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We hit a million subscribers and celebrated our 15th year of SoaR. Reunited with the team in Atlanta and discussed the origin story of SoaR and how it has evolved over the years. Let's take it from the top.
1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS TEAMTAGE https://youtu.be/SRs6hi6UfrM
0:30 - 15 years ago, where we all started
11:06 - how did we come up with SoaR? the beginning of SoaR - Above sub for sub at the start
14:09 - how Mak joined SoaR and how SoaR became the best team in the community
19:37 - Banks leaving SoaR & joining FaZe, the impact of FaZe, the influence of the CoD community
23:04 - SoaR recruitment challenges, leading SoaR, community events
25:06 - pro Black Ops 2 team for SoaR, sponsors & brand deals, leading the charge into a new era
28:08 - Someone stealing the SoaR channel that had the last name 'soar', the recovery of it
30:33 - SoaR climbing, the popularity of SoaRing in Styles, editing and organizing clips, evolution of trickshotting and the roster, players coming and going, Ghosts era
39:50 - 500K subscribers, the peak of trickshotting, how peoples lives were changing and who they became since the CoD community
42:25 - 2014 era, the channel being hacked again, Mak stepping away and bringing in new help to lead SoaR
44:44 - Red Reserve and the story behind it starting, the drama between SoaR, Red, and FaZe, everyone switching up back and forth
51:15 - Tenser Skype call, faking clips, Crude becoming a lead of SoaR and being stupid, back to Red
54:23 - Content Creation, entering different games and genres, competitive teams, evolving as the years progress
58:01 - Traveling to gaming events, meeting friends online and each other in person
1:00:43 - the idea of a content house sprouts, bonding with each other and Shifty being picked to move in the house, SoaR parties at events
1:05:49 - meeting Good Charlotte, realizing SoaR needs external support and investment, ready to find the help
1:09:04 - wanting to make dreams a reality, deciding to finally get the content house in Atlanta, how we dropped what we we're doing in our lives to move to the SoaR House
1:13:09 - Crudes background and how things worked out for him to pursue his dreams
1:14:58 - the Fortnite era and Mak competing, being broke at the content house, the story of SoaRs partnership with Zach, Oli, Eleven Holdings, the stress of managing SoaR on our own
1:21:30 - Medusa joining the team, during Fortnite everything that was changing
1:26:20 - 2019 and the game changing all around us, Mason joining, Talent Management and company structuring
1:30:00 - accomplishments within SoaR, groups we worked with like the Mob, Apex Legends, thinking of going back to our roots, working with brands and more..
1:32:38 - reason why we went back to our roots, Valorant era and esports,
1:36:20 - Above coming back to SoaR, team of friends who pivot to corporate structuring while maintaining our same ideals and mindset
1:43:06 - reflecting on who we are now, hitting one million subs, and still reinventing ourselves, who we are and what we strive for, what SoaR is and what we will become, SoaRing in style
Mak
Crude
Above
Shifty
Medusa
Mason
Producer @Owstin
Thank you everyone for your continued support. What an unbelievable journey.
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