The former moderator Max Schradin and the streamer Maik alias Zarbex both broke through on Twitch last year. When they appear together, chaos and entertainment are guaranteed. Now they have fought for survival in a two-day continuous stream.
What kind of challenge was that? The popular duo Zarbex and Schradin is currently hosting a joint 45-hour stream where they fight for survival in the wilderness. The wilderness is the private forest on the estate of musician and survival expert Joey Kelly.
For the first day, the two have also set themselves a series of survival challenges, such as sourcing water, starting a fire, and building a shelter. Prior to that, there was a crash course from expert OttoBulletproof, clarifying the very important questions: Do strawberries grow in the forest? And how does one deal with the call of nature in the wild?
After the first night, the two were on their own – more or less.
Since 7 vs. Wild, the German Twitch is in a survival fever. Almost every major streamer has faced one challenge or another. Even Papaplatte has ventured into the wilderness – and that fits well, as challenges have always been part of his content:
Twitch streamers survive 2 days in the forest
How did it go? On Friday, the first day, Zarbex and Schradin focused on the basics under the guidance of OttoBulletproof: filtering water, building a shelter, chopping wood, and sourcing food – the latter from the generously packed supply bag of the survival expert. In an emergency, they even had to try the edible firestarter and a bit of dog food.
The Twitch streamers somehow survived the night, despite intermittent wild boar panic. The next morning, it was time to say goodbye to OttoBulletproof, and the two began their self-imposed outdoor challenges.
After almost 4 hours, Zarbex and Schradin had only completed one challenge, but at least Zarbex had bravely traversed the difficult path across the yard to source water – this time even without smell, after the previously sourced water from a tarp had unfortunately failed the smell test. Along the way, they even got a can of bread passed to them.
Upon returning to camp, Schradin lay exhausted in the hammock, but at the prospect of Kölsch from Joey Kelly, their spirits lifted, and the Twitch streamer even got the fire roaring again. With a beer at the campfire, they celebrated their survival skills.
Currently, on Sunday around 12:00 PM, the stream has ended. Although the energy has noticeably dwindled after two days in the wilderness, they bravely held up.
Impressively, the stream averaged 20,000 viewers on the Twitch channel of Zarbex and nearly 6,500 on Schradin (via SullyGnome). Especially during such marathon streams, the average often drops, as there are usually very few viewers at night for many hours.
As Zarbex noted in the meantime, there were still 17,000 viewers present even at half-past 2 at night. The peak had almost 40,000 concurrent viewers across both channels.
More survival content will also be featured in the new season of 7 vs. Wild, but without founder Fritz Meinecke. Fans have been speculating for some time that there are issues behind the scenes, and Meinecke has now spoken out about his departure: “An era is coming to an end” – Fritz Meinecke speaks one last time about 7 vs. Wild, citing the reason for his departure
