![]() ![]() “Young people are at the forefront of the fight for the policies necessary to save our planet and deliver justice for all, from Medicare for All to the Green New Deal to a billionaires tax. military from using government funds to “maintain a presence on or any video game, e-sports, or live-streaming platform.” Ocasio-Cortez drafted the bill. House of Representatives approved an amendment draft that would ban the U.S. That move was seen by many as exploitative and inappropriate - using video games to entice recruitment. military received backlash for its presence on Twitch and Discord as a means of recruitment. While Ocasio-Cortez’s entrance into Twitch streaming and Among Us felt natural to many gamers and Twitch viewers (largely because of her established presence as “one of us”), the U.S. Politicians and the government are now seeing the value in using these online spaces, too - and some have been received better than others. For some time, players have also embraced video games and the accompanying tools (like Discord) as important spaces in their lives, both for socializing and in expressing political views. Social media and other platforms - whether that’s streaming sites or video games - have never been more important in allowing people to reach one another. Politicians are eager to move into new platforms, especially as options for in-person campaigning are curtailed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It’s just one move in a larger effort from politicians and the government - across all parties - to reach new audiences. But Ocasio-Cortez did frequently remind her viewers that she’s doing this for a reason: to get folks to vote. Throughout the majority of the gameplay, the commentary was largely devoid of political campaigning. (She was figured out, and voted out by the crewmates - except for Omar, who Ocasio-Cortez described as her “ride or die.”) “Knowing my luck, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.” Of course, she did get the impostor position first. “I really, really hope I don’t get impostor first,” she laughed. On the stream, Ocasio-Cortez said she was particularly nervous about playing Among Us for an audience. (Presidential nominee and former vice president Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris - or, at least, someone on their campaign - also took to the New Horizons campaign trail this year.) She’s known for being a League of Legends player, but she also got swept up in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons craze earlier this year, too. Though she’s new to this particular game, Ocasio-Cortez is a familiar face for the gaming community. Ocasio-Cortez, for her part, said she’d never played Among Us before this week, but she practiced a few matches ahead of the live broadcast. It requires good-natured deception and debate between players. The fun part is in figuring out who’s an impostor and who’s a crewmate. Crewmates have to figure out who the impostors are before the impostors sabotage the mission and kill all of the crewmates. The game is set on a space ship populated by a bunch of jellybean-esque characters - some of whom are crewmates, while others are impostors in disguise. “People on Twitch show up for the causes and interests they care about, and that was clear last night.”Īmong Us is the online, social multiplayer game that came out in 2018 and rose to its current (and massive!) popularity in 2020. “It’s great to see continued interest in engaging the Twitch community to get out the vote and discuss important issues,” a Twitch spokesperson told Polygon. What Ocasio-Cortez’s number doesn’t account for, however, is a combined total of viewers - people were watching the broadcast via Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitch channel, but tens of thousands were also also watching through her guests’ channels - on Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube. For reference, the top spot is held by Canadian musician Drake and Fortnite streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, whose stream hit a record 635,000 viewers. Ocasio-Cortez’s debut Among Us stream is now within the top 5 most viewed individual streams in Twitch’s history. The stream quickly racked up viewers, reaching a peak concurrent viewer count of 435,000, a Twitch spokesperson confirmed to Polygon. ![]() Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and popular streamers like Imane “Pokimane” Anys, Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo, and Hasan “HasanAbi” Piker. Playing alongside Ocasio-Cortez were U.S. ![]() The goal? To encourage people to vote in the 2020 election, specifically calling out the DNC’s voter participation site. By Tuesday night, she’d wrangled a group of high-profile streamers and amassed streaming equipment so she could broadcast it all live on Twitch from her own Twitch channel. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) tweeted about streaming the hit game Among Us, asking her followers if anyone wanted to play it with her. ![]()
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