Here's where we are.
Fans sent us reports. A lot more than I expected, and the amount of detail you put in is incredible. To be honest, reading that much anger and hate all at once was really depressing...I owe some time off to our legal team.
Our legal team reviewed every submission so far. The cases that meet the legal bar are now with the players' agencies, and we have firmly requested they act. The legal bar, unfortunately, is very different from the moral one. That work has started.
Some people think deleting their post makes it go away. It doesn't. Thanks to your submissions, we have the originals. We have the history. The law looks at what you posted, not what you panic-deleted at 3am. However, deletion can soften how a case ends, but it doesn't change whether you're in one.
More reports are coming in. We're reviewing every one.
We said we would do something about this, and we are calling on every player agency to take action, not just for our players, but across the industry.
Our stance is clear. We'll do everything in our power to vet these submissions and make it as easy as possible for agencies to act, but they hold the keys to resolution.
*아시안 게임 관련 국민신문고 답변
- 프리 시즌 이벤트인 케스파컵은 포함시키면서 MSI 및 최근 LCK CUP, FST 등은 왜 제외했는지, 합리적 이유에 대한 답변 없음.
- 민원 내용에서 선수 면담 내용을 요청한 적 없음.
- 상세 지표가 어떻게 활용됐는지 공개하는 것이 어째서 공정성에 영향을 주는지?
To my lovely fans,
Thank you for your continued support and love for KIIN.
As we mentioned earlier, we have prepared a small event to celebrate KIIN’s birthday on May 28.
The gift from KIIN (Happy KIIN’s Day)
Birthday Anniversary T-Shirt
Gift: A T-shirt celebrating KIIN’s birthday on May 28
Since fans loved last year’s birthday gift so much, and at KIIN’s request, this year’s gift is a one-of-a-kind item designed and produced with KIIN’s direct involvement.
The locations for distributing the above gift are listed below.
The requirements for receiving the gift vary by location. Please be sure to check them!
1. Friday, May 29, at LoL Park
Sizes and Quantity: 100 each of L and XL (200 total)
We will distribute them on a first-come, first-served basis at the Gen.G booth before the 7:00 PM match against Hanjin BRO and until the booth closes.
Eligible Recipients
- Holders of Gen.G Fan Section tickets for that day
- Gen.G Membership subscribers
- Those wearing Kiin’s player-marked jersey or team jacket
2. May 26–31 at GGX
Sizes and Quantity: 40 L and 40 XL shirts per day (80 total) for 6 days
Distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to visitors of the KIIN BIRTHDAY EVENT zone at GGX Available only during GGX STORE operating hours (10:30 AM – 9:00 PM)
Location: GGX | Team Room, B3, GGX, 264 Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
Eligible Recipients
- Those who show proof of following the GGX Instagram account (https://t.co/F7GV6q8oQ8)
- Gen.G Membership subscribers
- Those wearing Kiin’s marked jersey or team jacket
Just like last year, to provide gifts to more fans—including those who cannot visit the stadium—GGX will be offering daily giveaways on a first-come, first-served basis.
Additionally, if you are organizing events such as birthday parties, please contact us via DM or comment,
and we will provide a limited quantity of items for distribution at your event location following consultation.
Please contact us regarding these arrangements by 20:00 (8:00 PM) on Saturday. We would like to inform you that delivery may not be possible after this time due to shipping constraints.
We look forward to your active participation and interest.
Thank you.
With love, Kigoori
* This event is a free giveaway on a first-come, first-served basis and may end early if supplies run out.
* Resale or paid transfer of items obtained through this event is prohibited.
* The giveaway on GGX is a separate, free giveaway event conducted on a first-come, first-served basis, distinct from events organized by GGX.
I want to say something about Kiin, because I want to be direct with our fanbase about how I feel.
They published the selection criteria. Read them for yourself, because they matter.
After the achievement-based shortlist, the final roster came down to what they themselves called "detailed individual metrics." If you understand the game, look at that list and ask one question: what does a top laner do to make most of those numbers go up? He gets the favorable matchup. He gets the comfort pick. He gets resources funneled into his lane. Solo kills, DPM, DPG, gold diff at 14, CS diff at 14, every one of those climbs when the draft is built around you, and sinks when you give the lane up so a teammate can have theirs.
Now ask what Kiin does. Kiin is the top laner who says "draft around everyone else and give me the leftover pick, I'll make it work." He takes the counterpick so a teammate gets comfort. He eats the hard matchup so the map opens elsewhere. Every one of those choices is a teammate's DPM going up instead of his. He trades his stat line for his team's win condition, every single game.
There's no column on that list for that. The closest it comes to team value, gold share, damage share, still rewards the player who gets the resources, not the one who gives them up. And champion pool size is right there on the list: a metric that should favor exactly the kind of flexible player Kiin is. He plays one of the widest, most selfless pools in the role and still didn't make it.
And before anyone runs with this: this is not about Zeus. Zeus is world-class and earned his spot. The players aren't the problem. The measuring stick is. We need to more rigorously test the statistics we cite, especially when it becomes a measuring stick that can impact decisions like these.
If your criteria are built mostly from individual mechanical stats without proper statistical context, you haven't found the best players, you've found the players whose teams were built to make them look best. Kiin plays the game the right way. If these metrics say otherwise, the metrics are the problem, not Kiin, and not the players who were picked.
To Kiin's fans: you already know this. You watched him do it. Please show him more support than ever.
Day 1 progress:
Already seeing a number of posts/articles get deleted and/or corrected. If they were so sure they were telling the truth, why take them down now? Why not spend a little more time checking the facts: there are real people, real families on the other end of this.
Legal team is working through everything. There's a lot of it, so we're expanding the team to match. This will take time, but we'll post wins as we get them. More soon.
To our fans:
I've been shocked by how many attacks / falsehoods have crossed the line that have affected not just our fans, players/staff, but also even family.
In support of our players, I've set up a legal team alongside the representatives of our players to start building a better legal process to expedite clear cases.
Expect more updates from us but in the meantime, please feel free to continue to report cases at [email protected] or submit them through https://t.co/hSkZjnxqkb
Though it may not be as fast a process as we'd like, we'll continue to update as we build, process, and win these cases.
I’m sorry to our fans that we could not make a statement on this case and that this took so long. I felt the right choice was to let the process work and trust that the truth would hold up.
The truth is usually quieter than the noise around it. That asymmetry has been hard to watch this past month. While the noise was loud, the work was and is happening, with our player, his legal team, and the facts.
His legal representatives will lead on the specific cases of misinformation that warrant action, and we will support them fully. Protecting our players isn’t optional.
Thank you for your patience. We’re back to work.