Imane “Pokimane” Anys (26) is the streamer with the most followers on Twitch. As a variety streamer, she usually showcases games like League of Legends and Valorant on her channel or chats with her viewers in Just Chatting. Now, she revealed her love for a completely different type of game: the mobile game Candy Crush.
What did the streamer confess? Pokimane told her viewers in a stream that she has recently been playing Candy Crush. It is a game that has come to symbolize what many dislike about mobile games since its release in 2012.
Nevertheless, Candy Crush Saga, as it is fully named, enjoys great popularity and reaches millions of players. Especially one group is often associated with the game: moms. This has even developed into a kind of meme genre. Now it seems Pokimane is also moving in these illustrious circles.
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Streamer tries to convince her viewers
How did that go over? Pokimane had barely finished her sentence when her viewers were already mocking her: “We have lost her.” The 26-year-old defended her new love and steadfastly tried to convince her fans:
It’s fun, folks, it’s fun! Why do you say “no”? It’s fun! “We have lost her”? No, I swear, it’s really fun.
Pokimane took it a step further and boasted about her supposed skills in the colorful game: She had only played for one evening and already reached level 25, she is a really good Candy Crusher. You can see a compilation of the stream here:
Pokimane: “I am so young, practically a baby adult”
This is what Pokimane had to hear: Promptly, the streamer had to realize that she can’t keep up with the iron will of a retiree. Because viewers began to compare her to their grandmothers. The worst part: they were way better as well.
One viewer said his grandmother is already on level 1,500. Pokimane apparently hadn’t delved into the game that much: “How can there be so many levels, what?” In fact, grandma still has a long way to go, as there are over 13,700 levels in the candy puzzler (via candycrush.fandom).
Meanwhile, Pokimane holds on to her youth:
Stop! I am one of the youngest in our whole friend group. I am so young! I am extremely young. I am very young! I am 26, that’s practically a baby adult, you know? Just because I play Candy Crush doesn’t mean anything.
Candy Crush is just the second choice
How did Pokimane come to Candy Crush? The streamer is not only a fan of clearing candies, she generally has a preference for mobile games. “I just love being able to be anywhere and play on my phone,” she explains.
However, Candy Crush wouldn’t actually be her first choice: Pokimane, who according to Twitch Tracker has over 1,200 hours in League of Legends, says her favorite would actually be the mobile spin-off Teamfight Tactics. There, the constant new patches would disturb her: “Can they just stop? Nobody asked you to change everything!”
Mobile games have a pretty bad reputation in the gaming community, which is why Pokimane’s confession might have surprised her viewers so much. But games in handheld form are no longer limited to Candy Crush and Angry Birds. In the meantime, a huge market has developed from this, and the future could belong to it:
Mobile MMORPGs are the future of the genre, and that is great
