GrandPooBear

David Hunt (born April 11, 1985), known online as GrandPooBear, is a prominent video game streamer, speedrunner and creator of Kaizo Super Mario levels.

Career

David Hunt, known online as GrandPooBear,[1] grew up in Michigan and attended the University of Colorado Boulder. An avid snowboarder, a bad accident left him severely injured and in months of recovery, at which point he turned to another passion to focus on, saying: "I was bored on the couch, and I decided I wanted to become really good at one video game, Super Mario Bros. 3."[2]

He learned Kaizo techniques from playing over 5,000 hours of Super Mario Maker, including levels created by PangaeaPanga, and created a series of video tutorials on Kaizo game mechanics with walkthroughs of his own levels.[3] He became a prominent video game streamer of Super Mario Maker 2.[4] As of 2020, he is a full-time game streamer.[5]

Prominent kaizo creator BarbarousKing named his Grand Poo World series after GrandPooBear.[6]

Hunt was invited to become an official Red Bull Esports Athlete on December 14, 2018.[7][8]

References
  1. Orland, Kyle (July 16, 2019). "Nintendo deletes popular Mario Maker 2 level for unexplained reasons". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  2. "David 'GrandPOObear' Hunt". Red Bull. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  3. Klepek, Patrick (July 11, 2019). "'Mario Maker' Expert Creates Easy Way to Learn Game's Secret Kaizo Tricks". Vice. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  4. Hernandez, Patricia (July 16, 2019). "Nintendo deletes level from top Mario Maker 2 player for mysterious reasons". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  5. Alexander, Julia (August 21, 2018). "Twitch streamers are divided on Ninja's choice not to stream with women". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  6. Hernandez, Patricia (March 12, 2019). "The hardest Mario game of the year is unlike anything you've seen before". Polygon. Archived from the original on July 13, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  7. @GrandPooBear (December 14, 2018). "Yo, I'm so excited to announce that I have joined the @redbullesports family! It's so huge for me and the entire speedrunning community. Just so stoked!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 13, 2020 – via Twitter.
  8. Rogosin, Aaron (2018). "David 'GrandPOObear' Hunt". redbull.com. Retrieved January 13, 2020.

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