The hamburger Maximilian Stemmler is one of the most successful streamers on German Twitch as “Trymacs.” He jokingly refers to himself as “streamer without skill.” In a stream, he spoke about his abilities, or rather: the lack thereof.
In a recent stream, Trymacs talks about an uncomfortable situation for him: being asked to perform somewhere as a favor for friends or family. As one of the biggest German streamers, he does have a certain celebrity factor and numerous fans, but the 29-year-old does not have any particular skills that he could showcase on command.
This realization was shared by Trymacs after he watched his Twitch colleague Fibii trying to entertain a group of teenagers as an “entertainer.” You can find the whole video on YouTube, the topic starts at 1:40.
Some Twitch streamers also have a wide range of skills.
Trymacs as a guest at a children’s birthday party
What does Trymacs actually say? He reports that he went to a children’s birthday party as a favor for a distant family member. The kids there were all around 13 and were very happy. But: “As a streamer, you can’t really do anything,” says Trymacs.
He continues: “You can’t be funny on demand. You are not a singer, you have no talent. You can’t play music, you can’t do stand-up, you can’t tell jokes. You can’t do anything. You can’t recall anything, you can’t do a backflip or dance.”
Additionally, Trymacs claims to be quite shy and introverted. For him, the whole thing was “super uncomfortable.”
He chatted a little with those present, made “really lousy small talk,” posed for photos, and then left.
What can he do then? With one skill, Trymacs can shine after all: The classic is that he is supposed to give players of the mobile game Clash Royale evaluations of their decks or villages. He can do that, says the streamer.
After all, he is among the top in Supercell games.
The legendary Fortnite streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins also had to learn that the work as an online entertainer does not easily translate to real life in the hardest way possible. Because he danced in front of a million freezing New Yorkers who didn’t think about joining in: Fortnite: Ninja challenges 1 million to dance, fails brutally
