The world\u2019s most successful gamer content creators, many of whom have spent their entire adult life on the platform, have met up at TwitchCon in Rotterdam<\/p>\n
Aimee Davies, better known as Aimsey to their fans, is 24 but looks much younger. Sitting in a bland meeting room above the annual TwitchCon event in Rotterdam, they\u2019re a barely contained whirl of energy in a beanie hat and T-shirt, all smiles and lightning-fast chatter. Aimsey (who uses they\/them pronouns) is also a Twitch veteran, having started streaming eight years ago at the tender age of 16. A million subscribers tune in every week to see them chaotically play Minecraft and share snippets of their life. They have grown up, from teen to young adult, carrying a vast audience with them into maturity. What is it like to experience that?<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019re 16 you want to tell everyone everything about you,\u201d they say as music blares from the event below. \u201cWhen I came out as a lesbian, I told the world. Every part of my identity, my mental health struggles \u2026 I thought if I could help one person feel like they weren\u2019t alone, I wanted to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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