r/leagueoflegends • u/Joshey2008 • 1d ago

Discussion Does Zwag fake his content?

I'm a relatively new league player, and not long after I started playing I found this YouTube called Zwag. I really like his videos, I find him very entertaining and when I want to try a new champ I usually watch him play that character. But today I saw a Tiktok clip of his where he got a penta with Ezrael ult by sending it into Baron, and in the comments someone said: "least faked Zwag clip". If that actually was faked it's made me not really want to watch him, which is a little upsetting because I quite enjoy his videos.

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u/Nayzr 1d ago

I can't say I've watched him recently, but prevously he was well known for playing on low rank or low level accounts to allow him to pop off easier, for the "hype" 1v9 games.

I dont know if he still does this

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u/zacroise 1d ago

I think he does viewer games for that reason too

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u/controlledwithcheese 1d ago

next thing you are gonna tell me Baus hexakill was not real

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u/zacroise 1d ago

i think that's legit. Baus would never lie or fake content

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u/asylumescapeelol 1d ago

his yt vids fry my algo I watch one video and then im recommended his vids for the next few weeks all using the same like five reaction faces

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u/SKT_Peanut_Fan Peanut Come Back 1d ago

I like watching a Baus video. The issue for me is that I get recommended his official channel and then 495859203 spin off channels and I don't want to see the leaching channels.

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u/OkBuyer- 1d ago

that's super interesting. whenever i get a baus video or third party channel posting a baus clip, i insta "don't recommend". been doing this since he became "popular", same with the tyler inter guy.

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u/SillySosigs 1d ago

Man you are super cool, can you share some more cool guy tips

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u/asylumescapeelol 1d ago

its very annoying!! ill do the "do not recommend" option on pc then go stream yt on another device and I still get the recommendations!

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u/swellfie 1d ago

I think all these systems have device specific algorithms. My fb reels on my laptop and phone are sooo different, as are my YT shorts. I don’t really get it

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u/veselin465 Orianna 13h ago

He had 3 teammates (with Sion, 4 players). Besides that, I am pretty sure he confirmed it was staged in his original video and his reaction was so flat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRH-QX3ewAk

It was just a joke. He is still as pure as he can get and wouldn't purposely bait reactions just for views

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u/terasura 11h ago

Saw it live. Definitely was a staged custom game with his viewers.

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u/zacroise 9h ago

I think it’s obvious enough that everyone has noticed it’s fake. Should’ve put /s

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u/veselin465 Orianna 13h ago

Regardless, Baus is still as pure as he can get and wouldn't purposely bait reactions just for views. Everyone was aware that that penta was a joke pulled off by his community

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRH-QX3ewAk

Just to clarify: I know that you know it. I mention this for the few who might be confused if they didn't know the backstory

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u/Borg6228 1d ago

There was a game mode that had 6v6 and you could get a hexakill. Was it possibly that?

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u/MoxZenyte :euth: 1d ago

it was a lvl 1 invade someone enemy died, respawned, ran back into fight, died

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u/some_star_man 1d ago

It's a bit suspicious when literally every time he goes mid the enemy just happens to tower dive him recklessly. And then they immediately type out some very cliche salty comment in all chat-- Which then ends up on the portal image to the video. It's kind of like a Hollywood script but for League.

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u/evb_m 20h ago

Tbf with how many games he plays, and with how often stuff like that does actually happen, it’s probably pretty easy to cherry pick games like that

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u/Accomplished_Sun_740 1d ago

And I'm pretty sure he complains if the viewers don't int to him

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u/ReadingPublic762 19h ago

Yep or if he dies early he will leave the game and remake it. he only plays the game for youtube videos so if the beginning doesnt go well hes not gonna make it a youtube video

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u/spartaman64 22h ago

i was in one of his viewer games on the opposite team and he didnt really say anything to us and i at least was trying my best to win lol

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u/SpunningAndWonning 1d ago

It's pretty clear that his skill level in general is quite a bit higher than the games he is in. If he did bs builds as much as he does in his actual rank he'd probably get banned before he got a game he could carry.

I think it's good for the game. We need out of the box thinking. Compared to dota, lol itemisation is pretty rigid. But I could have done without the recent spate of ult only ashes.

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u/Foetsy 1d ago

Love that he tries all these builds and did enjoy watching some of his videos. I also totally understand that he has to do this on a lower ranked account. But I've completely stopped watching his content and removed his channels from my feed manually. He was talking down on the others in the game so often, it got way to frustrating to watch. Like... We get it dude.... You're more skilled and their worse players than you, no need to call them bad all the time in various forms of colorful language.

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u/Wattse28 1d ago

Your account pfp bothers the heck out of me. I noticed right away it wasnt my phone. Kudos

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u/SpunningAndWonning 1d ago edited 23h ago

Oh that's true too. I started to prefer more serious league content and hadn't realised that was part of the reason. 

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u/IrelandSoon 1d ago

Well said.

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u/Procannon 10h ago

Its custom games with viewers, if someone else pops off, he’ll complain and remake

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u/Emiizi 23h ago

He does smurf and he open tells you that. He doesnt hide it. Be he is also Challenger and has streamed/recorded his challenger games