A 12-year-old had the chance to make a good impression on the popular Twitch streamer Pokimane, who he has a bit of a crush on, in Fortnite. It ended… not so well.
Who is Pokimane? The name belongs to 22-year-old streamer Imane Anys, originally from Morocco, who now lives in the USA.
Pokimane was initially known as a LoL player, but since she switched to Fortnite, it has boosted her presence on Twitch. With the rise of Fortnite in January 2018, Pokimane’s numbers also increased. She now has almost 2 million followers on Twitch.
What was the idea? Fortnite streamers like Pokimane sometimes play “Random Duo.” In this mode, they are paired with a random teammate. They then play in a regular Fortnite match and the interaction entertains the stream.
Who was her partner? In this case, a 12-year-old was assigned to her through Fortnite’s matchmaking. However, he did not realize that he was playing with Pokimane, the famous streamer, and that thousands of people were watching.
He only thought there was someone who liked Pokimane so much that they named themselves after her. Therefore, the 12-year-old confessed to the streamer that he thinks Pokimane is really great.
First sweet, then Romeo: What seemed nice in the first seconds “I like Pokimane,” quickly became somewhat odd, “because she is hot!”
Upon the revelation that the unknown gaming partner is actually Pokimane, he responds dryly: “Can I have your number?”
But he gets rejected: “I think that would be illegal.”
Up to that point, one could still find it somewhat sweet and Pokimane probably still found it quite amusing. “I like it best when you play with Myth,” elicited an “Aww” from her.
12-Year-Old Gets Very Quickly Very … Rude
12-year-olds today are not so sweet: As the conversation progresses, the 12-year-old probably does not understand that they are live on air. Moreover, he seems to forget that he is talking to a real person.
He falls into an internet slang with phrases like “My ball hair sweats” or says worse things.
He then used phrases that are not appropriate for youth and that a twelve-year-old should not know.
Pokimane reacted with a mix of amusement, “You are 12, you probably don’t even have hair down there,” and audible dismay, “That’s not how you talk to a woman,” while the Twitch stream alternated between amusement and calling it an EPIC Fail, urging the streamer to leave the match.
As the site Dexerto reports, Pokimane finished the match while the 12-year-old continued to say things he should have better held back.
Other streamers in Fortnite even serve an educational purpose – which would have probably been needed here:
We took the title image from a tweet from the streamer.
