SmallAnt | |
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Personal information | |
Name | Speedrunner, YouTuber and Twitch streamer |
Born | [1] | 3 May 1996
Nationality | Canadian |
Career information | |
Games | Super Mario Odyssey The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |
SmallAnt (real name Tanner; born 3 May 1996[1]) is a partnered Twitch streamer and YouTube content creator who currently holds the world record in Super Mario Odyssey for 1.0 Minimum Captures in both the one-player and two-player categories.[2] He began uploading to YouTube on 7 February 2018,[3] and created his channel on Twitch on 29 February 2016.[4] He has been a central part of the Super Mario Odyssey community, running the community Discord, moderating the speedrunning leaderboards, and running events such as the Super Mario Odyssey 'Tasks' and weekly bingo. While he was regularly playing Super Mario Odyssey, SmallAnt was the #1 most watched Super Mario Odyssey streamer.[5] Since November 2019, SmallAnt has taken a break from his usual minimum capture runs and has been playing more The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,[5] and as of January 2020, he is now the #1 most watched The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild streamer.[4] He started his career on YouTube providing accessible Super Mario Odyssey tutorials.[6] He lives in Northern British Columbia, Canada, with roommates.[7] He used to work at a lumber mill as a fire spotter but became a full-time content creator as of 29 April 2019.[8] He has over 200,000 subscribers and 30,000,000 views on YouTube as of 20 January 2020,[9] and over 80,000 followers on Twitch.[4]
Before his renown on YouTube and Twitch, SmallAnt was a successful LittleBigPlanet creator, having four of his levels "Team Picked".[10] He was interviewed on the Community Corner for his creativity creating levels such as an entire Pixel Art RPG in the LittleBigPlanet engine.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b SmallAnt (3 May 2019). "SmallAnt on Twitter: Today's birthday stream was so incredible ..." Twitter. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Super Mario Odyssey Category Extensions". Speedrun.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ SmallAnt (7 February 2019). "Super Mario Odyssey Speedrunning Movement Guide". YouTube. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "SmallAnt - Streamer Profile and Stats". TwitchMetrics. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ a b Zach Benson (13 November 2019). "The Art of Speed Running (feat. Smallant1 & Keizaron)". Medium. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ Owen S. Good (29 April 2018). "The tips and tools you need to make a speedrun of Super Mario Odyssey". Polygon. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ SmallAnt (27 February 2019). "SmallAnt on Twitter: "My roommates are cool ..."". Twitter. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ SmallAnt (29 April 2019). "SmallAnt on Twitter: Well, I'm never gonna get to wear this cute ..." Twitter. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ SmallAnt. "SmallAnt". YouTube. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "smallant1 - LBP.me". LBP.me. LittleBigPlanet. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "LittleBigPlanet Community Corner - smallant1". LittleBigPlanet.com. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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