Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp is by far the biggest Twitch streamer for the MOBA League of Legends. Originally known as a hardcore troll and a good botlaner, the LoL streamer has now taken on insane challenges and has carried them through for months and thousands of games. This commands respect even from hardened flamers.
This is the situation:
- Tyler1 became known as a sort of walking rage in LoL. The streamer is 1.68 m tall, muscular, and a gifted entertainer. He is basically always angry and flames someone. It isn’t always clear whether this is just a role he plays ironically, or if he is really tilting in that moment
- Riot Games repeatedly banned the streamer from LoL, but he never gave up and always returned. Meanwhile, Tyler1’s popularity grew steadily. Eventually, Riot Games relented and officially let him back into the game
- Tyler1 started as a “One-Trick-Pony” to Draven, but he has now set himself the goal of mastering all roles in LoL. In 2019, he achieved Challenger status as a jungler with an insane performance. This cost him about $56,000 because he didn’t stream on Twitch during that time. Now he has successfully carried this out as a top-laner and has climbed to Challenger in more than 1700 games.
1740 games in a season as a top-laner
This achievement impresses the LoL players: Tyler1 has set himself the goal of reaching Challenger rank as a top-laner on the NA servers of LoL. To achieve this goal, he played 1741 games in LoL this season and won 52% of the matches. He most frequently played the champs Cho’Gath, Urgot, Irelia, Aatrox, and Quinn.
In the last game, he was able to secure the decisive victory and celebrated as usual loudly:
That’s why the achievement is so special: LoL players usually focus on a single role. A “role switch” is rare. For someone to climb to Challenger in this new role is even rarer, as such a path is accompanied by many setbacks and frustrations. You can repeatedly fail in promotion games or lose games without a chance due to bad teams.
Especially Twitch streamers who take on such challenges typically fail constantly, give up after a short time, and return to their regular role.
That the constantly roaring Tyler1 can suppress his frustration and carry on for 1741 games commands respect even from the most critical players.
“No man can endure 1000 games of LoL in a season – let alone 1700”
This is the discussion: On Reddit, they all agree: This is indeed an impressive achievement (via reddit).
- Although Tyler1 – as always – is teased for his short stature, even that is done respectfully this time: “Combining the genes of Vin Diesel and Vern Troyer has created the perfect potato person”
- “Tyler is simply built differently than all of us”
- “After 8 months and 35 Master-tier promos, my mental health would probably explode”
- “No man can endure 1000 games in the league in a season, let alone 1700”
- “In the season and the last one, the man played 2500 games in the top lane. Other streamers try the same and quit after 2 weeks or TF-Blade, who gives up after a day as ADC“
A beautiful clip is circulating of Tyler1’s girlfriend, Macaiyla, congratulating him on his victory. The two have their own unique relationship.
Has he achieved success as a Twitch streamer, too? Yes, indeed very much so. Tyler1 is by far the biggest streamer for LoL: Throughout the year, he even had more viewer hours than Riot Games and the official streams of the leagues: they take spots 2 to 6. Tyler1 reigns at rank 1.
And Tyler1’s channel continues to grow. In the past year, his average viewership increased by 40% to 30,760 viewers.
He has now broken into the top 15 of Twitch streamers worldwide. He has over 4.3 million followers on Twitch.
It seems that Tyler1 has found a way to engage his viewers, and that more than just with his oversized personality and constant rants:
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