Amund Williams

**Amund Gordon Williams** (b. 7 March, 2009) is an American Youtuber, co-creator of Half-Ball, musician, and Williams family member. He is the second child of Jonathan and Sarah Williams.

## Biography

### Bangor, Maine

Amund Williams was born in Maine on March 7th 2009.

### Fort Wayne, Indiana

Amund and his family moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana so his dad could go to seminary. At this point he was still a baby, so not a lot happened then.

### Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Amund and his family moved to Wheat Ridge, Colorado for his dads internship for the seminary. This is when Amund's little brother, Elijah, was born. Amund remembers his mom coming out of the hospital in a wheel chair and giving him jello after Elijah's birth.

### Fort Wayne, Indiana

Amund and his family moved back to Fort Wayne so his dad could finish seminary. Amund only has one clear memory of this place. After waking up one day, he walked into the living room and stood on one foot. After a couple of seconds his mom walked into the room and told him it was his fourth birthday. He doesn't remember anything else that day.

### Webster Groves, Missouri

Amund's dad was able to get get a job as a pastor in Australia. So they stayed with their aunt and uncle at Webster Groves while moving.

### Horsham, Victoria, Australia

Amund and his family moved to Australia for his dad's job. Amund liked making short videos showcasing things. One of them was titled "ninja webins", which showcased a pair of toy nunchaku and a random toy sword. This is also when he started attending school, first pre K, next kinder, then finally H.T.L.S. (Holy Trinity Lutheran School) for a little while. Amund didn't have many problems with the school at the time, but looking back, it wasn't very good for him. For example, at H.T.L.S., Amund was photographed without permission and the photo ended up being in the local newspaper. The photo of Amund shown in the gallery is of him playing in what was ominously called "the pit" during gymnastics. It may seem like he was having fun, but he was afraid the pit would drown him.

### Webster Groves, Missouri

Amund and his family moved back to the US due to his dad's job. While moving, they stayed in Webster Groves for the second time. Amund remembers getting a mini Kan Jam set. This is when Amund started feeling envy towards Islwyn's Youtube channel, The Film Crew. Here he went to a school called Bristol, which he considers to be the best school experience he's ever had.

### Michigan

Amund is currently 14, and his family lives in Michigan. This is where he started his two youtube channels, Game On, and Game On Commentary. This is also where he discovered his love of music, learning the bass guitar, saxophone, and violin. When first moving to Michigan, he went to an in-person private school. He didn't like it, so he moved to a public school the next year. His older brother, Islwyn, gave Amund his bottle collection and amiibo collection in 2021; expanding Amund's previous collection of one Bowser Junior amiibo. This is also where Elijah, Amund's brother, got a drumset, which Amund uses sometimes.

## Animals

Amund loves animals and used to own a toad, but now owns two turtles and a snake named sneg. When Amund first moved to Michigan, the previous owners of the house showed him around the woods. This is where Amund saw salamanders for the first time, and he was immediately intrigued.

## YouTube

#### Game On

Game On is a youtube channel Amund started in Michigan Immediately after he discovered how to create a channel. He used to post gaming videos, but now he just posts random speedrunning videos that he uses to verify speedruns on mariokart64.com and speedrun.com.

#### Game On Commentary

Game On Commentary is a channel where Amund voices his opinions on stuff.

## Music

### Bass guitar

Amund plays a 1987 Squier P-bass. He began learning it in 2021, and has been playing actively since. Amund won the Louis Armstrong award with his bass in 2023.

### Saxophone

Amund got a saxophone to be in the school band, before dropping it later that year.

### Percussion

Amund played percussion in band for the 2022-2023 year so he could play bass in jazz band.

### Amund's music

Amund has been composing music for two years. His music is published on his YouTube channels GOMusic, and GameON.

### Involvement in creation

Amund is considered a co-founder of Half-Ball along with Jens Schulz and some minor contributions from Islwyn Williams and Christian Schulz. He laid out a lot of the rules for the game, and created the LR and Swill Strategies.

### The Jens Schulz Half-Ball Supercup

*See: The Jens Schulz Half-Ball Supercup*

Amund scored second place in the July 4, 2021 Half-Ball Supercup. He also created a website for the Supercup, where you can discuss upcoming games and make suggestions to the docket.

## Other

### Cubing

*See: Speedcubing*

Cubing/speed cubing is a hobby and sport involving trying to solve various twisty puzzles (Rubik’s cube, square-1, skewb) as fast as possible. Amund’s personal best for 3x3 (traditional Rubik’s cube) is 20 seconds. He owns a 4x4, 3x3, 2x2, skewb, mirror cube, and a 2x2 mirror cube.

### D3CODE challenge

The D3CODE challenge is an advanced puzzle with a lot of ciphers in it. It was made by Amund and one of his friends for his steam class. It is incredibly difficult and nobody has succeeded in completing the puzzle so far.

### Turtles

Amund has two pet turtles. He has had them for about four years now and really enjoys their company. He has not named them though he has thought about it before.

## Notes and references

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCBgvdodZDHmGfZmoJCrURA
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3L\_B4dxUgkda4I8VimCsyg
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXeQ0m0pL--t8FDl3fDsAJg
4. ↑ https://mariokart64.com/
5. ↑ https://www.speedrun.com/
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC661ohc\_PRCx-Q4jlL4cLPg
7. ↑ https://amundwilliam.wixsite.com/jhbs/