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Social Media Influencer and Stick Run Creator Dead at 30 After Setting Himself on Fire During Twitch Livestream
The Gateway Pundit ^ | October 21, 2026 | Cassandra MacDonald

Posted on 10/22/2026 5:43:13 AM PDT by Red Badger

It appeared that he was wearing women's clothing during the stream.

Otto was found dead in an attic in Breitbrunn am Chiemsee after the house also caught on fire.

A neighbor noticed the blaze and tried to put it out before emergency services arrived, but Otto had already died.

Stick Run’s official account initially stated it was aware of a Twitch livestream involving its creator and owner, Manuel Otto, “in which he appeared to have taken his own life.”

The account said Twitch had removed the stream and video, asked the community not to spread unverified information, and invited anyone with details to contact the team or local police.

Stick Run is aware of a livestream on Twitch involving its creator and owner, Manuel Otto, in which he appeared to have taken his own life. We understand that Twitch has since removed the livestream and associated video.

We are deeply concerned by this situation and ask that everyone respect the privacy of those involved during this difficult time. We encourage the community to refrain from spreading unverified information or speculation.

If you have any information that may help clarify the circumstances surrounding this incident, please reach out to us or contact your local law enforcement agency.

— Stick Run (@StickRunGame) October 20, 2026

A follow-up statement confirmed the death of “our creator, developer, and fellow Stick Runner, Marc-Manuel Alexander Otto.”


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: facebook; lawenforcement; manuelotto; mentalhealth; stickrun
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1 posted on 10/22/2026 5:43:13 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

out of the gene pool, and into the fire...


2 posted on 10/22/2026 5:44:54 AM PDT by madrastex
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To: Red Badger

Please click below and like me!!!


3 posted on 10/22/2026 5:45:59 AM PDT by albie
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To: Red Badger

An influencer?


4 posted on 10/22/2026 5:46:38 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Red Badger

He influenced me to snicker a little


5 posted on 10/22/2026 5:51:07 AM PDT by DainBramage
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To: Red Badger

Mentally ill man commits suicide. Condolences to family.


6 posted on 10/22/2026 5:51:20 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Red Badger

I have never heard of Stick Run.

Apparently this man was a game developer.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/21/marc-manuel-alexander-otto-developer-stick-run-video-game-kills/


7 posted on 10/22/2026 5:54:39 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

European..............


8 posted on 10/22/2026 5:58:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger
If you have any information that may help clarify the circumstances surrounding this incident, please reach out to us or contact your local law enforcement agency.

Uh, he set himself on fire on a livestream and died. What else do they need to know?

9 posted on 10/22/2026 5:58:08 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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One less idiot... thousands to go.


10 posted on 10/22/2026 6:09:10 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Red Badger

He took his own life, that’l show us. He taught us a thing or two...


11 posted on 10/22/2026 6:11:16 AM PDT by exnavy (See article IV section 4 of our constitution.)
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To: Red Badger

It’s hard to imagine a more painful way to go. A worker at one of my employers announced if his plan to murder his ex girlfriend’s father didn’t work he’d pour gasoline over himself and set it on fire. He said he thought that would be “a good way to go.”. The old man fought him off. The man then bought a gallon of gas and went door to door asking formatches. He took three days to die.


12 posted on 10/22/2026 6:15:41 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Oh, gosh! I said that out loud. I'm so sorry.)
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To: Red Badger

The Wikipedia page is in German, I think.


13 posted on 10/22/2026 6:16:26 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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The man then bought a gallon of gas and went door to door asking formatches. He took three days to die.

I guess it doesn't pay to be cheap.

One gallon! Really?!

14 posted on 10/22/2026 6:18:45 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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Yes, he was German................


15 posted on 10/22/2026 6:20:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Was he playing VH’s On Fire during the show?


16 posted on 10/22/2026 6:21:32 AM PDT by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
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To: Gen.Blather

A couple other thoughts

He probably died High pumped full of opiates.

His Death prepared him for his after life with the exception of the smell of brimstone.


17 posted on 10/22/2026 6:21:32 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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Manuel Otto. New type of German car?


18 posted on 10/22/2026 6:25:29 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Pontiac

Published it as a 14-year-old in 2010, at that.

Given that that was the most notable thing that could be published about him, I wonder what happened in the remaining 16 years.


19 posted on 10/22/2026 6:40:35 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: Libloather

TRANNY................


20 posted on 10/22/2026 6:44:27 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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