The League of Legends community is likely no stranger to the name TF Blade – the male streamer known for his high skills in the top lane, particularly with champions like Jax, Irelia, or Tryndamere. However, despite his high skill level, TF Blade is also notorious for being one of the most toxic streamers. He is quick to condemn anyone, including teammates in his matches, or sabotage the game right on his live stream. Therefore, despite his good skills, TF Blade is not well-liked by many, especially since he is often criticized by professional players.
Recently, a clip taken from TF Blade’s stream sparked outrage in the League of Legends community. Specifically, the clip shows a match where TF Blade plays Nautilus in the top lane, while his team has Nidalee in the jungle. At around the 8-minute mark, while Diana (the opposing jungler) had secured 3 kills and 2 assists, Nidalee was still sitting at a perfect 0-0-0. However, in the early minutes when the game was still even, TF Blade decided to sabotage the game. He abandoned the top lane and headed straight down to his team’s Red Buff, destroying all the minion waves that Nidalee was trying to utilize during the mid-lane’s downtime. After that, TF Blade took his team’s Red Buff for himself.
On Reddit, the community vehemently condemned TF Blade’s lane abandonment and sabotage actions. Since it was still early in the game, lanes were not yet significantly disadvantaged, and towers were still intact, the male streamer exhibited extremely toxic behavior by intentionally stealing all of his teammates’ resources. This is no different from surrendering early, and it even ruins the gaming experience for others.
– I don’t understand why people still watch this guy’s stream; he acts like a spoiled 10-year-old child.
– I was scrolling through League of Legends topics and saw him playing a support champion in the top lane, so I thought I’d check it out. Exactly 4 minutes after I opened the stream.
– Seriously. This is the first time I’ve seen a kid like this in years.
– Because many people think this nonsense is entertaining. And half (or more) of them think they can imitate it.
– It’s sad that he was originally known for being rank one. He even did a challenge to reach the highest rank in the world and almost achieved it. Even though he acts like a spoiled child, at least we can respect what he has accomplished. Now he’s just a streamer who smurfs rank over and over again.
However, there are also some names defending TF Blade’s actions, arguing that the male streamer was merely frustrated because his jungler teammate was doing nothing but farming and allowing the opponents to gank across lanes throughout the match.
Cloud9 streamer Christian Rivera stated: It’s funny how someone deliberately trolls TF Blade (jungling but buying boots first, afk and not camping in the first jungle clear, 0-14-0 and only dealing 3000 damage across 4 games) but the channel owner (only TF Blade) gets the backlash. The community is **** ***.
For anyone, when playing a game, especially while climbing ranks, they want the best entertainment experience, alongside teammates, working together to achieve victory or at least trying their best even in defeat. Regardless of the reasons, allowing one’s emotions to overwhelm and affect others is extremely undesirable, especially for a streamer already known for being toxic like TF Blade.