5. itsHAFU
Wang was born on April 18, 1991. Her gaming career first took shape when she was fourteen. Like most, her fascination with video games began early on in her life. Now, she has become a renowned World of Warcraft player and one of the best Hearthstone Arena players in the world. Wang found her place in the live-streaming community for these accolades, but that’s not all that she has to offer. Her admirable kindness, one might think, would be offset by the numerous hardships that she has faced. After all, internet fame can be cruel.
For Wang, it’s frequent sexualization, objectification—adversity for this streamer comes not only from her opponents in-game but also from sexism. She endured daily torment while playing professional World of Warcraft, including an encounter with a team called “Gonna Rape Hafu At Regionals” at a competition. Her stalwart resistance to the venomous fangs of sexism has inspired her to speak out against the injustices that women are working through to make it as a streamer experience. Her remarkable strength and character make her endearing to viewers. Nevertheless, there are plenty who want to see the legitimate skill in those they watch. Wang played a one-on-one Mid Lane duel against Bergsten (TSM’s star Mid) and won.
6. OMGitsfirefoxx
Although she’s made it onto our list, her own Twitch page does state: “I stream sometimes but not all the time.” So, how did she become one of the top female streamers if she barely streams ever? The most probable answer is that she used to stream much more. Now, there’s a very legitimate reason for this change. It came in 2018. In that year, she hired legal representation in order to obtain a restraining order against an alleged stalker. As she claimed, she received threatening messages from multiple stalkers. However, Reid must have known that nearly all-female streamers encounter creeps, so she would not plummet her streaming career because of it. What did impact her streaming was a subsequent lawsuit from that law firm that she hired, McPherson LLP.
Reid has streamed fewer games recently and moved more to directly engaging in chat with her viewers, which might be what some consumers actually prefer. She marks her streams as ‘for mature audiences’; thus, it’s reasonable to anticipate a lot of conversations that adults like to have. Before her career in streaming, she studied Computer Programming. Before that, she was born in Toronto, Canada, on February 12, 1991.