Though he may find himself on top of his game as one of the most popular streamers, not everything is looking up for CaseOh, as he battles everything from overzealous fans to an overwhelming onslaught of jokes about his weight.
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00:00Though he may find himself on top of his game as one of the most popular streamers, not
00:04everything is looking up for Keso, as he battles everything from overzealous fans to an overwhelming
00:10onslaught of jokes about his weight.
00:13People get into streaming for all sorts of reasons, whether it be as part of their gaming
00:17hobby or an additional side hustle to their regular job.
00:20But Keso is a little different in that regard, because once he decided to commit, he pretty
00:24much immediately put all of his effort into making his channel take off.
00:28However, Keso's reasoning was less that he thought streaming would be a path to fame
00:32and fortune, and more that his other attempts at putting money in his pocket weren't working
00:37for him.
00:38In February 2024, Keso sat down for an interview with Jinxy, where he explained that right
00:43before he started streaming, he was in a dire financial situation and couldn't even afford
00:48to buy food from Family Dollar.
00:49"...tried to swipe the card, it got declined, I just ran out the store on him, bro."
00:53"...I didn't steal it, but I just ran up at it because I was embarrassed."
00:56At the time, Keso was streaming while working two jobs, but he was still struggling to make
01:00ends meet.
01:01When his NBA 2K stream started getting attention, Keso realized that he had a genuine shot at
01:06making it in the industry.
01:08At his mother's encouragement, he decided to quit his other jobs and make the jump into
01:12full-time streaming.
01:13After making it as a big-time streamer, Keso has encouraged fans to remove themselves from
01:17bad situations and to not waste their days with a day job they hate.
01:22It's no secret that the internet can be a pretty mean place, and even a successful streamer
01:26like Keso isn't immune to getting burned every now and then, even from his own fans.
01:31If you tune into a Keso stream, you won't have to wait long for the chat to start filling
01:35up with jokes about his size.
01:37While Keso has played into the jokes to a certain extent, they've become so rampant
01:41that they've started to turn some of his viewers away.
01:44Though some of the jokes are truly mean-spirited, many of them come from Keso viewers who are
01:49just trying to keep up with the community's unorthodox sense of humor.
01:53That said, they are so rampant that they've started to turn some of Keso's viewers away.
01:57Many fans have argued that although the jokes don't seem to ruin Keso's mood, they still
02:02contribute to a general feeling of toxicity on the internet that some viewers just can't
02:06stand.
02:08Keso's streaming skills led him to gaining thousands of loyal fans who have helped propel
02:12him to internet fame, and hopefully earned him enough money for groceries in the process.
02:17For the most part, Keso seems to love the trajectory his life is currently taking.
02:21But a dedicated fandom like Keso's brings along some unforeseen negative side effects
02:26due to his sudden explosion in popularity.
02:29While on Jinxy's podcast, Keso opened up about how becoming internet famous has, at times,
02:34made his daily life a little… uncomfortable.
02:37Keso never expected to become so famous that people would stop him on the street, but now
02:41he's one of the most recognizable faces on Twitch.
02:44And since he's from a small town, that means it's pretty easy for people in the know about
02:48his online identity to find out where he lives, which he finds a little… unsettling.
02:52I'll be on my back porch, see people driving by, looking, I'm like, yo.
02:56And I know most people don't mean no harm, you know what I mean?
02:59No, they don't.
03:00But it can be a little scary.
03:01The amount of horror games that Keso plays, his imagination might run a bit more wild
03:05than others when it comes to a possible scary encounter.
03:09One of the things that Keso's fans love about him is that he always seems to approach things
03:13with a positive and carefree attitude.
03:16That's why fans were surprised to learn that he might be dealing with some family drama
03:20in his personal life.
03:21Before he was a famous Twitch streamer, Keso helped his brother Cody run a YouTube channel
03:25about gun ownership.
03:27Keso's fans eventually found the channel and started leaving jokey comments on old videos,
03:32but then Cody responded and implied that he and Keso are no longer on the best terms,
03:36implying that his new online fame had changed his brother.
03:39In a now-deleted post, Cody wrote,
03:41I would love to ask him if he misses the quiet life away from the ball and chain of internet
03:46popularity, but he, unfortunately, doesn't associate with me or much of his family anyway.
03:51Over on Reddit, Keso's fans have been speculating whether or not that Cody's old, largely inactive
03:56account is even being run by Keso's brother, or if a troll took over.
04:00Keso himself hasn't clarified the issue, so concerned fans are still left wondering who
04:05or what to believe.
04:07Keso's streaming blew up faster than anyone could have expected, and he's been getting
04:11recognized in all sorts of arenas.
04:13Keso was named Gamer of the Year at the 2024 Streamer Awards, and received an additional
04:18nomination for Best Variety Streamer.
04:20Not even a full week after winning there, he continued his run of success after it was
04:24announced he was up for Content Creator of the Year at the Game Awards.
04:28Sadly, Keso didn't seem to totally enjoy his time in the spotlight, with the streamer expressing
04:33his frustration at his fans for trolling and acting aggressively towards other streamers
04:38who dared to be nominated alongside him for an award.
04:41As he told his fans during one of his streams,
04:43"...dude, the amount of garbage that I see on Twitter over people getting offended over
04:47people getting nominated for a streamer award is absolutely insane."
04:51Ironically, Keso ended up winning the Content Creator of the Year award that instigated
04:55this rant.
04:56It seemed that all of his frustration at his fans was gone as he brought his usual level
05:00of positivity and optimism with his reaction to the winning, saying on the stream,
05:05No matter who you are or where you're from, you can wind up doing something you never
05:09thought possible.