VanossGaming

Evan Fong (born: ), better known online as VanossGaming or just Vanoss, is a Canadian YouTuber and video game commentator from Toronto, Ontario. Vanoss has often been compared to fellow gaming YouTuber PewDiePie, who also has the most subscribed non-company channel on the site, as they both have a similar style of gaming. Occasionally, Vanoss also uploads an animation based on an original sketch or a previously uploaded gaming video. Vanoss is also a professional musician who goes by the name of Rynx.
Vanoss' channel logo consists of an owl head; he usually does not show his face, unless it is for an important occasion. The first time Vanoss showed his face was for his one million subscriber special in 2013, with the second being in 2014, when he took part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (in which he poured a mixture of iced tea, Smirnoff ice, ice cream, dentyne ice, ice age the movie, travelers map of Iceland, a Tim Hortons ice cappuccino, ice age 2, Marvel ice man figure, iso protein powder, ice age 3, ice hockey puck, vanilla ice greatest hits, ice age 4, a bucket of "ice cubes", ice, and finally, water). His owl head is the mask of his in-game character models for many of the games he plays, including Garry's Mod and Grand Theft Auto V.
He reached his peak in 2014, when he gained 6.6 million subscribers in that year alone, at one point gaining a million subscribers a month, more than any other channel except PewDiePie. In that year, he would occasionally gain more subscribers than any other YouTube channel. From January 2015 to January 2016, he was the second most subscribed gaming channel behind PewDiePie, but since dropped to eighth behind him, elrubiusOMG, Fernanfloo, JuegaGerman, VEGETTA777, Markiplier, and jacksepticeye. Vanoss also experienced one span as the most subscribed Canadian channel on YouTube from January 2015 to September 2015, before being surpassed by JustinBieberVEVO. He is now the most subscribed independent YouTuber from Canada, and the fifth most subscribed channel overall from the country.https://www.noxinfluencer.com/youtube-channel-rank/top-100-ca-all-youtuber-sorted-by-subs-weekly
He is also known for putting others on the map and being extremely selfless, even with the wacky videos that he produces.
==Channel==
===Before Vanoss & Early Videos===
Vanoss initially had a channel named EmixProductionshttps://web.archive.org/web/20111105221554/http://www.youtube.com//user//VanossGaming About Me section, "Creator of the EmixProductions channel", created in July 2011. This channel only ever had one known upload, which was a remix of The Angry Grandpa Show, being a predecessor to the later remixes he would do of other Call of Duty channels of the time, such as WhiteBoy7thst and ELPRESADOR, as well as his later musical career. The earliest known video on the gaming channel is "Excited for MW3 & the Future - First Black Ops Commentary",view-source:https://web.archive.org/web/20111105221554/https://www.youtube.com/user/VanossGaming Full title shown in HTML page source, line 1343.https://web.archive.org/web/20111105221554/https://www.youtube.com/user/VanossGaming
When Vanoss created his gaming channel in September 2011, he would continue to use the EmixProductions channel until early 2013https://web.archive.org/web/20140501232508/https://www.youtube.com/user/EmixProductions Last activity known on a video uploaded February 2013, even replying to a comment with the old channel, saying "I don't post vids on this channel because I have a gaming channel now".https://web.archive.org/web/20140501232508/https://www.youtube.com/user/EmixProductions Fifth activity listed
After his days of Modern Warfare 3, he stopped using generic YouTube gaming intros. He began to use the rainbow thumbnail we know today. These videos have also had very good ratings and views, but the quality is amateurish compared to his current content.
===Games===
====Black Ops II====
After a bunch of uploads of MW3 and remixes, Vanoss released his first few Black Ops II gameplay videos; which consisted of a shotgun montages, remixes, pranks, and a variety of funny moments.
Vanoss then started a series of funny moments and remixes of Black Ops II with a total of over 80 videos. This caused his channel to grow at an immense rate for a period of time. His sudden accumulation of subscribers went from 200k and quickly rose to 2 million. To celebrate this unexpected milestone, Vanoss uploaded his Best Moments video.Black Ops 2 Best Moments - Funny Moments, Killcams, Remix, Epic Kills, Fun w/ Friends (Thank you)
As of April 2017, most of his early Black Ops II videos have been taken down presumably due to Copyright Reasons.
After a four year wait for new content, Vanoss briefly made a return to Black Ops II in May 2017 when it became backwards compatible for the Xbox One. He uploaded videos of Gun Game, Hiding Tactics, and Ninja Defuses.
====Grand Theft Auto V====
Grand Theft Auto V, with 130 videos, is one of his most popular series. Two days after the North American release of GTA V, he uploaded six GTA V Single Player Funny Moments Video, before eventually uploading "GTA 5 Online Funny Moments Gameplay - Invisible Glitch, Monkey Masks, Jet Fun, Cars (Multiplayer)"GTA 5 Online Funny Moments Gameplay - Invisible Glitch, Monkey Masks, Jet Fun, Cars (Multiplayer) his first GTA V Online Funny Moments
It received critical acclaim with very high ratings and positive comments. This series also drastically increased Vanoss' popularity by increasing his subscriber/view count.
====Garry's Mod====
A series he started in which he combined with Black Ops II and GTA V. He makes videos of Sandbox, Hide and Seek, Prop Hunt, Death Run, Guess Who and Scary Maps with his friends, but in the beginning was less popular than GTA; over time, the series gained a lot more of attention, due to Vanoss uploading it more often than GTA V.
Originally he used a giant Luigi character but later on, like his friends, he uses his GTA V player model in either casual or the Night Owl outfit. Although in his very early Garry's Mod videos, before using the Luigi character model, Vanoss would use either the Iron Man or Batman character model, though mostly the latter than the former.
In 2016, he has two new player models which is a modified version of his GTA V character that includes his channel's logo; his red jacket and black pants and his 'Night Owl' costume, both with his signature owl mask, but with a different style to it.
====Dead Realm====
In July 2015, Fong announced that he had been working on a game for the "past six or seven months" as a creative director alongside Daithi De Nogla, Terroriser, Mini Ladd, and Syndicate. The game was called Dead Realm, a horror based game. It was released on Steam as an early release on July 30, 2015.
However, there was some controversy after Vanoss, SeaNanners, and Syndicate each uploaded their videos on the game. It was discovered that Syndicate had failed to disclose his financial ties to another game, a violation of the FTC.coms set of guidelines.
In August 2020, citing low playerbase and negative reviews ever since the project has been left abandoned, the game was since then shut down and is no longer available on Steam.
==Personal Life==
Vanoss is half Korean and half Chinese and was born in Toronto, Canada, but currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He has a love for hockey and used to play, stating that he wants to make quality hockey videos in the future. He also has an interest in playing the guitar. Vanoss only revealed his face in a few videos, but his GTA V character greatly resembles him in real life (though he mostly wears an owl mask). He is known to be a very calm guy as well as a great joker, but as much as he enjoys messing around, when Vanoss plays seriously, he is quite experienced.
He has recently helped create a game with other YouTubers called Dead Realm, much like Garry's Mod game mode hide and seek. Vanoss has been on a web cartoon series called "Paranormal Action Squad." He voices a character based on his owl mask-wearing persona from Grand Theft Auto Online. Paranormal Action Squad can be found on YouTube Red.
He sometimes goes to events to either have fun or to interact with his fans, most of the time, to do both.
==McDonald's Internet Joke==
In a video titled, "COD Zombies Funny Moments - Terroriser's Mcdonalds Internet!",COD Zombies Funny Moments - Terroriser's Mcdonalds Internet! while Vanoss, Nogla, and Terroriser are playing Call of Duty, it is shown that Brian was experiencing internet issues while playing in that specific session. This, in turn, caused connection issues, irritating Nogla. Nogla then jokingly tells Brian's to fix his McDonald's internet, much to Vanoss' amusement. At that time, Brian was not able to understand what was going on because of his internet issues. Because of this, it was unclear whether Brian was really using McDonald's internet during that session.
The joke has since become a staple in both the Vanoss and Terroriser community. The most notable references include when Vanoss sent Christmas presents to Brian,Opening Christmas Gifts From Vanoss! (A Terroriser Christmas) in which one of those presents was a McDonald's soda cup with a W-LAN cable in it. Another reference was in a Golf It Video,Golf-it Funny Moments - Nogla Sabotages the Whole Game! in which Brian was late because he was getting McDonald's. Vanoss then jokes that he was actually fixing his internet, to which Brian immediately leaves. 
In a vlog where Nogla treats Brian to McDonald's,Going into McDonald's with Terroriser he explains what really happened in that gaming session. At the time, his YouTube studio was located in someone else's shed, which they converted into a one-bedroom studio. Because the shed had no wi-fi, he had to use the house's wi-fi in order to make his videos and play games with his friends. During the COD session, a storm hit the area, which knocked out the wi-fi in the house, which explains why he was lagging so badly in that particular session. It wasn't until he watches Vanoss' video that he realized what really happened.
==Paranormal Action Squad==
A YouTube Red animated series he starred in alongside with fellow YouTubers Mr. Sark (Eddie) and SeaNanners (Paul) where he plays as himself. In many episodes, his goal is to become a member of the team to stop the paranormal activities due to being fired by all of his other jobs, but is constantly rejected by them due to not being reckless and unprepared.
==Rynx==
In mid-2017, Vanoss started putting links in his descriptions telling his viewers to click if they "wanted to be early." Upon clicking the link, it would take the viewer to an Instagram page by the name of "rynxmanjones." The first picture he posted said that this new account would be his more personal account and where he would share his music. The caption for that photo has since been edited. On August 25, 2017, he released his first piece of music: A remix of "U-RITE" by THEY.THEY. - U-RITE (Rynx Remix) On December 9, 2017 he released his first official single "Want You" featuring Miranda Glory.Rynx - Want You (feat. Miranda Glory) On May 3, 2018 he produced the song "Motion" by newcomers music duo Emotional Oranges.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlYYLSxa8Cg On June 20, 2018 Rynx made "I'm Alright" featuring Jimi Ono.Rynx - I'm Alright (Feat. Jimi Ono) On August 15, 2018 Rynx uploaded his remixed version Alison Wonderland's "Cry".Alison Wonderland - Cry (Rynx Remix)
In 2019, he released several songs such as "Im Alright, Club Poor" and several songs from his upcoming album In Pieces.Rynx and TMG - Club Poor (Lyric Video)
He plays four songs in his videos as his outro music. It can be heard in its entirety on his SoundCloud page; RynxMusic.RynxMusic
In October 2019, he announced his first album, titled "In Pieces" Additionally he mentioned he would be going on tour around the U.S. and Canada with the possible release of a merchandise line in November, however on November 5th, he announced that the tour had been delayed to February, with the L.A. show unaffected.In Pieces
As of June 2, 2022, he has announced that he is back in the studio working on the next chapter of Rynx. He is quoted saying that he is “really excited about the direction of this next chapter.”
==Alpha Betas==
Alpha Betas is a 2021 cartoon created by Chris Bruno & David Lee, produced by 3BLACKDOT and Bush House, and starring Evan Fong, Tyler Wine, Brian Hanby and Marcel Cunningham as the four main characters. Evan, Tyler, Brian and Marcel also serving as executive producers.
On February 11th, 2021, Evan posted Alpha Betas - Official Trailer,Alpha Betas - Official Trailer (2021) hyping up the pilot premiere upcoming show for a March 13.Alpha Betas - This is Alpha Team (Pilot Episode) The pilot episode aired gaining millions of views within the first few days. While Alpha Betas had offers from "a bunch" of different networks, none of them gave the team the creative freedom that they knew the viewers wanted. A kickstarter was created on July 20, 2021 to help with the funding that would go into creating the adult animated series, with a goal of $750,000.Alpha Betas Show - Powering the World with Video Games
Since the kickstarter 4 more videos have been uploaded to the Alpha Betas YouTube channel as well as a holiday special after the final episode of the season was uploaded.
==Subscriber Milestones==
Note the following dates are according to SocialBlade.com the dates may vary by about 1 day, and if you live outside of North America the dates may vary by up to 2 days due to the Time Zone Difference.
*100 Thousand Subscribers: January 20, 2013.
*1 Million Subscribers: July 14, 2013.
*2 Million Subscribers: October 25, 2013.
*3 Million Subscribers: December 7, 2013.
*4 Million Subscribers: January 7, 2014.
*5 Million Subscribers: February 5, 2014.
*6 Million Subscribers: March 5, 2014.
*7 Million Subscribers: May 11, 2014. 
*8 Million Subscribers: July 24, 2014. 
*9 Million Subscribers: September 25, 2014. 
*10 Million Subscribers: December 10, 2014. 
*11 Million Subscribers: February 7, 2015. 
*12 Million Subscribers: April 14, 2015. 
*13 Million Subscribers: June 28, 2015. 
*14 Million Subscribers: September 4, 2015. 
*15 Million Subscribers: December 1, 2015.
*16 Million Subscribers: February 5, 2016. 
*17 Million Subscribers: May 4, 2016.
*18 Million Subscribers: July 23, 2016.
*19 Million Subscribers: November 3, 2016.
*20 Million Subscribers: February 13, 2017.
*21 Million Subscribers: July 19, 2017.
*22 Million Subscribers: December 27, 2017.
*23 Million Subscribers: June 8, 2018.
*24 Million Subscribers: December 23, 2018.
*25 Million Subscribers: March 25, 2020.
==Video View Milestones==
*1 Billion Video Views: July 19, 2014.
*2 Billion Video Views: January 28, 2015.
*3 Billion Video Views: September 25, 2015.
*4 Billion Video Views: February 2, 2016.
*5 Billion Video Views: June 8, 2016.
*6 Billion Video Views: October 25, 2016.
*7 Billion Video Views: April 14, 2017.
*8 Billion Video Views: September 20, 2017.
*9 Billion Video Views: March 9, 2018.
*10 Billion Video Views: October 14, 2018.
*11 Billion Video Views: June 7, 2019.
*12 Billion Video Views: January 7, 2020.
*13 Billion Video Views: September 26, 2020.
*14 Billion Video Views: July 28, 2021.
*15 Billion Video Views: September 24, 2022.
==Quotes ==
*"Hey, guys. Vanoss here." (Sometimes his intro if he wants to point something out before the video)
* "ALRIGHT!" (Starting of most of his newer videos)
*"♪Come on down to the Kame House and get your Dragon Balls♪" (Quote from Garry's Mod Guess Who)
*"What do you call a magic owl? Hoodini!" (Quote from GTA 5 Online Funny Moments - Comedy Club Fun!)
*"Get The Fuck Out Of My Way" (Quote From Gmod Prop Hunt - Blacks Ops 4 Edition)
*"Come on down to the Olive Garden and get your free breadsticks!"
*"Hubbada!"
* "Keep 'er going!"
*"You Right." (Referencing his Rynx channel, where his first song was called, "U-Rite" and was used for a time as his outro song)
*"Look who's last to join again" (Making fun of Terroriser for always showing up last in a gaming session, most notably Golf It)
*"We're playing with a successful Irish YouTuber" (Making fun of Terroriser, again, when he sees Brian wearing a Jacksepticeye skin in a session of Ben and Ed)Ben and Ed Funny Moments - Zombie Deathrun with a Famous Irish Youtuber!
*"Hoodini"
==Trivia==
*He didn't play video games often as a child as he wasn't introduced to it. The games he did play on the occasion included popular children's adventure and puzzle games such as Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam.
*He played hockey for a majority of his childhood.
*In one of his QnA videos, he explained that he adopted the name Vanoss from his father's PS3 account name Vanoss62. His father, in turn, got his account name from VANOS, a valve timing system produced by BMW.
*Vanoss entered the University of Pennsylvania where he studied economics and aimed at getting an athletic scholarship from the school for ice hockey. He dropped out in the second year to pursue his YouTube career with doubts and concerns from his parents. He, however, understood their train of thoughts about the situation at the time.
*He was nominated for "Trending Gamer" in The Game Awards 2014.
*He was nominated for "Tech and Innovation: Gaming" in the Streamy Awards 2016.
*He was nominated for "Best In Gaming" in Shorty Awards 2020.
*He was featured in WatchMojo's "TopX" in the category of Top 10 Let's Play YouTube Channels taking the #2 spot, just beaten by PewDiePie.Top 10 Let's Play YouTube Channels - TopX Ep. 2
*Vanoss has his own dragon in the popular game Dragon City, called the Vanoss Dragon.
*In late 2016, he surpassed former most subscribed channel nigahiga to become the most subscribed YouTuber of Asian descent.
**VanossGaming is considered identical to Ryan Higa by some fans, with some confusing the two.
*Without a YouTube network, Vanoss ranks at the fourth most subscribed channel, from 2014 to 2017, being the most subscribed person without a YouTube network. Also during that time period, his channel was the most subscribed gaming channel without a network until PewDiePie's well-known controversy with anti-Semitic jokes resulted in him being dropped by his network, Maker Studios in February 2017. His channel is now the second most subscribed gaming channel without a network.
**Information subject to change.
*Some of his videos were deleted by Spam404, mostly old ones.
*His original Outro Song (Afterglow - Reaktor Productions) also caught attention after using it as an outro and the song is now the most famous Reaktor Productions track.
*Evan produces music under the name "Rynx". Some of his notable work in his music videos as of recently are "U-RITE" by THEY. (Rynx remix), "Want You" by Rynx (feat. Miranda Glory), "I'm alright" by Rynx (feat. Jimi Ono), and "Cry" by Alison Wonderland (Rynx remix).
*As of 2017, he is the most-watched YouTuber in Manitoba.
*He has a habit of drawing Homer Simpson on Skribbl.io and killing his friends before they get to their objectives in-game or just for a running gag. Soon enough, it became a main staple in the Skribbl.io videos.
*Evan considers Pacific Rim a bad movie.
*He featured YouTubers WILDCAT, H2ODelirious, Terroriser and Lui Calibre in his YouTube series "The Magic Tomato".
*His thumbnails backgrounds are mostly rainbow colored.
*In his first Among Us video, he knows who the impostors are because he knows his friends so well.
*Vanoss was known for being the calmest guy of the group. The only games that made him rage are Hand Simulator, Fortnite, Cyberpunk 2077 and sometimes Golf It and Black Ops 2.
*Most of his videos and content involve playing with his friends, the only games he play by himself are Assassin's Creed Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla, Far Cry Primal, Watch Dogs Legion (singleplayer mode), Watch Dogs, GTA V (singleplayer) and Oculus (VR).
*He mentioned that his channel is slowly dying two times, during a CoD: Black Ops - Cold War Zombies Mode Video he asked "Will my channel be ever good as it was in the past?" and in an Among Us video where he bets Terroriser's "small" channel and later Vanoss said that his channel is dying.
*Recently his friends he mostly play with are: Moo, Nogla and Terroriser (while also sometimes with WILDCAT and fourzer0seven as well); Most of the games they play are: Uno, GTA V, Skribbl.io, Stick Fight and other games.
*Recently, he would make dark and edgy jokes on his videos and leaving them uncensored and unedited, making his friends scared and annoyed, while some laugh it at, knowing that he's just joking.
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