The influencer and Twitch streamer Poutyrin sparks a discussion on Twitter. She says a viewer offered her $2,000 (€1,870) to play Valorant with her. She initially meant it as a joke, but the money was transferred.
Who is the streamer?
- Poutyrin is a small streamer on Twitch: she has about 1,000 followers there. When she streams, about 20 people watch her.
- However, she has been hardly active on Twitch in recent months. When she plays, it’s Riot’s shooter Valorant, which is apparently her game.
- The streamer claims to be 20 years old and is active on social media. She posts photos on Instagram and is on Twitter and Discord.
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Viewer immediately puts money on the table to play with “goddess”
How the offer came about: Poutyrin published a tweet on May 29 showing her with a smartphone in hand. She wrote: “Stream Valorant to me on Discord.” From her side, no money was in the conversation. (via twitter)
She says that after this tweet, someone wrote to her anonymously on Discord. The person had seen the tweet and immediately offered to pay money if she played “a few games” with him.
The streamer then asked how much.
When asked how much she wanted, she replied: “2000” with an abbreviation that signaled it was just a joke. But the viewer accepted immediately. The money was worth it to him if he could play with a “goddess”.
In fact, the transfer of $2,000 to “My goddess, to play with me” followed immediately.
Here’s the discussion about it: The tweet that shows the conversation has now received over 122,000 “likes” and more than 2,000 comments. It shows that it is a topic that occupies many people.
The paying viewer is viewed as a “Simp”: That’s what men are called who are infatuated with an influencer and do everything to gain her attention and goodwill. It is a derogatory term that depicts such men as idiots and portrays streamers as someone who exploits such people.
There is extensive discussion about what kind of person the viewer must be to make such an offer.
There is also a discussion that women allegedly have it easier than men, to which a strong counter is made:
- One user says: “If I had a vagina, I would be rich beyond measure.”
- Others say: “No, you would be broke. Why do you think it would be better for you if you had our problems?”
It is then discussed whether women play their lives on an “easy difficulty” or on a hard one.
Poutyrin largely keeps out of the discussions. When someone tells her that for the $2,000, the viewer should also get “the gaming experience” of his life, she only responds: “I’ll go negative every round” – meaning die more often than achieve kills.
Should the streamer accept the money or not?
This is the question that arises: A question that is discussed controversially is whether the streamer should accept the money or not.
- One user says: “It’s wrong to accept the money. Give him the money back and just play with him. It won’t hurt you.”
- Another user says: “Why should she be wrong? If someone offers me or you $2,000 to do something, then you do it – it’s that simple. He is the one who sets the price. She didn’t force him into anything.”
We also give you the opportunity to express your opinion on the question – you only have one vote:
The discussion taking place here has been raging for years about streamers and influencers in gaming. The most successful woman on Twitch, Amouranth, is often accused of being successful only because of her looks:
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The title image is from Poutyrin’s Twitter account.
