Emily “Emiru” Schunk is a cosplayer and streamer of League of Legends on Twitch. In a match in LoL on April 6, she played an AD carry in the bot lane and was killed by the enemy jungler without being able to defend herself. She then called a developer at Riot Games live and complained about what he was thinking when designing the champ Viego.
What was the reason for the call? Emiru was playing the character Jhin. While he deals decent damage, he is equipped with little mobility. When the enemy jungler Viego appeared for a gank, it was quickly over for her character.
The streamer was mainly frustrated because she could not move even once during the entire duel. She was basically permanently stunned. She could not understand this and therefore contacted the developer.
Who did Emiru call? Immediately after dying, she called the developer August Browning. He designed Viego and referred to him as one of the “most frustrating champions” one can face in LoL.
Although August was somewhat surprised by the streamer’s call, he responded to Emiru’s criticism with a funny remark. This earned him sympathy points with Emiru’s viewers.
“I designed him as an opponent to Jhin so that Emily has a really hard time”
What exactly did the developer say? Emiru started the call with the sentence: “Why did you design Viego so that he can defeat me with full health? I was stunned the entire time. I was hit by Jhin’s ultimate and then he just walked up to me and killed me.”
The developer seemed somewhat puzzled, but he had the right answer ready:
When I developed Viego, I thought: “One day Emily will play against him, and I want her to have a really hard time,” so I designed him as an opponent for Jhin. That’s it, that’s the real story.
In fact, August Browning also conceptualized the champion Jhin.
Emiru started to laugh in response to his answer and jokingly said that she hates Riot Games because LoL should actually be her “comfort game”.
The developer also perfectly countered that AD carries sometimes need to be put in their place.
You can watch the clip here:
Why does Emiru even have a developer’s phone number? Emiru started her streaming career on Twitch in 2016. There she mainly showcased League of Legends and also cosplays related to it.
Her appearance was an inspiration for the LoL champion Gwen, as a developer from Riot Games later revealed to her (via SVG). Through the cosplays and her collaboration with the organization Cloud9, of which she was part of the stream team for about 18 months, contacts with the devs were also established.
She is now part of the organization One True King, which was founded by Mizkif, Asmongold, and Rich Campbell. The organization was crowned “Best Content Organization” at The Streamer Awards. Asmongold also won an award there and was especially celebrated for his cluttered room.
Emiru’s channel on Twitch is steadily growing, and in the last 30 days, she is ranked 8th in League of Legends based on her average viewership and even 5th when excluding the tournament channels for LEC and LCK (via Sullygnome). She has a large reach on the platform.
What do you think about Emiru’s action? Would you also spontaneously call a developer if you had their phone number? And what would you complain about to them?
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