Even after the Twitch star defended himself in a response earlier today, a number of YouTubers have come up and criticized xQc for what they labeled “zero input” reaction streams this week.
It all began when Bub Games accused him of “reacting” to a 90-minute JFK assassination-related YouTube video made by a user by the name of Lemmino that had little to no comments. Additionally, he criticized xQc for taking viewers away from the original source by posting the VOD on his own channel on top of what he had previously done. Later on that day, XQc addressed the claims in his stream. He claimed that he “paused like crazy” and “added a lot of commentary” at first, but that he raced through since his conversation was “getting mad.” Then, after a bit of a rant, he added: “If I commentate too much, chat gets fucking bored, so I just like to watch it with chat.”
SomeOrdinaryGamers, another YouTuber, quickly into the conflict. In a different tweet on July 29, he criticized xQc for reposting his reaction video on YouTube while copying the metadata from the original source.
XQc responded to this as well, calling it “unfounded criticism full of personal assaults” and accusing him of relying on hearsay. The next person in line was Neo, a YouTuber whose educational videos xQc responds to. They called it a mockery earlier today when xQc left the room five seconds into “reacting” to his video and returned ten minutes later. Neo said that the whole video—aside from the sponsored portion that helps them pay their bills—was broadcast live, negating the argument that streamers watching videos increases their chances of getting views and promotion. Neo also provided a graph that demonstrated there was no increase in viewers before, during, or after xQc’s broadcasts.
They all seem to be coming out to vent their pent-up resentment over the juicer warlord’s reaction content because it appears that he has disturbed the hornet’s nest. They might change their minds if he put in more effort and offered more commentary, but xQc is certain his supporters won’t appreciate that.
He has also recently come under fire for other things. Even though he still mostly streams on Twitch, he was also branded a “sellout” for signing a deal with Kick in June. This pattern has persisted.
