Friendly Fire is a charity event by German YouTubers and streamers on the
live streaming service
Twitch
Twitch may refer to:
Biology
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** Convulsion, rapid and repeated muscle contraction and relaxation
** Fasciculation, a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction
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. 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
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. 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.
[Producer ''Mikkel Robrahn'' at the end of Friendly Fire 6]
The event won several awards, including the
German computer games award in 2018.
Donations
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Charity events
Twitch (service)
Internet broadcasting
Annual events
Livestreams