CobaltStreak

He and his wife have a son. His parents have always been supportive of his stream.

When he was a child, he was trying to think of a username that he could use without needing to add numbers to it. At the time he was playing Lufia II, which featured ‘Kobolds.’ He was inspired to incorporate that into his username, as calling himself a ‘Blue Streak’ sounded cool to him. And so his username came to be.

When he was growing up, he and his friends would often have sleepovers to play the newest games that were released.

Prior to streaming, CobaltStreak worked part-time as a waiter while studying IT at college. One day, he and his friends discovered Twitch while they were looking for League of Legends tip videos. One of these friends watched someone playing Binding of Isaac and recommended that they play it. He found it really fun.

In August 2012, CobaltStreak set up his stream channel in order to show his friend how to pass the different puzzles and his loot in Binding of Isaac, as he found the videos on Skype to be too low quality. However, other people also started viewing his streams. He discovered that he really enjoyed streaming, largely due to the community aspect of discussing video games with others while he was playing them.

After a few months, he had around 100 regular viewers and one of them bought him a new computer so that he could improve his streams. It took him somewhere between 3 - 5 months to reach 300 – 400 viewers. He streamed every day and he didn’t take much time off for the first three years of streaming. He also won a few tournaments that also boosted his follower count.

Therefore, once he had completed his certifications, he decided to attempt streaming before looking for a fulltime job. He felt that this was a worthwhile risk, as he had his certifications to fall back on in case streaming didn’t work out for him. He continued working as a waiter until he was earning enough to completely quit his job.

He eventually met Richard_Hammer when he heard that Richard was hosting a Binding of Isaac racing tournament and asked if he could participate. After the tournament, CobaltStreak reached out to him about possibly co-hosting Binding of Isaac speed racing tournaments in the future. Richard_Hammer liked the idea, which marked the beginning of their friendship and collaborations.

CobaltStreak is guestimated to have around 3,400 subscribers. This would earn him minimally $8,500 USD per month, excluding additional revenue generated from tips, cheer bits, sponsorships and tournaments.

Sunday – Saturday: 17:00 – 23:00 UTC. He occasionally takes a day off.