The Streamer Awards, an annual ceremony celebrating one of the best in live-streaming hosted and produced by QTCinderella, happened over the weekend in Los Angeles, California.
There have been some genuinely touching moments, like lovable grandma and jigsaw puzzle aficionado ijustlovepuzzles profitable the Hidden Gem award, and a touching speech from Finest Breakout Streamer FaZe Adapt, however The Streamer Awards was largely three and a half hours of individuals repeatedly rewarded for behaving badly doing simply that.
For those who aren’t aware about the interpersonal drama and controversy surrounding the skilled streamer area, that’s okay. I want I might Everlasting Sunshine of the Spotless Thoughts loads of this info from my head. Simply know that within the months main as much as the fifth annual Streamer Awards, host QTCinderella has damaged down on her stream, citing stress round organizing the occasion, whereas different streamers (largely ones not nominated for awards) accused her of rigging the ceremony. It was the particular model of drama-farming and rage-baiting that has come to outline the streamer area.
Similar to earlier this yr at San Diego’s TwitchCon, throughout which streamer Emiru (who received Finest Artistic Arts Streamer on Saturday) was physically assaulted at a meet-and-greet and “clip farmers” acted out on the conference ground and outdoors of it, unhealthy habits was on full show this Saturday at The Streamer Awards.
A number of clips circulated on social media over the weekend which can be a cogent reminder of how younger and, in lots of circumstances, small-minded a few of the hottest streamers are. A 17-year-old streamer often known as Rakai, who just lately bought a two-year suspension for stealing flowers from Walmart while live, approached a married, lesbian couple while live-streaming to ask them if they were gay, not lengthy after asking a unique girl streamer if she “had a man.”
Co-host FanFan, who mingled amongst attendees’ tables in the course of the ceremony, made a joke comparing Kai Cenat, who’s Black, to Sean “Diddy” Combs, “congratulating” him on his new documentary with 50 Cent. Sean Combs: The Reckoning, a four-part documentary inspecting the life and habits of the rapper just lately imprisoned for transportation of prostitution, simply aired on Netflix. It was produced by 50 Cent. Instantly after her joke, an influencer named Tylil grabbed the mic FanFan was passing round to state, “If y’all gonna be making jokes, at least make it funny.”
“The streamer awards: *fat joke* *gay joke* *anti black joke* *another gay joke* *another anti black joke*,” read a post on X.
India Love will get booed off stage after claiming DDG and Rakai deserved Breakout Streamer of the Yr over FaZe Adapt 👀pic.twitter.com/0IA0gN8As4
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) December 7, 2025
At one level in the course of the present, influencer India Love stormed the stage to insist that two different streamers, controversial rapper DDG and the aforementioned Rakai, deserved to win Breakout Streamer of the Yr over FaZe Adapt. Love was booed off-stage and later apologized whereas livestreaming. “There was no excuse for my behavior,” she said.
My hottest tackle the streamer awards is all of the drama and clip farming is a direct consequence of selling and rewarding that type of habits all through your entire yr.
Reap what you sow sort shit.
— Sean (@SeanDaBlack) December 7, 2025
“My hottest take on the streamer awards is all the drama and clip farming is a direct consequence of promoting and rewarding that kind of behavior throughout the entire year,” wrote streamer SeanDaBlack on X. “Reap what you sow type shit.”
Moments like ijustlovepuzzles winning the Hidden Gem award helped elevate The Streamer Awards’ vibes—the older girl streamer, who has 46,000 followers on Twitch, was extremely emotional as she obtained her award. “I was in such a dark place when my kids created this Twitch account and gave me something to do. This stream gave me life,” she mentioned.
If streaming have been extra about platforming attention-grabbing individuals who genuinely love what they do and fewer about rewarding teen boys for misbehaving, perhaps The Streamer Awards could be much less powerful to look at. Different winners included Flats for Finest Marvel Rivals streamer, TheBurntPeanut for Finest FPS Streamer and greatest VTuber, Peak for Stream Sport of the Yr, and iShowSpeed for Streamer of the Yr.
