Leffen under fire for claims streaming is “harder” than most jobs
YouTube: Leffen[jwplayer HzGXTLnp]Veteran Smash Bros. competitor, William ‘Leffen’ Hjelte has come under fire on social media for a controversial claim that livestreaming video games on Twitch is “harder” than most other jobs.
Leffen hasn’t quite been able to steer clear of headlines for controversial takes of late. Just last week much of the Call of Duty community lashed out over his aggressive behavior towards Team Summertime’s Davis ‘Hitch’ Edwards on the topic of Skill-Based Matchmaking.
Since then, his Twitter fingers have been primed and ready to go. A few days later and the Swedish pro has jumped back into the spotlight once more.
Robert PaulArguing about the value of certain Smash games, prominent community member ‘iamrickles’ pointed out how Leffen made a good chunk of change. The pro player earned a good amount from streaming Smash Ultimate – a game that he often criticizes.
“Whatever you paid for Ultimate I guarantee streaming and making content for it has made you all that money back and more,” he outlined.
It didn’t take long before Leffen fired back, explaining how it was his efforts that made the money, not the platform Smash afforded him.
“I f***ing sold my body and soul to make that money. You think you have to love and respect every sh***y job you do for money? I’d rather flip burgers at McDonald’s if it paid the same amount.” One controversial tweet led into another as Leffen kept unloading.
I fucking sold my body and soul to make that money lmao, you think you have to love and respect every shitty job you do for money? I'd rather flip burgers at mcdonalds if it paid the same amount.
— TSM Leffen (@TSM_Leffen) September 27, 2020
“As someone who has actually worked a minimum wage job bagging groceries, and ‘just played video games’, I’d take the flipping burgers,” he added. “Trust me, you know absolutely nothing about streaming Ultimate if you think minimum wage jobs are harder.”
https://twitter.com/TSM_Leffen/status/1310011575617695744
Leffen currently boasts over 180K subscribers on YouTube and just under 300K followers on Twitch. Despite this social following, Leffen argues that the streaming grind is more difficult than most other jobs. This particular argument soon caught wind in the greater streaming community, garnering well over 2,500 responses in under 24 hours.
“Feeling like complete s*** for working a heavy schedule on a physically demanding job for p*** pay is bad, but yeah, having to deal with WiFi lag is harder you’re right,” one user responded.
This is also what happens when u lock urself to a few games. The burnout, the overanalyzing, the expectation that the audience won’t come if ur not doing that 1 thing etc.
Diversify ur stream portfolio to feel engaged & maybe u won’t make odd comparisons like that again
— GamesCage – Hype Guy (@GamesCage_) September 28, 2020
“Comparing retail work which is physically and mentally exhausting to streaming where you’re in the comfort of your home, interacting with a chat, gaming, and more, is a blessing,” another content creator added.
Thousands typed up a storm in response to the now-viral tweet. Though nearly all were looking to shut down Leffen’s school of thought.