Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa is the largest streamer on Twitch. In an interview, she says: She is swatted so often that she talks to the local police on “First Name Basis.” But she feels insecure and is considering getting a weapon.
This is the situation:
- Amouranth is the largest streamer on Twitch but also the most controversial. It is known that she provokes with her content, as her streams often balance on the rules of Twitch for sexually explicit behavior.
- Recently, the largest male streamer on Twitch, xQc, said: He has been swatted so many times in his house in Texas that he is moving back to Canada.
- Amouranth says she has been experiencing this “swatting” excessively for a long time.
“Multiple police responses a week”
This is what Amouranth says about “swatting”:
“To be totally transparent: Recently xQc mentioned that he gets swatted extremely frequently. I’ve been dealing with that for quite some time now – several times a week.”
Amouranth
She says she has a guard dog as a partial solution to the problem of so many strangers knowing where she lives. But swatting remains an issue.
In the meantime, the sheer volume of swatting calls has led her to have a good relationship with the local police department. Typically, they still show up in full force, but they only ring the doorbell and ask if she is okay before the police leave again.
It is said that she is on a “First Name” basis with the police, which means they address each other by their first names, corresponding to the German concept of “Duzen.”
What does she think about the situation? Amouranth says she is considering getting a gun to protect herself. But she is also afraid, because if the police come knocking at night, it could be really dangerous to have a weapon:
“Armoring oneself is not something a popular streamer can do without exposing herself to a reciprocal risk of getting hurt when it comes to swatting.”
Amouranth
Amouranth views herself as an heir to “Ice Poseidon” on Twitch
Why is Amouranth the way she is? In a long interview with Kotaku, Amouranth says she drew her inspiration from scandal streamer Paul “Ice Poseidon” Denino, who was considered the “IRL” king on Twitch. Amouranth also started with IRL streams but then transitioned to her new sexualized formats.
There she meticulously analyzes data and responds to trends. She says she wants to fully embrace the “hot E-girl” persona as long as it is “physically possible” for her. Because she says she knows that this “Hot Girl” thing physically cannot go on forever.
However, she approaches the “Hot Girl” thing with a lot of ambition:
“Just being an E-girl is really not a great thing, so I always wanted to stand out and have the same work ethic as an investment banker or a partner at a law firm.”
Amouranth
Her manager Devin Nash speaks highly of Amouranth. He sees her as “the best-monetized creator on Twitch.”
But Nash also sees the difficulties that Amouranth currently faces. Viewers regularly call restaurants where Amouranth is present to have her thrown out.
E-Girl on Twitch until the shelter situation is resolved
Why is she doing all this? She says she set herself the goal of opening a shelter in 2017. The turning point came from the death of her dog. The dog died from a twisted stomach: Amouranth could not find a veterinarian in the middle of the night and had to watch her dog die.
Back then, she vowed to dedicate her life to this cause. At the moment, she wants to save money to reach that goal: She wants to finance the shelter without relying on anyone.
In a tweet, she said she is working toward a transformation into a butterfly. Until then, she remains a “Full E-Girl” because you can’t expect a caterpillar to just grow wings.
And apparently, the caterpillar really has the police over often.
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