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Updated August 12, 2022 |
Jimmy Donaldson (born May 7, 1998), better known as MrBeast, is an American YouTube personality.[7] He has been credited with pioneering a genre of YouTube videos that centers on expensive stunts.[8] His main YouTube channel, "MrBeast", is the fifth-most-subscribed on the platform.
Donaldson began posting videos to YouTube in early 2012 at the age of 13,[9] under the handle "MrBeast6000"; his early content ranged from Let's Plays to "videos estimating the wealth of other YouTubers."[10] He went viral in 2017 after his "counting to 100,000" video earned tens of thousands of views in just a few days, and he has become increasingly popular ever since, with most of his videos gaining tens of millions of views.[10] Over time, his style of content diversified to include challenge and donation videos that reward thousands of dollars, videos with arduous tasks or survival challenges, and original vlogs.[11] Once his channel took off, Donaldson hired several of his childhood friends to help him run the growing brand. As of 2022, the MrBeast team was made up of 60 people.[12]
Donaldson's main YouTube channel, which reached 100 million subscribers on July 28, 2022,[13] is called "MrBeast".[upper-alpha 2] He also runs several other YouTube channels, including Beast Reacts, MrBeast Gaming, MrBeast Shorts, and a philanthropy channel.[14][15] He was also one of the 10 highest-paid YouTubers of 2020.[16] Donaldson is also the founder of MrBeast Burger and Feastables, and a co-creator of Team Trees, a fundraiser for the Arbor Day Foundation that has raised over $23 million,[17][18] and Team Seas, a fundraiser for Ocean Conservancy and The Ocean Cleanup that has raised over $30 million.[19]
Early life and family[edit]
Donaldson was born on May 7, 1998, in the state of Kansas. Donaldson was mainly raised alongside his brother Charles "C. J." Donaldson in Greenville, North Carolina. In 2016, Donaldson graduated from Greenville Christian Academy, a private secondary school in the area. He briefly attended East Carolina University before dropping out.[20][21] Donaldson's brother, also a YouTuber who makes similar content to his brother's who goes by MrBro, has more than four million subscribers as of June 2022.[22][23][23]
YouTube career[edit]
Early viral attempts (2012–2017)[edit]
Donaldson uploaded his first YouTube video in February 2012, at the age of 13, under the handle "MrBeast6000"; his early content ranged from Let's Plays (mainly focused on Minecraft and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2),[24] videos estimating the wealth of other YouTubers,[25] videos that offered tips to upcoming YouTube creators, and commentary on YouTube drama. Donaldson appeared only infrequently in these videos.[24] In July 2013, the subscriber count of his channel, then named "That-dude", was around 240.[26]
In 2015 and 2016, Donaldson began to gain popularity with his "worst intros" series poking fun at YouTube video introductions[citation needed]. By mid-2016, Donaldson had around 30,000 subscribers. In fall 2016, Donaldson dropped out of East Carolina University to pursue a full-time career as a YouTuber.[10][25] His mother did not approve of this, and made him move out of the family home.[20]
As his channel grew, Donaldson hired four childhood friends – Chris Tyson, Chandler Hallow, Garrett Ronalds, and Jake Franklin – to contribute to his channel.[20] They then contacted numerous YouTubers in order to obtain statistics of their successful videos and predicting the platform's recommendation system.[27][clarification needed]
Rise to fame (2017–2020)[edit]
In January 2017, Donaldson published an almost day-long video of himself counting to 100,000.[28] The stunt took him 40 hours, with some parts sped up to "keep it under 24 hours."[28] Donaldson also gained popularity during this period with stunts, such as attempting to break glass using a hundred megaphones, watching paint dry for an hour,[21] attempting to stay underwater for 24 hours (which ended up failing due to health issues), and an unsuccessful attempt to spin a fidget spinner for a day.[29] By 2018, Donaldson had given out $1 million through his outlandish stunts, which earned him the title of "YouTube's biggest philanthropist."[20]
During PewDiePie vs T-Series in 2018, a competition to become the most-subscribed channel on YouTube, Donaldson bought billboards and numerous television and radio advertisements to help PewDiePie gain more subscribers than T-Series.[citation needed] During Super Bowl LIII, he bought multiple seats for himself and his team, whose shirts spelled out "Sub 2 PewDiePie."[30][31]
In March 2019, Donaldson organized and filmed a real-life battle royale competition in Los Angeles with a prize of $200,000 (two games were played, making game earnings of $100,000 for each game) in collaboration with Apex Legends.[32] The event and prize pool was sponsored by Apex Legends publisher Electronic Arts.[33]
Donaldson was accused of using counterfeit money in his video titled "I Opened A FREE BANK", published on November 23, 2019.[20] He later explained that he used fake money to avoid participant safety concerns and that participants received real checks after the shoot.[20]
In April 2020, Donaldson created a rock, paper, scissors competition stream that featured 32 influencers and a grand prize of $250,000, which at the time became YouTube's most-watched live Original event with 662,000 concurrent viewers.[34] The event was ultimately won by Nadeshot.[35] In October 2020, Donaldson hosted another influencer tournament featuring 24 competitors with a grand prize of $300,000. The tournament was ultimately won by the D'Amelio family, which caused controversy due to claims that they cheated.[36]
Profitability (2021–present)[edit]
On January 1, 2021, Donaldson released the video "Youtube Rewind 2020, Thank God It's Over".[37] In Donaldson's video, he explains that he had always believed that YouTubers "should get more say in Rewind," and with this in mind, he decided to call "hundreds of YouTubers."[37] At the end of the video, Donaldson gives a shoutout to PewDiePie, citing him and his 2018 Rewind as the inspiration for Donaldson's Rewind.[37]
A month later, Donaldson signed a Facebook and Snapchat content distribution deal with Jellysmack.[38][39]
In November 2021, Donaldson uploaded a recreation of the survival drama streaming television series Squid Game in real life, in which 456 people competed for a $456,000 cash prize, without the violence in the show.[40] The video has more than 280 million views as of August 13, 2022,[41] making it Donaldson's most-viewed YouTube video and also making it one of the most-watched YouTube videos of 2021.[42] A review of the video in Vice stated that it "badly misunderstood the anti-capitalist message of Squid Game".[43]
In December 2021, Donaldson created a third influencer tournament featuring 15 competitors with a grand prize of $1,000,000.[44][45][46]
In January 2022, Forbes ranked MrBeast as YouTube's highest-earning creator, earning an estimated $54 million in 2021. Forbes also stated that his income in 2021 would have placed him 40th in the 2020 Forbes Celebrity 100, earning as much money as Vin Diesel and Lewis Hamilton did in 2020.[47][48]
On July 28, 2022, Donaldson surpassed 100 million subscribers on his main channel,[49] making him the fifth channel and the second individual YouTuber to achieve the milestone.[50][51]
Business model[edit]
— Jimmy Donaldson on his YouTube videos
Donaldson's videos are known to have elements in order to go "viral". By doing so, he gains advertising sales of "tens of millions of dollars", as social media's recommendation systems show his videos to more people. Therefore, according to The Detroit News, his videos have elements of internet challenges, guest appearances and reaction videos – three popular video genres online.[52] On YouTube, his videos make use of catchy clickbait titles such as "I Adopted EVERY Dog in a Dog Shelter",[upper-alpha 3] explain the challenges in under half a minute, and keep their length between ten and twenty minutes.[27]
According to Donaldson, large monetary prizes are also an important factor in viewer engagement.[27] Therefore, his videos often involve him donating large amounts of money to individuals, with many of these videos being sponsored by various companies. He also sometimes hosts competitions in video games, such as Minecraft, for large prizes, including donating a house in one of his gaming videos.[21][53] MrBeast has been credited with launching a new style of high-cost stunt videos on YouTube, where creators pull off elaborate challenges and large-scale sponsored giveaways.[20]
A typical video involves Donaldson giving away large sums of money.[54][55] His expensive YouTube videos are mostly funded and sponsored through large-scale brand deals that appear as ads within his videos.[56][20] Psychologist Tim Kasser analyzed that a MrBeast video promoting a product would be about half as expensive as running a television ad, with higher engagement and reception.[57] Donaldson claimed in January 2021 that he runs his main channel at a loss.[58]
Other ventures[edit]
Finger on the App[edit]
In June 2020, Donaldson, in collaboration with Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF, released a one-time multiplayer mobile game titled "Finger on the App". In the game, players touch their phone screen and the last person to remove their finger from the screen wins $25,000.[59] In the end, four people ended up winning $20,000 each after keeping their finger on the app for over 70 hours.[60] The game was reportedly so successful that a sequel titled "Finger on the App 2" was planned to originally launch in December 2020. However, the game was postponed to February and then further delayed to March 2021 due to a flood of downloads, causing the game to crash and requiring the game's developers to upgrade their servers. This time, the game featured a grand prize of $100,000.[61] The winner kept their finger on the phone screen for around 51 hours; the second-place finisher also received a prize of $20,000.[62]
MrBeast Burger[edit]
Will Hyde, a producer for the MrBeast channel, announced in a November 2020 article with The Wake Weekly that Donaldson would launch a virtual restaurant called MrBeast Burger in December 2020. Hyde said his team worked with Virtual Dining Concepts during the development of the restaurant concept. He said that MrBeast Burger will sell franchise rights to serve the burgers to restaurants across the US and customers will be able to order the burgers via online delivery services.[63][verification needed]
Feastables[edit]
In January 2022, Donaldson announced the creation of a new food company called Feastables, which launched with its own brand of chocolate bars called "MrBeast Bars." At launch they offered 3 flavors of bars, original, almond and quinoa crunch. The launch corresponded with a sweepstakes with over $1 million in prizes, including 10 grand prize winners who would receive a chance to compete for a chocolate factory in a future video.[64] The video was released in June 2022, which featured Gordon Ramsay as a cake judge and a $500,000 cash prize.[65][66] On February 2, 2022, Feastables announced partnerships with Turtle Beach Corporation and Roccat to provide prizes for the sweepstakes.[67][68]
Investments and partnerships[edit]
Donaldson is an investor in the tech startup Backbone, which produces the Backbone One, a controller that makes smartphones appear more similar to Nintendo Switch controllers, and the Backbone app, a content creation and social tools app for its users.[69][70]
In March 2021, Donaldson partnered with Creative Juice financial network to introduce Juice Funds, a $2 million investment fund for content creators.[71][72]
In April 2021, Donaldson became a long-term investor and partner of financial technology company Current.[73][74] The same month, Donaldson received backlash after fans lost large amounts of money in a cryptocurrency scheme that Donaldson had invested in and promoted.[72]
Philanthropy[edit]
Team Trees[edit]
On October 25, 2019, Donaldson and former NASA engineer and YouTuber Mark Rober organized a collaborative fundraising challenge event on YouTube called #TeamTrees. The goal of this project was to raise $20 million for the Arbor Day Foundation by January 1, 2020, and plant trees "no later than December 2022." Every donation goes to the Arbor Day Foundation, which pledges to plant one tree for every dollar donated. Notable YouTubers such as Rhett & Link, Marshmello, iJustine, Marques Brownlee, The Slow Mo Guys, Ninja, Simone Giertz, Jacksepticeye, and Smarter Every Day brought attention to this idea. Trees began to be planted in October 2019 in national parks of the United States.[75][76] On December 19 of that year, the $20,000,000 goal was surpassed,.[77] So far[when?] Team Trees has planted 9 million trees across the globe and are expected to finish in 2022.[citation needed] The project has also received large donations from corporate executives Jack Dorsey, Susan Wojcicki, Elon Musk,[78] and Tobias Lütke.[79] Companies such as Discovery, Verizon and Plants vs. Zombies have also contributed.[80][not in citation given]
As of July 19, 2022, they have received over $23.89 million in donations which equates to 23.89 million trees planted. As of July 19, 2022, they need to plant 4 million more trees to achieve this number.[81]
Beast Philanthropy[edit]
On September 17, 2020, the YouTube channel Beast Philanthropy was created.[82] On the channel's first video, Donaldson announced the charity and food bank and named Darren, who had appeared in previous videos, as executive director.[83] As of January 2022 the channel donates 100% of its advertising revenue, brand deals, and merchandise sales for charity.[citation needed]
Team Seas[edit]
On October 29, 2021, Donaldson and Rober organized another collaborative challenge event on YouTube titled #TeamSeas. The goal of this project was to raise $30 million for the Ocean Conservancy and The Ocean Cleanup by January 1, 2022. The $30 million goal would fund the removal of 30 million pounds of plastic and other waste from oceans, rivers, and beaches. Donaldson and Rober enlisted thousands of content creators, including AzzyLand, DanTDM, TommyInnit, LinusTechTips, TierZoo, LEMMiNO, The Infographics Show, Hannah Stocking, Dhar Mann and Marques Brownlee, and partnered with BEN and TubeBuddy's initiative of 8 million global creators, to promote the fundraiser.[84][85][86]
Public image[edit]
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Opinion polls have shown that Donaldson is one of the most well-liked YouTubers on the platform. A 2021 SurveyMonkey poll showed that 70% of respondents have a favorable view of him, compared to 12% who had an unfavorable view.[87]
During a Clubhouse room in February 2021, Donaldson booted entrepreneur Farokh Sarmad after he said he could not pronounce his name, a move that Sarmad later said was racist. Sarmad faced backlash from YouTube's commentary community[clarification needed] and other Clubhouse users who were present at the call who argued against Sarmad's claims, claiming that MrBeast removed him along with others to make room for women on the stage to be more inclusive.[88][89]
Allegations of homophobia[edit]
In October 2018, Taylor Lorenz in an article in The Atlantic reported on Donaldson's history of using homophobic slurs.[43][54][90] Lorenz noted that Donaldson, when still a teenager, on Twitter had a habit of referring to people as "fags" and regularly treated being homosexual as a punchline in jokes and "gay" as an insult. In an interview about the controversy he reportedly said, "I'm not offensive toward anyone."[54] Donaldson's use of slurs, his defense that it was not offensive, and his handling of the controversy was criticized in articles in LGBT-oriented magazines such as Queerty[91] and Gay Star News.[92] In 2021, a spokesperson for Donaldson stated in reference to the slurs that he had grown "up and matured into someone that doesn't speak like that".[93] Donaldson commented on the homophobic slurs again in April 2022, being remorseful of having used such language and defending himself by having grown up in the American Bible Belt where "anti-gay rhetoric" was "normal".[94]
Allegations of workplace bullying[edit]
In a May 2021 The New York Times article, Matt Turner, an editor for Donaldson from February 2018 to September 2019, claimed that Donaldson berated him almost daily, including calling him a retard. Turner also reported that he was regularly not credited for his work.[72] Reporting by Insider showed that Turner previously posted a video in 2018 explaining his allegations and in October 2019 released a deleted Twitter thread which stated that he was "yelled at, bullied, called mentally retarded and replaceable by MrBeast every single day."[95]
Nate Anderson quit after working for Donaldson for a week in 2018 over what he said were unreasonable demands and called Donaldson a perfectionist. After releasing a video describing his experience, Anderson reportedly received death threats from MrBeast's fans. Nine other employees who worked for Donaldson also stated that while Donaldson was sometimes generous, his demeanour would change when cameras were off of him. They described a difficult work environment while working under him.[72][95]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year | Ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | 9th Streamy Awards | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won | [96] | |
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2020 | 12th Annual Shorty Awards | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won | ||
10th Streamy Awards | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won | [97][98] | ||
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style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won | ||||
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2021 | 2021 Kids' Choice Awards | style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated | [99] | |
11th Streamy Awards | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won | [100] | ||
2022 | 2022 Kids' Choice Awards | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won | [101] |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Only the six main channels are included; MrBeast, MrBeast Gaming, Beast Reacts, MrBeast Shorts, Beast Philanthropy, and MrBeast 2.
- ↑ As of May 2022, his main channel is the fifth-most-subscribed channel on the platform, as well as the second-most-subscribed channel owned by an individual, and the most-subscribed channel owned by an individual from the United States.
- ↑ External video: I Adopted EVERY Dog In A Dog Shelter. Note that this video has gained over 110 million views.
References[edit]
- ↑ MrBeast [@MrBeastYT] (May 7, 2019). "I'm going give someone random who retweets this tweet $10,000 because it's my birthday and I feel like being nice (you have to be following me so I can dm you the code if you win)" (Tweet). Retrieved January 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ↑ MrBeast [@MrBeastYT] (April 16, 2019). "My 21st birthday is coming up and I can't wait to celebrate it in Las Vegas by gambling an unhealthy amount of money" (Tweet). Retrieved January 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "MrBeast: Biography, Early Life, Age, Career, and Net Worth". Jenpedia. 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ↑ YouTube star, Greenville's own MrBeast rethinks old notions of philanthropy. wnct.com. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ↑ Donaldson, Jimmy (July 8, 2016). "100,000 SUBSCRIBERS.EXE". YouTube. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ↑ Leskin, Paige (May 5, 2021). "Meet the 22-year-old YouTube star MrBeast, who's famous for giving away millions of dollars to strangers". Business Insider. Archived from the original on October 15, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2022. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ Alexander, Julia (October 25, 2019). "MrBeast changed YouTube and launched an entire genre of expensive stunt content". The Verge. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2020. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ "Night Media Signs Top Influencer, "MrBeast"". Business Wire. January 23, 2019. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Asarch, Steven (April 2, 2019). "How YouTuber MrBeast Pulled Off a Real-life Battle Royale in three Weeks". Newsweek. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ Harris, Paige Leskin, Margot. "How 22-year-old YouTube star MrBeast found success through elaborate stunts and giveaways". Business Insider. Archived from the original on December 25, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2021. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ Dickson, E. J. (2022-04-19). "Is MrBeast for Real? Inside the Outrageous World of YouTube's Cash-Happy Stunt King". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
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ignored (help) - ↑ "Beast Philanthropy Official Site - Help End Hunger". Beastphilanthropy.org. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
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ignored (help) - ↑ "Help Us Plant 20 Million Trees – Join #TeamTrees". teamtrees.org. Archived from the original on May 17, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ "Team Seas". teamseas.org. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ "That-dude (MrBeast6000) channel page". YouTube. July 21, 2013. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
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ignored (help) - ↑ 28.0 28.1 Farquhar, Peter (January 12, 2017). "Millions of people watched YouTuber 'MrBeast' count to 100,000". Business Insider. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2018. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ "YouTubers MrBeast, Jake Paul spotted at Sup Dogs". The East Carolinian. February 5, 2019. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ Hamilton, Isabel Asher (February 4, 2019). "PewDiePie's war with T-Series hit the Super Bowl, as YouTuber Mr Beast turned up to the game with 'Sub 2 PewDiePie' shirts". Business Insider. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ "MrBeast Hosts Real-life Battle Royale Tournament". Associated Press. March 14, 2019. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ Hale, James (March 13, 2019). "MrBeast Drops Video Of Real Life, EA-Sponsored 'Apex Legends' Battle". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2020. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ "MrBeast's 'Creator Games' Is YouTube's Most-Watched Live Original Ever, With 662K Concurrent Viewers". Tubefilter. April 27, 2020. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ "Nadeshot Wins MrBeast Rock Paper Scissors Charity Livestream". Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ Tenbarge, Kat. "TikTok star Charli D'Amelio's family was accused of cheating on trivia questions after winning a $300,000 charity competition between influencers". Insider. Archived from the original on February 24, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2021. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 Tran, Fonticha (January 1, 2021). "MrBeast's "YouTube Rewind 2020, Thank God It's Over"". Exclusive Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ Spangler, Todd (April 7, 2021). "MrBeast Signs Exclusive Snapchat, Facebook Video Distribution Pact With Jellysmack". Variety. Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ Wilde, Tyler (2021-11-25). "$3.5M Squid Game recreation is about as accurate as you can get without actually shooting anyone". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-26. Unknown parameter
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