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Jordan Maron | |
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| Born | Jordan Maron February 10, 1992 |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | CaptainSparklez, Captain, Mr. Sparklez, Jordan |
| Occupation | YouTube partner |
| Known for | Musical parodies using Minecraft and playing the game |
Jordan Maron, better known as his YouTube username and gamertag, CaptainSparklez, is an American YouTube personality. Maron is best known for his song parodies made using Minecraft textures. He also regularly posts gameplay commentary videos that mainly focus on Minecraft.[1] However, other games are also played during the video such as Team Fortress 2, and Call of Duty, among others. In November 2012, Maron's YouTube channel surpassed 2 million subscribers, after which he received the YouTube 1 million subscriber Golden Play Button. He now has over 3 million 600 thousand subscribers.[2] Maron collaborated with Andrea Rene of Machinima in a video published by What's Trending.[3] In December 2012, Maron appeared in the inaugural episode of The Fine Brothers' YouTubers React.[4] and has continued to be part of YouTubers React, though he was not in Episodes 5 or 6. In his time on YouTubers react, he has spoken about "Gangnam Style",[5] Fred Figglehorn, Rewind YouTube Style 2012, among others.
History
Maron's original channel was Prosdonttalkshit. Maron uploaded mostly Call of Duty videos and worked for Machinima.com.
On July 20, 2010, he created his new channel, CaptainSparklez, due to the explicit language on his other YouTube channel, and kept posting Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 gameplay. As Minecraft got mildly popular, Jordan posted a few Minecraft videos and soon he completely switched his channel from Call Of Duty to Minecraft. His popular Minecraft videos include his parodies and his Minecraft "Lets Play" which is now in its second season, which is called "Minecraft: Modded Survival."
The nickname came from his friend SeaNanners who jokingly said Captain Sparklez when Jordan was looking for a name.[6]
Song parodies
Jordan has (as of December 2012) parodied four popular songs. In music videos Jordan is always accompanied by fellow YouTuber, "TryHardNinja", who provides the lead vocals in all of the parody videos. All of the parodies published by Maron have gone viral to different degrees. As of April 8, 2013, TNT has earned 60 million views, Revenge has earned 100 million views, surpassing the original song, DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love & making it the most watched gaming related video on Youtube ever, Fallen Kingdom has earned 53 million views, and Minecraft Style has earned 43 million views (but has since been taken down). Minecraft Style particularly also achieved media coverage by NBC,[7] MSN,[8] and The Daily Telegraph,[9] among several other online news publications.[10][11]Minecraft Style is the most viewed Gangnam Style parody.[12]
| Song | Parody of | Released | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| TNT | Dynamite by Taio Cruz | February 26, 2011 | |
| Revenge | DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love by Usher | August 19, 2011 | |
| Fallen Kingdom | Viva la Vida by Coldplay | April 2, 2012 | |
| Minecraft Style | Gangnam Style by PSY | October 21, 2012 | [7] |
Accomplishments
- Holds the top 4 most viewed Minecraft videos ever, with the top one Revenge at over 99,250,000 views
- Minecraft Style featured in Google's Year In Review[citation needed]
- Fallen Kingdom featured in Google's Rewind YouTube Style 2012
- More than 762,000,000 total video views[13]
- Exclusive panel at Minecon 2012[14]
- Appearing on national TV at the Spike Video Game Awards
- A "King of the Web" award recipient
- Over 3.6 million subscribers
- Revenge is the most watched gaming related video on YouTube
References
- ^ Sam Gutelle (November 20, 2012). "New Option For Gamers: Hulu Launches Video Games Hub". Tubefilter. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Timothy (April 29, 2013). "Captain Sparklez hits 3,600,000 subscribers!". TimTech Software. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Amanda Walgrove (October 31, 2012). "Assassin's Creed III First Look With CaptainSparklez And Andrea Rene". What's Trending. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Sam Gutelle (November 30, 2012). "New Fine Bros Show To Feature All Of Your Favorite YouTubers". Tubefilter. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Sam Gutelle (December 7, 2012). "YouTubers Have Strong Opinions About Gangnam Style, Evolution Of Dance". Tubefilter. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U81h2Wbq1rU
- ^ a b Winda Benedetti. "Dig this 'Minecraft'-style 'Gangnam Style' parody". NBC. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Minecraft wiz obsessively recreates Gangnam Style vid". MSN. October 22, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Minecraft parody of Psy's Gangnam Style". The Daily Telegraph. October 22, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Anita Li (October 22, 2012). "Minecraft Meets 'Gangnam Style' in Block-Building Parody [VIDEO]". Mashable. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "'Minecraft Style' - Gamers Get Their Own 'Gangnam Style' Spoof (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post UK. October 23, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Vittorio Hernandez (December 27, 2012). "Top 5 Gangnam Style Parodies (VIDEOS)". International Business Times AU. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "YouTube Stats - Captain Sparklez". socialblade. 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Taking over Youtube with Captainsparklez - Minecon 2012". Gamespot. November 26, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
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External links
- Video on YouTube
- CaptainSparklez on Twitter