ki11ersix
Family
He and his wife have been married since mid-2001 and they have a son and two cats, Precious and Biscuit.
Name Origins
He got his name from the title of a song by Ova Looven, which is called ‘Killer Six.’ He chose it when he was creating his Xbox 360 account.
'DeadlyFred' came from a Japanese wrestling show that he used to watch, and '11' is his lucky number.
Gaming Origins
Ki11lerSix used to draw comics for fun when he was in high school and has been playing video games since the Nintendo Entertainment System days.
He started playing Borderlands 2 soon after it released after watching an advertisement for it, even though his friend had been bugging him to try Borderlands 1 for a long time before that. He fell in love with it and has been maining the franchise ever since.
His wife and son are also gamers, so they’re both supportive of his career choice. Prior to streaming fulltime, he worked as a Comic Book Letterer. He also worked as an editor, graphic designer and character designer in the past.
Professional Gaming
He occasionally used to watch YouTube instructional videos for fun. He once watched a very unhelpful Borderlands 2 video, where the YouTuber was trying to teach viewers how to use the elevator glitch to return to the treasure room. However, many of the viewers commented that they didn’t understand what he was trying to tell them. Therefore, when he figured out how to pull it off, he decided to create his own instruction video about it. He received positive feedback from it, with a few people commenting that they enjoyed his voice, so he decided to continue uploading content to his channel.
He tried streaming on Twitch for a couple of years, but gave up in 2016, because he felt that there wasn’t a real way to monetize his content at the time. However, he returned to Twitch after they launched their affiliate program in 2017.
Income
Ki11lerSix is estimated to have ~1,800 subscribers and attracts over 500 viewers per stream. This means he should receive a minimum of $4,500 USD per month. This is excluding additional income from tiered subscriptions, donations, Twitch cheer bit contributions, sponsorships, merchandise sales and advertisements.
Streaming Hours
While he doesn’t have a set schedule, he tends to stream almost daily for between 4- 6 hours per session.
Interesting Facts
His favorite game of all time is Phantasy Star Online, which was released in 2000 for Dreamcast and was the first online game that he ever played.
Quotes
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We are all bad at YouTube when we first start out… The truth is, it just takes time.