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A streamer broke her back in two places at a reportedly unsafe stand at TwitchCon San Diego.

The stand, a collaboration between Lenovo and Intel, consisted of a Gladiators-style battle over a foam pit.

However, several streamers were seriously injured at the stand, including Adriana Chechik who confirmed on Twitter she'll be having surgery to recover.

"Well, I broke my back in two places and am getting surgery to put a meter rod in for support today. Send your support," the streamer and adult performer tweeted following the event.


Well, I broke my back in two places and am getting surgery to put a meter rod in for support today. Send your support. When it rains it pours and I am definitely feeling the rain right now.
— adriana chechik (@adrianachechik) October 9, 2022
A video of the incident has gone viral, shared by streamer Jake Lucky, which shows Chechik jumping off the platform into the foam pit.

"I can't get up," she says, followed by workers at the booth downplaying it saying "no no she's fine" and "she lives in the pit now". Beware the video below makes for uncomfortable viewing.


Probably the most painful thing I’ve seen in awhile. Twitch streamer Adriana Chechik has confirmed broken her back in two separate places following this jump at TwitchCon pic.twitter.com/QdojGn5UtG
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) October 9, 2022
Several other streamers were also injured and hospitalised due to the stand, which attendees reportedly noted was simply not deep enough.

LockVaness dislocated a knee and sprained an ankle at the stand and has tweeted since to say "I will never be able to trust Twitch at another convention in my entire life".



I will never be able to trust @Twitch at another convention in my entire life.
Here’s how I dislocated my knee and sprained my ankle at their Lenovo Legion booth: pic.twitter.com/uZjfkgRyWr
— LochVaness | TWITCHCON (@loch_vaness) October 10, 2022

Another streamer was seen receiving medical attention for an ankle injury.



2nd streamer to break something this #TwitchCon2022 :\ pic.twitter.com/4C4p1ii1iy
— Logiiiic (@Logiiiic_) October 9, 2022
Attendees said the pit remained open despite injuries, with Chechik questioning why it was open a second day. A spokesperson for Lenovo confirmed to Kotaku that the pit was later closed and that it will "work with event organisers to look into the incidents".

Eurogamer has contacted Twitch for comment.
 

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I saw the clips, it was supposed to be a pool of foam or someshit, and she dived only to land on the hard concrete beneath with no bracing (as she expected foam) and yeah Twitch fucks up again. Poor Adriana, I hope she recovers but back shit....not easy to come back from and she will sue amazon if she's smart because that's going to ruin her other career.
 

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I saw the clips, it was supposed to be a pool of foam or someshit, and she dived only to land on the hard concrete beneath with no bracing (as she expected foam) and yeah Twitch fucks up again. Poor Adriana, I hope she recovers but back shit....not easy to come back from and she will sue amazon if she's smart because that's going to ruin her other career.
Double irony, wouldn’t be the first time Bozos gets reamed by a brunette.
 

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I saw the clips, it was supposed to be a pool of foam or someshit, and she dived only to land on the hard concrete beneath with no bracing (as she expected foam) and yeah Twitch fucks up again. Poor Adriana, I hope she recovers but back shit....not easy to come back from and she will sue amazon if she's smart because that's going to ruin her other career.
Kinda on the fence about the announcer; She's either not realizing what has happened, or do know what's going on but trying to downplay it for the sake of entertainment

"Meh-dic 😆 No, no, she's fine!" Da fuq?
 

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Kinda on the fence about the announcer; She's either not realizing what has happened, or do know what's going on but trying to downplay it for the sake of entertainment

"Meh-dic 😆 No, no, she's fine!" Da fuq?
probably didn't know right away. but it was obviously something hurt after a few seconds. She is having surgery to have a rod stabilizer put in.
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And more people got hurt in their shitty half-assed pit. Oh boy rip TwitchCon.
 
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Kinda on the fence about the announcer; She's either not realizing what has happened, or do know what's going on but trying to downplay it for the sake of entertainment

"Meh-dic 😆 No, no, she's fine!" Da fuq?
The other girl (Eden Neville) got messed up a bit too -

“I’m the other girl in the video and a friend of Adriana. She would love to hear from other people who were injured in the same pit,” EdyBot said on Twitter in a remark suggesting the possibility of legal action. “Please message me if you know anyone else who got hurt! I fell very lightly and still felt a jolt up my back and had pain for the rest of the night.”
 
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Pretty damn good deal, imo

I guess they figured origin really wasn't doing so great.

Yeah, I call bs on that one. Considering Fortnite is farting out new skins every other week.
 

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