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So I won a tournament back in 2019, I want to say.
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2019 in December.
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It was called FNCS.
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It's like Fortnite basically has this competitive series that they do.
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Fortnite competitive series, I think is what it's called.
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FNCS.
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And every single three months, they host a big tournament where millions of people can try to qualify to win hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions.
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They're actually doing one this weekend for like $2 million.
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I don't play anymore.
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and I was it was like one of the first FNCS is
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and I was really good and I had a team with me
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and there was like millions of people who tried to qualify
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and only I think it was I think it was like 20 teams of four
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so the format was like four people in one group
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and there's 20 teams or something like that
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or 25 teams like 100 players total and we ended up qualifying for it
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so like top 100 out of like millions and then when
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when it's the top 100 it's obviously the best of the best.
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And then we won that tournament.
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And that was like, it was like $200,000 split for four people.
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And that was your first real grasp at like attention online because you were streaming beforehand.
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But after this event and winning the event, obviously people are going to be wondering like, who are these people that won the event?
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And then maybe your viewership started to go up a little bit.
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Oh yeah.
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Like that was my boost and everything.
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That was like before COVID too.
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So like it kind of like, it was like a butterfly effect.
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Like once I won that, the internet like found out who I was.
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I started averaging like 100 viewers how much do you make
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when you average 100 viewers on twitch
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so it's funny i was making like it depends it's all based on hours so like
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if you stream like 100 hours with 100 viewers you could
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probably make around like three to four thousand dollars a month five thousand dollars a month
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which is amazing so 100 hours in a month yeah
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so that's that's like uh what's
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that wage then that's like what 30 30 bucks an hour for us an hour
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so you should just do that like eight hours every single day like a normal job
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and you can be making 78 but it's crazy because
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it was so funny i got offered by facebook
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when i was averaging 100 viewers it was like right
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when i started becoming a thing they offered me like 17k a month at like 17
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or 18 however old i was
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and it was like i don't know how much
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that is a year someone do the math looks like 200
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and something grand book smart yeah uh 200 something thousand dollars a year like 17
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and this is before I knew I could, I was going to make money.
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But I remember I was talking to my mom, I declined it.
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And I wasn't even making 17k a month at that time.
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I was just like, there's just better opportunities.
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But yeah, it was crazy.
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Because I would have never been here.
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So they wanted you to go exclusive on Facebook.
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Yeah, they wanted to take me to Facebook for 17k a month.
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And I was like, no, I wasn't even making like one fourth of that.
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But I was just like, I don't know, I had a feeling that I could do something better.
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So when did you first start making real money then?
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What's real money?
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Like, like to the point of, you know, probably like a hundred K like, I mean, well, a hundred K a year, but I'm also going to sound completely like detached from reality.
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Cause that's a hundred K a year is still like insane.
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But I'm just saying in terms of, in terms of like, in terms of streaming jack you know what i mean changed
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you see clips of people saying oh yeah i'm making like 200k a month
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or 100k a month when
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when did you start making like a couple hundred grand a year
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when did when did it really take off i would honestly say right after i won
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that tournament when i started to get exposure i started to stream way more
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and streaming is like quick so it's like people come in
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and they leave they might never come ever again so it's like
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but COVID happened as soon as that happened as soon as I won
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and that's where like everyone was on the internet that's where
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everyone was on Twitch um I honestly started seeing hundreds of thousands almost instantly after I won
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that it was like very quick
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because it was like I had months where I was making 30,000 right after
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that then it was like 40,000 then it'd be like 30,000
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and then it'd be like 60,000
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and then you get to quarter three quarter four of the year and it's like 70,000 a month, 80,000 a month.
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And I remember Christmas, it was like 110.
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And then this is before sponsors.
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Like it was, it was quickly where I was making like a million in a year.
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Like it was like off the bat almost.
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And that's where I was like, I feel like it was like a blessing in disguise or was not taking that Facebook deal.
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Cause it was like almost instantly after.
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But I imagine going from someone that wasn't earning that much when you, you know, you were in your teens and whatnot, but I had a really good graphs of money.
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And I think that has to do with my family like my mom
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because i've seen my mom like work multiple jobs for me
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and try to put up like food on the table etc
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so like i never was the type to like spend like
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when i first got when i got my first check the fifty thousand dollars
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that i won from the 200 i offered it to her i actually wrote her a letter
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and tried giving it to her she declined it um
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and then i upgraded my computer so i could play better
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and stream better um but i did buy a off-white jordan ones
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that was my first how much did those cost those were like 3 000 at the time
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but i still have them those were like my trophy
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that was the only stupid thing i bought when i first made money
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but everything else i kept like i remember seeing in my bank i'd look at my bank
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and be like yo this has 47 000
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and i'm like yeah i'm like 17 i'm like oh man
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what about taxes you thinking about taxes filing how you at first i wasn't
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because i was like 40 000 i was like i was like i'm gonna try to skip taxes okay
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I did I paid my taxes I pay my taxes everything I paid more than what I owe just
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because I love the government so I made the $50,000 and
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when I made the $50,000 I would look at it
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but I would never spend it like I'd always just let
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it sit like I've always liked seeing money in my bank
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which is stupid by the way you shouldn't have money in your bank
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but I would always like seeing it and then
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when like I started seeing like $50,000 come in like $100,000 come in
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etc I would just I literally never spent money the only
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thing I bought as soon as I made I think it was $300,000 dollars
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which took me like four months five months i uh i bought the house
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that my mom was living in i paid it off
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and now i just let her have it so basically but
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that house right now is from 300 000 now it's worth like half a million
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so yeah when i'm ready to kick her out now
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when i was doing research for this i've seen a lot of these videos like the rise
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and fall yeah
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and then the rise back up again what's it like having those videos made oh do you watch them i
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if you know my story like this could be like a
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30 minute just talk of just my story i a lot
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of people i feel like respect me a little bit more than like a lot of people only
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because i was like really high up like i peaked like
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crazy during covid like everyone knew me on fortnight everyone knew
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me on twitch in a sense like they just knew who i was
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and i was seeing numbers
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that I've never seen before like people were talking about me
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like yo this guy's the new xqc the new biggest stream whatever it is
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because I was averaging like 30,000 viewers out of nowhere then it'd be like 60,000 I mean like 70,000
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which is insane on twitch that's like top 0001 that's like top five on twitch basically at the time
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and then it just slowly started to decline over time
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when covid went away when fortnite became less big and I also lost like hope in playing the game.
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Like I got bored, I got depressed, et cetera.
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I had a lot of happen to me in life.
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And that's kind of where like flatlined.
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And there's a website.
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If you go, it's called Twitch tracker.
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You can literally see it if you want.
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And if you type my name and you could see the line go up and then down like crazy.
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And then it went back up again.
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Cause I was like, I gotta get up, you know what I'm saying?
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But then how were you okay making, you know, like I'm guessing when you're averaging 60, 60,000 viewers, like you could be making hundreds of thousands of dollars per month.
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And then you see that decline and then you see your revenue numbers.
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I went for making around, I could probably, if I had a laptop, I could literally pull it up and show you.
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I went for making, I would say an average of like 60 to like 120,000 a month, just on Twitch for like a good year and a half.
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And then right as it started declining, it went from like 60 to 40 grand a month, then 20 grand a month, then 10 grand a month.
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And then two like i had a month where i made
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two grand a month like i just how are you okay
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seeing those numbers i wasn't i wasn't i was i was
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spending around i i lived in la at the time alone um
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and obviously my numbers go down friends stop hitting you up
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certain people like friends i thought i had like you know
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aren't my real friends family like different type of thing past relationships you know what I'm saying?
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There was a lot that happened, but I lived alone and I had my rent.
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My rent was like $5,000 a month at the time.
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Fuck Tolaria, by the way, in Burbank.
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That place is $5,000 a month and I lived in a little square.
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It was the worst shit ever.
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I loved living there low key, but it was not worth it.
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But I was paying like $5,000 a month and then my expenses, like when I would go shopping, I'd get to press shopping.
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People do that or like buy food or whatever.
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I was spending more than I was making a month.
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So I was noticing a decline in my bank like really quick
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and at the time i don't want to sound like out of touch
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but like at the time i had like 160 grand 200 grand in my bank
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but i was losing like 10 to 20 grand a month
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so you see it just running so i was really i was running out
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which is by the way i know that's a lot of
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money that's that's that's a lot of money it's my fault
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i lost the money i whatever right however this gets cut up
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and they're like i'll be grateful um but no I would see money, I would see money start to go down.
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And I'm like, I have texts with my mom, I was like, I was like, I don't know.
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And then I literally just stopped spending money at all.
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And I lived off like 160 grand, I barely moved anything for like, four months.
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And I was like, I got to stream again, I got to do this again.
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And I found love in streaming, though.
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It was really fun.
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I truly, like, it sounds corny, cliche, but like genuinely, like I never did it for money.
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Like I genuinely liked streaming.
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That was the craziest part.
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Cause I always wanted to be an online entertainer.
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So when I had the opportunity for it, I was like, oh, this is amazing.
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This is everything I ever wanted.
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That's why I really don't look about how much money I make now.
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I know how much money I make now, but like, I don't, it doesn't phase me no more.
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Like I, you'll have, people will go crazy
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if like you make a hundred grand a month
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and the next month make 90 oh i failed you know i'm saying
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because it's like how did i not reach the same level
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i don't care about how do you make sure you're not overspending i don't buy i don't buy a lot
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so your defaults just don't spend it oh i don't i
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don't buy a lot how much do you think you personally
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spend per month oh i know how much i spend i
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have my amex i like how much do you spend last month i spent 10 000 on my amex
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which is a lot yes it's a lot it's actually not
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that bad but i would take about for like business expenses too
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so yeah not with business expenses but like i don't really count this
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because it's a tax write-off sure yeah but like
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so my employees i have someone who gets paid around like
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5 000 i have my youtube editor who takes i think it's like 30 of my youtube
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because he does the thumbnails he does the editing he does
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the posting he finds the whatever it is um i have
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my tick tock person who takes around like i think it's like 40 of my tick tock
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because i just let him have it because it makes good money
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and then i pay him on top of that but But business expenses, not including the percent, I only spend like 10K a month on like employees too.
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So it's like if I have 10K a month employees, 10K a month, that's $20,000.
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That's light compared to how much you're making.
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Yeah.
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Well, yeah, I would say so.
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And it's, but it's also like tax related.
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You know what I'm saying?
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It's like, it is.
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It's going to help you make more money.
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I mean, we spend more than that on business expenses for the iced coffee hour per month.
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Oh yeah.
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Way more.
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Oh my gosh.
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Each episode when we like break down the cost to produce, it's way higher
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and had you told me this like five years ago like
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dude don't let's not do it the thing is there's certain days
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or there's certain months we're like investing into content too like i i use
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that on my amex but like most of
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that money the 10 000 a month is from my content
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like i really don't buy clothes at all like i don't
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or i don't buy jewelry i don't buy none of
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that stuff um
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but the 10 000 like for instance like a good example
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is i just did this elden ring thing i don't know
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if you guys know elden ring is i played it last month
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and i spent around like 30 to 40 000 no i
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think it was 30,000 on building the set where I did only a white room where I couldn't leave the room.
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It was just white where I couldn't leave the room until I beat Elden Ring.
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And I put $30,000 into that, which is why people would be like, oh, you're investing $30,000 in the content.
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That's kind of crazy.
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But the return was like 80 to $90,000.
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So I tripled for what I put in.
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So it's like, it pays off for like what you do.
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Stable Ronaldo's Twitch Journey: Insights into Streaming Success
In the video, a former Fortnite competitive player shares his experience winning a major tournament, FNCS, in 2019. This victory catapulted his Twitch viewership, leading to unexpected opportunities and income. His story offers a fascinating look at the world of streaming, while also providing rich material for English learners looking to practice real-world conversation.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- "Butterfly effect": A small event causing big changes (e.g., "Winning the tournament had a butterfly effect on my streaming career").
- "Best of the best": The most skilled people (e.g., "Only the best of the best qualify for the final round").
- "Split for four people": Divided among a group (e.g., "The prize money was split for four people on my team").
- "Average [X] viewers": Have a typical number of viewers (e.g., "I started averaging 100 viewers after the win").
- "Better opportunities": More promising chances (e.g., "I declined the offer because I saw better opportunities").
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- Listen and repeat short clips: The video has casual, conversational speech. Pause after 5-10 seconds, then repeat. Focus on the natural rhythm, like "it was like a butterfly effect" (notice the relaxed "like").
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With these tips, you’ll turn this streaming story into a tool for rapid progress. Start today—your English speaking skills will thank you!
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|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | i've seen · I've always liked · I've never seen |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who tried · someone who gets · person who takes |
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