Pokimane Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED

hi I'm Pokey and this is the wired autocomplete interview and I'm really nervous well been Googling and I'm about to find out [Music] what Pokey what is pokey um sometimes I don't even know I'm a content creator streamer gamer vlogger I kind of do a little bit of everything I am me she her yeah so actually the reason this is my name is because obviously gaming I play a lot of Pokemon and my name is Iman so it's supposed to be a play on words that's why it's actually supposed to be pronounced Pokemon but I understand in English this just reads as Pokey main so I'm never mad at people when they pronounce it that way I'm like call me whatever you want as long as it's nice what made Pokemon famous streaming for sure 100 streaming I've been streaming since I was 17. it's been like nine years I started doing it as a hobby in high school and then it became my full-time job and then I started making content on all platforms and that's how people know me I guess what is Pokemon's valorant rank my Peak was Immortal but that was about a year and a half ago right now I'm like diamond actually it's a new season so I'm not even ranked yet but last season I was Diamond what is Pokemon's nationality I was born in Morocco I lived there until I was four years old little baby and then we immigrated to Canada I lived there until I was about 2021 and then I moved to LA and you know what maybe I'll move again soon doing the world tour okay that was so weak I'll do the next one harder does pokemane like Pokemon no actually I named myself after that because I hate it no of course I think I've never met someone in the world who doesn't like Pokemon I feel like that would be a really big red flag I don't play it as often now as I did Growing Up but it's one of those things where like you know it's near and dear to my heart because it's so nostalgic my favorite Pokemon is Evie because it's like picking seven eight answers in one is that cheating I hope not does Pokemon still stream I do just not as often as I did before you know when I first started my career it was like six days a week then it was like five then it was four consistent schedule and now it's like three two times I'll see you when I see you and I like you like that because now I'm able to do so many other things luckily but I still try to make content regularly pursue some new things I have some exciting projects can't tell you yet I'm sorry soon does Pokey Play League not unless I'm feeling severely depressed and I haven't played in a while so that's a good sign if you get it you get it and for everyone else in this room don't worry it's just one of those games it's very intense but I had my face I will always love it as the game that got me into streaming don't forget your roots but I just don't play that much nowadays does Pokemon have tattoos this is actually a really good question because I think most people would maybe assume that I do but I don't have a single one I love the idea of tattoos I love people that have tattoos but if I had one myself I know I would love it for a few months and then I'd be like get it off so instead I really like to opt for henna tattoos does Pokemon have a fortnight skin I actually don't have a fortnight skin but I have a fortnight dance it's like the fortnite team reaches out and they're like hey we want to partner on a dance or remote with you and I just sat and I brainstormed in my little room to me it was kind of reminiscent of like The Tick Tock dances that were going on at the time I'm also not about to do a freaking backflip I can't do a backflip so that will forever be one of the high points of my career like having something in a game that represents you especially a game that large that popular and one that was so impactful to my career it's just like truly truly a bucket list item I like that one oh my God okay first things first how you pronounce my name Iman Anis it's not anus okay I have had too many people in my life be like is that no my last name is not butthole please stop it where did Iman Anis go to college I went to McMaster University I studied chemical engineering I really really like and recommend that school I mean to be fair I've been out of school for like four years so nostalgic feels I think most universities in Canada are pretty good so can Iman Ennis speak Arabic Canada so technically I speak the Moroccan dialect of Arabic which isn't like full on classic Arabic I can say most sentences but maybe I won't remember most words I tend to tell people I speak two and a half languages you know French English a sort of Arabic a sort of little bit anyone who's you know ESL or an immigrant probably gets what I'm saying not 100 but like a little bit can Iman Anis do magic what do you mean actually can I the only kind of magic I do is manifestation sometimes I'll think so hard about something I feel like I plan out exactly how to get it that's what I consider manifestation not necessarily wishing something into existence but thinking about it so hard that you recognize the opportunity when it comes aside from that I wish I really do wish height six foot two six foot three on a good day says my Tinder bio no I'm honestly honest honest honest I'm five foot three and three quarters but I just say five foot four because three quarters who cares I think it's a very nice average height I'm very content with my life [Music] how is this boy whoever's Googling that okay honestly I'm pretty good today not a lot of people ask so thank you I'm doing so how to join Pokey I already know what this is Discord Discord server Discord server Discord server if you want to join to join our community it's discord.ggp if you're doing it for malicious purposes I don't know how do you join how old Pokemon where's the is that's how I know it's little kids looking this up I am 27 my birthday was a month and a half ago I feel like I'm at a good age it's like I've been through my early 20s now I'm a little more secure and hopeful for the future what's next a family who knows probably not soon how much Pokemon worth see net worths are kind of complicated it's supposed to be how much is in your bank account how much is your are your assets worth and I feel like net worths tend to be overestimated because they don't consider La taxes so I'm going to stick with priceless [Music] in fragot I'm actually the main character the guy no actually sometimes I wonder so many people have been like oh I saw you in free guy I'm like you guys don't think I'm like the the girl actress because in free guy I'm just me I'm literally playing me I don't know how to act I play video games I thought it was so cool that in the movie instead of just hiring people to act as the streamers they got actual streamers to give our actual reactions I feel like that was a sign that they actually wanted to make a movie that people who are Gamers like and think is legit and it gave an authentic feel you know who is pokey his brother actually he was the reason that I got into gaming because you know when you're the younger sibling you see everything your older sibling does and you're like mom dad let me do that I honestly just played all the games that he played and when I wanted to become a streamer and wanted to go full time I was able to get him to help convince my parents that what I was doing was legit you know gaming is still one of the ways that we stay in touch we play valorant together he's played on my stream with me so many other times maybe someday he'll stream too normal keep an eye out for that who is pokey in my math solution oh my God this is really embarrassing to talk about publicly okay there's a meme I can't even tell you the whole meme for sure my queen in my world it's a very very cute meme it's wholesome is pokey kid-friendly sometimes if I were to give myself a grade on that I give myself like a 70. so 30 of the time no but why does Pokey have wgm okay for those that don't know this is a chest term it means woman Grand Master it's a very very high rank term and I was in a chess tournament so they gave me that title even though I'm like so far from being like at that rank but they gave it to me as a joke and I think people saw that and they're like why does she have that title it's a joke thank you to them though makes people think I'm better than I am Pokey main gaming chair right now I have a Herman Miller do I think it's comfortable kinda I'm kind of uncomfortable because my posture is so good so I force myself to sit in it this isn't the best but it's good for me and before that I had like a random one of those gaming chairs like the ones that kind of look like racing chairs I actually kind of like those I really do they're like they keep you so steady where is pokey right now I am in Los Angeles on set with wired the search that I both liked and it caught me off guard was how is Pokemon like does someone out there really want to know that's really nice that's really nice thank you so much I'll see you guys in the next one bye

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Length: 11min 13sec (673 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 21 2023