote: Seems pretty weird to be going directly to head coach on the biggest LoL team in Korea? Polt never coached before and has no professional history in LoL. MMA is still a coach on a 2nd division overwatch team. FanTaSy is still a coach on a mid-tier LCK team. MC started out as a coach on a low-tier LCK team. Ex-pros from different games DO get more opportunities in LoL, but this level of direct promotion to a marquee job would be unprecedented. I miss MMA. Greatest player to ever play | ||
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Phredxor
New Zealand15076 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland24978 Posts
On November 03 2020 09:27 Phredxor wrote: It sounds like LS will be the main coach with Polt. LS with the game knowledge etc Polt as man manager plus help bridge the language gap would make some sense. I could see Polt being pretty damn good in such a role, got language chops as well as the experience of maintaining a high level in a solo game while juggling other commitments. Probably a lot of stuff in terms of mentality and structuring practice time efficiently that Polt has some good ideas to pass on. | ||
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redloser
Korea (South)1721 Posts
On November 03 2020 09:27 Phredxor wrote: It sounds like LS will be the main coach with Polt. LS with the game knowledge etc Polt as man manager plus help bridge the language gap would make some sense. Afaik LS is pretty damn good in Korean, so I doubt that he would need Polt to translate him | ||
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2449 Posts
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8637 Posts
the appointment of joe marsh as ceo for t1 seems to be increasingly questionable as time goes on. more interested in bringing in personalities to the organisation rather than actual quality. literally making t1 into a na team. some early reactions to the news: http://www.inven.co.kr/webzine/news/?news=246584&iskin=esports http://www.inven.co.kr/webzine/news/?news=246601&iskin=esports (this article quotes joe marsh saying an announcement will be made next week) the comments are generally: you kicked out coach kim for these guys? t1 is an entertainment company now next season is fked. if admin doesnt get their shit together there wont be any point left in rooting for t1 the coach (ls) is the bigger problem than the appointment of the head coach they picked ls even after the shit he pulled with bbq one and untara? etc etc. safe to say joe marsh is not receiving much plaudits for this decision and polt/ls (ls in particular) do not have good standing amongst korean t1 fans already. even worse is that the season has only officially just finished but t1 is ready to make an announcement imminently meaning joe marsh was set on this way before he even looked at better candidates during the transfer window. ive been a skt fan since i started posting at tl and this is the least interested i have been in this team's success. what an absolute farce. wish skt would just kick comcast out and take the team back tbh | ||
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[Phantom]
Mexico2170 Posts
On November 03 2020 06:23 Waxangel wrote: Seems pretty weird to be going directly to head coach on the biggest LoL team in Korea? Polt never coached before and has no professional history in LoL. MMA is still a coach on a 2nd division overwatch team. FanTaSy is still a coach on a mid-tier LCK team. MC started out as a coach on a low-tier LCK team. Ex-pros from different games DO get more opportunities in LoL, but this level of direct promotion to a marquee job would be unprecedented. I was under the impression MMA was the headcoach of dynasty warriors? (the best team in season 1 OWL). Was he "only" a regular coach and not the headcoach? Was he demoted? Or did I just understood incorrectly and he was the head of their junior team or something? | ||
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Aeromi
France14456 Posts
On November 03 2020 13:45 [Phantom] wrote: I was under the impression MMA was the headcoach of dynasty warriors? (the best team in season 1 OWL). Was he "only" a regular coach and not the headcoach? Was he demoted? Or did I just understood incorrectly and he was the head of their junior team or something? MMA is a coach for the Seoul Dynasty while MC is working on the youth program at Gen.G which is the sister company of Seoul Dynasty. | ||
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sneakyfox
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Waxangel
United States33330 Posts
On November 03 2020 17:45 Aeromi wrote: MMA is a coach for the Seoul Dynasty while MC is working on the youth program at Gen.G which is the sister company of Seoul Dynasty. Ah, wasn't aware he got promoted to the main OWL team. But the point still stands; even players who were all-time greats in other games typically have to start at a lower position and work their way up. | ||
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Ziggy
South Korea2105 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland24978 Posts
On November 03 2020 13:18 evilfatsh1t wrote: im not aware of who polt is so i cant really comment on his suitability of the role but i am well aware of who ls is and the fact that hes on course to be appointed as coach of t1 is an absolute joke. hes probably the least equipped person to take on a coaching role, not to mention the fact that its laughable that he could bring anything to the team with his coaching when hes surrounded by players like faker and teddy. the appointment of joe marsh as ceo for t1 seems to be increasingly questionable as time goes on. more interested in bringing in personalities to the organisation rather than actual quality. literally making t1 into a na team. some early reactions to the news: http://www.inven.co.kr/webzine/news/?news=246584&iskin=esports http://www.inven.co.kr/webzine/news/?news=246601&iskin=esports (this article quotes joe marsh saying an announcement will be made next week) the comments are generally: you kicked out coach kim for these guys? t1 is an entertainment company now next season is fked. if admin doesnt get their shit together there wont be any point left in rooting for t1 the coach (ls) is the bigger problem than the appointment of the head coach they picked ls even after the shit he pulled with bbq one and untara? etc etc. safe to say joe marsh is not receiving much plaudits for this decision and polt/ls (ls in particular) do not have good standing amongst korean t1 fans already. even worse is that the season has only officially just finished but t1 is ready to make an announcement imminently meaning joe marsh was set on this way before he even looked at better candidates during the transfer window. ive been a skt fan since i started posting at tl and this is the least interested i have been in this team's success. what an absolute farce. wish skt would just kick comcast out and take the team back tbh Wait SKT isn’t running SKT anymore? Don’t follow League at all so I’m just picking up bits and pieces. It would be very odd and indeed sad if one of [i]the[\i] iconic eSports orgs were run into the ground. I’m not generally one for flag waving but if ever there was an org that should be resolutely Korean it’s SKT surely? | ||
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8637 Posts
skt getting american influence was disappointing to begin with but now the results are speaking for themselves. na running the team into the ground lol | ||
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Chris_Havoc
United States600 Posts
On November 03 2020 20:41 evilfatsh1t wrote: t1 is now a joint venture between skt and comcast. afaik skt has majority ownership but it seems management of the team has been outsourced to na, which is why joe marsh is ceo. its also why t1 has picked up more game titles now (dota, fortnite, valorant, pubg etc) skt getting american influence was disappointing to begin with but now the results are speaking for themselves. na running the team into the ground lol Which is one reason why T1 adding Polt as a coach is an interesting idea. Polt is bii-lingual being fluent in both Korean & English. He originally competed in SC2 in Korea, but moved to the U.S.in 2013 for university and to compete in the StarCraft 2 WCS. I am wondering if T1 wants Polt as coach in part due to his bi-lingual language skills and his crossover appeal to the NA market from Polt's days as "Captain America" in the WCS. | ||
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8637 Posts
his english profiency is quite honestly worthless in his role as head coach of t1's lol roster. other than having to now converse with ls, everyone else from admin staff to players is korean. the head coach's other responsibilities are likely to include managing player schedules, scrim schedules, overall player management, in game feedback and coaching, draft analysis and coaching and picking the player rosters for matchdays. out of the above polt (who from what i hear has zero experience in the lol scene and the game) is probably able to fulfil 2 responsibilities; player schedules and player management. i highly doubt polt would be even able to organise scrims for the first portion of his tenure because he doesnt know anyone in the scene. all of the above is not even taking into account the fact that this guy has zero management experience to begin with. questionable doesnt even begin to describe how bad of an appointment this is on paper. its the equivalent of ivanka being hired by donald trump, except there doesnt seem to be obvious nepotism. the only rational explanation ive been able to think of to support why such unqualified people have been hired to "coach" the team is because theres been a consensus that faker should take on a bigger role within the team. shotcalling and drafting was a major issue for t1 last season, with players being shuffled around to see which combination has the least communication issue. perhaps t1 decided that faker just becomes player/coach and does the feedback/drafting and in game shot calling. not many people would be better qualified to do that job anyway. unfortunately this doesnt solve the riddle of why the hell LS has been appointed though. | ||
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