Two well-known German FIFA streamers reported a negative experience during the European Championship on YouTube. While filming a video during a EURO match, they were physically confronted and verbally attacked by a fan.
Which streamers are involved? The streamers Simon Bechtold and Timo Schulz are better known to most FIFA fans under the name Tisi Schubech. For many years, the two friends have provided their community with content surrounding the football simulation.
On their second channel, they also like to share insights from their private lives, which include visits to stadiums at football matches.
During the EURO match Italy against Spain, which they filmed for their fans, an Italian fan was not pleased at all with their work. A few days later, they reported the incidents on YouTube:
During the EURO match: Streamers told to put away cameras
How did they clash with the fan? During the video recordings for their stadium vlog from the Arena auf Schalke, they were confronted and subsequently insulted by an Italian fan.
The Italian supporter first grabbed the camera of one of the two YouTubers. Then, the other streamer confronted the fan about his aggressive behavior. The Italian fan reportedly expressed in extremely derogatory terms that the streamers should put away their camera.
The confrontation between the fan and the streamer reportedly escalated to the point where they stood face to face.
How do the YouTubers view the incident in retrospect? The YouTubers can place the fan’s insult in perspective. Of course, it can always happen that people do not want to appear in their recordings.
However, both have the principle of informing the people around them that they will be filming during the game from time to time. Moreover, they also seek the consent of people who are in their immediate vicinity.
They emphasize that people can always come to them and talk if they have a problem with the recordings. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on the matter.
However, they have little understanding for the Italian fan. While they can understand that he was frustrated after the 0:1 defeat, the fan himself had constantly been filming with his phone during the match.
“That’s nonsense”: FIFA streamers on the hate against influencers at the EURO
In the live comments, the YouTubers also have to deal with their own fans.
- One of their viewers writes: “Influencers generally ruin the experience in the stadium.”
They both dismiss this accusation as “nonsense” because they do not film and comment on the game all the time. On the contrary, they try to bring their fans closer to the stadium experience, with everything that happens before and after the game. Thus, they want to excite people for football.
For the two YouTubers, the entire debate about “influencers out of the EURO stadiums” attracts too many people who hate without reason and “simply want to kick them down.”
They relate their personal incident to the issue of the growing hate against influencers during this EURO. The guys from Tisi Schubech are by no means the only ones having unpleasant experiences during the EURO…
Hate online against EURO influencers increases
Under many videos of influencers who capture their stadium visits during the EURO, negative comments are increasing. Many fans are frustrated that these opinion-makers would take away seats from fans who genuinely care about football.
A compact overview of the entire issue is provided by influencer Sashka in her new YouTube video.
According to Sashka, where does the hate against influencers come from? The fundamental problem, in her view, is less about influencers getting tickets for a game but rather how they celebrate their stadium visit. The game itself is not the focus, but rather the individual in order to generate more attention in the context of the EURO in the form of likes and clicks.
Additionally, some influencers reportedly enter into partnerships with companies they find questionable just to gain access to the stadium.
Nevertheless, according to Sashka, it must be taken into account that the seats for influencers are usually rented by advertising partners, thus generally not available for regular fans.
Moreover, care should be taken not to generalize all influencers. Because, of course, there are individuals among them who are genuinely interested in football or want to support their country in a social context, without being profit-driven.
It seems the topic could accompany us for a while, at least during the EURO. One YouTuber who has already caught our attention in the context of the European Championship is Marvin Wildhage. He drew attention to himself even before the start of the EURO: A YouTuber mocks the DFB team, lawyer sees 3 possible offenses in the action
