- The League of Legends World Championship 2022 ended with DRX’s victory
- T1’s Keria was visibly shaken by his team’s loss
- Riot’s cameras seemed to linger too much on the heartbroken player
Tyler1 says it was not right for Riot’s production team to focus too much on T1’s support Ryu “Keria” Min-seok’s sorrow after the team’s defeat.
Tyler1 Is Not Happy with Riot
The League of Legends World Championship 2022 has always been one of the biggest and most emotional esports events on the planet and its finals have never ceased to amaze audiences around the globe. This year’s Grand Finals were also full of emotions and twists and turns. Millions across the world saw DRX triumph over T1 in the six-hour-long showdown. However, not everyone seems to be happy with Riot’s decisions on how the finals were broadcast.
Popular Twitch and League of Legends streamer Tyler1 recently criticized some of the camerawork done by Riot’s staff during the finals. He was unhappy specifically with how the camera crew seemed to focus on T1’s support Ryu “Keria” Min-seok after the team had lost the best-of-five series against DRX. The experience was quite emotional for the player and he was visibly shaking and tearing up after the loss.
“When he starts physically fucking shaking… fine, you can show it, but you don’t get to show him fucking having an episode for five seconds, man,” Tyler1 said in a recent stream. “Get the fucking camera off him, I hate that shit.”
The streamer admits that it is important to show the players during the match. After all, fans want to see the highs and lows of a team as that sets a great storyline of struggle and eventual triumph. However, he believes the production team focused too much on Keria’s breakdown after the loss and thinks they should have given the player more room and privacy after what was a very emotional match for him.
Even when the emphatic underdog DRX won and celebrated its victory, the camera often switched to the heartbroken Keria, who was being comforted by his teammate, Mun “Oner” Hyeon-jun. The focus on the shaking player remained even later as DRX approached T1 for fist pumps after the series, before finally switching to DRX lifting the Summoner’s Cup.
Although losses are part of any competition and it’s understandable to feel crestfallen, one has to think if it is not too much of a low blow to focus on somebody’s sorrow for extra drama.
