Gronkh

Gronkh (real name Erik Range; born April 10, 1977 in Braunschweig ) is a German host and producer of web videos, especially Let's Plays. Range published his videos, especially on YouTube and markets them through the co-founded by him and operated company Play Massive GmbH. Gronkh among the most popular representatives of the Let's -play genre in German-speaking countries.

Life

First notoriety in the games environment gained Erik Range as a guide for Bard Characters of the online role playing game meridian 59 where he first appeared under his nickname Gronkh used today. Range itself explains the origin of his nickname, often jokingly referred to as portmanteau of the name Gregor Onkh. Since 9 June 2010, he is managing partner of he co-founded Play Massive GmbH, which maintains websites about computer games. Shareholder and manager of the company is also in Cologne since 2009 Valentin Rumia. Rumia occurs under the pseudonym Sarazar also common to with range.

Since 2010 Range published under the nickname Gronkh regularly called Let's - Play Videos ( English for " Let's play " ) to changing computer games in which he episode as his progress in the game mitschneidet and commented. On 1 April 2010 he published the first time an initially dubbed test recording for online game Allods online on his YouTube channel. Since then, he became the German-speaking one of the most popular providers of these formats. In addition, counts his YouTube channel with over 2.7 million subscribers and over 950 million video views one of the most successful German channels of the portal. Originally a hobby fueled scene, he is one of the first German commercial preparers and providers of such videos. His work is supported by games manufacturers who hope to one promotional effect for their products through collaborations. So reported the game developers Daedalic of an increase in sales of Edna breaks out after the game range presented on his channel.

Since early 2012, Gronkh is registered as a word mark of Play Massive GmbH in the German Patent and Trademark Office.

Range is currently living in Cologne.

Website

Range operates the website Gronkh.de as part of the Play Massive network. Here both his YouTube videos as well as the also marketed by Play Massive other Let's players are involved. In addition to the presentation on YouTube the affiliations included on Gronkh.de a longer description of each video and offer the possibility of additional information such as mods for the game, release dates and other information for the particular title better show. Gronkh.de is funded entirely by advertising.

Together with Rumia he operates a so-called real-life YouTube channel called The Superhomies. There mainly undertaken trips of Range and Rumia are documented by videos and comments. A particular issue here is the Let's Eat where the two operators of the channel sampling exotic dishes from the countries visited on camera. Beginning of March 2014 saw the channel over 300,000 subscribers.

Gronkhs langläufigstes format to be is - currently paused - Let's Play the game Minecraft, with which he began on October 19, 2010. To this day, he published on this day usually 10 to 20 -minute episodes, reaching more than 150,000 spectators. So far so originated from Let's Play Minecraft over 1200 episodes. Since May 18, 2012 Every Friday appears on the online video portal MyVideo usually a live stream in which Gronkh together with Sarazar alluding new games or performs actions with the online community. The live stream regularly reaches over 150,000 viewers. On March 1, 2013 Range met with other representatives of the Let's -play genres organized by MyVideo Live Stream Last Man Standing on, in which he played various computer games with his team against PietSmiet 's Hard reset for 8 hours. The live stream had more than 1 million viewers. Was moderated this mission by Nela Lee. Since mid-April, in addition to the live stream on MyVideo a 24 -hour stream of the consequences of Let's Plays by Range and other video commentators GronkhDE. On November 30, he entered the continuation of Last Man Standing, the Last Man Standing 2, again with the team Let's Play Together against the team of PietSmiet 's Hard reset.

On September 6, 2013, published together with Sarazar a song called " Elektrotitte (5000 volts) ." The song debuted at # 17 in the German single charts.

In January 2014 Gronkh and Sarazar left the IDG Germany Network and entered the ProSiebenSat.1 group belonging to the network Studio 71

Guest appearances & Awards

Range held several times held a spokesman role in videos of internet comedians Y- titty. Y- Titty turned under the name Skyrim Real Life Videos in the style of role playing Skyrim, commented on the Range in a Let's Plays style and the appearance aroused when he would control like in a game, the costumed in the style of the game Comedians of Y - Titty. This collaboration was previously ever held under the name GTA Real Life. March 31, 2012 Range has been honored with the Webvideopreises 2012 in the public sector and EPIC Let's Play ( Web Video of the Year) for this purpose. In addition, he was honored along with Rahmschnitzel for the music clip coal Metal Minecraft with the jury prize in the category Let's Play.

In adventure games chaos on Deponia, The Night of the Rabbit and Goodbye Deponia of Daedalic Range received a synchronization role for the character Goon, the Range looks extremely similar.