TwitchCon Foam Pit Closed After Sending Multiple People to the Hospital – VICE

Over the weekend, TwitchCon attendees reported injuries—some very serious—after jumping into a foam “pit” that was just a layer of squishy blocks over a concrete floor. On Sunday, adult performer and Twitch streamer Adriana Chechik jumped from a pedestal designed for a foam-jousting game and broke her back in two places. The foam pit, which was sponsored by Lenovo and Intel, was live-streamed as part of TwitchCon, so the moment it happened was caught on video and went viral. Chechik leaps from the platform, does a split in the air, and lands on her backside before rolling over in pain: TwitchCon is an annual conference hosted by the live-streaming platform, where professional and amateur streamers and their fans gather to socialize, network, and participate in games like this one, where two people battled with foam rods to knock their opponent into the pit. Chechik tweeted that she was undergoing surgery to insert a metal rod into her back following the injury. “Send your support. When it rains it pours and I am definitely feeling the rain right now,” she wrote.Twitch declined to comment, and told Motherboard to contact Lenovo instead. Lenovo and Intel did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A spokesperson…
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