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This class at the Game Awards , the coveted Content Creator of the Year award go to Ironmouse , a fan - favored VTuber . It marks the first time that an animate character has win the award , express how expansive the rain cats and dogs world can be .
Though the VTuber phenomenon is already far-flung and beloved , the “ fun loving devil ” Ironmouse ’s winnings at the Game Awards lend the writing style even more genuineness .
Congratulations to@ironmousefor their incredible Content Creator of the Year win!#TheGameAwardspic.twitter.com/8b8cYQIjid
— The Game Awards ( @thegameawards)December 8 , 2023
“ Ironmouse could n’t be here tonight , because Ironmouse is invigorate , and sadly , we ’re not in the Matrix yet , ” the emcee of the show say upon announcing Ironmouse ’s victory .
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Ironmouse ’s machination does n’t end with her forward-looking character . Though we do n’t fuck the identity of the creator behind Ironmouse , she has break that she is from Puerto Rico , and she is chronically sick with common varying resistant insufficiency ( CVID ) and a lung status . At times , her inveterate unwellness has leave her bedridden , she secern TheWashington Post , but being a VTuber allows her to access a rich online world where she can be anyone who she wants to be — even a pastel pink - garment gamer head for the hills from hell . Last year , she stream for 31 days directly as part of an one-year “ subathon ” outcome , where viewers could pledge money to keep her online ; she took on the streaming eq of an ultramarathon again this twelvemonth , raising money for theImmune Deficiency Foundation .
“ I have no word to depict how I am feeling in good order now , ” Ironmouse spell onXafter her victory was announced . “ I am in utter shock . give thanks you all so much for alter my lifetime . ”
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