Twitch streamer QTCinderlla's first annual Streamer Awards has now completed, bringing together many of the most popular and successful streamers and content creators in the industry. Hosted by QTCinderella and Maya Higa, The Streamer Awards featured 27 different categories, peaked at over 380,000 viewers on Twitch, and lasted around two hours and forty minutes. With the show now concluded, fans are free to watch the entire The Streamer Awards 2021 or to peruse the list of winners as they please.
The Streamer Awards came to fruition in three different phases. The first phase, which ran in early February, had fans submit their picks for each of the 27 categories of the award show. Based on an aggregation of those picks, three of each category's four nominees were chosen. The final nominee was picked by a panel of Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook industry commentators, writers, journalists, and organization owners. In phase two, fans voted their favorites from the nominees. Each category's winner was decided by a weighted combination of 70% popular vote and 30% panel vote. Phase three was Saturday's show itself, where each category's winners were revealed.
The biggest award of the show, Streamer of the Year, saw Ludwig, Mizkif, Sykkuno, and xQc nominated. In what was a surprise result to much of the streaming community, Ludwig and not xQc won the award. In his speech, Ludwig says that he had "one good month" and that he hopes looking at 2022 he's able to turn that into one good year. Ludwig also cryptically said he's glad he got one this year, because he won't be able to again.
Other major categories included the Gamer of the Year Award, which is intended for the streamer with the most "extraordinary gaming abilities," and went to former Counter-Strike pro Shroud, the Legacy Award, intended for a streamer that's helped "shape the streaming industry," which went to Pokimane, and the Rising Star Award, which went to variety streamer and podcaster Stanz.
While there were a variety of criticisms surrounding the Streamer Awards, particularly surrounding the method of choosing nominees and award winners, the show went relatively smoothly and without incident. It will be interesting to see how the Streamer Awards evolve and change going forward.
BEST BATTLE ROYALE STREAMER
ACEU - Winner
NICKMERCS
IMPERIALHAL
LULULUVELY
BEST MMORPG STREAMER
ITSWILL
RICHWCAMPBELL
ESFANDTV
ASMONGOLD - Winner
BEST ROLE-PLAY STREAMER
CRITICALROLE - DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
ROFLGATOR - VRCHAT
MURDERCRUMPET - VRCHAT
CYR - RUST - Winner
BEST FPS STREAMER
SHROUD
SUPERTF
TARIK - Winner
TENZ
BEST SUPER SMASH BROS. STREAMER
HUNGRYBOX
MANG0 - Winner
LEFFEN
IBDW
BEST CHESS STREAMER
GMHIKARU
BOTEZLIVE - Winner
GOTHAMCHESS
AKANEMSKO
BEST STRATEGY GAME STREAMER
NORTHERNLION
DISGUISEDTOAST - Winner
SCARRA
BOXBOX
BEST SPEEDRUNNER
SIMPLY
SMALLANT
ATRIOC
WIRTUAL
BEST ASMR STREAMER
AMOURANTH - Winner
FOXENKIN
KATRINE
SKEPTICALPICKLE
BEST VTUBER STREAMER
VEIBAE
IRONMOUSE
NYANNERS
CODEMIKO - Winner
BEST MUSIC STREAMER
ARIATHOME
SETHDRUMS
T-PAIN
LILYPICHU - Winner
BEST IRL STREAMER
HACHUBBY - Winner
ROBCDEE
JAKENBAKELIVE
JINNYTTY
BEST LEAGUE OF LEGENDS STREAMER
LOLTYLER1 - Winner
EMIRU
DOUBLELIFT
LILYPICHU
BEST MINECRAFT STREAMER
TOMMYINNIT - Winner
FORSEN
RANBOOLIVE
TUBBO
BEST VALORANT STREAMER
IITZTIMMY - Winner
PUNZ
POKIMANE
QUARTERJADE
BEST GTA RP STREAMER
XQCOW
BUDDHA - Winner
SYKKUNO
FUSLIE
BEST PHILANTHROPIC STREAMER
JACKSEPTICEYE - Winner
HEALTHYGAMER_GG
DRLUPO
RANBOOLIVE
STREAM GAME OF THE YEAR
GTA V
VALORANT
MINECRAFT - Winner
APEX LEGENDS
BEST VARIETY STREAMER
MOISTCR1TIKAL - Winner
LUDWIG
VALKYRAE
DISGUISEDTOAST
BEST JUST CHATTING STREAMER
MIZKIF - Winner
HASANABI
PAYMONEYWUBBY
BRUCEDROPEMOFF
BEST STREAMED EVENT
BALLOON WORLD CUP - IBAI
THE JERMA985 DOLLHOUSE - JERMA985 - Winner
THE PRICE IS SCUFFED - PAYMONEYWUBBY
SHIT CON - NMPLOL
BEST CONTENT ORGANIZATION
100 THIEVES
OTK - Winner
OFFLINETV
NRG
RISING STAR AWARD
STANZ - Winner
FROGAN
ZOIL
PURPLECLIFFE
LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
JERMA985 - Winner
KITBOGA
THESUSHIDRAGON
IBAI
LEGACY AWARD
SUMMIT1G
POKIMANE - Winner
SODAPOPPIN
SCARRA
GAMER OF THE YEAR
SHROUD - Winner
IITZTIMMY
ACEU
TENZ
STREAMER OF THE YEAR
MIZKIF
LUDWIG - Winner
XQCOW
SYKKUNO
For its first year, it's hard to consider The Streamer awards as anything but a success. It may not have blown Twitch up with an astonishing number of views, but it was still impressive. For a show largely put together within the streaming community, specifically by QTCinderella, it deserves a lot of credit. Expect the return of the Streamer Awards in 2023.