Many young players in League of Legends dream of becoming a professional player and competing against the best of the best. Only a few achieve this. A 22-year-old Australian is a promising talent, but he had bad luck with his team choice.
Who is it about? Jett Michael Srtty
Joye has made a name for himself in the LoL scene in the Solo-Q area, meaning the ranked mode. The 22-year-old Australian broke a record. He reached the highest LP value ever achieved by anyone in the ranking in North America. With 2154 LP, he is at the top.
Professional teams also recognized that he is really good. However, the big breakthrough in the LCS has yet to come, even though he almost signed a contract.
A talented player who had a lot of bad luck
How did Srtyy’s career go? In a YouTube video by FlyQuest League of Legends, the 22-year-old Australian talks about his career and his beginnings with LoL. He started with Season 6, and then ambition took hold of him. He worked his way up to Rank 1 Challenger in Season 8. The highest rank in the ranking. That was on the Oceania Server.
To get even better, he wanted to play in the USA. In the video, Srtty explains that he also reached Challenger there, even with a negative win rate of 49%. He stated that he was quite toxic at the beginning and that LoL was an escape from his problems for him. Toxic players have always been a major problem in LoL.
He wanted to change that. By working on himself, he also got better at the game. Teams took notice. He played for several amateur teams and was able to achieve some success. He also played for the Challenger team of Evil Geniuses in the NACL, a kind of second league that can be a springboard into the big professional scene.
In the video, Srtty also talks about how he was verbally promised to play for the LCS team of Evil Geniuses, that is, in the highest US league. The night before the contract signing, Evil Geniuses left the LEC.
You can watch the video here:
Srtty does not give up
What happened next for him? After the end of Evil Geniuses, he played for FlyQuest NZXT and for Saint Louis University. He was able to achieve some success there as well. For example, he won the NACL2024 Spring Playoffs with his team or the CLOL 2024 Championship.
His current team is Saint Louis University.
Can he still make it to the LCS? It’s hard to say. He has great skill and is quite successful in his field. However, he is also relatively old at 22 years. A positive example is mentioned: Sheep Esports. The player Quad switched from FlyQuest NZXT to the FlyQuest roster and rose in the LCS. He is also 22.
What happens next for Srtty, we will probably find out in the next few months as new team contracts are negotiated. Currently, the Worlds are the big event in League of Legends. And there too, FlyQuest has provided some exciting moments: Belgian Berserker shocks the Korean champion at the LoL World Championship, giving the Americans their pride back
