On March 1, 2026, former Delta Force streamer (now banned by Tencent from streaming its games) "Qingyu Tpor" (hereinafter referred to as "Qingyu") destroyed the account of a viewer named "May Food Five" whose "Captain" subscription had just expired during a live stream, causing a huge uproar across the entire internet.
On March 9, the victim "May Food Five" posted a video on Bilibili announcing the latest developments in the incident, stating that he had initially contacted other viewers whose accounts were destroyed and was pursuing legal avenues to protect his rights, with the rights protection process currently ongoing.
Barring any surprises, the next event in the chronology of the "Qingyu Account Destruction Incident" should be "May Food Five"'s rights protection efforts finally reaching the litigation stage, with a verdict bringing the entire farce to a close, whether the outcome brings joy or sorrow...
But everyone knows, when I say "barring any surprises," it usually means a surprise is coming.
On March 13, the League of Legends streamer "Last Xuan Shen, with a dot on the right" (hereinafter referred to as "Xuan Shen"), who had nothing to do with "May Food Five," successfully took the baton of the "Qingyu Account Destruction Incident," becoming another target of public criticism after Qingyu.
Yes, it's that Xuan Shen, known historically for "Blood Demon Flow" and "Explosive Kill Flow," and recently for memes like "Light and Loose," "Blind Monk," and "Idiot Healer," who has created countless memes and single-handedly turned Fuzhou No. 16 Middle School into a famous tourist attraction in Fuzhou City.
As for why this dramatic situation occurred, we must start with the "Qingyu Account Destruction Incident" itself. When the incident was first exposed, streamers of all sizes in the Chinese internet gaming community participated in the discussion, and our protagonist today, Xuan Shen, was no exception.
But unlike the righteous condemnation from various groups, Xuan Shen has always played the role of the "contrarian personality" online. One of the most typical examples was during the S11 World Championship Finals, when almost the entire internet was supporting EDG to win. At that time, streaming on Huya, Xuan Shen withstood the pressure and became the only streamer on the homepage supporting DK. This time, when viewers asked in the chat, "What do you think about Qingyu destroying the account?" his first reaction was, "There's nothing wrong with destroying it."
Of course, Xuan Shen's contrarian behavior itself isn't really considered "evidence of guilt." Strictly speaking, which team he chose to support during the S11 World Championship Finals was his personal freedom. However, he later spewed a lot of toxic trash talk because of it, which turned this choice into one of the actual "pieces of evidence" for his contrarian stance.
This time, however, Xuan Shen dared to defy public opinion. His statement regarding the "Qingyu Account Destruction Incident"—"His mistake was misjudging the situation; if that person wasn't a Captain [subscriber tier], then destroying the account wouldn't have been a problem"—was indeed problematic speech. But as a streamer who was previously sued by the iG club through legal proceedings for posting "If iG loses, I'll do a giveaway on stream," and had his secondary commentary privileges revoked by officials, Xuan Shen has consumed plenty of such negative traffic before. He has frequently been insulted by various groups for his loose tongue.
According to the previous "normal procedure," the outcome of this controversy would have at most been defined as "Xuan Gou is just formulaically playing devil's advocate again." People would have briefly discussed whether Xuan Shen's "cyber driftwood" existed, and it would have become just another fading wave in the "Qingyu Account Destruction" scandal, eventually forgotten in the memoryless internet.
However, as the heat surrounding the "Qingyu Account Destruction" incident grew higher, all related videos rode a massive wave of traffic. This naturally included clip videos that recorded and published Xuan Shen's comments during his live streams.
Therefore, the usual "normal procedure" that had worked time and again failed this time. With reports from official media outlets like China News Service and Shanghai Television, Qingyu became a confirmed pariah with no chance of redemption. Meanwhile, the "Zoo" circle where Xuan Shen resides has a culture of deliberately using exaggerated titles for clip videos and mocking streamers as a joke for entertainment.
At this point, Xuan Shen, who had expressed some sympathy for Qingyu during his live stream, found himself in a somewhat dangerous position due to the principle of "hating the house and its crow."
Although he had said during a live stream, "Get the clips ready, I fully support this," Xuan Shen still sensed the problem in the face of such an unprecedented PR crisis. Perhaps he was frightened by the speed at which the situation developed beyond his expectations; or perhaps, with his Bilibili contract nearing its end, he worried that his recent reputation might affect his commercial value when signing with a new platform. Ultimately, he decided to do something to mitigate the situation.
Shortly after the relevant clip videos were posted, one of the most influential Xuan Shen clip editors, "Just Look at Sang," took down his video. According to Xuan Shen himself, after failing to negotiate with "Just Look at Sang," he resorted to reporting copyright infringement to remove the clip where he sharply criticized Qingyu. However, based on some currently circulating information, while the "copyright infringement report" was real, the direct negotiation between Xuan Shen and "Just Look at Sang" might not have been so harmonious.
On March 17, during his live stream that evening, Xuan Shen wrote a long text accusing several of his clip editors.
Regardless, we can now confirm that "Just Look at Sang," a veteran clip editor who had been cutting clips of Xuan Shen's streams for seven years, felt chilled by this incident. Consequently, he deleted his account. Meanwhile, another clip editor mentioned by Xuan Shen in his live stream text, "It's Daiwei Not David," chose to "keep the account but delete the videos" to signify his intent to cut ties.
Although in his "reckoning text" on the night of March 17, Xuan Shen stated that clip editors like "Just Look at Sang" made money off his popularity, objectively speaking, in today's finely developed live streaming industry, a clip editor who can accurately capture highlights and generate new heat and traffic for the streamer has formed a mutually beneficial cooperative relationship with the streamer, rather than being a so-called "blood-sucking parasite."
Moreover, facing the public controversy of "supporting Qingyu," Xuan Shen had countless possibilities to handle it properly. For instance, he could have shamelessly admitted his mistake for judging without knowing the full picture. If he had done so, although it wouldn't have completely eliminated the negative public opinion, given his persona of "consuming negative traffic and formulaically playing devil's advocate when things happen," netizens' anger might not have reached its current level.
However, amidst countless possibilities, Xuan Shen chose to cut ties with his clip editors and sacrifice them to save himself, taking on the label of "backstabbing a loyal subject"—the move most detrimental to his own interests. It was precisely because of this that he became the target of public outrage after the incident, facing opposition from many viewers, including a large number of his former die-hard fans, the "Xuan Family Army."
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At this stage, the series of events triggered by Xuan Shen had not yet escaped the realm of typical internet incidents that people had grown accustomed to. However, shortly after the incident, a series of phenomena emerging under the influence of "Xuan Shen's Stream Culture" elevated the entire event to a new level.
In his "reckoning text," Xuan Shen also mentioned that there was a group of malicious viewers "bred like gu" (a reference to raising poisonous insects by letting them fight until one survives) in the comment sections of his clip editors. Although he didn't state it explicitly, those familiar with "Xuan Shen's Stream Culture," or the dark side of the "Zoo" subculture, know that the content posted by these malicious viewers in the comments consisted of doxxed information about Xuan Shen and his family, along with "Cape-style" ethical profanity that used metaphors but had a highly aggressive core.
Therefore, while announcing the preview for his "reckoning text" live stream, Xuan Shen also reposted a CCTV Video clip opposing "doxxing" and "cyberbullying" on his Bilibili dynamic feed, stating that he too had become a victim of "doxxing" and "cyberbullying" in this controversy.
Prior to this, Xuan Shen's fans had discovered intricate connections between Xuan Shen's family and the Fuzhou Huaya Group from his own doxxed information, leading to the creation of boundary-pushing memes like "Second Young Master of Huaya Group."
Furthermore, the "Zoo" subculture circle and the League of Legends player community indeed share many similar situations. Examples include Sun Xiaochuan being called a "corpse," the claim that "Gunmu" doesn't exist, and the rule that you can't mention an abbreviation consisting of three letters and one number in front of Figo. These are all streamer memes created by fan groups, carrying aggressive undertones.
Although these memes weren't very pleasant, fans did create massive amounts of heat and traffic for streamers by spreading them. Therefore, most streamers adopted a turn-a-blind-eye approach to these gray-area contents. But this time, after "seeing red," Xuan Shen chose to abandon his usual cold treatment and actively brought the matter to the forefront.
Kids don't know better; they just casually posted it from the "On This Day" feature in their phone albums.
If we look solely at Xuan Shen's argument, his actions weren't really problematic.
After all, even though he voiced support for Qingyu destroying the account and fell out with his clip editors, firstly, he himself did not commit the illegal act of account destruction. Secondly, as the saying goes, "misfortune should not extend to one's family." Even if people disliked Xuan Shen's actions in this incident, it shouldn't escalate to personal attacks. From this perspective, although Xuan Shen's previous actions were controversial, under the serious topic of "doxxing" and "cyberbullying," he seemed to have become an imperfect but still victimized person, ultimately occupying the moral high ground in this turmoil.
But the problem is, Xuan Shen's hold on this moral high ground was not stable at all. If 9,999 out of 10,000 people could say they are irreconcilable with "doxxing" and "cyberbullying," then Xuan Shen would be the only one unqualified to say so.
As mentioned earlier, "formulaic contrarianism" has become one of the key ways Xuan Shen generates controversial topics and maintains his热度 (heat/popularity) in recent years. To create controversy in this process, his mouth certainly couldn't stay clean. For instance, after sharply criticizing the player Wei and causing conflict, Xuan Shen streamed himself playing Shawarma Legend. On the surface, the two events seemed unrelated, but internally, it contained implicit insults.
Another example is that when VTubers first started gaining popularity, Xuan Shen also attacked "skin-wearers" (VTuber avatars), coining derogatory terms like "Black Hole" and "Cauliflower." These slurs were derived from rumored hotel booking and medical records of a certain VTuber (which have since been debunked), and these records were obtained through "doxxing."
Thus, Xuan Shen's act of reposting looked like this to those involved: You, Xuan Shen, have done all this "doxxing" and "cyberbullying" yourself. Since you personally opened this "Pandora's Box" within your fan community, what standing do you have to turn around and condemn this behavior?
Under these premises, the resentment originally generated by Xuan Shen cutting ties with his clip editors increased further. "If the enemy can go, so can we"—since Xuan Shen could claim the moral high ground, those against him could do the same. Soon, the anti-Xuan Shen side began spreading various narratives claiming the moral high ground, using both fair and foul means, intending to destroy Xuan Shen.
However, what no one expected was that as this tense "magic duel" intensified, the thing that truly killed the match was an unsavory piece of gossip.
It turned out that as the controversy expanded and more people began venting their dissatisfaction through black memes about Xuan Shen and his family, a Douyin account suspected to be used by Xuan Shen's mother was discovered. More dramatically, this account had repeatedly liked and interacted with the Douyin account "Shrimp Rice" belonging to "Manager Chen," a former 6324 streamer.
Thus, under Xuan Shen's series of actions to handle the controversy, followed by his subsequent comment manipulation and provocations, people growing increasingly dissatisfied with him immediately used these unverified rumors as an outlet for their emotions. The "Manager Chen" involved was even bestowed with the honorary title of Xuan Shen's "Adoptive Father." At this point, the true nature of the matter no longer mattered.
Even more darkly humorous was the public response to Xuan Shen's reaction to this rumor. People pointed out that instead of immediately using a derogatory slur for the unfamiliar woman, he referred to her as a "regular person" (su-ren). This was so inconsistent with his usual character that it seemed to indicate she was someone he had to respect. Additionally, since the Douyin account involved had been set to private, people concluded that the rumor was likely true.
Thus, under the dual impact of widespread vulgar abuse and an舆论 (public opinion) situation where he couldn't defend himself, Xuan Shen ultimately cleared out his Bilibili account.
As early as last year when iG sued Xuan Shen, people realized that the live streaming industry had passed the era of wild growth where one could curse freely. However, these reflections did not have a significant impact on Xuan Shen, who had caused trouble—he has always been this kind of person, so you really couldn't do much about him regarding these reputation disputes walking the edge of the law.
However, just when everyone had become accustomed to this, a dispute that formal justice mechanisms couldn't normally intervene in was resolved through such tortuous, and even somewhat shameful, means. By employing "violence to counter violence," the order of this virtual community was brought back to square one.
Although this matter involved many people from start to finish, in the final tally, the person who suffered the most was probably Xuan Shen, who unexpectedly gained the title of "Adoptive Father."
When Xuan Shen first developed the "strategy" of generating controversial statements to consume negative traffic, he probably never imagined he would end up like this. And now that this day has arrived, what would Xuan Shen think when looking back at his past self?
Only he himself knows.
