| “ | Hey buddies, it's Will of DAGames | ” |
―DAGames let's play opening | ||
DAGames (Diamond Armada Games) is a British team of people who make content regarding video games, let's plays, animations and songs. The channel began back in 2012.
Members[]
Will Ryan[]
William Alexander Ryan (born: April 29, 1992) is a British YouTuber and the founder of the Diamond Armada, as well as DAGames. His work began in 1999 and continued to grow as the years went by, especially when a majority of his work was done on Newgrounds. He is very well known in some places for his time as a musician, from his first-ever band; Land of Hell, in 2005, to the days of Onyx Colony, all the way to his time now on DAGames and IRIS. As of now, new projects are being made, such as BanterMation, Pandorium, Will Ryan Originals, Solitude, and more.
On March 20th, 2017. Will came out as bisexual on a Twitter thread[1] later solidifying this on another, newer thread on February 23, 2019.[2]
Chloe Eves[]
Chloe Eves is an Irish voice actress and singer who is also a member of DAGames. Her first channel, EeveeGamer, was started on January 7th, 2012, which featured Song Covers, AMVs (Anime Music Videos), and MEPs (Multi-Editor Projects).
Chris Dell'Isola[]
Christopher John Dell'Isola II is an American film critic, comedian, editor, & filmmaker. His channel, Aficionados Chris, was created on Nov 23rd, 2010 in which he reviews movies, television shows, and occasionally video games in a comedic nature.
Sean Webby[]
Sean Webby is an American animator and editor. His YouTube channel, SeanWebcomOfficial, was created on September 4th, 2009. Early content on the channel ranged from song parodies to comedic short films. It later became a film-based channel, where he would primarily post movie reviews. He stopped posting content on the channel in July 2012, and it has remained in an indefinite hiatus. He was heavily involved in the online film reviewing community, and it was in that community where he became friends with Chris Dell'Isola.
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.
- 1 million subscribers: October 14, 2017
- 2 million subscribers: June 28, 2023
Trivia[]
- Aside from Diamond Armada, Will has worked on other projects/bands such as W.A.R, Onyx Colony, IRIS, and Pandorium.
- The first song by Will published solo was called 'Imagination' as W.A.R.
- Will publicly confirmed he has been diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety in 2017-18. He is doing better now, and the origin/backstory of some songs created as IRIS reflect on his mental struggles.
- Will hates 'It's Time to Die', his first song created as DAGames.
- When Will's band was called W.A.R, he made a song called About to Explode which was going to turn into the DAGames theme song.
- W.A.R is an acronym and it stands for William Alex Ryan (Will's full name).
- Will used to be an animator before he did music.
- Will was made fun of in school and was called a German boy because he had blond hair and blue eyes.
- Will has a parrot named Odin.