In the MOBA League of Legends, developer Riot Games released a video describing the “4 Types of Tilt.” Normal positive LoL players turn into destructive and toxic maniacs. The video quickly became a hit on YouTube. LoL players enjoy the quirky humor and see themselves in the 4 Tilt types.
What kind of video is this? In English, it is titled “The Tilt Fable: History and Backgrounds of the Four Tilt Types.”
It is structured like a storytime. A grandfather explains the mysteries of tilt to a boy.
There are four short, self-contained stories about how obedient, composed, and brave LoL players become four pretty toxic maniacs due to an incident:
- The barbarian is mocked so much after a mistake by friends and foes that she mutates from a friendly and nice teammate into a feeding troll – this feeding is said to have happened even to world-class player Uzi
- The paladin, a born leader, is frustrated that his teammates do not listen to him and turns into a bitter guy who wildly pings around.
- A composed and reasonable player, after a streak of bad luck, despairingly succumbs to addiction and loses control.
- A wise tactician turns into a pessimistic cynic who believes in a sure defeat from the first minute and only shouts: Just give up already. He has lost all ambition.
LoL players see themselves in the video
How the video is received: The video has already become quite a hit within a day:
- The English version (via YouTube) has 280,000 views and 13,000 likes, with only 370 dislikes.
- The German version has 12,400 views – here too, the likes overwhelmingly dominate.
On reddit , LoL players discuss the video and already can’t help but smile. Some see themselves and remember what a nice player they used to be before they fell into the clutches of “tilt.”
What does tilt mean? “Tilt” or “tilting” refers to losing control out of frustration or other reasons and then making unreasonable and poor decisions. The term actually comes from pinball machines: If they are shaken, lifted, or hit too hard, they can “tilt,” then nothing works anymore and the player loses.
Today, “tilting” is mainly used in gambling: When a player makes only bad decisions after a bad situation and crashes their game.
Especially in LoL, mistakes can often happen. The art is to keep playing afterwards. But those who “tilt” after a mistake and thus get completely thrown off track are considered weak points.
Test which tilt type you are in League of Legends
What tilt type are you? Riot Games has also provided a link where every LoL player can find out which tilt type they are (via riotgames).
The LoL videos are incredibly successful. Riot Games even staged the skinny eSports players during Worlds as true titans. With a music video about 4 heroines, they even landed a viral hit. The song is simply catchy:
