Some stuff (pertaining to things referencing me) are inaccurate. I wasn't the one who contacted the consulate, there was a person involved I believe her name was Genie Kim (she did a lot of foreigner visa's in Korea for the past 10years). After making her aware of everything I believe she was the one who personally called. The GenG streamer pitch came after T1 was no longer possible and I was trying to figure out another way. That initial call w/ Arnold took place when I was still living at T1 HQ and I believe it was in the cafeteria the call took place initially. A group call with them was then later setup on Kakao Talk. The sponsorship part yes, Nemesis was brought under the same agency as me but not many sponsors were "given" or cut to him the way the video says. Some of my much larger sponsorships I did siphon money from my own contract in order to get him his own contract made and integrate him into the contracts (the super major one the siphon-contract happened with was Mobalytics, followed by what would have been ProGuides, and Skillcapped. A lot of sponsors we had were similar as we had the same agency). Some people might wonder "why do that", but as I stated multiple times on stream I was making hand-over-fist each month and Nemesis was my absolute best friend who I wanted to succeed and feel more comfortable in streaming/getting "brand" reputation (this is a thing where your agency can constantly reference that you've worked with X brands before and thus are more reputable as a brand sponsor). A lot of people constantly ask what happened between us between the obvious public information that we don't talk, and obviously I've stood by I won't discuss things publicly. At one point in my life he was my greatest friend. Despite being my greatest friend we certainly had arguments and disagreements as many friendships can have, and I was also less capable and equipped to handle situations like that compared to the current me of today. In my pursuit of certain things I would lose track of other important characteristics of friendship and there were many things I should've done differently/better in many isolated incidents. Couple this with the 2021 summer where a lot of personal hardships (several people very close to me unexpectedly died in a very short time span to one another) and my mental state lead to me leaving the Incheon house to move over an hour away to be w/ my S/O and "get away" from daily-LoL stuff further adding to my mental stress at that time. I would also say during this time period my unhealthy anxiety relationship w/ money matters lead to some other stickler situations that were certainly just stress inducing for anyone involved (that I can now after 1.5yrs of therapy and finding out I'm an autistic and how that means I quite literally don't perceive emotional situations the same way, allows me to help compartmentalize and handle better). I obviously won't talk about details or anything, nor will I elaborate further on anything that I wrote above. I've firmly stood by my stance that Nemesis is neither a toxic teammate from everything that I witnessed first hand as I was quite literally directly involved with Fnatic at several points in 2020, nor do I think a lot of negativity surrounding his reputation is accurate. He has been and will continue to likely be one of the best players the game has seen and it's very evident to anyone who watches him play. Despite our estrangement to one another now adays I have nothing but respect for him as a player and have only contrition remaining for my inability and ill-equippedness as a person to have been a better friend/person during that timeframe, I still detest anyone who would attempt to smear or undermine his achievements/skill in the game or how he is as a teammate etc. As always "actions over a prolonged period of time are infinitely most honest than any words a human can speak." This will ring true for all matters in life and if people ever want measure something. Scape-goating Nemesis the way he was done by FNC and FNC fans/socials etc is one of the most disturbing things that has happened to an elite player in western league. Edit - The FlyQuest thing would've never had me and Nemesis on the same roster(for aforementioned reasons), the pursuits happened at different times and I believe FlyQuest continued to try to pursue him even after I had declined.
How LOS RATONES revived Nemesis career.
Now he’s on the most hype team „Los Ratones“ and it’s seams like he’s happy there :)
wow respect to LS for doing so much to help others in this weird ass esports environment
21:20 ish. Nemesis and Bwipo played some games together in Korea and talked about this a little. Bwipo said he regretted not caring more about Nemesis' well being and mentioned he did not eat properly at all. I'm not sure if there was more going on than that, but having an eating disorder myself I can tell you that not eating properly alone can hinder your well being and performance by quite a lot.
I never liked Nemesis much, but after watching a lot of his hot takes on league meta and seeing how high he's been climbing in Korea, you can't help but respect the guy.
And now he is the mid laner of the biggest juggernaut in Europe, Los Ratones!
Nemesis was so obviously scapegoated and sacked for the overall bad performances and lack of player synergy. The signs were clear back then, he was literally bullied out of pro-play, yet he keeps showing everyone that he is a brilliant player. I am happy that the guy found recognition elsewhere and was able to hold his own even in such unfavourable circumstances. Respect.
He's an amazing player if not phenomenal, but the team never seemed to have gotten along, the only one who seemed to be the most professional with Nemesis was Rekkles, Hyli and Bwipo who spoke well of him. The system they had at the time wasn't grounded either due to the egos of the players and extremely different opinions.
What's interesting is that Nemesis, Bwipo and Hylli wanted to play together this year. Would've been sick to see them in the LEC
excited to watch this through, appreciate the work you do mate 👍
They should have let the cook, cook. Sounds like that was the kind of guy you wanted as a coach.
I wished Neme learns enough Korean to play on a LCK team tbh. Most eastern jgs are willing to play selflessly at times if their teammates prove worthy and many Korean pros all expressed approval for his play. Idk tho, league's in a rly bad spot for the past few yrs when worlds/msi isn't happening
Props to Bwipo though for apologising and saying he regrets what he said. I think the way he said it was very sincere.
I think for me the craziest thing about the Nemesis narratives is that the same rules seemingly dont apply for the Fnatic iterations after. Supposedly better rosters (especially the Upset dickriding) produced no international results and reached 2 LEC finals in 3 years. Nemesis had to deal with arguably worse circumstances but produced better results. Curious.
to be honest the missed oppertunities and his apparantly ( as it sometimes looks like it) growing dislike of game changes are probably from him being disillusioned about the pro scene. the dude wanted to be a pro, looked up to faker, tried to have the same mentality. gets signed for arguably the most well known EU team for what? to be treat like shit. to pretty much have your dream torn apart in front of you and then be made out to the world that you're a shit player and toxic. can you blame him for not instantly jumping at the chance to rejoin the pro scene
Honestly idk what peps smoking. I've never seen Nemesis be offensive or disrespectful without reasoning
I respect Nemesis a ton and FNC for sure have a rep for being a shithole internally (especially for the past few years) but FNC didn't ruin his pro career. In fact I don't even think it's ruined to this day. If he wants to compete he can, he just needs to finally accept an offer (which he is still getting multiples of every year btw). If he never ends up in pro play again there is only one person to blame and that's himself.
During Covid I really got into League and the Esport scene. I watched those fanatic G2 games and almost all the games from all different regions. I distinctly remember nemesis going toe to toe with Caps without any issue. Self made was always taunted as this amazing jungler but I have yet to see any proof of that. Didn’t work out in Vitality, I watched Nemesis stream here and there and every time he is always playing against the best players in Korea. I want nemesis to go join a pro team (not NA) and give it another go. His steaming career is in a good enough spot he can always come back to it full time. But he might regret not trying again in the future
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