29-year-old Abe Chung and 31-year-old Wendy Luo got married on November 8. This wouldn’t be unusual if the two weren’t active on “BaboAbe” and “Natsumiii” on Twitch and had live-streamed the wedding to thousands of viewers.
Who are the two? Natsumiii and Abe both belong to the environment of the influencer group OfflineTV, which also includes well-known content creators like Pokimane, LilyPichu, and DisguisedToast.
Natsumiii originally gained fame with her content on LoL, but now she mostly streams Valorant, Lost Ark, and Minecraft for her nearly 525,000 followers. Her husband Abe has nearly 284,000 followers, and he is also primarily active in Valorant and Minecraft.
This clip also shows that Twitch doesn’t always have to be about scandals and drama:
Natsumiii and Abe get married, all fans are invited
What kind of wedding was it? After Natsumiii and Abe kept the exact date of their wedding a secret at first, the bride-to-be surprised her followers on November 7 with an announcement on Twitter: The wedding would take place the next day, and everyone was invited to watch live on Twitch (via Twitter).
How did the stream go? The wedding itself took place in a festive hall with the couple’s close family and friends. However, thousands of viewers followed the ceremony virtually through Natsumiii’s Twitch account.
Twitch itself – in the form of the official Twitter account of the platform – also couldn’t help but congratulate Natsumiii and Abe: “Thank you for sharing this special moment with us,” it says.
What a lovely couple 💜@Natsumiii, thank you for sharing such a special moment with us and thousands of our closest friends. pic.twitter.com/nASm3hPuav
— Twitch (@Twitch) November 8, 2022
For the subsequent wedding celebration, however, the cameras were turned off.
This is how the wedding was received: More than 60,000 people watched as Natsumiii and Abe exchanged their vows. While the two exchanged their wedding vows at the altar, the chat on Twitch was flooded with heartwarming emotes and good wishes for the newlyweds.
For Natsumiii and Abe, who usually have an average of 2,250 and 650 viewers, respectively, this was likely not just a very special day, but also a huge success (via sullygnome).
A clip of the wedding on the LivestreamFail subreddit received more than 5,300 upvotes, and the clip itself has over 241,600 views (as of 11/10/2022). In the comments, in addition to numerous congratulations, there are discussions about whether weddings on Twitch could become a new trend.
“Wedding meta on Twitch is a meta that I could support,” writes a Reddit user (via reddit).
In another thread it says, “60,000 viewers for streamers who usually reach around 1,500 viewers. Yup, all streamers will now live stream their weddings.” (via reddit)
Other users point out, however, that not all streamers have such a illustrious circle of friends with millions of followers. Therefore, a wedding alone is not a guaranteed success without the right guest list.
Two streamers invite to the wedding and the prominence of Twitch and YouTube shows up
Who was present? When two popular streamers get married, the inner circle of friends includes well-known personalities with millions of followers. Thus, the guest list of the couple reads like a who’s who of the big names of YouTube and Twitch.
The role of the cameraman was taken by none other than Jeremy “DisguisedToast” Wang, another popular member of OfflineTV.
Among the guests were also other prominent personalities from Twitch and YouTube. The YouTubers Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter and Leslie “Fuslie” Fu were present as bridesmaids. Guests included Imane “Pokimane” Anys and Ludwig Ahgren.
Natsumiii’s maid of honor was the influencer and voice actress Lily Ki, better known as LilyPichu, who announced in July 2022 that she would be leaving Twitch and streaming exclusively on YouTube. If we believe the tradition of bouquet tossing, a wedding on YouTube might be coming soon.
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