The Twitch streamer TF Blade secured a victory in League of Legends with a clever suicide play. Players are currently discussing this and the “remake system” of LoL.
This is the standard practice: There is a “remake” system in League of Legends. Before a match has really started, a team can forfeit and request a “restart” without fearing any consequences. This does not count as a loss.
This is possible when a player is missing from the team who has not yet intervened in the match. The system serves as a kind of “AFK protection.”
The logic behind the remake system: It is unfair for a match to start with 4 against 5, then it is clear who will win.
Here was the situation: In a LoL match, the jungler of a team essentially “mis-skilled.” He took a teleport instead of smite – Smite is essential for the jungler role.
The jungler was now AFK and wanted to force a log out so that his team would only have four members left and they could utilize LoL’s “remake” system.
This was the genius play: The streamer “TF Blade” utilized the information that the opposing team was discussing in chat that someone was AFK and they wanted to “re-make” the game.
TF Blade snuck into the opposing team’s base, where the “mis-skilled jungler” Lee Sin was still at the entry point. Here, TF Blade then threw himself at the opponent and died next to the AFK player.
This allowed him to gain experience points, and the game could no longer be “restarted.”
This is how it continued. The match was quickly finished. After 10 minutes, the team of TF Blade emerged victorious.
The opponents essentially gave up because they suspected they had no chance of turning the match around.
This is being discussed: In the subreddit for LoL, this play is currently being discussed. It is being talked about controversially:
- It is said that one should never tell the other team that someone is AFK – so they don’t pull such stunts
- This would not be “fair play” from TF Blade
- It is “a bit rude,” but very funny, says a third
In general, the remake system in League of Legends is being discussed. Some see weaknesses in it.
TF Blade was temporarily banned from Twitch because it was thought he had used a racist term.
