news culture Twitch: Star streamer xQc claims to have been the victim of harassment, “I froze,” he explains
Since the beginning of the week, many international streamers have reported on the leaks and crashes that occurred during TwitchCon San Diego, which took place this weekend. In addition to the significant physical injuries suffered by some, streamers have been victims of harassment, as evidenced by xQc.
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- Twitch: A convention with many overflows
- “I’m taken, can you go back?”
Twitch: A convention with many overflows
TwitchCon took place this weekend, a large conference organized by the platform of the same name to celebrate both its partners and its users. It is the last of the year (following that of Amsterdam in which French-speaking streamers had won the organized competition) and it is probably fair to consider that the Amazon platform would have liked to have ended the year on a better note: in addition to the many reactions after tariff changes in the next year who has forced Twitch to reactSeveral accidents occurred at the construction site last weekend.
Accidents that quickly went around the web when the platform’s partners shared their content live as streamers. Enough to have several explanatory notes on what happened.
The first accidents to make the rounds involved site safety and in particular the dangers of a bubble bath. A kind of huge square housed two vertical columns on which the participants fought in gladiator mode, with the first to fall losing the fight. Except that the pool of foam cubes was probably too shallow: some had sustained serious injuries by Adriana Chechik, who broke her back in two.
“I’m taken, can you go back?”
In addition to these physical injuries, some also note severe harassment. This is especially true for Canadian star streamer Félix.xQc” Lengyel. Invited to TwitchCon in San Diego, of course (he’s in the top 10 most subscribed personalities on Twitch lately overtaken by Kai Cenat), he explained on his return during a live performance that he had been sexually assaulted on the spot. The clip can be seen in a replay video, broadcast on Youtube and available below. He explains that it happened during a post-event party, where a woman allegedly made advances to him, which he turned down several times:
I’ve done this at least four times, told her to back off, and I sit a couch over her because there are two couches. I’m just trying to have a good time and relax. I’m talking to Omie and she touches my legs from behind like this. And I said, “Yo, I’m taken, can you go back?” I’m done with this shit.
I froze and asked other people to help me. I start going to the bathroom because I want to go out. I arrive at the bathroom, look behind me and she’s following me. I’m not even dramatizing – she’s chasing me.
It seems she would have made other more advanced advances, making xQc really uncomfortable. The latter would have sought help by going to the toilet and would have stumbled upon LudWig (another popular Youtubeur with whom he decided to reimburse Victim of Twitch’s biggest scam). Finally he says that everything turned out well:
It all ended well, but that night was a bloody disaster. It feels good to empty my chest and tell it like it is. This girl was off balance and I get the feeling that people didn’t care. It annoys me, it annoys me.
