Summit1g

Jaryd Russell Lazar, more commonly known by his online alias summit1g, is an American Twitch streamer, and retired competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player that formerly played for professional esports teams, A51, and Mythic.[1] After retiring from competitive esports, Lazar became a well-known streamer on Twitch by streaming CS:GO and WarZ. He currently streams a variety of video games, such as Escape from Tarkov, Grand Theft Auto V, and Sea of Thieves.[2][3]

Summit1g
Personal information
BornJaryd Russell Lazar
(1987-04-23) April 23, 1987
Orange County, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
ResidenceColorado Springs, Colorado
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2012-present
Followers5.3 million
Total views381.8 million
Follower and view counts updated as of 25 June 2020.

Personal life

Lazar is of Hungarian descent and has a younger brother. He married fellow streamer Desirae in 2013, but divorced in 2016. He is now in a relationship with fellow Twitch streamer, lilchiipmunk.[4]

Streaming on Twitch

In 2017, Lazar garnered widespread attention for surpassing Tom "Syndicate" Cassell in the amount of followers on Twitch. And in 2018, Lazar became the most-followed channel on the platform, surpassing Riot Games.[5]

In May 2020, Lazar signed a multi-year contract with Twitch, regarding content and partnership support.[6][7] As of June 25, 2020, he has over 5.3 million followers on Twitch, and is ranked as the fifth-most followed streamer on the platform.

Controversies

In May 2018, Lazar streamed with YouTuber Jake Paul and received complaints and criticism from fans for his decision to play with him.[8] In response to backlash from fans — with some even threatening to unfollow his Twitch channel — Lazar told viewers "I'm a little disappointed in chat. I had hoped the 1g squad to be a little bit different. I thought some people had a little bit thicker skin."[9]

In December 2019, Lazar's girlfriend, lilchiipmunk, claimed on Twitter that Twitch was promoting racism after a clip of fellow Twitch streamer Sweet_Anita had gone viral, in which she unintentionally blurted out the N word as a result of her having Tourette's. At the time, lilchiipmunk was not aware that Sweet_Anita suffered from Tourette's, prompting Lazar to publicly apologize, saying "I would like to apologize to Sweet_Anita. I hope you’re doing okay through all the bullshit. You’re killing it on Twitch, keep it up and keep trucking through.[10]

In April 2020, Lazar was involved in a controversy surrounding comments he made towards Valorant, a free-to-play multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed by Riot Games. He criticized the game for being poorly managed during the game's closed beta, as well as criticizing other streamers that streamed Valorant at the time for manipulating Twitch's "Drops" system (which allowed viewers watching Valorant streams on Twitch to randomly receive game keys that provided access to the closed beta) in order to increase their viewer counts and the total number of viewers for the game on the platform.[11] However, Lazar later tweeted an apology on Twitter and called for a truce (which has since been deleted).

See also

References
  1. Cropley, Steven. "summit1g Joins CSGO Team Mythic". WWG Esports. Archived from the original on 2018-04-08. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  2. Duwe, Scott. "PUBG was watched more than League of Legends on Twitch in August". dotesports.com. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  3. Webb, Kevin. "The 10 most popular channels on Twitch". Business Insider. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  4. "Summit1g Bio and Streaming Facts". Streamsentials. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  5. Wells, Jess. "Who is Summit1g? Net worth, setup, settings, and more". The Loadout. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  6. Woo, Ginny. "Summit1G, Dakotaz And JoshOG Have Signed New Contracts With Twitch". Gamespot. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  7. Peters, Jay. "Twitch signs multiyear deals with popular streamers Summit1G, Dakotaz, and JoshOG". The Verge. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  8. Oxford, Nadia. "Fortnite Streamer's Fans React Badly to Session with Jake Paul". US gamer. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  9. O'Brien, Lucy. "Twitch Streamer's Audience Rebels Against Him After Fortnite Stream With Jake Paul". IGN. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  10. Miceli, Max. "Summit1g apologizes for girlfriend's tweets about streamer with Tourette's". Dot Esports. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  11. Biswas, Souhardya. ""Piece of s**t video game"- summit1g Lashes Out At Valorant's Twitch Streams". Essentially sports. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
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