DeadlySlob
Name Origins
He and his brother used to play Battlefield 2 together. His brother chose the name ‘DeadlyNedly,’ based on his own name. DeadlySlob wanted to match his brother, so he also used ‘Deadly’ tacking his own initials on to the end.
Gaming Origins
DeadlySlob grew up playing video games with his brothers. He prefers FPS, MMORPGs and survival games to other categories.
Professional Gaming
DeadlySlob started creating video content in 2006, but his YouTube and Twitch channels only started growing in 2015/2016. He was inspired to do so when he found World of Warcraft videos on YouTube. He immediately downloaded Fraps and began creating videos on Window’s Movie Maker beta. He uploaded any WoW content that he conceived of. However, at the time, people couldn’t monetize their content, so it was entirely as a hobby. He only did so because he enjoyed it and because he wanted to help others to grind, progress and level up in World of Warcraft. Over the years, he slowly gained views and followers on YouTube. Until 2012, he only had enough time to upload one or two videos a month.
In 2010, he became involved with TGN’s Wow channel. He and a few other gamers created joint content on a the TGN YouTube channel. One of the content creators, Tally, joined Justin.tv and encouraged the others to do the same in order to promote their YouTube channel. A few months later, justin.tv closed and they were all transferred to Twitch. He became a Twitch partner early on but was only able to monetize his channel from advertising revenue.
But his main job became working for TGN and promoting and assisting other content creators, so his own channels wound up taking a back seat. He continued to create content, but very irregularly.
In June 2014, he decided to stream DayZ Standalone for three hours every morning before going to his real-world job. By then, there was a sub button, and there was therefore potential for him to monetize his content. However, he was only able to acquire his sub-button in September.
In June 2015, he left his job because they were relocating. However, he was located in a very small town at that time and there weren’t many job opportunities. He therefore decided to risk streaming fulltime for a few months in the hopes of at least making minimum wage to get by on. The next year was incredibly stressful for him, as his channel was very slow for him and he was often relying on his savings.
Every month he was slowly losing less money until he decided to focus on daily YouTube videos in addition to his daily Twitch streams in July 2016. At the end of each video he was careful to mention his Twitch stream and times. That marked the turning point of his career. By September 2016, he finally made minimum wage. In July 2017, he switched from maining DayZ to splitting his time between it and Escape from Tarkov. He later transitioned to Escape from Tarkov as his main. In October, Twitch Prime was initiated and he started to grow even more. For more information, see his full video here.
Relationships
He and his fiancé have been dating for years.
Income
DeadlySlob is estimated to have over 3,600 subscribers. This would minimally net him a monthly income of $9,000 USD per month, excluding additional income from tips, Twitch cheer bit contributions, advertising, sponsorships and merchandise sales.
Streaming Hours
- Monday - Saturday: 12:30 UTC
- Sunday: 16:30 UTC
His streams usually run for between 4 – 5 hours.
Quotes
Consistency on time sensitive content is the most effective way from my prospect to grow a channel. Make your videos like you already have an audience, people will find you if its good!
Learn as much as you can about how to set up OBS and how to do the basics of broadcasting, getting the stream live, making sure that you’re streaming at the highest quality that you possibly can, setting up your microphone correctly, getting a noise gate, and once you get the basics, and you can actually run the broadcast and actually start streaming and communicating with the chat.
Gaming Setup
Streaming Setup
