The LoL streamer Frederik “NoWay4u” Hinteregger was long considered one of the best players in League of Legends and is now a successful Twitch streamer. We present him and his career in this article.
Who is NoWay4u? NoWay4u, often abbreviated as NoWay, is a former professional player in League of Legends. Now he is mainly active on Twitch as a streamer and creates content about LoL.
NoWay was one of the first major German “League of Legends” streamers and played a significant role in establishing the scene in Germany.
In Germany, he is the most watched LoL streamer on Twitch with an average of 12,400 viewers (via sullygnome).
The LoL player Agurin is also among the best in the game. We briefly showcase his playstyle in the video:
NoWay’s Journey as a Professional Player and Twitch Streamer
This is how it all started: The game League of Legends captivated NoWay since the first season.
In 2012, he joined his first esports team: LogiX. He often played on the midlane as Azir or Xerath.
NoWay has played in these teams:
- DRUCKWELLE (2012)
- GIVE IT ALL (2013)
- Vination eSports (2013)
- n!faculty (2013)
- Playing Ducks (2014)
- ESC Gaming (2014)
- Crowd Control (2014)
- Evil Sharks (2015
- No Need Orga (2015)
- mousesports (2015 – 2016)
- Mysterious Monkeys (2016)
- Iguana eSports (2016)
- EURONICS GAMING (2017 / 2018 – 2019)
- SPGeSports (2018)
- ad hoc gaming (2019 – 2020)
- ahg Gentlemen’s Club (2020)
NoWay Ends His Career as a Pro
In 2020, NoWay gave up his path as a LoL pro and started playing together with other former professional LoL players in the team No Need Orga (NNO).
Why did NoWay stop? The reasons are simple: too much stress and too much effort. Streaming on Twitch in the semi-professional area is simply more fun for him.
More about NoWay’s career can be found in this video:
NoWay Plays Semi-Professionally at NNO
This is how it continued: NoWay dedicated himself to Twitch streaming after his professional career. He still plays on a LoL team, namely NNO, but only at a semi-professional level.
The NNO team currently consists of these former professional players:
- Frederik “NoWay” Hinteregger (Midlane)
- Niklot “Tolkin” Stüber (Toplane)
- Muhammed “Agurin” Kocat (Jungle)
- Daniel “Broeki” Broekmann (Botlaner)
- Lukas “Karni” Steiniger (Support)
In 2022, NNO achieved a Miracle Run. The team managed to win 3:2 against Hertha BSC in the final of the 2nd division of the Prime League, allowing them to move up to the 1st division.
What is the 2nd Division? The 2nd Division is a kind of “2nd league” within the Prime League. Above it is the 1st Division, the higher league with better players. Similar to the 1st and 2nd leagues in football. Teams can be relegated from the 1st to the 2nd Division and vice versa can be promoted.
The community was thrilled with the promotion, as the lovingly called “pensioner team” did not aim to rise significantly within the leagues or win anything. The five streamers mainly played for fun, which made their victory so special.
NNO Promotes to the 1st League but Cannot Participate
Why couldn’t NNO play? Due to their victory in the 2nd Division, the team was promoted, but they could not play in the 1st League. The following reason applies:
- The rules of the league do not allow players who are simultaneously professional streamers to compete in the highest division. This is because the streaming commitments of the players can potentially lead to conflicts with the requirements of professional gameplay.
- The NNO team tried to obtain an exemption. However, this request was rejected by Riot Games.
The five streamers from NNO no longer took esports as seriously and preferred to focus on streaming instead. Therefore, they founded a “new” organization, sent it to the 1st League, and from then on played as “NNO Old”.
However, this only lasted for two years, and they let the players’ contracts expire. The costs for the team were too high, and the streamers would have had to invest their own money into the team, which would not have paid off in the long run.
The failure of the team was not only due to financial aspects but also the general situation in esports. We are talking about an “esports winter,” where sponsors and investors are even more cautious with their investments than they already are.
Therefore, it is not really financially worthwhile to start your own esports team, as Twitch streamer Ludwig also had to find out.
This is How Things Stand for NoWay Now
Where is NoWay now? On Twitch, NoWay can excite an average of 11,870 viewers, and his most played game is of course League of Legends (via sullygnome). His current main champions in LoL are Viktor, Gangplank, and Syndra (via primeleague).
On his YouTube channel, he regularly publishes stream highlights from his Twitch channel. Even though he no longer plays professionally, NoWay can still record great success; just now in a different area.
The YouTuber and Twitch streamer HandOfBlood has also founded his own esports team: Eintracht Spandau. It faces similar difficulties as NNO but still wants to focus more on entertainment than on sporting success: LoL: HandOfBlood’s team does not enter the LEC, trying what other Twitch streamers have failed to do
