Gronkh is now one of the biggest German streamers on Twitch, but his journey to the top was anything but easy. In his streams, he regularly gives insights into his difficult beginnings when he had to fight for survival and find creative ways to make ends meet.
Who is Gronkh? Erik “Gronkh” Range (47) is undoubtedly one of the most influential personalities in the German gaming and streaming world. With his Let’s Play videos and entertaining live streams, he regularly captivates a large fan base.
As a stalwart of the German content creator scene, he made his breakthrough with Minecraft Let’s Plays. Over a period of more than three years, he released 1,278 episodes, encompassing a total of over 21,000 minutes of gameplay.
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What was it like for the streamer before he became successful? Gronkh is now one of the largest and most influential content creators in Germany. But the path to this success was anything but easy for him.
From time to time, he shares in his streams about a time when he had to fight for his daily survival. Back then, as he describes, he had to stretch every cent multiple times. He often did not know how to finance his next meals. In one of his recent live streams, Gronkh speaks again about this difficult phase.
“Could this perhaps be a wanted poster?”
What does the streamer confess now? During a recent stream, Gronkh receives a surprising message from his chat: A picture of him is supposed to hang in the cafeteria of the University of Braunschweig. This information initially surprises him. However, he quickly finds a possible explanation.
The streamer shares that he actually used to eat secretly in that very cafeteria, although he never studied there. “The food was simply very cheap, so I saved money,” he explains with a smile. Jokingly, he asks: “Could this perhaps be a wanted poster?”
He pretended to be an employee of a tax office
Does he have other methods? But Gronkh goes even further and reveals another creative method he used to save money during his training. Back then, he and a fellow trainee snuck into the nearby tax office, took the elevator up, and sat in the cafeteria there. The two pretended to be employees of the tax office: “We always acted as if we worked there.”
“If there were other people there, we talked about random things – I believe we made ourselves completely conspicuous by discussing any financial matters or stuff we still needed to follow up on,” Gronkh reports.
But instead of appearing inconspicuous, he now believes they drew even more suspicion. “I think they knew already,” he admits. Nevertheless, they managed to eat cheaply regularly because of this trick.
Former Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren also reported in one of his streams about how he cleverly obtained free food and drinks at his job at Snapchat, thus saving money. You can find out more about this here: YouTube: 27-year-old millionaire talks about being fired from Snapchat after stealing $2,500 worth of food
