Brett Hoffman (born July 13, 1986), better known as dakotaz, is an American
Twitch
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Biology
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streamer and
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
Influe ...
from
Dearborn, Michigan who plays ''
Fortnite: Battle Royale'' as well as other titles. While he has streamed other games in the past, including ''Fortnite'' almost exclusively, he now plays a variety including ''
Among Us
''Among Us'' is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game developed and published by American game studio Innersloth. The game was inspired by the party game Mafia and the science fiction horror film '' The Thing''. The game allows ...
''. He also uses the tag
"Dark", his alias is sometimes abbreviated
"DK".
Career
Hoffman began streaming ''
The War Z'' then called ''Infestation: Survivor Stories''. He later moved on to ''
H1Z1'' and ''
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
''PUBG: Battlegrounds'' (previously known as ''PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds'') is a battle royale game developed by PUBG Studios and published by Krafton. The game, which was inspired by the Japanese film '' Battle Royale'' (2000), is based ...
''. Hoffman created his YouTube channel in January 2013. He said he loves streaming and is credited with jump starting another streamer, Daequan's career.
Hoffman's channels grew exponentially after the release of ''Fortnite'' and credits his gameplay and personality for his growth in popularity.
He joined
Team SoloMid
Team SoloMid (TSM) is a professional esports organization based in the United States. It was founded in September 2009 by Andy "Reginald" Dinh. TSM currently fields players in ''League of Legends'', ''Dota 2'', '' Apex Legends'', '' Valorant'' ...
(TSM) in January 2018 and left the team one year later, he is currently signed with Loaded. He first showed his face in 2018 after hitting one million subscribers. By the end of 2018, he was the sixth most viewed channel on Twitch with 50 million views.
In 2020, Hoffman raised $21,000 for Australian Fire Relief.
Later that year he renewed his sponsorship with Twitch.
He said he would be showing his face more often than he did in the past.
Presently, he is known for his streams of ''
Among Us
''Among Us'' is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game developed and published by American game studio Innersloth. The game was inspired by the party game Mafia and the science fiction horror film '' The Thing''. The game allows ...
'' and ''
Valorant
''Valorant'' is a free-to-play first-person tactical hero shooter developed and published by Riot Games, for Windows. Teased under the codename ''Project A'' in October 2019, the game began a closed beta period with limited access on April ...
'' with streamer
Hafu and associated acts.
Personal life
He has a twin brother who also streams ''Fortnite'' under the alias Hofmvn. Hoffman currently lives in
Orlando, Florida.
See also
*
List of most-followed Twitch channels
This list contains the top fifty channels with the most followers on the live streaming social platform Twitch. , the most-followed channel belongs to Ninja with over 18.4 million followers. The female streamer with the most followers on h ...
References
External links
* {{twitch, dakotaz
1986 births
American esports players
Living people
Fortnite
Twitch (service) streamers
Sportspeople from Dearborn, Michigan