The LoL streamer Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp was determined to reach the “Challenger” rank in Season 9 of League of Legends. He streamed 80 hours of LoL and failed. Yet, in the last 7 days, there was no more successful channel than his on Twitch.
This was his goal: The Season 9 of League of Legends ended on November 19. Tyler1 aimed to climb one more rank. He wanted to go from “Grandmaster” to “Challenger”.
The rank “Challenger” is the highest rank in League of Legends, with only 300 players allowed to be Challenger in one of the major regions at the same time. The 301st is already “Grandmaster.” Challenger is LoL at its highest level.
Tyler1 is indeed a strong LoL player, but he doesn’t always keep his composure, and in the “Solo Queue,” you are also reliant on good random teammates.
Tyler1 would have needed a “really good run” to achieve this: He would have needed to win more games than he lost.
By the end of the marathon, he was far from his goal and had reached a state where he was completely frustrated. He applauded Riot Games for the season and cursed at teammates and opponents.
The Twitch Streams Keep Getting Longer
How much did Tyler stream? From November 15, he had four marathon streams (via sullygnome):
- 15.8 hours – then there was an 8-hour break
- 17.5 hours – then another 9-hour break
- 18.8 hours – then 7-hour break
- 30 hours
In the last 30-hour stream, according to a post on reddit, he played 19 to 29. In the end, he lost much more than he won.
So Close to the Goal
This is how the streams went: The bitter part was that Tyler1 was at one point only one win away from achieving his goal and finishing the season as a Challenger.
But he lost that match. This set off a spiral that gradually made him “tilt”. However, he could not stop: He had to become Challenger.
He later returned to that crucial match as “the point at which everything went wrong.”
In the stream, there are several scenes where the streamer apparently loses it and loses control. One moment where he can be seen completely tilting can be found here.
Tyler1 convinces himself that other players are hunting him because he is so well-known. They want to provoke him on purpose. He watches a scene of another player killing him and then purposely shouts: “Now the dwarf will get upset.”
According to Tyler1, his opponents are always like that. They intentionally hunt him and ruin his streak.
His Fans Enjoy the Event
How it’s received: Tyler1 is an extraordinary Twitch streamer. Fans appreciate his savage humor.
No one knows: Is he really as angry as he seems at the moment, or is that part of his show? Tyler1 plays with the image of the raging, muscular maniac who is about to rip someone’s head off.
Tyler1’s fans enjoy seeing him struggle. He can get upset like few others. The fans clearly had fun during the marathon.
The stream was extremely successful overall. In the last 7 days, no channel was watched more than Tyler1’s.
With 2.38 million hours viewed in the last 7 days, he is far ahead of all other Twitch channels.
However, his behavior might also lead to another ban. Tyler1 was banned from League of Legends for a long time because he was too toxic. The marathon stream presumably pushed him once again to the edge and beyond.
That the streamer can also be quite different was evident when he received a special gift:
