The Strangest Esports Team In The World - The Afreeca Freecs Documentary
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- čas přidán 27. 04. 2020
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A documentary on the League of Legends Afreeca Freecs squad. After flying to Korea to meet the Afreeca Freecs, I sat down with some of the most legendary Esports figureheads of all time: iloveoov, Kiin, Mystic, and learned just how this pro gaming team operates. Going to Korea and meeting the Freecs was one of the best experiences of my life and I hope I did their story justice in this League of Legends documentary.
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You can be proud of yourself and GBay99. This documentary has forever made me a fan of AfreecaFreecs.
Stay awesome♥
Sooo next week you'll 1v1 gbay to make him epic top layer?!!
I'll be drunk cheering for you guys from the US. You got a new fan and I wish you all the best
You guys rock. Your team mentality makes me wish to be a youngster in Korea playing league all day.
"That was the second time I've played her" - my mid laner's response to being asked why she went 0/10
Robrono too true
Even when they play it hundreds of times it happens
@@CrescentWolves That's normal. Can't expect everyone to always play good all the time. If you do, that's how you get tilted.
I love how in NA, they always play champs they don't know in ranked.
This documentary is one of the biggest projects I've ever worked on, this team fascinates me to no end and I really hope I did their stories justice.
Thank you to anyone who takes the time to watch all the way until the very end :)
;) Thanks for the great content. Love from Brazil
Thanks for the awesome content. I much prefer your documentary videos to the normal league content.
you did indeed, after seeing the video I maybe love the team as much as you do now, great job, this is now one of my favorite videos
Gbay99 this is definitely one of the greatest and most interesting export documentaries I’ve ever seen. So thank you for making it.
It was even better than I thought, and all the waiting time was worth. Even after all the hype, you managed to delivery great content.
You are awesome, keep up the good work 🇲🇽
This is miles better than getting out of Gold I
I don't think we can put this in the same place as his gameplay, this took a lot of work that we have to appreciate, gameplay is something you can't really do much with.
I think he just meant that watching this is better than him trying to get out of gold
Not to me
@Ano Nymous different strokes for different folks
Totally! *currently in Bronze*
Gbay's best work yet. This guy keeps pushing the boundaries of Esports storytelling and brings light to history that would otherwise go unnoticed. In my view, your work is a pillar helping push forward this industry into the mainstream. Keep making history Gbay
Couldn't have said it better myself.
This feels like a N24 style documentary to me and very professionally done!
This has definitely made me an afreeca fan
The last words of the coach really resonated with me. Esports is still growing and I hope that one day I can be a part of it.
I can see now why they flew you out to Korea. Not only is Afreeca really good at scouting undervalued players but they are also good at scouting undervalued documentarists.
This was an incredible video!
Honestly I agree. I wish many other teams adopted that recruitment style. I'll be honest with you playing on a team, is an interesting experience. I would definitely say commitment and willpower, and just overall a learning mentality will get you into the esports.
This makes me wonder who made the calls during the scouting process
@@xulltant5238 so you are a pro
@@platinumorange1034 the calls will come down to to the owners for trades and signings. Coach's can recommend players or staff they like but it's the owners money who says for there salaries
@@platinumorange1034 Multiple people. Most players go through try outs that team hold and go up from there. Kiin went through the basic try outs, looked good and was signed because TuSin and Kuro though he was really good. Aiming got scouted from challenger, became an afreeca trainee and played for one of their academy/amateur teams. Some signings are just direct ones done by head coach/GM/Owner though like MaRin, Spirit or Mystic since they're superstars who don't need try outs.
1h and 20 minutes of pure quality, you are so clearly passionate about what you are talking about and the fact that you went all the way to Korea and actualy interview these amazing people is more dedication, time, effort and passion put in one great video than we see most entiteled pretentious "filmmakers" out there do. Thank you for this, I still remember when I discovered you, you were one of the first league youtubers I watched and was subscribed to and you are one of the only ones I still am subbed to, I alwayse thought you had the most different and interesting opinions and allwayse seemed to see things in a way no one else did, kinda like the Afreeca freecs now I see.
This didn't show up in my feed and only got recommended today, what a shame
Me either wth
Was not expecting much but was totally blown away at the end of the documentary. Really appreciate the insight into the history of the players. Would love to see more of this
Watched this with my girlfriend who isn't much of a league fan. When I initially asked her to watch an hour long documentary with me about an eSports team she was less than excited. Coaxed her into watching the first "10 minutes" and if she didn't like it we would stop. I paused it at 1hour15mins in and she didn't even realise it had been that long. Excellent and compelling.
As a subscriber, this took two days to show up in my recommended, the view count is criminally low.
These players and especially the coach seem to be leading double lives as philosophers. Amazing documentary Gbay
Please share this video so we can get more of them, there is no way gbay is making any money off these massive projects.
They invited him, so they might of paid for his plane ticket. That's about all the costs needed. Just like anyone, I'm sure he can pay for a week of hospitality and food himself like anyone else who saves a bit for vacations. South Korean currency is really devalued compared to USD. It's not like he has a full-time job that he's missing out on. Just saying.
@@AwesomeLifeguard I think you're missing the point. Making a documentary like this is incredible work and effort, especially alone, and people do actually get paid 6 digits for stuff like this at e.g. Netflix.
Damn i can't believe I just watched an 80 minute youtube video without getting bored after 10 minutes. Nice
I just woke up and I have a lot of shit to do.
Ty for telling its 80mins
I learned about the existence of iloveoov watching this documentary. My respect for this man is not measurable. The way he talks and reflects on things is amazing. What a wonderful person.
I absolutely admire your capacity to narrate this simple, yet heartwarming stories. I love all your videos gbay, but this is truly one of a kind. Keep up with the great work, and lets cheer for AF this year. Greetings from Argentina.
This is fantastic. I think the coach is a fascinating person, I’d love to hear what else he has to say about life! He should write a book or start a podcast. I hope you can do a follow up interview “ 1 year on” ... something like that. Great documentary, can’t wait to see what else you come up with Gbay. Much love from England
I had just dodged a soloQ game and was just making some time, ended up watching the whole thing on one sitting. Great stuff Gbay, THIS is the type of content i subscribed for
44:42 bruh i thought my man was gonna be playing on the moon
wonderful documentary :) i can tell how much passion and effort went into making this
37:14
LOL he crossed the british players as 'import'
Kippensoep ahaha brexit means exit i guess, the whole country just left europe
Leave EU = Leave Europe? I cant see how it works, i really cant
noticed that one too...NA information :D
Doesn't make sense since it's EU not European Union wtf
I was looking if someone else were triggered too
I don't know if you're gonna see this, but all I wanted to say is, that this is an outstanding piece of art. You single handedly made me an Afreeca Freecs fan. Well done
Riot watching and taking tips: WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE. THAT. DOWN.
Seriously, you would do wonders for Riot
Wow I almost cried towards the end. This was really good Gbay, so glad you had the opportunity to make this.
Wonderful documentary. I don't really keep up with LoL esports but this just hits so deep. Incredible editing and pacing. This was well worth the wait.
Holy, thumbs up before i even watch it for the sheer effort im sure you put in
This is one of the best things i've seen on esports ever. Thank you for releasing this and I hope i'll be able to watch it again once Afreeca make it back to worlds. Don't stop making this type of content, you have a knack for it.
Why the hell is yt only showing me this now? GBay youre a beast. This is the original type of video that made me sub to you and while ive enjoyed the gameplay its fantastic to see this again. Keep it pushing. Best yet.
You got some real talent in making documentaries Gbay. One can just see and hear how passionate you are about your work and that makes this documentary really special. Wish you a lot of views and positivity for the future. (sorry if i made some spelling mistakes)
This documentary was the weirdest thing I'll experience today ... It made me smile, laugh, cheer for players I had barely heard of before hand, and almost made me cry. It definitely made me an Afreeca Freecs fan, and I'll never thank you enough for the beautiful 1h20 I just spent watching your work.
Hope more people will find the time to sit down and watch this, it's definitely your best piece of art so far !
Thanks Gbay, this was really special and I'm grateful you had time to show everyone such a group of people exist.
I didn't know in the environment of esports you could find such wholesome people :D
Your documentaries just popped up in my youtube feed...I used to watch your League videos in Season 2/3/4, I always thought about how detailed and well thought they were. This brought me tears of joy, so many good memories, I love League community and Esports! Now I'm following it again and I'm a fan of Afreeca! 😁 You are amazing Gbay. Thank you
I always love these insights into pro teams. Thank you very much for this great documentary.
Gbay99: The most underrated esports-content-creator out there!
Everyone who is interested in coaching, team building or just sports, in general, has to see this documentary. These 1h20min are much more than another E-Sports video trying to convince the "mainstream" to take the scene more seriously. It gives an actual insight into what a SPORTS organisation is and how important good coaches, humble and motivated players, and any other staff member is to such an organisation is. Thank you Gbay for creating this piece of art. It gives me so much motivation to work even harder for anything I want to accomplish whether that's in classic sports, esports or career. I can't say thank you enough!
Absolutely loved learning about this team. This is some of the best content you've put out.
Gbay I love your documentaries. They have given a lot of insight into ESports, the teams that play, and the players. I'm happy to see your passion in your work. I feel like your career on youtube has given you the tools necessary to grow your passion and I'm so happy to see it grow.
Amazing job on this documentary. Very insightful.
A video has never made me cry, laugh, then cry again. Well done gbay, gg
this vid was uploaded on my birthday so i didnt have time to watch it and i finally had time. literally chills going through my body what an amazing video good job gbay
I've always respected your work, but goddamn this was a fantastic documentary. So much passion and love has been put into this, and it shows its results. It feels good to have someone like you in the community.
This is what we have been waiting for. Im ready for this. Big creds to you gbay.
i actually watched all of it and thought only 30 minutes passed great work dude
This was seriously amazing work. I'm blown away by the quality and effort you put into this. I've been a long time fan of yours and I think this definitely one of my all time favorite things I have ever seen you do, on CZcams or on stream. I couldn't stop watching and the full hour and 20 minutes held my attention completely from start to finish. In the end, I think you definitely made another fan of afreeca freecs. Great job once again, Gbay!
I knew I'd like this video.. I've loved your documentaries in the past and your other content since years ago.. but I was still surprised by how you raised the bar once more man. Great job. Storytelling wise, inspirationally just great.. I'm so happy for you and glad to see you keep growing.
LETS GOOO!!! Time to make some coffee and kick back with my favorite CZcamsr!! Stoked Gbay hope you have an awesome day!
I love that you mention moneyball as an anology, that was amazing!
That was an incredible watch. I loved every bit of it. Nice work, Gbay, you've outdone yourself once again!
your documentaries are always one of a kind since you always display your passion for esports history so, so, so clearly, and this is the best one i've seen so far. it was great to watch such heartwarming stories being told so well! you successfully turned me into an afreeca fan, keep up with the good work
Been waiting for this for so long, randomly check CZcams and there it is haha :D
Sad to not see this pop on my feed, and for other people as well. Hopefully a lot of other people will see this masterpiece.
Thank you so much Gbay99 for these incredible documentations, I am still blown away by the quality! Please keep producing them, it is definitely worth the effort!
one of the greatest docs i have seen thanks gbay for all your hard work :)
Its really sad no one is talking about the rookie part of the league esports. This is something similar to other industries being chained down to a contract without being paid enough only because u arent performing too well no matter how hard you try. Honestly we need more awareness to this so more fans can support the underdogs ❤️
"Because an average person doesn't realize his talent"
True, when you're good, you'll tell them but when you're great, they'll tell you
I found this channel a few days ago, I can't stop watching your esports docs they are truly amazing thanks for the work you put into these
I loved every minute of it, fantastic job Gbay. You're so good at this stuff.
I think the problem with the video is its lack of exposure, I honestly didn't realize it came out until I saw the post. Maybe making a video hyping up the big one in order to allow people to be exposed to it before it comes out and give people some idea of what the documentary was about in depth a little more. This is so well done! I was so amazed and happy watching it. It just needed to be out there more
Got my popcorn ready, let’s dig in!
Just thank you. Thank you for shedding a light on esports. It always has been an important part of my life and seeing how it grows makes me really happy to look out for the future of this amazing field of working
Dude these documentaries are so damn impressive 😮 Makes me appreciate these teams and players so much more than I did before
Damn I'm a big fan of oove now
37:16 Alphari is from the UK which is the LEC, same with Caedrel
tbh I think it's just a brexit joke
@@tomasbme He hasn't highlighted all players from UK either... might be.
I believe he just wanted to highlight Destiny instead
Thank you for making this video, it truly is my favorite one on all of youtube. It's so unbelievably inspiring and a true joy to watch. If youtube still had the "favorites" feature, this video would be the only one on my list.
The quality of the video is also astonishing, i could feel your passion through the video and it is so heartwarming and motivating. And thanks for not having any intrusive ads. Way too often a "thought-provoking" video akin to this one ends with some soul-less sponsorship and ruins the entire feel and mood. truly a gem of a video
Thank you for this content! It was so wonderful getting to know the players and coach of Afreeca Freecs, even if some of them are no longer with the org. iloveoov's speech at the end made me cry. I love it.
Only 11 minutes in and Kiin is already making my cry, hes so wholesome T-T
Man, I'm only like 2 minutes into this but it doesn't matter. I have been with you ever since i started playing league, around 2016. Every time i would get off league, somehow i still managed to watch you, because the reason i watched your videos was not because of the gameplay, but rather because i liked your personality and felt you where just being you. Eventualy i just stopped watching your videos regularly and just watched the ones that popped on my phone. Recently though i have been hooked into LoR and started watching you again on the second channel, and when i knew you were doing these high quality documentaries on the main one, i had to check them out, and i really liked them, like reeeeeeeeeeally liked them, i legit watched the TSM one over 10 times and im not even into competitive LoL, just the story you managed to uncover and turn into a 1hour-ish video and turn that into a sort of time capsule of the organization was just amazing. And that brings us to today, where 1 week after you uploaded this video (that i cant even imagine how much work was put into) it has 57k views. I saw your community tab post and decided to write this when i finally got to watch this video. It sucks that the CZcams algorithm, even though i don't fully understand it, isn't sharing videos like these. It sucks that so many hours of work ended up neglected by the system. And I know I'm just a guy that likes watching your videos, but for whatever it may count, know that these videos make some random dude on the internet happy. Keep doing what you like to do and don't let the CZcams algorithm tell you otherwise. Sry for bad english if it's the case, not my main language
That final interview was amazing and a perfect way to cap off a great documentary!
over a year late, but very glad to have gotten this in my recommended. great video! especially the honesty and purity of the coach in the last interview really amazed me personally. thanks :]
greetings from poland!!
"support, one of the least impact full roles" bro are you kidding? xD
Support main simp stfu
WOW.
Very touching and insightful view at a team that is inspiring in the best way possible. Thanks for making this.
Much Love to everyone.
This was absolutely amazing GBay, it’s hard to wait this long but man is it worth it. Keep up the awesome work, can’t wait for the next one.
24:39 "least impactful roles" OKKKKKK buddy not like the support difference determines the botlane.
'Impactful' not to the game, but how much an 'impact' the player leaves to the viewers. It's not easy being support.
52:00 Gbay99 do you know what even "dade award" means xD
it's a hyped up player but completely falls of at Worlds event.
Because of his poor performance at Worlds 2013, the dade award is now an unofficial term for a player with great domestic success but fails at Worlds.
technically gbay's description is right:
"so talented he had an award named after him" -> if dade was not talented to begin with, his failure at worlds would not have been noteworthy and the award would not have been named after him. people fail at worlds all the time, but only because dade was so dominant (talented) domestically, it was a big deal.
I did expect this, but not an hour long. Thanks Gbay!
You just made my day Gbay, or maybe my week. This is great I've been waiting for so long to see your next passion project and it was hella worth it!
wonderful documentary, thank you so much for your continued hard work and passion for what you’re doing!! hope you’re staying healthy and happy my friend
Bruh gbay this was a banger right now im going through some tough obstacles in terms of my current goals and its nice to see that people across the world are also constantly battling to reach their respective destinations
Every video you put out puts a smile on my face. Thanks for all the years of great work gbay
Insane production quality and insight - keep it up, this is the stuff that reminds me how powerful the internet is, being able to watch this for free. Thanks!
Man your docs have reignited my love for your content!
Good job dude! Keep it up!
Tremendous work dude
Not only did u present to us this beautiful idea of what a sports team should look like but u also showed the human part of it- aspirations, dreams, struggles and the holy grind that goes into these amazing players. Thank you for your work and Afreeca keep on going...u ve got new fans in the west.
Saw you comment in a group. Checked it out. Unreal bro. Had no idea about any of this and you've got me wanting more. Thank you for your hard work.
I’ve been waiting with so much anticipation thank you gbay!
I finally found time to watch and enjoy the entirety of this video, I know I’m late, sorry xD
I found this very interesting and endearing, I loved every second of it
Not only did I admire your style of videomaking and narrative (I believe I have watched all your documentaries up to this one apart from the one right after this video, which will be watched in near future) but you made me passionate about Afreeca too, which I believe was the main point of the whole thing
Thank you Gbay, looking forward to see more!!!
Love from Italy
I am so happy you are making these wonderful documentaries, Gbay
Thank you for doing this all, putting so much work into it only for us to see it for free here. Loved it.
I find this documentary so wholesome, it’s well written. I learned a lot and gained much more respect for every single member of Afreeca. Well done Gbay!
Im impressed by the amount of work that has flown into this documentary, and im kinda dissapointed that it, as of now, not even has reached 100K views. I would really enjoy a making off of your documentarys and hope you'll be around for the next years for that amazing content
This is a beautiful piece Gbay, thank you
I just what to let you know that the doc you make are prob my favourite videos on CZcams. Nothing but joy watching! THANK YOU
Some high quality documentary right here! Captivating you to a story about a team and players you have just heard some off! Good job man!
absolutely brilliant, brightened my day. A new Afreeca freecs fan has been created and definitely a new subscriber of this channel.
This was one of the best things I've watched. Incredibly well done.
Thanks for shining light onto something still relatively misunderstood and your knowledge of traditional sports and comparisons are amazing.
What a special team and awesome video!
Gbay you're the best! I love the effort you put into these documentaries!
and I think Afreeca is my new favorite esports team
I have to give you credit for this and say that this is a great video/documentary. I've just tapped into your channel to see what's up and man, I've got to say you are putting out some great work. Hopefully many more of these projects are created! Keep up the good work!
This video is so well made. Absolutely in love and I’m now a full AFs fan. Thank you
This was an awesome Gbay production! Pure enjoyment and great storytelling!
This was great, thanks for the work and effort you put in to make this documentary.
This was recommended to me by YT and I'm so happy they did. This was a really well made doc!