The notorious Twitch star xQc is known for his reaction videos and his GTA Online roleplay. However, this seems to upset a loud minority of his fans quite a bit. As a result, they flood his chat and now also completely innocent service fan accounts with complaints and trolling. Read here on mein MMO what this is all about.
Who is xQc? Félix “xQc” Lengyel is a Canadian Twitch streamer. He initially started his career as an Overwatch pro, which he had to end early due to lack of impulse control and related rage incidents.
However, his angry demeanor seems to bother his followers little. Rather, he has developed into one of the largest Twitch streamers. As of January 30, 2022, he has 9.9 million followers, and on average about 100,000 people watch him while he streams (via twitchmetrics).
What is the problem? Currently, xQc is mainly seen in the categories GTA 5 Roleplay and Just Chatting. In the latter, he reacts to videos that he watches together with his followers. He has already gotten into trouble for, among other things, streaming the Olympics.
But especially his GTA content bothers a very loud minority of his fans. Because it seems they don’t want to see streams of GTA, especially no casino heists. This has recently been xQc’s specialty, and he apparently tried time and again to rob a casino in the online roleplay.
Angry fans harass fan service account on Twitter
What happened next? To vent their anger, the “fans” posted a lot of complaints in xQc’s chat and also brought in memes of Pepe the Frog, who is painfully crushing his face. This, in turn, has now been largely curtailed by xQc using chat bots and modding.
However, the angry viewers let their rage run free elsewhere. The current victim is an independent Twitter account named xQcOWUpdates. There, loyal fans of xQc regularly post information about his current streams.
But as soon as something from a casino or another GTA stream is visible here, the trolls flood the channel and spam their memes and complaints. Additionally, fans who actually enjoy xQc’s content are harassed.
This has become too much for the channel operators, and from now on, everyone who complains will be banned.
In response to Kotaku, the operators stated:
The replies to our tweets have really become a breeding ground for [toxic comments], which is why we published this statement yesterday. It seems that so many of these people have been banned from the xQc chat that they now only come here to spread their hate. We try our best to ignore the shitty comments, but when normal people in our community also become victims of targeted harassment… because they enjoy watching xQc play GTA RP, it bothers us.
How does xQc respond? So far, there has been no statement from xQc regarding the current issue. According to Kotaku, he has expressed multiple times in his streams that games are currently “dog shit” and there isn’t much new to play.
Moreover, he wrote in his chat that there apparently are only complaints here and he doesn’t want to reward this whining with attention.
So much for the trolling fans of xQc and their demands. After all, nobody forces people to watch xQc and his casino heists. Instead, there might be the cute animal category on Twitch, where you can see adorable otters.
