Streaming star Sykkuno opened up about his “most bizarre” experiences with fans, revealing his “pet peeves” about meet-and-greets in an interview with YouTuber Anthony Padilla.
Sykkuno is an extremely popular streamer who moved from Twitch to YouTube in an exclusive broadcasting contract earlier this year.
Best known for playing Among Us, Sykkuno often collaborates with other top-tier streamers and has become synonymous with his soft-spoken demeanor and kind personality.
However, even the internet’s nicest streamer has his limits — and one of those includes something that tends to happen at fan meetups during events like TwitchCon.
Sykkuno reveals “most bizarre” fan experience
The influencer opened up about what he called his “pet peeve” about meeting fans during a September 29 interview with Anthony Padilla, where he vented about non-fans getting in line to take photos with him, despite not even knowing who he is.
“I don’t know if it’s a pet peeve or it’s just a weird thing. There are people who will take pictures with you and they aren’t even your fan,” he explained.
“I think it happened at Anime Expo, and the reason it bothered me is because they have to cut the line off, right? For people meeting you. There would be people who wouldn’t know anything about me, and the line would be cut off, so they’re taking a spot from someone who’s probably a huge fan of mine who went to Anime Expo to see me or something.”
“I would be like, ‘Name one game I’ve played and I’ll take a picture with you.’ And some people couldn’t answer. And I was just like, ‘Why are you even here?’”
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He clearly cares about his fans and values their time, clarifying that those who take up space in meet and greet lines without knowing him are taking valued spots from his real viewers.
Sykkuno isn’t the only influencer who’s had a less-than-desirable experience at fan meetups; Twitch star Pokimane was once asked out by a fan during a meet and greet, which she shut down in a hilarious way.
Why is Sykkuno famous?
Thomas better known by his online alias Sykkuno is a 31-year-old American YouTube variety Streamer and YouTuber known for his gaming content. He was born on June 4, 1991.
He is best known for his live streams, which were hosted on Twitch from 2019 to April 2022, before he began streaming exclusively on YouTube in May 2022.
Sykkuno is known for his incredibly polite and kind personality. He is very modest and loves trolling his friends. Sykkuno is a “streamer for fun” and only plays games he actually enjoys that also include his friends. Anyone that interacts with Sykkuno tends to love him as he always tries to make people laugh and have a good time.
He got his start streaming on the OfflineTV Minecraft server and has since grown to become one of the most recognized names in content creation.
Before becoming a full-time variety streamer, Sykkuno worked as a software developer. Though he joined YouTube in 2011, his career took off years later due to the popularity of his “League of Legends” content.
Sykkuno created his YouTube channel in 2011. Since then, he has accumulated over 2.89 million subscribers. His videos are uploaded almost daily to his channel. Sykkuno’s videos consist of the content that he streams which include, but are not limited to, Among Us, Minecraft, Valorant, GTA. (Fun fact Sykkuno had an older channel named “Sykku” This fact was discovered by Aunikah).
Sykkuno starts streaming at YouTube Gaming on May 3, 2022, titled “First Stream !!”.
Sykkuno streamed 5-6 times a week on Twitch for thousands of adoring fans and 3 million followers. He’s also been ranked 46th most popular streamer on twitch.