Gym Leader Draven

Draven Corvone (born: ), better known online as Gym Leader Draven, is a American YouTube gamer who focuses on Pokémon Gameplays or walkthroughs.
Draven's first video was posted on December 21, 2010, 2 days after he had started his YouTube channel. Many of his first videos consisted mainly of him playing Pokémon Leaf Green, Super Mario World and Yu-Gi-Oh Dark Duel Stories. Shortly after, Draven exclusively focused on Pokémon walkthroughs. Draven stated that he first started the channel to play a wide variety of games like many others were doing at the time, that since changed since he was more familiar with Pokémon games than any other games growing up.
Over the years, Draven has been consistent and erratic at times with his uploads. Since being partnered by the TNG Network in 2012, Draven has uploaded about 1500+ of video content on to Youtube. Many of the videos would consist of many different Pokemon walkthrough videos, Pokemon Trading Card openings and various tutorial videos. At one point, Draven had been doing 6 Pokemon walkthroughs at one time. This of course, either prolonged the finish dates for the walkthroughs, or eliminated them from his channel all together. 
Summer of 2018, Draven decided to open up a new channel Gym Leader Draven, thus abandoning his old (current) channel DravenXz711, stating he needed a "fresh start" on YouTube since his views where not matching the amount of subscribers he had at the time. This was due to the numerous month long hiatuses he'd been taking (in which he later revealed was due to burn out and various personal issues). Later that year, Draven's new channel would be hacked and subsequently be deleted as a prank from an online troll. This event forced Draven to return to his older channel, change the name from DravenXz711 to Gym Leader Draven and ultimately make the tough decision to delete all 1500+ video content he'd previously had and start fresh with the newer content he had saved from his deleted channel. Draven has since stated on many of his videos that deleting his old content has been one of the "best decisions" he's ever made. It helped him focus on just one walkthrough instead of 3 others, thus helping him complete multiple walkthroughs for his audience. 
=== 2020 Pandemic, Rise in Subscribers ===
During the Spring of 2020, Draven's channel experienced a boost in subscribers and viewership all due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Because of the pandemic, Draven was one of many who were forced to go unemployed due to his line of job (Personal Trainer / Football Coach), this would open Draven's schedule up completely till the end of 2020. From the start of March of 2020 till the end of the year, Draven's channel would amass 3,000+ more subscribers, this was all in part due to Draven's increase in uploads and new walkthroughs. By the end of 2020, Draven would also complete 8 new walkthroughs (Including 1 Hack game) and upload roughly around 500+ new videos. Since then, Draven has managed to find the time to post up multiple walkthroughs at the same time without having any issues. 
=== 2022-Present; Phase 3 Era ===
On February 2022, Draven decided to rent out a studio room for his Youtube channel. He took about a 2 month break from producing walkthrough videos to work on his new studio. While working on his new studio, Draven started to adapt to other Youtubers styles (Personalized avatars, Intro, Outros, Branding). Intern, he decided to restart his walkthrough journey back to Generation 1. This restart included a lot of changes from production value to personalized backgrounds, a set style of thumbnails to a cleaner version in his narration. Although his time in his studio was short lived (due to rental agreement dispute), Draven made it a point to stick to the new style he's adapted to. As of 2023, Draven has now implemented green screen to his videos to be more interactive with his subscribers. 
==Influences==
Draven has credited a few fellow Youtubers for helping inspire him to go into Pokemon walkthroughs such as Lueroi, SuperSkarmory, Mariland, PokemonJourneyHD and Pimpnite. It was former Youtuber LightDarkNeutral that had the most influence on Draven in the beginning. Stating: "I used to watch his Pokemon walkthorughs every lunch while I was in college. I had lost touch playing these games for about 6 years, and one day I found his channel on Youtube off of a curiosity. Fer (LightDarkNeutral) was ahead of his time when it came to Pokemon walkthroughs. He had the basic Intro we all loved, the knowledge and the suspense that came with a walkthrough." Draven also credits fellow Youtuber Scykoh / Scykoh Plays for reinvigorating his love for making Pokemon walkthroughs, after the few hiatuses he'd taken before restarting his channel to Gym Leader Draven.
==Styles==
Since rebranding his channel. Draven has followed a "chronological" order in his walkthroughs. All consisting in the 3rd Pokemon game versions. Starting from Pokemon Yellow followed by Crystal, Emerald and Platinum. Most of Draven's walkthroughs are live-com except for Pokemon Platinum. 
When it comes to Draven's commentary, Draven is comedic at times and does have a vulgar way of storytelling on his walkthroughs. Draven states: " I tried to limit the amount of times I cussed on my videos, all of that was evident when I rebranded. It just didn't feel like me at all. What I learned from rebranding my channel was that I have to do things MY WAY, and stop letting people tell me what to do and how to act. I think that's what sets me apart from the bigger channels, Im not afraid to be a bit more vulgar, Im not afraid to be comedic in my own way. Although cussing is his thing, Draven has made some progress when it comes to showing restraint on the cuss words, exchanging them for references such as "Crap Baskets" (DBZA Reference) and "Son of a Mothers Lover" (Madd Tv Reference). 
Draven also credits his past experiences as DravenXz711 for helping him improve in all aspects of his video making.
==Completed Pokemon Walkthroughs==
*Pokemon Yellow 
*Pokemon Crystal 
*Pokemon Emerald
*Pokemon Platinum 
*Pokemon Leaf Green 
*Pokemon Black 
*Pokemon Liquid Crystal 
*Pokemon Omega Ruby 
*Pokemon X 
*Pokemon Sword / Shield
*Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu
*Pokemon Let's Go Eevee
*Pokemon Snap 
*Pokemon Heart Gold
*Pokemon Y
*Pokemon Brown
*Pokemon Unova Red
*Pokemon Fire Red
*Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
== On Going Pokemon Walkthroughs ==
* Pokemon Brown 
* Pokemon Liquid Crystal
* Pokemon White 2
== Non Narration Pokemon Walkthroughs ==
* Pokemon Red (Completed)
* Pokemon Blue (Completed)
* Pokemon Silver (Completed)
* Pokemon Gold (Completed)
* Pokemon Ruby (Completed)
* Pokemon Sapphire (Completed)
== Paused / Hiatus Pokemon Walkthroughs ==
* Pokemon Stadium
* Pokemon Stadium 2
* Pokemon Moon
==Trivia==
*Draven in real life, is a personal trainer and part owner of a fitness gym in California.
*Draven is also a football coach at a private catholic high school, in which he has won 3 consecutive section championships and a Norcal Regional Championship.
*While playing football, Draven had broken his ankle in 3 places. He later recovered in less than a month. 
*The name Gym Leader Draven has been credited to a client of Draven's. After Draven's client watched a few videos from Draven's channel, he then suggested the new name to Draven.
*Draven, at one point had over 1,500+ videos as DravenXz711.
*Draven has one niece named Aaliyah, in which he dedicated a Pikachu in his Pokemon Leaf Green Walkthrough after her. 
*Draven has recorded 10 episodes of his Pokemon Soul Silver Walkthrough while in Germany.
*Draven was once engaged to his longtime girlfriend of 8 years until her untimely death in a car accident. 
*Draven did have a notable feud with Vietnamese Youtuber KjDevil333 back in 2012. YouTube has since deleted KjDevil333 off its site for him making threats to Draven's and a few fellow YouTubers lives on a video KjDevil333 had posted.
==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2010
Category:Verified YouTubers