Jacksepticeye
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Seán William McLoughlin 7 February 1990 | |||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | |||||||||
| Residence | Athlone, Republic of Ireland | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTube personality | |||||||||
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| Pseudonym | Jacksepticeye | |||||||||
| Channel | Jacksepticeye | |||||||||
| Years active | 2012–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 13.2 million | |||||||||
| Total views | 5.9 billion | |||||||||
| Network | Revelmode (Maker Studios)[1] | |||||||||
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Seán William McLoughlin (born 7 February 1990), known through his online pseudonym Jacksepticeye, is an Irish producer, game commentator, and internet personality, known primarily for his comedic Let's Play series on video games, loud and abrupt yet gentle nature, and occasional vlogs on YouTube.[2]
After joining on 24 February 2007, McLoughlin started his YouTube career in 2012, but started gaining a massive follower base after winning a PewDiePie shout-out competition in 2013, with his online presence growing after three years. He represents his channel with his fictional partner and avatar, Sam, a green infected "septic eye" with a tail.
As of November 2016, his channel has over 13.2 million subscribers, over 5.9 billion total views, and is currently the 33rd most subscribed channel on YouTube.[3]
McLoughlin co-hosted the South by Southwest event in March 2016.[4][5]
Personal life
McLoughlin was born on 7 February 1990, in Ireland. He is the youngest of 4 older siblings. One of his older brothers, Malcolm McLoughlin, is also a writer.[6]
McLoughlin was a drummer in an indie metalcore band named Raised to the Ground.[7]
Career
Early career and interest
McLoughlin first joined YouTube on 24 February 2007, under the username "Jacksepticeye". He started his YouTube career with a Solid Snake impression uploaded on 12 November 2012, and began producing let's play videos of Far Cry 3 and Dark Souls shortly after.[8] His older videos are considered to be significantly "calmer" than his newer ones, which is the reason why he calls himself the "most energetic video game commentator on YouTube".[9]
McLoughlin got his name "Jack" from his mother and subsequently friend, who gave him the nickname when he was young. His friends started calling him "Jacksepticeye" after he got cut in the eye by his friend's glasses in an accident that happened when he was playing soccer. According to him, the wound bled for quite some time and became infected after a few weeks, hence the name "Jacksepticeye".[10]
McLoughlin has various series on games, where the episodes of a particular series are spaced out with usually three to five days in between. One of the two non-video-game series he does is "Reading Your Comments", where he responds to different tones on various social media sites, ranging from mean comments to supportive ones.[11] The second is regular vlogs, where he usually talks about his life or the current events to do with the channel.
PewDiePie shout-out and continued growth
The channel first began to grow in September 2013 after PewDiePie announced his channel as a winner of his "shout-out competition" for aspiring YouTubers with a modest number of subscribers, at the time his channel had around 2,000 subscribers, and within a year that figure had grown to over 1,000,000.[12]
In May 2016, his channel surpassed the 10 million subscribers point.
Antisepticeye Halloween
In October 2016, he created a frenzy within his fanbase when he started dropping hints about an evil alter ego created by the community, Antisepticeye, on his social media accounts and on his videos when his facecam would glitch to show someone else moving frantically among static. At first, it began as a simple glitching of the video, but as Halloween grew closer, it became more and more prominent to the extent that a bloodied Antisepticeye was staring directly at the camera with a sinister grin. It finally came to a climax on a seemingly normal Halloween special video with McLoughlin carving a Jack-O-Lantern.
The video begins with him hearing sounds offscreen as vague images of his deranged counterpart appear and disappear in between static and glitches. It finally came to a close when Jack, presumably falling under Anti's control, looks directly at the viewers with a blank expression as his trembling hand slowly slits his throat open. It then cuts to a jumpscare by Anti, who then blames the viewers for setting him free and declares that Jack is "gone forever."
A few hours later, Jack uploaded a usual vlog of him explaining everything to the viewers that it was all an experiment and a prank to get them hyped for the "grand arrival" of Antisepticeye.
James Farr Animation Collaboration
In January 2015, James Farr began animating many videos in conjunction with McLoughlin based on his documentation of the following games:
- Five Nights at Freddy's
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2
- Five Nights at Freddy's 3 and Five Nights at Freddy's 4
- Super Mario Maker
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
References
- ↑ Saba Hamedy (13 January 2016). "PewDiePie, Maker Studios launch new network, Revelmode". Mashable.
- ↑ Ó Fátharta, Conall (21 February 2015). "Top Irish YouTuber details rise to stardom". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ↑ "Top 100 YouTubers by Subscribed". Social Blade. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ↑ jacksepticeye (22 March 2016), I Hosted An Awards Show!, retrieved 23 March 2016
- ↑ "SXSW Gaming". South by Southwest. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ↑ "jacksepticeye in Twitter: "Having dinner with family all together for the first time in a long time!! w/@malcolmwriter #feelsgoodman"". Twitter. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ "Raised to the Ground - Risen from the Ashes". Youtube. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ "Jacksepticeye". YouTube. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ↑ Beres, Damon (5 February 2015). "YouTube Stars' Huge Earnings Will Make You Question All Your Life Choices". The Huffington Post. AOL Tech. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ↑ "Vlog - READING YOUR COMMENTS #11: ORIGIN OF MY NAME". YouTube. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ↑ Jacksepticeye (29 November 2015). "Reading Your Comments". YouTube. Google. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ↑ "VLOG | PewDiePie Shoutout winner!! | Holy Crap I can't believe it". Youtube.