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Personal information
Born
Daniel Condren

(1995-04-13) 13 April 1995 (age 28)
Ireland
Occupations
  • YouTuber
  • live streamer
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2011–present
Genre Gaming
Subscribers2.79 million [1]
Total views1.1 billion [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2018
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2018
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2015–present
Genre Gaming
Followers1.2 million
Associated acts
Last updated: 9 July 2023

Daniel Condren (born 13 April 1995), better known as RTGame (channel also known as RTGameCrowd), is an Irish-Canadian YouTuber and live streamer. [2] [3] [4] [5] He is known for his humorous commentary during gameplay, [6] and often plays games in unorthodox or mischievous ways. [7] He began making videos in 2011, began streaming in 2016, and experienced a surge in popularity in 2018. [2] As of 15 August 2023, his YouTube channel has over 2.8 million subscribers, [8] while his Twitch channel has over 1.1 million followers. [9]

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Early life

Condren was born in Ireland on 13 April 1995, [10] the son of an Irish father and Canadian mother. He holds dual Irish and Canadian citizenship. [11] He studied at Trinity College in Dublin, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English literature in November 2017. [12] [13] Whilst in College, he earned the moniker 'Drift King'. [14]

Career

Condren created his YouTube channel on 13 August 2011 and uploaded his first video, a Terraria Let's Play, five days later. [15] In December 2018, he joined Yogscast's annual charity event Jingle Jam, where he helped raise $3.3 million. [16] [17]

His videos have included organising Minecraft building sessions for his Twitch subscribers, [2] spending 13 days (and an in-game time of 2 days) searching for a shiny Wooloo in Pokémon Sword and Shield, [18] and knocking out every NPC in the Hitman 3 level of Sapienza in order to stuff them all into a meat freezer and kill the entire population with a single shot into an explosive canister (which ultimately failed when the bodies formed a "meat shield"). [4] [5] [19]

In December 2022, YouTube age-restricted some of his videos. Condren asserted that the platform was "retroactively restricting videos that violate recent policy changes." [20] The updated guidelines gained visibility when he made a video on the topic, [21] with YouTube set to revise the policy after being criticised for its poor communication regarding these changes. [22] [23]

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  10. ↑ @RTGameCrowd (13 April 2020). "Ah fuck I'm old now. Thanks for the birthday wishes lads! I'll be doing a special stream at 7pm tonight to mark the day" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ↑ @RTGameCrowd (17 August 2018). "Ye, Irish-Canadian. Got dual citizenship" (Tweet). Retrieved 12 January 2023– via Twitter.
  12. ↑ @RTGameCrowd (4 July 2017). "My professors would have a fit if they followed that advice. Source: studied Joyce in university for three years for a degree" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ↑ @RTGameCrowd (3 November 2017). "Oh yeah I graduated from college this morning lol" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 May 2021– via Twitter.
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