Gamer earns enough to give up day job

[Jazzy]

A university graduate has given up work after videos of him playing an online game in his bedroom became an internet sensation.

Joseph Garrett, 23, now earns a fortune filming himself sitting on his bed playing Minecraft and uploading the clips to YouTube for fans to watch.

His channel - under the name 'Stampylonghead' - gets five million hits a day, making it one of the top 10 most viewed worldwide,

Mr Garrett, who began playing Minecraft and uploading his videos 18 months ago, pulls in more traffic on the video sharing website than One Direction and Justin Bieber.

When his channel reached 10,000 subscribers he quit his job at a local pub to manage the channel full time.

He is now sent, on average, 3,000 messages a day from gamers asking for tips. He makes money by pocketing a share of the advertising revenue from his videos.

Mr Garrett, who has a degree in TV and video production, currently uploads at least one 20-minute video a day.

He says: "When I was at university I switched over to doing what I do now, called a 'let's play'. You are essentially just playing and commentating while you play, just as a fun hobby.

"When those videos started to become popular, I started monetising them. That started to grow and ended up snowballing and that's how I got to where I am now."

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Good for him!

 

[RidleyMclue]

A university graduate has given up work after videos of him playing an online game in his bedroom became an internet sensation.

Joseph Garrett, 23, now earns a fortune filming himself sitting on his bed playing Minecraft and uploading the clips to YouTube for fans to watch.

His channel - under the name 'Stampylonghead' - gets five million hits a day, making it one of the top 10 most viewed worldwide,

Mr Garrett, who began playing Minecraft and uploading his videos 18 months ago, pulls in more traffic on the video sharing website than One Direction and Justin Bieber.

When his channel reached 10,000 subscribers he quit his job at a local pub to manage the channel full time.

He is now sent, on average, 3,000 messages a day from gamers asking for tips. He makes money by pocketing a share of the advertising revenue from his videos.

Mr Garrett, who has a degree in TV and video production, currently uploads at least one 20-minute video a day.

He says: "When I was at university I switched over to doing what I do now, called a 'let's play'. You are essentially just playing and commentating while you play, just as a fun hobby.

"When those videos started to become popular, I started monetising them. That started to grow and ended up snowballing and that's how I got to where I am now."

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Good for him!

Whoever said that life isn't a game sure didn't meet this guy. I totally agree. Good for him.

 

[Evil Eye]

Nice going, indeed.

 

[Nebulous]

A university graduate has given up work after videos of him playing an online game in his bedroom became an internet sensation.

Joseph Garrett, 23, now earns a fortune filming himself sitting on his bed playing Minecraft and uploading the clips to YouTube for fans to watch.

His channel - under the name 'Stampylonghead' - gets five million hits a day, making it one of the top 10 most viewed worldwide,

Mr Garrett, who began playing Minecraft and uploading his videos 18 months ago, pulls in more traffic on the video sharing website than One Direction and Justin Bieber.

When his channel reached 10,000 subscribers he quit his job at a local pub to manage the channel full time.

He is now sent, on average, 3,000 messages a day from gamers asking for tips. He makes money by pocketing a share of the advertising revenue from his videos.

Mr Garrett, who has a degree in TV and video production, currently uploads at least one 20-minute video a day.

He says: "When I was at university I switched over to doing what I do now, called a 'let's play'. You are essentially just playing and commentating while you play, just as a fun hobby.

"When those videos started to become popular, I started monetising them. That started to grow and ended up snowballing and that's how I got to where I am now."

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Good for him!

Whoever said that life isn't a game sure didn't meet this guy. I totally agree. Good for him.

Start the quote train!

Dang that's pretty good.