In-game toxicity: story behind constantly suspended Overwatch League player xQc
- Zeradow
- Oct 8, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 3, 2020
Félix ‘xQc’ Lengyel has always been a famous Overwatch streamer on twitch.tv and a well-loved esports athlete from Dallas Fuel. He is known for his loud and exciting streaming style and his audiences love to see he creating conflicts during his stream.
However, xQc is now an ex-player of Dallas Fuel.
In last year, many things happened on xQc. He was first suspended from Overwatch League matches, being kicked out from Dallas Fuel, and was fined $2,000 because of serious homophobic remarks.
After his team lost to Houston Outlaws, which is also a team in Overwatch League, he verbally abused a player in the opponent team. Austin “Muma” Wilmot, the tank player of the other team, was insulted by xQc’s homophobic language.
“Shut your fucking mouth and go back and suck a fat cock. He would like it,” he said in his Twitch stream.
Not long after this incident, in August, his Overwatch account was suspended for abusive language. He told the opponents to “get the fuck out of my face, bitch,” then Blizzard Entertainment suspended his account for 15 days.
Just a few weeks after, his League of Legends account was banned permanently because of offensive in-game comments.
After all these dramas, xQc apologized on Twitter and said it was never his intention to harass. He apologized to everyone who was once hurt by his comments and he also promised that he will be better.
However, in November 2018, this happened again. This time, he was banned for 24 days.
Currently, xQc is playing for Team Canada in Overwatch World Cup and his in-game manners are considered improved.
References:
Carpenter, N. (2018). Dallas Fuel will punish xQc for homophobic remarks made on stream. xQc. Dallas Fuel. Overwatch. Dot Esports. Retrieved from https://dotesports.com/overwatch/news/dallas-fuel-xqc-homophobic-comments-20369
Binkowski, J. (2018). Former Overwatch League player xQc has been permanently banned from League of Legends. xQc. League of Legends. Dot Esports. Retrieved from https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/former-overwatch-league-player-xqc-has-been-permanently-banned-from-league-of-legends
Horti, S. (2018). Former Dallas Fuel Overwatch pro xQc suspended again, might miss World Cup. Popular. PC Gamer. https://www.pcgamer.com/former-dallas-fuel-overwatch-pro-xqc-suspended-again-might-miss-world-cup/
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