Daniel Condren (born 13 April 1995), better known as RTGame (also known as RTGameCrowd), is an Irish-Canadian

YouTuber A YouTuber is an online personality and/or influencer who produces videos on the video-sharing platform YouTube, typically posting to their personal YouTube channel. The term was first used in the English language in 2006. Influence Influent ...

and

live streamer An online streamer or live streamer is a person who broadcasts themselves online through a live stream to an audience. History Streaming arose in the early 2010s, originating on sites like YouTube where users could upload videos of themselves i ...

. 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 YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ...

channel has over 2.7 million subscribers, while his

Twitch Twitch may refer to: Biology * Muscle contraction ** Convulsion, rapid and repeated muscle contraction and relaxation ** Fasciculation, a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction ** Myoclonic twitch, a jerk usually caused by sudden muscle con ...

channel has over 1.1 million followers.

Early life

Condren was born in

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

on 13 April 1995, the son of an

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

father and

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

mother. He holds dual Irish and Canadian citizenship. He studied at

Trinity College Trinity College may refer to: Australia * Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

, where he earned a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

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

channel on 13 August 2011 and uploaded his first video, a ''

Terraria ''Terraria'' is an action-adventure sandbox game developed by Re-Logic. The game was first released for Windows on May 16, 2011, and has since been ported to several other platforms. The game features exploration, crafting, building, painting, ...

Let's Play A Let's Play (LP) is a video (or screenshots accompanied by text) documenting the playthrough of a video game, often including commentary and/or a camera view of the gamer's face. A Let's Play differs from a video game walkthrough or strateg ...

, five days later. In 2012, he started making videos on the game ''

Team Fortress 2 ''Team Fortress 2'' is a 2007 multiplayer first-person shooter, first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to the 1996 ''Team Fortress'' Mod (video gaming), mod for ''Quake (video game), Quake'' and ...

'', which lasted until 2018 when he switched to making variety content. In early 2018, Condren moved to

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

to pursue a career as an English teacher. However, his YouTube and

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'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 ''Minecraft'' is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language. Following several early private testing versions, it was first made public in May 2009 before being ...

'' building sessions for his Twitch subscribers, spending 13 days (and an in-game time of 2 days) searching for a shiny

Wooloo is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's ''Pokémon'' media franchise. First introduced in ''Pokémon Sword'' and ''Shield'', they were inspired by the large amount of sheep native to England, the location on which ''Sword'' and ' ...

in ''Pokémon Sword'' and ''Shield'', and knocking out every NPC in a ''

Hitman 3 ''Hitman 3'' is a 2021 stealth game developed and published by IO Interactive. It is the sequel to the 2018 video game '' Hitman 2'', the eighth main installment in the ''Hitman'' series and the third entry in the ''World of Assassination'' tri ...

'' 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 .

References

{{reflist 1995 births Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Living people Irish YouTubers Twitch (service) streamers Gaming YouTubers YouTube channels launched in 2011

Early life

Career

Personal life

See also

References