rileycs/EArileycs_, the woman who came under fire by people who believed clips of her aiming were hacks, has capitalized on the viral fame to massively grow her Twitch following.
Her peak viewership prior to coming under fire on social media was 290. That peak has quintupled at 1,539 viewers, putting her easily in the top 1% of Battlefield 6 streamers who are getting involved with the beta.
What’s more, high-level players across several shooters have come out to defend her and explain how her aim was very likely real, with her snaps being attributed to good map awareness rather than aimbotting and wallhacking.
With riley unbanned from Twitch and able to keep streaming for the second weekend of the beta, she’s absolutely killing it on Twitch in comparison to how she was performing before her ban.
rileycs gets a huge boost on Twitch after getting unbanned
Despite a massive amount of scrutiny against her and a ban from Twitch, riley has come back stronger than ever. What started as a huge controversy has turned into a potentially career defining moment for her.
Was riley actually cheating, though? The evidence says overwhelmingly no. Strong aimers across several games have come to her defense, explaining the difference between what a cheater looks like and how she was playing. There are also examples out there showing how, at points where her aim may have been suspicious, that she was aiming based on enemy icons on the minimap.
Additionally, Battlefield 6 has banned literal hundreds of thousands of players through their anti-cheat system. Considering the amount of scrutiny riley was under through all this drama, there’s pretty much no chance that riley was cheating at this point. If she is cheating, she’s very, very good at hiding it.
Now riley’s right back to hitting clips, this time with a much larger following than before and a handcam to try and drive home the point that her aim is legitimate.
With such a massive spike in viewership, this whole ordeal has given riley the chance to make Twitch streaming more than just a hobby and try to make it into a career.
