Twitch streamers on LoL are angry – Riot chose the wrong person to show the most important game of 2022
On November 5th, the grand finale of the League of Legends World Championship will take place in San Francisco. For all fans who cannot be there, the Worlds will be broadcast live by 5 streamers in 4 languages. But not everyone is happy with Riot’s selection of co-streamers and expresses strong criticism.
Which streamers are included? As Riot announced on November 1st, 5 streamers will broadcast the Worlds in 4 different languages: Feng “Rita” Yu in Chinese, “Sangho” and “MinGyo” in Korean, Ibai Llanos in Spanish and “Sykkuno” in English.
But the choice of Sykkuno in particular caused a lot of displeasure among fans and streamers about LoL. Apparently, they think that others deserve the role more.
Election of Sykkuno “disappointing and disrespectful”
Why are people angry? After the selection of the co-streamers was announced via Twitter on November 1, criticism quickly rained down. Above all, the choice of the YouTuber Sykkuno does not seem to suit many people at all.
LoL commentator and former pro player Marc Robert “Caedrel” Lamont shared his thoughts in a dedicated post on Twitter. He spoke of a “huge slap in the face” for all LoL content creators who are passionate about the esports scene.
Micaiyla, the partner of arguably LoL’s most well-known troll, Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp and a longtime member of the community herself, called the selection “disappointing and disrespectful.” Instead, Sykkuno’s spot should have gone to someone who primarily streams LoL (via Twitter).
Many accused Riot of wanting to reach a wider audience with their selection and neglecting the LoL community. The “pile of money” that Riot would pay streamers would be better spent on esports, according to a Twitter user (via Twitter).
Sykkuno justifies himself, saying it’s not about the money
How does Sykkuno react? In a stream on November 1, Sykkuno responded to the criticism. The YouTuber said he can understand why many people are unhappy, but wanted to provide a little more context.
You can see Sykkuno’s answer in English here:
This is how the offer came about: Sykkuno explained that Riot contacted him and asked if he would be interested in watching and broadcasting Worlds. It just sounded like fun to him, he didn’t even know that it was such a big deal for some.
This is how Sykkuno sees the critics: For Sykkuno, the critics are divided into 3 camps: people who are angry with Riot, people who are angry with him because they don’t like him, and people who are angry because they would like to stream the worlds themselves.
As for the first and last group, Sykkuno was quite understanding. However, he explained that the latter should just say they want to stream the worlds without dragging him into it.
Because of the people in the second group, there isn’t much he can do, Sykkuno said. They would just always be angry, no matter what he did.
However, the YouTuber emphasized that money was not at all a factor in his commitment:
Do you know how many zeros were in the offer? Do you know how many zeros they offered me? They offered me a zero because I’m doing it for free…that’s exactly a zero.
Sykkuno
The YouTuber didn’t really want to say more about the situation. He’s still looking forward to Worlds and hopes his fans will enjoy it too.
What do you think of the choice of co-streamers? Would you rather have seen a Tyler1 in the list? Who would you wish for as a German co-streamer? Please leave us a comment with your opinion.
Also in attendance at Worlds 2022 is legendary South Korean pro Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok:
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