Sacriel

Christopher Ball (born June 8th, 1983), commonly known by his online alias Sacriel, is a British Twitch streamer and internet personality.
Ball is the most watched Twitch streamer in the UK with over 660,000 followers. He is known for his tactical approach, educational analysis and dry sense of British humour. He typically plays combat and survival games such as DayZ, Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds, Apex Legends, Escape from Tarkov, and Call of Duty: Warzone. He also plays real-time strategy, building games and other role-playing games such as The Last of Us.
== Career ==
Ball originally started off making tactical advice videos in his spare time for Battlefield 3 and DayZ on his YouTube channel. He left his job at an Internet Service Provider in 2012 after opting for redundancy and made the switch to full-time streaming.
Ball has participated in numerous online tournaments and live-streams including The Survivor Gamez, War of the Factions Live (For Honor), as well as PUBG and Fortnite invitationals and celebrity charity events. He has also commentated for various competitions, including Pro-am events. 
He has had viral success, including being one of the first to eliminate an opponent in Fortnite with a sniper rifle while riding a pumpkin rocket, and a clip from his livestream was picked up by various gaming publications amassing over 11 million views across various platforms. 
Ball has exclusive in-game items in PUBG, Escape from Tarkov, and is a character in the games Rimworld and Prison Architect.
In 2017, he was nominated for Streamer of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards. In 2019 he was voted favourite British Apex Legends streamer by Redbull UK. On December 13th, 2017, it was announced that Ball was being represented by talent management firm, Online Performers Group. 
His popularity has led to current sponsorship deals with Intel, Corsair, Elgato and Viewsonic, among others. He has starred in several advertising campaigns for Intel, Axe and NERF.
== Community ==
Followers of Sacriel’s channel on Twitch refer to themselves as “The 42nd” (named after Sacriel’s original YouTune channel, having taken inspiration from Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy). This community is known for being calm, mature and welcoming, and is managed by full-time moderators.
== Industry advocacy and charity work ==
Ball is active in the UK and across the world to support education regarding the video games industry and is outspoken in his support for streaming as a career. He has participated in panel discussions at Cannes Lions and London Ad Week aimed at bolstering the legitimacy of streamers. 
Ball supports various global charity initiatives, especially those involved in saving dogs from being destroyed in shelters. In 2020, he was a featured streamer in Twitch’s StreamAid which raised $2.8 million for COVID-19 relief.
== Personal life ==
Ball lives in the Cotswolds, England with his wife Shannon Plante and three dogs. The pair originally met while Plante worked as a moderator in the early days of his Twitch channel in 2012, and were married in 2019.
==In the media==
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== References ==
== External links ==
* Sacriel on Twitch
* Sacriel on YouTube
* Sacriel on Twitter
* Sacriel on Facebook
* Sacriel on Instagram
* Sacriel - Streamerpedia
* Sacriel - Twitch Streamer Profile & Bio | TopTwitchStreamers
Category:1983 births
Category:Twitch streamers
Category:British Internet celebrities
Category:British YouTubers
Category:British people