Thomas “Sykkuno,” a popular YouTube star , shocked the internet on April 1 by holding his first-ever VTuber livestream.
However, the streamer used the chance to perform a practical joke on his audience by showing a different avatar before revealing the official model.
While revealing it, Sykkuno showed anxiety. He talked about a number of minute details, including the avatar sporting his GTA RP character’s sneakers and his recognizable green scarf. The native of Las Vegas added that it was “not perfect” and that it had taken “a long time coming”: “So, I’m just going to say, guys, this VTube model has been a very long time coming. It’s not perfect. But there is a lot of stuff, a lot of thought was put into it. And hopefully, you guys like it. I’m just going to slowly show you guys, I guess. Man, this feels awkward.”
The “real” VTuber model was first revealed by Sykkuno at the 11-minute point of his most recent broadcast. He claimed to have put a lot of effort into the endeavor and mentioned that the virtual avatar was sporting a pair of “Yunno shoes” from GTA RP: “I guess you guys can already see. I have Yunno shoes from GTA, from way back in the day. There’s just a lot of stuff here, that… that you guys won’t probably remember. There’s a lot of thought put into this. It took a long time. But we have Yunno’s glow-up shoes. The blue ones. Just like from the old days.”
The VTuber model was seen sporting the former Twitch streamer’s trademark scarf, the streamer noted: “We got the green scarf, guys. I’ve pretty much had this ever since I started streaming. So, it’s always meant a lot. I actually don’t even have the scarf in real life. I just thought it looked cool, and… I just put a lot of thought and effort into this, guys.”
Further, Sykkuno claimed that the character was donning a shirt bearing his previous YouTube emblem: “The old shirts I have, from way back when this was actually had been my; this was my YouTube icon from a long, long time ago, guys. I’ve always had this, basically.”
Finally, Sykkuno made the complete model public. He clarified the significance of the Yu-Gi-Oh! card: “I threw in a Yu-Gi-Oh! card because… what’s it called? I’ve been playing a lot of Yu-Gi-Oh! lately, and I’ve just been a huge fan of it. I threw in a lot of things that I feel like people would like! We got the shoes from GTA. We got our classic outfit. There’s some new hair. Some new hair, thrown in there, that I think that people would like.”
The 32-year-old personality finally unveiled the real VTuber model about 12 minutes later.
