On October 4, League of Legends Twitch star Tyler "Tyler1" glanced through the upcoming changes planned for the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) pre-season 2023, and provided his thoughts.
Tyler1 wasn't too happy with some of the changes that have impacted jungling, vision systems, loadouts, and recommendation systems while claiming that the aforementioned changes would be "dumbing down the game."
The Missouri native also stated that he did not like how the new Avatar Smites and Jungle Pets worked. He sarcastically asked if the blog post announcing the changes was an "April Fool's joke."
During the initial moments of the October 23 broadcast, Tyler took the opportunity to read out the upcoming changes planned for pre-season 2023. After learning about Avatar Smites, Jungle Pets, and some of its mechanics, the Twitch sensation said:
He then moved on to reading about how Leashing Range Indicators worked, and how this feature will help new junglers play the role more efficiently. The streamer was taken aback by this change and remarked:
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The streamer felt that Riot Games was "really dumbing" the game down after noting that junglers will be given a recommended path for traversing across Summoner's Rift:
After reading about the updated Vision System and how enemy ward timers can enable players to keep track of every single ward on the map, Tyler1 stated:
Tyler1 continued the discussion by claiming that these changes were "stupifying" the competitive game:
The YouTube comments section featured more than 38 fan reactions, wherein some viewers suggested incorporating new changes only for unranked games.
Others claimed that Riot Games is trying to turn League of Legends into its mobile counterpart, Wild Rift:
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