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'''David Hunt''' (born April 11, 1985), known online as '''GrandPooBear'''<!-- we use this capitalization and not GrandPOOBear, with or without spaces, per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:TMRULES and standard styling in reliable sources -->, is a prominent [[video game streamer]], [[speedrunner]] and creator of [[Kaizo]] ''[[Super Mario]]'' [[Level (video games)|levels]]. |
'''David Hunt''' (born April 11, 1985), known online as '''GrandPooBear'''<!-- we use this capitalization and not GrandPOOBear, with or without spaces, per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:TMRULES and standard styling in reliable sources -->, is a prominent [[video game streamer]], [[speedrunner]] and creator of [[Kaizo]] ''[[Super Mario]]'' [[Level (video games)|levels]]. |
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==Personal life== |
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David Hunt, known online as GrandPooBear,<ref>{{Cite web | |
David Hunt, known online as GrandPooBear,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orland |first=Kyle |title=Nintendo deletes popular Mario Maker 2 level for unexplained reasons |work=[[Ars Technica]] |date=July 16, 2019 |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/07/nintendo-deletes-popular-mario-maker-2-level-for-unexplained-reasons/ |accessdate=August 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817222419/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/07/nintendo-deletes-popular-mario-maker-2-level-for-unexplained-reasons/ |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><!-- more in source--> grew up in Michigan and attended the [[University of Colorado Boulder]]. An avid snowboarder, he suffered a bad accident in April 2013,<ref>{{cite tweet |user=GrandPooBear |number=982309137223639040 |date=April 6, 2018 |title=5 years ago I started the hardest journey of my life after being hit by an out of control skier. Eventually this led me to Twitch. It’s amazing how the worst moments in your life can lead to some of the best. I am finally back at my pre accident weight and feeling healthy! |access-date=November 25, 2020 }}</ref><ref name="DailyCalArticle">{{cite web |last=Haeems |first=Neil |title=Streamer GrandPooBear talks speedrunning community, FallMania 4 |date=October 8, 2020 |url=https://www.dailycal.org/2020/10/08/streamer-grandpoobear-talks-speedrunning-community-fallmania-4/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117014312/https://www.dailycal.org/2020/10/08/streamer-grandpoobear-talks-speedrunning-community-fallmania-4/ |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref> which left him severely injured. While spending months in recovery, he turned to another passion to focus on, saying: "I was bored on the couch, and I decided I wanted to become really good at one video game, [[Super Mario Bros. 3]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/athlete/david-grandpoobear-hunt |title=David 'GrandPOObear' Hunt |website=Red Bull |access-date=November 11, 2019 }}</ref> |
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Hunt lives with his wife, who helps operate their streaming business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Julie |title=Twitch streamers are divided on Ninja’s choice not to stream with women |date=August 21, 2018 |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/21/17761650/ninja-women-twitch-streamers-pokimane-youtube-gossip |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034536/https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/21/17761650/ninja-women-twitch-streamers-pokimane-youtube-gossip |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |url-status=live |accessdate=January 30, 2021}}</ref> They had their first child in January 2019.<ref name="TheGamerInterview">{{Cite web |last=Switzer |first=Eric |title=GrandPOOBear Interview: Twitch's Top Mario Streamer Is Just Getting Started |date=October 7, 2019 |url=https://www.thegamer.com/super-mario-maker-twitch-streamer-grandpoobea-interviewr/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130202123/https://www.thegamer.com/super-mario-maker-twitch-streamer-grandpoobea-interviewr/ |archive-date=January 30, 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref> |
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Hunt started his streaming career playing [[DayZ (video game)|video game]], and soon moved on to [[Super Mario Bros. 3]] speedrunning.<ref name="DailyCalArticle" /> After the 2015 release of ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', Hunt began learning ''[[Kaizo]]'' techniques from playing over 5,000 hours of the game, including levels created by [[PangaeaPanga]], and created a series of video tutorials on Kaizo game mechanics with walkthroughs of his own levels.<ref name="Vice: easy">{{Cite web |last=Klepek |first=Patrick |title='Mario Maker' Expert Creates Easy Way to Learn Game's Secret Kaizo Tricks |work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |date=July 11, 2019 |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xzp8b/mario-maker-expert-creates-easy-way-to-learn-marios-secret-kaizo-tricks |accessdate=August 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817220548/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xzp8b/mario-maker-expert-creates-easy-way-to-learn-marios-secret-kaizo-tricks |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> He became a prominent [[video game streamer]] of ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Patricia |title=Nintendo deletes level from top Mario Maker 2 player for mysterious reasons |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=July 16, 2019 |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/16/20696382/super-mario-maker-2-grandpoobear-level-deleted-kaizo-nintendo |accessdate=August 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817221112/https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/16/20696382/super-mario-maker-2-grandpoobear-level-deleted-kaizo-nintendo |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and helped create Warp World, a suite of software applications that help Mario Maker streamers increase audience interaction.<ref name="TheGamerInterview" /> Hunt has also been invited to perform speedruns of both Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Maker at various [[Games Done Quick]] events.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gach |first=Ethan |title=Speedrunners Race Their Own Hellish Creations With ''Super Dram World'' |date=January 14, 2017 |url=https://kotaku.com/speedrunners-race-their-own-hellish-creations-with-supe-1791214136 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118012814/https://kotaku.com/speedrunners-race-their-own-hellish-creations-with-supe-1791214136 |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Good |first=Owen |title=Summer Games Done Quick 2018 sets another fund-raising record |date=July 1, 2018 |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/1/17522636/summer-games-done-quick-2018-highlights-best-runs-video |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109042448/https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/1/17522636/summer-games-done-quick-2018-highlights-best-runs-video |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref> As of 2020, he is a full-time game streamer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Julia |title=Twitch streamers are divided on Ninja's choice not to stream with women |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=August 21, 2018 |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/21/17761650/ninja-women-twitch-streamers-pokimane-youtube-gossip |accessdate=August 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817222423/https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/21/17761650/ninja-women-twitch-streamers-pokimane-youtube-gossip |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Prominent Kaizo creator BarbarousKing named his ''Grand Poo World'' series after GrandPooBear.<ref>{{Cite web | |
Prominent Kaizo creator BarbarousKing named his ''Grand Poo World'' series after GrandPooBear.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Patricia |title=The hardest Mario game of the year is unlike anything you've seen before |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=March 12, 2019 |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/12/18261661/mario-kaizo-grand-poo-world-2-dkbarbarian-grandpoobear |accessdate=August 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713002351/https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/12/18261661/mario-kaizo-grand-poo-world-2-dkbarbarian-grandpoobear |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Hunt was invited to become an official [[Red Bull]] [[Esports]] Athlete on December 14, 2018.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=GrandPooBear |number=1073691754275102723 |date=December 14, 2018 |title=Yo, I'm so excited to announce that I have joined the @redbullesports family! It's so huge for me and the entire speedrunning community. Just so stoked! |access-date=January 13, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/athlete/david-grandpoobear-hunt|title=David 'GrandPOObear' Hunt|last=Rogosin|first=Aaron|date=2018|website=redbull.com|access-date=January 13, 2020}}</ref> |
Hunt was invited to become an official [[Red Bull]] [[Esports]] Athlete on December 14, 2018.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=GrandPooBear |number=1073691754275102723 |date=December 14, 2018 |title=Yo, I'm so excited to announce that I have joined the @redbullesports family! It's so huge for me and the entire speedrunning community. Just so stoked! |access-date=January 13, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/athlete/david-grandpoobear-hunt|title=David 'GrandPOObear' Hunt|last=Rogosin|first=Aaron|date=2018|website=redbull.com|access-date=January 13, 2020}}</ref> |
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* {{Cite web |last=Van Allen |first=Eric |title=Popular Super Mario Maker Creator Says Inexplicable Removal Of His Level Feels Like A Gut Punch |work=[[USgamer]] |date=July 16, 2019 |url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/popular-super-mario-maker-creator-says-inexplicable-removal-of-his-level-feels-like-a-gut-punch |accessdate=August 17, 2019 }} |
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* {{Cite web |last=Gach |first=Ethan |title=Déjà Poo: Nintendo Deletes Another Mario Maker Level By Popular Speedrunner |work=[[Kotaku]] |date=July 16, 2019 |url=https://kotaku.com/deja-poo-nintendo-deletes-another-_mario-maker_-level-1836415947 |accessdate=August 17, 2019 }} |
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* {{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Patricia |title=The hardest Mario game of the year is unlike anything you've seen before |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=March 12, 2019 |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/12/18261661/mario-kaizo-grand-poo-world-2-dkbarbarian-grandpoobear |accessdate=August 17, 2019 }} |
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* {{Cite web |last=Klepek |first=Patrick |title=Nintendo Deletes Every Stage By Prominent Mario Maker Speedrunner |work=[[Kotaku]] |date=March 21, 2016 |url=https://kotaku.com/nintendo-deletes-every-stage-by-prominent-mario-maker-s-1766213101 |accessdate=August 17, 2019 }} |
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* {{Cite web |last=Mejia |first=Ozzie |title=Shacknews Close-Up: GrandPOObear and the Power Glove |work=[[Shacknews]] |date=July 20, 2018 |url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/106252/shacknews-close-up-grandpoobear-and-the-power-glove |accessdate=August 17, 2019 }} |
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* [https://www.twitch.tv/grandpoobear GrandPooBear] on [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] |
* [https://www.twitch.tv/grandpoobear GrandPooBear] on [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/user/nilladh GrandPooBear] on [[YouTube]] |
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/nilladh GrandPooBear] on [[YouTube]] |
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* [https://warp.world/ Warp World] homepage |
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Revision as of 20:57, 30 January 2021
David Hunt (born April 11, 1985), known online as GrandPooBear, is a prominent video game streamer, speedrunner and creator of Kaizo Super Mario levels.
Personal life
David Hunt, known online as GrandPooBear,[1] grew up in Michigan and attended the University of Colorado Boulder. An avid snowboarder, he suffered a bad accident in April 2013,[2][3] which left him severely injured. While spending months in recovery, he turned to another passion to focus on, saying: "I was bored on the couch, and I decided I wanted to become really good at one video game, Super Mario Bros. 3."[4]
Hunt lives with his wife, who helps operate their streaming business.[5] They had their first child in January 2019.[6]
Career
Hunt started his streaming career playing video game, and soon moved on to Super Mario Bros. 3 speedrunning.[3] After the 2015 release of Super Mario Maker, Hunt began learning Kaizo techniques from playing over 5,000 hours of the game, including levels created by PangaeaPanga, and created a series of video tutorials on Kaizo game mechanics with walkthroughs of his own levels.[7] He became a prominent video game streamer of Super Mario Maker 2,[8] and helped create Warp World, a suite of software applications that help Mario Maker streamers increase audience interaction.[6] Hunt has also been invited to perform speedruns of both Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Maker at various Games Done Quick events.[9][10] As of 2020, he is a full-time game streamer.[11]
Prominent Kaizo creator BarbarousKing named his Grand Poo World series after GrandPooBear.[12]
Hunt was invited to become an official Red Bull Esports Athlete on December 14, 2018.[13][14]
References
- ^ Orland, Kyle (July 16, 2019). "Nintendo deletes popular Mario Maker 2 level for unexplained reasons". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ^ @GrandPooBear (April 6, 2018). "5 years ago I started the hardest journey of my life after being hit by an out of control skier. Eventually this led me to Twitch. It's amazing how the worst moments in your life can lead to some of the best. I am finally back at my pre accident weight and feeling healthy!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 25, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Haeems, Neil (October 8, 2020). "Streamer GrandPooBear talks speedrunning community, FallMania 4". Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "David 'GrandPOObear' Hunt". Red Bull. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ Alexander, Julie (August 21, 2018). "Twitch streamers are divided on Ninja's choice not to stream with women". Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ a b Switzer, Eric (October 7, 2019). "GrandPOOBear Interview: Twitch's Top Mario Streamer Is Just Getting Started". Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ Klepek, Patrick (July 11, 2019). "'Mario Maker' Expert Creates Easy Way to Learn Game's Secret Kaizo Tricks". Vice. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ^ Hernandez, Patricia (July 16, 2019). "Nintendo deletes level from top Mario Maker 2 player for mysterious reasons". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ^ Gach, Ethan (January 14, 2017). "Speedrunners Race Their Own Hellish Creations With Super Dram World". Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ Good, Owen (July 1, 2018). "Summer Games Done Quick 2018 sets another fund-raising record". Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ Alexander, Julia (August 21, 2018). "Twitch streamers are divided on Ninja's choice not to stream with women". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ^ Hernandez, Patricia (March 12, 2019). "The hardest Mario game of the year is unlike anything you've seen before". Polygon. Archived from the original on July 13, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ^ @GrandPooBear (December 14, 2018). "Yo, I'm so excited to announce that I have joined the @redbullesports family! It's so huge for me and the entire speedrunning community. Just so stoked!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 13, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Rogosin, Aaron (2018). "David 'GrandPOObear' Hunt". redbull.com. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
Further reading
- Alexandra, Heather (June 29, 2018). "Amazing Mario 3 Speedrun Is Full Of Setbacks And Sportsmanship". Kotaku. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- Van Allen, Eric (July 16, 2019). "Popular Super Mario Maker Creator Says Inexplicable Removal Of His Level Feels Like A Gut Punch". USgamer. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- Gach, Ethan (July 16, 2019). "Déjà Poo: Nintendo Deletes Another Mario Maker Level By Popular Speedrunner". Kotaku. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- Hernandez, Patricia (March 12, 2019). "The hardest Mario game of the year is unlike anything you've seen before". Polygon. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- Klepek, Patrick (March 21, 2016). "Nintendo Deletes Every Stage By Prominent Mario Maker Speedrunner". Kotaku. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- Mejia, Ozzie (July 20, 2018). "Shacknews Close-Up: GrandPOObear and the Power Glove". Shacknews. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
External links
- GrandPooBear on Twitch
- GrandPooBear on YouTube
- Warp World homepage