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Arkrael

Love, Hate, and Hope

By Jorg van der Velden

If you have ever looked at the Paladins tab on Twitch, chances are pretty damn high you’ve

seen his face pass by. And if you were curious enough to actually click on his face, you just

couldn’t have been prepared for the eyes that are darker than the deepest pits of hell that is

accompanied by the voice of a god. Drama overkill aside, there’s only one person that would

fit this description to a T: Arkrael!

The (baby) face and the camera any real effort into it until the very tail end

Arkrael, or James, is a surprising 30 year old of december of last year, and in about two

Puerto Rican born UI/UX designer currently months I’ve gotten almost 10,000 subscribers

living in LA. Ark recently got his Twitch in total.”

partnership, and thus the shiny sub button

that comes with it, and his YouTube channel “I was really surprised by the reach YouTube

just hit 10,000 subscribers (the video is has, and how much bigger that reach is

adorable, go watch it!) so you could say his than Twitch’s. I’ve been streaming for

content creation career is hitting its stride quite some time now, and I was stuck in

pretty well. this ‘Twitch-bubble’ where I felt that Twitch

was everything there was. Now the thing I

“The growth of my channel has been hear most is ‘Hey! Youse that guy from the

absolutely massive these last couple of YouTubes!’”

months, especially on YouTube. I didn’t put
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