Twitch streamer Pokimane reveals why she stopped playing Fortnite Pokimane, YouTube \/ Epic GamesWhile popular Twitch streamer Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys is known for her Fortnite broadcasts, she took a short break from the game in mid-March \u2013 and she\u2019s finally revealed the reason behind her hiatus. Pokimane discussed her break from the title during a vlog uploaded on April 2, where she stated that she\u2019d needed a \u201cmental reset\u201d from streaming \u2013 as well as time to reflect on her content. \u201cI felt it was a really good time to kind of just take a break from certain things,\u201d Pokimane said of her hiatus. \u201c\u2026at some point, I just felt my brain was like, \u2018Boom,\u2019 every day.\u201d [Timestamp: 4:00 for mobile viewers] While she still enjoys playing Fortnite, Pokimane admitted that she doesn\u2019t have as much fun with the game as much as her broadcasts might make it seem, regardless of the battle royale\u2019s popularity across Twitch. \u201cBefore\u2026 my main games were just the games that I really enjoyed,\u201d she explained. \u201cI do still enjoy Fortnite sometimes, but I don\u2019t really have a feeling of wanting to play it all the time. \u2026I\u2019m really trying to do what I like.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokimanelol\/status\/1113165011323506690?s=20Anys likewise admitted to comparing herself to other streamers, with even her mother noticing that she was tense and stressed out. Additionally, Pokimane\u2019s hiatus coincided with the launch of her Winky Lux makeup collaboration, which kicked off on March 16 and features an eyeshadow palette and a lipstick. https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokimanelol\/status\/1106964269675929600?s=20The streamer was also a participant in YouTuber MrBeast\u2019s $200,000 YouTuber battle royale project during this time, which was sponsored by popular video game Apex Legends. MrBeast\u2019s challenge pitted 13 teams of 3 popular YouTubers against each other for the cash prize in two separate games, with Pokimane being teamed up with notable Fortnite caster Kittyplays and streamer Valkyrae. Since then, Pokimane has been playing Apex Legends on her stream, as well as the ever-popular GTA V roleplay phenomenon that has taken Twitch by storm. Pokimane celebrated her five-year anniversary on the platform on March 29, and is one of the most popular streamers on the site, boasting nearly three million followers as of April 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch streamer Pokimane reveals why she stopped playing Fortnite Pokimane, YouTube \/ Epic GamesWhile popular Twitch streamer Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys is known for her Fortnite broadcasts, she took a short break from the game in mid-March \u2013 and she\u2019s finally revealed the reason behind her hiatus. Pokimane discussed her break from the title during a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}