ZEvent starts in a few hours and it's already causing controversy
This weekend, the cream of French streaming will come together for a good cause. Friday, September 6, 2024 will mark the launch of a new edition of ZEventthe charity event initiated by Adrien Nougaret aka Zerator and Alexandre Dachary aka Dach in 2016. After a break last year, the big streamers meeting will be back with even greater scope. The basic concept is evolving to allow other creators to participate in the fundraising effort. The 100 French personalities with the most hours of viewing over the last 365 days have been selected to participate in the online ZEvent.No special treatment or invitation“for this attempt to extend the device”to all without limit” specified the official account.
“Everyone should be able to get involved in charity work.“this is the philosophy expounded by Zerator in an interview with AFP published yesterday. But this approach is far from being to everyone's taste. Since the publication of the list of 100 streamers on August 24, many Internet users have been outraged by the presence of streamers singled out for problematic behavior. Tensions between creators, cyberbullying and serious accusations: every year, the ZEvent is a source of controversy that sows discord among participants and spectators alike.
A lack of profile control?
The 2022 edition of ZEvent marked a real turning point for the event's reputation. Positions taken during this edition led some content creators to suffer waves of harassment, including Ultia who was widely hit by the behavior of some Internet users. The impact is still felt today as the streamer is accused of having blacklisted some of her colleagues.
I have NEVER spoken about this guy in my LIFE wtf???
— Ultia (@ultiaa) September 3, 2024
In wanting to invite as many creators as possible with the aim of increasing donations, ZEvent has no choice but to confront conflicts between very varied profiles and opinions. While some Internet users demanded more control in order to avoid the repetition of unfortunate situations that occurred in the past, opening the event to online streamers did nothing to improve the situation. On this year's list of 100 streamers, some names have rekindled the anger of spectators exasperated by certain behaviors. Others claim that an unfair housekeeping has been carried out, a theory notably based on the absence of Sardoche.
If ZEvent were to open its doors to everyone next year – as Zerator wishes – it is certain that no more sorting could take place on this scale. The balance between ethics and the desire to collect as much as possible for a good cause is probably not easy for the organizers to establish. The fact remains that the charity event will take place as planned on September 6, 7 and 8, 2024, despite the initial pre-launch tensions. We can only hope that the collection of donations will take place more calmly than two years ago. Will you be following ZEvent this weekend?
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