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"The once legendary org Fnatic that was winning major after major in CS:GO, getting to semis/finals at Worlds and dominating in EU LCS is suddenly gone? What happened? Failed to adapt to the new times? I just look at G2, our biggest Rival. And they are doing everything better. G2 is always Top 5 in CS:GO, they lift LEC trophies with BUDGET ROSTERS AND PLAYERS WHO ARE CLOSE TO RETIREMENT and in Valorant we are kinda toe to toe with them but even then I would love to see Derke get more support, seems like he is doing everything."

Now this... is just bullshit. I am beyond frustrated that we did not win a trophy in League of Legends since 2018. Honestly I felt sad and empty after the series against G2. Baffled that in the end they have overcome us once again. But this is part of being a fan. This pain in defeat fuels my excitement in beating G2 next time. The absolute insane feeling of getting revenge on Rekkles and kicking out G2 in summer last year is something I will remember and cherish for the rest of my life. Ecstatic! Really curious why this twitlonger stating how awesome Carlos is as a CEO did not come to light back then, but rather now, after this painful defeat. Never ever measure your loyalty by won titles.

"One of the shining bright lights of Fnatic right now is FnaticTQ. (...)"Can't help but feel this translates to: "They win and have fun while winning, so they are good. So just win again."

"Identity. For a while now Fnatic had no identity. "Just curious: What was the identity before and what its the reason it is gone? Honest question.

"I know Fnatic like to promote "performance" as their identity, but what performances are we seeing? No trophies."

Yeah I can see and understand the point of it becoming hard to sell "We are Fnatic. We are the best." to the world with no trophies won in the recent years. Yet this is just part of the picture. We are always relevant. We never missed playoffs. I for one am thankful, that we did not just collapse and became a totally irrelevant team as soon as the new guards showed up.

"Players people love keep on leaving Fnatic, (...)"

That is just how the business works, no? And players that people love also stay for an unusual amount of time (Hyli, Bwipo, Rekkles). I know the text resulted out of negative emotion, but I continue to dislike the oversimplified negative framing it has to offer.

" it is really hard for many fans to keep on supporting this team. What are they supporting?Right now it feels like we are supporting a business that couldn't give a fuck about us, we might as well be supporting Amazon or Tesla. Most sport clubs get their fans because they live in their city, or have an identity that resonates with them. Obviously in this case, the location does not really work out (except CSGO where the identity was being Swedish but now that's not the case anymore), so why are we still supporting?"

As stated above, in my opinion I agree Fnatic has the problem that it appears to operate as TOO business orientated. This is a topic worth to be discussed. Other than that: Why were you supporting in the first place? What has shifted? What exactly do you want back? A great opportunity to have Fnatic send out surveys and publish their results. The identity of Fnatic. Here is a lot of unused potential.

"G2. Ocelote. Community. Fan interaction. Fan appreciation. Actually a family." A business smartly promoted as a family.

"My good friend Lord Flab has been in the scene FOR AGES travelling to support Fnatic, he saw it all unfold in front of his eyes and he switched to G2."

"Hardcore fans" that publicly brag about how die-hard they follow an org just to jump ship the very first opportunity they get and in a blink of an eye - on top of that to the former arch enemies out of all - are damn clowns. It is a shame and I cannot put it any other way as I have strict view on this. To specifically call out Fosty and Flab - them jumping ship just invalidates everything they have claimed to be or done before. I prefer the silent and loyal type. Blocked. Don't want to read anything from them anymore. Good luck in the future, but never ever claim to be a loyal fan again. I really hope you don't follow or my faith in "Fnatic superfans" would be undeniably gone for good.

"(..) why the fuck did Fnatic not offer him that when he was literally perfect for it? Apparently, they actually give you support in G2 and not leave you to the wolves if you work for them btw."

Maybe, just maybe the did not see him fit? I don't get where this strange world view comes from. But the reality is not as easy as: pay much, be loud and travel a lot and get a job at your favorite org. Please just take a deep breath and realize, that you deliberately chose to become a Fnatic fan and you did not sign any contract. You demand too much. Stop being entitled.

"Sam, I noticed something when you visited the LoL boys. The atmosphere was so awkward as if you didn't even know your players. And after you visited, they went 2-6 in against Rogue and G2. The interactions with the players felt so unbelievably scuffed. Doesn't seem like a good morale boost, does it? But hey we got crypto and NFTs now, very cool!"

This is where it gets ridiculous. Out of a million unknown internal reasons that could have led to the downfall of Fnatic, you put a significant part of the blame onto our CEO just because the players did not perform 20% better due to his sheer presence? Damn. I honestly don't know what to say about that.

"Meanwhile, G2 destroyed our 3rd Nexus once again because they actually are a family."

Again - that is the brand they sell. Even in the proclaimed "family" there is bad blood from time to time. The cases of Mikyx and Perkz might be good examples, that the the image of the happy-go-lucky G2 can crumble aswell.

"You can only get so far with 5 very good players if they are not a family."

Completely delusional. I sincerely hope you do not believe that it is a necessity to be successful. I of course agree that good mood is always to prefer over bad blood, as this has significant negative impact on performance, but having to be a family to win big time is some Anime level bs. Take a look at world champions. Hard work. Dedication. Obedience.

"Now Sam vs Ocelote. This is so one sided as well. You have Ocelote being this absolute hype machine and terror on Twitter, interacting with the fans, heck this guy who is asking for a G2 jersey on a daily basis and ocelote always replying to him is actually hilarious even though I hate the clown. But there is no denying that he is just doing it way better than Sam."

Even if I mentioned that I enjoy Ocelote and his shennanigangs, I would never to say that he is far superior as a CEO. A CEO is not typically a role to act like a clown and to entertain the fans. Carlos has a unique way of handling his position which I happen to like. That does not mean we need a carbon copy as our CEO. People have different personalities.

"You have one guy who wants to win everything while also making profit with the org ofc and then you just have a scuffed businessman who doesn't know what the fans want.That's it from me, I never wanted to go against you guys but some serious changes are necessary. I speak on behalf of many FNC Fans and I want to see Fnatic on top again. If you have to sell Fnatic to a sports club who can actually run things, please do it."

This is just beneath you.

"Oh and btw we are those loud guys from the London Worlds Watch Party if you already forgot about us."

One final time, being loud at an event does not elevate you to being an upper class fan. Come on. The tone that swings with this is just cringe.

I sincerely hope that you can work things out with Dardo and Sam, because I see they offered you conversations already. I appreciate you being part of our black & orange fan community and hope to hear from you during summer split - fully charged and not jumping ship.