If you are a familiar audience of the Vietnamese League of Legends (LoL) streaming channels, the gaming community must already know the brand Cậu Vàng – Bí Kíp Troll Team, one of the well-known streaming/YouTube channels about “Yasuo guides.”
In particular, the YouTube channel Bí Kíp Troll Team is considered one of the most engaging channels about LoL today, especially for Yasuo fans. This YouTube channel has over 630 thousand subscribers and an average view count that always exceeds 8 digits for each clip.
However, recently, a dispute among the team members of Cậu Vàng – Bí Kíp Troll Team was exposed by a member on Facebook, inadvertently revealing the secret that “Cậu Vàng” is actually not the one playing games during streams and highlight clips but only serves as a caster.
The one who initiated this drama is Yasuo Bronze 5 – a character also quite familiar from the clips of Bí Kíp Troll Team. This guy presented during a livestream on May 2 about how his associate “lives poorly,” and he himself was treated unfairly when he just ranked his friend’s account to Challenger and then received a notice of termination of collaboration.
Not only that, he also provided a large amount of content for the Bí Kíp Troll Team YouTube channel and the streaming channel, but he was often met with negative attitudes whenever he didn’t play well, and the compensation he received was not proportional to the effort he put in.
Although he did not clearly reveal the identity, the character this streamer mentioned made many people think immediately of Cậu Vàng – also a hot streamer famous for Yasuo and was very close to Yasuo Bronze 5 before.
After Yasuo Bronze 5’s stream clip appeared, “Cậu Vàng” continuously posted updates and livestreamed to counterattack, in which, this hot streamer explained the issue of compensation for his associate, while also clarifying the content he believed was misrepresented.
However, Cậu Vàng’s justifications were immediately exposed by the “younger brother” with evidence showing that the streamer claimed he missed his family and was under work pressure and wanted to return to his father, which was actually just a pretense, as he missed his family and father but used his free time in April to go out with his girlfriend instead of going home.
Because of this, he believes that all of Cậu Vàng’s words, including leaving a streaming contract worth 30 million VND per month for him, are not trustworthy.
Overall, the situation involving the streamer brand Cậu Vàng can be summarized as related to profit-sharing issues, where the accuser believes that his work is not being compensated fairly, while Cậu Vàng claims he has fully fulfilled his responsibilities to his associates.
The LoL community has sparked many contrasting opinions surrounding this event. In the debate over profit sharing, it is indeed difficult to say who is right or wrong, as both sides have reasonable counterarguments.
The accuser claims Cậu Vàng exploits him, stating that the money he receives does not match the effort he puts in, however, Cậu Vàng is also the one who created the job for this younger brother, and while it is true that he does not directly play the game, creating a quality content channel and securing lucrative streaming contracts requires significant effort from Cậu Vàng as well.
Another thing that disappoints the gaming community is the story of “streamers deceiving viewers.” The owner of the Cậu Vàng brand is also an excellent Yasuo player, but his skill level does not match that of his associate, and in reality, for a one-champ Yasuo to become famous in the creator/streamer field, the requirement is not just to play “well” but also to create breakthroughs in gameplay, as there are countless Yasuo mains, and making a strong impression with this champion is indeed a challenging task.
Cậu Vàng is one of the rare names that has made a significant mark in the creator/streamer field and creates engaging content with the Yasuo champion. The audience’s impression of this player is a true best Yasuo, with an enchanting soaring playstyle, humorous speaking style that inspires viewers, and especially the unique golden dog symbol that is unmistakable.
However, after this incident, the person behind Cậu Vàng also admitted to having “bought” or “paid to hire” to create content for the Bí Kíp Troll Team stream and YouTube channel, leading many gamers to express fierce reactions, claiming that their trust has been exploited and deceived all along.