KingRichard
Family
He has a son.
Name Origins
Most likely a play on his own name and Richard the Lionheart or similar.
Gaming Origins
KingRichard grew up playing video games. While he was growing up, he and his siblings would foten get left with his grandmother, sometimes even for a few weeks at a time if his parents had to work, and while he was there, he would play video games wth his gandmother on her Sega Genesis. He grew up in a dangerous neighborhood and feels that video games helped to keep him out of trouble.
Professional Gaming
KingRichard began playing The Elder Scroll Online (ESO) sessions on YouTube in July 2014, and that he began streaming ESO on Twitch in December 2014. He only started streaming regularly on Twitch around a year later. As with most streamers, it seems that his popularity only really took off with his involvement in and mastery of Fortnite, as can be seen from his increased stream viewership on his Twitch profile from that time onwards.
He briefly joined Team Envy in May 2018 as their Fortnite team captain, but has been part of NRG Esports since October 2018. In September 2020, he signed a contract to stream exclusively for Facebook Gaming.
Relationships
He has a Malamute named Cloud.
Income
KingRichard is estimated to have ~10,000 subscribers, with an average of 5,480 viewers per stream. This should earn him at least $35,000 USD per month, excluding additional income from tiered subscription fees, tips, sponsorships, Twitch cheer bit donations and advertisements.
Streaming Hours
These are all approximations. Nelson is known to randomly stream at almost any hour:
- Sundays, Tuesdays - Thursdays: 08:00 – 16:00 SAST
- Mondays & Fridays: Varies
Accomplishments
- World record of 19 kills without damage in Fortnite on April 9, 2018.
- Won Week 6, Day 2 of the 2018 Summer Skirmish Series.
Quotes
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I always make time to remap my weapon slot and keybindings, because they're integral to my success.