In League of Legends, an an international incident occurred in South Korea: The Twitch streamer Ashkan “TF Blade” Homyounie made such a mess of his trip to South Korea with the local LoL players that it had consequences for him. He was banned. Other US streamers in South Korea were also punished by Riot Korea.
Who is TF Blade?
- We have reported on TF Blade on MeinMMO several times: The 24-year-old is a hot-headed US streamer with impulse control issues: When he loses in LoL, he loses his cool and verbally abuses teammates and opponents in the worst way. Something like “Tyler1 without the muscles and humor”.
- TF Blade has been trying to set a record in LoL since 2019: He travels to foreign countries and wants to become the number 1 in the local Solo Queue of LoL. The players there usually don’t appreciate this because he insults them on his way to the top. He once called players in Turkey “dogs”.
- This time he wanted to reach the top in South Korea again, and he really messed it up.
TF Blade clashes with pros and celebrities in South Korea
This is the new scandal surrounding TF Blade: TF Blade and a number of other LoL streamers traveled to South Korea for a “boot camp” to compete against the best in the game. Such a trip breaks up the LoL routine and attracts viewers. Because the Solo Queue in North America is considered terrible, those who succeed in South Korea can succeed anywhere.
As an e-sports journalist summarized on Twitter, disputes quickly began:
- TF Blade started flaming famous Korean professional players and YouTubers
- This spread in Korean forums, where people were upset about the “invasion” from the USA
- A 2nd US streamer got into a confrontation with a Korean pro. He said he would have him banned
- TF Blade received a 2-week ban but circumvented it by playing with a new account
- Now Riot Korea intervened and banned all streamers associated with TF Blade. It is believed there could be an IP ban against the hotel where they checked in
The German streamer NoWay4U commented on this mass ban confused on Twitter:
Streamer remains unapologetic: I’m just toxic
This is what TF Blade says: He made a statement on Twitter and says: he received 3 bans in one day, which must be a new record.
He just cannot control himself and flames trolls and bad players. He won’t apologize for that. He is only interested in winning.
He admits: he is toxic and deserves the bans. But so many others are just as bad and do not get banned.
What he finds unfair is that he is now being blamed just because Riot Korea is so stupid and also bans other streamers.
Those who want to win in Korea must be friendly
That’s what it’s about. TF Blade unfortunately matches in 2023 the worst stereotypes one can have of LoL players.
He is viewed critically in the community. On Reddit, one is not surprised at how angrily the Koreans react when someone comes in and acts so provocatively. It is also known from other trips of aggressive US streamers, how quickly bad behavior spreads in Korea and how negatively they react to these players.
It is said: TF Blade just doesn’t learn. How can one insult the local players? Indeed, TF Blade seems to be someone who neither wants to change nor can change.
How to do it a bit better in Korea is shown by a German Twitch streamer:
LoL: German Twitch streamer becomes number 1 in the strongest country
