bex/becca

There were things that were super upsetting to see and hear; Scar being placed by a loud speaker and forcing him, someone with breathing difficulties, to raise his voice just to talk to his chat and the fact there was no ramp to the stage are the big ones. It honestly makes me not want to attend another event, since it clearly shows Twitchcon doesn't care about their own creators- You could tell Scar was getting out of breath from trying to talk so loud for us, and that was essentially the only solution Twitch offered. Not move the stereo or turn it off, just he needs to be louder. They also knew the hermits were accepting an award and that they were doing a participation game/event on the stage, which literally resulted in the entire Pink Parrots team being excluded from it, as none of the team members wanted to leave Scar by himself to watch right next to the stage.

Twitchcon staff forced them to leave their seats. I sat on their side and watched the staff adamantly tell them to go to the stage when they were the only team still at their seats, which probably just made it worse for Scar since staying on the side would had prevented him just waiting right at the stage. Again, he wasn't alone as Grian, Gem, and Fruit stayed at his side the entire time, but that doesn't change the fact that making them move there was a worse idea than just letting them stay at their seats. The main broadcast had to do angles to specifically avoid showing Pink Parrots standing in front of the stage and not participating. They are aware enough to know that it looks bad that they didn't make the activity accessible for Scar to try and avoid showing them, but not enough to rent or build a ramp. Honestly disgusting.

As someone who suffers from chronic pain (my back, shoulder, and ankle, all from serious injuries) and requires accessibility aids at times, it was honestly just disheartening to watch. Scar was not treated well at all and I really hope he talks about it properly at some point.

Again, overall, the event was fun to watch, but still very upsetting and disheartening to witness with these issues, and there were more issues than just these (I just didn't personally witness them, so I don't think I can talk about it without assumptions being made. I recommend checking Cherrifire's twitter thread for the accessibility and security issues during the impromptu Jimmy, Grian, and Gem meet and greet that happened during the Hermitcraft panel since they witnessed it if you want to hear another example of Twitchcon dropping the ball).