'Don’t try and turn me into the bad guy'—Streamer who broke back at TwitchCon details injuries

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At TwitchCon in early September the streamer Adriana Chechik was badly injured after jumping into an unsafe foam pit(opens in new tab). Chechik was not the only streamer to do this, but the injuries she sustained were the worst: the fall broke her back in at least two places, a tragedy made worse by the free sharing of a short clip of the incident on social media.

Chechik has now shared an update on her treatment since the incident. Writing on social media she said her injuries were even worse than initially reported: «So surgery went well, 5 hrs 30 minutes! More fusions than expected, bones completely crushed & nerve damage to my bladder, hopefully I’ll be able to pee again in the near future...had some bleeding around the bone but overall doing good!»

The streamer also went on to address any criticism of her for doing what others were doing at TwitchCon. «For the ppl asking why did u jump. Don’t try and turn me into the bad guy. I am among all those who assumed it was met with proper safety precautions. It’s like getting into a car assuming the air bag will work and it doesn’t. I’m not at fault. None of the victims injured are.»

Several other streamers were injured during TwitchCon, at this event and others, and one of the big questions must be the organisers' culpability for events that were clearly unsafe. Other streamers injured included LochVaness, who dislocated her knee and sprained her ankle after stepping off a podium, while others have reported a host of less severe injuries. It looks especially bad in this light that contestants had to sign liability waivers before competing, and a commentator's assertion that the organisers were «all about safety here at the Lenovo Legion booth.»

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