Marcel “MontanaBlack” Eris (34) is one of the biggest German streamers on Twitch. When he is not playing CoD: Warzone 2 or FIFA, he currently enjoys hosting IRL streams with his friends. Recently, he stirred up the Hamburger Dom. We at MeinMMO show you how it went.
What kind of folk festival was that? The Hamburger Dom takes place three times a year on the Heiligengeistfeld in Hamburg. The so-called Winterdom is currently happening from November 4th to December 4th. The folk festival is considered the largest fair in Northern Germany (via Hamburg Tourism).
What did MontanaBlack do there? In a stream on November 22nd, MontanaBlack visited the Hamburger Dom along with his friend “Uhrenkönig” Marc Gebauer.
In the 4-hour stream, the two competed against each other in various fairground games, visited the rides, and filled their stomachs at the food stalls.
MontanaBlack learns lessons from gamescom
What’s the deal with the IRL streams? MontanaBlack currently seems to be having a lot of fun with so-called IRL streams: streams where he is outdoors instead of gaming in his darkened gaming room, usually accompanied by friends.
Just in October, MontanaBlack took his viewers to the Wildpark Schwarze Berge.
However, the experiences from gamescom 2022 seem to still be on MontanaBlack’s mind. At the gaming fair in August, he was received like a world star. However, the crowd that followed him caused unrest with recklessness and violence.
These are the lessons MontanaBlack draws from gamescom: MontanaBlack apparently did not expect the crowd surge at gamescom. Now he seems to be paying more attention to how he moves in public. For this, he took some measures:
- MontanaBlack does not announce the location of the stream in advance. This is generally sensible for all IRL streams, but it led to discontent among his viewers during his Wildpark stream. They apparently expected something entirely different after his vague announcement.
- MontanaBlack also seemed to have thought about the timing of his stream: he chose a weekday when it was particularly cold and the Hamburger Dom was not expected to be very well attended. Thus, he likely hoped to avoid larger crowds.
- During the stream, MontanaBlack also made sure that the situation did not get out of control. Although a few fans did gather who followed and filmed the streamer, MontanaBlack instructed his security personnel to talk to the people and disperse the group: the people should be asked to take their photos and then move on.
Did the measures succeed? Indeed, MontanaBlack managed to move around the Hamburger Dom relatively undisturbed. For a few photos with fans, he made himself available despite all security measures.
Instead of a large crowd, there was only an awkward moment with a visitor to the Dom, who apparently confused MontanaBlack with a previous acquaintance.
MontanaBlack’s gaming mishap at the claw machine
This is how the stream went: MontanaBlack and Marc Gebauer competed against each other at various shooting booths, more or less successfully, fueled themselves at the snack booths with fairground food and screamed through some rides.
However, they started with a true classic: MontanaBlack and Marc Gebauer were drawn to the claw machines. But no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t get one of the coveted plush toys from any of the machines.
How did the gaming at the claw machine go? Within the first 15 minutes of the stream, MontanaBlack lost about 20 € at the machines. Many viewers likely had memories of his earlier casino streams.
Was there a happy ending? After nearly 2 hours in the stream, however, redemption followed: Marc Gebauer pulled a baby Yoda from one of the claw machines. MontanaBlack could not let that go unanswered. He aimed for a kind of pink milkshake plush toy.
No matter how often Marc Gebauer encouraged him to try a different target, MontanaBlack wanted the strawberry milkshake and let the claw of the claw machine descend over and over onto the plush toy.
After numerous attempts, MontanaBlack’s persistence was rewarded, and he got his pink item.
How did the stream go? Both in MontanaBlack’s chat and in the comments on Twitter afterward, there was a good mood. Almost 50,000 viewers were on average present, with a peak of even 64,1100.
In comparison: In his last streams, MontanaBlack had an audience of between 20,000 and 35,000 (via sullygnome).
On Twitter, viewers emphasized how entertaining the stream had been. Especially the fact that MontanaBlack seemed to be having fun himself was well received and delighted the fans (via Twitter).
Better high than spinning
At the rides, MontanaBlack had a clear rule: he was up for any fun, but nothing with loops. MontanaBlack, who suffers from acrophobia, was even more willing to tackle the high rides. As long as nothing spun, he would feel nauseous.
