A 66-year-old musician from Brazil has dedicated himself to the MOBA League of Legends and has since become a local celebrity. Under the name “VoCorvo,” he is active on Twitch. He instills fear and dread, not in his opponents in LoL, but in his fellow players.
This is the story of the man:
- When he was 64, the man could no longer work as a guitar teacher and musician. The Corona pandemic made this impossible for him in 2021 (via maisesports).
- To support his family and because he has always loved games, he turned to the world of gaming and became a streamer on the streaming service Twitch. He had already opened his channel there in 2018.
- As of 2021, VoCorvo became a full-time streamer on Twitch, exclusively showcasing League of Legends. By now, he has an average of 160 viewers when he streams LoL.
Strong players on fake accounts took the fun out of LoL for the old man
This is what happened to the man in LoL: When you start playing LoL in your mid-60s, you will have a hard time. LoL requires skill with mouse and keyboard, along with concentration, knowledge, and overview; most importantly, however, is mental flexibility: One must always be ready to question their own game to improve.
That’s already hard enough.
But today it’s even harder to be successful in LoL than in the past. Because there are “smurfs”; this term is used when a skilled player, who has already achieved a high rank, intentionally plays with a low-ranked account to face easier opponents. Some players also smurf to play with their friends who have a lower rank or have just started with LoL.
The matchmaking in LoL is supposed to ensure that you only play with and against players of similar strength, so that you win about 50% of the time and lose 50% of the time:
- Those who smurf and cheat will only face weak opponents, feel powerful, and achieve high win rates.
- For the opponents of smurfs, this means the exact opposite: They face overwhelming opponents, feel bad, and lose constantly.
VoCorvo frequently discovered his limits against much stronger players, which was enough for him, and he sought revenge.
The 66-year-old states about himself that he knows he is not a good player and is essentially an “Iron player,” but he found ways to get back at them.
You reap what you sow
This is how he became a legend: The older gentleman was gifted a master account on which he played with his favorite champion, Trundle. However, VoCorvo was far too bad to hold his own at that level.
So he lost every match he participated in, again and again.
He quickly realized that this was a way to get back at the strong players who humiliated weak players like him: He became a “Reverse Smurf,” ruining the games of high-ranking players.
VoCorvo says:
After I was massacred by talented players and smurfs in the lower ranks, I thought of a saying from my time: You reap what you sow. My primary account is ranked Iron, but my secondary account is ranked Master.
This was the impact: VoCorvo became so well-known on the Brazilian server that players began to flee from games when they saw a Trundle on their team, which was the man’s favorite character.
As millenium reports, many Brazilian streamers are not even angry with him but can understand that he is doing to the higher-ranked players only what was done to him: He is ruining their games.
However, Riot Games does not seem to take it as lightly. They have reportedly spent months banning his account. The story of VoCorvo also has a darker side. Here, it becomes even a little meaner: The worst troll in LoL has been banned over 1,600 times – But he keeps coming back to ruin the next match
