In a heated podcast featuring Trainwrecks, H3H3, and Hasan, star streamer Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel went further than just calling out gambling streams; he pointed to streamers promoting smoking and alcohol on their broadcasts, like Mizkif’s Fireball Fridays, as being just as dangerous. The debate surrounding gambling streams on Twitch has hit fever pitch with the July 21 podcast between Ethan Klein, Hasan Piker, Trainwrecks, and xQc. After xQc labeled the initial podcast with H3H3 — which he wasn’t on — unfair and “shameless” to gambling streamers like Adin Ross and Trainwrecks, the scope of ‘dangerous’ streams has now expanded. Hasan and xQc got into a heated exchange regarding the regulation of gambling and other “dangerous vices”, with the French-Canadian adding that drinking and smoking streams can cause as much damage as gambling ones. Twitch: xQcxQc exploded at Hasan as the two debated about “dangerous vices” on Twitch. “The reason why regulations exist is because of the incalculable harm that it does when you’re promoting a dangerous vibe like gambling, even to a younger audience. It’s not even a ‘think of the kids’ argument at that point, it’s just a bad and wrong thing to do,” Hasan opened with. “Why do…
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xQc thinks Twitch drinking streams are 'as dangerous' as gambling
