19 Facts About The Yogscast

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Yogscast, officially registered as Yogscast Limited, is a British entertainment company based in Bristol that primarily produces video gaming-related videos on YouTube and Twitch, and operates the Yogscast multi-channel network for affiliated content creators.

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The Yogscast team held their own panel at MineCon 2011, where they showcased some of the work of the Minecraft community.

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The Yogscast responded on Reddit and via a YouTube video, denying the accusations and expressing their disappointment and frustration with the organisation of MineCon, as well as their respect for Persson and the Minecraft community at large.

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The Yogscast began to hold regular public appearances in exhibitions and events throughout the United Kingdom where they would perform live shows and organise signings at events like the Insomnia Gaming Festival and the London Comic Con.

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The Yogscast partnered with Microsoft to produce and manage the Xbox On channel on YouTube on behalf of Xbox UK.

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In May 2017, The Yogscast announced their first published game, Caveblazers, developed by indie games developer Deadpan Games, as part of their foray into the game publishing business.

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In July 2017, The Yogscast left their old headquarters at Bond Street and shifted to larger offices elsewhere in Bristol at the King William House in Queen Square, furnishing it with new amenities and upgraded equipment.

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In November 2017, The Yogscast spun off Fourth Floor Creative, a creative agency specialising in influencer marketing within the video game industry headed by The Yogscast's chief revenue officer Rich Keith.

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From July to August 2019, members Meredith and Paul "Sjin" Sykes as well as CEO Mark Turpin were removed from The Yogscast or resigned following various allegations of inappropriate conduct.

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10.

In June 2011, The Yogscast curated and released a collection of Minecraft mods which they named the "Yogbox".

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The Yogscast have participated and produced their own large-scale live action series.

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High Rollers: Aerois is an RPG Dungeons and Dragons podcast hosted by a group of The Yogscast members known as the High Rollers, led by Mark "Sherlock" Hulmes in the role of Dungeon Master.

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The Yogscast Poker Nights is a series of poker games broadcast live on Twitch.

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In May 2018, The Yogscast signed a six-episode sponsorship deal with KamaGames to promote the latter's Pokerist app on the live stream.

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The Yogscast formed a video game publishing division, The Yogscast Games, in 2017.

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Since 2011, The Yogscast have organised a series of live streams every year in December to benefit charity.

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In 2014, The Yogscast named their live stream charity drive the Yogscast Jingle Jam, which has remained the theme for every year's charity drive since then.

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In 2018, The Yogscast launched the Yogscast Jingle Jam 2018, adding Save the Children and Call of Duty Endowment to the list of featured charities.

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Again, The Yogscast became the most watched channel on Twitch by hours watched, with 2.

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