Adam Wolke aka SkylineTV: The German livestreamer is dead

Twitch Star Adam Wolke: A Pioneer of Everywhere Streaming

One of the most important German livestreamers is dead. As the content creator Jens »Knossi« Knossalla and Verena Ullrich announced with a joint post on Tuesday afternoon, Adam Wolke aka SkylineTV had suffered a severe brain hemorrhage as a result of a ruptured brain aneurysm.

“We were at his side until the last and accompanied him on his last way,” write Knossi and Ullrich, without giving an exact date of death. We are deeply shocked and still can hardly put into words what happened.

At the request of SPIEGEL, the management of Adam Wolke confirmed his death “with great sadness”. At Cloud's age, the management made no indication. According to information from the »Bild« newspaper, the streamer turned 38 years old, on other websites it is mentioned 36 years.

Adam Wolke has strongly shaped the German streaming scene for many years. He is mainly known for so-called in-real-life streams, IRL streams for short. This means live broadcasts in which streamers not only sit in their studio, but also wander around in front of a running camera and explore places or events together with their community. Viewers can influence what is happening in front of the camera via chat, for example with comments and suggestions.

Wolke was considered a pioneer of this type of live entertainment. In principle, he was already an IRL icon before this video category on Twitch and Co. had its big breakthrough.

For his fans, Wolke streamed from festivals, gaming fairs and travel, but also from theme parks. And again and again he cooperated with some of the big names of the German scene, from Knossi to Trymacs to MontanaBlack. Wolke was appreciated for his qualities as a live entertainer and presenter, but also for his technical know-how in implementing streams in places with difficult technical conditions.

How connected and popular Cloud was in Creator circles, shows the great participation in his death. On Instagram on Wednesday, dozens of Internet stars expressed their condolences, including Rewi, Flying Uwe, Tomatolix, Aaron Troschke and Katja Krasavice. The post by Knossi and Verena Ullrich has already collected over 300,000 likes within five hours. “We will never forget you, you are irreplaceable!” 🤍🕊️, wrote Knossi himself to the news of the death.

On Wednesday evening, the chat on the website skylinetv.live developed into a kind of condolence book: Several fans of Cloud expressed their grief there. On the front page of the page, the word “Live”, which appears in a logo, replaced “i” with an animated candle.

In the center of the page it says: »Sightseeing LIVE«. Always somewhere else, always confusing. I am Adam Wolke and I stream LIVE on the go. Places, people, experiences: everything in common with you