MyNamesMelonTap

== Overview ==
Alexander, better known online as MyNamesMelonTap (or simply MelonTap), is an English YouTuber mostly known for his gaming and comedy videos. His career began in 2016, where he uploaded his first video titled 'Cheap Old Meme', however this and many others have since been deleted by him. His older videos always started with him saying 'Yo What Is Up Tappers' however this received a lot of backlash from fans for being incredibly cheesy, so this is not found in his videos any longer. His first videos were recorded on a tablet he got for his 9th birthday, and he has since upgraded to a PS4, and now a PC. Over his years as a YouTuber, he has amassed over 6,000 subscribers and runs his own Minecraft server as well as Discord server. He is regarded by many as an expert gamer and pretty funny guy. Known associates include ItzMax, Marcy and Spuddok.
== Early Career And Changes ==
Uploaded between September 9, 2016 to September, 2017 were around 60 videos averaging around 50-70 views each. These videos were, as before mentioned, later purged by MelonTap. After these videos were uploaded, Melon proceeded to not post for around half a year until the release of Fortnite, inspiring him to once again upload, however this time from his console (Playstation). The first of these videos was titled 'How To Get The Inferno Pack For Free... (Working 2019)', a parody of videos trying to scam viewers into believing they could get free in-game items such as skins. This video introduced his new editing style, heavily inspired by the likes of NoahsNoah, Ceeday and Fe4RLess. This editing style overused green screens, quirky sound effects and memes, and was used for comedic purposes. These videos continued until late 2019, his last video of this sort being '*NEW* COD MODERN WARFARE BETA!', showcasing the free beta of Infinity Ward's new Call Of Duty game. Melon proceeded to take a break from uploading for around 3 months. At the time of these videos, MelonTap's profile picture was a close up of a pixel art ninja with red crosses over the eyes, however this has since been changed to a more reimagined version of this image. 
== Most Viewed Video ==
Uploaded on March 28, 2018 was a video titled 'crazy kid buys 10,000 vbucks with mums credit card...', and over the course of 2 years has gained over 3 million views on Youtube as well as 11,000 likes and 500 comments. This arguably kickstarted the youtubers career, causing him to gain around 1000 subscribers, however analytics show that the youtuber gains far more subscribers now from his regular content.
== Return To Youtube ==
Having upgraded to a pc, the youtuber once again made a surprise return to the platform, however rather than every video being a complete meme festival, decided to use a more unique style of editing and commentary influenced by many different content creators to create a style of video one of a kind to his channel (green screens and sound effects are still used, just not as much). The editing software he used at this time and still uses today is Adobe Premiere Pro. Around 20 videos have been made so far, the most recent of which is titled 'This Video Has Been Claimed... (TapperTime) #1'.
== Quitting Fortnite ==
On October 29, 2020 the youtuber announced on his Instagram story that he would not be making as much fortnite content as he used to as he believed that the game was past its glory days and was becoming an advert for other media and products (such as the entirety of chapter 2 season 4 being themed around Marvel). He also said that the game was dominated by players dubbed 'tryhards' who took the game far too seriously and that there was no more fun to be had with the game. He said he may do more Fortnite content in the future, but only if something fun happens with the game again.
Category:Users who joined in 2016
Category:English YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers