Accident at TwitchCon: First video of Adriana Chechik after surgery - fans horrified

Created: 2022-10-16Updated: 2022-10-16, 5:11 p.m

By: Aileen Udovenko

Adriana Chechik shared a video for the first time since being injured in a "foam pit" at Twitch-Con.

Fans express their condolences to the streamer.

Update from October 16th, 2022:

Last week there were several accidents in a FoamPit at TwitchCon.

Several people were injured during a Lenovo promo, but the hardest hit was streamer Adriana Chechik, who broke her back in two places jumping into the foam pit.

Chechik has had to go through several operations since then.

Now, for the first time since the accident, she has posted a video explaining the extent of her injuries to fans.

The good news is that Adriana Chechik was able to take her first steps again in the video.

However, this was done with obvious effort and pain.

On Twitter she writes "

." Under the video, numerous fans express their horror at the situation, but also sympathy and support for the streamer.

TwitchCon: Adriana Chechik blames organizers for accidents

In another tweet, Chechik clearly points the responsibility for the injuries at TwitchCon to the organizers of the event.

Her jump into the foam pit was done assuming the necessary safety precautions had been taken to do so.

"

," she continues.

Many Adriana Chechik fans are now encouraging the streamer to file a lawsuit against those responsible.

TwitchCon: Streamer breaks her back in foam pool

Original report from October 10th, 2022:

San Diego – The foam pit at TwitchCon was actually supposed to be a funny promotional campaign, but instead several visitors were injured at the trade fair attraction.

However, one streamer got it particularly badly, because her daring jump broke her back in two places.

Allegations against the organizers of the padded arena are now piling up on Twitter.

TwitchCon: Streamer breaks her back during a promotional campaign – needs an operation

This is what happened: This

year's TwitchCon took place in San Diego between October 7th and 9th.

As always, a lot of streamer asterisks gathered at the fair and they were able to let off steam with various promotional campaigns.

For some of the visitors, however, a foam pit was fatal.

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In the promotional campaign by Lenovo and Intel, competitors were to push each other off their platforms in gladiator-style and then be caught in a foam bath.

However, the foam pit did not provide the desired safety and even caused several injuries.

The streamer Adriana Chechik even broke her back in two places during her victory jump into the actually padded pit.

TwitchCon: Several injured by foam bath – Streamer breaks her back © Twitch (montage)

This is how Adriana Chechik does it:

In a video of the incident, you can see how Adriana jumps into the foam pit after winning a match and then can no longer get up on her own.

A commentator even announces over a microphone:

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At this point, the streamer had already broken her back twice.

The fracture is so bad that Adriana needs surgery, as she announced on Twitter.

The streamer is also upset about how negligently the organizers handled the situation.

Because apparently there were several accidents in the foam pit before her, but the attraction was not closed.

TwitchCon: Adriana Chechik with broken back – not the only one injured in the promotion

Injured people report on Twitter:

Since Adriana's video, more and more reports of injured people who were also injured during the Lenovo and Intel promotional campaign have been piling up on Twitter.

Although Adriana was hit the hardest, visitors report bruised ankles and dislocated knees.

That's what the organizers say:

A spokesman for Lenovo spoke to Kotaku and assured that the reasons for the incidents are being sought.

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The streaming platform itself has also been criticized because Twitch wants to pay streamers less money in the future.