ShadyBunny
Family
He has a younger brother, a younger sister and a cat.
Name Origins
He chose it randomly when he started playing World of Warcraft.
Gaming Origins
ShadyBunny was around seven years old when he was introduced to video games by another child who let him play on the Gameboy. He loved it and saved up his birthday money so that he could buy himself one. His brother decided to buy one for himself as well, and the two of them spent a great deal of time playing Pokémon together. However, the game was only available in English, so the two of them were forced to start learning English in order to understand it.
Their father bought them a Nintendo 64 a couple of years later along with Mario, Mario Kart and Donkey Kong games, which they would spend hours playing along with their cousins while they were growing up. Outside of gaming, he also played some sports, as he enjoyed being active and playing video games with his friends.
When he was around ten years old, he also got into Pokémon trading cards. However, he was only able to build up his collection by selling cards on behalf of other kids and earning commission off of the cards. His mom eventually began entering tournaments and playing against teenagers. But he had to stop playing when the new rotation was released.
His parents divorced when he was in his early teens and he chose to live with his dad. He then got into Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG when he was a round thirteen and started playing it in a TCG club. ShadyBunny began entering local tournaments and developed his skills until he was able to consistently beat his opponents and spent a lot of time training with his neighbor for major tournament. By fourteen, he was the top ranked player in Belgium. He later stopped playing when the meta changed to be more balanced for weaker players.
When he entered high school, he was severely bullied and avoided going to school. This caused his grades to drop drastically. He decided to deliberately fail his exams in order to be held back so that he wouldn’t have to continue on with his current classmates. Around that time, he became involved with World of Warcraft as a restauration druid horde member in a top raiding guild. His guild members respected him, and he made many online friends, which helped him to get through his remaining high school years.
He later decided to cut down on raiding to rather focus on arena, in order to have the time to incorporate IRL bodybuilding into his schedule. But he failed another year of school due to these distractions as well as recovering from a severely broken ankle. He therefore decided to transfer to a sports-focused high school to complete his education there. His social life really took off there, as he had far more in common with them. This was especially true, as he was put into a class with others who had also failed that grade before. This was also when he discovered League of Legends.
When StarCraft II was released, he transitioned to that and made it to low masters, but soon became burned out, as he was out of school and was spending almost all of his time playing it. He then quit gaming to study Fitness Training. After he completed his year-long course in 2013, he got back into League of Legends. He dedicated a lot of time into honing his skills until he reached Diamond 3.
Professional Gaming
When he gained a high enough skill level with his LoL Assassin gameplay, he decided to start streaming his gameplay in order to educate others. He enjoyed it and started gaining viewership.
Unfortunately, ShadyBunny played too much and his wrists began to give him issues. He therefore started playing Hearthstone and soon gained high rankings thanks to his background in high-level deckbuilding and TCG games. He has since established himself as an arena streamer. His language isn’t always even clean.
Relationships
He has a fiancé.
Income
Shadybunny has ~800 subscribers. This should net him a monthly income of at least $2,000 USD per month, excluding additional income from sources such as tiered subscriptions, merchandise sales, coaching, tips, Twitch cheer bit contributions, his team salary and advertisements. He has made ~$8,840 USD from his top ten donators alone.
Streaming Hours
Daily: ~10:00 – 16:00 UTC