Imane ‘Pokimane’ Anys is urging xQc, Trainwrecks, and other big streamers to refrain from promoting “sketchy” and “ethically ambiguous” gambling sites on Twitch. The 25-year-old Canadian Internet personality believes it’s “negatively impactful.”
Although Twitch gambling has been drawing flak in recent weeks, stream stars like Tyler ‘Trainwrecks’ Niknan, Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel, and Ludwig Ahgren.Asmongold, MoistCr1TiKaL, and some others have criticized Twitch gambling streams.
Pokimane shared her opinion about the issue without slamming gambling streams. She focused on the promotion of “sketchy” gambling sites on Twitch by some of the biggest stars on the Amazon-owned platform.
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She started the discussion by saying that streamers who get offers from casino sponsorships are already multi-millionaires, and that is why they wouldn’t even get them. She believes that they have “so many other options available” for them to generate more income.
“It would be a good idea for people to sit down at that point and [ask themselves] what is ethically or maybe morally just not worth it,” she said. As expected, xQc wasn’t happy about her comments, which Pokimane elaborated and clarified in a subsequent stream.
“My point was that once you’re a multi-millionaire streamer, you have so many potential sources of income that you can opt to choose the ones that are less ethically ambiguous than promoting gambling sites,” she said.
For example, they could “promote a game” and make “decent money” without “hurting anybody” as opposed to gambling streams, which she said are “sketchier” and more “negatively impactful.”
She went on to mention that she felt like Trainwrecks, who is been criticized for his take on the issue, was playing the villain after he became frustrated with the backlash. “Obviously, the comments [about him] are all assuming the absolute worst [and] creating the worst narrative,” she said.
However, she thinks it’s gotten to him and motivated him to be the “villain.” “I don’t even think people want to hate on him. I just think they want to hear him acknowledge the other side of the take,” she added.
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“For example, if he just said, ‘I understand all the negatives of gambling, but I just decide that it’s worthwhile for me,’ I think people would respect that a lot more.”
In a Reddit thread, fans expressed that they feel Pokimane’s take is “absolutely right” and praised her for being “reasonable.” However, the discussion has been going on for several months now, and it’s not likely to end anytime soon.
