League of Legends fans are extremely indignant when T1 will miss the first international tournament of 2025 due to changes in the LCK Cup 2025 formula. But it led to early T1 eliminated even though they had outstanding achievements in the group stage.

After the defeat to Hanwha Life Esports, T1 was immediately eliminated. This means that the defending champion of Worlds, due to the influence of the new format, cannot continue to compete for the first First Stand tournament in history. This result has caused a wave of fierce criticism from the community for Fearless Draft.

Rich, founder of H2K, expressed frustration on social network X:

"T1 fans (and actually all fans) have the reason to use trucks to protest against this LCK format.

T1 was eliminated because Brion, Freies & Fearx were too weak ...

The worst formula ever. The worst competition ever. This tournament results deserve a big question. "

Fans think that this format is not fair when the weaker teams have easier path in the tournament.

"T1 or HLE must be eliminated before the playoffs just because the other teams in their table are too weak?

This is the worst and most unfair formula I have ever seen in eSports history. "

League of Legends analyst Zoraion agreed with Feviknight's point of view. He also said that missing First Stand is a good opportunity for T1 to have time to rest before the upcoming tournaments.

Zoraion, analyst and tactical coach in League of Legends, shared:

"The LCK Cup formula is really bad. T1 is obviously the second strongest team in the group stage after DK.

Unfortunately, they were eliminated after only one BO5, but at least the T1 squad finally had time to rest, because they didn't have a long -term holiday for a long time. "

Another factor that disappointed the community was Zeus, who left T1 to join Hanwha Life Esports, played a decisive role in the victory over his old team. Thus, the next official match of T1 will take place in April, within the framework of the regular LCK season.