Depending on xQc's mood when streaming, his attitude towards the criticism and the nature of gambling addiction can be quite different. Perhaps another concern is whether in xQc's case we're watching someone livestream their own decline. 'I apologised because people led me to believe there was a problem. Get a grip of your own life before fixing mine. Backwards-ass people thinking that an idiot aiming to entertain (me) rips away all free will from vulnerable individuals. The minute it reflects back on them, now it's time to find victims and cry wolf.

'Memes flying around, public opinion clowning me for it. 'Making fun of me being addicted like it's a joke,' wrote xQc.

The streamer is a combative type and, following criticism of his tendency to gamble on-stream and its potential impact on his audience, flew off the handle in May while defending himself and retracting an earlier apology:

Earlier in the stream xQc had taken a few shots at Nickmercs, which is par for the course but prompted the question.