During “Techno Friday,” popular German streamer and YouTuber Max “HandOfBlood” Knabe (affectionately known as Hänno) combines gaming and music. The party streamed on Twitch on August 8, 2025, is also gaining attention in the international press.
What makes this weekend special? The current club edition of “Techno Friday” lasts 24 hours, during which 23 DJs create a great atmosphere (Source: YouTube). The party is still ongoing for a few more hours, and you can join live on Twitch.
What makes the event special is that there’s always gaming happening alongside. Sometimes major games like Elden Ring, sometimes small co-op titles like “Paddle Paddle Paddle” (more on this at Steam).
A Twitch clip from Mueli006 also shows how HandOfBlood and his quasi-twin “DJ Dr Donk” duel in Street Fighter, only to continue the party together shortly after. Simply wild.
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“It’s different from anything else on Twitch”
What does the international press say? The website dexerto.com also finds the scenes wild and dedicates an enthusiastic article to us-Hänno. It states, among other things:
A Twitch streamer from Germany goes viral after he streamed himself playing games like Elden Ring and Street Fighter 6 at a packed rave. This is one of the wildest streams we have seen so far. […] A streamer named HandOfBlood has found his niche – and it is different from anything else on Twitch.
Quote from dexerto.com
Diverse readers comment on this unusual event with great enthusiasm and astonishment:
- Rhys Williams writes on X: “Germans are a whole different breed.”
- 𝐒i𝐫 𝐌a𝐲o𝐫 asks on X: “This is so crazy, has anyone ever done something like this before?”
- Caesar praises on X: “Cool idea.”
However, some also point out that there have been similar actions before. The Ukrainian streamer thetremba reportedly transformed his house into a techno club to stream his own party for 155 hours.
Nevertheless, it is as wild as it is remarkable what Hänno and his team have accomplished over the past few years. This also attracts increasingly famous personalities, like actor and director Michael “Bully” Herbig: Your childhood hero premieres on Twitch at HandOfBlood, gets insulted in the first 3 minutes
