In the initial stages of his stream from yesterday, Felix "xQc" reacted to Trainwreckstv's rant about smaller Twitch streamers still gambling on the website despite the restrictions and huge backlash faced by the bigger streamers.
Felix was quite blunt with his argument, calling out the people who were outraged at him streaming Slots and other gambling-sponsored content last year which ultimately led to Twitch severely restricting the genre, effectively killing off the viewer base.
At the start of his stream, xQc came across a Trainwreckstv clip on r/LivestreamFail about the fact that a number of small streamers were still gambling without anybody bringing it up. He found it quite unfair that the "20-50K" viewers were not being called out by people whose complaints spurred the Amazon-owned company into action in October. xQc lamented:
For those out of the loop, last year in September, calls on Twitch from a few prominent streamers such as Pokimane, Mizkif, and HasanAbi were amplified after the ItsSliker gambling scam came to light. With many big creators publicly asking for some form of intervention, the platform finally announced a series of restrictions on Slots and other betting content.
A large crypto casino, which was included in the list of banned websites, was Stake.com. Boasting partnerships with big streamers such as xQc, Tyker "Trainwreckstv," and pop stars such as Drake, Stake has become one of the most recognizable gambling destinations online. Their recent tie-up with the Alfa Romeo F1 Team has also come under scrutiny from the public.
Tyler is even on record stating that he earned an absurd amount of money, $360 million, over a period of 16 months from just streaming such content on his channel. While there are
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