A 48-hour “Twitch Rivals” tournament for Rust promised a prize pool of $100,000. Big names like xQc, shroud, and DisguisedToast participated. However, a Spanish team made loud and frequent complaints. Consequently, the tournament was prematurely canceled. One of the tournament winners, xQc, referred to the losers as “Soyboys”, wimps.
What kind of tournament is this? Twitch Rivals is a tournament series organized directly by Twitch. These are mostly tournaments for games that, while popular on Twitch, do not have their own esports scene. In Twitch Rivals, not only esports players compete, but also various variety streamers. What stands out is the high prize money available to win at Twitch Rivals.
The latest “Twitch Rivals” tournament for Rust was one of the biggest so far. $100,000, which is approximately €92,500, was up for grabs. It featured streamer giants like xQc, shroud, and DisguisedToast.
Rust tournament took place between North American and Spanish-speaking streamers
How was the tournament supposed to proceed? For 48 hours, players were to survive and compete in specially set up servers for the tournament in the survival shooter.
The streamers were split into 2 teams: North American streamers with DisguisedToast as captain and Alexby11’s team. He led streamers from Spain and Latin America.
The teams were supposed to gather as many resources as possible while simultaneously building their bases and supplies. The tournament was to conclude with the ultimate showdown, where both teams would attempt to raid the opposing base.
What happened instead? However, this did not happen. On the second day, the news broke that the tournament was canceled. The teams reportedly came to a mutual agreement that DisguisedToast’s team should be declared the winners early.
Spanish streamers felt disrespected
Why was the tournament canceled? Already on the first day of the tournament, a significant controversy arose. Spanish-speaking streamers complained that the competition was unfair and that their region was not getting enough respect. They were seriously considering leaving the tournament midway.
The reason for these complaints was that the Spanish players had a clear disadvantage due to time zones compared to the North American streamers. This format was deemed unfair towards players from Europe. Additionally, the North American team allegedly showed them a “pitiful lack of respect.”
When xQc became aware of these complaints, he had strong words for the Spanish streamers:
“They could literally log in when they are the fittest while we are all sleeping. They could literally raid our base in the last 3 hours and just get $100,000.”
“But instead, they go on Twitter, cry to the admins, cry in chat, cry on stream, and meet in small groups to give up like wimps. Who the hell raised these idiots? Such soft losers, God in heaven.”
xQc on stream
What exactly led to the tournament’s cancellation and whether Alexby11’s team actually gave up is unclear. However, the organizers of Twitch Rivals announced with the cancellation of the tournament that changes would also be promised:
“We have heard the community’s feedback and will clarify the rules in the future to avoid confusion, reassess the format, and reconsider the timing for global events.”
Did you watch the Twitch Rivals for Rust? What did you think of the developments? Did the Spanish streamers have a point, or do you agree more with xQc? Let us know in the comments.
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