Emily “Emiru” Schunk (26) is nominated in 2 categories at the Streamer Awards, an event for content creators on Twitch. However, she is not thrilled about the nomination and even wants to boycott the event.
What kind of streamer is she? Emily “Emiru” Schunk started her career with League of Legends and cosplays. She is now a variety streamer who belongs to OTK, the gaming organization of Asmongold: The 26-year-old often makes her male colleagues look quite old with her cool demeanor there, especially Mizkif (via youtube).
On Twitch, Emiru has already been one of the biggest female streamers, a status solidified by the departure of former big names like Pokimane and Amouranth. The analytics site Streams Charts ranks her as the female streamer with the most viewers on average for the last 30 days.
This success likely contributed to her receiving 2 nominations at the Streamer Awards, a major event organized by Twitch streamer QTCinderella. Emiru is nominated in the categories “Streamer of the Year” and “Just Chatting,” but she can’t find any joy in it.
In Germany, these female streamers would likely have been nominated:
Streamer hints that more lies behind the nomination
What’s the problem? In a stream, Emiru complains that she was not nominated in the “Sapphire” category for women and marginalized genders. Instead, she has been included as a “quota woman” in two other major categories.
She believes: In the category where she could win, she was not nominated. Instead, she competes as a quota woman against men in 2 other categories, only to lose there.
The Twitch streamer finds it “a bit strange.” She hints that there might be a reason for this decision, before announcing that she does not wish to attend the event. She appears visibly upset. You can check out the situation here:
What could be behind this? Allegations arise at the Streamer Awards that it is an event for QTCinderella and her circle of friends. Streamers outside this “bubble” are said to be disadvantaged. This is a similar discussion to one that was held here regarding the German equivalent of the Twitch streamer Reved.
It seems that Emiru’s nomination in these categories was a strategic calculation to ensure that she does not win any award.
- The record streamer Kai Cenat is considered the clear favorite for the title “Streamer of the Year.” He has won at the last two ceremonies. Emiru likely has little chance here. She and some viewers seem to believe that she was only nominated to have a woman in the selection.
- In the “Just Chatting” category, Emiru also competes against Twitch world champion Kai Cenat and her OTK colleague Nmpol. One user even suggests that the two OTK streamers were purposely placed in the same category so that their fans would split between them, and neither would win (via X).
On Reddit, users mention that Emiru has already received heavy criticism on X for her nomination. Should she actually win against the male streamers, she might have to fear even more backlash, claiming that she only won because she is a woman.
In 2024, a woman already won the title of “Streamer of the Year” at the Esports Awards. However, this attracted critics who claimed the streamer was preferentially treated because of her gender: 26-year-old defeats 9 men in the election for Streamer of the Year – Asmongold complains: “Only because she is a woman”
Even before Emiru’s announcement that she did not want to attend the Stream Awards, QTCinderella had commented on the criticism of her event: 30-year-old leads important award ceremony on Twitch and everyone complains about her – Now she speaks plainly
