This natural-born storyteller moves to the beat of his own drum, and nearly 50,000 followers are marching along.
“I think I got lucky to have some really awesome people to follow me.”
His father was a blue-collar welder, while his mother ran a daycare out of the family home.
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With his older brother in tow, they were the ideal American family reinforced by a tight-knit community.
His brother was the quintessential athlete, while Sabala took a more creative route.
His older brother, though, was the catalyst to the streamer’s lifelong obsession.
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“I would experience a lot of games just watching him play.
Gaming was used as a diversion and salve throughout his youth, he said.
His other hobbies were a bit more competitive.
That’s when Twitch came into the picture.
Sabala details how he had no real conception of content creation as a consumer.
YouTube and Facebook felt too broad.
Twitch, on the other hand, felt more nicheand exactly what he was looking for at the time.
A platform dedicated to gaming.
His theater background allowed him to excel in the personality aspect of streaming.
However, finding an audience for initial engagement was harder than anticipated.
“It’s this catch-22 where you need an audience to catch an audience.
Content creation is a fickle industry, and for Sabala, that was a hard-fought lesson to learn.
From charity streams to playthroughs, his audience is intimate but fierce.
It’s the crowning achievement of his trek through these previously uncharted waters.
You have to let that barometer of your caliber go and enjoy the ride,” he said.
