User:Mrhgaming

Michael "Mike" Rogerson-Hoadley (born 15 January 1990 in Ashford, Surrey), better known by his online alias as mrhgaming1 (stylized as MRH Gaming), is an English video game commentator, graphic and web designer. He is also referred to as simply Mike. He is best known for working in a media company known as Vision4Dreams.[2] He is White British. His videos mostly consist of Final Fantasy VIII gameplay/commentary, as well as other games he plays like The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, EA FIFA World whilst playing other games on various platforms with Vlogs updating his subscribers and fans of his progress.

=== ==Early Life== === Mike grew up in a town called Ashford in Surrey, which is on the outskirts of South East London.

YouTube Career== === Before Mike started his YouTube channel, he did have an account with Google since 2008 and opened up a channel for a side project but never officially did anything with it as it was only for what he could in his spare time. Around about a 10 months to a year, he started watching several different YouTuber's videos. Some of these YouTubers are PewDiePie, KSI, Miniminter, Zerkaa, VanossGaming, H20 Delirious, Lui Calibre, Behzinga, Tobijizzle and Vikkstar123. Since he started watching their videos, he got inspired and started his own channel in October 2014. Mike has stated on the 'About' section of his YouTube Channel that he thanks all of the YouTubers he mentioned for inspiring him and that their videos will be his mentor for when he creates amazing video gaming content.

Ever since he started his channel, he did his very first Vlog and he knew that it would be the first of many other Vlogs and gaming videos to come. The videos that he produced and then promoted throughout the various social media platforms, they weren't getting many views so he tried other videos. He played games like The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, FIFA WORLD, Football Manager, Garry's Mod, CrossFire, OMGPop, FIFA 14, FIFA 15 and Curve Fever.

Mike's channel MRH Gaming grew over the next few months, gaining subscribers and more views on his videos until he came up with something. He started a new series based on the Playstation game called Final Fantasy VIII, which was available to buy and download on the platform called Steam (software) which is where most of his games are from. Since buying Final Fantasy VIII, he started by plugging his Turtle Beach Systems headset into his PC and began doing commentary videos. Since that first episode he recorded using his Elgato Game Capture, his first video received over 100 views in 1 day. Since kicking off his new YouTube series and getting an amazing response from Final Fantasy fans, he continued doing the episodes over the next few weeks. Each of his videos now for this specific series have received over 100 views but some of them are still behind. He is aiming to continue this series as he is enjoying it and loves seeing fan reactions.

YouTube Networks ===== ==== While working on his YouTube channel, he signed up to a network called Trouble (a network who are part of the Multi-Channel Network known as Freedom!. Only having been with them for a short period, he decided to not continue with the network and wait 30 days for them to release his channel. He then came across a YouTube statistic website called SocialBlade, which he then looked at his statistics but also looked at other networks he could approach. He sent off applications to other networks to join them, these included Maker Studios, Machinima.com, Fullscreen, Omnia Media Co (which is the network the Sidemen are part of), etc.... but no response from either of them. He then decided to look closer to him and came across the YouTube Network known as PGUK Network. He filled in the application and submitted it off to them, now waiting to hear back.

After waiting several weeks for the company to get back in touch, they sent him an email accepting him into the network but there was one slight problem. He would need to transfer networks under the Freedom! MCN. So Mike sent off an email to Freedom!, explaining the situation and requested an immediate transfer. After everything was resolved, he continued his YouTube career under PGUK Network.

Real Work== ===== Mike joined a media company based in Warrington called Vision4Dreams. He started off at this company as an apprentice but then after completing the apprenticeship that he took on, he became a fully qualified Business Administrator. Following this and the unsettling leave of the freelance graphic designer the company used, Mike stood up to the mark and told the team that he does graphic design himself at home. Following that to the present day, he is the graphic designer for the business.

Two years ago, the company started selling website packages to all business sectors from across the North West of England, including the North East. Since then, they have had around 20+ clients who they built websites for. Mike and his colleague Chris then became Web Designers for the business.

After the main Video Editor Chris has been at the company for a number of years, Mike took up the role and started editing something that they filmed and delivered. Since doing that, he became a vital member of the team and is now a Video Editor as well along side his colleague.

Mike has worked in other sectors in England, including IT, Warehousing, Retail and a bit of charity work, working for the organization The British Heart Foundation.

Personal Life== ===== Mike was born in Ashford, Surrey, where he lived with his brother James, his sister Lauren and parents Maria and Mick. 7 years ago, he met the love of his life and decided to move up to Manchester to be with his girlfriend.