Calvin (born: March 13, 1998), better known online as Cxlvxn (or simply Cal), is an American gaming YouTuber who uploads Minecraft Survival Singleplayer and PvP. Calvin is well known for his old Survival Games videos, exposing videos and RLCraft Series, and his Minecraft horror series From The Fog, which are some of his most popular videos.
Calvin surpassed 100,000 subscribers around October 10 and surpassed 200,000 subscribers only 2 weeks later. Calvin almost had his channel terminated in early July due to fraudulent copyright strikes.
Personal life[]
Calvin was born March 13, 1998. He is African-American and lives in the United States with his family.
YouTube career[]
Cxlvxn created his YouTube channel on December 15, 2015 under the name 'RodTricked' and his first upload was two days later. Cxlvxn's channel mainly consisted of his Survival Games commentaries and videos. On April 19, 2016 Calvin gained his first 1,000 subscribers. Throughout 2016 Calvin uploaded Survival Games and started to upload PotPvP. On 2017 Cxlvxn widened his variety of Minecraft videos and began to do more PotPvP, UHC and Hypixel videos. He managed to reach a 1,000 win streak in UHC Duels on Hypixel and uploaded highlights of achieving the win streak. The videos of the winstreak became the most popular videos on his channel. He ended 2017 with 7,000 subscribers. 2018 took a hit on Calvin's channel. His growth was steady, he was barely growing nor decreasing, and some videos struggled to reached 1,000 views. His videos were a lot more random in 2018, with no set gamemode or game he would consistently upload. He created many expose videos during 2018 which led to some controversy. However, 2019 came and Calvin's channel started to grow again. His videos were still fairly random, but most of them consisted of PvP. Calvin surpassed 10,000 subscribers around January 2019 and surpassed 20,000 subscribers on August 20. During October, Calvin experienced substantial growth from his RLCraft series. Cal gained over 175,000 subscribers in October and 50,000 subscribers in November. Within two months his sub count of 27,700 launched to 256,000, almost multiplying his sub count by x10. Plus this boom in subscribers in January Cxlvxn uploaded ´I Survived 100 Days in HARDCORE Minecraft.. Here's What Happened¨ and ¨I Spent 100 days in HARDCORE RLCraft.. Here's What Happened¨, Today one (6.2M+) and one (2M+), Cxlvxn now has 846,000 subscribers.
RLCraft[]
On September 22, Cxlvxn uploaded his first RLCraft video on his channel called 'RLCraft isn't hard (#1)' Around a week later, this video began to blow up along side his channel. Within a week Calvin went from 26,400 subscribers to 91,600. His first RLCraft video was also the first video on his channel to surpass 1 million views and is now the most popular video on his channel with more than 3M views. His RLCraft series is still going and currently has more than 16 episodes which have all generated more than 9M views.
| Cxlvxn's RLCraft Series | # of Episodes | Objective of the Season | Beginning of season | End of season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | Defeat the dragon | September 22, 2019 | November 30, 2019 |
| Season 2 | >4 | Defeat Asmodeus | December 6, 2019 | ------------- |
Minemen club[]
Calvin is an admin of the popular Minecraft PotPvP server Minemen Club and he has made multiple videos on the server.
MC Championship[]
MC Championship is a Minecraft Tournament for YouTubers and Streamers run by the Noxcrew, in which 10 teams of four compete in a series of 8 minigames decided by the participants. A point multiplier makes each game worth more as each round passes, incentivizing teams to vote for games they might be bad at early on in the event. In the end, the two teams with the most points face off in a round of ‘Dodgebolt’ to decide the winner of the tournament. This makes it possible for a team to win despite potentially having less points than the runner-up.
- MC Championship 1: Did not participate.
- MC Championship 2: Did not participate.
- MC Championship 3: Team Aqua Horses. Teamed with Seapeekay, HBomb94, and Gizzy Gazza. Placed 13th individually, and his team placed 3rd overall.
- MC Championship 4: Team Cyan Creepers. Teamed with Seapeekay, MiniMuka, and Yammy. Placed 5th individually, and his team placed 5th overall.
- MC Championship 5: Did not participate.
- MC Championship 6: Did not participate.
- MC Championship 7: Did not participate.
- MC Championship 8: Team Blue Bats. Teamed with Seapeekay, MiniMuka, and SB737. Placed 24th individually, and his team placed 8th overall.
- MC Championship 9: Team Aqua Axolotls. Teamed with Technoblade, F1NN5TER, and Spifey. Placed 10th individually, and his team placed 4th overall.
Minecraft Ultimate Hunger Games[]
MC Ultimate is a Minecraft Hunger Games event for 250+ streamers. Organized by Pikaclicks, or Noah, it is known as the largest hunger games event held in the MC Community.
- MC Ultimate Season 1: (To be added)
- MC Ultimate Season 2: Teamed with Technoblade and xNestorio. Placed 2nd individually, and his team placed 1st overall, winning the event.
- Technoblade was added last-minute as a replacement for 2 members on the team.
- Calvin placed second for kills with 40 kills, and Nestor placed third for kills with 29 kills. Technoblade placed first with 47 kills.
- Altogether, the team scored 116 kills overall, setting a new record for most eliminations in a team in one event. This is especially notable because this team only consisted of 3 players.
- Calvin was the only member on the team that died at all throughout the event, as he was killed whilst fighting PeteZahHutt's team. However, he was respawned after he won in the Gulag.
