IamTrevorMay
Name Origins
He decided to go with his real name for branding purposes so that he could use it across all of his endeavors.
Gaming Origins
IamTrevorMay grew up playing video games with his best friend who lived two doors down from him. His friend’s dad was into building computers, so they had access to fiber internet long before many others, as well as a PS2 on which to play on as much as they liked. Some of the games that they played when they were younger included Age of Empires, all three Warcraft games. They then mainly played World of Warcraft and League of Legends when they were older.
He debuted as a rookie in the Major League Baseball circuit in 2008 as part of the Philadelphia Phillies. He was then traded to the Minnesota Twins in December 2012, where has remained aside from a hiatus in 2017 during which time he was recovering from an injury to his right elbow.
During that time, he decided to get back into video games, had he had set himself a rule against playing video games except during off-seasons so that it wouldn’t interfere with his baseball schedule.
Prior to streaming fulltime, he worked as a DJ and then as a pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, whom he still represents.
Professional Gaming
He injured himself in March 2017 and had to undergo Tommy John surgery on his elbow. He was then forced to take a two-month break and so decided to play Overwatch as it had just come out. He then discovered TimTheTatman and other streamers and decided to try streaming out himself. His channel took off pretty quickly, likely due to his fame as a baseball player. He returned to his baseball team for the next season and he now streams fulltime during his baseball off-seasons. He moved on to other games over the years, including PUBG and LOL
As with many streamers, his channel really took off with the release of Fortnite.
Income
According to his Twitch overly, IamTrevorMay has around 980 subscribers. This means that he is receiving a base monthly income of at least $2,450 USD from his low-tier subscribers alone. This excludes any additional revenue that is generated from sponsorships, merchandise sales, donations, Twitch cheer bit contributions and advertisements.
Streaming Hours
He doesn’t have a set schedule.
Quotes
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How I built my community really, was just being really active in the communities… that I like being part of. [Like] Lances chat, [and then] later Lupo… and a lot of [my community] met me through that.