The streamer Trymacs wanted to have some fun in League of Legends. However, the result has been a merciless torture.
Just playing a little round of League of Legends – many of us have probably thought that, only to realize after a match: This is just not right if I want to have a balanced state of mind today. But some want to push through and even host a LAN party over several days, like the streamer Trymacs. The idea was simple, yet it broke him. After a few days, he gave up and realized: “That was simply a big, big mistake.”
Why was it canceled? The idea behind the LoL LAN party was quite simple. Trymacs thought he could have some fun with Rumathra. He believed he could start at the Silver rank and then gradually work his way up. At first, the opponents would be a bit easier, and later they would become harder.
But that didn’t happen. Right from the start, they played against opponents who were far superior to Trymacs. In every game, Trymacs ended up being the worst player, often by a large margin.
Streamsnipers and Smurfs make LoL unplayable for Trymacs
What was the plan? At first, he hoped that after a few matches, it would stabilize, but that didn’t happen. Additionally, there were “stream snipers” – viewers who carefully timed their entry into the LoL queue to also face the streamers.
Both have gradually destroyed the motivation of the streamer, leading him to ultimately quit and explain:
[The LAN] was simply a big, big mistake. […] This was now the 15th LAN party or so, and it was the first LAN party I regret. It was just a mistake. I thought I could support Rumathra as a Diamond ADC as a Silver player. At first in Silver we have fun, Gold then becomes harder, Platinum becomes harder, maybe we reach Emerald.
From day one, we played the first 70 games against Emerald. I was the worst player in every game and hoped the opponents would get worse. By the end, they did, but still light-years better than me.
Trymacs seems utterly exhausted at the end, nearly broken by League of Legends. A state that many long-time fans of the game might know.
We can never do that again. That will never happen again. That’s godless smurfing.
A smurf in League of Legends and other games usually refers to professionals or experienced players who create a second account to play in lower ranks and overpower significantly weaker players.
This gives the smurfs a feeling of superiority while the motivation of those defeated is clearly broken. Exactly this has happened to Trymacs – so he probably won’t start another LAN party in League of Legends anytime soon.
Punishments for such smurfs and other offenses do happen sometimes. Even professionals are not spared from punishment. Recently, a professional was caught who received a ban – he allegedly shamelessly manipulated an entire team.
