Friendly Fire | |
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Friendly Fire | |
Genre | Gaming live stream |
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Country of origin | Germany |
Original language | German |
No. of episodes | 10 (+1 Special) |
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Executive producer | Lena Laaser |
Running time | 720 Minutes |
Original release | |
Release | December 12, 2015 |
Friendly Fire is a charity event by German YouTubers and streamers on the live streaming service Twitch. It takes place once a year since 2015 on the first Saturday in December. There was one special on April 12, 2020, collecting money for victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] The most recent stream was on December 4, 2021. Each stream is around 12h long and consists of a series of games and challenges. Friendly Fire collected a total of over 6.5 Million € (7 Million US$) in donation money from viewers and sponsors. The money gets split equally between each years charities.
Friendly Fire 9 will be on December 2, 2023, at 3pm CET. [2]
The event won several awards, including the German computer games award in 2018. [3]
Event | Year | Total Donations | Donations by Viewers |
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Friendly Fire | 2015 | 170,000€ | 170,000€ |
Friendly Fire 2 | 2016 | 300,000€ [4] | 200,000€ |
Friendly Fire 3 | 2017 | 640,000€ [5] | 470,000€ |
Friendly Fire 4 | 2018 | 888,000€ [6] | 620,000€ |
Friendly Fire 5 | 2019 | 1,190,000€ [7] | 730,000€ |
Friendly Distancing | 2020 (April) | >162,000€ [8] | >147,000€ |
Friendly Fire 6 | 2020 (December) | 1,654,548€ [9] | 1,052,548€ [10] |
Friendly Fire 7 | 2021 | 1,984,400€ | >1,281,000€ |
Friendly Fire 8 | 2022 | 1,783,208€ | >1,000,000€ |
Friendly Fire 9 | 2023 | 1,428,733€ | >1,038,000€ |
Friendly Fire 10 | 2024 | >2,000,000€ | >1,221,000€ |
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