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A couple weeks ago, Troy Marco Papa streamed to YouTube. For the umpteenth time, he was doing what he does best: video game playthroughs that go off on hilarious tangents. He’s like a colorful stew of Yogscast, AVGN and Doctor Octoroc (a la his Captain Novolin days). One way Mr. Marco has developed this talent for zany commentary is by watching YouTube streams of people playing video games. One morning while lounging in bed with his girlfriend, the idea struck him to start streaming himself playing himself back at 1/2 speed so he could talk over it. He kept this up for roughly half an hour, then paused it to let someone else play for a while. As he described in the stream yesterday: “to be honest, I wasn’t even doing this for money; it was just because I was bored.” Like all of his YouTube videos, the one titled “Morpheus” (now deleted) has racked up more than 1.3 million views (not counting retweets). Mr. Marco had become frustrated with some of the more popular YouTube channels that focus on reviewing video games while taking themselves far too seriously. He wanted to pursue a different route, and hopefully inspire a few people along the way. Mr. Marco often wishes he could infuse his own personality into the games he plays to make them more enjoyable for himself and the viewers. Originally, he had wanted to create content full-time but was unable to find a way to monetize his videos in a way that was sustainable. The stream went on until about 9am when his girlfriend woke up, but by then it had been going on for well over 3 hours and nearly 1000 people were watching in real time. As Mr. Marco put it: “I can’t believe we did this.” The response was overwhelmingly positive and the success gave him an idea: starting a YouTube channel to give him a chance to explore more content and play games he wouldn’t normally get around to. Mr. Marco began working on that this past weekend with his girlfriend, Jess, who introduced him to all the important people at Machinima (including the founding members of SuperBest Friends and Real Geeks). Troy and Jess were great partners both on and off camera, and I know she would be excited for him. I’m lucky to have had the opportunity to collaborate with them both. As of yesterday, he has about 50 subscribers and 100 followers on Twitter. He posts every Wednesday around 5pm EST, but also streams during other nights as well. If you haven’t already subscribed to his channel, I highly recommend you do so now!A few days after creating his first YouTube channel, another one was made called Papapaint where Troy uploads his Vlogs along with Troy's occasional spontaneous streams that are announced via Twitter (@TROYmarcpapa) or through Troy's Facebook FanPage . eccc085e13
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