Life After Streamer University: Plaqueboymax Says Suburbaby Lost His "Pot Of Gold" Without Kai Cenat

Plaqueboymax talks about Suburbaby on his Twitch stream.© NDTV Library

Plaqueboymax has weighed in on Suburbaby's run since Kai Cenat's Streamer University, saying the streamer hasn't kept up the level he reached during the program this summer. The comments came during a recent Twitch stream, where Plaqueboymax brought him up while talking about viral streamers in general. His take was blunt, but he also made a point of defending him. "It's not Suburbaby fault," he said, before explaining why he thinks streaming next to Kai Cenat is "like a pot of gold" that's hard to recreate alone.

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What Suburbaby did at Kai Cenat's Streamer University

Suburbaby was the last student Kai Cenat accepted into the Streamer University Class of 2026. The program kicked off on July 15, and he quickly became one of its most talked-about names.

His moments were all over social media during the event. In one storyline, Kai Cenat staged an arrest of Suburbaby for trying to throw a party on campus. Another viral clip showed the two of them in a heated moment by the pool.

For a streamer who joined as the final pick, it was a big jump in attention. The question since then has been whether he could hold on to it once the cameras moved on.

Why Plaqueboymax thinks Suburbaby lost momentum

Plaqueboymax didn't hold back on that question. He started by putting Suburbaby in the same group as other streamers who blew up quickly.

"You've seen a lot of viral streamers, no offense to bruh," he said, adding that Suburbaby "went crazy" during Streamer University. The problem, in his view, is what came after. "He's kind of not maintained the same level that he was having during streamer U," Plaqueboymax said.

He then gave his reason. According to Plaqueboymax, IRL streaming makes it hard to build loyal viewers on your own. "With IRL streams it is very hard to get a strong connection with your fan base," he said.

Plaqueboymax says Suburbaby isn't to blame

He was careful not to put it all on Suburbaby. Instead, Plaqueboymax pointed to the setting he was in during the summer. He said Suburbaby might still be working hard on his own. "He might be grinding out doing these amazing stream ideas," Plaqueboymax said.

The difference, he argued, is the audience that comes with streaming next to the biggest names in the space. "When he's in an ecosystem with Kai Cenat and all these big streamers and he's being crazy, bro it's like a pot of gold," he said. "Like you can just go crazy, you feel me?"

Plaqueboymax made the comments on his own Twitch stream, and a 40-second clip of the moment was later posted on X, where it was framed as a diss even though he stopped short of blaming Suburbaby.