The LoL streamer Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp and his team not only won the tournament “Twitch Rivals” at League of Legends, but they dominated it. In the hour of his triumph, he calls 3 of his rivals “Dogshit”. This sparks a discussion about why someone like him is the face of LoL.
What kind of tournament was it? The tournament series Twitch Rivals is organized by Twitch. For the “Team Draft” tournament, they appointed 8 Twitch streamers or former pros as team captains.
The captains assembled their 5-player teams and then played against each other.
Team captains included LoL streamers like
The tournament started on November 22 and ended last night with the final:
- The winner received $25,000
- Most importantly, the tournament brings a lot of “fame”, as it is prominently broadcast by Twitch.
For the relatively unknown participants, Twitch Rivals is a great opportunity to present themselves to a wide audience, to gain viewers or, at best, even secure a professional contract.
Many LoL teams are currently looking for players for the upcoming season.
Tyler1 and the bad boys win Twitch Rivals
Who won the tournament? The Twitch streamer Tyler1 is considered the “bad boy” of LoL. He assembled a team and named it “Shadowdogs”.
Some of the LoL players he picked are seen as excellent players but had also made a name for being “too toxic” which cost them some opportunities. But what Tyler1 built seemed to work excellently.
The team was already strong in the group stage, playing 6-0. The team led by Tyler1 was able to win the other matches as well. In the end, the team won with 10-0 and was the winner of Twitch Rivals.
You can experience the moment of triumph uncensored here:
Twitch censors joy moments 9 times
This is how Tyler1 celebrates his victory: At the moment he won, Tyler1 jumped up and shouted “Shadowdogs unleashed”. He roared and raged. Couldn’t stay in his chair and jumped up. We’ve included the original uncut clip above.
Twitch later compiled various scenes of the Shadowdogs’ run but had to constantly “bleep out” because Tyler1 used terrible words like “Fuck”. Apparently, Twitch does not want to be associated with such language.
A total of 9 times the audio track is muted.
In the cut, you can see Tyler1 loudly cheering on his players, praising them and promising them a future in the professional league LCS.
After his victory, Tyler1 then tweeted: “EASY AS FUCK!!!” to his teammates.
He addressed 3 of the opposing streamers with “DOGSHIT”. This is clearly an insult for playing poorly.
“He hasn’t changed at all”
This is under discussion: The player Tyler1 is infamous for being “toxic” and had been banned by Riot Games from League of Legends for months. People are wondering on reddit why this player has now become the “face” of LoL on Twitch.
He has not changed in his ways. Riot Games must be “desperate in NA” to work with someone like him.
Then the story is retold that Tyler1 was only unbanned after a LoL designer predicted his death.
In fact, Tyler1’s fans love him just for being so outspoken. You never know how much of it is serious and how much is just show. Because Tyler1 is certainly capable of self-irony.
Fans are then more likely to discuss that he is right: the other streamers really did play poorly.
On reddit, however, individual players from Tyler1’s team are praised. Especially the jungler “Tarzaned” played exceptionally well.
Jungler Tarzaned has now received a 30-day ban from Twitch for being too toxic.
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