Sarazar

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Sarazar

Valentin Rahmel (2013)

General information
language German
genre Let's play , vlog
network Studio 71
YouTube
channel SarazarLP
founding December 15, 2010
Subscribers over 1,900,000
Calls over 600,000,000
Videos over 4,300
(As of August 4, 2020)

Sarazar (born February 27, 1984 in Dormagen ; bourgeois Valentin Matthias Rahmel ) is a German presenter , entrepreneur , musician , DJ and web video producer . He mainly publishes Let's Play videos on his YouTube channel Sarazar and is one of the best-known German representatives of this genre. There are also so-called vlogs in which he reports on trips, experiences, performances and events.

Life

In 1999, at the age of fifteen, Rahmel and his older brother founded the online portal Online-Rollenspiel.de , which was renamed MMORPG-Planet.de in August 2003 . In February 2009 he then founded PlayMassive GmbH together with his long-time friend and business partner Erik Range ( Gronkh ) , of which he is the managing director and partner. Video artists and websites are marketed through the company, and the company's Internet portals also offer editorial content on computer and video games as well as young entertainment. Rahmel has also invested in companies such as the developer studio looterkings GmbH. He is also co-founder of the Aerochrone music label, which promotes young talented DJs and organizes appearances in clubs and festivals.

From 2005 to 2007 he worked as Channel Manager MMO for Webguidez Entertainment GmbH, an internet agency that specializes in website development.

Sarazar and Gronkh have been registered as word marks of PlayMassive GmbH with the German Patent and Trademark Office since the beginning of 2012 . Sarazar is a derivative of the Spanish family name Salazar .

On September 6, 2013 he released a song called Elektrotitte (5000 volts) together with Erik Range (Gronkh ) . The song rose to number 17 in the German single charts and to number 29 in the Swiss single charts.

In the summer of 2014 Sarazar lived in Los Angeles for several months and was involved in the project The Mansion , in which several web stars lived in a house in California. Among other things, videos with American video artists such as Smosh and Boogie2988 were produced here. In addition, several films of the trip have been released on his channel SarazarLP and the channel Superhomies, which is run jointly with Erik Range. Interviews with the LA Times and American TV channels such as FOX were also made during this time.

On March 14, 2015 Rahmel took part in the Wok World Championships 2015 for the World Wide Wok Team , where he won the bronze medal as a member of the four-person wok.

For the video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt , Sarazar took on a voice actor role together with Gronkh and Maxi Gräff . He speaks one of three trolls . He also took on a dubbing role in the movie Assassin's Creed in 2016. As himself, he also had a guest appearance in the film Not My Day , in 2017 as a host of a major tournament in the cinema film Offline and also in a clip for The Lego Batman Movie, he played himself.

With the company PlayMassive GmbH, Gronkh and Sarazar have also supported German productions of computer games for titles such as Looterkings & Valnir Rok .

Since April 15, 2015, Sarazar has been traveling regularly with some YouTube video producers. He presents the experiences in video form in addition to the “Superhomies” channel on his own channel.

Sarazar played several times at the Parookaville music festival in Weeze and at the Lollapalooza festival in Berlin. He also plays regularly in the Cologne boathouse and other clubs. He also published the song Traveler in 2016 , which was co-created with Circle of Alchemists . Even if Sarazar plays guitar and other instruments himself, his last songs can be assigned to the genre house . This also applies to his sets, which can be classified as Tech House and Deep House .

In collaboration with Warner Music Germany , Sarazar released another single called Into The Blue on August 12, 2016 , which he produced together with DJ duo Jewelz & Sparks and Pearl Andersson. They represented the area of ​​tropical house in combination with future bass . In August 2018, Sarazar and Jumpa produced the official Gamescom anthem Living This Game . In an interview he also stated that he is musically very open, but his next productions should be more in the direction of tech house and techno, which is more in line with his DJ style. In 2018 he played at Parookaville , Docklands, Panama Open Air and other festivals and events. Numerous events are implemented or co-organized by his company Aerochrone, for example the Nibirii Festival 2019.

In March 2019, Rahmel played one of the main roles in the official miniseries for the second part of the video game Tom Clancy's The Division 2 .

Internet presence

Development of the
YouTube channel SarazarLP
date Subscribers
July 1, 2012
  
 158.940
Jan. 1, 2013
  
 336,520
July, 1st 2013
  
 617.510
Jan. 1, 2014
  
 967.540
July 1, 2014
  
 approx. 1,350,000
Jan. 1, 2015
  
 approx. 1,590,000
July 1, 2015
  
 approx. 1,790,000
Jan. 1, 2016
  
 1,881,324
July 1, 2016
  
 1,935,695
Jan. 1, 2017
  
 1,963,080
July 1, 2017
  
 1,976,361
Jan. 1, 2018
  
 1,991,160
1st July 2018
  
 2,004,239
Jan. 1, 2019
  
 1,991,280
1st July 2019
  
 1,981,295
Jan. 1, 2020
  
 approx. 1,960,000
July 1, 2020
  
 approx. 1,950,000
Source: https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/sarazarlp/monthly/sarazarlp

Since December 15, 2010, Rahmel has been publishing so-called Let's Plays on the YouTube video portal under his nickname. In 2012 he also started making videos about his life and uploading them to YouTube. He now has over 1,900,000 subscribers (as of December 2018) and with over 550 million video views and more than 4,300 uploaded videos, he and Gronkh are now one of the most famous YouTubers in Germany. He also worked on various video productions by other well-known producers such as Y-Titty or DieAussenseiter and leads the travel and comedy channel Superhomies .

Together with Gronkh, he has hosted the Internet TV format Let's Play Together , produced by ProSiebenSat.1 Digital GmbH , since May 18, 2012 , which is about computer and video games. The live stream running on MyVideo reached an average of over 100,000 viewers. In an article from November 2012, the daily newspaper Die Welt described the format as part of the "television revolution on the Internet" and as an example of the shift in viewing habits from television to the Internet , especially among younger users. At the end of 2014, the program with Range, Rahmel and Manuel Schmitt (SgtRumpel) was stopped after 100 episodes and continued with Fabian Siegismund and David Hain from March 2015. On March 1, 2013 Rahmel appeared together with other representatives of the Let's Play genre in the live stream Last Man Standing , organized by MyVideo , in which he and his team ( Let's Play Together ) played various computer games over 8 hours against PietSmiet's Hard Reset . The live stream had a total of more than 1 million viewers. The show was moderated by Nela Lee . On November 30th, in the sequel to Last Man Standing, “Last Man Standing 2”, he again competed with the “Let's Play Together” team against the “PietSmiet's Hard Reset” team. His team won the second competition, while the first edition ended in a draw.

In October 2013, January 2014 and March 2014 Rahmel presented the third and fourth editions of the live stream “Let's Play Poker” together with Nela Lee and Gronkh. Various YouTube stars and prominent faces from the TV sector were there. For example Simon Gosejohann and LeFloid . The fourth edition took place, not like the others in Germany, but in the Bahamas .

In January 2014, Sarazar and Gronkh left the IDG Germany network and joined the ProSiebenSat.1 Media network “Studio 71”.

On January 13, 2014, Rahmel reached one million subscribers on YouTube. On April 12, 2014, Sarazar and Gronkh were honored by the Computer Games Museum in Berlin for their achievements and received a place on the “Wall of Fame”, which is reserved for the greats of the game industry. The 1.5 million subscriber mark broke Rahmel's channel on November 1, 2014.

In 2015 he made a guest appearance as part of the Comedy Rocket comedy format .

In December 2018, Sarazar published an open letter to the community in which he stated that due to his many other professional obligations, he no longer has as much time for his websites, such as on YouTube. However, he will definitely continue to produce videos and plan new projects, especially in the travel sector.

His cheerful way of moderating first-person shooters by Christian Weber in the Süddeutsche Zeitung was questioned .

Awards

  • On April 12, 2014, Gronkh and Sarazar were inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Berlin Computer Game Museum .
  • In 2014, Sarazar was awarded the “Golden Play Button” by Youtube .

Filmography

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Electric boom (5,000 volts) (with Gronkh )
  DE 17th 09/20/2013 (1 week)
  AT 29 09/20/2013 (1 week)
  • 2013: Elektrotitte (5,000 volts) ( feat.Gronkh )
  • 2016: Traveler (feat. Circle of Alchemists)
  • 2016: Into The Blue ( Jewelz & Sparks vs. Sarazar feat. Pearl Andersson)
  • 2017: We are One (feat. Craig Walker )
  • 2018: Living This Game (feat. Jumpa )

Web links

Commons : Sarazar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Let's Play Stars Gronkh and Sarazar at spiegel.de, October 22, 2012 (accessed January 29, 2013).
  2. ↑ The Future & Past of Sarazar (from 0:00:30) on YouTube
  3. ↑ Experience atmospheric adventures at rp-online.de, April 4, 2005 (accessed January 30, 2013).
  4. ↑ How do Gronkh and Sarazar know each other at Onlinewelten.com, January 11, 2013 (accessed January 30, 2013).
  5. ↑ Entries in the commercial register for PlayMassive GmbH, Cologne, HR-No .: HRB6 5190 ( AG Cologne )
  6. ↑ Hoppenstedt - Company Profiles Germany, document number 323458108.
  7. ↑ Imprint of PlayMassive
  8. ↑ Sarazar: The Future & Past of Sarazar. August 30, 2016, accessed September 4, 2016 .
  9. ↑ LinkedIn profile Valentin Matthias Rahmel. linkedin.com, accessed September 12, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Entry at the German Patent and Trademark Office . Retrieved January 30, 2013
  11. ↑ Stephan Zöller: Who is the professional in computer games from Dormagen? In: Rheinische Post . April 3, 2020, accessed April 18, 2020.
  12. ^ Report on the publication of Elektrotitte ( Memento from September 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), ampya.com, accessed on September 16, 2013
  13. ↑ a b Chart placements from "Elektrotitte" , charts.de, accessed on September 18, 2013
  14. ↑ a b Chart placements from “Elektrotitte” , hitparade.ch, accessed on September 16, 2013
  15. ↑ Report on the WOK WM 2015 , bild.de, accessed on March 15, 2015
  16. ↑ Awesome: YouTuber Sarazar is dubbing "Assassin's Creed"! In: Promiflash.de. Retrieved December 22, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Sarazar: Sarazar & Daniele meet Batman | The Lego Batman Movie. February 4, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2017 .
  18. ↑ Looterkings - The ProGamer Pack turns you into Gronkh, Sarazar or Rumpel . In: PlayNation.de . ( playnation.de [accessed on October 16, 2017]).
  19. ↑ Valnir Rok - Gronkh and Sarazar produce Viking Suvival game - GameStar . ( gamestar.de [accessed on October 16, 2017]).
  20. ↑ Parookaville 2017: tickets, date, line-up. Retrieved September 4, 2016 .
  21. ↑ Ticket raffle + 5 hot band tips for Lollapalooza Berlin 2016! herzmukke.de, accessed on September 4, 2016 .
  22. ↑ Sarazar: The Future & Past of Sarazar. August 30, 2016, accessed September 4, 2016 .
  23. ↑ Sarazar - live @ Bootshaus @ Cmon Gamescom 2016 | Tech House Set (feat. Rewinside). Aerochrone, August 27, 2016, accessed September 4, 2016 .
  24. ^ Jewelz & Sparks vs. Sarazar feat. Pearl Andersson - Into The Blue. warnermusic.de, August 12, 2016, accessed on September 12, 2016 .
  25. ↑ Sarazar in an interview. dance-charts.de, August 30, 2018, accessed on September 3, 2018 .
  26. ↑ Aerochrone presents NIBIRII FESTIVAL in cooperation with the boathouse. In: Aerochrone. December 20, 2018, accessed on February 1, 2019 (German).
  27. ↑ Gameswirtschaft: The Division 2: Studio 71 develops YouTube series for Ubisoft. In: GamesWirtschaft.de. April 18, 2019, accessed on April 26, 2019 (German).
  28. ↑ Monthly statistics on socialblade.com
  29. ↑ a b Sarazar's YouTube channel
  30. ^ GTA Real Life , accessed January 29, 2013.
  31. ↑ Song Power feat. Gronkh, Sarazar, Alberto , accessed January 29, 2013.
  32. ↑ The superhomies YouTube channel , accessed on January 29, 2013.
  33. ↑ Imprint LPTLive ( memento from February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) at lptlive.de, accessed on January 30, 2013.
  34. ^ TV revolution on the Internet , Welt.de, November 21, 2012, accessed on January 29, 2013
  35. ↑ Let's Play Together starts again , Broadmark.de, accessed on March 14, 2015.
  36. ↑ Let's Play Together Livestream: It starts again: But with a new cast , playnation.de, accessed on March 13, 2015.
  37. ↑ Last Man Standing - 8 hour event livestream ( memento from September 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), MyVideo , accessed on March 1, 2013.
  38. ^ Taff report of March 4, 2013 ( memento of July 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 9, 2013.
  39. ↑ Last Man Standing 2 on YouTube , accessed December 8, 2013
  40. ↑ Gronkh and Sarazar move from IDG to Studio 71 . In: broadmark.de
  41. ↑ Sarazar's Facebook profile. Retrieved April 26, 2019 .
  42. ↑ Aggressive through egoshooter at Süddeutsche.de, accessed on January 30, 2013.
  43. ↑ Gronkh and Sarazar in the Hall of Fame of the Computer Games Museum Berlin. facebook.com, April 12, 2014, accessed January 2, 2015 .
  44. ↑ Handicraft campaign with YouTube stars against the lack of young talent - a + o. Retrieved on July 4, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Sarazar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES SarazarLP (full name); Rahmel, Valentin (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German presenter, entrepreneur and video producer
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Dormagen