Video taking off 18x its usual first day

TheShy needs a hint to remember his own esports history

LoL Esports puts the Worlds champion and two North American fans through a trivia quiz, with one particularly personal answer.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 285,500 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (15,727).

Who's smarter, a Worlds Champion or 2 NA fans?

"Oh. Me?" TheShy asks, finally realizing that the answer to an esports history question includes his own team.

That pause is the little comic centerpiece of "Who's smarter, a Worlds Champion or 2 NA fans?" The LoL Esports Short puts the professional player above a pair of North American fans in a split-screen quiz. Knowing the history and having played a part in it turn out to be different skills.

Asked which teams played the fastest international game, the fans promptly name SKT and IG. TheShy needs a hint before recognizing his own involvement. Viewers keep returning to that moment in the comments, discussing his surprised response and the quizmaster's help.

The Short has reached nearly 200,000 views in twelve hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for this format. It is part of a cluster of unusually fast-starting uploads: "OhnePixel reacts to OhnePixel" and "Doran the DANCER" are also drawing substantially larger early audiences than usual.

The quiz isn't all hesitation. Both sides know the first Worlds winner, Fnatic, and identify Caitlyn as Deft's pick in the deciding game of the Worlds 2022 final. But an older highlight proves harder: neither side can name ForellenLord, the player behind the famous "3,000 Elo Shockwave." Even a world champion has gaps in the highlight archive.

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What viewers say

That man said “oh me” lol
@RomeoBarnesSee it on YouTube
"You should know"
"Oh! Me!"
That's my goat 💜
@RylandDeanxdSee it on YouTube
I love how suprised TheShy is when he gets it correct 😂
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Player get a lot of help in the 3rd question, you almost gave him the answer.
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The facts

Channel: LoL Esports
Subscribers: 3,960,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 33,779,555
Channel views, pace per day: 1,589,999 (on a normal day: 3,881,132)
Video published: November 2, 2026
Video views so far: 196,974 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 285,500

The numbers

The quiz has already passed the channel's usual first-day Shorts audience by a wide margin. Several other recent Shorts are also making unusually fast starts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

15,727

this video

285,500

subscribers

3,960,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,736,395,349

views per day

1,589,999