The YouTube channel DoktorFroid is parting ways with one of its founding members, Florian “LeFloid” Mundt. The team explains the circumstances in a Twitch stream. The decision was not easy for them, but they had to do it in order to preserve their friendship.
Who is it about? The YouTube channel DoktorFroid is one of the largest gaming channels in Germany. It was originally founded by YouTubers LeFloid and Max “Frodoapparat” Krüger in 2012.
The two content creators have been uploading Let’s Plays of various games since 2013, creating rankings on gaming topics, and sharing various quirky facts about video games in their format “Random Gaming Facts,”
Eventually, YouTubers RobBubble and David Hain joined as members and Frodoapparat left the channel. After that, the DoktorFroid team consisted of LeFloid, Olli, and Paul. Paul had been part of the team for a while and then took the final step in front of the camera.
In addition to the main channel, they also run a Twitch channel and the YouTube channels “DoktorFroid Reacts,” where they upload reactions to videos from Twitch, and “DoktorFroid Live,” where past Twitch streams are uploaded. Recently, they had a podcast together, but now only two of them remain.
Overall, DoktorFroid had a large arsenal of content, but recently LeFloid has been appearing less frequently on the channel. Now the DoktorFroid team has announced that they have parted ways with YouTuber LeFloid as a team member.
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“We had to put on a mask”
Why is DoktorFroid parting ways with LeFloid? In a Twitch stream later uploaded as a VoD on YouTube, Paul and Olli talked in more detail about the separation from LeFloid and answered questions from the community.
DoktorFroid is parting ways with LeFloid because, as they explain, his presence in the project has significantly decreased. LeFloid is said to have not contributed to the organization and content of DoktorFroid anymore and focused mainly on his own projects.
This made it impossible for the DoktorFroid team to work on the channel in the same manner as they had initially intended. They wanted to operate the DoktorFroid channel on the foundation of honesty and friendship. However, this was no longer possible due to LeFloid’s increasing absence.
The pressure behind the scenes led Olli and Paul to feel forced to pretend in some streams that everything was fine: “We really had to put on a mask in many streams.” (via YouTube).
Olli and Paul repeatedly emphasize that this separation served as a last resort and that they had tried everything possible to avoid taking this step. They say: “If we hadn’t done this, it would have completely ended… then there would have been no more DoktorFroid.” (via YouTube).
This is simply not what the DoktorFroid team wants to do. Therefore, they decided on this step before any resentment could arise between those involved.
Initially, DoktorFroid and LeFloid wanted to publish a unified statement on their respective channels, but LeFloid posted his own statement on Instagram. They later published their own written statement on Instagram as well. Both can now only be found as archived clips in a Reddit post.
Olli and Paul also reaffirm that they have no beef with LeFloid and do not want any factionalism. No one is interested in a rivalry.
What’s next for the future? Finally, Olli and Paul talked about future projects from DoktorFroid and that they do not want to replace LeFloid. They say that nothing will change for the community. All planned projects, such as “Loot for the World” or their appearances at various conventions, will continue as planned.
Mixed reactions to the separation
How does the community respond? Generally, the mood in the community seems to be sad, yet hopeful at the same time. During their Twitch stream, Olli and Paul received some donations and subs with loving messages. The community wishes them all the best for the future and wants to continue watching them.
In forums and comment sections, some voices from the community expressed their opinions:
- DunnoMouse is happy about the separation (via Reddit): “Nice. But honestly, given how Flo has developed recently, I might prefer it this way.”
- Mike-sg5is writes (via YouTube): “What kind of thing is killing me is how much you can notice how much this gets to you. Thank you for the statement and especially for still sitting down for a stream and answering questions afterwards.”
- furchenschweiss1448 is hopeful for the future (via YouTube): “I stopped watching because Flo changed, even though I have grown fond of Olli and Paul. I look forward to the new content with you two.”
- mizarkatze seems disappointed and angry with LeFloid (via Reddit): “After watching the stream of the remaining Froids, I am extremely disappointed in Flo. The whole midlife crisis thing, his strange bro development may be subjective and his thing. But leaving Paul and Olli in front of all the followers is really a disgrace. This shows how little he values the people there – so not at all, zero.”
LeFloid has indeed shifted away from his original content in recent years. Many German YouTubers who had large channels in the 2010s have undergone a similar development or have closed their channels entirely. The German channel DieAussenseiter is also among them. One of its former members, Sascha, spoke in an interview about that time: One of the first major German YouTubers was so besieged by his fans that he felt like a Pokémon
