Jack5

Jack Stringer, better known as Jack5, is an Australian YouTuber known for his unique entertainer-like personality as he plays and commentates over video games, whether in an informative or humorous style. He has produced a wide variety of content during his lifetime since 2009 on multiple channels, including figurine videos, video blogs, comedy skits, gameplay, Garry's Mod animations, commentaries and shorts. A stand-out series of his is the infrequently-produced "Game Modding Pain", where he explains in-depth the torture he puts himself through to create mods for video games with restrictive modding tools. Additionally, he frequently livestreams and speaks with his fans on his Discord server, the recordings from which ending up in many of his videos and shorts.
==Characters==
Jack5 has created several fictional characters within his YouTube videos which commonly appear in comedic skits as part of the Jack5 Story Arc, which came to a conclusion in the third Nintendo DSi episode."The WORST Animations You'll Ever See (and it's My Fault!) | DSi Ep. 3" on YouTube The YouTuber himself does not co-exist with these characters. These fictional characters include:
* Jacks - Characters that are visually similar to the YouTuber himself. The character Jack5 has confirmed that he and the other Jacks are humanoid androids and clones of each-other.
**Jack5 (the character) - Not to be confused with the YouTuber, this character is seen producing the videos that are uploaded to the channel. He is glued by his headphones to the computer in his room, but can carry his computer in a backpack.
**Jack6 - A side character that was very argumentative towards Jack5, and was therefore banned from stepping foot in Jack5's room. Unlike Jack5, his headphones were fixed to his phone. He was always seen wearing a backwards cap, sunglasses and a white shirt with a palm tree design. He was assisting the Tails Plush in an attempt to take over the main YouTube channel, but was killed by Jack5.
**Jack7 - This character has only been seen once, and no other character seems aware of him yet. He believed he ran the channel, but upon realising he did not, he glitched out of reality. He gets his name from the large white 7 on his red shirt, and does not wear headphones.
**Jack8 - This character has only appeared once, likely a new creation at the time of his appearance. The Tails Plush calls out to him with the offer to make him famous, and he curiously accepts it. It is assumed he is now the video producer.
*Tails Plush - This questionably inanimate plushie originally appeared in one of the earliest videos on the channel. It gained sentience, developed a hatred of Jack5 due to being neglected, and recruited Jack6 to execute their revenge plan, which involved returning Jack5's lost Nintendo DSi. This plan backfired with Jack6's death, so Tails Plush approached the J-Man to negotiate a deal, and later liaise with Jack8.
*Race the Hedgehog - A character that was created by Jack5 and appeared in Flipnote Studio animations between 2009 and 2011. Since 2022, he picked up smoking and is now the curator and overseer of his own museum on Sudomemo. Jack5 actively despises his creation and sees him as a "mistake", while Race has hinted that he may dislike Jack5 in return.
*J-Man - An enigmatic presence amongst the other fictional characters, first appearing to introduce a crossover gameplay series between Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2. Most recently seen conversing with the Tails Plush, stating that they came to him at a "very opportune time".
Jack5 (Character).jpg|Jack5 (the character)
Jack5 Jack6 and Tails plush.jpg|Jack6 and the Tails Plush
Jack5 Jack7.jpg|Jack7 mid-glitch
Jack5 Race the Hedgehog.jpg|Race the Hedgehog
Jack5 J-Man.png|J-Man
==Flipnote Hatena and Race the Hedgehog==
Jack5 was given a Nintendo DSi on the Christmas Day of 2009. Shortly after, he downloaded Flipnote Studio and joined Flipnote Hatena under the alias Race, where he posted animations featuring the titular character Race the Hedgehog. These animations would primarily consist of animated characters acting out YouTube videos or being accompanied by music. He stopped creating these animations in early 2011, and subsequently lost the DSi.
11 years later in 2022, Jack5 recovered the DSi and released a video about it, reminiscing over the firmware and downloadable DSiWare. Race the Hedgehog was revealed as a cliffhanger, which would be resolved in a later video dedicated to breaking down the character. To coincide with this, a brand new flipnote animation was created and a collection of old ones were uploaded to Sudomemo, the unofficial replacement for Flipnote Hatena.The Race Sudomemo Museum
==History with Team Fortress 2==
Jack5 used to create content that was centred around the video game Team Fortress 2, starting in 2015. This content took the form of not only YouTube videos, but also custom maps that were uploaded to the modding site GameBanana, and a SourceMod plugin named Fortress Blast. He was known to collaborate with A Dummie and MediExcalibur2012 most frequently during this time.
On April 8 2022, Jack5 explained in a YouTube video that he would no longer play or make content for the game, even after future updates, due to struggles he faced with viewer engagement and "Valve's incompetence with managing the state of Team Fortress 2"."Leaving The TF2 Community" on YouTube
===Involvement in Rushy Servers ===
For a time, Jack5 was involved in the maintenance and improvement of a Team Fortress 2 community server group called Rushy ServersRushy Servers website, which was known for the custom game modes it hosted (most notably Zombie Survival). He was behind most of the server updates, maps, game modes and Discord server management from 2017 onwards. However, in early 2021 he left the community to dedicate himself to YouTube video content and livestreaming.
===Hosting his own servers===
On March 8 2021, Jack5 casually announced on his Discord server that he was considering starting up a Team Fortress 2 community server group of his own. He confirmed this on the 26th via an announcement, stating that the servers were live and officially named 5th Planet. He would post a promotional video to his YouTube channel on May 21 2021. This endeavor was short-lived, as on November 8 2021, he announced on his Steam group that the servers would shut down on the 22nd."5th Planet will be shutting down soon" on Jack5's Steam group
==Trivia==
*Jack5 has Autism Spectrum Disorder, short-sightedness and protanopia colour blindness.
*Jack5's legacy YouTube username is jack5vlogging, which originated from his interest in creating comedy video blogs similar to Gunnarolla when starting his YouTube channel."5K SUBSCRIBER SPECIAL! Jack5 Answers Your Questions!" on YouTube
*Some frequent guests on Jack5's channel since mid-2023 have included Major Hawk10 (a self-described "trauma patient" and history enthusiast), WolfPVP (a self-centered contrarian who loathes Jack5's antics) and Zeroman95 (the straight man of the group).
*Jack5 has a sister named Katie, who has appeared in a few of his YouTube videos. She dubbed Race the Hedgehog "Fat Gum the Hedgehog" based on his appearance, a subconscious reference to My Hero Academia.
*On January 6 2023, Jack5 changed his Twitch username from Jack5twitch to Jack5Official in order to match his YouTube handle.
*On July 20 2023, Jack5 announced in the third Nintendo DSi episode that he would be switching from Patreon to Ko-fi, along with adopting a more generous donation model, as a means of reducing stress and allowing open communication with the public.
*Jack5 developed a texture pack for Minecraft called min5craft, originally hosted on Planet Minecraft then moved to GameBanana with additional updates by mailmanmickey. It was created to make each block more identifiable based on his colour blindness.min5craft on GameBanana
==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Australian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2011
Category:Verified YouTubers