FPSRussia

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Kyle Myers
YouTube channel ( firearms , comedy )
language English with a Russian accent
founding September 2010 First upload
resolution April 2016 Last upload
channels Youtube channel
Subscribers over 6,810,000 (April 2020)
Calls over 903,000,000 (April 2020)
Videos over 115 (July 2018)

FPSRussia is a YouTube channel that published short English-language videos about firearms and explosives between 2010 and 2016 . The moderator and main character of the contributions is the American Kyle Myers, who portrays the fictional character Dmitri Potapoff in the videos , a Russian who speaks with a strong accent . The videos are not about a serious description of weapons or how to use them, instead the weapons are used in the most spectacular possible way.

Youtube channel FPSRussia

Developed by FPSRussia

On September 1, 2010, the operator of the channel published its first video. In May 2011, the FPSRussia channel reached one million subscribers. In March 2016, the channel had over 720 million viewers and over six million subscribers, making it 142nd of the most subscribed channels.

The last video so far appeared in the channel in April 2016. (As of March 2020) The number of viewers and subscribers has not grown as fast as before, and the channel fell to 414th place in the subscriber ranking (as of April 2018).

Content of the videos

At the beginning of a video, Myers usually briefly mentions the properties of a weapon in order to then fire it at various targets such as melons, PET bottles or cardboard comrades - with the most spectacular effect possible. Among other things, a gold-plated AK-47 , an armored personnel carrier , a 40 mm Bofors cannon and an apparently faked armed quadrocopter were used.

In addition to the Russian fake accent, he does not take the weapon issue seriously either in terms of content, but reveals the desire for the spectacular. Like choosing a weapon in a video game, it's not about details, but about how cool it is and how big it is, and with it the bigger kick .

Cooperations

Myer's success with FPSRussia resulted in a number of collaborations:

  • In July 2011 he had an appearance on the YouTube show Epic Meal Time , which brought in 7.1 million views (as of August 2013).
  • Myers also hosts The Controller: Medal of Honor series from the Machinima Prime YouTube channel .
  • On October 29, 2012, Myers made a cameo in the Call of Duty: Black Ops II live action trailer, directed by Guy Ritchie
  • Myers also hosts the Painkiller Already (PKA) podcast as FPS Kyle .

Kyle Myers

The operator and presenter of the channel was the American Kyle Lamar Myers. Myers was born on May 9, 1986 in Hart County , Georgia . Before FPSRussia, Myers operated the YouTube channels “klm5986” and “FPSKylesletsplays”. On the latter, he uploaded Let's Plays from Fallout , Duke Nukem and Dead Space . As "FPSKyle" (FPS = First Person Shooter ) he also commented on recordings of multiplayer battles from the first person shooter series Call of Duty . The desire to explain real weapons and compare them with their replicas from computer games and films led to the establishment of FPSRussia.

The idea for the Russian accent came to him while he was working at the time, a car dealer. One of his colleagues there was Russian, and Myers was tempted to imitate the way he spoke. Myers also learned the accent as a five-year-old from his uncle, who often spoke in Russian for fun with little Kyle. Myers created the fantasy character Dmitri with the accent and began filming his video contributions on his parents' farm in Georgia.

Myers also operates the FPSRussiaTV and MoreFPSRussia channels . The latter is more informative and mainly deals with the technical aspects of weapons. In March 2013 he published a game in the Apple App Store , the development of which was financed with a crowdfunding campaign.

On January 3, 2013, FPSRussia team member Keith Ratliff was found dead. Ratliff was responsible for the procurement of weapons for FPSRussia. It was investigated on suspicion of murder , the investigation was still ongoing in March 2013. In March 2013, Myers' Georgia estate and his father's nearby farm were raided by a team of more than forty members from the ATF and the FBI . ATF spokesman Richard Coes said that the house search was suspected of illegal possession of explosives, but that no prohibited substances were found.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FPSRussia on Social Blade
  2. ↑ Joshua Cohen: FPSRussia Breaks 1 Million YouTube Subscribers, Blows Things Up . Tube filter. June 22, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
  3. ↑ statsheep.com
  4. ↑ socialblade.com
  5. ↑ Jeremy Korzeniewski: FPS Russia takes an armored troop carrier through a drive thru . Autoblog. August 29, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  6. ↑ This Weaponized Quadrotor is Fake, But Cool Viral Marketing for Upcoming Call of Duty Game . Geekosystem. April 23, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  7. ↑ Howard: Dominance, Slackerism and Camaraderie in "Surprise" . Submitted for the Master of Arts in Communication Studies at California State University, Northridge, May 2014. (Supervisor / Examination Committee: Dr. John Kephart III, Dr. Gina Giotta, Prof. Aimee Carrillo Rowe)
  8. ↑ Marc Hustvedt: Quick Clicks: Rebecca Black Un-Auto-Tuned, 'Yam Roll', YouTube View Counts, 'Epic Meal Time' w / FPSRussia . Tube filter. July 19, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
  9. ↑ Sam Gutelle: Machinima Prime's 'The Controller' Is A New Spin On Jock / Nerd Pairing . Tube filter . September 20, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  10. ↑ Tim Nudd: FPSRussia Leads All-Star Cast in Guy Ritchie's Killer 'Black Ops 2' Spot . Adweek. October 29, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
  11. ↑ Justin Massoud: Gamer and Gun Enthusiast Imitates Crazy 'Call of Duty' Stunts . Asylum. November 8, 2010. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 29, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.asylum.com
  12. ↑ Robert Snow: EpicMealTime, FPSRussia and the Secret to Mass Appeal on YouTube ( English ) In: Professionally Incoherent . Wordpress. October 17, 2011. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved on May 29, 2012.
  13. ↑ James Plafke: Gun-obsessed YouTube star FPS Russia is making a video game . Geek . December 12, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  14. ↑ Robbie Brown: Gun Enthusiast With Popular Online Videos Is Shot to Death in Georgia . In: The New York Times, January 11, 2013
  15. ^ MJ Kneiser: Ratliff murder investigation is active, GBI says . In: Independent Mail of March 7, 2013. ( Archive )
  16. ↑ Hunter Stuart: FPSRussia Raid: Kyle Myers's Property Searched By Federal Agents . Huffington Post . March 29, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.