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Drift0r

Name Brad Overby
Age 33
Birthday 22nd September
Nationality US
Hometown Austin, TX
Streams Apex Legends, Fortnite, Variety
Team A*Star Collective
Former Teams Team EnVy

Other Interests

Watching anime, watching trashy 80s movies and reading comics.

Family

He and his wife have two Shiba Inus named Ozy and Bumi. He also has a brother and a nephew.

Name Origins

During his time playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear, he played a game with someone whose name comprised of ‘Drifter’ sandwiched between a bunch of Xs. He thought that ‘Drifter’ sounded cool, so he tweaked it a bit so it would be accepted on Xbox Live, and he has been using it ever since.

Gaming Origins

Drift0r grew up playing video games. He started out on the Nintendo Entertainment System and moved on to PC gaming in the late 90s. This was followed by Xbox Live. When he was older, he got into fps games such as Quake and Titanfall, as well as other first-person games. His favorite first person role-playing game remains Silent Hill 2.

After high school, he went on to complete degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration at Mississippi State University. From when he was 18, he had a job doing roof repairs that sort-of kept him afloat. Upon completing his degrees, he decided to pursue a fulltime career in content creation.

He opted for this because at the time his channel was already bringing in the equivalent of a starting salary, so he wanted to grind to see what he could make of it before venturing into a career that would be less enjoyable for him.

He first met his wife in first grade and then again in high school, but they only really became close in college. They got married on October 15, 2011.

Professional Gaming

He decided to start uploading videos to YouTube in late December 2007, because he enjoyed telling stories and wanted to share them with others. In 2010, he was able to begin monetizing his Halo 3 videos when he joined Machinima. Later that year, he also started working for them as a MachinimaRespawn director.He then started streaming on justin.tv in May 2011.

One of his most memorable experiences was when his mom got off of her psychotropic medication in May 2012 and got lost in Dallas when he wasn’t in the city. Fortunately, one of his subscribers managed to track her down and get her someplace safe.

In June 2013, he joined Team EnVyUs as a part owner, but not as part of their main team. It was around that time that he was really able to start making a living off of his content. He later gave up ownership of EnVy in 2016 and remained on the team until 2019. Drift0r was banned from Twitch in 2018, so he attempted streaming on YouTube Gaming for a bit before moving to MiXer.  After MiXer disbanded, he was able to return in Twitch in mid-2020 and has been streaming consistently ever since.

He tries to keep his language clean.

Quotes

  • Always talk to your chat or about something. Ignoring them is a quick way to lose interest.

  • Doing it solely for money does not often work out. It is something that you just need to enjoy for your audience to enjoy. My best advice would be to make the best videos you can, have fun, and realize that it takes a long time to make significant money.

Sources

IamA Professional YouTuber & gamer, known as Drift0r, here to answer your questions link
This Week’s Exclusive Interview with Brad Overbey aka Drift0r link
I am.banned from Twitch link
Drift0r’s age link
Drift0r’s birthday link
Drift0r Joins Team EnVyUs (nV) link
I'm getting married in 3 days! link
Q&A Answers Part 1 link
Why I Quit Streaming On YouTube Gaming link
Negative. Had good times at Envy but I am no longer on the team link
Drift0r’s Twitch commands link
TwitchTracker’s Drift0r profile link
Live Streaming Now link
Social Media Saved My Mom! link

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