At TwitchCon in early September, streamer Adriana Chechik jumped into an unsafe foam pit (opens in new tab) and suffered serious injuries. Chechik was not the only streamer who did this, but the injury she sustained was the worst: the fall fractured her back in at least two places.

Chechik is now sharing updates on her treatment following the incident. According to social media, her injuries were even worse than initially reported: "Surgery went well, 5 hours 30 minutes. The surgery went well, it took 5 hours and 30 minutes, but there was more immobilization than expected, the bone was completely shattered, and there was nerve damage to the bladder.

The streamer also addressed criticism for doing what others had done at TwitchCon. 'To those who are asking why I jumped. Don't try to make me look bad. I am among all those who assumed it was done with proper safety precautions. It's like getting into a car thinking the airbags would go off and they didn't. It is not my fault. None of the injured victims are to blame."

Several streamers were injured at this and other events during TwitchCon, and the responsibility of the organizers for an apparently unsafe event must be one of the big questions. Other streamers who were injured include LochVaness, who dislocated her knee and sprained her ankle after getting off the podium. The fact that contestants had to sign liability waivers before competing and that commentators claimed that organizers were "all about safety in the Lenovo Legion booth" seemed particularly bad from this perspective.

The pit was eventually closed during TwitchCon, but the story may linger for some time; Chechik signed its waiver, hoping that organizers had done everything possible to make the physical activity safe. The event was called a face-off, essentially a gladiators' activity in which people tried to knock each other off a raised platform with padded poles. These were on a foam pit that looked like a thin scattering of foam cubes on the hard convention center floor.

Chechick describes one example of therapy she is receiving and her feelings about the process. 'I sat in PT today. My whole body hates it. I don't want to be tough. I don't want to be brave. ..... .cried for an hour and the pain is immense even with medication. I don't know if I can do this. I can't explain this pain.

On October 14, Chechick was able to walk just before his second surgery: "Today was very hard. I walked. I fainted after brushing my teeth and had to be carried back, but the baby put on my dancing shoes. I was exhausted and have slept all day since."

Cheshnick later published a selfie from her hospital bed on Instagram (opens in new tab) (Thanks, Kotaku (opens in new tab)). 'It's so hard not being able to move, not being able to do anything on your own. I am so grateful to the nursing staff. I never thought I would not be able to move. The next few days are going to be very hard. Yesterday I could pick myself up and the rest of the day was spent in hysteria and pain.

Lenovo said it was "aware of the incident of a TwitchCon visitor who was injured in the soft form pit of a gladiator game" and that it would "work with the event organizers to investigate the incident."

The companies' silence is not surprising. Due to the number of injuries and the severity of Chechik's injuries, legal action is likely to be taken, but officials have not yet moved in that direction: Chechik is now focused on getting back on his feet.