Kayla Sims

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Kayla Sims
Personal information
BornKayla Marie Sims
(1999-08-14) August 14, 1999 (age 22)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
OccupationYouTuber and Twitch Streamer
Spouse(s)
Dan Grenander
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(m. 2021)​
Websitelilsimsieshop.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012-present
GenreGaming
Subscribers1,330,000[1]
(June 2021)
Total views392 million[1]
(June 2021)
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2018
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg 1,000,000 subscribers 2020

Kayla Marie Sims (born August 14, 1999), also known by her YouTube handle lilsimsie, is an American YouTuber and Twitch streamer. Sims is most well known for playing The Sims 4 and collaborations with EA on projects such as The Sims 4: Snowy Escape and EA Game Changers.

Career[]

YouTube[]

Sims started making YouTube videos about The Sims in 2015.[2] Sims' most popular YouTube video, "I left The Sims unpaused all night by accident and THIS is what happened..." has over 1.2 million views.[3] As of November 2021, Sims has 1.42 million subscribers.[4]

Sims is the creator the Wolf Pack Challenge, which uses The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs expansion pack,[5] and the Not-So-Berry Challenge, created with her friend Zoë (alwaysimming). In 2019, for her "Simsie Save", in which Sims renovates the game's worlds and characters, Sims made all toilets in her save gender-neutral.[6][7] One of Sims' longest running YouTube series was the "100 Baby Challenge" series, in which she completed the 100 Baby Challenge in The Sims 4 over the course of five years.[8]

In a July 2020 patch to The Sims 4, all cowplants in the game were given the default name "Little Simzee" as a nod to Sims' campaign for the ability to name cowplants in game.[9] Part of this campaign included getting the #justiceforcowplants trending on the Sims gallery via a "shell" building challenge.[10] In August 2020, Sims joined other Sims YouTubers in speaking out against the lack of diversity in skin tones in The Sims 4.[11]

In October 2020, Sims announced her collaboration with The Sims 4: Snowy Escape expansion pack, creating three lots for the game: 6-4-1 Hanamigawa, 5-6-1 Shinrinyoku, and 2-5-1 Wakabamori.[12][13]

Twitch[]

Sims has a Twitch channel with over 443,000 followers, and streams six days per week.[14][citation needed] In 2018, Sims was nominated for Streamer of the Year at Summer in the City for her streaming on Twitch.[15] In January 2021, an illustration of her cat was made the PogChamp emote on Twitch for a day.[16]

In May 2021, Sims took part in a charity fundraiser for St. Jude Play Live 2021 and raised over $300,000 for the children's hospital.[17] In June 2021, Sims raised $15,000 for the Transgender Law Center during a charity stream.[14] In August of 2021, Sims raised over $100,000 for AbleGamers to help reach his birthday fundraising goal of $1,000,000. [18] [19]

Sims, as part of the team Sandy’s Candies with streamers brandiganBTW, Fuzzireno, and TheHaboo, won the first Stardew Valley Cup in September 2021.[20]

Education[]

Sims attended the University of Central Florida. She originally majored in digital media, but switched to becoming a History major in 2018. In May of 2020 Sims graduated college with an undergraduate degree in history.

Personal life[]

Sims began playing The Sims when she was 12[3] and became particularly interested in the game after her father was diagnosed with cancer when she was 14. Sims has attributed the game with helping her cope with her father's diagnosis, using it as an “escape”.

Sims lives in Orlando, Florida and has a younger brother and sister, Brett and Shanna.

Sims married fellow streamer Dan Grenander on August 25, 2021.[21] Previously, Grenander had moved to Orlando to live with her in July 2021 on a K1 Fiance Visa, after living in the United Kingdom. They applied for a K1 Visa in February 2020.[22] Grenander streams on Twitch under the name “duckdan” and uploads to his associated YouTube channel under the same name. Both Sims and Grenander often play games online together such as Dead by Daylight, Fall Guys and Minecraft.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "About lilsimsie". YouTube.
  2. ^ Bonfiglio, Nahila (January 13, 2019). "YouTuber makes 'The Sims 4' bathrooms gender neutral, and fans are in love". The Daily Dot. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Gault, Matthew (March 18, 2020). "'It Nearly Brings Me to Tears.' 20 Years On, The Sims' Diehard Fans Could Never Let Go". Time. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Sawyer, Logan (May 4, 2021). "10 The Sims 4 YouTube Channels To Watch". Game Rant. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  5. ^ White, Jeanette (2020-07-21). "The Sims 4: Five challenges to spice up the gameplay". Game Freaks 365. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  6. ^ Lee, Jess (January 8, 2019). "The Sims player praised for making toilets gender neutral in new save". Digital Spy. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  7. ^ Jackson, Gita (January 7, 2019). "Sims YouTuber Makes All The Game's Bathrooms Gender Neutral". Kotaku. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  8. ^ Jackson, Gita (September 14, 2020). "It Took This YouTuber Five Years to Have 100 Babies In 'The Sims 4'". Vice.com. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  9. ^ Wozniak, Paul (2020-07-27). "Sims 4 Devs Listened to Fan's Request to Enable Us Name Our Cow Plants". Gamepressure.com. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  10. ^ lilsimsie (2020-07-24). "THEY PUT *ME* IN THE SIMS 4". Retrieved 2020-07-31 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ Ashcroft, Helen (2020-08-12). "It Took Sims 4 Players Of All Races To Get A Promise Of Skintone Diversity - This In Itself Is A Problem". TheGamer. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  12. ^ Mercante, Alyssa (2020-10-28). "The Sims 4 Snowy Escape finally gives Simmers what they want with in-depth behavior changes and an intricate new world". Games Radar. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  13. ^ Muller, Antoinette (2020-11-29). "Sims 4 Snowy Escape: Which EA Game Changers built which lots". Extratime Media. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  14. ^ a b Nightingale, Ed (June 29, 2021). "Twitch streamer lilsimsie raises $15,000 for Transgender Law Center". Pink News. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  15. ^ Beveridge, Marta (12 August 2018). "Summer in the City Awards 2018 Round-Up". Ten Eighty Magazine. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  16. ^ Hao, Dexter Tan Guan (13 February 2021). "Every PogChamp in 2021". Dot Esports.
  17. ^ Alvarez, Daniel (2021-06-03). "Content creators raised $4 million during the St. Jude Play Live event on Twitch". Game Freaks 365. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  18. ^ https://tiltify.com/@lilsimsie/lilsimsie-x-spawn-together/donate
  19. ^ https://www.ign.com/articles/steven-spohn-able-gamers-charity-fundraising-drive-disabled-gamers
  20. ^ Michael, Cale (2021-09-05). "Who won the Stardew Valley Cup: Results, Final Standings, Scores". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  21. ^ lilsimsie (2021-11-21). "we got married". YouTube. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  22. ^ so... i am engaged, retrieved 2021-04-02
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