Asmongold Says Pokimane Brought Up Atrioc's 2023 Deepfake Scandal to 'Farm Negative Hate' on QTCinderella and Ludwig

On October 27, Asmongold publicly accused Pokimane of citing Atrioc's 2023 deepfake controversy for the purpose of generating negative attention directed at QTCinderella and Ludwig. Sportskeeda and NDTV Sports both published coverage of the dispute that day. Asmongold's characterization, as quoted by Sportskeeda: Pokimane raised the old incident to "farm negative hate" on QTCinderella and Ludwig.

The Atrioc incident is documented. In January 2023, the streamer Brandon Ewing, known online as Atrioc, acknowledged during a live broadcast that he had visited a website hosting AI-generated deepfake images of female streamers. QTCinderella was among the creators whose likenesses appeared on the site without her consent. Atrioc and QTCinderella, who were in a relationship at the time, separated publicly in the months that followed. The incident received wide coverage at the time of the admission.

Asmongold's dispute, per available reports, isn't with the documented facts of 2023. His claim is about Pokimane's motive for raising them in late October 2026. What Pokimane actually said, in what venue, and on what date, is not specified in either the Sportskeeda or NDTV Sports pieces published October 27. Both reports are framed around Asmongold's response rather than a direct transcript of her remarks. Pokimane has not, per those same reports, been quoted disputing Asmongold's characterization.

For the record, QTCinderella has appeared in Asmongold's public record with notable frequency this month. On October 21, he called the Streamer Awards "rigged" and offered her $100,000 for a financial audit. On October 26, the day before the Pokimane dispute surfaced, he stated on stream that her DMCA takedowns were "completely not acceptable." The October 27 remarks land immediately after that sequence, with Asmongold now claiming to identify a third party as the aggressor in disputes involving QTCinderella's reputation.

The timeline here compresses oddly. Atrioc's January 2023 admission is the origin point. The Pokimane remarks that prompted Asmongold's response were made at some point prior to October 27, 2026, though the specific date is absent from available coverage. Asmongold's pushback was published October 27. That puts roughly three and a half years between the original incident and this particular argument about whose purpose is served by discussing it.

Ludwig, named alongside QTCinderella in Asmongold's claim, has not appeared in any published coverage on this point as of October 27.

What happens next: Pokimane has not, per reporting available as of October 27, responded to Asmongold's "farm negative hate" framing. Whether she addresses it directly is pending. The specific content and context of her original remarks about the Atrioc scandal have not yet been published in a form that allows independent verification. Ludwig's position on being included in Asmongold's characterization is also unaddressed in the record.