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On August 24, 2024, Twitch streamer Samantha "Rivers" Rivera took home the highly coveted Streamer of the Year award, presented during the Esports Awards 2024. The Mexican content creator was nominated alongside some of the biggest names in the livestreaming and content creation sphere, including Darren "IShowSpeed," Kai Cenat, Case "CaseOh," Felix "xQc," Nicholas "Jynxzi," Ibai, Cody "Clix," Marc "Caedrel," Alexandre "Gaules," and Victor "Congrina."
While many fans were thrilled to see Rivers win the title at the Esports Awards 2024, many others were dissatisfied with the judgment. One X user, @DramaAlert, posted the name of the winner, questioning whether she had "robbed" Kai Cenat and IShowSpeed of the Streamer of the Year award.
The post has since gone viral on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform, garnering over 55,000 likes and more than 5.2k responses. X user @2wavy_evons remarked:
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"They got robbed by a nobody," tweeted X user @2wavy_evons.
One netizen accused the Streamer of the Year category at the Esports Awards of being "rigged":
"The streamer awards are rigged every year. Who is Rivers?" wrote X user @ReddCinema.
On the other hand, X user @Sxorpion__ stated that aside from Kai Cenat and IShowSpeed, other content creators boast sizeable audiences:
"You got to understand, those two are not the only streamers. There's a whole other audience for other big streamers, just cause a person watches someone doesn't mean everyone does, I've never seen a speed stream whatsoever, yes I've heard about him but never tuned in at all," commented X user @Sxorpion__.
Meanwhile, X user @davinafayette claimed that Rivers' popularity rivals Kai Cenat and IShowSpeed:
"She is literally as big as them lmao, y'all need to understand there are streamers outside the US," remarked X user @davinafayette.
Rivers addresses the community after winning the Streamer of the Year award at the Esports Awards 2024
Rivers took to X earlier today (August 25, 2024), to address the community after winning the Streamer of the Year award at the Esports Awards 2024. While thanking her viewers, the 26-year-old tweeted that she hoped to be as good a content creator as the other streamers nominated for the category.
She added:
(Note: the following tweet has been translated from Spanish using Google Translate)
"This award is from my community, who are always active and aware of all the projects, supporting them unconditionally. I hope to one day be as good a creator as the other nominees, whom I admire a lot. Thanks to my people for always supporting me, because of you I am still here doing what I like, with much love for you, you are awesome and I love you very much."
This is the second time Rivers has won the prestigious title, having previously won it at the Esports Awards 2023.
