Faker, the world champion in League of Legends, recently learned during a livestream that his own SKT Worlds skin for Zed is not in his inventory. Surprisingly, he had to find out that he needs to buy his own skin instead of receiving it automatically, as is often the case with other professional players and major content creators.
What happened? A curious image is seen in a livestream from League of Legends world champion Faker. In his stream on AfreecaTV (essentially the South Korean Twitch), Faker wanted to try out his SKT Zed skin, but was surprised to find that he did not have it in his inventory and had to check out.
Moreover, this is a skin that has not just recently been released, but was released back in 2014. Thus, Faker only owns his own skin after nearly 10 years.
Why is it so unusual for a pro to pay for his skins? Typically, or at least in Europe and North America, professional players and major content creators of League of Legends have their skins in their own Riot partner accounts. In other countries like South Korea, however, that does not seem to be the case, at least not for Faker, who is considered by many to be the best player in history.
How does the community react to Faker’s purchase? Fans are mainly surprised by the fact that Faker is even buying a skin. The professional player is known for not using skins in League of Legends for many years. The exact reasons for this are unknown, but the community has been speculating about this for years.
Accordingly, his fans react with surprise when they find out that the pro does not own his own skin and additionally purchases it. Some of his fans express themselves on X/Twitter:
- Keriyusi writes:
Faker buys his own SKT T1 Zed skin. I can’t take it anymore.
- AmirulA73595 comments:
He didn’t have the skin yet? Lol.
- ivMinty7 asks:
Is this the first skin he buys?
Where can you watch the world champion’s livestreams? Unlike what we are used to, Faker does not stream on Twitch, but on the platform AfreecaTV, which counts as the South Korean version of Twitch. Although Faker has a Twitch account, he last streamed on this account 2 years ago.
With more free time and a few days off, the other T1 players are also back to publishing their live content on their AfreecaTV channels.
If you want to know which champions received new skins from T1 after Worlds 2023, you can read about it here:
LoL: T1 reveals which champs received new skins after Worlds 2023 – Netflix star is included
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