LuigiChannel50

James a.k.a LuigiChannel50 Is an American YouTuber that specializes of Making Fan Cover Songs, doing Gaming videos, makes Plush videos and doing some Live Streams weekly. he is also a Moderator in dabhdude's Live Streams.
== Channel Origin ==
The username Luigi Channel/LuigiChannel50 originates from James' desire to be the first ever person on YouTube with the username Luigi Channel, To go along with Super Mario's Channel and Sonic's Channel, Both owned by YouTuber and Voice Actor Mykle Hunter.
James later changed his username from Luigi Channel, Over to LuigiChannel50 in March of 2016 in order to match his Minecraft username, Which was also LuigiChannel50.
The channels avatar has been described as a cross between Luigi from the Mario Franchise, Shadow from the Sonic Franchise, And Meta Knight from the Kirby Franchise (In certain depictions). With the color blue being used to represent James himself, As he's stated that blue is his favorite color.
== History ==
James created his channel on August 25 of 2013. He posted his first ever video entitled "Let's Play Dissision" on the exact same night as the channel's creation. The video would see James holding his Luigi plushie, Asking his very small audience on what game he should let's play. His selections included Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Mario Kart 7, And Sonic Classic Collections among others.
James uploaded his second video "Update to Luigi's channel" on February 16, 2014 a year later. The video would see James updating his small audience on his current lack of a Nintendo 3DS, Letting them know that he could no longer do a Let's Play of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon.
James uploaded his third video "Farewell everyone" on March 22, 2014 a month after his second. And in the video he would explain how he was going to be leaving YouTube for "Five Years", For the reason of having too much on his mind. He would later confirm in his "900 Subs! Special Livestream! | The History of LuigiChannel50" livestream that the real reason behind the release of this video. Was that his parents found out he was making videos without their permission.
James would continue to post videos sporadically up until early 2015, Where he would officially abandon his main account in favor of uploading Minecraft and Nintendo related videos on his unknown accounts "LuigiChannelPlayz - Minecraft PE", "LuigiChannelPlayz - Gamez", "LuigiChannelGaming - Minecraft PE", "LuigiChannelGaming - Mario Sonic Kirby", and "LuigiChannel - The Home of Luigi". Most of these accounts were later rebranded.
These unknown videos were later reposted onto LuigiShadow02 in 2018, And are still viewable to this day.
=== The Minecraft Years ===
James would return to YouTube on his original account on February 10, 2016. His first video back being of gameplay of him and his sister CreamyCream, Attempting to play the Android version of Sonic The Hedgehog 2 multiplayer. This video would later go on to become his most popular.
He would continue to post on the days following, Releasing videos on Minecraft Server Mini-Games, The most notable of these being his series on Lifeboat Survival Games, Which would become the defining series on his channel for years to come.
Following the purchase of a brand new "RCA Viking Pro" tablet, James would begin to post five videos a day for several weeks. He later stated that he only uploaded this many videos, So that he could reach 100 uploads on his channel in a quick amount of time. And he would eventually settle for just two videos a day for the remainder of the year.
As the months progressed, James would later begin his streaming career on the Mobile streaming platform, Mobcrush. Of which he would gain a loyal audience of 200+ Followers, More than he received on his channel at the time. James would quickly become a well known player on the Minecraft Pocket Edition server Lifeboat, And would even have his livestreams shouted out on the servers official Twitter account.
===== Journey into Plushtubing =====
James published his first plush video "LuigiChannel50: Jumpmaan's Attack" on June 6, 2016. Exactly five months after he started uploading again. The video presents us with our first look into the wacky world of LuigiChannel50, Centering around Mario, Luigi, and Wario getting into shenanigans with the newly introduced character, Jumpmaan, Who would spend the entire video annoying the trio with his wacky antics.
He would later go on to make more plush related videos throughout the year, Gaining a sizeable amount of feedback for his channel size. Even getting his videos reacted to by the Reaction YouTuber CoolBowser, Par the request of James' long time friend, PeteZahKillerHut. (Known today as Puddle of Pizza)
James' channel achieved its first major success story with the release of "Mephiles Returns The Movie" on October 29, 2016. The video would see the characters getting invited to a mysterious party, That they later find out is a trap set by Mephiles. The video was James' biggest success for it's time, Reaching 200+ views in under 24 hours, It currently sits as his most popular plush video with 4.2K views in total.
Mephiles Returns would also spawn two movie franchises for the channel, The first one being "The Adventures of Luigi and Friends", And the second one being "The Mephiles Saga" a spinoff on The Adventures of Luigi and Friends, Centered around the mischievous acts of Mephiles The Dark.
===== Becoming a YouTube Livestreamer =====
In the middle of all the chaos. James would also become good friends with the now failed Minecraft YouTube Streamer, Sinadon. Who gave up YouTube in order to focus on his IRL issues. James' friendship with Sinadon and his fans would lead to him reaching 100 Subscribers on August 4, 2017.
Following the milestone. He would try his hand at streaming on YouTube on September 8, 2017. In order to celebrate his recent milestone. Following the successful feedback of the milestone stream. James decided to begin regularly streaming himself playing Minecraft Mini-Games for a couple of hours, With some streams gaining decent traction, While others only gaining one or two viewers at best.
This would later change on March 18, 2018 with the purchase of his brand new PC. His first stream on it was a 200 Subscriber celebration stream not at all dissimilar to the 100 Subscriber special stream he did the year prior. Following the stream he would go on to begin a live playthrough of the fangame Mushroom Kingdom Fusion, And would also begin livestreaming playthroughs of other games as well including: Super Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion, and Paper Mario just to name a few.
James' popularity as a YouTube livestreamer would later sky rocket with the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch. Bringing his numbers from 4 viewers a stream, To up to 15 viewers a stream. Often times bringing in newer viewers that are interested in playing the game with him. These streams remain his most successful still to this day. Gaining upwards to 200 and 300 views in total.
=== Present Day ===
James has been ever so slightly shifting his content away from Minecraft and Let's Plays in recent months, And intends to make his channel primarily plush related within the following months. On August 16, 2021 he published a video going into detail about the recent changes he was making to the schedule. Letting his audience know that a majority of his previous content styles would be moved over to his other accounts in favor of making his main account plush video focused.
Prior to the announcement. His video schedule revolved around: Plush Videos, Lifeboat Survival Games, Song Covers, Tier List videos, Commentaries, And short form, Well edited gaming content. While his livestream schedule revolved/revolves around streaming every Saturday and Sunday.
He has gone on record to state that the Lifeboat Survival Games, Tier List, and Project videos would be remaining on the main account, While his Let's Play, Song Cover, and Edited Gaming content would be moved over to his other channels. Including LuigiChannel50 - Extras and his brand new recently announced gaming channel, LuigiChannel50 Playz - Let's Plays and More.
He now also frequently collabs with a ton of former SML community members in his videos and streams, Including dabhdude, CorsonDrax, Random Numbers, IsaacTings, Iron Knight, Stooopz, Puddle of Pizza, among others.
== His History in the SML Years ==
James was once a Former Old time SuperMarioLogan Fan. he have joined the SML Community on January 16, 2017. With his video reacting to "SML Short: Chef Pee Pee's Cooking Sucks". His time in the SML fandom began shortly after he announced the introduction of his brand new reaction channel, Appropriately named LuigiChannel - Just Watches Videos, Later being changed to LuigiChannel50 - Just Watches Videos. The channels purpose, Being to bring James closer to the community, And breath new life into his original channel.
The reaction channel took off almost immediately. Beginning with the release of a reaction to SMG4's The Bootleg Dimension. Which gathered James hundreds of views in a few days. The channels success wouldn't come without a price though, As it would later gain infamy for being vocally critical of the now infamous SML character, Jeffy. Fans would express their displeasure for James' criticism within his comment section. Often referring to him as a hater. This infamy within the SML fandom would last up until the end of the year, Well after James officially decided to stop uploading reaction videos for a bit.
During this time, He was also taking part in several big community controversies, Including DeanFromYouTube vs GameCubeDude and dabhdude vs Night Miner. James even had his own minor beef with Night Miner for a bit. Beginning over Night Miner taking issue with James' opinion on the video "Jeffy's Home Alone", Accusing him of being on a "Jeffy hating bandwagon"
he was being harassed and attacked by butthurt toxic fans because they could not respecting his opinion on either Jeffy as a Character or SML as a Content Creator. then he decided to quit and left the fanbase.
== Leaving the SML Community ==
the reason why James is officially leaving the SML Community following the release of his last SML reaction to the video "SML Movie: Junior's Rat Problem" on June 19, 2020 after consistently reacting to SML videos for a year straight. He has gone on record to state that he no longer is interested in SML content, And would rather move on from the negative image the community portrayed and focus on his own projects instead. He has said that he does want to do a couple more SML related livestreams, But nobody knows if he will ever go through with it.
== The Online Harassment Controversy ==
James would later become a central figure in the fandom throughout the year of 2018. Along with his friend Puddle of Pizza, Who went on to be the voice of reason for the community during it's peak dramas. James took part in the FlameyCat drama, The Davidplex drama, The JeffyIsGod drama, The Shawn Mays drama, The Dill Pepper drama, And he also had minor roles in the MegaDoopTV drama.
The Shawn Mays drama in particular would end up being his biggest involvement. Mainly because he and his sister were directly harassed by Shawn (Aged 22), Who was exposed for being a child predator during this time.
The SML Community dramas of 2018 would slowly but surely die out the following year, And would mainly be relegated to James' and Puddle's side of the community. With the consistent revivals of both the Davidplex and JeffyIsGod dramas. And even these would also die off years later.
James would officially leave the SML Community following the release of his last SML reaction to the video "SML Movie: Junior's Rat Problem" on June 19, 2020 after consistently reacting to SML videos for a year straight. He has gone on record to state that he no longer is interested in SML content, And would rather move on from the negative image the community portrayed and focus on his own projects instead.
He remains on good terms with a lot of the prominent figures in the community. Including dabhdude, MAFDOMINUS, Just to name a couple.
== Content ==
James' plush videos commonly star Luigi and Shadow as the main protagonists. Sometimes altering between Jumpmaan and Frankenstein, Mario and Luigi, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, And Balloon and Chickey on occasion. The videos' casts are usually expansive and feature many different characters and conflicts. Such as the ongoing playful beef between Luigi and his girlfriend in the series, Rosalina. Or the more serious and darker conflicts between the mentally troubled Rudy, And his abusive former slave owner, Balloon.
The videos can range from being completely non serious with the likes of "The Jumpmaan Disease" and "Shadow Throws Jumpmaan Off of a Building", To more adventurous with "Shadow's Rival" and "Bowser's Return", To downright dark and emotional with "Rudy: The Movie" and "A Familiar World: The Movie"
James' plush content takes a lot of inspiration from other plush related and non plush related channels with it's quick paced and wacky nature stemming from older SMG4 videos, And it's sound effect/visual effect based editing style drawing a lot from Goomzilla and Grantendo. Topped off with humorous skits and dialogue reminiscent of older SML videos.
The rest of his non plush related content features a very quick paced and clean editing approach inspired by the likes of Nathaniel Bandy, Chuggaaconroy, AciDic BliTzz, Nicholas DeOrio, ect.
== Personal Life ==
James was born on April 14, 2002. And has lived in the same exact house for his entire life.
He is the son of two parents, Those being his mother and father. And he also has a younger sister named Taylor (Aged 14), Who goes by CreamyCream online. She is seen frequently within his videos and livestreams, And even voices some noteworthy characters within his plush videos. Such as: Chickey, Big Jumpman, Evil Shadow, Zelda, Zap, and more.
James was homeschooled for the majority of his childhood, And only attended public school from Kindergarten up until Fourth Grade. During his time in public school he would meet his IRL best friend, Cody Groome, Whom he met in the first grade.
He has stated multiple times that his last year in public school contributed to him being a very quiet and closed off person for the majority of his teenage years.
He's also been very open about his struggles with anxiety and mental health. And has made several posts on his Twitter and Instagram accounts discussing the issues that go on. Some regarding his refusal to accept his attraction to women and others regarding his struggles with dealing with the loss of a pet.
James' struggles with mental health eventually began fading away swiftly after he became good friends with former SML community members, CorsonDrax, and Random Numbers. Going on to state that they played a major role in bringing him out of his comfort zone.
== Feud with Hunter Avallone ==
On Jun 26, 2021. Former Conservative, Now Social Democrat YouTuber, Hunter Avallone would go live on his channel, Responding to a documentary video made on him, Titled "The Decay of Hunter Avallone" published by Puddle of Pizza on Jun 25, The day before. During the stream, Avallone would attempt to challenge Puddle's fanbase for a debate. James being one of the many people that decided to call in to Avallone's stream.
The first debate between James and Avallone didn't last for very long. And ended with Avallone deciding to ban James from his Discord server. He was called out for this by his own fanbase, Who stated that Avallone's rash decision was ultimately proving James' point.
James would go on to later have an actual debate with Avallone, This time being joined by CorsonDrax. The debate centered around the criticisms presented in Puddle of Pizza's video. The conversation lasted for about forty minutes, Before Avallone would decide to end it, As he felt they weren't really getting anywhere.
James has gone on to state that he wasn't prepared for either debate. And didn't have enough time to write anything down.
The interactions between the two would prove to be entertaining for both audiences.
== Trivia ==
* His biggest inspirations are Chuggaaconroy, Cobanermani456, Vikkstar123, PeteZahHutt, Goomzilla, SML, and SMG4
* The LuigiChannel50 avatar is a cross between Luigi, Shadow, Meta Knight, and James himself
* He is apart of dabhdude's "Modcast"
* His most viewed video isn't even on his main account
* His favorite drink is Green Tea
* The username LuigiChannel/LuigiChannel50 came from James' desire to be the first Luigi themed channel in a similar vein to Sonic's Channel or Super Mario's Channel (Both now known as 1upTVGames). The 50 addition stemming from his Minecraft username.
* His favorite band is Linkin Park
* His first Mario game was Mario Kart Wii
* He discovered his love for Nintendo during the third grade
* He is the first person to upload a Sins of a Divine Mother cover song to YouTube
* His favorite video game is Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii
* His favorite song of all time is His World by Crush 40
* His least favorite video he's ever made is Sonic Theory: Was The Adventure Era Erased From Existence?
* He used to have a hobby for drawing pictures of Mario characters
* His favorite character of all time is Luigi