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Everything you need to know about xQc

Who is xQc?

Felix"

xQc

Lengyel is one of the most popular gaming personalities on Twitch and YouTube. A former Dallas Fuel player of the Overwatch League, xQc transitioned to a full-time streaming career in 2019, building his following by expanding his repertoire. of games to include shooter titles such as Overwatch and Fortnite alongside strategy games such as Chess.< /p>

Here is everything you need to know about xQc:

Contents:

History and career

Configuring games and streaming

Settings

Teams

Sponsors and partners

Merchandise

Awards

Fun facts and trivia

FAQs

Social media profiles

History and career

Although xQc has been a lifelong gamer, his career as an online personality didn't start with Overwatch. Growing up in Quebec, Canada, her first passion was extreme sports. Teaming up with a childhood friend, xQc created his first YouTube videos performing daring stunts and impressive tricks on skateboards, snowboards and even trampolines.

Over time, xQc's interest in extreme sports waned, and his friend eventually moved on, leaving him without a cameraman to film any of his tricks. While looking for a new outlet for his creative energies, he decided to turn his casual love of gaming into a career, embarking on a quest to become a professional League of Legends player. Through League, xQc discovered Twitch and was immediately impressed with the entertaining personalities of popular streamers like Tyler1. Although his skills in League of Legends were not at the professional level, xQc decided to follow in the footsteps of these streamers and become a Twitch personality.

In 2016, everything changed when xQc discovered Overwatch. He soon realized that he was perfectly tuned into the game, regularly making high-level plays far more impressive than anything he had achieved in League of Legends. Soon, xQc's Overwatch skills began to attract the attention of people in high places. In the summer of 2016, he began his professional gaming career by joining DatZit Gaming, a Montreal-based esports team. In August of that year, he lifted an Overwatch trophy for the first time, winning the Overwatch tournament at DreamHack Montreal 2016 alongside his DatZit teammates.

With their reputation as Overwatch's top player, xQc was soon picked up by Denial eSports in October 2016. Although that team didn't make waves in the competitive Overwatch scene, xQc continued their quest to become a pro. Overwatch, participating in the first iteration of Overwatch Contenders and several other tournaments as a member. of a number of other teams. In October 2017, his dream came true when he joined the Dallas Fuel.

xQc eventually parted ways with the Dallas Fuel in 2018. He began to focus more and more on his streaming career, though he kept a foothold in competitive play, playing alongside various Contenders teams from 2018 through end of 2019. It soon became apparent that his talents were the best fit for a streamer's life. In October 2020, he joined

Luminosity Gaming

as a full-time streamer and content creator.

Since embracing his role as a streamer, the xQc star has grown exponentially, with the Canadian currently boasting over 40,000 subscribers and nearly 3.5 million followers. These days, xQc is one of the most-watched streamers on Twitch, with fans around the world to watch his entertaining gameplay and wild antics. His YouTube account also popped up, hitting one million subscribers in September 2020. xQc is constantly looking for new ways to improve his stream and grow his audience. For example, he only started playing chess on his stream in the spring of 2020. For this charismatic and idiosyncratic Canadian streamer, the sky really is the limit.

Gaming and Streaming Setup

xQc's gaming and streaming setup has improved dramatically since he created his first YouTube video using a Hello Kitty camcorder his dad rescued from a dumpster. His gaming computer uses an Intel Core i9-9900K processor

with a

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card

and one

Asus Republic of Gamers SWIFT PG258Q Monitor

. It keeps its gameplay crisp using a wireless gaming mouse

Logitech G-Pro

and a keyboard

Razer BlackWidow Ultimate

. To communicate with his fans, he uses headphones

HyperX Cloud II

, a

Logitech BRIO

webcam and a< /p>

Shure SM7B

microphone.

Settings

Overwatch Settings

Reticle Settings:

Kind:

By default

Display Accuracy:

Disabled

Color:

neon green

Thickness:

7

Reticle length:

2

Central space:

10

Opacity:

100

Outline opacity:

100

Point size:

5

Dot opacity:

100

Video Settings:

Resolution:

1920x1080

FOV:

103

Render Scale:

100%

Refresh rate:

144Hz

Mouse Settings:

DPI:

1400

EDPI:

15400< /p>

Polling rate:

1000

Sensitivity in game:

11

Zoom Sensitivity:

0

cm/360:

9

VALORANT settings and keybindings:

Video Settings:

Window mode:

Full screen

Resolution:

1920x1080

Refresh rate:

240Hz p>

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Mouse Settings:

Game Sensitivity:

0.25

Zoom Sensitivity/Range:

1

DPI:

800

EDPI:

200

Polling rate:

1000Hz

Keyboard connections:

Walk:

left shift

Squat:

left control

Jump:

Space

Use item:

E< /p>

Equip Main Weapon:

1

Equip secondary weapon:

2

Equip melee weapon: p>

3

Use Ultimate:

Q

Apex Legends Settings

Video Settings:

Window mode:

Full screen

Resolution:

1920x1080

Refresh rate:

240Hz

Aspect ratio:

16:9

FOV:

106

VSYNC:

Disabled

Mouse Settings:

Game Sensitivity: 2.1

ADS Sensitivity: 0.85

DPI: 1400

EDPI:2940

Polling rate: 1000 Hz

Call of Duty: Warzone Settings and Hotkeys:

Video Settings:

Display mode:

Full screen

Refresh rate:

240

Resolution:

1920x1080

Render resolution:

100

Aspect ratio:

Automatique

VSYNC:p>

Disabled

Brightness:

0

Preload shaders:

Enabled

Texture quality:

High

Texture Filtering Quality:

Mean

Quality of special effects:

Mean

Model quality:

Mean

Static reflection quality:

Mean

Screen Space Quality:

Average

Screen Space Reflection:

Enabled

Object view distance:

Mean

Shadow quality:

Very high

Dynamic Shadows:

All

Special Effect Shadows:

Enabled

Weapon Shadow:

Enabled

Overall lighting quality:

By default

Antialiasing quality:

Very high

Ambient Occlusion Quality:

Very high

Motion blur:

Disabled

Motion blur quality:

Disabled

Underground diffusion:

Enabled

Order independent transparency:

Disabled< /p>

Mouse Settings:

DPI:

1400

Mouse Sensitivity: p>

6

ADS Sensitivity:

Relative

Horizontal ADS:

1

Vertical ADS:

1

Monitor coefficient:

1.33

Mouse Acceleration:

0

Mouse filtering:

0

Field of view:

103

ADS Field of View:

Automatic weapon change:

Enabled

Weapon Switch Delay:

0

Fittings:

Reload:

R

Equipment:

E

Care:

X

Special ability:

Q

Interact:

F

Jump:

Space

Slide:

VS

Prone:

L-Ctrl

Sprint: p>

L-Shift

Melee/Zoom:

V

Inventory:

Tab/Mouse 3

Teams

The current xQc team is Luminosity Gaming. On October 1, 2020, xQc announced that he was joining the organization's content team, leading the organization's Rising Stars program to help discover the next big streamer.

xQc has played for several other teams during his career as a professional player. In 2016, he joined his first team: Team DatZit, a semi-professional esports team based in Montreal. Soon after, he played for an Overwatch team known as Q?, which was signed by Denial eSports between 2016 and 2017. After leaving Denial, xQc played for a team named Arc 6 until the start. tryouts for the first season of the Overwatch League. When the League began its first season in 2017, xQc became a member of the Dallas Fuel.

After leaving the Dallas Fuel in 2018, xQc took a brief hiatus from competitive play before joining North American contender GOATS. Testing team. In February 2019, he joined Los Angeles-based esports organization Sentinels as a variety streamer, playing for the Los Angeles Gladiators academy team and serving as a substitute player for the Overwatch League of the organization until August 2020. At the moment, xQc is a free agent.

xQc also spent a lot of time playing for the Overwatch Canadian National Team. XQc was a member of Team Canada at the Overwatch World Cup in 2017, 2018, and 2019. He achieved his best international result in 2017, advancing to the tournament finals and being named the All-Time Most Valuable Player. event.< /p>

Sponsors and partners

XQc partners with several well-known companies and brands, including:

G FUEL, the official energy drink of Esports®

GFUEL announced its partnership with xQc on May 16, 2020:

And on April 7, 2021, GFUEL and xQc together launched a GFUEL flavor, aptly called "The Juice".< /p>

Shop the Juice collection today!

MetaThreads

xQc's official sponsor is MetaThreads, a gaming apparel brand. The streamer sells its official merchandise through MetaThreads;

its MetaThreads collection

is exhausted.

Verizon

xQc

revealed in February 2020

that it is sponsored by Verizon.

merch

All official XQc merchandise is sold through MetaThreads, with the streamer announcing each merchandise drop shortly before its debut via Twitch and social media. Her

current collection on MetaThreads website

is exhausted; keep an eye on his social media feeds to be informed of the next delivery of goods!

Awards

XQc has been nominated for several awards during his career as a top streamer and professional gamer. In 2017, he was named that year's Overwatch World Cup MVP for leading Team Canada to the finals of the event. The following year he was nominated for Streamer of the Year at the 2018 Esports Awards. And in 2020 he was nominated for Streamer of the Year at the

Canadian Game Awards

and

to the

2020 Esports Awards

.

Trivia and fun facts

Real name:

Felix Lengyel

A.k.a:

xQc

Anniversary:

November 12, 1995

Age:

24

Cut :

6 feet 2 inches

Hometown:

Laval, Quebec, Canada

Favorite video game:

Overwatch

In Overwatch Seasons 2-4, xQc managed to reach rank 1 in the game

Before discovering Overwatch, xQc played competitive League of Legends and StarCraft

xQc has a brother named Nick.

FAQs

Who is xQc?

xQc is a French-Canadian Twitch streamer, former Overwatch League player and current member of Luminosity Gaming and

G-FUEL

partner. He is one of the biggest gaming personalities on Twitch and YouTube, with over 40,000 subscribers on Twitch and over 1 million subscribers on YouTube.

What does the name of xQc mean?

xQc's name comes from the last letter of his first name, Féli

x

, and the abbreviation of his native province, Quebec (

QC

).

What is xQc's real name?

xQc's real name is Félix Lengyel.

What is xQc's birthday?

xQc's birthday is November 12, 1995.

What measure xQc?

xQc is 6ft 2in tall.

How much does xQc weigh?

xQc weighs 130 pounds.

How old is xQc?

Born on November 12, 1995, xQc is 25 years old.

What is the xQc ethnicity?

xQc is French Canadian.

Where does xQc come from?

The hometown of xQc is Laval, Quebec, Canada.

Where does xQc live?

xQc lives in Texas.

What is xQc's IQ?

xQc's IQ is 107, as seen in the

YouTube video

"xQc takes an IQ test."

What languages ​​does xQc speak?

xQc is fluent in French and English. He grew up speaking French and learned basic English at school, but much of his English comes from his experience in the gaming community.

What time does xQc go live?

According< /p>

TwitchMetrics

, xQc generally broadcasts between 5 p.m. Monday and 1 a.m. ET the next day, between 3 p.m. Tuesday and 1 a.m. ET the next day, between 3 p.m. Wednesday and 1 a.m. ET the next day, between 4 p.m. Thursday and 2 a.m. next day, between 4 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m. the next day, between 4 p.m. Saturday and 2 a.m. ET the next day and between 4 p.m. Sunday and 1 a.m. ET the next day.

Why is xQc so popular?

xQc's popularity stems from the fact that he is a truly exceptional Overwatch player. Watching its gameplay is both instructive and entertaining for aspiring Overwatch professionals. He also has a vibrant personality that tends to attract controversy and moments of rage, an entertaining quality for a Twitch streamer, and a gaming personality.

Is xQc blond?

xQc's natural hair color is dark brown, but her hair is currently dyed blonde.

What is xQc drinking?

xQc drinks

G-FUEL

, The official energy drink of Esports®.

Can XQc drive?

xQc is open about his lack of a driver's license, instead preferring to take Ubers and get where he needs to go.

Is xQc married?

xQc is not married.

Is xQc single?

xQc is not publicly in a romantic relationship. However, he has been living with popular Overwatch personality Adept for years, and they've long been rumored to be a couple.

How did xQc meet Adept?

Adept and xQc first met when Adept spotted xQc in a hotel lobby during an event. Although Adept was initially too nervous to approach her, she ended up showing up when she saw him reacting positively to other fans.

Who is xQc's brother?

xQc's brother, Nicolas, is a lifelong gamer, and he sometimes plays live with xQc.

What is xQc's Discord?

xQc's Discord is

discord.gg/xqcow

.

How many followers does xQc have?

xQc has over 40,000 subscribers on Twitch and over a million subscribers on YouTube.

What keyboard does it use xQc?

xQc uses a Razer BlackWidow Ultimate keyboard.

What microphone does xQc use?

xQc uses a Shure SM7B microphone.

xQc uses a HyperX Cloud II headset.

What webcam does xQc use?

xQc uses a Logitech BRIO webcam.

Social Media Profiles

Twitch:

https://twitch.tv/xqcow

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/xqc

Discord:

https://discord.gg/xqcow

Instagram:

https://instagram.com/xqcow1/

Snapchat:

xqcow1

Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/xqcow/

Top image via

Instagram/@xqcow1

This article was written by New York-based publisher, freelance writer, and esports geek Alexander Lee. Follow him on Twitter

@alexleewastaken

and discover more of his work on his website

www.alexlee.work

.

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