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LilyPichu’s stream accidentally hijacked

The man didn’t even realise what was happening.
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Nádia Linhares
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Published: Jun 5, 2020 08:34 am

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Popular content creator LilyPichu had her Twitch stream accidentally taken over by a stranger last night. Another OfflineTV content creator, Fedmyster, was the one who discovered this and immediately went to warn LilyPichu.

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On her stream, a man was playing Civilization VI and seemed oblivious to what was going on. Somehow, he got a hold of her stream key by chance and streamed to thousands of viewers. A stream key is a code exclusive to each streamer to access the platform, whether it’s on Twitch, Mixer, or other streaming services. 

“Someone took her stream key and he doesn’t even realize it, he’s just live on her account,” Fedmyster explained. After a few short minutes, LilyPichu’s account was back in her control and the stranger was gone. 

LilyPichu doesn’t know how he got her Twitch key but she reset everything so this situation shouldn’t happen again. This didn’t seem to be a big problem for her and she understood that the random man didn’t do it on purpose.

Soon after, LilyPichu began streaming Minecraft and even joked about what happened by saying she “didn’t feel like playing Civ VI anymore.”

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Nádia Linhares
Nádia is a Brazilian freelance writer who works for Dot since 2020. She has covered everything from Pokémon to FIFA. Video games are an essential part of her life, especially indie games and RPGs. You can catch her playing Overwatch in her spare time, but she writes better than she aims.