Majinphil
Other Interests
Name Origins
He was a fan of the Dragon Ball Z fracnchise when he was growing up and named himself after the villain, Majin Buu.
Gaming Origins
MajinPhil was introduced to video games by his mom, who used to play games on ColecoVision and Atari consoles.
As a teenager, MajinPhil discovered speed running and loved it, because he felt that it gave games extra replayability once they had already been defeated. He had a reputation for being highly skilled at video games, and his peers would often come over to his house to watch him play though them.
After completing his degree in Accountancy, MajinPhil worked as a life insurance salesman and then as a bookkeeper. He hated his job and started watching speedruns for fun during his long commutes. This was also how he discovered Twitch.
He found the concept of livestreaming intriguing, so one day he decided to set up his own channel to stream a speedrun of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. This especially appealed to him, as he had experience in people watching him play live already. People started watching his channel and MajinPhil realized that he found streaming and chat interactions to be a lot of fun.
Professional Gaming
He had a lot of money saved up at the time, especially as he was still living with his dad at the time. He therefore decided to take a huge risk to try out streaming as a career. For a long time, he didn’t really have much time to hang out with his friends. His family became very concerned, as he spent a great deal of time in his room without interacting with people and they thought that he might be depressed or had gone crazy. He even lost a few of his friends due to the tension that it caused. His family eventually came around to the idea after they saw his success. His mom occasional appears in his streams.
MajinPhil’s channel grew so quickly that he was partnered with Twitch after six months of streaming. His language is not appropriate for children.
Relationships
He married his wife on April 11, 2019. They have a ginger cat.
Income
MajinPhil has ~2,020 subscribers, which should net him at least $,5,050 USD per month, excluding additional revenue from tiered subscriptions, sponsorships, his team salary, tips, Twitch cheer bit contributions and merchandise sales.
Streaming Hours
- Monday – Wednesday: 01:00/03:00 UTC for up to 8 hours.
- Thursday & Sunday: No stream
- Friday: 01:00/03:00 UTC for up to 8 hours.
Quotes
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Streaming is not a very safe thing to do full time, because what happens if it crashes? You know, have a contingency plan. Have a backup. Go to school, get a degree… Get really good connections to get a job somewhere in case it backfires… It’s a dedicated hobby. You have to dedicate yourself to it and then it changes. But the point is not to stream if you don’t love it; the money comes along with it if you put enough work into it.
