One of the most famous German Twitch streamers in the field of League of Legends is NoWay. In 2025, he played professionally again in the Regional League NLC, but after the next EM
he wants to retire. There are also several reasons for this.
What is the current status of NoWay? Frederik NoWay
Hinteregger is a German Twitch streamer who primarily plays League of Legends. The former LoL pro announced for 2025 that he wants to play again in the professional field with Team NORD Esports. At 32, he already belongs to the older generation in LoL eSports.
NORD performed quite well in the NLC. They made it to the finals in the Winter and Spring Playoffs, finishing second and qualifying for the EMEA Masters. He will participate in the upcoming EMEA tournament, but after that, he wants to retire.
He cites mainly the effort and energy required, but also the disadvantages as a content creator.
NoWay will retire again, having learned from the project
What does NoWay say about his NORD ending? In a stream excerpt (via YouTube), he talked about his last six months with NORD. He clarified that he will not continue after the EMEA Masters 2025 Spring. NoWay stated that it has not been positive for him. He also gives several reasons for this:
- It is exhausting and would ruin his schedule, it just doesn’t fit into his routine
- In addition, it is a big commitment that takes a lot of energy
- As a content creator, it also has a disadvantage regarding what he broadcasts
He summarizes the points with: That was a mistake in all areas.
But he also sees positively that he now knows he doesn’t want to play semiprofessionally
anymore. In a later stream (via YouTube), he specified the arguments again.
NoWay emphasizes once more that being in a professional team requires a lot of work. The scrims (training matches) are not very satisfying, and that is not good content either. The scrims also did not fit into his routine. It is very exhausting, it makes the streams very long and it makes the content very bad.
In the clip, the interpersonal aspects of the players are also addressed. But that is not a problem for NoWay. The team gets along very well
, but there is a different approach
to how to play LoL.
Following that, he also shows that as a player, you also receive abusive messages. On his x-account, he showed quite abusive messages he received after the match against Los Ratones. According to NoWay, that is normal as a professional player.
What’s next for NoWay? Before he stops, the EMEA Masters Spring 2025 is still yet to come. NORD has already played against Team ZNT in Group C and won 2:0. Next up is a best-of-3 against Team GK to qualify for the knockout stage. The match takes place on June 6 at 5 PM. More about NoWay can be found here: NoWay wants to wobble his opponent into the water at an event on Twitter, ends up swimming himself
