While streaming FL studio on Twitch, xQc realized that the stream was age-restricted. The streamer has been trying to get better at the software since he started to get the hang of it a couple of days ago, but viewers soon alerted him to the fact that they were getting an age-restriction prompt if they tried to join his stream. Many have seen a similar prompt pop up for streamers who play a lot of gambling games such as Slots on stream:
Some in the chat even said they had seen the mature warning for other famous gambling streamers such as TrainwrecksTV. Gambling on stream has been a point of contention for a lot of people, and xQc, being one of the top streamers on the platform, is often criticized for his “gamba” streams.
Felix “xQc” is one of the top streamers on Twitch and regularly pulls over 50-70k concurrent viewers to his content. As per the latest statistics, he is currently the most-watched variety streamer on the purple platform. For this reason, many have denounced his gambling streams.
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Being a big streamer, Felix’s audience is bound to have a lot of young viewers, and the anti-gambling advocates feel that the streams may have adverse effects on young impressionable minds. As he stopped FL studio to figure out the problem, many in the chat pointed out that this is what happens to gambling streamers. He asked them:
He then asks his viewers to take a screenshot of the popup and send it to him:
Pokelawls, who was on a call with him on stream, confirmed this too:
xQc was stunned when he saw the screenshots:
Upon hearing that it is a common thing that happens to gambling streams, xQc was annoyed because he was not gambling at the time. His fellow streamers pointed it out too:
xQc even checked other streams to see if the problem was only happening to him and found that only his channel was affected by the age restrictions. When someone in the chat pointed out that people don’t want kids to watch gambling streams, this is what he had to say:
The streamer then came up with another theory, thinking there was some beta testing going on:
However, the problem appeared to have been resolved in an hour or so.
His chat was having fun as most joked about xQc losing his viewer count and teased him about how this would hurt his streaming career. Many also joked about how people could easily fool the prompt by lying about their birthdate:
The subreddit r/LiveStreamFail also pitched in with their opinions. Many supported the mature warning as they considered Felix’s content to be for adults but remained skeptical of how much it would help moderate the streams. Some even thought that it was a pathetic attempt by Twitch to shift the blame onto streamers:
Streamers like Rothstein, Trainwreckstv, and xQc earn huge amounts of money from gambling sponsors, and they are also famous for losing large wagers on stream. There have been critics who question the ethics of showing gambling on stream, but unless Twitch takes more drastic measures, gamba is here to stay.
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