Popular Twitch streamer Tyler “Tyler1” recently shared his thoughts on competitive queuing in online gaming, saying that by enabling players to team up in ranked lobbies, games are destroying the experience.
Tyler1 passionately opposed the mechanism that allows players to queue up for ranked games with their friends in the majority of games, including Overwatch 2, Valorant, League of Legends, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. He declared that it should be removed from all games because it is unjust in order to make the ranking grind more bearable: “I mean it shouldn’t be in any game. Any game that has a ranked ladder should not have duo queue/trio queue, whatever.”
Tyler1 one, who is well-known for his League of Legends streaming, was playing the just released Overwatch 2 sequel on his Twitch channel when the topic of enabling players to team up in ranked came up. The streamer stated that there are many cooperative game modes and that friends shouldn’t play competitive games against each other. They have an advantage over others, according to Tyler1: “The only excuse people can find is it’s more fun to play with friends. But if it’s more fun to play with friends, most of these games have more fun game modes. So stop the cap.”
He fiercely disagreed with the notion that playing with friends is necessary for ranking, contending that it degrades the experience for other players and that they should switch to another game: “If you want to play with your friends, you’d find time to play with them in other things. It ruins this sh*t bro.”
Tyler1 did somewhat retract his initial critique and concede that duo queues were still acceptable. He did, however, restate his dislike for trios and four-stacks due to their advantage in terms of competition when playing tactical shooters that call for teamwork. According to the streamer: “Okay, duo queue, if you wanna argue for duo queue, f*ck it, whatever. You should not be able to four stack. Are you crazy!?! Trio, are you insane!?!”
The all-too-common tale of a lone player being outwitted by a bunch of well-coordinated players on the other team was recounted by Tyler1 as additional anecdotal proof. He called the situation “annoying as f*ck”: “Every single time I’ve played against them (five stacks), even as a tank player, I get f*cking sh*t on. I get dumpstered. I get sh*t rocked because, when the enemy team has like a tank, one support, one DPS. At least three stacking. They blow me the f*ck up instantly. All coordinated, all playing together. It’s like annoying as f*ck.”
Tyler1 said that due to stacking on his opponent’s side, it was impossible to solo queue as a tank in Overwatch 2 and that coordinated play might only be expected in higher levels rather than gold or platinum. He questioned: “How do you solo queue tank against trio+stack?”
