'How did [Ludwig winning] surprise anybody', xQc talks about Streamer Awards after massive award snub

xQc didn’t seem too shocked after he didn’t win Streamer of The Year at the Streamer Awards. Let’s see what he had to say about it.

xQc dominated streaming last year, regularly hitting up to 100,000 viewers during his broadcasts and crushing every hours-watched metric. For many, xQc had become the face of Twitch.

Streaming fans across the internet were stunned when Ludwig walked away with the first-ever Streamer of the Year award. According to heavy favorite and reigning Twitch king Felix “xQc” Lengyel, his shock Streamers Awards snub was no surprise. Ludwig was crowned Streamer of the Year via popular vote and xQc walked away empty-handed from a show he was expected to sweep.

After the year he’s had with setting up multiple tournaments, music video cameos, show hosting gigs, the illustrious 31-day extravaganza that was his Subathon and more, the esteemed Streamer of the Year award goes to @LudwigAhgren #TheStreamerAwards
presented by @coinbase pic.twitter.com/IHFUVI3xlg

— The Streamer Awards (@StreamerAwards) March 13, 2022

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xQc talks about the Streamer Awards

“I didn’t even have a speech ready,” xQc admitted. “It was so obvious. How did [Ludwig winning] surprise anybody? I’m confused that people thought I would really win.”

The French-Canadian streamer went on to explain he will “never” push for a fan-voted award again after the Overwatch World Cup 2017. A personal victory he describes as “hollow” and worthless now.

This mindset led xQc to keep quiet about the Streamer Awards. While other stars like Ludwig, Mizkif and Sykkuno discussed it on their streams, Lengyel purposefully dodged the topic completely.

“I could just use my platform to win these kinds of awards,” he added, “but it’s like, that’s really lame. I want to earn these things, get honored because I do deserve it.”

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Fan reactions to xQc Award snub

Most fans seem to think xQc was robbed of the award but also blame his fans for not voting. But after xQc clarifying in his stream, you can’t really blame his award snub on anyone.

Everyone saying robbed when the real people to blame are all his fans that simply didn’t vote for him. He’s the biggest streamer out of the 4 by far and him not winning simply shows that Ludwig’s fans cared more

— Jay Kingsman 🐢 (@KingsmanJay312) March 13, 2022

Some fans even think that it was rigged from the start for xQc to not win. They mentioned how the votes are a 70-30 split between fans and panelists.

The voting rules pretty much showed it was rigged for him not to win from the start 😅 pic.twitter.com/al7R8DyT81

— Robocop (@AlmightyRobocop) March 13, 2022