$30K Bid Frenzy to Play with Pokimane on Twitch
- Twitch fans bid over $30,000 to game with Pokimane for charity.
- Auction organized by YouTuber CDawgVA for the Immune Deficiency Foundation.
- Bids escalated from $1 to $500,000 due to viral interest.
- High bids dominated by users "haryvibes" and "pls sex me poki."
- Auction ends on July 19.
Twitch Fans Spark $30K Bidding War Over Chance to Game with Pokimane
The auction to raise money for charity has turned into chaos.
By Ethan Gach
Published Tuesday 10:25 AM
How much would you pay to game with your favorite online personality?
For Imane "Pokimane" Anys, the answer for multiple people out there is over $30,000.
Fans, aka internet strangers, are currently in a low-key bidding war for an exclusive one-on-one gaming session with the Twitch icon as she auctions off her time for charity.
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The auction was arranged by popular YouTuber Connor "CDawgVA" Colquhoun to raise money for the Immune Deficiency Foundation, a group that provides educational resources and advocacy for people suffering from chronic illness and infections.
"Enjoy a gaming session with Pokimane, one of the top streamers in the industry," reads the Tiltify page's description. "Play your favorite games and share an unforgettable experience."
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Anys has been Twitch's most prominent female streamer for years.
Though she said she wouldn't be resigning with the Amazon-owned platform earlier this year, she's continued hosting chat streams there in addition to her other endeavors.
Those include a podcast and lifestyle brands like luxury cookies.
"The only time you can pay to play w me lmao," she tweeted with regard to the auction.
The bids started out innocently enough.
User "skracers" offered a single dollar to kick the auction off.
"Tanmanrivers" followed up with $15.
Someone then outbid that person by just 50 cents.
A few hours in, things quickly started to escalate from hundreds of dollars to thousands.
The bidding cracked $10,000 near the end of yesterday and $30,000 shortly after.
"I am scared to see how much this goes for," tweeted Colquhoun.
The auction then went viral when other streamers, including new CEO of FaZe Clan FaZe Banks and CSGO streamer "Amirfps313," got into a bidding war that pushed the price up to $500,000.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING," wrote Colquhoun.
"Wtf is going on," Anys responded on Instagram.
The donations were capped, so I don't know if this is real or what.
It's unclear how the auction authenticates the bids and thus how many of them are real versus just other content creators clout-chasing off of the stunt.
When I checked the Tiltify page this morning, the high bids had all been wiped but then came back a few minutes later.
At the time of writing, the top bids were dominated by user "haryvibes" on X and user "pls sex me poki."
At least it's all for a good cause.
The auction ends on July 19.
