22-year-old Nadia Amine is currently the most viewed streamer of CoD: Warzone on Twitch. She is now defending herself against cheating accusations from “fragile men”.
This is Nadia: The 22-year-old streamer has experienced rapid growth on Twitch this year. She is currently ranked 1st among the most watched streamers for the shooter CoD: Warzone and 5th among the fastest growing streamers overall (as of: 26.09.2022 via sullygnome).
Nadia started streaming on Twitch in January 2021 and mainly showcases Warzone. While her viewer count was in the single and double digits for a long time, her channel suddenly exploded in July 2022: She gained 112,908 followers and had an average of 1,499 viewers (via sullygnome).
In August, Nadia was able to boost her numbers even further. She now has over 500,000 followers and over 4,700 viewers on average.
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Nadia becomes the “most accused” streamer of Warzone
How the accusations arose: On September 15, Nadia participated in the “Call of Duty Next” event. Other well-known streamers like Timothy “TimTheTatman”, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and Nicholas “Nickmercs” Kolcheff were also there.
After there had already been some alleged suspicions in the past, several clips of her performance at the LAN event gained a lot of attention.
Among the shared clips were recordings of her performance in her first “Modern Warfare 2” match and a moment when she is asked by a staff member to leave her spot.
This is how Nadia reacted: Nadia responded by sharing unedited footage that should provide more context. Her performance in the first match was said to be mainly due to faulty settings and audio issues.
After she fixed the audio problems with the help of a technician and adjusted her settings, she ended up at the top of the leaderboard in the next game.
She also stated that she did not have to leave her spot due to cheating accusations, but to give a short interview.
It is nothing new that especially female streamers have to deal with cheating accusations repeatedly:
Streamer defends against “fragile men” accusations
This is what Nadia says about the accusations: After the rumors wouldn’t stop, Nadia defended herself again in a tweet on September 23 against the cheating accusations. The “little boys with fragile masculinity” just couldn’t accept that a woman was better, according to Nadia.
The streamer continued, stating that it was time to face reality: “You all suck.”
These are the reactions: The tweet received a lot of attention and was also picked up by eSports journalist Jake Lucky. There is disagreement in the comments, both under Nadia’s own post and at Jake Lucky’s.
One camp shares clips of Nadia’s gameplay that they find suspicious. Others argue that Nadia would have been banned long ago if there was anything to the accusations (via Twitter).
Others were mainly bothered by the way Nadia defended herself against the cheating accusations. It is very disappointing that she uses misogyny as an excuse, according to a Twitter user. After all, there are indeed innocent women whose lives would be ruined because of this (via Twitter).
While Nadia is having great success with her streams of CoD: Warzone, other streamers rarely showcase the battle royale anymore. The reason is not supposed to be the difficulty level, but the high risk of injury. The extensive movement simply requires too much from the old bones.
Ex-professional explains why streamers are quitting CoD Warzone – The risk of injury is too great
