Twitchstjärna går till konkurrent – får en miljard
Den kanadensiske Twitchstjärnan Félix Lengyel – mer känd som xQc – har fått ett kontrakt med en annan plattform värt motsvarande en miljard kronor.
– Det här är mer än de flesta professionella idrottare och megastjärnor. Det här är ett av de största avtalen i underhållningsvärlden, punkt, säger hans agent Ryan Morrison till New York Times.
Lengyel har nästan 12 miljoner följare. Han går nu till plattformen Kick som bara hade 345 000 tittare som mest i början av juni.
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Wikipedia (en)
Félix Lengyel (French pronunciation: [feliks lɑ̃ʒɛl]; born November 12, 1995), better known as xQc or by his former screenname xQcOW, is a Canadian Twitch streamer, internet personality, and former professional Overwatch player.
Lengyel began his esports career in 2016, while also regularly streaming. Most notably, he played for the Dallas Fuel in the Overwatch League's inaugural season, before being released midway through the season due to repeated controversy and suspensions, as well as for Team Canada in the Overwatch World Cup from 2017 to 2019.
After leaving competitive Overwatch, Lengyel focused on a full-time streaming career on Twitch, while being a content creator for organizations such as Sentinels and Luminosity Gaming. Although he has been temporarily banned multiple times on the platform, he was the most watched streamer on Twitch for three consectutive years, in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
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