Ahmedabad Times

Felix Lengyel, also referred to as xQc, has made a daring declare concerning the Overwatch League. Whereas watching an outdated 2019 clip, he reacted strongly to reported excessive viewership numbers. He stated the league might have used bots to inflate its viewers figures. This stunned many followers, because the Overwatch League was as soon as seen as one of many greatest esports occasions with enormous world consideration and tens of millions of followers following matches on-line.Within the video, businessman Mark Cuban talked about that the league had reached round 300,000 viewers at its peak. xQc strongly disagreed with this declare. He stated, “These numbers had been so botted, it’s comical,” and added that the true numbers had been seemingly a lot decrease. Nevertheless, he didn’t present any proof or affirm the place the data got here from.

xQc says “these numbers had been so botted” and claims faux viewership influenced his exit from esports

xQc defined that he as soon as heard about the true viewership numbers from an insider throughout the league’s early testing section on Main League Gaming. He stated this particular person informed him how many individuals had been truly watching, and the quantity shocked him. As he put it, “These numbers had been so botted… I’m not going to say who informed me, however I went, ‘Yo!’” Though he didn’t reveal the supply, he stated this second made him begin considering in another way about his future within the league.At the moment, xQc had already signed a contract to play professionally. However after listening to these claims, he started planning his exit. He questioned how he might develop as a streamer if the league’s actual viewers was a lot smaller than what was being proven. For him, constructing his personal stream and private model grew to become extra essential than staying in competitors.He additionally talked about strict guidelines within the league. In keeping with xQc, gamers weren’t allowed to stream throughout official matches. This made it tough for him to supply content material and have interaction together with his followers. He talked about that he wanted to dedicate his time to coaching, enjoying video games, and adhering to his crew’s schedule, however was unable to stream and produce content material concurrently.Ultimately, xQc felt that staying within the Overwatch League was not value it. He believed he would lose greater than he would acquire. Whereas his claims about viewership are severe, they’re nonetheless unproven. Nonetheless, his story provides followers a more in-depth have a look at why he selected to depart skilled esports and focus totally on streaming as a substitute.