Myth (gamer) explained

Id:Myth
Birth Name:Ali Kabbani
Birth Date:24 May 1999
Birth Place:Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Years1:2018–2022
Team1:Team SoloMid
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Channel Display Name:Myth
Channel Direct Url:Myth_YT
Years Active:2013–present
Subscribers:4.48 million
Views:390 million
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Channel Name:Myth
Years Active:2016–2022
Followers:7.3 million
Stats Update:April 5, 2024

Ali Kabbani (born May 24, 1999), better known as Myth, is an American YouTube live streamer and former professional Fortnite Battle Royale player.[1] Kabbani has over 4.5 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.

Career

Streaming

Kabbani's YouTube account was created on November 3, 2013. He started live streaming on Twitch in 2016 and mainly streamed Paragon, a third-person multiplayer online battle arena developed by Epic Games. His streams became much more popular when he started streaming Fortnite Battle Royale in the latter half of 2017. At the end of January 2018, Kabbani had over 200,000 followers on Twitch and by the end of June of the same year, the number had increased to over 3.2 million.

Kabbani joined Team SoloMid (TSM) in 2018 and captained a team that consisted of himself, Daequan, Darryle "Hamlinz" Hamlin and Juan "CaMiLLs" Camilla (sub).[2] Kabbani participated in the Ninja Vegas Tournament in April 2018. Additionally, Kabbani's streams have included a variety of other popular streamers including, Pokimane and summit1g. Kabbani compares Fortnite building/editing mechanics to a shooter version of chess.[3]

In March 2019, Ninja was paid $1 million to stream Apex Legends while Kabbani was paid an undisclosed amount.[4] Kabbani played as TSM's team leader in the game Valorant during the Twitch Rivals series.[5] As of July 2021, he has over 7.4 million followers and over 158 million views on Twitch.[6]

On December 28, 2021, Kabbani announced that he would not be renewing his contract with TSM, citing the loss of a family environment, upon the departures of friends Bjergsen and Leena.[7] In July 2022, Kabbani announced an exclusivity contract with YouTube.[8]

Boxing

In December 2022, Kabbani participated in Ludwig Ahgren's chess boxing event titled "Mogul Chessboxing Championship" at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Kabbani fought and defeated Cherdleys via checkmate in the sixth round.[9]

In April 2023, Kabbani made his traditional boxing debut on Creator Clash 2 against Hundar at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, U.S. Kabbani defeated Hundar via technical knockout in the first round.[10]

Boxing record

Chessboxing record

|- style="background:#CCFFCC;"| 2022-12-11 || Win ||align=left|Cherdleys||Mogul Chessboxing Championship|| Galen Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S. || Checkmate || 6 |||-| colspan=9 | Legend:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schechner . Sam . Grind . Kirsten . West . John . July 14, 2020 . Searching for Video? Google Pushes YouTube Over Rivals . August 23, 2020 . WSJ.
  2. Web site: Bishop . Sam . February 5, 2018 . Team SoloMid recruits full Fortnite team . . November 5, 2018.
  3. Web site: Thier . Dave . March 18, 2018 . 'Fortnite' Pro 'Myth' On Weapons, How To Improve And Why 'Fortnite' Is Like Chess . August 23, 2020 . Forbes.
  4. Web site: Fingas . Jon . March 13, 2019 . EA reportedly paid Ninja $1 million to stream 'Apex Legends' . August 23, 2020 . Engadget.
  5. Web site: Erzberger . Tyler . June 8, 2020 . VALORANT Twitch Rivals -- what we learned . August 23, 2020 . ESPN.
  6. Web site: Top 50 Twitch users sorted by Followers . live . November 3, 2020 . . https://archive.today/20201020045942/https://socialblade.com/twitch/top/50 . October 20, 2020.
  7. Web site: Sterling Cyre . Clayton . December 28, 2021 . Myth Has Left TSM . January 26, 2022 . Game Rant.
  8. Web site: Myth joins YouTube Gaming after 7 years of streaming on Twitch. McIntyre. Max Miceli, Isaac. Dot Esports. 11 July 2022 . 2022-07-11.
  9. Web site: Polhamus . Blaine . 2022-12-11 . Ludwig Chessboxing event: Start time, fight card, live results . 2022-12-12 . Dot Esports . en-US.
  10. Web site: 2023-04-14 . Creator Clash 2 results: Alex Wassabi takes decision over iDubbbz, John Hennigan knocks out Harley Morenstein . 2023-05-07 . www.sportingnews.com . en-us.