Thomas Chance Morris (born February 15, 1994), better known as Sodapoppin, is an American Twitch

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and

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. He has one of the largest followings on

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, with over 8.7 million followers and over 398.3 million views as of August 15, 2022; he also has over 1.11 million subscribers and over 444.5 million views on

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. According to

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, Morris sits at the number 10 spot for the most followers on Twitch; he also ranks number 15 for the largest total number of views on the platform. He is a co-owner of and content creator for gaming organization

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Career

Morris began streaming on Twitch in 2012 after switching from

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. He was a successful ''

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'' player, reaching top rank with over half of Twitch's ''WoW'' followers viewing him. Morris streamed other games before switching to online gambling. In 2014 and 2015, Morris was streaming

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gambling on casino websites, winning and losing thousands of dollars on any given day. In May 2015, Morris lost $5,000 on one hand with over 43,000 viewers watching him. Morris co-owned Canadian esports organization Northern Gaming, which was founded in May 2016. In August 2017, the organization was purchased by

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, which is owned by

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, and others. Morris subsequently joined its ownership group and became an advisor of NRG Esports. In regards to Northern Gaming's short-lived career, ''Esports Insider'' stated, "It's the end of a short road for Northern Gaming, but their story will be looked back on as an example of achieving quick success in esports." Morris eliminated fellow streamer

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out of the H1Z1 Invitational tournament in October 2017. Nonetheless, Morris failed to make the top ten. Morris has been credited for causing a spike in popularity of social deduction game ''

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'', which was originally released in 2018 but exploded in popularity in the Summer 2020 during the

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. According to Forest Willard, programmer and co-founder of Innersloth, "The first thing we really noticed was a Twitch stream from Sodapoppin. We had various moments where we were like, 'We're doing well,' but it was that point where we saw that a lot of people and other streamers started to climb onboard." On July 21, 2022, gaming organization

announced Morris as their newest member and co-owner.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sodapoppin American esports players Living people World of Warcraft players Twitch (service) streamers 1994 births YouTubers from Texas

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