Cheesewiz
Other Interests
Family
He has a sister and a brother.
Name Origins
He found the word ‘Cheese-Whiz’ to be very funny when he was around six years old. As a teenager, he started using it for graffiti and logos. This naturally progressed towards his adopting it as his online gamertag when he got a PlayStation 3.
Gaming Origins
Cheesewhiz was introduced to video games by his father who started playing together with him when he was ~three years old. He and his siblings grew up playing his dad’s video games such as the Star Wars franchise, Pajama Sam and other story-based games on the PC. Their first console was the Nintendo 64, followed by the Gameboy Advanced. As for fps games, while his father wouldn’t actually allow them to play fps games when they were younger, he would let them watch him playing Doom and similar games for a few minutes at a time.
He started watching streams on Justin.tv when he was in high school after discovering it through StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty YouTubers. He then went on to watch Call of Duty and similar streams.
During high school and university, he played in a couple of bands.
Professional Gaming
When he was in college, he had a lot of free time and was very bored, so he spent a lot of that time playing video games. As he had been involved with the streaming community for so long, he had toyed with the idea of launching his own channel for a while, and this free time seemed like a great time to try it out properly. So, he returned to his channel that he had only briefly streamed on before. Scooby was introduced to his stream as a Halloween prop in 2015 and instantly became a main feature on the stream.
He started streaming in early May 2015 and had zero real viewers for the first couple of months of his streaming. He really enjoyed it, especially when he started attracting real viewers to interact with. He was partnered with Twitch on February 21, 2017. To commemorate the event, he decided to donate all proceeds from all subscriptions during the first month towards a charity, as well matching $2 CAD of his own money per subscription. By the end of the first month, he was able to contribute $40,000 USD towards the DIFD project for Mental Health.
He tries to keep his stream clean and upbeat.
Relationships
He has a girlfriend.
Income
Cheesewiz has ~1,400 subscribers, with an average viewer base of ~70. This should generate him at least $3,500 USD per month, excluding additional income from tiered subscriptions, tips, sponsorships, Twitch cheer bit donations, and advertisements.
Streaming Hours
While he doesn’t have a set schedule, he does tend to stream almost daily for between 5.5 – 9 hours per session.
Quotes
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If you’re starting out streaming, tell your friends to leave on their computer, because there’s a huge difference between a zero and a three when people are browsing through the directory.
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Don’t start streaming to make it, start streaming to have a good time. Actually see if you enjoy what you’re doing in the first place. I’ve unfortunately seen so many people started streaming and they buy like $3,000 worth of equipment and they’re like, ‘ok, I’m going to quit my job in a few months. I’m going to go into streaming and give it a full go… But, that’s really not a good way to approach Twitch in general. It is definitely something that you make your hobby, and if it becomes something more than that, then great.
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