HandOfBlood, acting as President Knabe, ensures new attractions every week within the framework of a new football league. Even in his absence during the last match day (Monday, 04.03.2024), the President did not miss the opportunity to provide his fans another highlight in his live stream on Twitch. It all started with a few harmless complaints from viewers directed at the founder of the Baller League.
What were the viewers complaining about? Before the start of the match Eintracht Spandau against Las Ligas Ladies, which HandOfBlood wanted to comment live with two other colleagues, some viewers brought up a concern. They complained that they had not yet received a Baller League jersey, even though they had ordered it a long time ago.
However, it was only after an alleged statement from the CEO and founder of the Baller League, Felix Starcko, which he supposedly made during a match day of the Baller League, that things really gained momentum. The head of the newly established football league allegedly claimed that if any problems arose, he would post his phone number online.
This supposed promise prompted HandOfBlood, after a brief discussion with his colleagues and viewers, to leak the alleged number of the CEO. You can revisit the moment of the leak in the following Twitch excerpt.
Founders’ number leaked? Fans escalate in live chat
How did the viewers react? Shortly after HandOfBlood visibly held a phone contact with the founder, a picture of Felix Starcko, and the corresponding number up to the camera, the chat went wild. Reactions ranged from disbelief to pure amusement, to warnings against doxing accusations in the live chat.
The two present colleagues also immediately attempted to persuade HandOfBlood to rectify the potentially negative consequences of the leak. Meanwhile, the viewers urged them not to call the number shown under any circumstances.
The streamer himself brushed off the accusations with a tired smile. “Then don’t call. Yeah, and now we’ll also end this topic,” was all HandOfBlood had to say about the whole matter.
With that, he responded with an almost provocative calm to the erupted frenzy. But the topic was far from being settled yet.
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X-Post also shows founder number: What’s really behind it?
That same evening, the X account of Eintracht Spandau posted a screenshot from the stream, where the founder contact was once again plainly presented. Beneath the image, various fan theories emerged about what would happen if one were to call the number.
The top comment asked the founder directly when they could expect the jerseys and made use of a famous movie quote from the Lord of the Rings trilogy:
But others also chimed in with equally creative yet not entirely serious contributions. The results of the phone calls varied from promised cars and trophies to wild-card tickets that qualified for participation in the Baller League.
And what happens now if you call the supposed founder?
After there was no consensus about the recipient or the content of the various calls, we made an attempt ourselves. And indeed, someone answers on the other end. Right from the greeting (“Hello, this is the founder.”), it quickly becomes clear who is behind the contact. HandOfBlood’s voice, alias President Knabe, is clearly recognizable, and within a few seconds, he completely solves the mystery.
What does President Knabe have to say? In a nearly unanimous message, he reassures the caller that during the delivery issues of the Baller-League jerseys, they could also easily shop at the Eintracht Spandau store and offers a discount code for that.
This was yet again a cleverly orchestrated story from the Berlin streamer. Earlier this year, he announced that he wanted to focus more on Twitch streams and reflected after a few weeks: “First of all, stable masculine crying” – HandOfBlood reports how he feels after two weeks on Twitch.
