After an 8-month break, Simon “Unge” Wiefels returns to Twitch. While he talks about his time off, he provides insight into the planned content and emphasizes that his focus is now different than before.
- Unge started uploading Let’s Plays on YouTube in 2012, mainly about Minecraft. His hobby evolved over time into a career. Meanwhile, the channel “ungespielt” has 3.7 million followers on YouTube, and 1.5 million people follow the streamer on Twitch.
- In May, he took a break, streamed without showing his face, using an anime avatar in English. Financially, it wasn’t a wise decision – but for his satisfaction, it was.
- On X (formerly Twitter), he had already been active again since the end of October, sharing updates from his daily life and short videos. He also provided a small update on his time off.
On November 28, he then appeared (almost) unannounced on Twitch and streamed there for an hour. In the stream titled “Small Test Stream, very relaxed,” he reflected on his break and gave a brief insight into his plans for upcoming content. He no longer primarily sees himself in the “Just Chatting” category.
A Spontaneous Stream with an Average of 12,000 Viewers
This is how the first stream after the break went: On November 28, Unge streamed on his Twitch channel “ungespielt” relatively spontaneously. He had not informed anyone on YouTube or Instagram. Only on X (formerly Twitter) did he say something about it: “I think I only said yesterday [on X] that I would do a small test stream today, so it’s also quite spontaneous.”
At the beginning of the livestream, he says he is excited; he thought he would do “a little cozy test round, but suddenly so many people show up here.” A “small talk round” is planned, where he wants to report what he has been doing in the last 8 months.
He has a lot to say and did not expect that so many people would tune in, Unge says with a grin. This is “so really surreal.”
On average, 12,000 people were watching the livestream (via sullygnome.com). The video of the stream currently has over 112,000 views. On the YouTube channel ungespielt, there is a nearly 9-minute summary of the stream – this has already received over 293,000 views:
What Happened During the Break? Unge explains: he felt increasingly uncomfortable with social interactions over the past few years. This led to his anxiety in social situations becoming stronger. However, he sought help and has been feeling better for almost 4–5 months than “in the last 10 years combined.”
He needed the time for himself and the distance from the “big social media world,” in the meantime, he streamed on a smaller channel in English and “tried out some things” because he wanted to continue streaming.
I also started actively seeking contacts again; for the first time in 5 years, I left the island. You know, I live on Madeira in Portugal; I moved here 5 years ago. And I haven’t left the island for a single day in 5 years.
I haven’t been to Germany even once; I haven’t been anywhere else on vacation or anything.
Unge via Twitch
Unge Wants to Bring Back “This Gaming”
These are his plans: After his 8-month break, he realized that he wanted to focus on something different. In the meantime, there will be reactions, but he now wants to concentrate on gaming.
I want to place my focus here on Twitch on gaming. Why? Because I feel that the whole “Just Chatting” section has become so big in recent years and so normal that I want to bring back a bit of this gaming. I’m just excited about it.
Unge via YouTube
This upcoming weekend, he wants to “bring it all out.” There will also be other things besides WoW in the upcoming period – but that is “his love.”
This is how he wants to play and stream the new “Season of Discovery” in WoW Classic, among others with Papaplatte.
The streamer colleague was recently robbed twice at an event. On one night, items worth over €9,000 were reported stolen:
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