This is an accepted version of this page Tyler Steinkamp (born March 7, 1995[2]), better known as Tyler1, is an American online streamer and League of Legends player.

[8] On April 30, 2016, Riot Games employee "Riot Socrates" announced that due to "a well-documented history" of verbal abuse and player harassment, Steinkamp would no longer be allowed to own a League of Legends account, adding, "this dragged on too long, but we want you to know when the rare player comes along who's a genuine jerk, we've still got your back.

[6] He also tried playing in his free time, repeatedly creating new accounts and climbing the competitive ladder before those too were discovered and banned.

[3] Unable to play League of Legends, Steinkamp was forced to branch out to other games to entertain his viewers, such as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

[6] Despite the ban, Steinkamp's following continued to grow, and he withdrew from university to focus on online content creation full time.

[3] In November 2017, Steinkamp hosted an online League of Legends tournament called the Tyler1 Championship Series (TCS).

[12] In August 2017, Riot Games community manager Phreak announced that Steinkamp would not be unbanned as some of his recent accounts had been penalized for verbal abuse.

A few days later, investigative esports journalist Richard Lewis reported that Rutledge no longer worked at Riot Games.

[11] Soon after, Steinkamp announced on stream that he received an email from Riot Games that his ban would be lifted at the end of the year if the accounts he played in the last month were "clean" of abusive behavior.

[21] In September 2018, Riot Games invited Steinkamp to play in a "Streamer Showmatch" at the Oakland Arena with Imaqtpie and other content creators.

[22] He was also invited to commentate with Mark "MarkZ" Zimmerman on the analyst desk for the 2018 NA LCS Summer Finals.

[29] Riot Games celebrated his accomplishment on Twitter and sent Steinkamp a custom-made gift of five medals, one for each role he reached Challenger in.

[31] The organization produced a video with Steinkamp and T1 player Faker at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas.

"[41] Steinkamp studied computer science at Central Methodist University before withdrawing to focus on his streaming career.