Soda Exposes the Dark Side of Streaming Industry After Malena Quits

[@JeremyKing]

I lost my Mom to cancer 5 years ago. Her Mom is the focus as it should be.

[@David-nq8cv]

Meanwhile Vei took 1 month off then returned laughing at the fact her dad died like seriously who does that about their parent, sorry about your mom

[@1love3forever]

@@David-nq8cv Some people cope differently, at that very moment she might be laughing but you never know what happens offstream, you do need to understand that they're there to provide entertainment and not ruin the vibe. We can never know.

[@David-nq8cv]

@1love3forever she copes by being a vile person that alone ruins the vibe

[@fleshh]

​@David-nq8cv you do realize that not everyone copes the same? sure she was joking but she was probably crumbling inside

[@SlavesGaming]

@@David-nq8cv half the world does it? i don't know what special needs people you hang around but literally everyone makes light of the fact that people pass... or sorry is everyone meant to get a box of tissues and cry about it... fucking looney toon mate

[@moby1kanob]

People are not reading in-between the lines. Malena "indefinitely" leaving is not retired. Mom is sick, mentally that alone is so draining. Add all the other shit and I cant blame her. Streaming is a bit toxic and you have to be bullet proof to do it in front of a camera so much. She just needs time. i am sure one days she will be back. Hope her mom gets better and sending positive vibes.

[@Mehrk]

naw, she wouldn't have deleted all her social media and twitter if that were the case

[@MrJol420]

Dang what happened to her mom

[@Farfarawai]

@@MrJol420 cancer

[@Kilow956]

​@@Mehrki think that had a bit to do with everyone being aids about nora

[@HopeforDespair]

Cope

[@steveboo14]

“I can steam with Vei, no problem, she’s great” says soda as he bites his tongue off

[@David-nq8cv]

Great? He's whipped beyond saving to think that

[@A-RedHerring]

​@@David-nq8cvShe picked out an easy mark.😂

[@limear]

T1 is the only league streamer who actually likes the game. He's that mentally ill.

[@ryryjagoat9494]

Doublelift complains and yells way less than T1. T1 is every entertaining don’t get me wrong but no need to idolize him to the point of delusion

[@Sam-m6o3j]

@@ryryjagoat9494He called T1 mentally ill and you took that as idolising lol

[@sayantanmazumdar3]

@@Sam-m6o3j How good do you expect a 14-year-old to be at reading comprehension?

[@sumguy7716]

@@ryryjagoat9494 T1 was grinding LoL 12 hours a day long before he made any money off of it.

[@logoutofmyaccountweirdo]

​@@ryryjagoat9494you're mentally ill as well

[@maxwellkirk3874]

soda does have a quish job, he does what he wants, says what he wants, and still gets views. this man can literally do w.e whenever he wants and people will watch. that's also the privilege of being one of the OG wow streamers who ventured out to indie games and still remained successful. not hateing, love the dude and will always look to him on the state of wow. (b,c if soda isnt playing why would i) but he knows his fan base and " if soda has one fan its me"

[@needahero1983]

Tbh he was and probably is the most entertaining as an all around streamer he is just fun to watch with any game he’s playing

[@Shawn-Leider]

Idk wym “and still remained successful” the reason he remained successful and blew up is because he didn’t limit himself to wow

[@freakoutgaming1808]

I think the Covid era streamer is facing a harsh reality right now and they are having to make the choice of if this is something they are willing to do for the long term or if its time to wind it down....I applaud Malena for being smart enough to know when its time to step away for her.

[@Tampafan33]

She’s only doing it cuz her mom is sick

[@Mehrk]

thats crazy, she even removed her twitter. RIP

[@H3O14]

She removed everything, hope she and Nick comeback when she's ready

[@fbussier80]

​@@H3O14yeahhh...about that...

[@skrrt-skrrt]

xQc started talking about death and dying last year around the Kick deal. He also openly said he wished he could kill himself last November. Watching him go from happy pepega to suicidally depressed has been harrowing. No one seems to care. On the contrary, LSF was cheering for him to become “Reckful 2.0.”

[@Kuroganemk2]

It's kind of weird cos these people could retire in a sense at a drop of a hat but they can't stop themselves.

[@Pre1321]

The way Soda's been talking lately is super concerning. I hope it's just me being a parasocial idiot, but maybe not.

[@Kanoog]

It's his life choices, it's the same reason I'm not sad about people who are addicted to some drug or alcohol. I quit drinking 9 years ago after being addicted from the collage life. And I see people ruining their lives but they KEEP doing the shit that is ruining it. It's a paradox, the only thing sad is that they aren't strong enough to admit to it.

[@tyrayentali7041]

Xqc got completely ruined as soon as he got anywhere near Kick. That platform is so rotten.

[@tyrayentali7041]

@keeneahnungoldr and then what? He has nothing else. He burned countless of bridges with friends. Streaming is all he has

[@Notaforumguy007]

hasn't she only been back for like a couple months? Cause I thought she went home to her family during nick's whole GTA stuff then he stopped when she came back which feels like it was only like 2-3 months ago. I can see finally taking a serious break and coming back and wondering why you put up with stuff, realizing you were happier when you weren't streaming, pulling the plug before you get too wrapped back into it.

[@theotakuGamer7640]

she went to go visit family. and I guess her mom got sick/sicker. so shes just stepping away to aid her mum. she will still be working on bts stuff and helping Nick. she just doesn't want to be a streamer and spending all the time on stream as she has (posted on their discord) and Nick states on his stream she will still host her yearly events like wild west etc.

[@blighticus]

She has legit probably been on like 5 streams since October last years. First it was just vacation, then her grandma, then her mother.

[@stephenmason9527]

She took a long hiatus after the Wild West week of streams with Nick saying she was just mentally drained from doing it. Then she came back and was a complete low energy downer pretty much every stream with Nick saying she was completely devolving (her grandparent also passed away in this time) and then her mom's cancer came back and now she's just gone gone. Couldn't balance life and work it seems.

[@LOONAbd]

​@@stephenmason9527I mean, if you had THAT money, would you not take a hiatus to be with your loved ones in those difficult times? I don't expect the average joe working 9-5 to do it, I wouldn't either, but if I had millions on my name fuck work I'm being with my family, I don't think this is anything about not being able to "balance life and work"

[@stephenmason9527]

@@LOONAbd I think it is exactly about that. I'm not mad she's prioritizing her family at all. I even empathize with her on that from having to do it myself at one time. But this is admitting she doesn't feel she can do both.

[@angrycharrua4999]

Funny they always said the same thing when they are big.

[@_tazdingo_4110]

That's why a love Mr.poppins streams

[@GaavWoW]

Ive seen u at Reckful stream and the Godzilla joke when u both were drunk was one of the most funny shit i've ever seen i miss those times Soda

[@ILoveCiniminis]

Warcraft 3 cozy best stream

[@fireysparkz]

I think it just goes to show the mental aspect is really important to maintain. I think every member has either IRL stuff happen or drama/stress wear them down this year like Nick or Esfand being on GTA and he’d always say how bad the community is and was constantly under stress. Maybe it’s best for all the members to chill back this year a little to keep their sanity.

[@wesleyleigh4063]

ngl i thought her hating streaming was just a joke, but hey either way she's chilling she doesn't have to work for nobody lol

[@David-nq8cv]

Vei mentioned years ago that most streamers hate streaming and their viewers but tolerate it because they're getting paid

[@slick3996]

Soda is very clearly fed up with the whole idea of random kids/teens typing to him expecting him read shit and answer to it, basically he hates the interaction part, enjoys the gaming and making millions part lol

[@ryryjagoat9494]

@@David-nq8cvI mean streaming is more effort than just playing a game and not streaming but compare that overall to other jobs and it’s 1000x better, which pretty much all streamers can agree on

[@nathanvangeel3122]

@@David-nq8cv Imagine saying you hate getting paid millions to play games all day, nah man these people

[@jupiterwarrior2645]

@@nathanvangeel3122 out of touch with reality they think they have it bad

[@Stigala]

I would put money on that most people hate their job to some level 2bh even the people with the best and easiest jobs.

[@A-RedHerring]

This is one of the easiest jobs on the planet.😂

[@5OUR]

In the case of T1, couldn't the same thing be said about Chance and WoW? He still plays WoW after all these years? They put out updates/expansions for WoW. League gets patches.

[@s1os2s3]

I wouldnt call it dark side. I have worked in retail for ~5years before changing the industry. Dealing with people is very tiring. However, thats where my sympathy ends. You have your own house, something that the vast majority of the population of any country dont have. You have a girlfriend that you live with. That by any standards is called being successful. All that is left is to put a ring on it and have kids.

[@David-nq8cv]

Soda doesn't have 1 house but 3 that Nick is renting one of them, and he's dating someone who doesn't want kids

[@s1os2s3]

@@David-nq8cv Well, there you go. He's successful, in any case. If Vei does not want to and they are dating then he is ok with it. Even if he is not, none of your business, tbh. *insert suffering from success meme*

[@David-nq8cv]

@s1os2s3 if it's nobody's business than why did you care to type your life then comparing it to Soda, hypocritical much

[@s1os2s3]

@@David-nq8cv I swear idk what is wrong with people nowadays but you have reading problems, and I am beyond sick that I would barf if I could to have the lawyer talk a comment. It is nobody's business whether he wants kids or not or whatever kind of relationships he wants. If you actually read you would have been able to conclude that the subject is THE RELATIONSHIP between him and Vei not the house and him complaining about it. You have issues and you are projecting them on to me. Get help.

[@azenitor]

​@s1os2s3 you're the one who mentioned kids in the first place, ya wee sausage

[@FakeName39]

I miss soda and Nick doing more things together

[@Christian988.]

Damn I hope Malena's Mom gets better. Sending positive vibes.

[@csguy3223]

Yeah those people set the expectation that’s why they have to keep doing that. If they stop they lose views.

[@tomekhome]

soda is so washed at this point

[@ForTheHorde01]

How far we've come from the xfire days. Sad

[@SomethingScotty]

But Soda didn't expose anything. All he did was say he hates his job but he can't quit because it pays too good. That's not really exposing anything.

[@David-nq8cv]

He implied that's only the reason most still stream because the money

[@guyyates4038]

Streaming sucks after you have made enough money you will never need to work again because at that point every moment you are spending streaming is a moment you could be otherwise spending doing one of a million other things that you now have the money to do basically infinitely that you enjoy more, it's fun before that point because your building up to that kind of money while doing the kind of thing most people do to relax and all the added stresses that make it not relaxing are soothed by the fact that you are working towards never having to work again, after you reach that though its all the annoyance from before with non of the reward with the added frustration of now being able to afford to do much more fun things, at that point your only doing it to build generational wealth and because if you quit and fall on bad times you could regret it later, that's why so many streamers and KZbinrs start making companies, the goal is to make roughly what they are making now from that, that's most big content creators exit plan, create a business that makes roughly what they make in an average month in profit so they can walk away without feeling like they are making a mistake

[@bigshaun808]

She can "unretire" and come back but let her get through her REAL LIFE events. Mental health is a lot to deal with.

[@Gabriel-it5jy]

What a smart girl 💪🏽

[@socalangler4082]

i might be stupid af for thinking this or not coming to this conclusion sooner but i think Nick and Malena didn't break up. Nick is continuing to stream using their fake "breakup" for content which is fine while Malena tends to her family. They're both just trying to do the best they can.

[@YoutubSosetXui]

No you don't get tired of league of legends. Plus tyler can play variety anytime. He is playing league cuz he is addicted

[@WOW99910]

Maybe you dont bc youre a degen

[@vexial12]

“I’m not addicted to weed I can quit anytime” who’s gon tell em

[@csguy3223]

For sure he’s addicted.

[@slick3996]

@@vexial12 you can quit weed day to day, you don't do that with league or heroin

[@justcus]

anyone else miss the “pink twink” days?

[@balitopic711]

Streaming is the easiest job on the planet she’ll be back one day

[@zuklar]

If you think it's so easy, you should do it. There is no ceiling and can be one of the most profitable jobs on the planet. Do it!

[@ActualMachinery]

Why aren't you streaming then?...

[@balitopic711]

@@zuklar its pure luck based idiot takes 0 talent or skill what so ever most streamers even say this lol cuc activities

[@grayhat_9x]

She's the embodyment of entitlement

[@Kenten87]

Streaming is not a job.. :D

[@LilBleachThaGod]

anything is job if you're putting hours into it and making money lol

[@thewhite101]

I think Malena was always on edge of depression so it's a good thing she take care of herself.

[@RecK1312]

She'll be back, attention is like cocaine to streamers

[@Solidhatzi]

Malena "retired" from ordering uber eats and hiring a maid to clean the house lmao

[@dave3429]

Europeans aren’t so good at this work stuff.

[@RomnysGonzalez]

pretty much yea.

[@damdamdamdumdidum]

Who do you think organized all the stuff in the background for Nick's stream?

[@viikmaqic]

@@happenstancereef So who then? Not Nick anyway.

[@Kilow956]

Bro she would help to some degree put their streams together..cooking was the bread and butter but there definitely was other stuff that took effort to put together..hardly just kicking back and ordering cleaning and food

[@victorsoto4821]

She doesn't care at this point, unless nicks stream starts taking a hit and stops generating the views he does and then she'll go back to streaming, since just about everyone has a price.

[@Win-tq2uf]

Imagine switching with Lirik. I haven't realised how hard it would be to entertain, and talk non stop.

[@NO-ge6ci]

She fully quit? What's Nicks take on this?

[@Kilow956]

Extended break i think..nick seems shook but she's gonna be supporting him behind the scenes supposedly

[@stephenmason9527]

Nick knows he's cooked When he revealed it to stream his mood was down, obviously I think he's just going to try and collab like crazy with ExtraEmily, Cinna, Russell, etc. And ironically probably have it all planned behind scenes by Malena

[@Kilow956]

@@stephenmason9527 i think it would be dope for nick to get out of his little shell and go extra emily mode and just tackle all the stuff he doesn't like/is afraid of/or never even thought of..like nick tries everything...with the support of the homies and other streamers he mightve never met it would be epic content

[@nate3866]

Oooh such a dark scary exposure, it must be so hard for them. These people are weak, they stumbled into fortune then whinge and moan about it.

[@hastehaste9582]

Respect to Malena and hope her focus is on herself and her mother at this time. But let’s be honest, no one would watch her stream alone. Her streaming career is carried by Nick.

[@soulserrated]

Dudes awfully full of himself.

[@jaetoven1243]

Tbf she came into nmps streamer life. She doesn’t have her “own” community So the toxic viewership is nmp/otk degens

[@David-nq8cv]

Otk viewers are known for being toxic

[@stephenmason9527]

Let's not act like Malena hasn't been somewhat toxic herself...

[@demonicdude5958]

i kinda get what soda means but some people are not as negative in life as soda lol ive never met someone who has there life in such a good way with money having friends, preety much soda your livin a life where most would dream of and yet you still seam too get soo negative soo fast over things. there are people who live way worse lifes and have TRUE happines makes me wonder

[@Stretch2016]

damn thats crazy

[@devantelewis6774]

Malena superpower was just nagging and letting nick get his pogo jokes off 😂

[@RADIMHUNTER]

get some Madmonq for the energy and health !!!! :D

[@Stratigoz]

Now we are gonna act that their job is the most difficult in the world. They became millionaires before their 30s (good for them) and they say they hate streaming. Zero f*cking touch with reality.

[@0mr0z0]

There in they're own little world .. fucking soft ass millionaires

[@Purrlow]

Wonder who is looking after his old dogs that he gave up for a girl?

[@kurlzzfjartson6424]

tbf tyler doesnt stream if its not league so

[@DeineKreativeSeite]

Nice clickbait. Very low tier insights. Wasted time.

[@pingu6338]

Im gonna wait until forsen gives his take

[@DanielWilliams-gl2jx]

Soda stop poppin the parade and killing the illusion bro 😢

[@jordan2735]

poor man making my salary per day. life must be hard

[@m.pearsonm9072]

wait what you mean she quit??? what the fuck did i miss.....

[@SarcasticEnchilada]

@@Werxy-757no way this happened because of gta rp bruh 💀

[@M0M0117]

@@Werxy-757stop spreading rumors. Malena quit because she wants to spend all her time with her mother who’s sick, Nick and Malena are in Europe to help her mom.

[@CrazyIrishmen7]

​@M0M0117 thank you for clearing that up, I was about too myself lol

[@Kilow956]

​@@Werxy-757cut the cap.malenas mom is sick and chat was being aids about nora which is why there supposedly won't be any streams with her.

[@asuraXTC]

@@M0M0117their no longer together lmao 🤣

[@Soda_VOD_Fanmade]

0:56 🤣🤣

[@jordanenriquez4153]

Damn y’all getting old, new age coming

[@douglasbriel6103]

The guy's own thumbnail said "She's gone." Which seems to bely his story she's coming back. Maybe she's tired of him flirting with Cinna and other chicks all the time on camera.

[@stephenmason9527]

The average person working a 9-5 doesn't just get to dip for months whenever their mom gets sick or life happens. Streamers are so coddled it's unreal. "Oh but people say mean things" yeah, they do and they shouldn't... but then they all just get banned forever anyway.

[@tpmonster24]

This doesn’t make sense 😂. If any of those people working a 9-5 had the same privilege Malena does to take work off for a sick parent 99% of them would

[@stephenmason9527]

@@tpmonster24 the entire point of my post was to highlight how different and coddled their situation is compared to most people. So thanks for agreeing with me.

[@asuraXTC]

@@tpmonster24reading comprehension of a middle schooler

[@herbalmagic99]

Who tf is Malena 😂😂

[@saturnmoonrocks6917]

Man if you all have a hard time with streaming dont join the military lol

[@Remplent]

streamers retiring is a joke like they were forced to do anything

[@Everret.4392]

I guess it's just a way to alter people's expectations.

[@stephenmason9527]

A lot of normal 9-5 workers have still had to go do a job even when their parent was sick.

[@pawa303]

@@stephenmason9527And a lot don’t.

[@klimentbassev8866]

@@pawa303no, not really. That’s a privilege fewer and fewer people have nowadays.

[@pawa303]

@@klimentbassev8866 Fewer, sure. A lot still do. It also depends on the country. In the US, a majority of workers still get PTO, and that’s without counting sick leave. There is usually some service requirement though.

[@ZaWarudo55]

Malena was always ungrateful for the things streaming had given her. You know that 20 second dance they do for 100 dollars? She sees that as "Selling out". It must be so hard to make thousands of dollars a day doing nothing.

[@Kilow956]

That's cap..she never wanted to be on stream but did it for farmer nick

[@HopeforDespair]

“Job” good one Soda

[@Farfetch_]

She was always a brat glad Nick moved on she was mad for no dam reason

[@danamiller1192]

bad take

[@Tampafan33]

This the type of dude to talk out his ass for attention lmao

[@BTLM1917]

I’m gay

[@marek8725]

she didnt retire.. she quit

[@Sephiroso.]

The fuck do you think retiring means?

[@marek8725]

@@Sephiroso. retirement is the act of leaving your job and stopping working, usually because you are old OR the period in someone's life after they have stopped working because of having reached a particular age OR the point at which someone stops working, esp. because of having reached a particular age or because of ill health OR the period in someone’s life after the person has stopped working. pick one.

[@Sephiroso.]

@@marek8725 So why are you so confused at Malena retiring? You do understand young people who are rich can retire too right? Most of these streamers have made enough money to retire if they wanted to. You saying she didn't retire, but quit is indicative of you being insanely envious of her position and you're just mad.

[@marek8725]

@@Sephiroso. didnt she say she still wants to continue working behind the scenes? she is not retiring. she quit

[@Aboleo80]

​@@marek8725what else would she do? She has no education she is lucky she got a job with OTK.

[@johnathendean6019]

Bruh. She retired before 30 and doesnt want kids. What the hell is she going to be doing all day?

[@stephenmason9527]

Yeah, they are at the point in life where most couples start having kids and the mother stays home in order to raise them when they're babies. But she vehemently hates children.

[@MrZiarD]

If you dont see a life outside of a computer screen and babies, you lacking.

[@asuraXTC]

Care taker for her mother she says is sick I guess which I get it but if I was sick wouldn’t wanna put that on my daughter

[@Lorenzo_Lucci]

Nick gonna be the new Doc after it’s revealed that when he and Malena met all those minor jokes weren’t actually jokes

[@joshthehawk746]

She was in highschool while nick was already having mid life crisis's 😂

[@Farfarawai]

they have 6 years difference, not 20+

[@Alybestmod]

@@Farfarawai yikes defending nick grooming malena. it was legal in europe though so that makes it ok!

[@darylsdog9521]

@@Alybestmodif it was in Europe I guess so

[@blackcraft3465]

You're a weirdo

[@_Travey]

QQ

[@tommy6742]

Soda is THE FUCKING GOAT! XD

[@stealthzi7465]

Who cares

[@TMRWmourning]

Out with Malena, in with Nora. Good shit Nick

[@slick3996]

Nick went on a rant in discord saying he will never talk to Nora publicly again lol, seems like he noticed the backlash

[@aizensosuke18]

​@@slick3996when did that happen

[@slick3996]

@@aizensosuke18 i think yesterday, he quick deletes chats so he does not get any flack in the furure but usually rage types there, just like many streamers do in their discords

[@aizensosuke18]

​​​@@slick3996so that's why Nora didn't stream yersterday and they haven't got any public interaction after amsterdam, damn r.i.p. Jason and Nunu 1%

[@stephenmason9527]

He's trying to pull the Mizkif like swapping Maya out with Emiru

[@Bruul619]

Stop calling it a job. You don't retire from something you don't have

[@KINGBLEACH91]

If they're getting paid, it's a job

[@Nahnowaylmao]

HOLY SHIT, finally she is gone. What a great day.

[@stephenmason9527]

Maybe Nick can stream with Alinity again

[@Sho3z]

So what really happened? Nick get good looking and cheated on Malena? or the stream that he did made her upset? Nick is a gladiator and has a GTR and a video editor that likely built him turned girlfriend. He does take a ton of risk, is it bad for business? no. The worst thing that be could be in 20 years some SA claim against him but still technically he is married to Malena by law right because of Texas?

[@JaayCeez]

Bro relax, Malena's mom is sick and she wants to stay with her, even Nick went on a rant on Discord about him not doing any more streams with Nora because of how weird chat got. Stop overthinking shit lol.

[@fbussier80]

​@@JaayCeezyeah... about that...

[@nickwilliams3050]

bet my life she leaves nick in under a month

[@stephenmason9527]

Maybe Nick will do like Miz did and move in Nora right after Malena like Emiru replacing Maya

[@Mehdss]

Close enough

[@weirdotoons5720]

1st