The famous Twitch streamer Trymacs is annoyed with his friend Rumathra’s schedule. Rumathra only plans one hour a day for gaming, while spending most of the rest of the time doing reaction streams to keep his viewer numbers high.
Who is Trymacs? Maximilian Stemmler, known as Trymacs, is one of the most well-known streamers on the German platform Twitch. He started his career with mobile games from Supercell, such as Clash of Clans and Clash Royale.
Who is Rumathra? Wieland “Rumathra” Welte has been active on Twitch since 2016 and streams games like Valorant, League of Legends, and Among Us, offers Just Chatting streams, and posts vlogs about his life.
Both streamers are close friends and often appear together at various events. In the third season of the survival show “7 vs. Wild,” they competed as a duo and again demonstrated their teamwork skills.
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Only one hour to actively game
Why is Trymacs angry? However, in one of Trymacs’ recent streams, tensions arise between the two friends. Trymacs is visibly upset and begins to explain why he is so angry.
The streamer explains that the reason for his anger is that Rumathra always has to keep his average viewer count high to secure his placements – this means, however, that Rumathra only does reaction streams during prime time from 3 PM to 10 PM and can only “play” afterward.
Trymacs further adds that Rumathra ends his streams at 11 PM, which would leave him with only one hour to play. This restriction makes Trymacs significantly more than just dissatisfied.
What’s the deal with the reactions? Reaction streams are a specific form of Just Chatting, where streamers react to and comment on other people’s content. This category emerged at the end of 2018 and has been consistently viewed as the most-watched “game” on Twitch since 2020.
There are various reasons for the popularity of this category. According to the well-known streamer Papaplatte, many content creators in his environment are practically afraid to leave the Just Chatting category, as they could immediately lose viewers.
The streamer explains that very few people are interested in gaming anymore. Although Papaplatte regrets this development, he understands the concerns of smaller streamers: “If you fall from 19,000 to 15,000, instead of from 3,000 to 1,000, it’s crucial for whether you can pay your rent.”
“We became streamers to play Minecraft all day,” explains Trymacs
What does Trymacs want? The fact that Rumathra is left with only an hour to play makes Trymacs more than mad. He continues to vent and explains that he hasn’t been able to play with Rumathra for days because Rumathra constantly has no time for various reasons.
“We became streamers to play Minecraft all day. Now you’re a streamer and can’t play Minecraft all day,” argues Trymacs. Rumathra laughs in response and confirms this statement.
However, Trymacs is still not done with his criticism. He continues that Rumathra played more Minecraft even during his studies when he was doing his Master’s than he does now.
The fact that reaction streams are often problematic is frequently overlooked. In a video from October 2021, YouTuber RobBubble promised to disclose the earnings from his most successful videos. The disheartening part: he suffered losses with these videos, while other streamers benefited from their reactions to his content. You can find more about this here: Twitch streamers make money by reacting to good content from others – A YouTuber demands his share
