Opera GX is currently making quite a splash on Twitter in Germany – at least passively. The account is joining almost every discussion of major influencers. Among them is HandOfBlood, who came under the browser’s spotlight due to an unfortunate situation.
What kind of browser is this? Opera GX is a special version of the Opera browser designed for gamers. The browser allows you to limit the usage of the CPU, RAM, and network. This is meant to prevent greedy websites from plaguing you with lags and stuttering while gaming.
The design and features are gaming-oriented, offering, for example, a “release calendar” for upcoming games or even free games, such as for mobile. MeinMMO author Britta is completely convinced of the browser and says: you should also use Opera GX.
What does HandOfBlood have to do with it? At the beginning of 2023, the YouTube account of Maximilian “HandOfBlood” Knabe was hacked. The channel suddenly was called “Tesla Twitter” and posted news about Elon Musk and Bitcoin. An unpleasant situation.
By now, HandOfBlood has regained control of his account. However, since the incident, Opera GX has been posting under almost every tweet of the influencer, as “Hänno” himself noted (via Twitter).
The YouTuber complains: “Imagine your YouTube channel got hacked and ever since a browser company is hanging under every one of my tweets with their Red Bull Twitter account for the poor to farm my community for their product.”
A comment from the account under Hänno’s posts was simply: “HandOfUrin.” HandOfBlood is not the only victim here.
HandOfBlood is one of the largest gaming influencers in Germany. In 2021, he even founded his own LoL team, Eintracht Spandau, together with his agency INSTINCT3:
“What kind of cringe-master is sitting there?”
After the topic seems to have picked up speed, the person behind the account responds with an apology. They had no knowledge of the hack, thinking that the original post was actually meant to promote HandOfBlood’s first video.
The account writes: “This all [was] really inappropriate. I would, of course, like to apologize to him, I didn’t know that.” (via Twitter)
The German Twitch streamer Vlesk reacts to HandOfBlood’s tweet and finds further “unpleasant” tweets from the official Twitter channel of Opera GX. For example, there was a response to a post from EliasN, the largest German streamer on Twitch, who was even able to overtake MontanaBlack.
Elias showed two pictures, along with the comment: “crafting.” OperaGX responded with: “Craft yourself a few bitc- nvm” (via Twitter). Some users suggest the account should take lessons from channels like DrPepper or DrOetker, which gain attention without being embarrassing.
Others comment that an apology to HandOfBlood would be of little use. The public tweets or inappropriate jokes at other places were too far out of line.
Opera GX is not the first company to try to connect with the youth and gaming through trendy statements:
Philipp Amthor takes a controller in hand, brings shame upon himself
