Doublelift gets struck by Riot Games after he comments on their declining viewership
Former League of Legends pro Yiliang "Doublelift" revealed that Riot Games had struck his channel for the second time after he talked about the declining viewership of the League Championship Series (LCS) during a previous livestream.
After competing in MrBeast's $150,000 League of Legends duel against Ninja, Yiliang stated that Riot Games did not allow Team Liquid's mid-laner Søren "Bjergsen" to participate in the YouTuber's tournament. Following this, he criticized the MOBA developers by stating that these kinds of decisions have resulted in a continuous decline in viewership for LCS.
During a recent stream on July 14, the professional Attack Damage Carry (ADC) player mentioned that his critical comments got him struck down by Riot Games, and he sarcastically apologized for making them.
The former Team Solo Mid (TSM) member is a vocal personality and does not shy away from providing his opinions on various subjects.
A few days ago, the Twitch streamer revealed that Riot Games and LCS blocked Bjergesen from competing in MrBeast's $150k League of Legends tournament.
In the same clip, Doublelift provided his take on the declining viewership for LCS and said:
During a recent livestream, Yiliang spoke about the clip and added that Riot Games had imposed a strike on his channel after he said the phrase "LCS is dying." He said:
He followed up by talking a bit about his first strike:
Doublelift shed some light on his second strike and how it would affect his upcoming streams:
The 28-year-old then took the opportunity to sarcastically apologize to Riot Games:
Doublelift pulled up a screenshot of a recent LCS broadcast which had 36.4k viewers watching the stream. He slyly altered the number to make the viewership appear to be 236.4k and
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