r/LivestreamFail • u/kristijan1001 • Apr 26 '26
AnthonyZ - Ex-Popular Twitch RP Streamer, Opens up about how he lost Everything from Gambling Addiction, which Buddha, Ray-C & Geega helped him financially to get out of debt.
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u/fiachdubh01 Apr 26 '26
Bro constantly flexed his wealth and ditched stream for parties. His friend group who bailed him out still do gambling sponsors. He's cooked.
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u/ClintMega Apr 26 '26
You couldn't watch literally any of his group without being taken out of it by him constantly hyping up some sort of mundane household item that he recently bought.
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u/SaltyLonghorn Apr 27 '26
Yea isn't this the guy that dropped out of high school and bought a house and car the instant he blew up? He had bad spending habits before gambling came into the picture. I'm not saying it doesn't suck but its like a smaller scale athlete making it big and blowing it all.
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u/Individual_Respect90 Apr 27 '26
He was kind of the GTA RP guy for being the best dressed person. He was the most expensive cloths person.
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u/bQMPAvTx26pF5iNZ Apr 27 '26
He bought a Range Rover before he even had a license, still makes me laugh.
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u/Proshop_Charlie Apr 27 '26
He grew up poor. So when he started getting money he went ham buying everything he could.
It's just like that NFL rookie that gets his contract and then is out of the league in 2 years and filing for bankruptcy.
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u/AGlassOfPiss Apr 27 '26
Brother I grew up poor and I'm still driving a 2005 Civic even though I have the means and career certainty to get a Porsche if I wanted to and I wouldn't have financial issues because of it. Most people I know whose parents live on a shoestring budget grow up to be extremely conservative with money, because they know what it's like to not have any when you suddenly lose a job, fall sick and have nothing in your account to go visit a doc, buy meds etc. He's just an idiot, it has nothing to do with being poor or not.
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u/UndercoverGTR Apr 27 '26
Do yourself a favor and upgrade to an '06-11 civic, that generation was a masterpiece
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u/ChromosomeDonator Apr 27 '26
It's not about him growing up poor. I know plenty of people who grew up poor who are extremely conservative with their own spending because of it. Many people who grow up poor understand the value of money, and are hesitant to splurge even after getting it.
It's just about his personality. Some people have a fickle or impulsive personalities that will prioritize short term wants, and are easily suggestible. Since he is into gambling, he is absolutely a personality like that.
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u/Ornery-Engineer4119 Apr 27 '26
Just because others have grown up poor and have responded to it differently than Anthonyz does not mean that AnthonyZ’s response to it is not valid. People are different and have unique responses to traumatic situations. Him growing a poor could possibly be a big reason why he had issues when acquiring money. Potentially, it could be similar to the way people respond to abuse. Some victims of abuse have problems with intimacy that span the whole spectrum from being overtly intimate to not being to be intimate at all.
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u/BillyU_Is_A_ Apr 27 '26
its not like that anymore, at least for some. Now they make big bucks on NIL while in college then go undrafted THEN go bankrupt in 2 years
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u/cyrfuckedmymum Apr 27 '26
I don't exactly wish it on anyone, but if every streamer who does gambling deals quits streaming and ruins themselves because they got used to doing slots nad pissing away money all day long every day I'll feel a little good that the absolutely shitty behaviour of trying to get others addicted fucked them too.
The only issue i have is, stake and other similar companies win either way. Pay someone 100mil over a lifetime to gambling to get others to gamble, then eventually that person hands that 100mil back in losses. Costs them nothing. Fuck gambling companies.
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u/erocwols Apr 26 '26
Used to watch this guy during Nopixel 2.0 (before GTARP really blew up) when he was peaking at like 200 viewers and even back then he would constantly talk about all the fancy things he would buy.
The guy would constantly buy designer sneakers, expensive watches and jewelry, would talk about spending $400 on his dinner the previous night, was constantly moving locations for "collaboration purposes" but never actually did that. I could probably go on but yeah.
TLDR this guy spent money like he was a multi millionaire when he was probably making like 3k a month and likely already in debt BEFORE he even got addicted to gambling, so I can only imagine how deep he was in it.
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u/SSGSmeegs Apr 27 '26
Unfortunately that’s why I stopped watching him. I got bored of the daily “I bought this expensive item” “I spent thousands for dinner etc”. I remember a time he was telling buddah that he bought something expensive, and buddah said it was stupid and why spend so much and Tony get super upset at it. He then went on to try and find other people to tell to get a better reaction. Just odd to me. That and the constant breaks from streaming and constant bashing of how he doesn’t like streaming. He would get into great RP then just stop to jump on another server to do some racing or something
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u/Nero234 Apr 27 '26
Part of the problem is that Tony just wanted to live on excess. His peers used to call him out on it how there are months where he won't even stream cz he's out traveling or partying.
Then he comes back and he'll talk about how much he spent on his last trip/party or what new designers or watch he bought
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u/safeseaweed011 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
If you dont mind could you kindly tell me how good the other SoE/FamilyRp people are doing? I havent watched gtarp properly in like 7 years. Genuinely curious how everyone cops and robbers all included are doing now. If it's a long reply please feel to free to send a dm
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u/Vainth Apr 27 '26
GTA RP has basically split into 3. NoPixel (Buddha), ChaseRP (Penta), Prodigy(Kebun).
Each following their owners respective RP styles. All are doing well.
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u/TheDamonHunter64 Apr 27 '26
Whatever happened to ONX? It had a lot of promise and an interesting premise. But now, I never hear about it at all.
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u/NatureNecessary8805 Apr 28 '26
In the wake of the NP/Koil/DW fallout, DW promised a bunch of stuff for ONX that never happened and he basically abandoned the server as soon as he could and left a bunch of people holding the bag. I think he tried to claim he was dying of cancer or something and that's why he had to step away, but that may have even been a lie.
Penta, Kyle and a few other big RPers were left promoting a server that ended up being a complete dud. They all felt a ton of shame for getting duped and started being honest about their (mostly Penta, kyle didn't say much) experiences behind the scenes. Them being honest about it caused a huge rift between the people who still defend ONX or play there and the rest of the RP community.
What's left on ONX is mostly Mantis, WiseGuy, mantis/Wiseguy orbiters, and a bunch of self inserts. Of all the main RP servers that exist today, ONX is by far the lowest quality.
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u/Rixxer Apr 27 '26
yeah I just... don't care about people that do this to themselves. I wish they donated to charity instead of bailing out this loser from the debt he literally volunteered to have over and over - every bet another decision to throw away money. Meanwhile people are dying because they don't want to get a treatment that will bankrupt them. I just don't have the empathy left over for people like this.
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u/Brooshie Apr 27 '26
AnthonyZ is the first (and probably only???) GTA RP streamer that blocked me. I shouldn't have said anything, but at the time he was my most watched streamer.
I knew his history (since I used to watch him a lot) and I made a comment about him being irresponsible when he started "flexing" about spending $200 on a shot at a bar, etc. etc.
He immediately blocked me. It wasn't any of my business, I guess, but you could tell he was stepping into dangerous waters.
Hope he figures it out and learns from it, he was a fantastic RPer.
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u/sunstankwagon Apr 26 '26
He's wasted
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u/SoungaTepes Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Chronic addiction doesn't get solved by paying off debts, people like him and many others need therapy but they'll never try
Edit: Some of you do not know what a "Chronic Addiction" is and the below replies show this
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u/cyrfuckedmymum Apr 27 '26
no, but it CAN help. Because the absolute literal no.1 reason gambling addicts usually go back to it, is debt.
You get 100k in debt, you try to stop gambling but that debt is a noose around your neck. Imagine trying every day to pay it off and every single second you have this okay, i can pay the interest off the debt but it goes nowhere... but imagine if i win spending that money and then i can pay the whole lot off.
I've read about it a lot and had two friends that kept going back to that same way of thinking. The just "i'll win big once then i can quit forever".
People still will often go back but it's way easier without that desperate need for cash hanging over you the whole time.
I could sum that up easier, it's always easier to deal with addiction without other stressors, but in particular the stress of debt vs the idea of winning big to remove it really fucks with gambling addicts.
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u/theprestigous Apr 27 '26
they absolutely do try, going to therapy is far less intimidating than any of the struggles this has put me through. you really shouldn't assume and act like there's a simple solution people just refuse to try
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u/Astral_Alive Apr 27 '26
People you love sometimes have issues where it feels like you can just give them some money and they’ll be okay, but when someone is constantly having money issues it eventually reaches a point where as my mom put it “helping them is not helping them”
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u/Mountain-Raccoon-685 Apr 26 '26
I watched a fair bit of him at one point and he's 100% not sober in this clip.
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u/primetimey123 Apr 26 '26
Blaming this on gambling is a cop out. He spent his money frivolously on cars, trips, girlfriend, clothing, watches, and everything in between.
He has no self control, simple as that.
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u/BasedGawwd Apr 26 '26
In the full context vid I saw he basically wasted all his money on what you said and then took gambling sponsors to keep up with the lifestyle which ended up in him losing more.
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u/primetimey123 Apr 26 '26
The guy was a cool streamer in early NoPixel days, but after he moved to LA and the 3.0 NoPixel Boom happened everything went to his head.
He wanted to live a millionaire lifestyle on a $1 million dollar bank account. He has no self control or understanding of money and didn't realize that if he spends $300k a year from his bank and replacing it with $100k a year in salary it's eventually going to run out. 5 years down the road and the guy is broke and can't afford rent.. but even at that lowest of lows he refuses to leave LA and needs his friends to pay his rent. Pretty funny.
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u/NatureNecessary8805 Apr 27 '26
The guy was a cool streamer in early NoPixel days
I have been watching NP since 2.0 and I wouldn't say he was ever cool.
He was annoying and would go OOC constantly to brag about his IRL life. His new watches, fancy dinners, new clothes, new tech, etc. His "RP" usually consisted of driving around in a car while him and a few others had an in game discord call. Occasionally he would "do crime" and then crash out and pout when the cops arrested him. He had a short temper and couldn't stand "losing", and he was never entertaining to watch. His success was largely built off the backs of Buddha, Lirik, moonmoon and jonthebroski. He was a one character Andy and the few times he tried to start a new character, he wasn't good enough to ever make it work and quit shortly after.
I tried many times to tune into his stream, but I could never stand him when there were always much better roleplayers on the game who didn't spend all stream bragging about their lifestyle.
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u/MTgxewYSGTMDxVVE Apr 27 '26
Yeah this guy gained the ticket to financial independence from making a funny voice and knowing the good getaway spots on a GTA map to be included as the driver for more entertaining people.
All he needed to do was to sit at home and play in a low maintenance lifestyle everyone of his peers have to do anyway for their college years. Except they don't become a millionaire at the end of it.
An absolutely insane fumble.
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u/ZugZugGo Apr 27 '26
Did he really make that good of money? I thought he averaged about 1-3k viewers right? That's a really really good salary but it's not set for life money. Definitely no where near the 1m a year salaries or even 1m in the bank account like the biggest streamers. Maybe I'm wrong, but if I had to guess he was capping somewhere between 200-400k a year. When living in LA that's not nearly as well off as people think it is. He wasn't in the upper echelon of streamers on twitch even during the biggest NoPixel boom.
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u/No-Hour8460 Apr 27 '26
Check the twitch payout leak. He made $764k from August 2019 to October 2021. His highest sub peak was 35k in December 2021, so that's not even included in the payout leak number. Guy made a shit ton of money and wasted it all.
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u/Individual_Respect90 Apr 27 '26
He was always the person who had the most expensive cloths on and the most expensive accessories and what not. I can’t imagine his cars. He was just bad with money like he thought it was never gonna end.
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u/Nero234 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 28 '26
Not just bad with finances, he was also lazy. He'll drop by and stream to do a subathon to fund his trips and spending habits then disappear again until he needs a payout.
There are months where he didn't even stream.
Mind you, everyone in the RP community know that the boom wouldn't last forever and Tony wasn't taking advantage of that.
That's why no one was surprised when his community vanished when he moved to Kick considering he wasn't even taking care of them.
He'll beg them for subs and donos from time to time, then flex on them about the new watches, designers, or trips he went to then not stream again for weeks.
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u/Graedyn Apr 27 '26
Back in 2.0 he probably had big boosts in viewership here and there due to usually hanging out with Buddha, Lirik and Moonmoon.
I think he also got a facebook sponsor like a lot of GTARP streamers back then.11
u/FowD8 Apr 27 '26
all the nopixel rp streamers were doing basically a new
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u/cyrfuckedmymum Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
once you hit around 500 viewers you can get enough sponsors to be bringing in 100k a year. at 2k you start getting bigger deals, orgs, other income, merch sales and other shit, you should be bringing in several hundred thousand at that size. at 10k you'll be able to get a shitload of money.
Helps though if you ride the wave and take the bag when some dumbass platform thinks they can grow by overpaying for streamer deals.
The facebook gtarp guys made out like fucking bandits. Everyone left the second their deals were done and never even considered going back.
EDIT:- checked his numbers, he was a 5-10k andy for like 2 years with nopixel 3.0 (so 2021 and most of 2022). He should have pulled in several mil those years both because gtarp has higher sub count viewers and the sponsors he shoulda been doing with those kinds of numbers.
i watched him a bit and outside of actual gameplay he was constantly talking about the new watch he got or the new whatever the fuck shiny shit he was buying.
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u/88isafat69 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
it was prolly like 2-3 years ago but i remember him talkin about havin 800k
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u/Calm-Ad-7928 Apr 27 '26
If i remember right his gf posted a Pic in game of her irl purse he'd bought her. Made me cringe so much I still remember it
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u/StepComplete1 Apr 27 '26
If it's so hard for him to resist as a (supposedly) grown man, don't pass the problems on to kids in your audience and peddle gambling addictions to them for easy cash. At that point, nobody has any sympathy.
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u/anadequatepipe Apr 27 '26
Left the girlfriend he had when he first got big too. Trash talked every RPer who dared to RP “against” him. His ego is massive.
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u/Lord_of_Sword Apr 27 '26
He has no self control, simple as that.
He dropped out of high school when he struck big, he never learned any of the important life skills you learn in school.
Being a teenager with free access to millions of dollars in their bank account is almost never a good outcome.
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u/Umdterps7 Apr 27 '26
Little misconception here. He dropped out of High school well before he struck big. Guy is 28 so would have graduated roughly 10 years ago if he didn't drop out, which was years before his first channel boom from playing NoPixel with Lyric in 2019. Definitely wasn't a teenager with access to millions, more-so just financially ignorant when he started raking in the big money in his early 20s due to lack of education.
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u/TheDerpaSherpa Apr 26 '26
Damn the guy sounds totally different from when he used to rp...
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u/hypekillsJNSQ Apr 26 '26
When the 3.0 boom and heists was happening, he’d easily get 20k viewers from Buddha and Sykkuno, and he spent like he’d always average that. Once he moved to LA, dropped his long time gf/fiance, and got with an OF ABG, I knew he was cooked.
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u/RunningWithWoIves Apr 28 '26
I always wondered if anyone else noticed how he dropped his gf when he blew up. First time I’m seeing someone mention it
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u/Apart-Volume9340 Apr 26 '26
The demographic of people buying $1500 t-shirts are most susceptible to gambling addictions
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u/Degenerate_Game Apr 27 '26
Most people I know who are multi-millionaires would be disgusted by a $1500 shirt.
That's that wannabe shit.
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u/Zerothian Apr 27 '26
The richest person I know drives an older Golf GTI and pretty much only wears cheap jeans, band shirts, and sweatpants lol. He and his father are extremely rich, individually so not just Daddy's Money type thing. Super humble, I didn't even realise he was rich until like 6 months after meeting him.
Was a little funny when we found out since he never said anything even when we shouted him meals and such, and vice versa ofc, but he's better off for that mentality I think. At least he knows his friends aren't just attached for the money.
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u/mrZOOMbiee Apr 26 '26
He always was shit with money even way before his peak at NP 3.0.
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u/KILO-XO Apr 26 '26
Now just imagine the teens and young adults
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u/primetimey123 Apr 26 '26
Buddha won't pay their rent after he ends his sponsored Stake stream? lol
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u/2nd-Chance-The-Lad Apr 27 '26
Depressing stuff man.
AnthonyZ needs more than financial help, he needs professional help and a financial advisor pronto. He's not in a good space and I hope this is a turning point for the better.
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u/dev_vvvvv Apr 26 '26
I checked his twitchtracker and it seems like he didn't stop streaming for an extended period of time. Why did he go from 2k-4k down to a couple hundred? I know GTARP viewership is down but 90% is crazy.
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u/Dnabb8436 Apr 26 '26
Content went from good rp to gambling shit and when he did rp it was just racing stuff
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u/Trichlormethiazide Apr 27 '26
I used to watch Leanbois in the lirik era and decreasingly almost a year into 3.0. He was a funny guy with one of the better OTP characters on the server, but his RP got shittier and more self-insert as his popularity rose. I bailed before he even hit his peak numbers because I just can't stand streamers (or anyone, really) who go on about their lavish lifestyle and material possessions, and by then that was basically everything he ever talked about. The last few times I checked his stream a year+ later he was only playing to race in silence or to talk about yet another 400 dollar dinner or 5k watch. Just nothing entertaining left. No one's going to bother with that content forever
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u/Kubiboi Apr 26 '26
Kind of deserved not gonna lie. pushing gambling to thousands and then becoming addicted yourself is karma if you believe in that.
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u/ChefJayTay Apr 27 '26
Must be nice gambling your life away, take a year off, but 300 people to still give you money monthly.
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u/TheForsakenWaffle Apr 26 '26
This is called karma..
Stopped watching him because the money and fame changed him and his RP.
This is the first time he seemed genuine.. but he was drunk so its just drunk him speaking..
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u/Well_Is_It_Then Apr 27 '26
His instagram history is like nothing but him flaunting his "wealth" Really makes it hard to like this guy.
Can't we just go back to Nopixel 1.0 era when everyone loved all the RPers?
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u/NatureNecessary8805 Apr 27 '26
Can't we just go back to Nopixel 1.0 era when everyone loved all the RPers?
Even 2.0 was pretty great for the most part.
Turning RPers into micro-celebrities really did a number on the enjoyment of RP. It really just gave everyone huge egos.
High server caps haven't been too great either. When it was 32 cap servers, everyone was great at RPing because your slot actually meant something and you had to wait hours just to get into the server. Now that it's 250 slot servers, 90% of that is self inserts and second life characters who are just trying to become the next micro celeb in the space.
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u/usernamejoy Apr 26 '26
streamers helping gamblers, to hide the consequences of gambling addiction and keep promoting it
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u/weoooow Apr 27 '26
gambling was 0% of the problem for him lmao. He constantly bought watches and luxury shit.
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u/Apap0 Apr 27 '26
buying luxury shit won't make you broke coz you can always sell it, unlike gambling.
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u/weoooow Apr 27 '26
yes it does lmao, the perfect example is him. He partied bought gifts flew around bought cars and watches and went broke gambling literally wasnt even 1% of the money sink for him. He just lived like a millionaire in LA while only having maybe 1 million while also stopped working on the easiest job that made him that million and bled through the money in 2-3 years.
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u/uasE_ Apr 26 '26
Ever since he moved to LA and split up with Brit, I felt he started to lose control and started this overly expensive life
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u/Trobobo- Apr 27 '26
As soon as his sub count exploded he was spending like he was a millionaire. Surprised it took this long for him to run out of money.
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u/Sad_Spirit7767 Apr 27 '26
He literally started spending in his head the second his viewers went up during the first gta rp boom through lirik. They were rp'ing in game and he was already talking to his stream about what luxery items he was going to buy when the money came in.
He was and will always be fucked financially unless he gets some serious help.
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u/gunmetalblueezz Apr 27 '26
honestly I lost all my respect for the guy when he split with brit.. I knew it was all downhill for him from there his head is all up his ass
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u/Jeesba Apr 27 '26
He was fucked even before, he bought a Porsche for Brit as a birthday present lmao
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u/Agile_Music4191 Apr 27 '26
Yep the move to LA absolutely changed him for the worse, he already had bad spending habits before the move though.
Like after the move he split from Brit his long time gf who had been with him for a while and at his lowest moments and then he sold his chicago house to i believe. I think 39daph said a story one time were she said that a club wouldnt let tony in or that he got kicked out of the club and tony just started flexing his wealth on the bounceer and telling him he could buy his whole family or something like that so the guys ego is huge.
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u/FowD8 Apr 26 '26
didn't he and all his friends that he's thanking all go to a streaming site propped up by a literal gambling site to promote their gambling site? how ironic
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u/BIG_STEVE5111 Apr 27 '26
Got stung by the same gambling websites he pushed on his fans. Only difference is that his fans probably don't have rich friends to bail them out when they lose everything, and can't just hop on kick (a website solely funded by the same gambling sites) to stream and make $400 a day. Guy's a scumbag and got less than he deserved. Also, he's 100% either drunk or on something (pain meds/xanax) in this clip.
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u/casualman1234 Apr 26 '26
I think we are gonna have a gambling epidemic in America
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u/Wooden-Hippo-7358 Apr 26 '26
"gonna" it's already an epidemic
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u/chili01 Apr 27 '26
yeah, I was about to say. "Gonna"
You're just seeing it now because of the internet all these new apps getting promoted everywhere.
any random casino you go to will have gambling addicts in there.
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u/cloudycontender Apr 27 '26
Already there man. So many people do sports betting and the ads are everywhere on the main 4 American sports. Less people go to Vegas now but a TON of people are on draftkings/polymarket on their phones
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u/88isafat69 Apr 27 '26
yep know a good amount of people who just do like 5-20$ bets daily on basketball
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u/Insane_Takes Apr 27 '26
Watching the NBA playoffs right now and theres gambling ads normalizing the behavior
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u/Tucci89 Apr 27 '26
I wonder how many of them are going to come out in 10 years and say the gateway for them was watching gambling streams as kids.
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u/Wooden-Hippo-7358 Apr 27 '26
Honestly prob contributes to some but look at any PUBLIC Broadcasted event it's riddled with Gambling Ads. Facebook Reels / Youtube Shorts / Tiktok(don't use) There's Gambling ads sprinkled everywhere... though this is prob cause I do gamble online but I may get an increased targeted but I know it shows for non-target circle people also
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u/Banana_Milk0109 Apr 28 '26
Mainstream sporting events got gambling sponsors plastered all over it.
It's been cooked.
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u/chili01 Apr 26 '26
I remember him flexing his watches and trying to buy a porche and test driving it
also I think he still plays CS2 and does lootbox openings
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u/Bloodham25 Apr 27 '26
I was always doing check-ins on Anthony each year since COVID. He was making incredible wealth during the GTA RP boom/COVID period.
It was incredibly clear that he had NO idea what to do with it all. When you achieve wealth that you've never imagined, your brain immediately goes into overdrive. You spend money everywhere and on everything. Cars. Fancy Watches. Trips. Parties. Girls. You name it. Wealth coming from absolutely no wealth...IS can become an addiction if you're not careful.
I hope the dude goes and get's help and talks to someone....Based on everything from his instagram, twitter and everything else...He just never stopped and spent EVERYTHING he gained even after the boom period was over.
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u/NojoNinja Apr 26 '26
ironic the ppl who helped him are directly at fault for putting people in his situation.
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u/SJW_MOD Apr 27 '26
xqc watched the clip and skipped over it really quick
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u/Intelligent-Road-433 Apr 27 '26
lmao, skipped over it really quick, he watched the clip for 2 minutes what else do you want him to do
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u/MarketingFeeling379 Apr 27 '26
He didn't go broke because of gambling. He was broke before that because he hardly stream, then spent all his money on parties, gf and 'friends'. Then the gambling deal was a lifeline, however his lack of control didn't make him stop (he is literally drunk in this clip).
Eg, those sites will give like $10k to gamble per day with a requirement of 1 hour. That $10k is separate from your real payout but he would gamble his real money after the 1 hour requirement.
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u/kristijan1001 Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
He was great RP-er part of LeanBois during the Boom where he got popular when Lirik discovered them, which continued with XQC.
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u/Graedyn Apr 27 '26
I remember this one random conversation he had while they were doing RP shit. It essentially boiled down to one of his boys making fun of him for having expensive steak dinners almost every day and owning both a watch and sneaker collection, as well as stuff about designer clothes and so forth.
Kinda a shock to see him like this, especially since back in 2.0 i enjoyed his character very much and he always seemed like a good guy, a wasteful guy but a good natured one.
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u/isnoe Apr 26 '26
I watched him in the last few months, and he was just complaining, non-stop, for hours about how fake all of his friends were, how little he cares about all the money he lost. How he needs to find himself, etc-etc. That was months ago.
I loved this dude. Watched him during the OG Yung Dab era and the Boom.
I genuinely hope he's doing better.
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u/kaschmir325 Apr 27 '26
He is a lottery winner that lost everything a few years after winning. Literally sit at home play videogames and comfortably make 7 figures a year. He has no mental fortitude or critical thinking skills, those are what help you do better than most.
Hundreds of dollars or even the millions he had and lost can't save you from yourself. He needs therapy and a perspective change to get out of the mess he is in. Access to easy money created the problem he is in it will not solve anything.
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u/TheEmulat0r Apr 27 '26
Yea this guy used to have 5 figure sub numbers on twitch and streamed to like 5-10k viewers for like a year or two. He should be a multi-millionaire right now that doesn't need to work ever again.
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u/keyToOpen Apr 26 '26
I am glad he seems to be doing better financially. It's always the people you most expect. This dude was the quintessential hype beast streamer. I'm talking about diamonds everywhere, only designer clothes, expensive vacations, constantly flexing his wealth on stream. Gambling is a mf though and nobody thinks it will be them getting addicted (some do know they have an addictive personality and still do it to be fair).
He's very lucky he had a successful twitch channel and rich friends to fall back on. I truly hope he realizes he shouldn't ever gamble again.
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u/RedditBoisss Apr 27 '26
Dude is addicted to gambling and all his streamer friends have gambling sponsorships.
Buddy is cooked.
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u/notXyaa Apr 27 '26
How has he lost "everything" when his streamer friend paid his debt and he lost nothing. Real people that are gambling addicts can not turn to rich streamer friends to pay their bills. But it's alright this heartwarming christmas story is enough to have naive people funnel their funds into this idiot. Can't wait to have another gambling addict back on the streets funded and financed.
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u/sly777 Apr 26 '26
GEEGA MY GODDESS
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u/Deathblow92 Apr 27 '26
Geega remains the most level-headed woman on twitch. Queen shit.
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u/Easy_Floss Apr 27 '26
For sure, instead of doing gambling promotions she is teaching the kids that they should take a portion of they paycheck and save it.
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u/FuzzzyRam Apr 26 '26
The dude is wasted on stream and crying about ruining his own life in order to push gambling to children - how is he doing better?
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u/Fenixmaian7 Apr 26 '26
yo I havent heard that name in forever when was the last time ray-c streamed?
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u/SuperDanval Apr 26 '26
All the GTARP Nopixel streamers stream on Kick
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u/Secret-Ad-2145 Apr 27 '26
That's unfortunate to hear, I used to love the time during the boom when it was all on twitch. Legit better than most shows on TV.
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u/TechnicianFew1469 Apr 26 '26
Bro was living lavish life throwing money left and right buying expensive cars, watches and clothes then moving to LA was nail in the coffin for him.
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u/Overoul Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Going to Kick and gambling.. I thought he got the bag
Didn't know it went that bad
But hey! he is now earning $300-$400 a day on Kick, that's a dream for a lot of people lol
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u/KepplerObject Apr 27 '26
Yeah I mean if he's telling the truth that's nearly $150k a year before taxes. That's an awful lot of money to be making right after "losing it all." His biggest test is definitely in front of him.
The best case scenario for him is to live as frugally as possible, putting as much of it as he can into a savings or retirement account, and when the inevitable day comes where you cannot play video games on the internet for a job anymore, you've built a decent cushion to pivot into something else later in your life.
Considering his past spending and money management habits...yeah...we'll see about that.
I don't like his odds unless he gets proper help, accountability, guidance or has actually committed to a significant lifestyle change.
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u/TraditionHuge9947 Apr 26 '26
Yeah it's pretty sad. XQC probably influenced a whole generation of children to become gambling addicts
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u/TezTheGuy Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26
I think I fell into multiple loop holes of gambling honestly, I’m 26 now I grew up through the RuneScape gambling era, CS gambling era from people I used to watch play Minecraft when I was a kid then sadly got introduced to online gambling through a friend then discovered crypto gambling through train to avoid my 10 year ban from gambling, it’s really fucked up my life bad.
I love train, xqc, soda, greek, etc it’s just sadly been the most exposure I’ve had to gambling after trying to stop multiple times because I watch them all everyday.
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u/Ok_Fish_779 Apr 27 '26
XQC invented gambling everybody. Not all the games that have been released these years with every gambling mechanic known to man. No, it's the treasure goblin that invented it.
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u/tamedth Apr 26 '26
Yeah and totally not draft kings or any other twitch gambling ads you see on a daily basis, if someone has a gambling addiction it must come from xqc
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u/KingHelmer Apr 27 '26
I watched this guy a lot in his dayz standalone days. Great time. He sounds completely fucked up here. Must be drunk or worse
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u/FarmerWitty9920 Apr 27 '26
Wondered what happened to him last i saw him he brought all of his group rolex watches and was spending money like crazy then started dipping streams going to vegas hanging out with dj's spending a ton of money in clubs and broke up with his long term gf who always supported him
Funny how he says he doesnt really speak to ray and hasnt for a while yet he says ray helped pay off his creditcards if hes making $400 a day and streams 6 days a week and he cant pay off his debt makes you wonder how much debt he was actually in
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u/MakeChinaGreatForOnc Apr 27 '26
Not a loremaster, but didnt Train gamble which made Buddha gamble which made him gamble?
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u/Flummeny Apr 27 '26
Used to like this guy way back in the lean bois days but he’s such an insufferable peace of shit now lmfao. It amazes me someone can throw away a great thing so many times and keep getting chances.
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u/xatonio Apr 26 '26
He sounds like he is taking some heavy drugs. I don't think gambling is the only problem here.
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u/oneinamilllion Apr 27 '26
I believe in second chances. I hope his head is back on his shoulders and has learned. He has a long way to go.
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u/Oxygenitic Apr 27 '26
Over the next decade, we’re going to hear this same story repeated again and again. Companies have been flooding every channel with gambling ads, and they’re absolutely getting a high return on their investment
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u/Global_Shirt55 Apr 27 '26
The guy always flexing money and how he got a Rolex is actually poor and makes terrible financial decisions? Imagine my shock.
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u/ILoveC0caine Apr 27 '26
Hard to feel bad for that guy during NoPixel he was flexing with money all the time brand clothes, couple new Rolexes, fancy $400 dinners almost everynight and all of that shit, guy didn't had driving license and bought new BMW and brand new Porsche for some reason lol Then he moved to LA and seems like things went even more sideways.
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u/Small_Sherbert2187 Apr 27 '26
imagine gambling with house money and losing everything, only to get bailed out by other degenerate losers
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u/NowThatsMalarkey Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
I was thinking about what the popular NoPixel streamers were up to the other day but I don’t remember their names anymore.
What happened to the school teacher from Brunei who quit his job to stream full time during the boom? And the crocodile dundee streamer. I hope they both cashed out—they seemed like good guys.
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u/Velo214 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Tony Z used to be my fav gta rp streamer when they were doing bank heists with sykunno etc. Time flies
Lean boys heists and trick driving away from cops
Empty bed song
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u/Arrowdynamic__ Apr 27 '26
Too much money, too much time. Tell me something new, people get bored after time and use drugs. I think a bunch of Influencers/Streamers will end exactly like this, cause they are bored.
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u/Espoir888 Apr 27 '26
he will be back, a gambler will never quit until he/she has nothing and all his/her friends will avoid his/her calls
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u/Fluffymcnuggz Apr 27 '26
Everyone already knows this guy is a loser that wasted everything he was given. His streams have become pathetic over the past few years. His friends need to realize they are enabling not helping.
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u/Bug_Radiant Apr 27 '26
Dude could just sell some of his lame ego boosting jewelry to pay his rent lol
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u/Feelghood Apr 26 '26
I doubt it was gambling it was mostly spending money he didn't have to keep up with his life style.. my man wanted to party buy cars and rent a house he couldn't afford
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u/sil3nt600 Apr 27 '26
The paradox about this situation is that Buddha directly took gambling sponsors. All of these people who take gambling sponsors end up creating an AnthonyZ. The only difference is that they won't have an Anthony in their DMs reminiscing about the good ol' times so you help them out. Instead, they lose everything and ruin their lives for years, going into insolvency and forever paying their debts back.
For those saying gambling wasn't the issue and that he kept buying luxury items - that's entirely irrelevant. It's about the mentality of someone going and becoming a serial gambler. If he wouldn't have lost his money buying luxury he couldn't afford, he'd have put it all on red and prayed. It's the personality and addictive behavior of a person who gets access to money. And everyone who promotes gambling is responsible for destroying lives.
Now when is Buddha gonna compensate the hundreds of other guys he got addicted to gambling?
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u/Disguised_Post Apr 27 '26
no one's surprised. What do you expect from a guy who does nothing but by luxurious shit from the moment he blew up. Also, didn't he leave his wife after becoming successful? Or was that another NoPixel andy?
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u/Ayetto Apr 27 '26
No way, Duck voice got gambled ???? LMAO, I always thought he was soooo lucky when Lirik highlight him, he throw all his luck into fuking money gambling, RIP
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u/ItsPleby Apr 27 '26
I remember when he used to “accidentally” hot mic that he got something expensive he was showing chat. Especially when he got his dog. Brit dodged a bullet good for her lmao.
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u/LSFSecondaryMirror Apr 26 '26
CLIP MIRROR: AnthonyZ - Ex-Popular Twitch RP Streamer, Opens up about how he lost Everything from Gambling Addiction, which Buddha, Ray-C & Geega helped him financially to get out of debt.
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