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TwitchCon Disaster: Twitch Apologizes over Lackluster Security

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Just last month, TwitchCon publicly apologized for their mishandling of an assault on one of their top streamers, Emiru. Now, more than a month later, they are doing it again.


Even Dan Clancy, the current CEO of Twitch, published an apology on X, citing his own mishandling of the situation, as well as clarifying some of the awkward statements he made, following the event.

In early October, during a meet-and-greet event hosted at the SanDiego convention, a Twitch attendee can be seen walking on stage (uninvited,) going up to the streamer, and attempting to grab -and kiss- her. In a video uploaded to X shortly after the incident, Emiru's personal bodyguard -at the time can be seen running on stage to shove the man away, following the assault.


Later the following day, Emiru was given a conference room, where she would stream a video, explaining the situation; revealing a series of surprising details, including TwitchCon staff's abysmal handling of the rather serious situation.

Emiru reveals that not only was this treated as unimportant to Twitch Staff, but the assailant was allowed to leave following the assault, wouldn't reveal the identity of the predator to Emiru's manager, and -after significant pressure from Emiru's manager- was subsequently banned from the Twitch streaming website for all of 30 days.

After almost an entire day of trying to pretend nothing happened, Twitch finally responded to the event on X, stating the following:


A notable quote of contention in that tweet is that Twitch "worked swiftly with law enforcement" to detain the assailant.

In line with existing TwitchCon security protocols, law enforcement and event security were on site and responded to the incident. We immediately blocked this individual from returning to the TwitchCon premises, and they are banned indefinitely from Twitch, both online and in-person events. We are coordinating with the impacted creator’s team and, per our standard protocols, continue to cooperate with any law enforcement investigations.


Emiru, as well as current -and former- OTK members like Asmongold and Tectone, would confirm that this statement was false, citing the fact the suspect was largely ignored by Twitch staff after the event, and even allowed to leave the property, following the assault.

Since the event, Emiru has pressed charges on her attacker, seeking prosecution for the sexual assault she suffered, at the event.


TwitchCon Disaster

Literally one week after the collective crash-out viewers had over the Daiper-furr pedo being featured on the front page of Twitch, fans and streamers were appalled at the sheer volume of things to complain about this year, with many streamers calling for an end to the annual event entirely.

Whether you are a gaming Streamer, or a Vtuber, Everyone agrees that TwitchCon was an unmitigated disaster this year. Whether it was IRL streamers ruining people's time, lack of security, or event management, the consensus by viewers -and the streamers- is that 2025 should be the last year of the convention.

Shortly during -and after- the convention,  stories started pouring out of the event, with things like gifts from fans being thrown in the trash, to Vtubers being forced to unmask themselves during the event, defeating the purpose of Vtubing in the first place.

Long before the the event even started this September, many streamers expressed concern over the overall lack of basic safety considerations at the event, with many streamers fearing for their safety. 

 

There were many vocal critics of these concerns, (mostly on X,) suggesting that the concerns are exaggerated, or even disingenuous. However, in a surprising move, many of the usual culture critics, such as Tectone and Asmongold, would chime in - echoing these same concerns. Asmongold -in particular- citing that women in the space should avoid TwitchCon altogether.


TwitchCon: A history of negligence.

During the 2022 San-DiegoTwitchCon event, one might notice a foam pit prominently featured. During a televised stream, Twitch streamer and adult film star Adriana Chechik can be seen perched atop a platform, as twitch staff can be seen encouraging her to leep into the foam.


What Chechik didn't know, was that this foam was roughly a foot deep, and couldn't support the weight of an adult, resulting in Adriana breaking her back in three places.


Chechik needed to be rushed to a hospital, only to find out she was -also- pregnant, which led to her needing to have an abortion to continue her treatment, and recovery.


Will Twitch ever learn?

The recent events have sparked a nationwide debate on whether those running these events should be fired or not. No word from Amazon on this year's events, but this even has no shortage of controversy surrounding it, and how it reflects on the Amazon brand.

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