"Obviously a diversity pick" - Asmongold claims Rivers won Streamer of the Year at Esports Awards because she is a woman

Twitch streamer and commentator Zack "Asmongold" recently opined on Samantha "rivers_gg" Rivers winning the Streamer of the Year award at the Esports Awards 2024, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Rivers is a Mexican Twitch content creator, known for hosting Just Chatting streams and playing a variety of games during her broadcasts. She has over 6.3 million followers on Twitch.

As per the 34-year-old streamer, Rivers won the accolade since she is a "woman." He also stated that other streamers such as Darren "IShowSpeed", Kai Cenat, and Case "CaseOh" should have been winners instead:

"I'm salty that it was obviously a diversity pick because she's a woman and everybody knows it. It should have been Speed or Kai or CaseOh or like three other people. Everybody knows it."

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Asmongold claims Samantha Rivers won the Streamer of the Year award because she is a "woman"

Asmongold is known for being an outspoken personality on Twitch regarding the plethora of topics trending on the internet, with a particular focus on the gaming and streaming industry. His statement regarding Samantha Rivers came during a broadcast on August 26, 2024, hosted from his alternate Twitch channel zackrawrr.

Rivers stands atop a dedicated community that watches her content for over half a million hours every month. However, she is dwarfed compared to other major streamers, like Kai Cenat, who is watched for a whopping 17 million hours monthly.

Calling the decision to choose Rivers as Streamer of the Year "obnoxious," Asmongold continued:

"It's f**king obnoxious... You put her up there 'cause she's a female. It's embarrassing, and it's patronizing. It's not even a top female streamer, either. It's bullsh**. It's not even close."

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Readers should note that the winner of this category, along with Esports Content Creator of the Year and Esports Personality of the Year, is chosen based on the community vote. That is, the panel had no say in picking the final winner from the nominations, which included Nicholas "Jynxzi", Kai Cenat, Ibai, Cody "Clix", Darren "IShowSpeed", Case "CaseOh" and Félix "xQc", among others.