Germany’s gaming king “MontanaBlack” retires – BZ Berlin
Marcel Eris aka “MontanaBlack” (33) is Germany’s streaming king. More than four million people follow the gaming star on the live platform Twitch, almost three million on YouTube and 3.1 million on Instagram.
The streaming star from Buxtehude has now announced its temporary withdrawal: it was no longer streamed for the time being and generally no longer appeared in public, as Eris announced on Twitter on Saturday evening.
He had “probably reached the lowest point” of his life, “physically and mentally”. “Some things happened outside of the Internet”. At the moment he does not know when or how he will come back.
“Monte”, like his fans, has already attracted attention in the past week due to its inactivity. Most recently, he started his stream on February 13 – an unusually long break.
Podcast partner Simon Unge (31, more than 3 million YouTube subscribers) confirmed on Twitter that there will be no new episodes of the joint program “Chatwhistle” for the time being. “All the best Monte, so no podcast until it gets better,” says Unge.
“MontanaBlack” has faced a lot of criticism lately. Among other things, it is about his advertising for NFTs. A few weeks ago, he promoted an NFT that displayed a monkey with a swastika. And a few days ago he was promoting a token that may be part of a scam.
In September 2021, Eris made headlines after his home was broken into. At that time, the perpetrator entered the streamer’s house through a window, stole video games and consoles worth 100,000 euros.
What is an NFT?
An NFT is a type of digital proof of authenticity and ownership. For example, a video clip is registered on a blockchain. For this purpose, the owners as well as purchases and sales are entered. This gives the NFT a unique digital signature, even if the underlying work can be reproduced millions of times. However, the NFT is unique and WILL be made tradable through the certification.
The NFT blockchain is freely accessible. This allows the official owners of digital artworks to freely and publicly boast about their ownership.