![]() ![]() Before I knew it, I was doing it as a full-time job. There was a personality to it and I was like, “I love this!” So, I decided to give it a go because, for one, I was good at the game I was playing, and second, I knew I had some pretty cool stories I could tell people. He wasn’t just recording gameplay and sharing it he was talking over the game and telling a life story about something, like what happened to him at work that day. ![]() I looked into other people who were doing it, and I found a player named Hotch, who was one of the biggest out there. I liked the concept of recording your gameplay and sharing it. I started when I was 15 when I saw one of my friends using a game-capture device that showed his insane skills in Call of Duty. How-or why-did you get obsessed with making videos of yourself playing games? So how did a typical college student from England become a global celeb in the gaming world? We talked to Syndicate about what drives his obsession and what he wants to be when he grows up (he’s 22). For YouTube-generation gamers, Syndicate’s digital entertainment skills warrant the screams. He has nearly 10 million subscribers to his channel “ The Syndicate Project,” which is more than Queen Beyoncé, comedian John Oliver and CNN. So what’s with the teenybopper mania? He’s a YouTuber with an enviable full-time gig: recording “gameplay” videos on YouTube for an estimated $1 million per year. “It’s kind of crazy.”Ĭassell-aka Syndicate, his online moniker-isn’t a professional athlete, musician or actor. “People just recognize me now,” he says with a chuckle. Next thing he knew he was signing autographs. “SYNDICATE!” Cassell was taken aback-the UK native was just traveling in a foreign country off-duty. Tom Cassell was on vacation in Greece last year when a group of kids suddenly ran up to him.
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