Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp is considered a real bully in League of Legends. He yells, provokes and even gets himself banned from one or the other account. But now he shows heart and criticizes the camera work at the Worlds. There, the supporter Ryu “Keria” Min-seok was shown crying and collapsing several times.
What happened to Keria at the final? In an exciting match, in which all 5 rounds had to be played, T1 lost 2:3 to the Korean underdog DRX. T1’s support Keria struggled with losing the Worlds finals. He was himself a player of DRX until 2020.
Already at the end of the match he started crying, which was broadcast live on the stream. The picture kept panning towards him. After congratulating the opposing players, he slumped in his chair, shook himself and began to cry bitterly.
Cameramen at the World Cup decided to show Keria’s collapse and even got up close to him and zoomed in on his face.
What does Tyler1 say about this? He got upset about it in a live stream. Emotions are important, but the focus on Keria took too long for the Twitch bully, who is very emotional himself.
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Tyler1 is not alone in his criticism
What exactly is the streamer criticizing? According to Tyler1 you have to show the ups and downs of a World Cup. It also means that players cry. But the many pictures of Keria bothered him a lot. In the usual vulgar language, the streamer explained:
But bro, you showed it three seconds too long, you idiot. At the point where he puts his head in his hands and starts crying, okay. When he starts physically twitching, yes, you can show that, you degenerate.
But showing him for five seconds having a breakdown. Man, just take him out of the damn camera. I hate this crap.
Afterwards he emphasizes again that it was right to show Keria. The emotions would also make e-sports. But it would have been just too long.
What do others say about the pictures? In reddit, many LoL players agreed with Tyler1’s statements. One says, “I think if they had shown him crying for a few moments, that would have been fine. But it felt like they cut back to him a few times and that felt unnecessary to me.”
Another even says that DRX’s celebration would have been far too small. There was a wrong balance here between the losers and the winners.
As a positive counterexample, an interview between Dyrus and Sjokz was mentioned in reddit. At that time, the moderator got exactly the right point to no longer ask questions, but to give the professional his time.
How did the players react? Keria’s team-mates also appeared to have gone too far, just as the cameramen positioned themselves directly in front of the player.
Oner, for example, positioned himself between Keria and the camera. Gumayusi covered the other side, according to a video posted by Razorkismo on Twitter. Also under this video there is criticism for the camera work.
How do you see the situation? How important are the emotions and can you overdo it by showing the pictures? Or does a professional have to be able to endure something like this?
Tyler1 himself recently criticized the superstar Faker in a live stream. Here’s what exactly happened:
LoL: Twitch streamer sees his idol mess up and die from the blue buff – “Faker?!”