Streamer Quintin “Quin69” Crawford completed the new league in Path of Exile live on Twitch. He was on air for 12 days during a Subathon. The marathon officially ended with the death of the opponent “The Maven” and a middle finger to the Twitch chat.
This was the idea: Since Ludwig streamed continuously for 31 days and generated over a million US dollars in revenue, “Subathons” have become a trend on Twitch. While Ludwig just lived life and streamed it on Twitch, the “God Gamer” and action-RPG specialist Quin69 set himself a clear goal:
- Quin69’s stream began with the start of the new league “Ultimatum” of Path of Exile
- Quin played “Hardcore” and at the hardest difficulty of the new league, without accepting help from others – so he was not allowed to die and could not accept items from others
- For every subscription he received, the stream extended by 40 seconds
Most of the time, viewers could watch Quin69 play during the 12 days, but they could also accompany him shopping or watch him sleep. His entire life was streamed during those 12 days.
Streamer kills “The Maven” after 12 days of gaming
This is how the stream ended: Quin69 actually managed to complete Path of Exile. The Subathon lasted 12 days and formally ended with the victory over the dangerous boss opponent “The Maven.”
After the kill, the stream’s countdown could not be extended further and expired a day later. The sleepy Quin69 eventually turned off the Twitch stream under the laughter of the chat shortly after waking up.
The Subathon ended with him showing the middle finger to the chat.
This is how it is discussed: Quin69 is clearly the most popular streamer for Path of Exile. He doesn’t take himself too seriously. The community on Reddit likes to tease him, and some criticize him. Because usually, people don’t watch streamers for their skill (since the true experts don’t stream but only comment), but because they are entertaining:
- Initially, there is teasing: Quin69 may have completed Path of Exile, but with a totally defensive build that focused only on bleeding damage and did practically no DPS.
- However, even the hardcore flamers admit: “That was good work,” as gaming for 12 days and completing it consistently is quite an accomplishment.
- One flamer says: Quin might have some slight brain damage, but he is still much better than the memes suggest. It was very cool to watch him play Path of Exile in a completely degenerate manner.
- Another added that Quin69 is surely better than 99% of his Twitch chat, who think they know everything better. They surely wouldn’t have even defeated Maven in softcore.
Streamer is successful but remains in the niche
Was the stream worth it for Quin69? Yes, the event stream was certainly worthwhile for Quin69. However, it shows once again that the world is unfair. Because the streamer is quite successful by his standards, but remains in a niche.
- In the last 14 days, Quin69 was practically always on air on Twitch. With 314 hours, he averaged 22 hours a day.
- During this time, he had an average of 13,600 viewers – at peak, there were 44,000. The numbers are approximately in his upper normal range.
- In contrast to Ludwig, Quin69 is a niche streamer for Diablo and Path of Exile, which is why his channel only grew by 8,000 followers during this time. Regarding subscriptions, he gained a few, but with about 15,000 paid subscriptions on Twitch, he is only in 49th place on Twitch.
In contrast, Ludwig was significantly more successful, although Quin69 certainly delivered the much more impressive performance in gaming.
Ludwig streams for 31 days, breaks sub-record on Twitch – Ninja congratulates sadly
