Twitch streamer and content creator Thomas “Sykkuno” was recently busy casting votes for the upcoming award show, The Streamer Awards, hosted by streamer and internet personality QTCinderella.
He was voting for nominations in various categories like Best MMORPG Streamer, Best Minecraft Streamer, Best Super Smash Bros. Streamer, and Best Valorant Streamer.
For the category of Best Valorant Streamer, the nominees are Pokimane, QuarterJade, Punz, and IITZTIMMY. Sykkuno had to think for a while before casting his vote. After a couple of seconds, the Twitch streamer decided on Pokimane and said:
During a recent stream, Sykkuno decided to check out the nominations for the various categories of one of the most anticipated streamer events of the year. Sykkuno himself has been nominated for the flagship category - Streamer of the Year.
After voting for Asmongold in the category of Best MMORPG Streamer, the category for Best Valorant Streamer came up next. A bit surprised by the nominations for the category, the streamer almost instantly voted for Pokimane and tried to explain the rationale behind his decision:
He then compared Pokimane’s playstyle to Jodi “QuarterJade”s gameplay by saying:
As a concluding remark, he mentioned:
Not too long ago, on February 23, 2022 Pokimane had a special message for her fans and audiences mentioning that they should not vote for her at The Streamer Awards.
According to her, fans should vote for someone else who has not won an award yet. Pokimane believes that it's more exciting for streamers who receive their first award. She also went on to mention that she now feels awkward promoting award shows ever since she won the Shorty Awards.
Fans were pretty divisive towards Sykkuno’s vote and the reasoning
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