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My name is ProperMax. I like playing and talking about games that interest me, from games on Nintendo consoles to horror games and the such. I would get into gaming after my parents bought a Wii that I would end up pretty much stealing because, to my kid brain, all I saw was "ooh, pretty colors." The games I played on the Wii ranged a lot, from Mario Party 8 and Mario Kart Wii to Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. I would also end up borrowing my parents' PS2 every once in a while, playing Rachet and Clank, Spyro a couple times, and at one point the original Star Wars Battlefront games!
My journey online started somewhere between 2008 and 2009, when My dad and I shared a computer. While he was at work, I had free rein over the computer until he got home. I wouldn't really get that much into the internet until around late 2009 when I would get my own computer, a hand-me-down laptop my mom had previously used before my dad bought her a full desktop computer. I would eventually get my own personal desktop computer a bit later, around mid to late 2010, just in time to play some LEGO Universe and stumble across ROBLOX for the very first time. It was on this computer that I would play my first ever Steam game, Left 4 Dead 2, with my parents. Though, while I enjoyed messing with my computer, I still put aside time to play my Wii, watch TV, and play with toys (y'know, kid things). I had trudged through the same sites I used to use on my dad's computer for a while until I accidentally stumbled upon YouTube around 2012, finding out about Markiplier and the SCP Foundation, cementing my interest in YouTube and, later, desire to become a YouTuber. Through YouTube, I would find out about many things, like Minecraft, the world of Creepypastas, about funny and scary indie games like Tubro Dismount, :the game:, and Henry Stickmin for the former and SCP Containment Breach, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Baldi's Basics, and Slender: The Eight Pages for the latter.
A lot would happen from then to when I started my YouTube; a lot of hardships and stuff like that. I would lose my original Wii due to a move, spend some time without a roof over my head, and deal with almost losing a family member to sepsis.
Despite this, a couple things stayed constant throughout my entire life:
This is more than most people like me would have as a constant, but I was grateful for what I did have and wasn't about to let my dream of becoming a YouTuber die because of a few bad moments that would leave others feeling hopeless. As I got older, and closer and closer to the age to be able to start making YouTube content, I studied what it took to be a successful YouTuber. (It's mostly just uploading content consistently and bringing something unique to the table, if you're curious.)
Then, on the 6th of June, 2017, I would make the YouTube channel currently called ProperMax.
The channel originally was called "ProperGames" because I figured it'd help my channel get seen more, but eventually changed it to be "ProperMax" due to the original name sounding very corny. It's why, if you look at my email address on my YouTube, it says "ProperGames" instead of "ProperMax." I started off the channel just doing whatever to figure out how doing YouTube worked, and it took a while for me to actually start doing consistent stuff on it. I started my YouTube using the latest version of Windows Movie Maker at the time, and it held through until late 2018 when I made the switch to Davinci Resolve 15. I had dabbled in other editors, and Davinci was more than fit for the job as not only was it free, it had more than enough for what I was doing.
Things would continue, with some bumps happening over the years, dropping the Let's Play style of video and uploading videos of me playing games, sometimes dabbling in a more "review" kind of video with my Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. video. My best friend, KrazeeTobi, and I would start a series called The 1313 District on the 24th of July, 2022. This (sort of) weekly series would help me keep somewhat consistent on uploading. While the 1313 series was still alive, Sonic Origins released, and I decided to make a video comparing it to Sonic Classic Collection. The video ended up blowing up, becoming one of my best videos at the time.
This inspired me to continue making videos like it, making another video that talked about Sonic Frontiers when it had released, plus another one when Update 1 came out. When Sonic Origins Plus released, I had set aside an entire couple weeks to make a video about it (that being my most popular video currently) before then making a video on Update 2 of Sonic Frontiers right after. The video that got me to 100 subs was a comparison video between Sonic Superstars and Super Mario Bros. Wonder, of which I wasted no time on making. Though, with that video, I also decided to spread out to talk about other things than Sonic, as that's what all the videos at that point had revolved around, and I didn't want to be known as another guy who exclusively talked about Sonic.
However, after the Sonic Superstars Vs Super Mario Bros. Wonder video, I'd slow down on making game essay videos and start doing videos of me simply playing games I liked. I would eventually decide to try out a game that had always seemed to appear almost everywhere I looked, Splatoon. I would try out Splatoon 1 for Wii U after the shut down of Nintendo Network due to the fact that I knew I probably should've at least tried the game out while Nintendo Network was still a thing. After playing the game for the first time, I would end up becoming completely obsessed with the series. Due to my immense interest in the first game, my parents would get me Splatoon 2 and 3 for my birthday (still surprised I got both), and I would soon make my first Splatoon video, where I'd try out the dualies in some turf war after just beginning to main the Roller category of weapons.
After making my first Splatoon video, I found I actually really liked making this particular kind of content, I just wasn't exactly as motivated to do it with other games. So, I decided to continue making videos and doing live streams playing Splatoon. Honestly, playing Splatoon 1 made me realize I should've got into this series so much sooner, as I absolutely LOVE this series and feel so bad for not getting into it early so I could experience the series with everyone. I don't know if or when I'll slow down on making content for this game, but for sure I know for a fact it's not likely to be any time soon. I'll probably try to do some more game essay videos, as I do have some planned videos in that style already. However, for now, I'm simply happy playing Splatoon. I'm hoping that Splatoon 4 isn't rushed, as it'd be awesome for it to turn out amazing compared to the previous titles in the series. Though, we'll have to see what happens after the Grand Festival. Let's hope for a good sequel!
