435,000 People At Peak Count Simultaneously Watched This Get Out the Vote Twitch Stream with AOC

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New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez logged on to play the game Among Us with other livestreamers to encourage people to go vote.


What Exactly Is 'Among Us,' AOC's Favorite Twitch Game?

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If you tuned in to Twitch, or were on social media at all on Tuesday night, you probably saw lots of talk about New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a game called Among Us, in which a bunch of cute little astronauts run around a spaceship and try to kill each other. AOC's Twitch debut peaked at about 435,000 viewers—one of the biggest debut streams in the site's history. If you're not a gamer or you're not constantly plugged in to What's Going On In The World, you were probably wondering what all the fuss was about. Thankfully for you, we're here to help, so that next time a congressperson does a Get Out the Vote Twitch stream, you'll be in on all the fun jokes.

What is Among Us?

Among Us is a computer game developed by the company InnerSloth and released in 2018, described as an "online multiplayer social deduction game" wherein up to ten players run around inside a virtual spaceship completing classic spaceship maintenance tasks while trying to figure out who the "Impostors" are before they kill everyone. Remember that sleepover game Mafia? It's basically that, except you're blobby little astronauts.

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Why is it such a big deal now?

Though it was made available more than two years ago, Among Us has only become super popular pretty recently, as tons of famous gamers and online streamers with large followings have been playing it in quarantine. The Twitch streamer Sodapoppin is credited with initially popularizing the game, and now it's become a meme on Twitter and TikTok. It's a great game for quarantine, since you don't all have to be in the same place, yet it offers a little more connection with other players than something like World of Warcraft. Plus, every round is a little mystery, and you get to trick people! How fun! The game got so popular, in fact, that in August 2020 InnerSloth announced they'd be making a sequel, before quickly deciding to scrap their sequel plans and spend their time making the existing game better.

In AOC's case, she floated the idea of a Twitch stream online a few days before her game as part of a campaign to remind people to vote in the 2020 election. "I voted early!" she said every time she was the first to cast her vote on which of the players should be excommunicated from their spaceship.

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1. Was not a fan of hers, but since have been totally won over

She’s made a lot of very good moves for her constituents
She’s actively getting the youth to engage in voting
She’s bright, articulate, backing Biden wholeheartedly

You go girl!!