Last weekend, the big German Twitch event “Friendly Fire 6” took place. Streaming giants like Gronkh and the team from PietSmiet raised over 1 million € for a good cause.
What is this event? The “Friendly Fire” event regularly takes place as a marathon livestream featuring well-known German Twitch stars. On Saturday, December 5, 2020, the format ran for the sixth time. Friendly Fire 6 started at 2:00 PM and streamed for 12 hours on Twitch.
For the second consecutive time, over a million euros were raised during the livestream. Even after the stream ended, donations continued to come in.
- Twitch stars like Gronkh & PietSmiet were among the streamers featured
- Over 100,000 people watched Friendly Fire simultaneously on average
- 1,057,939.50 € has currently been raised for Friendly Fire 6
- In addition, merchandise sales of 560,000 € and other funds from sponsors and auctions
Response to hitting the million during the stream
Who participated? The following participants were part of the lineup for Friendly Fire 6.
- Jonathan ‘Jay’ Apelt (PietSmiet)
- Dennis Brammen (PietSmiet)
- Sebastian Lenßen (PietSmiet)
- Christian Stachelhaus (PietSmiet)
- Peter Smits (PietSmiet)
- Artur Niemczuk (fisHC0p)
- Erik Range (Gronkh)
- Pascal Rothkegel (MrMoreGame)
- Tatjana Werth (Pandorya)
- Max Ensikat (PhunkRoyal)
The donation status could be followed live during the stream. Viewers could donate on betterplace.org during the stream and can still do so now.
Just before hitting the million, the Twitch stars were watching eagerly during the stream. When they hit the million, the streamers raised their arms in the air and cheered loudly. You can see the reaction in the embedded Twitch clip:
Where is the money going? The donations are intended to benefit the following associations and charities:
- Promote science, raise awareness, improve supply
- Food banks during the Corona crisis – solidarity knows no lockdown
- Stop animal transports
- SEEBRÜCKE – create safe havens!
- Fundraising of the “Victims’ Fund” for victims of right-wing violence
- Corona emergency aid worldwide | Action Germany Helps
- Together against violence against women and girls
- Construction of a new cat station
This is how streamers reacted on Twitter: The shown clip already made it clear how happy the participants were about the success of the stream. On Twitter, there are a few nice words about it:
On Twitter Peter Smits from PietSmiet writes: “This is only possible thanks to the people who organize, stand in front of and behind the camera, and of course, donate. A thousand thanks to all of you. What has become of the literal drunken idea from over 6 years ago is the greatest pride of my current ‘career’.”
Did you follow the event as well? What were your highlights?
