The Twitch streamer Félix xQc
Lengyel (29) engaged in a duel last Friday with the significantly younger influencer IShowSpeed (20). He probably should have skipped it. Because xQc was in a physically disastrous state during the duel.
This was the duel: Two controversial Twitch streamers are embroiled in a more or less friendly dispute:
- xQc (29) was the biggest streamer on Twitch for several years before succumbing to his gaming addiction and moved to the casino-related service Kick in 2023 for an alleged 100 million dollars
- IShowSpeed (20) is a young YouTube star, the next generation. Although he is extremely popular, he repeatedly attracts attention for inappropriate actions. For instance, he leaked the phone number of a football player from FC Bayern and barked at a young boy.
The two have been poking fun at each other for a long time and wanted to resolve their animosities now ahead of a major charity football match in London. Both are from North America, so they have not grown up with football like we Europeans.
xQc had to quit the football duel after just a few minutes
This was the duel: In the run-up to the “charity” match, the two played a few minutes of football against each other. It was one-on-one, about 25 meters from the goal. It was about getting past the opponent and hitting the ball into the goal.
IShowSpeed seemed fit and hyped. xQc, on the other hand, was already physically spent after just a few actions, holding his sides and struggling to breathe.
After a few minutes, the 29-year-old xQc called off the duel, sat down on the ground, and looked like a bundle of misery while being mocked by other young influencers: it was a pathetic performance.
Here are some highlights from the one-on-one between the two:
xQc said he spat blood, hadn’t slept for 2 days
This was his explanation: After the duel, xQc hid in a caravan and complained in the driver’s compartment. He was feeling physically unwell. He said, “his lungs felt like blood” and he had probably spat blood.
In a conversation with the extremely unsympathetic streamer StableRonaldo, it came out that xQc had not slept for two days before the duel and had only been eating chicken and cola (via youtube).
xQc then laments: “Everything happened way too fast.”
Right after the duel, xQc was physically very worn out and just a bundle of misery:
This is how it is being commented: Under a video, many people are worried about xQc:
- One person says: That is a wake-up call. He needs to start exercising. That’s just crazy.
- Another explains: The statement that he slept too little is an excuse for a physically weak condition. He should seek help; otherwise, it would be
GG
– that is, game over. - A third explains: The feeling of tasting blood comes from the overstressed lung that is not used to such stress.
IShowSpeed converts decisive penalty against xQc
This is how the match went: In the actual football match, xQc was again in goal but did not perform well during the match there either. In the end, both teams drew 9-9. In a penalty shootout, then IShowSpeed’s team won, with IShowSpeed himself converting the decisive penalty against xQc for a 5-4 victory.
The streamer xQc received a rating of 1.9/10 after the match – IShowSpeed scored significantly better with 8.7/10. xQc seems to have developed a somewhat unhealthy lifestyle, not just because he sleeps little and eats a one-sided diet: xQc was the face of Twitch: Today he is the frontman of gaming addiction and gambles for insane amounts
