Vanoss Gaming
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Evan Fong May 31, 1992 Toronto, Ontario, 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 | 21.2 million | ||||||||||
| Total views | 7.8 billion | ||||||||||
| 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 August 2017, Fong's channel has over 7 billion video views and 21 million subscribers on YouTube, making it the 17th most subscribed channel on YouTube. On august 25. 2017, Fong released his first official remix of the song 'THEY - U-RITE' under the the name Rynx on YouTube and SoundCloud .
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 attending Richmond Hill High School, Fong pursued an athletic scholarship for his chosen sport of ice hockey, Fong studied economics at the University of Pennsylvania, 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".
Fong created the VanossGaming channel on YouTube on September 15, 2011. The name "Vanoss" comes from VANOS, a variable valve timing system produced by German automobile company BMW; Fong's father used the alias "vanoss62" on the PlayStation 3, which his son later adopted for his own.
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