The German streamer Nika “team_nikachu” dressed up as Ciri from The Witcher and went to TwitchCon like this. The cosplay also included the appropriate sword, which, however, was broken by a staff member of the convention. What happened behind this, MeinMMO reports for you.
Who is the streamer?
- Team_nikachu is still quite new on Twitch and belongs to the smaller streamers on the platform. So far, nearly 500 people follow her and an average of 14 people watch her streams.
- In line with her cosplay at TwitchCon, she mainly plays The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on her channel. Sometimes, however, she also dips into Horizon Zero Dawn or Fall Guys.
- Team_nikachu reported in a stream about Arab, how her cosplay sword was broken.
- The streamer is not the only one who had negative experiences at TwitchCon. SkylineTVlive got banned from the event and received a 14-day ban for pulling a prank, and JiDion was thrown out because he was previously permanently banned from Twitch.
Not familiar with The Witcher yet? You can get an impression of the latest part here:
TwitchCon staff intentionally destroys sword
What was the situation? TwitchCon took place on Saturday and Sunday, July 16 and 17. On Saturday, the streamer Arab met team_nikachu in Ciri cosplay and had her promote her channel (via Twitch). He met her again on Sunday, but without the costume. He asked her why she wasn’t wearing it anymore.
What did the streamer say? Team_nikachu said that she went to the bathroom to get some water. “And then a staff member came over here and broke my sword,” she described.
Arab asked in disbelief why the staff member did this, but the streamer had no answer. Another person behind the camera wanted to know if it was an accident, but team_nikachu denied this and even said: “No, I said: ‘Hey, stop, that’s not yours.'”
You can watch the entire clip here:
She also expressed that she was “so angry and so sad” and had to cry after it happened. The streamer did not want to appear in cosplay on Sunday anymore because it was too hard for her.
Arab asked her if she could not repair the sword. She replied that it probably couldn’t be done. The weapon was so damaged that she could only repair it at home.
“What a jerk,” cursed Arab, who could hardly believe the story and continued: “We should get him fired.”
Why is this so unfortunate? Depending on how detailed the sword was made, it can be a lot of work. Many cosplayers use modeling compound, expensive Worbla, Styrodur, or wood for their accessories like weapons or elaborate armor.
Everything is drawn by hand, cut out, and pieced together before it is ultimately painted. So it is quite possible that the TwitchCon staff member wasted 10 hours or more of work just like that.
After doubts about the incident, the streamer posted the whole story from her perspective on Twitch and Instagram. What she had to say can be read here.
