Spanish streamer TheGrefg is likely one of the greatest stars on Twitch, a lot in order that he just lately held his personal awards present that drew nearly two million viewers. And everybody watching was, for a second, handled to a giant ol’ ASCII penis.
First, some background. TheGrefg has nearly 20 million YouTube subscribers. Over 11 million Twitch followers. Even for those who don’t know who he’s as a result of he doesn’t’ converse your language, the dude is likely one of the hottest streamers on the planet; we wrote about him in 2021 when he “obliterated the all-time Twitch viewership report” in a clip…revealing his personal Fortnite pores and skin:
For years now, Twitch’s report for many concurrent viewers on a single streamer’s channel has been hotly contested, with streamers topping one another in slow-building increments. Right now, nevertheless, Spanish streamer TheGrefg made everyone else seem like they’d been wrestling for discarded peanut shells. As of writing, he topped out at almost 2.5 million—a brand new all-time report that beats not simply particular person channels, however complete video games.
The occasion we’re speaking about at present—known as Premios ESLAND—is definitely the second yr operating that he’s been in a position to host his personal awards present particularly for Spanish-speaking streamers, streaming and associated occasions/stunts. And it’s rapidly change into an enormous occasion; this yr’s present drew 1.75 million viewers, and that’s not counting the parents in attendance watching it stay.
Take a look at this crowd! That’s Mexico Metropolis’s well-known Auditorio Nacional, and TheGrefg packed it out for the present:
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Anyway, being the second time he’s run one in all these exhibits—and that he lives on the web—you would possibly assume he or his producers would know to not minimize to the stay chat on the large display screen up on stage. But this yr he did simply that, and as you’ll be able to see within the video under, he regretted it about as rapidly as a human can register the feeling:
Within the pursuits of accuracy and reality in reporting, right here is the NSFW picture:
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