Poet Plays

Poet Plays, (born: ), is a Canadian YouTuber known for his Minecraft Dinosaurs series, currently running 605 episodes strong.
==Personal Life==
Poet was born in , Manitoba, Canada in 1985. At the age of 3, he moved from Winnipeg to a small town around Winnipeg. From there, he and his family lived a farming life. He described it as long hours, no computers, and a TV with 3 channels. At the time, he was shy. A result of not growing up with a lot of other kids. When he went to school, he was alone. He didn't talk to anyone, and didn't get along with anyone.
And worse, while he was at home, his parents constantly fought. And because of their fighting, he and his brother never got along, often mimicking their parents fighting. 
His love for video games started when for Christmas, he and his brother got an Nintendo Entertainment System(NES). And finally, he and his brother got along better. Well, when they weren't fighting for player one.
After a few years, money problems over took them, and they moved back closer to Winnipeg. And unfortunately, a flood hit Winnipeg in 1997. More commonly known as, The Flood of The Century. And it completely destroyed their home.
They had to live in a hotel for months, and he missed a lot of school because of it. After the flood ended, they got benefits from the Government, built a better home, and bought their first computer.
He played Zork, Wolfenstein 3d, and for the first time ever, they got internet. Because the internet at the time was so slow, he ended up hacking into the games, and found great joy in it, leading a path for his first job. It was here he learnt coding because he pulled apart the games.
At school, things still weren't great, and though he stuck around fellow nerds, he still was bullied dally, and he became more shy and reclusive. His friends weren't as connected as before. All he did was stay home, and play video games. He spent many summer holidays like that.
In an attempt to stop the horrid bullying, he went to a different high school. For a while, he was himself, had confidence, but then, he wasn't again. All of his new friends, moved on...
But through the years, he stuck around with a friend of his who'd gone through the same experience. And they did what they loved to do together. And they even worked on cars together. One of his guilty pleasures to this day.
When he went to University, he didn't know what he wanted to do at the time, and but he did go for computer science. And with that, he gained his confidence again. He was happy. And he got a job working with computers.
But, he'd get another bad shock when he was working on a car one day, thinking how much his friend would love to be there too. When his mom came out. Tears in her eyes. She told him in as whisper, he'd taken his life. He didn't know how to react to it, but he walked around for weeks with a frown on his face.
Ultimately, he told himself, he couldn't continue to be down. Around the same time, he was very happy with a girlfriend. She suffered from depression. They worked on making games together. Played video games together.
And to help make her break through, they put it on YouTube to help others.
They did break up, and they did go their separate ways, but Poet continued having love for YouTube. But it did start affecting his job. And he got no sleep, and he knew that he'd have to stop one of them, and he gave YouTube a shot.
He bought a big house that needed tons of renovations he hadn't expected. He went into debt, and had people threatening his power cut.
He had no cellphone, and little power. At the time, he didn't say how dire it was, but it was really dire.
Because of his small following on YouTube, he hosted a livestream, and it saved his life.
He would continue to do YouTube for many more years. His most long-lived series of course being his Minecraft Dinosaur one. And eventually through YouTube, he met Wyntr, an American Youtuber. On November 9th, 2017, Poet married Wyntr and he moved to the US with her. Poet works full time in another job, but still posts videos as often as possible with his spare time.
==Subscriber Milestones==
*300 Subscribers: August 10, 2012
*5,000 Subscribers: February 18, 2013
*10,000 Subscribers: March 24, 2013
*100,000 Subscribers: September 20, 2014
*200,000 Subscribers: February 17, 2016
*250,000 Subscribers: December 25, 2017
*285,000 Subscribers: September 3, 2020
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2012