Corl

Braden Reed Welsh (born: ), better known online as Corl or CorlHorl, is a Canadian former YouTuber known for his Minecraft and Roblox content. He was formerly a member of the well-known YouTuber group, The Pals, but was kicked out from the group by Denis in February 2019 after he made a series of tweets that were directed against a former fan of The Pals. 
Corl went inactive on every social media site after being kicked out. However, On July 19, 2019, 5 months after he was kicked out, Corl returned to social media when he posted 3 pictures of him holding a shotgun on Twitter. The pictures became highly controversial but were later deleted. Corl has not done any online activity ever since these pictures were deleted. 
In May 2023, his channel, along with his former associates' several channels (The Pals, Sketch, Sub and Sub & Fletch) were hacked by scammers of various fields which promotes SpaceX content. Although the rest of the channels were recovered shortly after, Corl's channel did not survive and was terminated. It was reinstated a few days afterward, but none of the videos are back up and it was then terminated once again on June 2023 due to violation of YouTube's policy prohibiting impersonation. 
On September 9, 2024, Corl posted a apology and retirement post on Instagram and Twitter.
==The Pals==
Corl, along with Denis, Alex, Sub, and Sketch, formed The Pals. The group started primarily as a Minecraft roleplay channel and smoothly transitioned over to Roblox videos but then went back to making Minecraft videos with the arrival of "PalsCraft", a Minecraft series that they had made. They became very popular within the communities of Roblox, Minecraft, and other video games, and the channel would amass millions of subscribers.
== Friendships==
Braden was a good friend of Denis for many years before he was kicked out of The Pals. He had even moved in with Denis and Alex for about 6 months until Alex left for England and Braden moved to the US, both leaving Denis. Before being kicked out of The Pals, he was good friends with every member of the group.
==Controversy==
=== Harassment towards a fan===
On February 20, 2019, Corl posted a controversial series of tweets. The first tweet stated, "SAVING CHILDREN < MAKING AD MONEY. Glad so many of you see it this way..." in response to the YouTube Adpocalypse 3.0. This tweet was criticized by several other Roblox YouTubers. A former fan of The Pals, with the Twitter handle @tiffsstuff, replied to one of Corl's tweets, saying, "Wait so you’re saying that because someone has a opinion that you don’t like doesn’t have a higher education? You don’t need a education to have an opinion" Corl responded, "Obviously not what I’m saying at all. These conversations I have with youtubers on twitter read like tenth graders. Many of the smartest people never went to university."
@tiffsstuff later replied to her own tweet, stating, "This is why I left the pals fandom, too much shade and now one of the pals members making not needed drama over YouTube ads." Corl then replied, "You probably should have left the pals fandom because you are 17 years old consuming content made for 6-12 year olds." @tiffsstuff responded, "You probably didn’t see the tweet but I spent over $100 on my senior school jersey to have the pals written on the back of it, honestly I’m shaking my head." Corl replied with a tweet saying, "Cringe :/".
This exchange led to Corl receiving significant negative feedback from YouTubers such as NicsterV and KonekoKitten, while @tiffsstuff received considerable support from other Roblox YouTubers, including Flamingo and fellow Pals member Sub. Angered, many of Corl's fans began tweeting hurtful messages to @tiffsstuff, blaming her for Corl getting kicked out, which almost made her commit suicide.⁠ Shortly after the incident, Denis expelled Corl from The Pals, leading Corl to quit Roblox and YouTube.
===Shotgun Incident===
After 5 months of inactivity, on July 19, 2019, Corl posted 3 pictures of him holding a Mossberg 500 shotgun he got as a gift without further context. This made people worried as The Pals knew each other's locations, and some inferred that these tweets were a threat to the other Pals members. Corl deleted the tweets not long after posting them.
==Channel Hacking & Termination==
On May 18, 2023, Corl (along with The Pals, Sketch, Sub and Sub & Fletch) were all hacked by a Crypto scam and renamed to SpaceX. A few hours later, Corl's channel would be terminated while the other channels were recovered. However on May 22, 2023, Corl's channel was reinstated for unknown reasons, but no videos were relisted along with the channel name still being the same. On June 15, 2023, his channel was terminated again for violating YouTube's policy prohibiting impersonation, impersonating SpaceX in particular. It is unknown if Corl himself did it or if it was someone else who was allegedly with the group of hackers that perpetrated the Crypto scam on the Pals' associates' channels.
Turns out @Tiffstuff was a faker:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_22DJrkIPrc
==Supposed Return==
On September 16, 2023, An account with the name "CorlHorl" tweeted a Spotify link which lead to a random song. Many people thought Corl had returned to the Internet but it turned out the account was fake and an unknown person impersonated Corl. To this day Corl is still off the Internet and might not plan on coming back.
On September 9, 2024. Corl's Instagram account uploaded an update post talking about how he has been for the past 6 years (@braden_welsh).https://www.instagram.com/p/C_t1stqyGCn/
==Subscriber milestones==
==Trivia==
*His nickname started from a Minecraft joke with Denis.
*He was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
*He loves and wants to pursue a career in theater and has even won a Cappies award.
==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2016
Category:One million subscribers
Category:Terminated YouTubers