MontanaBlack

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MontanaBlack
General information
language German
network ContentView GmbH
YouTube
channels MontanaBlack
SpontanaBlack
founding August 5, 2009 (MontanaBlack)
October 5, 2013 (SpontanaBlack)
Subscribers over 2,600,000 (MontanaBlack)
over 2,200,000 (SpontanaBlack)
Calls over 290,000,000 (MontanaBlack)
over 520,000,000 ( SpontanaBlack )
Videos over 350 (MontanaBlack)
over 700 (SpontanaBlack)
Twitch
channel MontanaBlack88
Followers over 2,900,000
(As of August 20, 2020)

MontanaBlack (born March 2, 1988 in Buxtehude ; bourgeois Marcel Thomas Andreas Eris ) is a German web video producer and live streamer , who mainly deals with video games , such as. B. Call of Duty , FIFA and Fortnite busy. His videos he published several times a week on YouTube and transmits via live streaming - video portal Twitch his live streams. Since 2018 he has been the largest German gaming live streamer on Twitch.

Life

After school , Eris completed an apprenticeship as a retail salesman . In numerous videos (e.g. "Reallife Story") he lets his viewers participate in his previous life on his YouTube channel. Eris was a drug addict for several years , but recently successfully combated his addiction and broached the dangers of drug use on his YouTube presence. His biography was published under the title MontanaBlack in March 2019; the book is subtitled "From Junkie to YouTuber". The book was number one on the bestseller lists in the non-fiction category for several weeks .

Media appearance

Eris has been running its second YouTube channel since 2013. In addition to gaming videos, MontanaBlack also deals with everyday things in life in series such as Realtalk . The second channel SpontanaBlack focuses on the FIFA game series, as well as Mario Kart and Fortnite . However, Eris keeps the choice of content largely free. According to the organizers, over 1,000 fans came to the fan meetings in Hamburg and Gütersloh. On September 1, 2019, MontanaBlack became the first German channel, with over 34,000 subscribers , to reach number 1 on Twitch worldwide.

Controversy

Eris' Twitch account was banned for 30 days in December 2018 after he made multiple racist statements. According to his own statement, he did not act with racist intent. After the streamer uttered expletives while a colleague went live in October 2019, Eris' Twitch profile was again restricted for seven days.

Eris has come under public criticism several times for inadequately labeled advertising for online casinos . In this context, among other things, a house search was carried out in his apartment in January 2019 .

literature

biography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c About us. In: montanablack.de. Retrieved June 15, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Christine Dankbar: Formerly a junkie, today famous. April 17, 2019, accessed June 20, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Hasan Gökkaya: "MontanaBlack88": How Marcel Eris (27) became a YouTube star with shooting games. March 21, 2015, accessed March 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Montanablack88's Twitch Stats Summary profiles (Social Blade Twitch Statistics). Retrieved July 8, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b Judith Horchert: Hype about MontanaBlack - The bad boy from Buxtehude. In: Spiegel Online. April 4, 2019, accessed April 14, 2019 .
  6. ↑ From junkie to youtuber to bestselling author. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Autographs from the Youtube star. In: Bild.de. March 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ Wolfgang Wotke: Youtube star inspires the masses. In: Westfalen-Blatt. June 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ Twitch Stats: Current Real Twitch Sub Count - Twitch Stats. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Jakob Koch: Biggest German streamer: Ausraster in FIFA 20: "Montanablack" blocked on Twitch. Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
  11. ↑ MontanaBlack illegally advertises online casino, is not aware of any guilt. November 7, 2018, accessed October 22, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Jakob Koch: "Urgent suspicion": Public prosecutor's office can seize the account of Youtuber "Montanablack". Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME MontanaBlack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eris, Marcel Thomas Andreas (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entertainer, web video producer and live streamer
DATE OF BIRTH March 2nd, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Buxtehude