The top streamer summit1g has recently celebrated successes with the hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov. But now he announces that he will stop for the time being. The game stresses him out too much, he simply cannot play it anymore.
Who is it about? Jaryd “summit1g” Lazar is one of the largest streamers in the world on Twitch. He has over 5 million followers and is active in shooters like PUBG, Counter-Strike, Valorant, and most recently Escape from Tarkov.
In the Russian hardcore shooter Escape from Tarkov, which is one of the top games on Twitch, he has also produced many streams. Since the game punishes failure particularly harshly by making you lose your hard-earned equipment, there have also been epic outbursts from summit1g while playing.
However popular his Tarkov streams are with fans, they seem to be quite unhealthy for the streamer himself.
“This is a stressful game”
What is the problem? In a recent stream, summit1g announced that he will stop playing Escape from Tarkov for the time being. He stated that the game is just too stressful for him:
Listen, it may be nice to remember EFT, the times when you win and shred the opponent. But the whole time in between, when you get taken out with a shot and have to re-gear, then lose a fight and have to re-gear, and then win a few fights and just be stressed out … This is a stressful game.
There are too many heart attacks. Not to mention the rounds where you just can’t find anyone. You hear gunshots, walk around, can’t find any shit. And then Jomo Scav comes in, shoots at you with a shotgun, almost kills you, and while you’re healing, a three-man team comes by and kills you.
So it sounds like summit1g, who often flips out spectacularly when he fails, does not benefit from playing a game that punishes failure so brutally. Therefore, his decision to stop playing this game for the time being is quite understandable.
Overall, being overwhelmed, stress, and even burnout among professional streamers are serious matters, as the fate of successful CS:GO pro Gla1ve shows. It is all the more important to slow down in time and to prevent it from getting that far.
