Northernlion

Ryan Letourneau (born: ), better known online as Northernlion, is a Canadian YouTuber. Rising to prominence via Let's Plays of indie games, his videos generally consist of gameplay while providing live commentary. Once identifying as a "Machinima Director and Let's Player Extraordinaire",YouTube: Northernlion's Channel Northernlion is a charismatic individual known for his distinctive voice and sharp wit, as well as his usage of a variety of puns, idioms, and references to pop culture.
Aside from his Let's Plays, Northernlion has also made various video series, consisting of "Let's Look at, "Let's Hate", "Don't Play This", "Only in Korea", "Indie Game of the Week", and "Poison Mushroom" series on Machinima, and hosts the Northernlion Live Super Show on Twitch.
==Personal Life==
Northernlion is from in Kingston, Ontario. He went to Queens University.
He started his YouTube account in 2006 for a school project.Reddit: Whoa dude, this is seriously awesome! Congratulations to you on some truly insane growth and ...
For about a year, Northernlion worked in Daegu in South Korea as an English as a second/foreign language teacher for children.YouTube: Only in Korea - Funny Store Names He returned home to Canada on December 1, 2011.YouTube: Safely back in Canada, jus ...
He was unemployed after returning home,Twitter: Why unemployment rules: it ... but now makes money through YouTube, which he calls "a dream job", and he once jokingly described himself as "funemployed".Twitter: Haha, thanks for the job offers but I'm actually making my living o ...
On March 23, 2020, Northernlion and his wife, Kate LovelyMomo, announced that they were expecting their first child – a girl, Luna.YouTube: I'm Pregnant! :D Luna was born on September 28, 2020.Twitter: @NorthernlionLP Cutest thing I've ever seen dude
==YouTube and Twitch==
Northernlion hosts a tri-weekly live stream event on Twitch called the "Northernlion Live Super Show". Each show is three hours long and is scheduled on Mondays 3pm—6pm PST and Wednesdays / Thursdays 2pm—5pm PST.
Initially, Northernlion usually spent the first hour discussing recent gaming-related news and reading fan mail, and the other two hours of the stream playing other games. Common games were Spelunky, The Binding of Isaac, and Family Feud 2010. There was also a trivia section two hours through the stream in which Northernlion asked five questions and fans tweeted him answers in hopes of winning a free game. As the show has continued, it has largely simply become Northernlion and his co-hosts solely playing games and interacting with each other, while fans participate in chat. RockLeeSmile, JSmithOTI, and CobaltStreak co-host the livestream with Northernlion through Skype and later Discord, and in the past other YouTubers such as michaelalfox, Hafu, TotalBiscuit, Brex, FlackBlag, Ohmwrecker and Alpacapatrol have also joined.
Each show, taken from Twitch's VOD system, is uploaded to Northernlion's YouTube account the following day, usually split into two parts.
Originally, each show was hosted on YouTube, rather than Twitch, and the Northernlion Live Super Show suffered from a few technical difficulties, such as screen flickering and slowdown. Furthermore, because YouTube's comment system was not adapted well for live-streaming, viewers could not converse with each other or with Northernlion effectively; Northernlion asked viewers to instead contact him by tweeting him "@NorthernlionLP". These issues were soon fixed, and the show was later streamed via Twitch instead of YouTube.
In 2013, Northernlion became dedicated to Twitch, no longer simultaneously streaming on YouTube. Since switching he has become very interactive with the chat section. He also plays with his subscribers on his weekly Northernlion Super Subscriber Stream on Sundays, where paying Twitch subscribers have an opportunity to play with him in games such as Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. He also hosts the Northernlion Super Tuesday Stream where he plays games that he wants to play.
==Trivia==
*Northernlion created a thread on r/LetsPlay designed to help potential YouTubers grow;Reddit: "Why doesn't anyone watch my videos?" A helpful guide. Markiplier would later credit Northernlion as the YouTuber who helped him get where he is today in a later post on the same subreddit.Reddit: I started out right here about 8 months ago and just hit 50000 subscribers today. Here's a look back on how it all happened.
*Northernlion's birthday is on 28 November 1988.Twitter: @NorthernlionLP has now lived for as many years as ...Twitter: I'm gonna give @NorthernlionLP such a birthdayTwitch: Twitch VOD
*Northernlion is 5'9" (175cm) tall.YouTube: The Northernlion Live Super Show! [July 3rd, 2013]
*Northernlion has a Bachelor's Degree in Biology and an Associate's Degree in Software Development.YouTube: The Binding of Isaac: AFTERBIRTH+ - Northernlion Plays - Episode 903 [Beyond]
*As of May 14 2017, Northernlion is a certified Unity Developer.Twitter: Let's gooooo
*As of May 2013, owns a white Ragdoll cat named Ryuka.YouTube: Super cute ragdoll kitten's playtime!
*Goes by the name ItsOppositeDayHere on Reddit.
*First mentioned in an episode of his Let's Play of Cave Story,YouTube: Let's Play - Cave Story - [4 Santa] he is afraid of deep-sea creatures, specifically tentacled creatures such as jellyfish.
*His wife has her own YouTube channel, Kate LovelyMomo.
*Northernlion suffers from a really bad case of YouTuber Sickness.YouTube: The Northernlion Live Super Show! [July 7th, 2014 (1/2)]]
*Northernlion and his wife Kate LovelyMomo appear as commentators in the Iron Cook Speedway update for Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!YouTube: Iron Cook Speedway Update (Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!)
*Northernlion was the first YouTuber or Twitch streamer to be given their own curated show in Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout in November 2020.Twitter: Thanks to @FallGuysGame I got to curate a limited time ...
*Searching up "NL" on YouTube brings up Northernlion's channel.
== Subscriber Milestones==
==Gallery==
Northernlion's channel (old).png|Northernlion's YouTube channel on 12 December 2011.
Northernlion's channel.png|Northernlion's YouTube channel on 28 July 2012.
Northernlion's YouTube channel 2013.png|Northernlion's current YouTube channel (as of 18 March 2013).
Northernlion and michaelalfox.jpg|michalalfox (center, above) and Northernlion (right), during late July.
Nl_and_kate.jpg|Northernlion and Kate LovelyMomo.
Nl_kate_and_dan.jpg|Northernlion, Kate, and Dan Gheesling.
Nl_and_family.jpg|Northernlion, Luna, and Ryuka.
Northernlion_3.png|Northernlion in Only in Korea - Alice's Letter.
Nl twitch.png|Northernlion's Twitch icon.
Northernlion 8th Grade.jpg|A photo of Ryan in 8th Grade, interviewed by a local newspaper on his chess strategy.Twitter: Paying up for GECS this week...here's a photo of me in ...
==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2006