Kongdoo Company released an official apology (Link in Korean) for the recent issues regarding the SK Telecom T1 Twitch streams.



In the statement, they apologized in regards to three controversies:

The first was about the stream quality and delay issues present due to rebroadcasting from another Twitch channel, ‘kongdoo_sk1’. Kongdoo said that they will "no longer use the broadcast system that they used that day, and the new broadcast system will be thoroughly tested before it is implemented in future SKT T1 streams."

The second issue involved the translators and their "poor sound quality, mistranslation, and unacceptable behavior". Translators will no longer participate in streams, and they will look for an alternative way to "communicate with overseas audiences more optimally."

The last issue was in regards to their job offer for translators that apparently exempted female applicants from requiring knowledge about League of Legends. Kongdoo clarified that such translators would be restricted to non-LoL streams, and that the translators for the SKT T1 streams all had "a good grasp on League of Legends and were hired regardless of gender."



For those who are out of the loop, Kongdoo Company is a Korean company that manages eSports and streaming personalities. They made an official agreement with SKT T1 to help SKT T1 with streaming on Twitch.

Unfortunately, when the SKT T1 members officially started to stream on Twitch on February 6th, the streams were done in a format that differed from previous preview streams, and they were marred with significant problems that stirred much controversy.

The day following the first stream, SKT T1's Head Coach Byunghoon “cCarter” Choi mentioned during Jaewan “Wolf” Lee's stream that the translators and rebroadcasting will no longer interfere with the streams. However, this was the first formal announcement from Kongdoo Company regarding the recent fiasco.