The Swedish Twitch streamer Sebastian “Forsen” Fors and former Overwatch pro Félix “xQc” Lengyel have been at odds for over 3 years: They try to outdo each other in speedruns of the block game Minecraft. Currently, Forsen is in the lead and explains why xQc cannot win.
What is the record about? Since its release in 2011, Minecraft has become a real evergreen on Twitch and YouTube, and content creators keep coming up with new challenges to test their skills.
2020 was marked by speedruns: Numerous large content creators attempted to complete the open-world game as quickly as possible. Among them, two Twitch streamers stood out: xQc and Forsen.
Throughout the year, the streamers repeatedly outdid each other, and by the end of 2020 both managed to defeat the Ender Dragon in under 30 minutes. While the streamers are far from the official world record of 7 minutes and 45 seconds (via speedrun.com), they are only interested in beating each other.
In October 2023, Forsen succeeded in beating xQc’s record set in May of this year by 1 minute and 10 seconds with a time of 15 minutes and 28 seconds. Additionally, the streamer explained why he is superior to his rival.
Forsen has what xQc lacks
Why does Forsen see himself as the winner? After the Twitch streamer crushed his rival’s best time, he explained why xQc cannot beat him: He simply lacks the willpower.
The Swede has completely committed to Minecraft in 2023: He has spent 72% of his stream time on the game, almost 1,194 hours (via TwitchTracker, as of 23.10.2023, 12:30).
In contrast, xQc has spent only 20.5% of his streamed time on Twitch on it (via TwitchTracker, as of 23.10.2023, 12:30).
Instead, xQc is primarily found in the “Just Chatting” category, where he keeps himself entertained with reactions. Additionally, the “Juicer” has increasingly been on the competing platform Kick since the signing of his $70 million non-exclusive contract.
However, he mainly shows gambling and Counter-Strike instead of Minecraft there. Forsen seems confident that his rival is not willing to give up his other content to focus solely on the record.
It’s impossible. You don’t understand, Chat, you don’t understand, okay? It’s a huge commitment. You have to be willing to kill your stream, right? To achieve that. He’s not [laughs]. He’s not.
It doesn’t matter how much [he streams]. 16 hours a day streaming, damn gamer goblin. It doesn’t matter. You have to commit. You have to sell your soul, okay? That’s what it takes to set a record.
In fact, xQc seems to have made no attempts so far to beat Forsen’s record. It remains to be seen whether the streamer will actually concede so easily and whether the feud that has lasted more than 3 years is simply over.
Currently, xQc probably has other worries than Minecraft, as the streamer has been in a public war of roses with his ex-girlfriend Adept since September 2022. In early October, the dispute escalated again:
Twitch bans streamer after she accused her ex xQc of serious misconduct
