“He doesn’t mean me!”

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The ZDF Magazin Royal with Jan Böhmermann has on the evening of 16.9. busy with the FIFA series and loot boxes. Immediately after the show appeared on the ZDF media library, the German streamer Maximilian “Trymacs” Stemmler watched it on Twitch with 22,000 viewers: he is one of the biggest streamers on FIFA 22 in Germany and is known for making a lot of money in spend games. Although he appears in the video, he doesn’t feel addressed by the criticism.

What was the video about?

  • The episode of ZDF Magazin Royale from 16.9. looked at “dark patterns” in video games: mechanics designed to frustrate players in order to get them to spend money on microtransactions to overcome that frustration.
  • As a special example, EA’s FIFA series was the focus of the issue. FIFA is often criticized for their loot boxes, the “FIFA Packs”. You yourself see it as “quite ethical surprise mechanisms”, similar to surprise eggs.
  • Again and again German Twitch streamers were shown, who play an advertising function in this cosmos, as ZDF Magazin Royale believes.

    • A contribution by MeinMMO from 2020 was also linked in the broadcast.

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    What was the special gag of the show? Böhmermann parodied Twitch streamers during the show by “reacting” live to his own video.

    He did so in a role that referenced German streamer MontanaBlack. You can tell by the fact that the fictional streamer said he doesn’t handle the subject of “taxes” very well – it really brings him down. MontanaBlack is known to have had problems with the IRS.

    Trymacs choked back a laugh at the allusion – just like a later clip showing MontanaBlack’s appearance at gamescom 2022, in which the streamer said the word “brake light” instead of the word “flammable”.

    Trymacs is number 2 on the German FIFA Twitch and a well-known casher

    Why is Trymacs’ reaction exciting? The German streamer Trymacs is known for its content about FIFA:

    He served as a template for Böhmermann’s parody:

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    How did Trymacs react to the video? The streamer repeatedly responded with approval to the video. He said he hopes this video will reach many – just two weeks before FIFA 23 comes out.

    The Twitch streamer sharply criticized EA and even called for a ban on the “FUT” loot box mode in Germany, at least in the current version.

    When he himself was seen in the video cheering frantically for drawing Ronaldo, he said: People would certainly think he was a lunatic. But you have to know that no German YouTuber has ever pulled a CR7 for years.

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    In the end he was confronted by his own chat, Böhmermann meant him with his criticism of Twitch streamers with this video.

    Trymacs read a message from the boss: “OMG he means you”.

    To which he replied:

    No, he doesn’t mean me. He means people who animate: Hey, get a PlayStation card now with a 5% discount from my key seller. […] Those who still earn money, who earn money from the spectators’ addiction to gambling. “He means exactly you” – Well, I don’t earn anything if you become addicted to gambling. Not a dime. I haven’t sold a PlayStation card. I am not an EA partner. I’m the only one who doesn’t promote FIFA.

    Trymacs sees himself as someone who has repeatedly criticized FIFA and has already lost a lot as a result:

    EA is cracking down on this. As soon as someone says what the shit is that EA is doing – I play it anyway, but I’ll say what the shit is – you will be blacklisted for all sponsorships. I used to do a lot of things with EA. What did we make up? Anthem, Battlefield, lots of games. It’s all over because I bash FIFA so much.

    Trymacs follows logic: there are worse people than me

    The Twitch streamer sees his own game as rather harmless. Because he only plays games like Hayday or Clash of Clans. In addition, he always warns against not following his example and not spending any money. Because that’s no use.

    He sees his games significantly differently than the frowned upon casino streamers. If he started showing casino streams:

  • maybe 5000-10,000 people would start casino
  • of those, maybe 500 people would become addicted to gambling
  • and out of the 500 maybe 10 would kill themselves

    • If I accepted a million dollar deal for Casino, 100% of my community – where I am the straw that breaks the camel’s back – at least 10 people would take their lives because of me. That is not the case in Hayday.

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    The casino streamers, which Trymacs distances itself from, have been a big topic on Twitch for the past few weeks. Because while FIFA is described as a “kids’ casino”, there are also streamers who gamble in “adult cinemas” in front of thousands of spectators.

    The ZDF Magazin Royale dealt with this some time ago:

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