{"id":94708,"date":"2020-10-22T01:27:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T22:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/aocs-among-us-stream-is-now-a-twitch-legend\/"},"modified":"2020-10-22T01:27:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T22:27:40","slug":"aocs-among-us-stream-is-now-a-twitch-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/aocs-among-us-stream-is-now-a-twitch-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"#AOC\u2019s Among Us stream is now a Twitch legend"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#AOC\u2019s Among Us stream is now a Twitch legend<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez achieved what many non-gaming figures have tried and failed to do, and managed to successfully crossover onto Twitch. As part of a bid to get viewers to vote, she played a rousing game<\/a> of\u00a0Among Us\u00a0<\/em>on a new Twitch channel with several other popular streamers, and accrued several hundred thousand viewers \u2014 all of whom she encouraged to go vote.<\/p>\n
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Anyone want to play Among Us with me on Twitch to get out the vote? (I\u2019ve never played but it looks like a lot of fun)<\/p>\n

\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 19, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The purpose of the stream was to get the word out that American viewers should vote in the upcoming US Presidential election, though I\u2019m sure several of the people who tuned in just wanted to see how good AOC was at\u00a0Among Us<\/em>. The whole stream seems to have come together a bit haphazardly, with several streamers trip<\/a>ping over themselves to join her when she tweeted about streaming. AOC was eventually joined by Rep. Ilhan Omar, Pokimane, HasanAbi, Dr. Lupo, Disguised Toast, Hbomberguy, Corpse Husband, Valkyrae and others.<\/p>\n

The viewer count at its peak was roughly 435,000 viewers, which would put it up there with the Ninja-Drake collab and Shroud\u2019s return to the platform in terms of viewer counts \u2014 awfully impressive for a stream that\u2019s not a dedicated esports channel. It\u2019s the kind of Twitch debut new streamers dream about.<\/p>\n

Even if you\u2019re not a particular AOC fan, it was still a very entertaining stream, as\u00a0Among Us\u00a0<\/em>streams tend to be. AOC was the imposter on the first round and managed to take out several other streamers before being caught. Here are some of the highlights:<\/p>\n

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The best moments from @AOC<\/a>‘s Among Us stream on @Twitch<\/a> last night. pic.twitter.com\/13dGGgeWTF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) October 21, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Politicians or other public figures joining Twitch when not commonly associated with gaming is a source of perpetual amusement. President Trump started broadcasting his political rallies on Twitch, as did Senator Bernie Sanders. The Biden campaign has also attempted to app<\/a>eal to younger gamers via\u00a0Animal Crossing<\/em>. It can often come across as\u2026 well, you know the Steve Buscemi meme, I\u2019m sure. This stream appears to have been more successful, as suggested by the viewer count.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez has previously called the US Army for attempting to use Twitch as a recruitment tool, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s incredibly irresponsible for the Army and the Navy to be recruiting impressionable young people and children via live streaming platforms.\u201d As she puts it \u201cwar is not a game\u201d and her use of the platform to encourage of-age Americans to vote in the upcoming election looks benign in comparison.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n