XQc
Canadian streamer
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2024 | Nominated for Best Variety Streamer at The Streamer Awards |
October 2024 | Ranked 28th in Forbes' Top Creators 2024 list. |
August 5 2024 | Accompanied online streamer Adin Ross during a meeting with former US President Donald Trump |
2023 | Nominated for Streamer of the Year at the 13th Streamy Awards |
2023 | Won Best Variety Streamer at The Streamer Awards |
2023 | Nominated for Just Chatting at the 13th Streamy Awards |
June 2023 | Signed a two-year, non-exclusive $100 million streaming deal with Kick. |
January 2023 | Announced departure from Luminosity Gaming. |
2022 | Nominated for Streamer of the Year at The Streamer Awards |
2022 | Ended relationship with Samantha Lopez after being together since 2017 |
2022 | Nominated for Streamer of the Year at the 12th Streamy Awards |
2022 | Nominated for Best GTA Role-play Streamer at The Streamer Awards |
2022 | Nominated for Best Streamer at the Canadian Game Awards |
2022 | Won the Just Chatting category at the 12th Streamy Awards |
April 2022 | Participated in Reddit's r/place social experiment, breaking his Twitch viewership record with over 293,000 peak viewers. |
2021 | Nominated for Streamer of the Year at the Esports Awards |
October 2021 | Confirmed being the highest-paid Twitch streamer, earning over $8 million since 2019 according to a platform leak. |
June 2021 | Moved back to Canada after experiencing multiple instances of swatting, citing safety concerns. |
2020 | Nominated for Best Streamer at the Canadian Game Awards |
2020 | Became the most-watched streamer on Twitch, a position he would maintain for the next three consecutive years. |
2020 | Nominated for Streamer of the Year at the Esports Awards |
November 18 2020 | Received a seven-day Twitch ban and six-month Twitch Rivals ban for stream sniping during a Fall Guys event. |
October 1 2020 | Joined Luminosity Gaming. |
August 27 2020 | Parted ways with Sentinels at his own request. |
June 12 2020 | Received a 24-hour Twitch ban after accidentally opening a video of gorillas engaging in sexual activity during a stream. |
June 5 2020 | Participated in the inaugural PogChamps chess tournament, reaching the consolation bracket semifinals and losing to Ludwig Ahgren. |
February 29 2020 | Received a three-day Twitch ban for streaming explicit content in the game Strip 4: Classmate Study by uncensoring nudity. |
2019 | Final year representing Team Canada in the Overwatch World Cup. |
December 2019 | Emerged as Twitch's most watched streamer, accumulating nearly eight million hours of watch time. |
July 2019 | Received a three-day Twitch ban for streaming a video containing brief explicit content, which was reduced to a one-day ban. |
February 2019 | Joined esports organization Sentinels as a content creator. |
2018 | Represented Team Canada in the Overwatch World Cup. |
2018 | Nominated for Streamer of the Year at the Esports Awards |
March 11 2018 | Released from the Dallas Fuel team following disciplinary incidents. |
March 10 2018 | Fined $4,000 and suspended for four matches for using an emote in a 'racially disparaging manner' and using disparaging language against Overwatch League broadcasters and players. |
February 23 2018 | Returned to the Overwatch League, participating in a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Gladiators. |
January 18 2018 | Suspended by Dallas Fuel and fined $2,000 by Overwatch League for making homophobic remarks about Austin 'Muma' Wilmot during a personal Twitch stream. |
January 10 2018 | Made his Overwatch League debut with Dallas Fuel, losing 1-2 to the Seoul Dynasty. |
2017 | Began a relationship with fellow streamer Samantha Lopez (Twitch username: adeptthebest) |
2017 | Represented Team Canada in the Overwatch World Cup, reaching the tournament finals and being named the most valuable player, despite losing to South Korea. |
2017 | First represented Team Canada in the Overwatch World Cup. |
December 2017 | Received a seven-day suspension from Blizzard for throwing games on stream. |
November 2017 | Received a 72-hour suspension from Blizzard for misusing the Overwatch game's reporting system. |
October 2017 | Joined the Dallas Fuel team competing in the inaugural season of the Overwatch League. |
October 2016 | Recruited by Denial Esports, a multi-game esports organization, joining as an Overwatch player. |
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