Gideon used to work 50 hours a week and then stream another 30 hours—not for fun, but because he had no other choice. In this episode, he tells how a hobby became a financial necessity, how he and his co-founder Benni founded the company BNX "because we had to," and why he still says that, purely financially speaking, he would have been wiser to simply stay in his old job.

Jannik, aka Gideon, has been involved in the PUBG scene since 2017—as a competitive player (2017–2019), as co-founder of BNX, the organization behind PUBG esports in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland), and as a streamer with over 8,000 hours on Twitch, around 7,000 of which were in PUBG. He studied business psychology and then consulted for luxury car manufacturers. He opens up about depression and therapy, the pressure to perform that still haunts him, and what he truly wants from life.

Jannik, aka Gideon, has been involved in the PUBG scene since 2017—as a competitive player (2017–2019), as co-founder of BNX, the organization behind PUBG esports in the DACH region, and as a streamer with over 8,000 hours on Twitch, around 7,000 of which were in PUBG. He studied business psychology and then consulted for luxury car manufacturers. He speaks candidly about depression and therapy, about the pressure to perform that still accompanies him today, and about what he really wants from life.

In this episode:

Why streaming became a financial necessity between 2020 and 2023
How a business psychologist works (why every supermarket is a left turn)

His open conversation about depression, therapy, and performance pressure
Why follower counts on Twitch are one of the most meaningless metrics for advertisers
What the TPP change at PUBG did to the DACH esports scene
Future plans: children, the "German Dream," and maybe less gaming

Timestamps:

00:00 Getting here: "at most one" speeding ticket — and a hinted leak

01:44 The basics: since 2017, 11,000 followers, 8,000 streaming hours (7,000 in PUBG)
05:10 From fun to financial necessity (2020–2023, hardly any salary from the company)
07:00 BNX, co-founder Benni, and the Competitive PUBG time
07:54 Business psychology & luxury car consulting: "one of the most normal German jobs"
09:59 What a business psychologist really does — supermarkets, smells, purchasing decisions
12:50 Gaming childhood: everything forbidden for a long time, secretly playing Half-Life at 10
16:11 Therapy, depression, and the desire for something new
19:12 "We founded this company because we had to"
20:22 Risk analysis: why every year remains a struggle
22:11 The last guest's question: mental health as a streamer
22:30 Performance pressure, self-esteem — and the two hacks: exercise & sleep
25:30 Who suggested Gideon (Noob Amings) — and why followers mean nothing
27:30 The "sweet spot": political content, bubbles, and "post and ghost"
31:54 Why following on Twitch is one of the most meaningless metrics
43:53 The TPP change: "a half-atomic bomb for the rooftop scene"
47:45 "We couldn't care less about your feedback" — why no one gives PUBG feedback anymore
54:59 Future: away from gaming content? "You'll never completely take the gamer out of me"

55:50 Children, "German Dream," and the adult decision
01:00:23 Gideon's question to the next guest

Find Gideon here:

Twitch: Twitch: Gideon

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Twitch: Twitch: Torb3n_OTR

YouTube: @kleinaberotr

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