Summit1g

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Summit1g
Personal information
BornJaryd Russell Lazar
(1987-04-23) April 23, 1987 (age 34)[1]
Orange County, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Home townColorado Springs, Colorado
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2012-present
Followers6 million
Total views483 million
Follower and view counts updated as of December 9, 2021.

Jaryd Russell Lazar, more commonly known by his online alias summit1g, is an American Twitch streamer and retired competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player from Colorado Springs, Colorado,[2] who formerly played for professional esports teams A51 and Mythic.[3] After retiring from competitive esports, Jaryd became a well-known streamer on Twitch by streaming CS:GO and WarZ. He currently streams a variety of video games, such as Escape from Tarkov, Grand Theft Auto V, Sea of Thieves, Valorant, DayZ, iRacing, and Foxhole.[4][5]

Streaming on Twitch[]

In 2017, Jaryd garnered widespread attention for surpassing Tom "Syndicate" Cassell in the number of followers on Twitch. In 2018, Jaryd became the most-followed channel on the platform, surpassing Riot Games.[6]

In May 2020, Jaryd signed a multi-year contract with Twitch, regarding content and partnership support.[7][8] As of December 9, 2021, he has over 6 million followers on Twitch, and is ranked as the seventeenth-most-followed streamer on the platform.

As of July 2021, Jaryd has regularly been speedrunning Max Payne 3 during his Twitch streams and achieved a world record in the "hardcore" category for the game on July 2, 2021 while streaming live.[9]

Controversies faced on the Twitch platform[]

In May 2018, Lazar streamed with YouTuber Jake Paul and received complaints and criticism from fans for his decision to play with him.[10] In response to backlash from fans, Lazar told viewers "I'm a little disappointed in chat. I had hoped the 1g squad to be a little bit different. I thought some people had a little bit thicker skin."[11]

In April 2020, Lazar was involved in a controversy surrounding comments he made towards Valorant, a free-to-play multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed by Riot Games. He criticized the game for being poorly managed during the game's closed beta, as well as criticizing other streamers that streamed Valorant at the time for manipulating Twitch's "Drops" system (which allowed viewers watching Valorant streams on Twitch to randomly receive game keys that provided access to the closed beta) in order to increase their viewer counts and the total number of viewers for the game on the platform.[12] However, Lazar made an apology on Twitter, which he later deleted.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Summit1g [@summit1g] (April 23, 2017). "Btw guys, today is my actual birthday, turning 27. Thanks" (Tweet). Retrieved June 5, 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Team, The G. FUEL. "Summit1G Bio, Age, Real Name, Height, Setup, Settings, Merch, Twitter, Twitch & More". blog.gfuel.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  3. ^ Cropley, Steven. "summit1g Joins CSGO Team Mythic". WWG Esports. Archived from the original on 2018-04-08. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  4. ^ Duwe, Scott. "PUBG was watched more than League of Legends on Twitch in August". dotesports.com. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  5. ^ Webb, Kevin. "The 10 most popular channels on Twitch". Business Insider. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  6. ^ Wells, Jess. "Who is Summit1g? Net worth, setup, settings, and more". The Loadout. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  7. ^ Woo, Ginny. "Summit1G, Dakotaz And JoshOG Have Signed New Contracts With Twitch". Gamespot. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  8. ^ Peters, Jay. "Twitch signs multiyear deals with popular streamers Summit1G, Dakotaz, and JoshOG". The Verge. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  9. ^ Chalk, Andy (July 2, 2021). "Summit1g sets a new Max Payne 3 speedrun world record". PC Gamer. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  10. ^ Oxford, Nadia. "Fortnite Streamer's Fans React Badly to Session with Jake Paul". US gamer. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  11. ^ O'Brien, Lucy. "Twitch Streamer's Audience Rebels Against Him After Fortnite Stream With Jake Paul". IGN. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  12. ^ Biswas, Souhardya. ""Piece of s**t video game"- summit1g Lashes Out At Valorant's Twitch Streams". Essentially sports. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
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