OfflineTV invited 50 content creators to join aRustserver on December 26, and in just a few days, chaos ensued between streamers. Prominent streamers like Corpse Husband, Myth, Pokimane, Shroud, Sykkuno, and xQc have played on the server for nearly a week, and there has been no shortage of drama. After only a day on the server, famousTwitch streamer Shroud predicted the server would implodebecause of xQc.
Shroud seems to have been right, as just last night, founder of the OfflineTVRustserver BaboAbe announced in a Tweet that he will be creating a newRustserver on January 7. BaboAbe also wrote, “We’re not going to have as many people this time around and mainly focus on RP with some incentivized PvP.” The announcement comes after several clashes between streamers, mainly Canadian streamer xQc.
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Many of the streamers are new toRustand enjoy games casually, but that has not stopped xQc from enjoying the game in his way, which involves taking hostages, raiding bases, and gunning down opponents. However, his actions have been seen as problematic by other streamers. XQc has gotten into verbal clashes with several streamers, includingaccusing Myth of stream sniping, which was quickly shot down with video proof from Myth and a few expletives.
XQc is incredibly competitive, but his attacks inRustmay have gone too far. XQc got into an argument with Twitch streamer Ash, which led toAsh receiving death threats and harassment from apparent xQc fans. While xQc’s base raids and ambushes in theRustserver may annoy other streamers, his verbal alteraction leading to death threats is harmful. XQc has since issued an apology on Twitter saying his competitiveness overwhelmed him and he was rude to non-PvPers.
Before OfflineTV’s decision to split the servers, Shroud believed thatxQc and his team dubbed “Team Rocket” should be kicked from the serverfor killing random people constantly. Shroud says, “If I was server admin, I would kick them all, like that. It’s making me low-key mad.” XQc was not kicked from the server, but the new server will most likely not invite him.
XQc has been involved in a number of controversies this past year. Earlier in the year, the Twitch streamer was banned for streaming an inappropriate game, and recently was suspended for stream sniping Dr Lupo, Shroud, and Tyler1 at the Twitch RivalsFall Guysevent. The Canadian streamer most recentlyreceived a DMCA takedown and a temporary Twitter suspensionfor one of his clips from a year ago. XQc is no stranger to drama, but his actions in theRustserver have rubbed some streamers the wrong way. Valkyrae has been subject to harassment during herRuststream and has even threatened to shut down the server due to the toxic interactions. While she believes the PVP and raiding has been fun, the negative interactions have been too much.
