In addition to Master Chief battling Megan Thee Stallion on stage, one streamer damaged her back and another fractured her ankle while partaking in show activities.
The worst injury occurred during a Lenovo and Intel promotion called Face Off. In this Gladiators-style competition, two competitors used enormous, padded poles to knock each other from podiums and into a pit filled with foam cubes.
But whomever put those cubes in the pit should have used them more generously, especially since some streamers were jumping from the podiums after a bout. Adriana Chechik, a Twitch livestream and adult performer with over 800,000 followers, was one of them.
As you can see in the video from Jake Lucky, Chechik jumped off the podium after her victory and performed the splits in mid-air before landing on her tailbone. The grimace suggests a painful landing, but she starts moving and smiling. That’s when it becomes apparent Chechik has been badly injured. “I can’t get up,” she says, though an announcer insists, “no, no, she’s fine.”
Chechik later tweeted that she had broken her back in two places and needed a metal rod surgically inserted for support.
EdyBot, the other person in the video crashing into the pit, said she also damaged her back. Another streamer, LochVaness, dislocated her knee and sprained her ankle after stepping off the podium, and others have reported being hurt performing similar actions.
Many have pointed out that the pit was far too shallow, “like three cubes deep,” for people to jump into. According to Chechik, Lenovo said people could dive in (“booty first”), and a commentator at the booth mentioned being “able to jump into that foam and enjoy yourself.” However, PC Gamer notes that contestants were warned against diving into the pit and had to sign liability waivers.
The event remained open before Chechik’s incident despite several injuries. It re-opened shortly after she broke her back but was later closed due to the mounting number of people being hurt and those using it “breaking rules.”
Elsewhere at TwitchCon, Genshin Impact streamer Zummmers broke her ankle at World Balloon Cup after jumping over a chair in a replica of a living room.
Away from all the injuries, attendees witnessed the unexpected sight of Halo’s Master Chief joining Megan Thee Stallion on stage during her set, proving that John-117 is as lethal on the dancefloor as he is on the battlefield.
