Michael Reeves (Internet personality)
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| Born | Michael Reeves November 20, 1997 Maui, Hawaii, U.S. | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2017-present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 5,710,000[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 273 million[1] | |||||||||
| Associated acts | OfflineTV | |||||||||
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Last updated: February 4, 2021 | ||||||||||
Michael Reeves (born November 20, 1997), is an American YouTuber and Twitch streamer, best known for his robotics-focused videos.[2] He is a member of OfflineTV, an online social entertainment group of content creators.
Early life
Reeves was born in 1997, to an American father and a Filipino mother, he was born in Hawaii and spent most of his early adulthood there. While at high school, Reeves conveyed a disinterest in the school system and began coding to secure a job in order to improve his academic merit.[3] He later attended Northern Arizona University and took up a degree in computer science but dropped out to focus on work. At the time, he was working for the U.S. government as a software contractor.[3]
Career
While Reeves was attending university, he released his first video on YouTube named, The Robot That Shines a Laser in Your Eye, in 2017 which went viral.[4][5][6] His subsequent video ideas included a Roomba that screamed upon hitting an object, a taser camera that electrocutes subjects upon taking a photo, and a Twitter bot that purchases items from the replies that receive the most likes.[7][8][9] Newsweek described Reeves as an "internet edge lord and coding genius."[10]
In December 2019, it was announced that Reeves had joined OfflineTV, a collective of Twitch streamers creating content and living together in Los Angeles, California.[11] In his first video with the group, Reeves created an iteration of laser tag titled "taser tag" where players get shocked by a taser after being shot.[12][13] In February 2020, he began dating fellow OfflineTV member, LilyPichu.[14]
In June 2020, Reeves began streaming on Twitch, where he streams both video games and technology work. His debut stream attracted over 30,000 concurrent viewers.[15]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2020 | 10th Streamy Awards | Technology | Nominated | [16] |
See also
References
- ^ a b "About Michael Reeves". YouTube.
- ^ Lopez, Jalen (6 July 2020). "OfflineTV member Michael Reeves creates power drill that's controlled by his Twitch Chat". Dot Esports.
- ^ a b Andrew Amos (December 11, 2019). "Michael Reeves joins OfflineTV as seventh member". Dexerto. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ Chris Matyszczyk (April 18, 2017). "Teen builds robot that shines laser into his own eye". CNET. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ James Vincent (April 18, 2017). "Genius human teaches robot to shoot lasers into his eyes". The Verge. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ Matthew Hart (April 18, 2017). "This Pizza Box Robot Lasers Your Eyeballs No Matter Where Your Face Moves". Nerdist. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ Kraus, Rachel (5 May 2019). "This modded Roomba screams in mortal pain when it runs into things". Mashable.
- ^ Parker, Paul (18 October 2019). "Hack Your Camera and Taser Your Subjects, Yes Really". Fstoppers.
- ^ Anderson, Ruby (11 October 2019). "Guy Allows Twitter to Decorate His Room, Results Are Awkward". Thrillist.
- ^ Asarch, Steven (27 March 2020). "6 YouTube channels to keep you sane while you stay inside". Newsweek.
- ^ Tyler Esguerra (December 10, 2019). "YouTuber Michael Reeves officially joins streaming group OfflineTV". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ Hart, Matthew (16 December 2019). "'Tazer Tag' Is Laser Tag, but with Painful Electrocutions". Nerdist.
- ^ Coward, Cameron (14 December 2019). "Tazer Tag Has Much Higher Stakes Than Boring Old Laser Tag". Hackster.io.
- ^ Scott Robertson (March 4, 2020). "LilyPichu's room makeover stream nearly ends in disaster". Dexerto. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ Penney, Andrew (2020-06-18). "Michael Reeves Hits 30,000 Viewers In Twitch Debut". TheGamer. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ ETonline, Staff. "2020 Streamy Awards: The Complete Winners List". WUSA 9. Retrieved 13 December 2020.