“ | What's the rarest [Topic] in Minecraft? You might think it's [Mob/Biome/Structure], but they don't even come close. | ” |
―camman18 |
Cameron Manning (Born: February 22, 2004citation needed] better known online as camman18 (or simply Camman), is an American YouTuber who makes commentary videos about rare items or topics and challenges revolving around the game Minecraft. He gained popularity from YouTube Shorts.
), [History[]
Camman created his channel on April 3, 2021, and uploaded his first video on April 26, 2021. When he first uploaded, he became popular since the videos are formatted as YouTube Shorts, causing him to gain tons of subscribers. Camman also has a secret channel called "camman18 secret". [1]He uploads his Twitch broadcasts on his channel "Camman18 VODS".
Twitch[]
He exclusively streams on Twitch weekly, mainly playing Minecraft. He usually streams himself playing Hypixel’s Bedwars, speedrunning an item chosen by the infamous "wheel", or doing Minecraft challenges. He has also been live streaming longer than he has been posting on YouTube and has a much different personality when livestreaming.
Quotes[]
- "Minecraft/Terraria/Skyblock/Bedwars, but [Topic]"
- "What's the rarest [Topic here] in Minecraft history?"
- "What's the rarest [Topic here]?"
- "I just found the rarest [Topic] in Minecraft history..."
- "I just discovered/found the rarest [Topic here] EVER."
- “This machine will destroy any Minecraft server…”
- "Now, before I show you how to build it, DISCLAMER: this will likely, no, DEFINITELY get you banned from any Minecraft server."
- "What's the rarest [Topic here] in Minecraft?"
- "This is [Item/mob here], the rarest/strongest item/mob in Minecraft history..."
- "Maybe you think of [Topic], but they don't even come close."
- "Now, you might think it's [Items here], but neither of these come CLOSE."
- "Every [Topic], except ME!/two."
- "But what if I told you, [Questions here]?"
- "If you don't know, [Past events mentioned here]."
- "If you're a Minecraft Veteran, you'll probably think I'm gonna say [Topics and reasons here]."
- "But, it's nowhere CLOSE to the rarest..."
- "But, that answers the question..."
- "But, the story doesn't end there..."
- "I'm not talking about [items/mobs/blocks that are lost to history or being hidden], I'm talking about [The main topic here]."
- "Meaning/But for an update that was only in the game for ONE DAY, [Mentioned Topics]."
- "But lucky for me, I had EXACTLY what I needed, NO LIFE."
- "So after [Attempts here], this happened..."
- “MAKE MINECARTS FASTER”
- "THIS IS ALL I WANT"
- "SUBSCRIBE IT'S ALL I HAVE"
- "THIS IS ALL I HAVE!"
- "WHAT IS THIS SPAWN?!"
- "WHAT IS THIS?!"
- "WHAT IS THAT?!"
- "IT'S NOT THAT HARD!!"
- "I'M AT HALF A HEART!!!!!"
- "I'M SO DUMB!!!!"'
- "NO, IT CAN'T BE!!!!"
- "NO!!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
- "IT'S NOW OR NEVER!!!!!"
- "STOP DISAPPEARING!"
- "DIAMONDS!"
- "WEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"
- "SCREWWW YOUUUUUU!!!!!!"
- "DIEEEEE!!!!!"
- "BRO!"
- "What. What. WHAT. WHHAATTT."
- "Whose parent's credit cards are these..."
- "But things have become MUCH worse."
- "Something has to be done..."
- "How many are there?!"
- "$850 to buy every emote, $850!!"
- "I'm speedrunning more random blocks, Live tonight on Twitch!"
- "I'm speedrunning random [Goals/Advancements etc here], Live on Twitch tonight."
- "Ten million subscribers before 2025, and I'll do it!"
- "I'm rich!"
- "Hey, how you doing, Big Guy?"
- "Big Guy, please!"
- "Big Guy? Big Guy?"
- "I'm sorry, Big Guy..."
- “This is not a game!”
- “He thinks he’s cool! He thinks this is a game!”
- "This is not a game, lil bro!"
- "What are you looking at?"
- "Ohh, I feel bad about this one..."
- "Oh, God..."
- "Oh, my God..."
- "I don't need [Item/structure]!"
- "Is that a/an [item/mob/structure]?!"
- "[random item/mob/structure]?!"
- "It's becoming night..."
- "It's night!"
- "It's a dead end..."
- "Now what?"
- "Any [items/structure]?"
- "What could go wrong?"
- "No, dude!"
- "So, long story short..."
- "Who would do this?!"
- "Ya know what?"
- "Who is buying these?!"
- "I'm going Live tonight on Twitch!"
- "I'm begging, please!"
- "It's not hard!"
- "It's not Preston, it's EUGENE!"
- "My only goal is to [Goal here, usually the goal is to find diamonds or items instead of it].”
- "[item/block here] acquired!"
- "Oh look, [item/block here]!"
- "Oh, I can't even sprint!"
- "WHAT AM I LOOKING AT?!"
- "What is this, Fortnite?!"
- "EEEWWWWW!"
- “GET AWAY FROM ME!!”
- "Screw you, [Internet site]!"
- "This is the true brainrot..."
- "Oh, it's so over..."
- "Uhhhhhh..."
- "Oh, no..."
- "Oh, no... OHH, NO!"
- “I’m actually dead! I’m actually dead!”
- "This is the most disgusting thing I've..."
- "Why is there a timer?"
- "I'm gonna be honest..."
- “Let me GOOO!!”
- "You MONSTER!/murderer..."
- “My… my eyes hurt…”
- “Please be three!”
- "*Gasp*"
- "Oh yeah... And I'm in the nether./And I spawn in The End./And the world is amplified..."
- "WHAAATTT?!"
- “STOPPPP!!!!”
- "OHH, GODDDD!!!!"
- “OHH, NNNOOOOOO!!!!”
- "OHHH, GAH!!!!"
- "OH, MY GODDDDD!!!!!"
- "GET AWAYYYY!!!"
- "I'M STUCK!"
- “WHAT AM I DOING?!”
- "HOW AM I ALIVE?!"
- “C'MON!!”
- "GGGOOOOOOO!!!!"
- "BUILD!"
- "HALF A HEART!!!!"
- "Does that count?!"
- "Untill I realized..."
- “But then I realized…”
- "I just realized..."
- "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
- "I don't know..."
- "(Whining) I don't want copper..."
- "Who needs this much copper?!"
- "Guess what I just found!"
- "Wait, what?!"
- "Subscribe!\Please subscribe!"
- "It's gonna be night soon!"
- “Geronimo!!”
- "There's no way."
- "I did all of that, for [Items/blocks]!"
- "PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD"
- “Easy escape!!!”
- “Get me out!!”
- “Oh, that escalated quickly!”
- “Now, you might be thinking…”
- "And I only read subscriber comments, by the way..."
- “What in the world…”
- "But, for some reason..."
- "Are you KIDDING me?!"
- "Literally what does that mean?"
- "I'm good!/Am I good?/I'M NOT GOOD!"
- "Oh, God, this is going to squirt everywhere..."
- "What are the chances?"
- "Ooh, that's awkward..."
- "I need to chill."
- "That did nothing?"
- "There has to be diamonds!"
- "NNNOOOOOOOO!!!"
- "AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!"
- "It's fine!"
- "IT'S NOT FINE!"
- "I'm so stupid..."
- "This is what I call, stupidity!"
- “SIKE!”
- “WHA?!”
- "YEAAHHHHH!"
- "PLEASE!"
- "AWESOME!"
- "AMAZING!"
- "GET OUT!"
- "What is this?!"
- "What?!"
- "I hate everything..."
- "I'm so screwed..."
- "I'm so stressed out...""
- "Nononononono..."
- "And yes, I'm doing/beating it live soon/tonight on Twitch."
- “How is there so many?!”
- "Why is the only wood birch?!"
- "Why is it always birch?!"
- "YESSSSSSSSSS"
- "Easy."
- "EASY WINNN"
- "LET'S GOOOOO!"
- “UAGH!”
- "UUUUGGHHH!"
- "Augh..."
- "No way it followed me!"
- "Lucky for me, I'm a parkour pro!"
- "Lucky for me, I'm a speed bridge pro!"
- "[His unknown question here] for some reason..."
- "[His forgotten memories about past videos here] and completely forgot about it..."
- "Yaaaaaaaaaayyy....."
- "There is no usable wood here..." (When in a birch forest)
- "Wait!"
- "Not even close!"
- "GRIDDY?!"
Trivia[]
- When reading comments on his videos or shorts, he turns the "public subscribers" setting on so that he only sees comments by people who not only subscribed to him, but have public subscribers enabled.
- In 2022, there was a joke on his channel that his name is "canman18" instead of camman18, mostly with credits going to PrestonPlayz.
- He sometimes utters his phrase “Oh, my!” or “Oh, God…” in his “Minecraft but” videos.
- In most of his videos, he begs people to subscribe to his channel and his VODS channel.
- He mostly uses Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green - Lavender Town theme in his theory/mystery/Minecraft history videos and "What's the rarest/most overpowered/weirdest/best [topic] in Minecraft" videos. Meanwhile in other videos he uses the New Donk City main theme from Super Mario Odyssey.
- He uses Super Bell Hill theme from Super Mario 3D World in his camman18 Q&A Monthly Bonanza videos.
- In his "Minecraft but" videos, he uses Animal Crossing City Folk theme.
- He uses Dream speedrun theme whenever he speedruns a random item.
- He is a parkour and a speed-bridge professional, at least according to himself.
- There is a "friendly" online rivalry between him and PrestonPlayz, whom Camman says that his real name is "Eugene" that took place on March 3 to March 28, 2022.
- They ended their rivalry after Camman won from the parkour duel finale of him and Preston that was both live streamed on their YouTube and Twitch channels, where Preston had to drop the Canman part of his name.
- Preston later accused him of cheating in the parkour.
- They ended their rivalry after Camman won from the parkour duel finale of him and Preston that was both live streamed on their YouTube and Twitch channels, where Preston had to drop the Canman part of his name.
- In his "Minecraft, but ---" videos, he often ends the video yelling "YEAAHHHH!!!" or "YESSSS" when he completes his goal and "NNOOOOOOO!!!" when he fails, or screams "AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!" when he either succeeds or fails.
- He calls the Iron Golem "Big Guy". The name originated from his video "Minecraft, But I Can't Use The Letter O".
- He often makes video about the rarest stuff on Minecraft.
- In a livestream, he explained that his username comes from his name "Cameron Manning" and the number 18 comes from his favorite football player Peyton Manning who wears number 18.
- He frequently nags about minecarts being so slow and includes minecarts in almost all of his videos. He also posted a video about Mojang possibly making minecarts faster.
- On August 16, 2024, Camman uploaded his first long form video in months called "they did it" explaining the new Minecraft update that set a "max minecart speed" game rule, which inevitably makes minecarts faster.[2]
- He really hates Birch wood and often calls them "not real wood" because he doesn't like the texture/color of birch trees. However, he doesn't mind Stripped Birch Logs and Birch Trapdoors.
- Despite his disliking to Birch Logs, he mined two stacks of them to break Preston's record of most wood obtained in the first 3 minutes of spawning.[3]
- In his description he also included "BEEFING PRESTONPLAYZ", referring to the rivalry and videos he posted about the Youtuber PrestonPlayz.
- There's a lot of comment bots and like beggars on his channel.
- The comment bots on his channel are the same ones in Sambucha's comments sections.
- He claims to be 6'7" but no evidence has been shown of such.
- He once made a short about 'imposterman18' which shows off his fake Minecraft skin created with over 800 people downloading it.
- This can be easily told by seeing the 'Hi' on his MC skin, the word 'Hi' on his skin is supposed to be small while usually his fake minecraft skin has a very big 'Hi'
- He has made a short called "don't test me lil bro" talking about the fact that the dirt block's texture has changed, proving a commenter wrong going by the handle of @takiallahjamai, implying he reads his comment section
- The same commenter has commented on the short with the phrase "8 pixels killed me holy sh-", however, the comment has gained 2.1K likes while not reaching the top.
- He once uploaded a video titled "phone at 8% pls hurry upload" which explains about the upcoming Armadillo and Wolf armor.[4]
- He made the video by drawing the sketches with crayons on a piece of paper, recording with his phone and editing it with iMovie due to experiencing a black out.
- He is sometimes mistaken for Asian, but he is actually 90% English, 10% Scandinavian, and a small percentage of northern Indian.
- In his channel's description, he "teaches" everyone to pronounce his name, which he says: "name pronounced: "cam-man-eighteen" " This is probably a reference to the 2022 joke where people thought his name was "your mom". It could also relate to when people thought his name was "canman18".
Gallery[]
Subscriber milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 50,000 subscribers: June 15, 2021
- 100,000 subscribers: June 18, 2021
- 200,000 subscribers: June 22, 2021
- 300,000 subscribers: June 28, 2021
- 400,000 subscribers: July 6, 2021
- 500,000 subscribers: July 13, 2021
- 600,000 subscribers: July 17, 2021
- 700,000 subscribers: July 20, 2021
- 800,000 subscribers: July 26, 2021
- 900,000 subscribers: July 30, 2021
- 1 million subscribers: August 9, 2021
- 2 million subscribers: October 4, 2021
- 3 million subscribers: January 31, 2022
- 4 million subscribers: May 11, 2022
- 5 million subscribers: August 18, 2022
- 7 million subscribers: July 27, 2023
- 8 million subscribers: April 17, 2024
- 9 million subscribers: October 9, 2024