Twitch streamer Zoil, who has over 240,000 followers on the platform, has found himself at the center of a fresh controversy after a clip from one of his recent livestreams went viral online. During the stream, viewers noticed what appeared to be the streamer anonymously gifting subs to his own channel while he was live, leading to allegations that he was artificially inflating his sub count.

The moment was captured in a clip shared by X user @ChumBucketDrama, where the complete anonymous gifting part appeared on stream. The clip was later reposted by another X user @WyydoggWYG, who called the situation “depressing” by writing:

“this is depressing, the fact that numbers can get to someone’s head like this especially subs scares me.”

The incident quickly sparked discussion on X, with several users criticizing the streamer.

“need to get attention some way I guess” X user @NoGiimmickz commented

“If you’re scared in any sense you’re child brained. The guy’s a ****** weirdo loser for this and needs to be bullied a bit about the situation.” Another user @areyous76505851 wrote

“i can’t tell if this was serious or not, but regardless isn’t this just a waste of money” Another X user @xy_ianni commented

However, not everyone believed the clip should be taken seriously, with some users arguing that Zoil was simply trolling.

“He was just making a joke gng calm down.” X user @jonathan90ygjt said

“Not only is he giving his viewers an ad-free stream (that’s what gifting subs does), but this could easily be a joke given Zoil’s streaming persona.” @kotp_joel remarked

Twitch streamer Nick “Nmplol” says he reached out to Zoil over the controversy

Zoil’s friend and fellow Twitch streamer Nick “Nmplol” also addressed the viral clip during one of his livestreams. He revealed that he had already reached out to Zoil for clarification before drawing any conclusions. In a clip shared by user @ChumBucketDrama, he said:

“Yeah, man, I’ve been talking about that all morning in my Discord. I actually reached out to Zoil to see if he has a comment on it before I get too deep into the topic. Hopefully he’ll have something to say.”

Nmplol went on to say that if the allegations turned out to be true, it reflected a deeper issue within the streaming community. He also encouraged creators to be content with their real growth rather than chasing numbers.

He said:

“But my God, man. If that’s what I think it is, I’m just defeated. The deception runs so deep in this community, bro. My God, guys, just be happy with where you’re at. You know? If you need an uptick in numbers or something, just call me. I’ll come over, bro. Why do we have to be doing all this other stuff? It’s just crazy.”

Towards the end of the discussion, he added:

“It goes from the top, to the middle, to the bottom. It’s like, holy **** guys, how insecure are we? Just be happy with the numbers we get. We’re lucky to even have this job in the first place.”

In other news, Twitch streamer Zoil’s interaction with a veteran went viral earlier this year