Hasan Confronts Trainwrecks

Hasan and Trainwreck got into a heated livestream argument after the gambling streamer disparaged Hasan’s political views and charitable endeavors.

The stream was moderated by xQc, who is a mutual friend of both Hasan and Trainwreck. xQc organized the debate to clear the room and “to get you guys stop subtweeting each other”, and said that he had spoken to both of them both on and off-stream about the conflict. The discussion of Trainwreck’s response to the charity fundraiser that Hasan worked on, however, instantly took a negative turn. “What you’re doing right now is not genuine criticism. It’s just pocket-watching, and also undermining something that I did.

In response, Train said; “The pocket-watching is justified based on what you preach”, referencing previous criticism Hasan received about making large purchases, such as a million-dollar property in California, despite identifying as a socialist. 

Hasan retaliated by calling the gambling-centric programming of Train “false hope” and addressing his switch to the rival streaming service Kick. “You’re not selling false hope, because you said gambling is bad? Meanwhile, you sit there and generate almost hundreds of millions of dollars. Ironically, you started off talking about how you hated how much hot tub streamers were awful, and now you’ve got porn on your platform. So maybe, you now recognize the importance of moderation, especially as it pertains to an overall platform.”

Train defended himself by claiming that he does not profit from other people’s losses when they gamble and instead earns money from the exclusivity of his material. The conflict between Hasan and Trainwreck is not new. Hasan’s charitable activity in the wake of the quakes in Turkey and Syria in February came under fire from Trainwrecks earlier this month. In collaboration with IShowSpeed, Hasan raised over $1 million dollars in relief funds, 50,000 of which was matched by his personal donation. However, Trainwreck dismissed this as “a small percentage”.

In his response to the video, Hasan brought out Train’s sources of income from gambling and said that criticizing his charitable activity might affect the causes for which donations are needed. “Look at him undermining 50 grand. Like, I’m sorry I don’t have $700 million from crypto and gambling sponsorships. That’s crazy.”