xQc Responds To Twitch Viewer That Said Giving Money To Streamers Is Useless
By Jesse Collins ·
If you've ever paid attention to xQc in the past, you can probably guess how vulgar his response was to someone saying that donating money to streamers is a "waste of money".
Popular streamer Félix 'xQc' Lengyel is no stranger to controversy and toxic responses to people. While he was let go from the Dallas Fuel for such behavior, he has stated that he has no intentions of being a role model. As with any news piece about xQc,
This was made clear yet again Sunday with an interaction between himself and a viewer during his stream that stated that donating money to streamers is a “waste of money”, trying to get a rise out of xQc.
And a rise he got. xQc started by asking a question out loud, “You get to do whatever you want with your money, right?”
Then, he gets down to it and attacks. “What If I spend six dollars to have a night with your sister? What If I did that?” He continued. “At the end of the night, I wouldn't really get anything. I have, maybe AIDS or something like that? Whatever, dude.”
He realizes he’s gone off topic just to be insulting and veers back for a moment. “But, I don't gain anything. But, I still spent that money, that’s six dollars I’ll never get back. Everything in life is a waste of money, it’s how you want to waste it.”
He ended off by calling the viewer a "f**king r***rd" and flicking off the camera, unfortunately. Until that last part, Lengyel’s response, albeit crass and unnecessarily vulgar, was (somehow) a good sentiment. Streamers treat their channels as their profession and like to get paid no different than any other entertainer. Plenty of professional esports players even “retire” to make more money as a professional streamer. Lengyel is mostly forced into the position due to his toxicity and ease of confrontation, though Team Canada invited him to play during the Overwatch World Cup U.S. group stage, where Canada is now headed to Blizzcon this year.
While some streamers, like Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, have cleaned up their act since becoming popular to become better role models to their younger demographics, xQc is free to stream and act the way he does no different than a radio shock jock or some comedians out there on his own stream. Due to his prior actions, he's learned that there's consequences for being toxic. Maybe Langyel will eventually one day learn from his streaming colleagues or even from getting banned from playing often. But, even if he doesn’t, people will still give him money to do what he does best.
(Featured image by Robert Paul via Blizzard Entertainment)