Myth (streamer)
Ali Kabbani (born May 24, 1999), more commonly known as Myth or TSM Myth, is an American Twitch streamer and professional Fortnite Battle Royale player.[2] As of December 2020, he is among the most popular streamers on Twitch with over 7 million followers and over 127 million views.[3] Kabbani also has over 4.6 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.
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Born | Ali Kabbani May 24, 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Dearborn, Michigan, US | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | TSM_Myth | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Active | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Games | Fortnite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Team Captain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018–present | Team SoloMid | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Kabbani's YouTube account was created on November 3, 2013.[4] He started streaming on Twitch in 2016 and mainly streamed Paragon, a third-person multiplayer online battle arena developed by Epic Games. Paragon has since been removed. His streams become much more popular when he started streaming Fortnite Battle Royale in the later half of 2017. At the end of January 2018, Kabbani had over 200,000 followers on Twitch and by the end of June of the same year the number had increased to over 3.2 million
Kabbani plays for Team SoloMid in a team that consists of himself, Daequan, Darryle "Hamlinz" Hamlin and Juan "CaMiLLs" Camilla (sub). Kabbani joined Team SoloMid in 2018[5] and serves as the captain of his team. Kabbani participated in the Ninja Vegas Tournament in April 2018. Additionally, Kabbani's streams have included a variety of other popular streamers including, Pokimane and summit1g. Kabbani compares Fortnite building/editing mechanics to a shooter version of chess.[6]
Kabbani suggested a new trap he calls a "bouncer trap" which would "send enemies flying out of boxes to protect players during fights".[7]
In March 2019, Ninja was paid $1 million to stream Apex Legends while Kabbani was paid an undisclosed amount.[8] Kabbani played as TSM's team leader in the game Valorant during the series Twitch Rivals.[9]
References
- "myth's Twitch Stats Summary Profile (Social Blade Twitch Statistics)". 2021-01-10. Archived from the original on 2020-11-03.
- Schechner, Sam; Grind, Kirsten; West, John (14 July 2020). "Searching for Video? Google Pushes YouTube Over Rivals". WSJ. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- "Top 50 Twitch users sorted by Followers - Socialblade Twitch Stats …". 2020-11-03. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02.
- "Myth". YouTube. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- Sam Bishop (5 February 2018). "Team SoloMid recruits full Fortnite team". gamereactor. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- Thier, Dave (18 March 2018). "'Fortnite' Pro 'Myth' On Weapons, How To Improve And Why 'Fortnite' Is Like Chess". Forbes. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- Geddes, George (2020-02-02). "TSM Myth brainstorms new Fortnite trap, and it's genius". Dot Esports. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- Fingas, Jon (2019-03-13). "EA reportedly paid Ninja $1 million to stream 'Apex Legends'". Engadget. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- Erzberger, Tyler (2020-06-08). "VALORANT Twitch Rivals -- what we learned". ESPN.com. Retrieved 23 August 2020.