Zealand

Zealand Shannon (born: January 5, 1996), formerly FMBase, is an American YouTuber and Twitch streamer best known for his Football Manager content.
==Personal life==
Zealand Shannon was born in Tampa, Florida, USA on January 5, 1996.https://www.instagram.com/p/CJr2nCUgjAl/https://twitter.com/theoldzealand/status/1478926719797112836https://925maxima.com/2020/11/30/zealand-shannon/ His mother is a main mod on his stream, her username is @momb0t on Twitter.https://www.instagram.com/p/CdTdLc-OuW3/ He attended Steinbrenner High School in Lutz, Florida. He then studied History and Media Studies at the University of Virginia and graduated in May 2018. He also has a Master's Degree in broadcast and digital journalism from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York and graduated in May 2021.https://www.instagram.com/p/CPPARf5M9F6/
Shannon is a former full-time play-by-play broadcaster, broadcasting basketball, american football, and football/soccer. He started at 16-years-old with the New York Yankees minor league team, the Tampa Tarpons. He still works as a freelance broadcaster. He signed a contract with the United Talent Agency (UTA) to advance his career as professional sports broadcaster in June 2019.https://www.instagram.com/p/ByQn9FWAuyT/
He supports National Football League (NFL) team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, National Hockey League (NHL) team Tampa Bay Lightning and Major League Soccer (MLS) club Orlando City.https://twitter.com/theoldzealand/status/1485365860046983170https://twitter.com/theoldzealand/status/1485396375617609730https://www.instagram.com/p/54t5qftwYb/https://twitter.com/theoldzealand/status/1524952016543432704https://twitter.com/theoldzealand/status/1524952993346486272 He has two brothers named Adler and Calvin.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQZ0G8msES0
==History==
===FMBase===
The channel was created on July 25, 2011 under the name FMBase by the popular Football Manager website of the same name. The channel remained dormant until 2019 when FMBase contacted Shannon to take control of the channel.https://open.spotify.com/episode/37SL7MeSaacl4t7OQtsunI?si=p-dAsxKoS7mnj05h3rd4lg The first few months of FMBase's existence focused exclusively on the soon-to-be released FM 2020, the 15th installment in the Football Manager franchise.
Once the game was released on November 18, 2019, Shannon began posting guides for the game, including gameplay tips and how to install special packs to fix the game's licensing issues. He then produced an "FM Academy" series to teach beginners how to play the game and overcome its difficulty curve.
===Zealand===
After multiple months of producing exclusively FM-based content under the name FMBase, Shannon expressed a desire to expand his channel into other types of content. In June 2020, he officially announced that the channel's name would change to Zealand and would focus less on Football Manager content.https://www.youtube.com/post/UgzFhQnJ47n2UX1xwQl4AaABCQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqIxlxKcyjA The channel has since become more general whilst still being related to Football Manager with content such as simulations of real-life competitions, tutorials, predictions, meme reactions and reviews of international football/soccer.
In September 2021, Shannon announced he would be moving to Manhattan, New York and that he would soon be posting a series of vlogs from a family trip to Alaska whilst he was moving.
==FM Streamer Showdown==
Zealand is a common participant in the monthly Football Manager Streamer Showdown, where he competes against various other FM streamers such as WorkTheSpace, DoctorBenjy and Lollujo in a round-robin and then two-legged knockout format. He is a two-time champion (FM20 S3, FM22 S2) and four-time finalist (FM20 S3, FM21 S2, FM22 S2, FM22 S3), he has also won the league stage twice (FM20 S2, FM20 S4).
===FM 2020 Showdowns===
Zealand score listed first
* Season 1: 4th in league, knocked out of quarter-finals by DoctorBenjy (aggregate score: 1-3)
* Season 2: 1st in league, knocked out of semi-finals by UnarmingPine (aggregate score: 3-8)
* Season 3: 7th in league, won 1st Showdown title against DoctorBenjy (aggregate score: 4-2)
* Season 4: 1st in league, knocked out at unknown stage
* Season 5: Did not participate
* Season 6: Unknown
* Season 7: Unknown
* Season 8: Unknown
===FM 2021 Showdowns===
Zealand score listed first
* Season 1: 8th in league, knocked out of quarter-finals by ClaytsFM (aggregate score: 4-6)
* Season 2: 7th in league, lost final to FNG (aggregate score: 5-9)
* Season 3: 4th in league, knocked out of semi-finals by ClaytsFM (aggregate score: 2-7)
* Season 4: Did not participate
* Season 5: Did not participate
* Season 6: 8th in league, knocked out of semi-finals by SecondYellowCard (aggregate score: 0-0, 4-5 on penalties)
===FM 2022 Showdowns===
Zealand score listed first
* Season 1: 4th in league, knocked out of quarter-finals by Curty (aggregate score: 0-3)
* Season 2: 2nd in league, won 2nd Showdown title against SweetLeftFoot (aggregate score: 5-2)
* Season 3: 5th in league, lost final to Hollyyplayys (aggregate score: 2-5)
* Season 4: 5th in league, knocked out of quarter-finals by VikingDan (aggregate score: 1-5)
* Season 5: To be determined
==Subscriber milestones==
===Zealand===
* 100,000 subscribers: April 15, 2021
* 150,000 subscribers: December 19, 2021
===Zealand Live===
* 10,000 subscribers: March 1, 2021
* 25,000 subscribers: September 6, 2021
* 40,000 subscribers: January 28, 2022
===Zealand Clipped===
* 1,000 subscribers: February 4, 2022
* 2,000 subscribers: February 12, 2022
* 3,000 subscribers: February 20, 2022
==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2011