LifeSimmer

Cristina “Stina” Sarakas (born: ), better known online as LifeSimmer, is an American YouTuber from Lowell, Massachusetts. She was raised in Palm Bay, Florida, for the majority of her childhood but is living independently as of mid-2016. Cristina is also the proud owner of an English Bulldog named Gabi and has a boyfriend named Mark.
She is known for playing The Sims. Her most well-known series was her Generation’s (Season 1 and Season 2), with Season 2’s first part having 1,000,000 views and more. She stated that there will be a Generations season 3 after her Sims 3 Ambitions series ended; she started Season 3 while still doing Sims 3 Ambitions. She also plays other games, like The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, and Minecraft.
She later created “Stina Saturday,” where she records videos with a webcam. It replaced “Spam Saturday,” where she uploaded two videos in one day.
In October 2019, she started going live on her twitch channel ‘LifeSimmer,’ where she live streams Animal Crossing: New Horizons, The Sims 2, The Sims 3, etc.
==History==
Cristina has been a fan of Let's Plays since The Sims 1; she used to talk to herself while playing The Sims and pretend that there was an audience. She had also said that her favorite Let's Player was HeadbuttArcade (now AndrewArcade), whose videos she would watch even on the way to school when she was younger. However, she was shocked to find out when Andrew closed his channel, which is now opened, without warning, and resolved to start a channel of her own.
Cristina, at age 13, created her channel on May 31 2011. As explained in her now unlisted YouTube Story video, the name "LifeSimmer" is a portmanteau of "Simmer for life". Her first let's play was The Sims 3 Generations, although that series is now private. However, in 2013 she re-booted the series with new characters. She stated that she privated the videos because she felt they were embarrassing, although she had mixed feelings on it because she wanted viewers to see where she started from.
LifeSimmer began her rise to prominence in 2012 with her The Sims 3: Supernatural and The Sims 3: Seasons Let's Plays, both of which have received over a million views for her channel. LifeSimmer would then go on to release the remake of her first ever Let's Play, The Sims 3: Generations, in 2013. This series earned over two million views just for its first part, making it her most popular Let's Play to date.
==Hiatus 2016-Present==
Lifesimmer began to upload more infrequently throughout the first few months of 2016. She addressed this as a consequence of having moved out, and needing time to adjust, however fans began to worry after several months passed and she did not return to YouTube or social media. It is now known that Cristina and Mark began to date circa June of that year.
LifeSimmer released her The Sims 4: Vampires overview in January 2017. The video description mentioned her struggle with motivation and other mental health issues, such as anxiety, and that she was on her way to recovering and making content again. As of March 2017, she had still not released new content, but mentioned on a Twitch stream with Mark that she was working towards it.
LifeSimmer returned to Twitter on November 9th 2017 and released a life update video the following day. In this video, she explained her long-term struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts, and that she had made the choice to get better. LifeSimmer intends to return to her channel soon.
In 2019, LifeSimmer returned to twitter, and has stuck around since. Instead of regular YouTube content like she's done in the past, she's been doing consistent twitch streams.
==Trivia==
*She has a dog called Gabi.
*She is a Pisces.
*She loves Doja Cat.
*She has four older brothers. Her father passed away in 2014. 
*Her favorite color is Spiceberry.
*Is active more on Twitch.
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2011