In the League of Legends
universe, memes also circulate widely. MeinMMO reveals the story behind one of the most popular images in the scene.
Who is being talked about?
- Tyler
Tyler1
Steinkamp is one of the biggest League of Legends streamers worldwide on Twitch. His vibrant personality and impulsive reactions while playing ranked made him popular in the LoL community. - For some time, he was banned by Riot Games due to his problematic, toxic behavior while playing LoL. Initially, the ban was supposed to be permanent.
- In 2018, he was unbanned after Tyler1 promised improvements in his behavior and a Riot employee had insulted him harshly. Since then, he has become more popular than ever.
- Back then, he had over 90,000 followers, today he has over 5.3 million on Twitch.
- Recently, he got frustrated after two bad games and explained how terrible Riot Games is.
- He is also primarily known for his skills on the AD Carry Draven.
Tyler1 is not only very successful and has a huge fanbase, but he is also responsible for one of the most popular images in the League of Legends
universe.
A look behind one of the most famous memes from LoL
For years, a meme surrounding his height has attracted the attention of his fans. An image that became a significant meme in the LoL scene and beyond.
Here you can see the image:
What’s behind the image? The image shows Tyler1 next to Mel Capperino-Garcia. She is the Lead Influencer
manager at Riot Games. The reason it became a meme lies partly in the size difference between the two and how Tyler1 looks up at her. The photo was taken during TwitchCon 2018, where Tyler1 participated in a show match and Mel Capperino-Garcia interviewed him.
Many in the community create their own memes from the image. For example, they write in the picture, where Mel Capperino-Garcia is: The teacher
and at Tyler1 Me after solving the math problem on the board.
– via reddit. The creativity of people knows no bounds. If you search for the image, you’ll find numerous created memes about it.
There are also some dark memes, like in this example on reddit:
How tall is Tyler1 actually? According to WGTC , he is about 1.70 m tall. The mentioned image, where Mel Capperino-Garcia towers over Tyler1 with her height, led to speculations that he is much shorter. She is actually over 1.80 m tall, as she shared on X and wore about 10 cm high heels in the photo, which accentuated the height difference.
Tyler1 often jokes about his height, exaggeratingly claiming to be over 1.90 m tall – for example in a short clip on YouTube.
In this video, you can learn more about his success:
What does Mel Capperino-Garcia say about the image? She answered some questions about the meme and wrote among other things on X:
I love the memes that have come out of it because some are really funny. It’s also weird to be everywhere on the internet and see comments about me without knowing who I am.
She herself celebrates the meme and posted on X the mentioned image with Tyler1 compared to a drawn image of Vegeta and Bulma from Dragon Ball. Fans celebrate the image so much that they also make it into a meme referring to another popular franchise.
Here you can see it:
While the image and the discussions about it may remain a mystery to some, it also shows how Tyler1 and Mel Capperino-Garcia respond to memes about them with self-irony and humor.
Ultimately, Tyler1’s height remains part of the identity of the most popular Twitch streamer and will continue to make fans smile with memes and funny clips of him.
Tyler1 often likes to take on challenges, but one proved too much for him:
