Yesterday, on 15.1.25, a duel took place in WoW : It was about who would become the Warchief in the popular Twitch guild OnlyFangs. Founder and WoW veteran Sodapoppin wanted to reclaim the guild leadership. However, the LoL titan Tyler1 had a problem with that. The spectacle pushed WoW past Counter-Strike to the number one spot on Twitch’s hottest games.
This was the situation: Chance “Sodapoppin” Morris is a Twitch streamer and World of Warcraft veteran. He founded the guild OnlyFangs on a WoW hardcore server. Here, some of the world’s biggest streamers play, but also gaming icons like the boss of Riot Games. The special feature of the server: If you die, you lose your character forever.
In a careless pull, Sodapoppin died stupidly in WoW at the end of 2024 and had to give up the guild leadership.
The crown was taken by Tyler1, who actually comes from LoL and now promised to take charge in WoW with an iron fist. He initially made fun of Sodapoppin’s death and kicked inactive members from the guild.
Tyler1 refuses to hand over the guild leadership without a fight
This is how the duel came about: Sodapoppin was putting in extra hours on Twitch at the beginning of 2025 to bring a hero up to level 60. For the 30-year-old, it was clear: once he reached level 60, he would be the boss again and take the reins. The Molten Core raid was coming soon and the guild needed a tank and Warchief, they needed him.
But Tyler1 had no intention of making way: He challenged Sodapoppin to a duel to determine who would be the “permanent head of the guild in WoW”, the true Warchief.
430,000 people watch WoW at the time of the duel
This is how the duel ended: It was a spectacle. The warriors of both faced off in front of the assembled team.
It ended up going into a ninth and final decisive fight after 8 rounds, which Tyler1 was able to win, while Sodapoppin was cursing and struggling: He, the experienced WoW player, had forgotten that he could still use his fear effect. While Sodapoppin kept mumbling about what an idiot he was, the fight inevitably moved toward its conclusion. Tyler1 triumphed.
Tyler1 reacted as usual, composed and calm, to his victory:
WoW reaches highest viewer count on Twitch in a year
This many watched the duel: On Sodapoppin’s channel, 150,000 people watched the duel. Another 110,000 people watched on Tyler1’s channel. In total, WoW had 430,000 viewers at the time of the duel – that is the highest number of concurrent viewers WoW has had in about a year.
There were even more viewers than during the elaborate races for the World First kills in raids, the actual highlights of a WoW year.
Thanks to this story, WoW became the hottest game on Twitch in the last 3 days: The increase in viewers catapulted WoW past Counter-Strike and Honkai Star-Rail to the number one spot on the trending charts. Overall, WoW was in 4th place among the largest games on Twitch.
Tyler1 wins the duel and takes cruel revenge
This was the conclusion of the duel: Tyler took cruel revenge after his victory. He demanded that Sodapoppin, as a “punishment”, dye his hair pink.
The punishment is a reference to the expulsion of Twitch streamer Pirate Software from the guild by Sodapoppin. For Tyler1, the punishment comes because Sodapoppin seeks excuses and does not take responsibility for what he did. With exactly this reasoning, Sodapoppin had expelled the former Blizzard developer Pirate Software from the guild.
Sodapoppin had no choice but to accept the punishment: “Yes, my Warchief.”
Sodapoppin also has trouble at home
What is really bad for him? Following the humiliating defeat against Tyler1, Sodapoppin had to hear from his girlfriend Veibae that he was a wimp who loved being pushed around by “bigger guys.”
His ego had crumbled and he had let Tyler1 mess with him in his head and treat him like a little puppy.
Sodapoppin denied this: Tyler1 was just the Warchief and made the rules, but Veibae was relentless. Sodapoppin just liked being treated like dirt by men.
Tyler1 had complained extensively that Sodapoppin had expelled the ex-Blizzard developer Pirate Software from the guild. He should have discussed this with him, the Warchief, beforehand: No. 1 on Twitch expels former Blizzard developer from his cool guild in WoW because he panicked
