Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp is probably the craziest streamer in League of Legends. After completing a crazy challenge in recent years, he now wants to reach the Challenger rank in Korea. He will let chance decide his position.
What is this challenge about? In his new project, Tyler1 wants to achieve the rank Challenger in Korea. Only the top 300 players in Korea can achieve that. This alone is already a huge challenge, as Korea is considered the strongest region in LoL.
However, he has imposed another handicap on himself. While most Challenger players are particularly strong in one position and have mastered it to the highest level, Tyler1 wants to let chance decide which role he plays – and that in every single match.
That’s why he will always register as a “filler”. He will only know which role he gets in the champion selection.
When does the challenge start? It starts at the end of April when Tyler1 travels to Korea. He will stay there for 30 days, which makes this challenge even crazier. He is traveling to Korea with a friend but will only play SoloQ.
Tyler1 started as a one-trick pony, now reaches Challenger in every position in America
Can he really achieve this? Tyler1 has great ambition and pursues his goals consistently:
- For years, he was regarded as a “One Trick Pony” with the champion Draven. Hardly anyone else played him, but the streamer mastered him and was able to achieve a high rank.
- At the end of 2019, he set himself the goal of reaching the rank Challenger on the ADC position just before the end of the season. In a marathon stream that temporarily made him number 1 on Twitch, he narrowly missed this goal. But his ambition was awakened.
- From early 2020 to early 2022, Tyler1 played five different accounts to the rank Challenger in America – one for each position in the game.
- For this success, he needed over 6,000 matches, but earned a lot of respect in the scene.
The Twitch streamer has now mastered every position in LoL and has also gained experience with SoloQ in Korea. Since he plays and streams LoL almost daily, he has completed a huge number of matches.
Nevertheless, this challenge will not be easy to master, especially since he has only 30 days.
Has anyone done this before him? That’s not entirely clear. There are Challenger players who deliberately choose the fill position. However, none of them claims to have played randomly from 0 to Challenger.
However, there are also players who have reached Challenger on all 5 positions, including the Swede Carl Felix “MagiFelix” Boström.
If anyone wants to see some of Tyler1’s successes, here’s an interesting compilation by YouTuber Brendon Sims:
Renowned coach says: Even Gold players will give Tyler1 problems
Who has commented on the challenge? Nick “LS” de Cesare is considered one of the smartest coaches in League of Legends. He trained teams in Korea for many years. However, he believes that Tyler1 will not succeed in the challenge (via YouTube):
I don’t think Tyler will succeed. I don’t know how long he will stay. The thing is, Tyler has risen because he is smarter than the NA players and also has a favorable ping. The problem in Korea is that Silver and Gold players have better game mechanics than he is used to in his average games. They are still dumb, but they are mechanically better.
Do you believe in Tyler1’s ability to complete this challenge, or is LS right in his assessment? Will you watch the spectacle or do you prefer other favorite streamers for LoL?
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