Daniel Condren (born 13 April 1995), better known as RTGame (also known as RTGameCrowd), is an Irish-Canadian
YouTuber and
live streamer.
He is known for his humorous commentary during gameplay, and often plays games in unorthodox or mischievous ways.
He began making videos in 2011, began streaming in 2016, and experienced a surge in popularity in 2018.
, his
YouTube channel has over 2.7 million subscribers, while his
Twitch channel has over 1.1 million followers.
Early life
Condren was born in
Ireland on 13 April 1995, the son of an
Irish father and
Canadian mother. He holds dual Irish and Canadian citizenship. He studied at
Trinity College in
Dublin, where he earned a
bachelor's degree in English literature in November 2017. While studying there, he was a part of a gaming society, where he won a ''
Mario Kart
is a series of racing games developed and published by Nintendo. Players compete in go-kart races while using various power-up items. It features characters and courses from the ''Mario'' series as well as other gaming franchises such as ''T ...
'' tournament and earned the title of "the Drift King".
Career
Condren created his
YouTube channel on 13 August 2011 and uploaded his first video, a ''
Terraria''
Let's Play, five days later. In 2012, he started making videos on the game ''
Team Fortress 2'', which lasted until 2018 when he switched to making variety content.
In early 2018, Condren moved to
Tokyo to pursue a career as an English teacher. However, his YouTube and
Twitch channels unexpectedly skyrocketed in popularity shortly before he began teaching, and he decided to forego the job in order to dedicate his time to streaming, editing, and publishing videos. The most notable videos from this time were on the games ''
The Sims 3'', ''
Planet Coaster
''Planet Coaster'' is a construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Frontier Developments for Microsoft Windows. It was released worldwide on 17 November 2016. Frontier had previously worked in the amusement par ...
'', and ''
Cities: Skylines''. He moved back to Ireland in the summer of 2018, and his YouTube channel hit 1 million subscribers several weeks later. In December 2018, he joined
Yogscast
The Yogscast, officially registered as Yogscast Limited, is a British entertainment company based in Bristol that primarily produces video gaming-related videos on YouTube and Twitch, and also operates the Yogscast multi-channel network for aff ...
's annual charity event ''Jingle Jam'', where he helped raise $3.3 million.
Since 2020, Condren has had a video editor to help with his YouTube channel. His most notable videos have included organising ''
Minecraft'' building sessions for his Twitch subscribers,
spending 13 days (and an in-game time of 2 days) searching for a
shiny Wooloo in
''Pokémon Sword'' and ''Shield'', and knocking out every
NPC in a ''
Hitman 3'' level 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").
In December 2022, YouTube age-restricted some of his videos.
Personal life
Condren's
lung collapsed in 2015, and he continues to have issues with it .
See also
*
List of most-followed Twitch channels
References
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1995 births
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Living people
Irish YouTubers
Twitch (service) streamers
Gaming YouTubers
YouTube channels launched in 2011