In his first stream on Twitch, a pro in League of Legends (LoL) attracts more viewers than any other streamer.
In recent years, Lee Sang-hyeok has built an outstanding reputation within the League of Legends community. With several international titles, Lee Sang-hyeok, better known as “Faker“, is regarded as the best LoL player in the world. Yesterday, he launched his first stream on the live streaming platform Twitch and quickly broke records with over 245,000 viewers.
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Faker now streams on Twitch
With his team SK T1, Faker has already won several League of Legends World Championships. This earned him and his team recognition in the LoL scene.
In the past, the members of SK T1 exclusively streamed on the Korean streaming platform “Azubo”. Meanwhile, the contracts for these exclusive streams have expired and the team streams on Twitch.TV.
Within the first hour, Faker’s first stream had over 150,000 viewers at the same time. Shortly later, the stream then reached more than 245,100 viewers at the same time and broke the record for a stream with a single person in focus.
For comparison: The Overwatch World Championship stream this year had a maximum of about 120,000 concurrent viewers. Popular LoL streamers like Nightblue3 or Imaqtpie attract about 40,000 to 60,000 concurrent viewers during peak times in their streams.
Faker is popular in the community also because he possesses outstanding skills in League of Legends and has been able to prove this ability across several champions.
The stream suffered from lags and other technical issues that made viewing difficult. However, only a few viewers were deterred by this.
Top streamer is not exactly a chatterbox
Faker is also known for having a calm personality and not talking much.
During his time on Azubo, he primarily streamed without a microphone, so viewers had to be satisfied with his gameplay without commentary. On TwitchTV, however, he now wants to talk more with his fans, he said with the help of a translator at the beginning of the stream.
Although some viewers were disappointed that Faker did not speak much during his first stream, most fans tune into the stream to witness his outstanding talent in League of Legends. Therefore, lack of commentary is hardly a problem for the fans.
You can find his stream here: The official Twitch.TV stream of Faker
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