Following Nickmercs’ Allegations on Twitch, xQc Reveals About His “Sweet Deal” and “Bricked Up Contracts” of Fellow Streamers

Published 11/01/2023, 4:09 AM EDT

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xQc is definitely a popular face in the media, thanks to one of the biggest streaming platforms ever known, Twitch. Recently, during one of his streams, xQc shared with the fans about how was his initial Twitch days. Not just that he also mentioned another equally famous streamer, who rose to fame through Twitch. 

Now, xQc has been one of the prominent streamers of Twitch since the beginning with over 11929572 followers. While he also signed a multimillion-dollar deal with rivalry platform Kick, Twitch truly brought him fame. But his initial Twitch experiences revealed many surprising facts about the streaming platform’s policy to the fans. 

xQc surprises fans by revealing details of his initial Twitch days

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Recently xQc shared some exclusives with his fans while streaming. Talking about his earlier Twitch days, he mentioned that he got a “sweet” deal from Twitch. Not just that but he spoke about famous streamers like Pokimane as well. xQc mentioned that Pokimane signed massive contracts with Twitch for nothing! Yes, according to xQc, streamers like Pokimane were on the top of the brick of contracts with hefty paychecks. Yet, they didn’t have to worry about making great content.

They just sat and did nothing but received great payments. In fact, initially, Twitch didn’t bother about these streamers’ performance development nor these streamers did care about performance bonuses. Sounds surprising, isn’t it? Recently, xQc mentioned in his earlier streams that after signing a deal with Twitch’s rivalry platform Kick, the former platform stopped providing him with all the exclusives.

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In this situation, xQc mentioned the popular Twitchcon, which recently took place in Los Angeles.  Now, that he speaking about such Twitch policies in its earlier days, fans can’t help but think whether xQc is having a hard time altogether.

Nickmercs reveals a different thing about Twitch’s policy

Now adding to what xQc said, streamer Nickmercs in his debut Kick stream revealed another matter about Twitch. Neckmercs shared with his fans that although streamers generated a great amount of revenue through live streams, they were paid only monthly compensation. However, the whole chunk of money went to Twitch- “No, I am serious! Because you get a certain amount, it’s called an MG. But with on the Kick deal, I get all of my sh*t off of my dashboard. You know? It’s still the same appreciation but I am sure you guys can imagine, like, it’s a little bit different,”

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Now Nickmerc’s recent statement surely confused fans about which streamer is giving authentic details about Twitch. Some fans believed that this difference in opinion might be because Twitch differentiated between the streamers. XQc’s comments on Pokimane revealed Twitch’s soft corner for a few streamers, which Nickmercs revealed in his recent stream on Kick. What do you think about these differentiated policies for employees in Twitch?

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