Manuel Schmitt

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Manuel Schmitt (SgtRumpel) 2013

Manuel Schmitt (born September 10, 1980 in Munich ) is a German director , screenwriter , programmer , game developer , composer , blogger and web video producer . He is also an entrepreneur and website operator for various projects he has launched.

From 2012 to 2018 he was active on the YouTube platform as Let's Player and published videos under the name SgtRumpel . From July 2014, he wrote live streams once or twice a week on the Twitch platform , which he refrained from in August 2018. In public, Schmitt appears mostly with his pseudonym SgtRumpel.

Life

Born in Munich, he spent most of his childhood in Valencia , Spain , but returned to Germany before graduating from high school . From 2001 to 2008, Schmitt attended the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne , film and television, from which he graduated with an AV for Media. From 2000 to 2002 he worked parallel to his studies at Neokolor , where he was active in the field of computer games. In 2002 he did an internship in the editorial office of VIVA . Schmitt composed the music for the short film To write in the distance . In 2006 he was the director, cameraman and composer responsible for the short film Living Legacy produced for Arte and 3sat . In 2006 he produced the music video for the single Counterweight for the German metalcore band Heaven Shall Burn . For the German- Armenian singer Meri Voskanian , Schmitt produced the music video for What You Are Missing Is A Heart . In the episode television film Code 21 , he directed the chapter Trieb and wrote the script. In 2008 he was authorized to edit the animated film And When We Are In Heaven , he was authoritative for the title of the documentary Agridulce , which appeared in the same year . As a director and screenwriter he was responsible for the short film The Government Measure. The film was on 23 October 2008 at the Film Festival Hof International Film Festival premiere. Another short film followed in 2010 under Schmitt's direction, the Elf training course .

Together with three other freelancers, he founded the company framefloor in 2002 . film tv web design . Various services in the field of film and television as well as web and web design are offered there. Well-known companies are now part of the customer base. In 2010 he started the Metaldemos project . On the website, bands from the metal , hardcore punk and industrial directions can upload demos of their songs free of charge in order to gain criticism, feedback and fans. Schmitt himself is a big fan of these styles of music and is known there in the scene under the name Maenny . Among other things, he plays the electric guitar .

He created mods and animations for various computer games . For example, he developed the Tower of Babel game mode for the popular Minecraft game . With Serious Monk , Schmitt created his own game development arrangement.

Schmitt is also the inventor of the fictional fantasy world Âlendia . Together with a large community, self-contained short stories are written and distributed as audio books on Amazon . Initially, the audio books were published on YouTube . The project is rounded off by an internal wiki .

On September 6, 2013 published song Elektrotitte (5000 Volt) by the superhomies ( Gronkh and Sarazar ), Schmitt participated as an interpreter and was also featured in the music video that accompanied the song . The song entered the German single charts at number 17.

On April 24, 2014, he was the focus of a report on How do you make money with YouTube? the show Galileo . In May 2014, Schmitt founded the development studio looterkings GmbH together with Erik Range ( Gronkh ) and Valentin Rahmel ( Sarazar ) .

On December 31, 2014, Schmitt released the song Ode an Dich together with the band Circle of Alchemists under the band name Circle of Bequemlichkeit . The song is dedicated to Schmitt's community and belongs to the love metal genre .

In the summer of 2015, Schmitt announced as part of Last Man Standing Generations that he was working on his own computer game in the hack and slay genre . The debut game bears the same name as the studio, Looterkings , itself. The game was released on Steam Greenlight in 2015 and has been in the Early Access stage since August 2016 .

In January 2016 Schmitt published the novel ANJA UND BABDANI - A FEADEROMAN , which he wrote together with his community. The novel is based on text fragments written by Schmitt in his childhood.

On August 16, 2016, Looterkings was his first computer game to be released on Steam . The publisher is looterkings GmbH , which is run by Schmitt, Rahmel and Range. On December 21, 2017, the music album for the game, Looterkings: A Journey of Four (original soundtrack) was released on Amazon.com and ITunes , among others , of which Schmitt is the composer.

Schmitt has lived in Cologne since 2002 .

Internet presence

Video icon of the infobox
SgtRumpel
Schmitt with Gronkh (left) and Sarazar
Schmitt with Gronkh ( left ) and Sarazar
YouTube channel ( Vlog , Comedy , Let's Play (until 2018) )
language German
founding August 8, 2012
channels SgtRumpel
Subscribers over 150,000
Calls over 32,000,000
Videos over 2700
network Studio 71

Familiarity to younger audiences became Schmitt as a producer and director of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media on the online video portal MyVideo launched live streams Let's Play Together with Gronkh (Erik Range) and Sarazar (Valentin Rahmel). The live stream regularly reached over 65,000 viewers. While he was initially addressed by his first name, the pseudonym SgtRumpel or Rumpel later prevailed. The name came about by chance and just for fun at first. In games with friends in the game Left 4 Dead , opponents who had been eliminated by Schmitt were furiously calling out the name Rumpel . At the end of 2014, the live stream with Range, Rahmel and Schmitt was discontinued after 100 episodes and continued with Fabian Siegismund and David Hain from March 2015.

On September 4, 2012 he published the first Let's Play on his YouTube channel for the game Orcs Must Die! . On the occasion of the 100,000th subscriber, Schmitt published the short film Fortbildung Elf, which he produced, on his YouTube channel . The typical slogan for SgtRumpel, for example on his YouTube channel, Facebook account or his homepage, is “Stand comfortably!” .

On March 1, 2013 Schmitt 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 played various computer games for over eight hours against PietSmiet's Hard Reset . The live stream had a total of more than a million viewers. This program was moderated by Nela Panghy-Lee .

On November 30, 2013, Last Man Standing continued as Last Man Standing 2 . Again he and his team, consisting of Gronkh, Sarazar, DebitorLP, Fabian Siegismund and David Hain, competed against the PietSmiet team. In contrast to the first show, there were viewers who could take part in the show as wildcard winners for their preferred team. This edition was also moderated by Lee, supported by Daniel Budiman and Simon Krätschmer . The live stream was broadcast on MyVideo.de.

In July 2014 he founded his Twitch channel. He was supported in the early days of his friends o_Ossel / Osselminator and silver nitrate , which already in some previously on YouTube Let's Play videos participated by Schmitt. Usually the stream took place every Thursday evening. The streams were recorded by Schmitt and later uploaded to his YouTube channel.

On the occasion of his 2000th video on YouTube, Schmitt uploaded a video on his channel in which he published a summary of his two and a half years on YouTube. Furthermore, he also drew conclusions. So he announced that he wanted to limit his Let's Play activities and would like to concentrate on his Twitch stream. He also announced a new section called Unnawegs , in which he publishes travel videos or short reports on current events. The first of these videos was released on August 24, 2015.

At Gamescom 2015 , the program Last Man Standing 3 followed under the motto Generations . This is based on the fact that YouTubers from the previous Last Man Standing issues like Gronkh or PietSmiet did not participate, but a number of young, aspiring YouTubers like HandOfBlood . The show was moderated by Fabian Siegismund and David Hain. A change to the previous show was the inclusion of a studio audience. The livestream was broadcast again on MyVideo.de.

At the beginning of February 2016, the SgtRumpel channel reached 200,000 subscribers. In addition, the channel cracked the 25 million view mark.

Since mid-October 2016, a format has been appearing at the end of the day that represents a kind of spontaneous and slimmed-down version of Unnawegs . The VLogs are recorded during a motorcycle ride. Schmitt also comments on the scenery or specifically addresses topics.

In August 2018, Schmitt announced on his website that he would cease his regular activities on the Twitch streaming platform. After he had already drastically reduced or discontinued the Let's Play genre on his YouTube channel, the decoupling of Let's Play and live entertainment was completed with the withdrawal of Twitch. With Âlendia, YouTube and his blog on his website, he offers a new product portfolio.

Filmography

  • 2004: The sound makes the music (Director)
  • 2004: Hallo Zora (Director)
  • 2005: Writing into the distance (compositions)
  • 2006: Living Legacy (direction, compositions)
  • 2006: Gideon the Writer (Director)
  • 2007: double room (sound)
  • 2008: Agridulce
  • 2008: Code 21 (chapter drive ) (direction, screenplay)
  • 2008: And when we're in heaven (cut)
  • 2008: The Government Measure (Director, Screenplay)
  • 2010: Training Elf (direction, screenplay)

Music videos

Television appearances

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Electricity (5,000 volts) ( Gronkh and Sarazar )
  DE 17th 09/20/2013 (1 week)
  AT 29 09/20/2013 (1 week)

bibliography

  • Alendia: legends from the first year after the fall of the third moon. Nova MD, Vachendorf 2019, ISBN 978-3-96443-124-0

Web links

Commons : Manuel Schmitt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Arte : Living Legacy ( Memento of May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 18, 2006.
  2. ↑ Screenshot of SgtRumpel's message about his birthday on September 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b Four years of Twitch - a review , on SgtRumpel.de, from August 30, 2018, accessed on September 3, 2018.
  4. ↑ Manuel Schmitt on Xing
  5. ↑ a b First Steps : Manuel Schmitt , accessed on July 23, 2008.
  6. ↑ ARD : In der Ferne Write , accessed on January 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ kino.de : Code 21 , accessed on January 26, 2010.
  8. ↑ filmportal.de : And when we are in heaven
  9. ↑ filmportal.de : Agridulce
  10. ^ Filmportal.de : The government measure
  11. ↑ Info ( Memento from December 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), framwfloor.de.
  12. ↑ About Metaldemos.com.
  13. ↑ Schmitt's profile on ( memento from November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) circlecount.com.
  14. ↑ Tower of Babel , nitrado.net.
  15. ↑ ampya.com: Report on the publication of Elektrotitte ( Memento from September 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (German, accessed on September 16, 2013)
  16. ↑ ProSieben .de Episode 110 - Season 6: How do you make money with YouTube? , accessed April 24, 2014.
  17. ↑ Amazon .de: Ode an Dich - Circle of Bequemlichkeit , accessed on December 31, 2014.
  18. ↑ YouTube : looterkings - alpha Gameplay Footage # 01 , accessed on August 8, 2015.
  19. ↑ Looterkings
  20. ↑ Looterkings - Officially published on Steam Early Access - News on PlayNation.de. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
  21. ↑ ANJA AND BABDANI - A FEADEROMAN ( Memento from January 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  22. ↑ MyVideo : Let's Play Together - Live game show by Gronkh and Sarazar . Announcement on MyVideo. Retrieved August 31, 2012
  23. ↑ How did you come up with the name SgtRumpel? ( Memento from January 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), homepage of SgtRumpel.
  24. ↑ Let's Play Together starts again , Broadmark.de, accessed on March 14, 2015.
  25. ↑ Let's Play Together Livestream: It starts again: But with a new cast , playnation.de, accessed on March 13, 2015.
  26. ↑ YouTube : Let's Play Together: ORCS MUST DIE 2 # 001 - Blunderbuss and G- Spot, SgtRumpel's first Let's Play video on his channel.
  27. ↑ YouTube : Totally solemn and moving speech without angry wig: D , SgtRumpels Special for the 100,000th subscriber.
  28. ↑ MyVideo : Last Man Standing - 8 hours event livestream ( Memento from September 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  29. ^ Taff : Taff report from March 4, 2013. ( Memento from July 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on March 9, 2013.
  30. ↑ a b Changes at SgtRumpel , broadmark.de, April 22, 2015.
  31. ↑ YouTube : Unnawegs # 01 - SgtRumpel on tour , accessed on August 24, 2015.
  32. ↑ Last Man Standing Generations: Live show at gamescom 2015 , games magazine from July 29, 2015, accessed on March 22, 2020.
  33. ↑ Last Man Standing 3: LMS 3 at gamescom 2015 - Official announcement , Playnation.de, accessed on July 9, 2015.
  34. ↑ YouTube : Feierabend # 01 - next exit VLog - ReUp , from October 16, 2016, accessed on December 14, 2016.
  35. ↑ hitparade.ch: Chart placements from "Elektrotitte" (German, accessed on September 16, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Schmitt, Manuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES SgtRumpel (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director, screenwriter, programmer, game developer, blogger, composer and former author of videos about computer games
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Germany