The streamer Metashi12 injured himself at the Red Bull event on Saturday, March 29, 2025, in Cologne. He had to cancel the show and even went to the emergency room. Later, he realized that the event was just not made for people of his stature.
What kind of event was that? Red Bull had invited 16 gaming influencers to a hall in Cologne and made them run through various obstacle courses.
Metashi is a well-known streamer on Twitch who originally comes from WoW and has recently played a lot of LoL. Last month, he also streamed for a good cause and reached a special milestone.
He was in a team with the leading German streamer for League of Legends, NoWay. Metashi injured himself in an accident at an obstacle on a water course.
Metashi was on the team of NoWay4U, the largest German streamer for League of Legends:
The Accident of Metashi
This was the accident of Metashi: In a race against the influencer Julia Beautx over a course that was on water, Metashi was already struggling, had fallen into the water once, and lost his glasses.
When he got back up and swung onto the obstacle, he stepped on a red circle in the water that he was supposed to jump over. He slipped and hit his shoulder on the obstacle.
He immediately indicated that something was wrong. Later, it turned out: The streamer had dislocated his shoulder.
Metashi couldn’t get out of the icy pool – Rescue was on the way
This was the problem: Metashi waded through the water with a dislocated shoulder and couldn’t get out of the pool. He seemed to be beside himself. As Metashi later said, the water was ice cold.
His team captain NoWay4 jumped into the pool feet first to assist him. Ultimately, it was Twitch streamer AbuGoku from another team who resolved the situation and saved Metashi.
AbuGoku dove under Metashi, lifted him onto his shoulders, and was able to hoist the streamer out of the pool along with NoWay. This received applause from the audience.
Metashi later thanked AbuGoku warmly; he was the first he called from the hospital. In any case, all the streamers and other participants were concerned about him. That was fantastic.
With sirens to the emergency room
This is what Metashi says: Metashi spoke extensively about the accident (via YouTube). He says it was worse than it looked. After the accident, he first had to go to the locker room and needed help from his girlfriend and an employee of an influencer agency to get out of his wet clothes. An unusual situation for him to stand naked in front of two women:
I was naked with two women. That was crazy. And that, even though I play computer games – you know what I mean.
Then it was off to the emergency room with sirens, where he was ruggedly reset because he insisted on staying clear and not getting anesthesia, which would have relaxed his muscles.
Now he has to wear an arm brace for two weeks and should not put any strain on his right arm for 30 days, which is a big adjustment for him.
The event sounded super fun at first, but it wasn’t anymore
This is what he says about the event: He says that the event was just not designed for “fat” people. He and his team were pretty battered. He felt like they were just the fat ones brought in for amusement.
Metashi says he knew he was in trouble when he saw that even the fit Rumathra was sweating. At that moment, he realized: He has a problem.
It was really awesome, BUT … it was not designed for fat people. I swear to you, when I sat there: I listened to the briefing, it sounded super fun. When I saw the course, it didn’t look that fun anymore. And when I saw that Rumathra was sweating and out of breath, I knew: We’re in trouble.
Even though Metashi repeatedly thanked the present Twitch streamers for their support and help, the question arises whether Red Bull as the organizer should not have ensured that streamers would be professionally supported and cared for on site in the event of such an accident.
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