Earlier today, LoL Esports officially announced that YouTube Gaming star Thomas "Sykkuno" will be one of five content creators to co-stream the League of Legends Worlds 2022 Final.
He will join forces with Feng "Rita" Yu, Sangho Lee, Min Gyo Kim, and Ibai Llanos.
The streamer provided details about the special opportunity during a livestream on November 2, 2022. During the broadcast, he revealed that he will be co-streaming the League of Legends 2022 Worlds Final for free:
At the two-minute mark of his livestream, Sykkuno stated that he would be traveling to the League of Legends Worlds 2022 venue to co-stream the special event.
He then revealed that Riot Games messaged him, asking if he "wanted to watch Worlds and stream it":
The Las Vegas native also speculated that other co-streaming personalities must have gotten "some kind of a big deal":
Riot Games did receive some criticism for its lineup of streamers for the League of Legends 2022 Worlds Final.
Sykkuno addressed the backlash from the community and categorized three types of individuals in the situation. He expressed sympathy for those who have worked closely with Riot Games in the past and were unable to co-stream the annual event:
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The YouTuber then talked about the second group, which consisted of people who were being "really mean." He added that he couldn't really do anything about the situation. According to him, the last category of people was the "most confusing" group. He remarked:
A few minutes later, Sykkuno reiterated that he had to co-stream the League of Legends Worlds 2022 Final and took the opportunity to talk about how much money Riot Games offered him. He said:
After claiming that things were "really not as crazy," Sykkuno expressed
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