The 31-year-old Frederik “NoWay” Hinteregger is one of the biggest German-speaking gaming streamers on Twitch. Unlike his colleagues like Trymacs or MontanaBlack, he only streams one game: League of Legends, in which he previously shone as a professional player. Now the LoL streamer talks about an offer to leave Twitch, which would have secured him immediately.
How big is NoWay on Twitch?
- The streamer NoWay4U_Sir is “secretly” the third-largest Twitch streamer in Germany, only the FIFA crack eliasn97 and “Bro, oh my God, Bro” – Papaplatte are ahead of him.
- However, the trained LoL midlaner NoWay has gained more viewer hours on Twitch in the past 365 days than well-known streamers like Trymacs, MontanaBlack, or Gronkh.
- Currently, NoWay is playing League of Legends in South Korea and is struggling there with success rates, private life, and biorhythm.
An offer of 6.5 million euros makes NoWay think
This is what he says about a possible change: In a live stream from South Korea, NoWay talks about an offer to switch from Twitch to another streaming platform, which has made him think a lot.
I had a really concrete, good offer: I would have gotten 6.5 million for 3 years. But that wasn’t from Kick – Kick usually pays better, especially if you take gambling deals, but I can’t say anything about that. […]
That was a very difficult decision. I had to struggle a lot with myself. That would have meant for me that I could simply – from one moment to the next – retire. But I felt like I was doing really well anyway. I like Twitch as a platform, I’m happy to be here, I grew up here, they gave me the opportunity to live out my hobby.
The other platform – that was just – that would have been the end of the career. That’s not something that could have worked. And with that knowledge, you would have gone in: You would have just been waiting.
The streamer said that the idea of switching there felt wrong. He is only in his early 30s. He does not want to retire yet.
Which platform could have made him such an offer? That’s quite tricky: He rules out Kick himself. YouTube would be possible, but there NoWay could have certainly continued his career. Streamers like Valkyrae, DrDisrespect, or TimTheTatman prove that live streaming works on YouTube.
It would be conceivable for an offer from Facebook/Mixer or a German provider. It has long been rumored, that a German streaming service is supposed to be created that pays high sums. There were talks about Joyn. But we probably won’t find out that anytime soon.
It is definitely exciting that NoWay has decided to work for his money instead of becoming a LoL retiree in one fell swoop.
Streamers who accepted such offers and then went “into exile” for a few years earned excellently there, but seemed to struggle with the missing viewers and especially the lack of relevance.
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