DarkViperAU
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| Born | Matthew Judge March 15, 1991 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||
| Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||
| Education | Swinburne University of Technology | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2012–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 1.17 million (DarkViperAU)
518 thousand (DarkViperAU Clips) 55.4 thousand (DarkViperAU Shorts) | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.2 billion (combined) | |||||||||
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| Updated January 1, 2023 | ||||||||||
Matthew Judge (born 15 March, 1991), known professionally as DarkViperAU, is an Australian Voice Actor, YouTuber and Streamer.
Judge registered his main YouTube account in 2012 and currently uses YouTube as his main platform to post content. He also built a large following through the American video live streaming service Twitch, where he began his career. As of December 2022, his Twitch account has over 680 thousand followers.
His YouTube content has diversified to include streams, challenges and comedy style videos.[1] As of December 2022, he has over 1.7 million subscribers and over 1.2 billion video views across his three YouTube channels.[2]
Personal Life[edit]
Matthew Judge was born on March 15, 1991, and currently resides in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He grew up with his Mother, Father and Sister.
He achieved a Bachelor of Social Science in Psychology from Swinburne University of Technology in 2016. He received his degree on December 19th, 2016.[3]
Before he began his career on YouTube, Judge worked in a job repairing hearing aid devices.
He often keeps information regarding his family private.
He is openly an Atheist.
Career[edit]
On his Twitch channel (of the same name), Judge has nearly 700 thousand followers and over 9.2 million views.[4] His channel ranks in the top 0.12% of all time on Twitch.[5]
He mainly streams himself speedrunning the videogame Grand Theft Auto V from the popular videogame series Grand Theft Auto and has held world records in numerous categories.[6][7] He is widely known in the Grand Theft Auto community.[8][9]Along with this, he commonly streams himself editing for YouTube.
He created his channel on October 31st, 2012. However, his first video was uploaded on January 30th, 2016.
His primary content focuses on highlights from his streams.
One of his most popular YouTube videos is titled "Michael Was NEVER In Witness Protection - You Don't Understand GTA 5's Story,". As of December 2022, the video has over 5.5 million views.[10]
His channel attracted a large following with the release of his video series titled 'Pacifist%'[11], which lasted three years[12][13][14], and his series titled' Facts and Glitches You Don't Know'[15], both are primarily based on Grand Theft Auto V.
In 2022, he was included in the ‘Top 10 GTA5 YouTubers Who Are Great Influencers’ list.[16]
Controversies[edit]
React Content[edit]
In February 2022, DarkViperAU posted a 14-page document titled 'How The Grift Works'. In the document, he stated, "Reactors are all bad people. They explicitly exploit the less fortunate for their own gain.” In one section, he writes "If you meet a reactor at a party, I suggest covering your glass or outright tell them you don't want them to f**k you, because they seem keen to take a person's silence for consent." Some of the comparisons made in the document sparked backlash.[17]One popular YouTuber and Streamer named Penguinz0, commonly known as MoistCr1TiKaL or Cr1TiKaL, who himself often streams react content, mocked DarkViper's post, saying "He does make valid points in the document, but it's overshadowed by this unhinged rant that he goes on. DarkViper's entire document is about this belief that every reactor is doing it for financial gain and to f**k small channels. And the logic he uses to make these points is deeply flawed and isn't substantiated by any real evidence."[18]
In a 47-minute video response,[19] DarkViper accuses Penguinz0 of trying to shape the narrative by misrepresenting what the document said and using his larger audience to give only his side of the debate. He also clarified his comments regarding reactors spiking drinks at a party, explaining that it was only an analogy for the lack of consent often found with react content.
References[edit]
- ↑ Sahbegovic, Danny (August 10, 2021). "5 times DarkViperAU made GTA 5 players laugh". www.sportskeeda.com.
- ↑ "DarkViperAU's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com.
- ↑ https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/file/839b187f-8447-492a-9193-daefefc319cd/1/swinburne_graduation_program_2016-december.pdf
- ↑ "darkviperau's Twitch Stats Summary Profile (Social Blade Twitch Statistics)". socialblade.com.
- ↑ "DarkViperAU - Streamer Overview & Stats".
- ↑ "Runs - DarkViperAU - speedrun.com". www.speedrun.com.
- ↑ "GTA 5 speedrun world record attempt ruined by a rare bug". VG247. October 11, 2017.
- ↑ Middler, Jordan (October 18, 2021). "'GTA Online' Twitch streamers are being targeted with DDOS attacks". NME.
- ↑ Gonzalez, Oscar. "Rockstar Games apologizes for GTA Trilogy mess. Here's what you should know". CNET.
- ↑ "Michael Was NEVER In Witness Protection - You Don't Understand GTA 5's Story" – via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ Anne-Marie Ostler (October 4, 2022). "GTA 5 player completes pacifist run 3 years in the making". gamesradar.
- ↑ "GTA 5: Players to Kill at Least 96 People to Complete the Single Player Campaign; All You Need to Know". in.ign.com. October 7, 2022.
- ↑ Murray, Sean (October 4, 2022). "GTA 5 Player Completes Pacifist Run After More Than 3 Years". TheGamer.
- ↑ McNulty, Thomas (October 4, 2022). "GTA 5 Pacifist Run Took 3 Years (& Still A Lot of Killing) To Finish". ScreenRant.
- ↑ Sahbegovic, Alan (January 30, 2022). "GTA Online's latest update affects GTA 5 with one of the most bizarre glitches". www.sportskeeda.com.
- ↑ "Top 10 GTA 5 YouTubers That are Great Influencers | 2023 List". November 30, 2022.
- ↑ "Asmongold defends Twitch 'reaction to content' after DarkViperAU criticism - USTimeToday". February 10, 2022.
- ↑ "MoistCr1TiKal & Mizkif hit back at DarkViperAU over reaction content: "He's fallen" - USTimeToday". February 9, 2022.
- ↑ Bhatia, Shanteev (June 1, 2021). "GTA 5 speedrunner DarkViperAU addresses controversy related to his comments on the infamous "no damage" run". www.sportskeeda.com.
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