The Twitch streamer Maximilian “HandOfBlood” Knabe answers a series of questions in an interview with 1LIVE. Among other things, the question arose with whom he would hypothetically move into a shared apartment with his influencer colleagues. HandOfBlood finds this difficult, as he says: “I just hate influencers.”
What does HandOfBlood say about influencers? In the “Questions Barrage” interview from 1LIVE, the Twitch streamer HandOfBlood answered some questions. One of them was: Which other YouTuber could you imagine living in a shared apartment with?
HandOfBlood chuckles at this question before he finally says: “I just hate influencers. ‘Hate’ is a strong word, but I’ve done that two times already and that is…” (Source: YouTube from minute 02:17). He leaves the sentence unfinished.
HandOfBlood’s statement is absurd in the context that he himself is one of the biggest influencers in Germany. With over 1.44 million followers on Twitch, HandOfBlood ranks 12th in the follower ranking (Source: nindo.de).
Additionally, HandOfBlood regularly collaborates with other Twitch streamers, for example, when he went on a tour with his Twitch colleagues in a bus.
“A dreary cohabitation, but at least you have your peace”
HandOfBlood would only move in with Gronkh: After a brief consideration, HandOfBlood continues and his choice falls on the Twitch streamer and YouTuber Erik “Gronkh” Range, because: “He just sits in the basement and plays all day (…)”. This way neither Gronkh nor HandOfBlood would annoy the other, and they would both have their peace: “It would be more of a dreary cohabitation, but at least you have your peace.”
Ironically, Gronkh recently claimed in a podcast that he is “the worst influencer in the world”. Perhaps HandOfBlood and Gronkh would indeed be the perfect roommate couple.
You can watch the entire interview from 1LIVE here on YouTube:
What else does HandOfBlood say in the interview? HandOfBlood answered more questions. Here are some highlights summarized for you:
- The Twitch streamer explains how his nickname “Hänno” came about. A small child wanted to call his name at gamescom in 2016/2017 but mumbled it so much that it sounded like “HännoBlood”.
- If HandOfBlood could only play one game for the rest of his life, it would be World of Warcraft. He adds: “But Classic! (…) You retail pigs, all of you should get your thumbs cut off!” (Source: YouTube from minute 01:20).
- HandOfBlood never thought he could make money from playing video games. In the society he grew up in, “gaming would have been the absolute enemy image”. All the adults around him advised him to learn something “real”.
HandOfBlood also sometimes conducts interviews with guests he invites in his Twitch streams. For instance, in January 2025, the politician Robert Habeck was invited to HandOfBlood’s Twitch stream and had to answer a series of questions: Ten years ago, LeFloid had to meet Merkel – Now Habeck sits in front of 50,000 viewers on Twitch at HandOfBlood’s tiling table
