Evan Fong
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Evan Fong May 31, 1992 Toronto, Canada |
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Video game commentator | ||||||||||
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| Channel | VanossGaming | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2011–present | ||||||||||
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| Subscribers | 70.8 million (28 January 2017) |
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| Total views | 8786 billion (28 January 2017) |
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| Network | 3BLACKDOT | ||||||||||
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Evan Fong, better known by his online alias VanossGaming or simply Vanoss, is a Canadian video game commentator. He produces content on YouTube centered on playing popular video games with other YouTube collaborators. As of January 2017, Fong has over 6.6 billion video views and 19.8 million subscribers on YouTube, making him the 12th most subscribed channel on YouTube.
Evan Fong claims that he was not introduced to video games at a young age, but that he played games "here and there" which included children's adventure and puzzle titles such as Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam.
After originally pursuing an athletic scholarship for his chosen sport of ice hockey, Evan studied economics at university, but later dropped out in his second year to focus on his YouTube channel as a full-time commitment. Fong claims that his parents were initially concerned that he was neglecting his studies in favor of producing content for his YouTube channel, admitting that "Even though there's a lot of potential for somebody starting a YouTube channel it's obviously not a guaranteed path".
The majority of VanossGaming videos take the format of a "funny moments" montage or compilation, featuring various clips from a particular game session, usually featuring other video game commentators. The Canadian Press described "a typical Vanoss video" by claiming that it features "Vanoss and a group of friends chatting, laughing and making jokes over gameplay from popular titles such as Grand Theft Auto V or Call of Duty: World at War". Other games played by Vanoss and his friends include Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Garry's Mod, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, and indie games such as Dead Realm, Ark: Survival Evolved and Moonbase Alpha.
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