Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp is by far the biggest streamer of League of Legends on Twitch. In a nearly 9-hour Twitch stream on Saturday, July 8, the LoL titan faced off against his brother in 20 different games, and it did not go very well. Roaring, he announced after the lost gaming duel that he would never stream again.
What kind of situation was that?
- Tyler1 almost exclusively plays LoL on Twitch: In a year, he travels 2,050 hours. He plays League of Legends obsessively and takes on even the toughest challenges.
- Tyler has a younger brother, erobb221, who is also a Twitch streamer. However, he is not a LoL junkie but a variety streamer. He has about 10 times fewer followers than the muscular LoL titan.
- The two apparently got into it privately, and Tyler1 (28) claimed that although he only plays LoL, he is still “the better gamer” than his younger brother (27). In a 24-hour stream on Saturday, July 8, they wanted to find out who the better gamer is.
Tyler1 embarrasses himself on a grammar question
How did the stream end? The two faced off in nearly 20 games, from H1Z1 to chess to Connect Four. In the end, Erobb led narrowly at 10-9, when it came to “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
Here, the otherwise sharp Tyler1 exposed gaps in his knowledge. Although he still boasts of being in “classes for the smart kids” at school, it did not go well for the 28-year-old in the quiz.
Even when asked, “Which German composer composed after he became deaf?” Tyler1 had to use the jokers, and in the end answered with either “Beethoven” or “Mozart” while still using the phone joker.
Then it was over: when asked, “How many forms of the verb ‘to be’ are there?”, Tyler1 completely floundered, didn’t know what a verb was, then listed “Be” and “Been” and said: 2.
The correct answer was 8, as forms like “is” and “are” also count among the forms of the verb.
He then argued for several minutes with his brother that his victory meant nothing because he had only won in strange games like chess that aren’t even video games. Or in Mario Kart, which doesn’t count at all, it’s just a party game.
In the “real” games like League of Legends, H1Z1, or Overwatch, Tyler1 won.
He also claimed to hate his brother, just wanted his peace, and would give him $10,000 if he relieved him of the commitment to do a 24-hour stream. He should think carefully about whether to take the $10,000 – that would be “like a sponsorship deal”.
Brother Erobb, however, clearly enjoyed torturing the big-mouthed Tyler1. He even said he wanted to forego the $10,000 and would rather play through the 24 hours to make Tyler1 suffer – but there was nothing more to be done with him now.
Warning, loud:
How did the stream end? When Erobb had bolted, Tyler1 was still roaring in front of his computer. He kept shouting “Fuck my life” and announced: That’s it now, he will never stream again. It is officially over. The streaming career is over.
The stream ended with him reflecting on his biggest defeat to date, when he had to play LoL with “that damn Ludwig”. That was apparently a trauma for life.
This is how Tyler1 wiped Ludwig out back then:
Little brother triumphs: “He used to beat me so badly I cried”
How does Erobb see it? For the younger brother Steinkamp, the stream on Saturday was a huge triumph. The streamer says he knew he was better than Tyler1. He also told him: He plays too much LoL and therefore doesn’t have the same skills as before:
You have to understand this: When we were growing up, he kicked my ass in every game. In every game, I got beaten up. And he rubbed it in my face for so long until I started to cry.
Despite all the shouting, one can probably assume that Tyler1 will soon be back on air when he has come to terms with the shame of having lost to his little brother.
There is hardly a worse shame than losing to your little brother. But he manages it effortlessly:
Philipp Amthor takes the controller in hand, brings shame upon himself
