Six YouTubers from the popular online shooter Fortnite have joined the organization “One Percent” and purchased a lavish villa, which they showcase in a YouTube video. While younger viewers find this cool, some older viewers are less impressed and criticize the mentality behind such a video.
This is the group:
- Formula is the largest YouTuber in the group with 4.4 million subscribers
- Kiwiz has 3.28 million subscribers
- The YouTuber Nicks has 3.22 million subscribers
- Randumb has 3.01 million subscribers
- Razz has 309,000 subscribers
- Aeolus is the smallest with 11,100 subs
The 4 major YouTubers with millions originally came from “Luminosity Gaming,” separated from them, and formed the group “One Percent” with the two smaller YouTubers.
Just the name indicates the direction: “One Percent” refers to the “super-rich” in the USA, the one percent of the population with the greatest wealth.
Here you can see the 6 YouTubers on Instagram:
This is their house: In a video on YouTube, which now has over 4 million views, the young YouTubers show off their villa. This is a “multi-million-dollar” estate that the YouTubers have purchased with the money they’ve earned over the years through their fans’ support, as they proudly recount. So they didn’t need a sponsor for it or have to enter any financing plans.
During the video, they repeatedly showcase merchandise with the “One Percent” logo. Fans might buy that.
My House, My Piano, My Fortnite Funkopop Collection
These are individual scenes from the video:
- Right at the driveway to the villa, some luxury cars are parked
- YouTuber Formula shows a glass display with 160 wine bottles and comments: “None of us drink wine,” sponsors are invited to send things to present there
- In the living room, there is a piano by Kawai, on which supposedly Frank Sinatra played, later one of the YouTubers will wildly tinkle on it
- In Formula’s bedroom, the girlfriend is seemingly on the bed, pausing for a few seconds to stare at her phone before positioning herself beside him before turning back to her smartphone
- In the YouTuber’s private room, there is an impressive gaming setup and next to it the “snack cabinet” with a bag of M&Ms and other treats in their own jars, next to it proudly displays the Funkopop Fortnite collection
- In the hallway, the boys’ trophies hang, the plaques from YouTube for 1 million subscribers, coming from different “eras of YouTube”
- One shows off his complete sneaker collection and briefly points out the great merchandise beforehand
Much Enthusiasm for Video – Shows That “You’ve Made It”
This is being discussed: The video has predominantly positive ratings. There are over 304,000 thumbs up, with only 10,000 dislikes. However, the comments are somewhat mixed.
Many apparently young fans seem to be thrilled by the lifestyle of the YouTubers. They say: Their dream is to live like that. One could live together with friends and just have constant fun. The house is in the right hands.
However, there are also some critical comments. It’s noted that the YouTubers are constantly trying to sell their “merch” to the fans. One says, somewhat maliciously, that the house was bought with the money of kids who were served clickbait. A third asks whether it really has to be shown, especially in the Corona crisis, when so many people are losing their jobs and homes.
The video is viewed even more critically in the comment sections of the website Kotaku. There, the entire lifestyle, which is based solely on wealth and consumption, is criticized. The height of it is to still call it “One Percent.” It is believed that the YouTubers will face the same fate as some stars who bought such luxury items at the height of their careers and were later surprised by the ongoing costs.
Furthermore, it is suggested that the group could fall apart; enormous problems could then arise.
This is what it’s about: Fortnite YouTubers are somewhat like rappers. It is considered chic to outwardly display that you’ve “made it” and can afford the lifestyle that viewers wish for themselves. The most prominent streamers exemplify this:
Displaying one’s success in this way is a peculiarity that is critically viewed by older individuals established in life. Particularly in Germany, we consider it improper when someone flaunts their wealth like that.
How exactly this lifestyle should look when you’ve “made it,” seems unclear to the YouTubers themselves. These are status symbols of the previous owner still presented, like a “piano that Sinatra played on,” a “wine display,” or “a valuable pinball machine in the style of Kobe Bryant.”
The YouTubers themselves likely have no connection to these things; they certainly consider the snack bar or the particularly large flatscreen TV much more important.
For the villa, it seems the 6 YouTubers combined their resources. However, with 4 million subscribers, the largest among them is not even close to the level of the biggest stars. They operate in entirely different dimensions:
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