Drama ahoy as Pokimane weighs-in on xQc's $100 million Kick deal: 'I would rather make $0 and keep my dignity'
Last week brought the nigh-unbelievable news that Canadian streamer Felix 'xQc' Lengyel had signed a $100 million two-year deal with recently launched Twitch competitor Kick. The deal was notable not just for its sheer size, although wow, but the obvious connection between the hugely popular streamer's constant gambling, Twitch putting its foot down on the same topic, and Kick being part of an established gambling site (Stake.com).
The megabucks deal has needless to say invited plenty of comment from other big streamers, and inevitable drama as the potshots fly back-and-forth. Imane 'Pokimane' Anys said she would never stream on Kick, saying on a June 20 stream that she wouldn't even take $10 million (I'm not sure why this was the comparison figure, rather than the $100 million xQc's taken).
«Why would I compromise my morals and ethics for more money when I have money,» said Pokimane. «Something about that is so cringe to me personally. Like, I understand if you need to make money, right, [but] for me to do cringe shit when I have money… I can't, like ew [...] it's almost embarrassing».
Pokimane has been an advocate for Twitch's ban on gambling in the past and, while she later went on to say her comments were about her own situation rather than intended as a direct criticism of xQc, that's kinda hard to accept. The context of why Kick is being discussed at all, the money, and mentions of his name elsewhere make the above comments feel a lot more focused than that: as does «I would rather make $0 and keep my dignity».
Never shy of a bunfight, in came xQc, who in a stream first of all reacted while watching Pokimane's comments from the previous day, and then was joined by Pokimane herself for a debate about it all (which
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