I don't know if you guys want to read a whole story about my background but for those who're like, "let's hear him out."
I don't remember much of my childhood. My mom was distant and my father wasn't around but the guys were, well around my mother at least. I remember growing up in different homes because my mother couldn't hold down a job and couldn't keep a job.
My love for youtube started around the time I was 13 when my mother finally managed to find a man who could support a woman and her three children. Unfortunately he was an ass hole so on top of my mom being already distant he pit her against us (the children) and she was even MORE distant, almost nonexistent (which I now think was to avoid being in constant war with her children) ANYWAYS! I remember having an old laptop and me being so into video games I would watch lets plays when I could. You know, juggling school, home problems, being bullied, being suicidal, and my love for video games at such a young age is a lot to have on a 13 year old's plate. I cannot tell you how many times I wish I could've died on any given day.
ANYWAYS! Fast forward to 3 years later and my mother left that ass hole and bought a house of her own. I'm an avid gamer and I religiously watch Toby Turner and other lets players. Life at home is awful still because mom blames her children for her being unhappy. Youtube and video games help. At this point in my life the bullying dies down and I see my father for the first time in years.
Fast forward again to 18 year old me. I graduated high school and my father was in attendance which I loved tremendously. I have finally had enough of living in a house full of hate and I move in with my grandmother.
A year later and im sitting in my new room of my grandmothers apartment writing a very heartfelt story of how youtube gamers helped me overcome all the stuff I've been through. The main overall reason I want to start my channel is because I want people to feel that same sort of happy I felt and I want my audience to have someone who provides laughter to them in a life of sadness. And im asking you, r/youtube for help and any advice for starting my YouTube lets play channel. Anything at all from ad partners, sponsor's, equipment, etc. Is highly appreciated. I wont back down from this no matter how challenging it is.
TLDR: I had a bad childhood and making a gaming channel on youtube is my biggest goal in life and I would like some help/advice.
I don't know if you guys want to read a whole story about my background but for those who're like, "let's hear him out."
I don't remember much of my childhood. My mom was distant and my father wasn't around but the guys were, well around my mother at least. I remember growing up in different homes because my mother couldn't hold down a job and couldn't keep a job.
My love for youtube started around the time I was 13 when my mother finally managed to find a man who could support a woman and her three children. Unfortunately he was an ass hole so on top of my mom being already distant he pit her against us (the children) and she was even>I don't know if you guys want to read a whole story about my background but for those who're like, "let's hear him out."
I don't remember much of my childhood. My mom was distant and my father wasn't around but the guys were, well around my mother at least. I remember growing up in different homes because my mother couldn't hold down a job and couldn't keep a job.
My love for youtube started around the time I was 13 when my mother finally managed to find a man who could support a woman and her three children. Unfortunately he was an ass hole so on top of my mom being already distant he pit her against us (the children) and she was even MORE distant, almost nonexistent (which I now think was to avoid being in constant war with her children) ANYWAYS! I remember having an old laptop and me being so into video games I would watch lets plays when I could. You know, juggling school, home problems, being bullied, being suicidal, and my love for video games at such a young age is a lot to have on a 13 year old's plate. I cannot tell you how many times I wish I could've died on any given day.
ANYWAYS! Fast forward to 3 years later and my mother left that ass hole and bought a house of her own. I'm an avid gamer and I religiously watch Toby Turner and other lets players. Life at home is awful still because mom blames her children for her being unhappy. Youtube and video games help. At this point in my life the bullying dies down and I see my father for the first time in years.
Fast forward again to 18 year old me. I graduated high school and my father was in attendance which I loved tremendously. I have finally had enough of living in a house full of hate and I move in with my grandmother.
A year later and im sitting in my new room of my grandmothers apartment writing a very heartfelt story of how youtube gamers helped me overcome all the stuff I've been through. The main overall reason I want to start my channel is because I want people to feel that same sort of happy I felt and I want my audience to have someone who provides laughter to them in a life of sadness. And im asking you, r/youtube for help and any advice for starting my YouTube lets play channel. Anything at all from ad partners, sponsor's, equipment, etc. Is highly appreciated. I wont back down from this no matter how challenging it is.
TLDR: I had a bad childhood and making a gaming channel on youtube is my biggest goal in life and I would like some help/advice.
MORE distant, almost nonexistent (which I now think was to avoid being in constant war with her children) ANYWAYS! I remember having an old laptop and me being so into video games I would watch lets plays when I could. You know, juggling school, home problems, being bullied, being suicidal, and my love for video games at such a young age is a lot to have on a 13 year old's plate. I cannot tell you how many times I wish I could've died on any given day.
ANYWAYS! Fast forward to 3 years later and my mother left that ass hole and bought a house of her own. I'm an avid gamer and I religiously watch Toby Turner and other lets players. Life at home is awful still because mom blames her children for her being unhappy. Youtube and video games help. At this point in my life the bullying dies down and I see my father for the first time in years.
Fast forward again to 18 year old me. I graduated high school and my father was in attendance which I loved tremendously. I have finally had enough of living in a house full of hate and I move in with my grandmother.
A year later and im sitting in my new room of my grandmothers apartment writing a very heartfelt story of how youtube gamers helped me overcome all the stuff I've been through. The main overall reason I want to start my channel is because I want people to feel that same sort of happy I felt and I want my audience to have someone who provides laughter to them in a life of sadness. And im asking you, r/youtube for help and any advice for starting my YouTube lets play channel. Anything at all from ad partners, sponsor's, equipment, etc. Is highly appreciated. I wont back down from this no matter how challenging it is.
TLDR: I had a bad childhood and making a gaming channel on youtube is my biggest goal in life and I would like some help/advice.