Kris “Swagg” has just reached 1,000,000 Twitch followers, celebrating on-stream by taking a shot of alcohol while livestreaming.
Known by his nickname “Swagg” and by his first name Kris, he is one of the most prominent players and content creators in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, most often in the Warzone game mode. Earlier this year, Swagg joined US-based esports organization FaZe Clan as a streamer. FaZe Clan is the most-subscribed esports organization Youtube channel, with over 6 million subscribers.
Swagg raised a shot glass of alcohol during the stream. He was joined by his friends “The Nuke Squad”: JSmoothHD, Nickmercs, and TheBoiSantanna, who also took shots on their respective streams.
Along with his livestream celebration, Swagg also tweeted the announcement, showing off his follower count and expressing gratitude to god.
1 year. 1 Million Twitch Followers 🧊
God is good pic.twitter.com/xdS6caz9g6
— FaZe Swagg ☢️ (@Swagg) October 31, 2020
Other content creators offered their congratulations to Swagg, including Youtube Mike Maljak.
CONGRATS I LOVE YOU!! YOU DESERVE IT ALL BROTHER
— FaZe Apex (@FaZeApex) October 31, 2020
congrats homie. hope to be dropping with ya soon.
— Mike Majlak (@mikemajlak) October 31, 2020
This what I like to wake up to right here baby, congrats, you earned it, keep it poppin’, see ya at 2 milly!
— FaZe Nickmercs (@NICKMERCS) October 31, 2020
Swagg thanked his fans on his livestream celebration for continuing to support him as he transitioned to Twitch, less than a year ago. He also thanked his family, his friends, and to his own organization, FaZe Clan.
Swagg closed his toast saying inspiring words for his viewers.
“It's incredible, bro, you know, to just be like, you know, an African-American male at the top of a million men. I try to inspire people to do what they do. And I want to be an example as to, like, if I can do it, anybody can do it, bro. It's just hard work, you feel me? So I just want to say thank you all for supporting me, I love you all. To the next million, man, cheers!”