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Personal information
Born
Daniel Condren

(1995-04-13) 13 April 1995 (age 29)
Ireland
Occupations
  • YouTuber
  • live streamer
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2011–present
Genre Gaming
Subscribers2.88 million [1]
Total views1.36 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: 24 January 2025

Daniel Condren (born 13 April 1995), better known as RTGame (channel also known as RTGameCrowd), as well as The Drift King, [2] is an Irish-Canadian YouTuber and live streamer. [3] [4] [5] [6] He is known for his humorous commentary during gameplay, [7] and often plays games in unorthodox or mischievous ways. [8] He began making videos in 2011, began streaming in 2016, and experienced a surge in popularity in 2018. [3] As of 15 August 2023, his YouTube channel has over 2.8 million subscribers, [9] while his Twitch channel has over 1.1 million followers. [10]

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Early life

Condren was born in Ireland on 13 April 1995, [11] the son of an Irish father and Canadian mother. He holds dual Irish and Canadian citizenship. [12] He studied at Trinity College in Dublin, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English literature in November 2017. [13] [14] It was during his time in college when he gained the title of 'The Drift King' after winning a college Mario Kart tournament on 3 December 2015. [2] [15]

Career

Condren created his YouTube channel on 13 August 2011 and uploaded his first video, a Terraria Let's Play, five days later. [16] In December 2018, he joined Yogscast's annual charity event Jingle Jam, where he helped raise $3.3 million. [17] [18]

His videos have included organising Minecraft building sessions for his Twitch subscribers, [3] spending 13 days (and an in-game time of 2 days) searching for a shiny Wooloo in Pokémon Sword and Shield, [19] 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"). [5] [6] [20]

In December 2022, YouTube age-restricted some of his videos. Condren asserted that the platform was "retroactively restricting videos that violate recent policy changes." [21] The updated guidelines gained visibility when he made a video on the topic, [22] with YouTube set to revise the policy after being criticised for its poor communication regarding these changes. [23] [24]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "About RTGame". YouTube.
  2. 1 2 Condren, Daniel. "I won a 200cc Mario Kart Tournament in college today that I was running! Let it be known that I am now the Drift King, King of Drifting". x.com. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Maher, Cian (15 July 2019). "The streamer who built a giant Starbucks island in Minecraft to connect with fans". The Verge . Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. ↑ Saunders, Huw (3 October 2019). "The Minecraft Renaissance: How Mojang's Sleeping Giant Woke Up". Cultured Vultures. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  5. 1 2 Walker, Ian (27 January 2021). "Hitman Player Tries To Kill Every NPC In One Map With A Single Rubber Ducky". Kotaku . Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  6. 1 2 Marshall, Cass (27 January 2021). "A Hitman 3 streamer spent hours putting the entire town in a freezer". Polygon . Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  7. ↑ O'Rourke, Barry (24 March 2021). "Game-Changers - the Irish people rocking the gaming world". RTÉ.ie . Archived from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Four Gaming Channels Your Non-Gaming Partner Will Actually Watch With You". 2oceansvibe News. 2oceansvibe Media. 30 April 2020. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "RTGame's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile)". Social Blade . Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "rtgame's Twitch Stats Summary Profile". Social Blade . Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Condren, Daniel [@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). Archived from the original on 19 September 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024– via Twitter.
  12. ↑ Condren, Daniel [@RTGameCrowd] (17 August 2018). "Ye, Irish-Canadian. Got dual citizenship" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2023– via Twitter.
  13. ↑ Condren, Daniel [@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). Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2024– via Twitter.
  14. ↑ Condren, Daniel [@RTGameCrowd] (3 November 2017). "Oh yeah I graduated from college this morning lol" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021– via Twitter.
  15. ↑ Trinity, Sci-Fi Society (3 December 2015). "The Drift King Championships & Pub Night at Long Stone". Facebook.com. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  16. ↑ "Terraria! Ep 1: Swimming is Difficult", YouTube, 18 August 2011, archived from the original on 13 April 2021, retrieved 13 April 2021
  17. ↑ Yogscast Live (13 December 2018). "RTGAME & TOM! - YOGSCAST JINGLE JAM! - 10th December 2018 [Video]". YouTube. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  18. ↑ Partis, Danielle (2 January 2019). "Yogscast Jingle Jam 2018 comes to a close, raises $3.3 million for charity". influencerupdate.biz. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  19. ↑ Gwilliam, Michael (18 February 2020). "RTGame goes crazy after spending 13 days to finally catch shiny Pokemon". Dexerto. Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  20. ↑ Sheridan, Connor (26 January 2021). "Hitman 3 streamer shoves entire population of Sapienza into a meat freezer". gamesradar. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  21. ↑ Robertson, Joshua (30 December 2022). "YouTube Has Age-Restricted Dozens Of RTGame Videos After Appeal". The Gamer. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  22. ↑ Diaz, Ana (12 January 2023). "Gaming YouTubers say their videos are being demonetized due to profanity policies". Polygon. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  23. ↑ Kennedy, Victoria (11 January 2023). "YouTube's updated violence and profanity restrictions can retroactively restrict gaming videos". Eurogamer.net. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  24. ↑ Clark, Mitchell; Weatherbed, Jess (13 January 2023). "YouTube creators are ducking outraged by its swearing policy". The Verge. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
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