"Most of the people complaining were already sponsored" - xQc rants about Artesian Builds in recent stream

sportskeeda.com:

During a recent Minecraft stream, Felix “xQc” began to rant about Artesian Builds, and while what they did was not approved by many, people only jumped on the bandwagon because it was a necessity.

Felix particularly talked about people sponsored by the company, which many felt was a direct shot at streamer organization OTK, many of whose members were sponsored by Artesian Builds.

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Felix wasn’t holding back during a recent Minecraft stream. When talking about Artesian Builds, he highlighted the most recent thing that ultimately caused the company to go under. That being the chain of events that began with the company refusing to give a giveaway winner a PC.

xQc pointed out that it wasn’t the first shady deal the company had, but it was just the first one that the public latched onto. Another example was when KristoferYee alleged that the company was purposely slowing down its builds.

The streamer talked about Artesian Builds being incredibly shady and that people were simply willing to overlook it because they were sponsored by the company. Some of the first to speak out about them were members of OTK, who had Artesian Builds PCs.

According to xQc, people that the company sponsored knew that things were shady behind closed doors but were fine just pocketing money as long as nothing became public. However, some on social media think it’s pretty hypocritical of Felix to talk about shady dealings while being affiliated with Stake.

Perhaps the biggest talking point on the LivestreamFails subreddit was that Felix also has a shady business deal in the form of the online gambling site Stake. He openly gambles on their website and has an affiliate link where he’s reportedly made an enormous amount of money.

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