The Fall of League's Two-Timing Superstar
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2023
- Rekkles was once the face of Fnatic's League of Legends team.
But commitment can be a challenge - and he chose to seek glory elsewhere.
Then, after years of trying and failing to get to the next level with other teams, Rekkles came crawling back to the org that once made him a superstar - Fnatic - hoping to recapture some of the old magic.
Except it was already too late.
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Hey everyone, we had a few errors in this video. G2 did lose to Rogue in the LEC Spring 2021- it just wasn't in the finals. They were also bested by Fnatic at the Summer split but the trophy ultimately went to MAD Lions. We sincerely apologize for the errors.
Not only that, the video just doesnt seem up to par of your usual standards.
Completely forgot that G2 kept him contract locked with insane buyout price, no lec team could get him. They made it to world finals in 2018, in 2020 Rekkles and Hyli were insane, best bot lane from EU easiy. Getting solo kills, destroyed TES until reverse sweep. Calling Rekkles's time a failure was such a lie.
Also you seriously calling him two timing? Thats disgusting. His contract was over, he saw G2 had better opportunities and took it. Its basic contract negotiations, no employee is entitled to stay with an employer forever. The general narrative and portrayal of the situation was frankly disgusting.
Your content is usually much much better so this video was a shock as a fan that follows league thoroughly
gotta agree with the other guy under me, not a very good video
@@TheMineA7 Relax my guy. You are not the end all be all. Yes they made a mistake but they apologised. What more do you want from them ?
@@TheMineA7 They often steal ideas and narratives from smaller content creators' videos and rebrand them as their own without crediting them
Great! Didnt have too type a MAD comment! xd
he's been a little reckless with his career
How long did it take you to think of this?
Thanks Sherlock Holmes
@@gregoryjohnson7231 a while, i got a week notice this vid was dropping and so i started brainstorming clever comments.
@@wormindirt1 damn bro a week? I would have needed a months notice
Omedeto
Reaching finals in 2018 was a success in my eyes, at least for EU as a region.
Biggest EU success was the 2019 era of G2, winning MSI and reaching finals at worlds. Sadly they got 3-0ed by FPX.
@@TheRadBrother yes ofc 2019 G2 had more success.
I think the point is that on the video he claimed that this FNC roster didn't had success at worlds witch is false
@@nicolasries6259 Yeah i think it's pretty dumb to say FNC didn't have success, they made finals and won series' every year. You compare that to LCS teams that are happy to win 2 games in their first series and realize that compared to most western teams they were one of the better all time.
ontop comes that in this era Fnc/Eu made quarter at worlds more often than before which is also a sucess to me. So i really agree with you saying that he really undersold rekkles/FNC there
@@TheRadBrother listen g2 won msi VS TL ... that isnt a damn accomplishment. how the actual fuck IG lost that series is beyond me. You me and your grandmother knew TL wasnt supposed to win that.
Mistakes were made at 6:20 mark, the MAD Lions won both Splits in 2021, not Rouge and FNC
I was thinking the same. They just listed the teams they lost to xD
The clear takeaway of the video is that you shouldn't get your entire arm tattooed. Clear correlation between this and his downfall.
its all that ink in his blood stream and lymph nodes
still makes no sense to me how what someone does to their bodies get people this retarded online, kinda crazy
i was thinking of the same thing actually
he went from normal dude who was top tier adc to edgy tattoo cringelord who couldnt make it out of groups...
@@TruthHurtsLikeH3ll Dont forget about the nail polish too...
I've never really been a fan of Rekkles or Fnatic, but it's really sad to see someone's career have this kind of downfall.
I can't imagine what he must've felt every time the decision that he thought would be best proved to be the opposite.
He's been playing from the early days, there was no real downfall in his play, only better and hungrier competition . He reached his prime with Fnatic and then came what comes for every athlete in every sport that was once on top of the game. In normal sports it's the age that catches up with the atheletes, here it's the fact that a 18 year old kid from korea that's been playing since first grade and doesn't have any responsibility is more motivated and in a fresher mental state comes in.
he is unable to adapt different metas and playstyles. 🤷🏻♀️
dont mean to be sexist or whatever but the earrings tells it all.
@@pizzapower95 what do they tell?
Yh but tbf 99.9% of people that want to be the best at any given thing will fail at it, atleast he has solace in the fact he got pretty damn close
6:20
this isnt correct? they lost to rogue and then fnatic but mad won both splits?
Yep you're right !
That series vs Top Esports still haunting me , I was watching live with a friend of mine They were 2 0 up they had played perfectly and after something happened , after that reverse sweep I know I was so upset like 2 3 days really hard days.
Nemesis just got gapped. Rekkless was still doing fine with Hyli
same here remember the senna predicting jackylove ezreal dash with his w
Rekkles and Hylli was the best bottom lane that worlds
These downfall stories always makes me wonder and marvel at Faker's career... Consistent Top 3 in the world for last 2 years after what a decade of playing damn...
Yet people still find a way to trash talk him, even though on top of being a very good player, he's really humble
Faker gifted with mechanics to even make it pro but also has insane dedication to the game. It’s insane.
@@TheRagheb95 yea just cuz everyonle caught up to him doesnt mean he still isnt world class. hes not #1 undisputed mechanically anymore but his longevity at the top level is insane
@@TheRagheb95 that's normal, they don't like people who never give up, because they gave up easily, seeing Faker boils their incompetence
almost all other orgs offer him way way waaaaaay more money than T1 is paying him, yet he remains. That's loyalty, and it's rare nowadays on sports. Especially for ego boosted, drama magnet people like Rekkles.
Did you guys hear the years?
Dude was performing for a decade.
I miss the long documentaries where u highlighted players. This feels more like a drama piece from an independent youtuber
That's a series called "The story of ...".
I think they still release these series, but just a bit slower compared to their other series.
@@michael22000 true, and there are only a number of interesting players with stories
@@akeno6752 that's also true. 😢
they really just being disrespectfull to the dude for no reason lmao
@@goticogordowatching this is actually what really happened. They just edit the highlight.
And now he's in the LCK with T1's challenger squad. Not much of a fall, more like reconsidering his options.
In my opinion instead of leaving improving his teammates by communicating leaving and joining is the only thing he has in mind to win more but a team stands together win or lose you have to adapt to new meta and new strategies or create better synergy the lack of better synergy is just too massive compared to teams that work and stay together for a while.
english pls
i had cancer reading this please learn to use commas it makes a huge difference
I remember Rekkles in top form back in his early career in G2. You can’t knock his decline. In every sport each athlete reaches their limit eventually. He’s an OG and deserves some respect.
early career in G2 what ?
@@Zeratul123able I meant Fnatic lol
I've been following Rekkless ever since he was just a prospect, before Fnatic. It saddens me to see how such a promising player has been through so much. Mad respect, though. You can see the built-up stress all over his face and body, but his eyes are still as shiny as ever. As someone who has been through major slumps in his professional and personal life as well, I'm glad you're still fighting, so will I. Perhaps, someday, both of us will get the glory once promised.
I thought this was going to be a story about his fall as a person but it’s just a story about his failures in league. Y’all can call it a failure but I think he’s had an amazing career. It’s like saying all nba stars that failed to win a championship are “fallen players”. Nah that logic is broken.
U have to be high to fall, no one is calling his career a failure buts hes fallen a long way
They for sure digging deep on this lol
Crazy they called second place at worlds a failure when at the time it was the best the west had done since s1.
The way he's lost and how he's acted towards players and orgs is what makes your analysis flawed. I warned everyone before he joined G2 that he wouldn't stylistically fit. They're agro and calculated yolo. He's always been the play it safe, don't take a 50/50 or worse unless you absolutely have to.
Jankos, Miky, Hyli, etc. have all gotten serious flack for his poor performance. Not just from fans either. Analysts, coaches, orgs have seemed to blame others too. That's an unnecessary mental toll, team friction, and drop in market value for them.
You can see the same thing has happened over DL's career in NA.
Both are highly skilled adcs who at one time were the best in their region no doubt. But because of that, their flaws often got overlooked, blame shifted to others around them, and in some cases teams warped or teammates' potential limited due to having to play around an adc that only knew their way of playing.
Compare that to how some of his former teammates (Hyli, Jankos for example) have elevated the performance of those around them on multiple teams. And even when they could have rightfully criticized allies or orgs (like Jankos on H2K, Hyli on UOL who had to 1v2 bot lane and often did), they didn't. They never tore others down to look better.
@@josephbirrenkott7993 I mean in spring Rekkles and Miky were insane together and Hily and Rekkles are just an iconic duo who have nothing but love for each other.
Its just summer in G2 where they fell apart and this year where tbh FNC has just had very questionable rosters.
But I mean Rekkles has always been a person who split the whole community into people hating every move he makes and people who will look the other way every time he makes a mistake.
Truth is, he is still a great adc but where he was ahead of others couple of years ago, they've all catched up if not overtaken him these days.
I think he still had more to offer as an adc in LEC and he prob couldve done a fine job with this roster as well in summer, but I can understand he's looking for a change after 10 years of playing adc.
As a FNC fan im sad to not have him play in summer, but I mean noah is pretty cracked so not complaining to much 😂
I always wonder what happened to these pros after a few years. CLG chauster is literally an accountant now after being out of esports for a decade.
Fnatic has already signed a new ADC btw. And Rekkles has committed to a roleswap to support, but not for the fnatic main team. Did the research team not check anything from the past 2 months?
The New ADC was NOah who fromerly played for KT Rolster, and also signed a contract a secondary support with Trymbi a former RGE player
I'm five minutes in, and there's been basically zero commentary on what contributed to his losses, or on anything for that matter. Didn't we learn in middle school to add our own thoughts to quotes?
Oh boy now that's an inflammatory title
Also it's kinda harsh saying that he's out of it, FNC in spring looked decent enough and had a ton of problems outside of the botlane
I like the relationship theme you did with this video
Rekkles physical change and his abilities in game are directly correlated
I really wish the best for him.
I still remember when the news ran a story about Rekkles being too young having to wait a year to join LEC here in sweden. He is the GOAT here for sure.🎉
Carlos tried to fuck over even Perks by sending him to C9.
I'm wondering if you'll do a follow-up for the thing NO ONE saw coming, he's going to T1 academy
bro is giving off fly and s4 betrayal aura
Seeing rekkles look change (i hate it so much) for the first time makes me realize how long i havent heard anything of league esports aside from worlds.
why he made his whole arm black???
he doesnt wanna stop playing for kda
He doesn't deserve the hate tho. But nowadays, all players/teams/orgs are getting bashed for so little.
sorry but the guy have zero professional ethics and only cares for himself. I am not saying he deserve it but he built his own pile of shit and climbed it, all by himself.
Well he didn't learn from his mistakes did he ? Leaving fnatic for elements cause soaz sucked ass and he tought there he will dominate. Didn't happen and came back home. Second chance ? Sure. But leaving for g2 was the worst choice ever. He pissed off all the fnatic fans, went to a team that doesn't have respect for any of their players and at the time crycelote(Who never stopped acting like a 4 year old on crack) had a say in the org. No third chances I'm afraid should have been given, he should have gone to Hyli and that's that. Doesn't change the fact he still was the best adc in his prime and uzi lovers can stick their angry little fists up their ass
He kinda does deserve a lot of it. Not the more extreme haters, but he definitely isn't the guy he was when he started playing.
Laying blame or even just staying silent and letting others blame his teammates for his failures multiple times. Being inflexible in his style of play. Try being a toplaner and only knowing one playstyle. Even TheShy gets hate comparable to Rekkles as well as overly forgiving fanboys. And he has a worlds trophy to his name. Rekkles does not.
And while for a time he did work to improve FNC before joining G2, he's shown a lot of streaks of abandoning teams/players rather than elevating them. Compare to how former teammates like Jankos or Hyli elevate those around them - still delivering stellar individual performances AND improving the gameplay of their teammates.
@@josephbirrenkott7993 he cant be the guy he was when he started... :D he was 15 and as soon as he turned 16 he was on the main roster.... he wasnt completly grown up or anywhere near being developed in mind yet. he was a kid
@@j.w.2166 Oh, I see. Other teens and 20's in both esports and real world jobs or school can hold themselves to professional standard or be considered of poor conduct, but we make exception for one guy.
Yes, everyone else who bad talks coworkers, peers, or teammates is unprofessional or disrespectful. But for him, is ok. Makes sense now. My bad. Clearly I was not thinking.
Then he joins T1 academy as a support
holy shit i thought that was leffen in the thumbnail
man you don't gotta do rekkles like that :(
This happened with Na'vi as well, with Dendi in Dota 2. after the group split up in like 2013?
bgm?
Does Rekless after so many years on the eu top need to work a single day in his life ?
And now he's with T1 Acadamy
Rekkles ruined his own path. Nothing more nothing less.
winter and spring was hard top - mid - jgl gap on fnc
Their entire season is them literally figuring out the new LEC format 😂😂
Winter: Oh..... standings DO matter
Spring: Oh.... we have to win TWO games
Summer: (Work in Progress)
I mean you cant blame him can you, he is like the harry kane of league of legends, he just wants some trophy
Rekless's downfall makes me so sad. I've been a G2 fan since 2019 and seeing him on G2 was so hype. He was just playing so clean and everygame they lost he was just like sorry I couldn't carry while being 10/0. I don't understand how they fucked that split so hard and I miss watching him play adc at the caliber that he used to
Watch the games and look at the others in the team. They let him down, and it doesn’t help that Rekkles plays in the safer side.
you forgot to mention that no player wanted to play with Rekkles
Why not mentioning that he roleswapped to support now? Imo that's a big change. Will it be a good one? We'll need to see, but this time it will be do or die i think.
But didn't fnc announced their roster yesterday? Rekkles ain't on
6:20 that is actually not true, the spring was won by MAD, while in the summer FNC lost to MAD in the final
he tryed to balance his private life with his career. but when the competition is all in you will fall behind. there is a price to pay when you want to stay at the top
The only thing Fnatic forgot after signing Rekkles is to chnage their org name to Lunatic’s
Ayo does that Reckless is coming to NA?
when did u make this video guys? Rekkles didnt even play in LEC today.... And he is support now btw. Seems like you did not update urselves
6:22 ???? Bro its not hard to fact check what you say. Rogue did not win spring, and Fnatic did not win the summer trophy. What???
his career got rekt
Seems to me Rekkles was more focused on trying to the League's Version of MGK Lmfao.
Wow what a title … the truth he got old
Even if the title is inflammatory, its still true...
i think youll find his name is REKKELS!
Rekkles will remain the best adc europe has had and one of the best players in the world. Period.
Well in europe forgiven had insane peak, unforunately hes mentally ill toxic cuck. Besides that perkz won more internationally than rekkles as adc.
And rekkles name might be one of the best in west but theres countless better players in the east.
I am just asking about league. When you change your language it always reverts back to original language after any uptade. Did anyone also experience this?
Rekkles looks like Leffen in the thumbnail
It's common thing in all of sports. Superstar players come from humnle beggings then get paid and turn into a person who starts being about fame and fashion with an enormous ego when in fact they're in the twilight of their careers. See Russell Westbrook, Cam Newton, P.K. Subban.
Rekkles
I'm only going to say 1 thing, team gap. Look at every single performance made by Rekkles. He was either MVP, ACE or had a good KD. Not Rekkles fault his team was heavy a lot of the games he played.
Dude… 2018 when FNC was smashing through teams in their way to finals. Was fucking sick to watch, every single game was Rekkles and Hyli completing gapping their enemies. Them having to literally drag the others to victory. So what do other teams do? They focus him and the other teammates never stepped up or just showed moments of shine.
You forget that KC had projects to go into the LEC and they were very close to make it
He couldn’t have joined them because G2 held him in the castle hostage.
remember 2017 worlds when he flashed forward on twitch and solo threw a game they were about to win lol
I think you should rewarch it and analyze why he does that lol
I was a big fan of rekkles but I think this janna garen botlane meta washed my boy up. I think he always wanted the stomp again like in the first years of his career that this fact made him lose and made him to mistakes instead of focusing on improve. Meanwhile every other adc was reaching his former level and even got better even when he was the best adc europa had back in the days.
FNC 2018 was peak botlane
Reckless is still a W
no
😂😂😂
@@tove1873 what's ur rank, link your account, i want to see what rank is the my boi that thinks he can be negative to a person that plays peak league of legends and is a legend in the game's history
@@welheizel9682 you dont have to be lebum james to meme him.
@@Vivinski7 well it would help... what did the hater achieve? you can criticize him(in proper ways) if youre not lebron, but dont uselessly hate around or dont agree with the things he achieved working so hard for.
cared more about his image and ego than playing
Uh oh
Well, soon it's gonna be perkz video ... :(
Seriously what is the story of his sleeve tattoos? They seemed cool at first but looks like turned into an issue after just blacking everything out. Soon he will have his whole body in black ink.
Yeah, to me it looks like the fame got to his head and he's going overboard with his image makeover
Somehow Rekkles appearance switches between Greta Thunberg's sibling, a German Soccer player (Marco Reus) and Malphoy from the Harry Potter movies.
Personally, I think LoL teams begin to make the same mistakes as other sports clubs, where they try to collect the biggest names based on statistics and wonder why they don't perform like they should.
I'm not watching LoL eSports very actively, but one thing I noticed with Rekkles is that he lacks the confidence he once had... either in himself or his support.
We don't call Guardian a superstar now that he's no longer relevant, can we stop doing so with the giga washed Diva that is Rekkles. Last time bro won, it was called "EULCS" its been five years. He couldn't even take a Role swapped mid-lane's place in bot and win a split. Dude's just not good anymore.
🤡 🔝
mayhaps the thing that'll help rekless get his career back on track is just simply teaching the next generation how things is going and then try to corespond that to his own gameplay.... also the old moto of IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT may apply here too
Playing and coaching takes different kind of skill. Just because someone is a good player doesn't mean they will make a good coach. I don't know if he got what it take
His playstyle has been outdated for years. He's calculated safe when what you need is calculated agro. Hence why he never meshed with the other 4 G2 members... or Hyli although the latter's ability to adapt and the trust/xp built up over seasons helped overcome some of it.
He's basically old H2K formulaic. Which means at peak, you can make it to worlds and even past group stage. But you'll never win it all that way. You have to be able to take the 50/50's or even some 40/60's and trust in you and your allies skills to outplay. And then be good enough to actually do so vs other international teams. If you can't either because not enough skill or because of mentally refusing such risks, then you'll never be world champion.
Honestly seems like the dude went a bit crazy or is having a mental health crisis of some kind.
okay so fnc losing to SK is supposed to be his fault or what.. hes the only positive score line on the team.. i think fnc has play skill issues and its not from the adc position
Rekkles will always be that way. Because he plays super safe/reserved/defensive. Like sometimes even if it mean's you'll die for it, simply trading kills or delaying the enemy a bit more can mean the other team doesn't get a followup objective or end the game. Or not bailing early on a fight means you help an ally live longer, get 1 extra kill, and the enemy ends up with a 1 kill advantage instead of a 3 kill lead.
But he's not flexible enough to play like that. Never has been. Simply not dying stupid deaths (for most part) isn't enough. Not that Bausffs isn't egotistical and bad sometimes, but his gameplay shows not all deaths are bad deaths. Sometimes dying in order to deliver a much larger contribution to the team is a better thing than preserving kda. You need to find the balance between the 2.
@@josephbirrenkott7993 dude you really think a player playing pro knows less than you? lmao dude went to worlds finals.
@@luciofilipe Cool. You really think that means he knows everything? Because just last season when lee top was a thing, the best Korean pro didn't know lee q had an execute.
And where are you getting off claiming I claim to know more? You're just putting words in people's mouths.
But if I did want to ego, I could point out how I innovated several metas BEFORE the pros, the Koreans, or other high elo. And not just dumb luck trying random stuff. Or how I brought champs to new roles - such as nautilus and morg support - again for the right reasons - well before anyone else ever tried. Or found the first Azir meta build when most were still trying to find the optimal setup... when I don't even main mid.
Or how Khan coppied my cho'gath rune deviation to great success in pro play. Or how I beat everyone to realizing sunderer wasn't some weird trash item. Or created an alternate renekton build specifically to deal with tryndamere which was then picked up by a challenger EU 1-trick.
But I didn't go ego claiming to know more than Rekkles. But you see, rank or role isn't the sole determining factor as to being able to make valid commentary on someone's strengths and weaknesses.
The fact I correctly called that Rekkles and G2 wouldn't work due to playstyle differences BEFORE they played a single match and while everyone told me I was crazy... and yet, I proved 100% correct speaks for itself.
I may not know more about adc than Rekkles, but that doesn't make my statement wrong. Perhaps you ought to practice more critical thinking yourself.
@@josephbirrenkott7993 dude i'm not reading all that this early lmao. lmao "khan copied my chogath build" now i'm really out, you're delusional ahahaha
well all whant to progress. that Rekkles chang his roll and team think that can be good. find the spark again.
I should call her…
Dude looking more like MGK each year
Rekkles got a bit unlucky with G2 forming an absolute EU powerhouse during his whole prime. Fnatic actually had very good teams, they were just not as good as G2.
Tell that to faker who's been a member of t1 for a decade.
Yeah but he never left
2013
T1Rekless
Nothing beat the year he refused to leave the stage between games and plan with his team. If he wants to keep competing, make it to some international event and then lose his shit in front of everyone I'll keep making the popcorn.
That was after the series ended. There was nothing to plan besides which plane they'll take to Europe
u either die a hero or live long enough to see ur self become the villain
when did he even become a villain? lmao this phrase is way too overused often times not even correctly.
@@valmiro4164 i mean… he took the adc spot in fnc, only to not even make the playoffs. Now, he took support just because him as adc didn’t work out well.
@@jamesartemio1312 you say that like he was only one with agency, FNC chose to take him over Upset. And it's not like the problem was him, him joining FNC showed their glaring weakness that was exposed back at Worlds 2022. They were reliant on Upset.
now he arrived to T1
Bro these channels feeding off the fall of people who dared to try…. Sad one day they’ll come for u too scoreEsports
When their channel dies they should make a fall of the score esports video
You sound really hurt bro. Reckless is dogwater. Also this whole channel is just eSports coverage with a bias opinion in some cases, idk if you knew that.
@tylerobrien282 Not a reckless fan in the slightest i think he’s a douche if anything but im not making a video preying on his downfall that’s just sick and weird and gets views. Sad observation that’s all
FNC is performing well with a new ADC...even tho i do wish it was Reckless but at the end as FNC fan im happy how things is working with FNC right now
Rekkles aint no Faker!
the problem with Rekkless to me has always been greed in a sense. It's the type of greed you want in a player, you want someone to want to win so bad but for that to work, the mental needs to be strong because not everything will go well all the time.
His talent was insane, He could stand toe to toe with some of the best ADC's in the world
Yet when things went bad, or weren't going as well. He just didn't seem to have the strength to push forward. He'd jump at the chance to win because that greed got to him
Thankfully Fnatic have moved on from him and this new ADC seems kind of bonkers
Does Rekkles have the stats as a player to back his position? Sounds like he doesn't have that much to show for?
He got nothing to feel bad about he is a legend that went into hights that only 0.00001% of players get.
Rekkles is FNC,FNC Is Rekkles those 2 name bonded together forever. he is the reason im a FNC fan..
It was well deserved. His ego wouldnt allow him to walk through doors anymore.
Besides the fact that I have always considered Rekkles the most overrated adc eu, the way he looks now, I'd so totally smash him....
Of all the hills we chose to kill Ocelote's esports career on, partying with Andrew Tate may be the pettiest one yet. Dude was shady a f and yet nobody batted an eyelid at that. Among other things, he ruined the career of Rekkles by locking him in contract jail just to spite Fnatic.
i read the title as two timing superstar... as if this dude fell from grace cuz he got caught cheating on his gf.. two timing..
Make a video about CBolão
Was this video the idea of that semi long haired thin guy that always trying to hide his bald spot?
man he ruined his arms
My opinion: Hylissang made Rekkles look great.