Ludwig Ahgren is one of the biggest streamers on Twitch and YouTube in the international scene. He made it clear how he would approach his fellow streamers after his career: he would not talk to most of them anymore.
Why would Ludwig Ahgren no longer talk to his colleagues? Ludwig Ahgren talked in a past livestream about when and why he would not interact with his fellow streamers. He referred to them as “streamer friends” who are not “his guys.” While he is really friends with some streamers, he is not with most of them.
He further stated: “When I retire, I will never talk to 95% of the streamers I collaborate with again. (…) That’s a fact. That’s just the reality of life. (…) It’s just true. They wouldn’t go to my funeral and I wouldn’t go to theirs. We would never talk again.” (Source: twitch.tv from 00:23:09).
This is the same experience that his viewers would have at their work when they retire or change jobs.
Ludwig treats streaming like a job
What does the community say about it? A clip from the livestream was also posted on Reddit, where comments on the topic are exchanged. User jaking2017 stated (Source: Reddit): “I think Ludwig is just one of the better streamers who treats the whole thing like a job. I’m a bartender and I don’t intend to act like the best friend of my regulars just because they come into my bar all the time. I can imagine that streamers think similarly.”
Another user referenced a previous statement by Ludwig (Source: Reddit): “Lud[wig] has transitioned from ‘I’m not your friend’ to ‘I’m not the friend of your parasocial best friend’.”
In 2020, Ludwig published the video ‘I Am Not Your Friend’ (translated: “I am not your friend”) on his YouTube channel, in which he talked about how viewers should not glorify him and think they know him. He is not their friend; he does not even know his viewers personally, and it should not slide into a parasocial direction.
Something similar seems to be conveyed by Ludwig with his current statement: Not everything is as it seems on Twitch for viewers. Just because Twitch streamers behave like friends during the stream does not mean that it is so in real life.
The streamer Félix “xQc” Lengyel also mentioned in a stream that, now that he is a successful streamer, he can finally stop pretending to want to be friends with other streamers.
Why does Ludwig Ahgren talk about this? In recent weeks, there have been several accusations against Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. As reported by GameStar, suspicions in the community have arisen that the Twitch streamer does not treat his dog Kaya – and also dogs in general in the past – well.
There is an accusation that Hasan Piker used a collar to inflict electric shocks on his dog. This sparked a general discussion about the person Hasan Piker.
Since Ludwig Ahgren, along with his partner Blaire “QTCinderella”, is in a closer circle of streamer colleagues of Hasan Piker, he was approached by the community on this topic.
Ludwig remained vague and pointed out that he would not share all (political) views with Hasan. He (as Ludwig) is not a socialist; after all, he is a businessman and thus makes money.
But even with his actual friends, Ludwig does not always know what the truth is – because in one situation, the streamer fell for a fake account that pretended to be his buddy. You can read more about this here on MeinMMO: Twitch streamer Ludwig fell for an impersonator of his friend and even invited him to play
