Spoodah
Name Origins
When he was little, he had a Pitbull named ‘Sparta,’ but he was unable to pronounce it, so he called it ‘Spoodah’.
Gaming Origins
Spoodah grew up playing video games, especially on his Nintendo GameCube. Some of his favorite games included various Mario Bros. titles as well as Super Monkey Ball 2.
He is currently in his fourth year at Saddleback College, although he is hoping to transfer to California State University. Prior to Covid, he worked at Five Guys, but was unable to work was the lockdown happened.
Professional Gaming
He originally started streaming on Twitch for fun in May 2017. However, as he was unable to go to work during lockdown, he decided to quit his job in April 2020 to attempt making streaming his Rocket League gameplays and possibly going pro into a fulltime career. In order to accomplish this, he began streaming up to 70 hours a week in contrast to his previous 20-hour streaming week. His risk paid off, as he his channel as grown significantly since then, to the point that he is currently earning well above what he was earning at his previous minimum wage job.
In February 2020, he was added to Susquehanna Soniqs’ as a substitute and remained with them until July 2020.
Income
According to Spoodah’s Twitch chat bot, he has around 1,050 subscribers. Therefore, his minimum monthly income should be at least $2,625 USD. This is before he receives further revenue from donations, advertisements, sponsorships, merchandise sales, coaching fees and Twitch cheer bit tips.
Streaming Hours
He streams almost daily, usually for between 3 – 5 hours per session.