QTCinderella reveals people rejected Streamer Awards Nominations to avoid getting hate while discussing the Kyedae controversy

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While discussing the hate that Kyeadae received after winning the Best Valorant Streamer award at the Streamer Awards, QTCinderella revealed that some people rejected their nominations at the event due to their fear of getting trolled online.

The day after the Streamer Awards, Blaire "QTCinderella", the organizer and host of the event, was talking about the controversy surrounding Kyedae on the Fear& podcast with HasanAbi, Will Neff, Valkyrae, and AustinShow when the topic of people refusing nominations came up. QTCinderella explained how this type of hateful and targeted trolling can certainly bring an end to awards shows:

For those unaware, after the winner of the Valorant Streamer of the Year was announced, a sizeable section of the community started dunking on the results, calling it a pity vote because of "Kyedae" Shymko's recent cancer diagnosis. Many of these trolls also insinuated that Tarik, one of the other streamers nominated for the award, should have won.

While discussing the same on the podcast, each streamer vehemently opposed the blatant hate comments and trolling directed towards her with HasanAbi discussing how his fellow Turkish Twitch streamer Tarik would feel if he knew people were using his name to disparage someone else's win.

He also mentioned the tweet that Shymko posted a few hours after winning the award.

Will Neff, Shymko's fellow 100 Thieves member, did not hold back in his criticism of the trolls either:

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QTCinderella pointed out how detrimental this type of mentality can be to the purpose of an awards show like the Streamer Awards.

Later in the podcast, QTCinderella reiterated her point about how trolling like this hinders award shows, and she hammered the point home by