Luke Noonan (born: February 9, 1998), known online as GameCubeDude (formerly Siejax), is an American YouTuber, Animator, live streamer and Voice Actor. He was best known for his reaction videos, primarily to videos by SML and SMG4. Most of his main channels were deleted following a period of drama with SML cast member Lovell Stanton.
On March 27, 2022, he made a video announcing his retirement from voice acting on the Siejax channel and that he would be moving on to other projects.
Friends/Associates[]
History[]
Luke's first channel, GameCubeDude100, was created in March of 2011 and was dedicated mostly to plush videos and other experiements. Luke's original intent was to review video games, but pivoted to plush videos due to lack of resources and experience. His second channel, GameCubeDude200, was dedicated to gaming content. His third and most popular channel, GameCubeDude300, began doing reaction videos in October of 2012. Inspired by the work of MasterMax888, his first video was a reaction to the SMG4 video "Return to Freddy's Spaghettiria".
Mugs N' Mics[]
Mugs N' Mics was a collaborative podcast channel between Luke, ZDude, Nomad, and HackGame that ran from 2015 to 2020 before being cancelled so that the members could focus on other projects and their personal lives.
SML Criticism[]
In 2016, Luke uploaded a video criticizing elements of Jeffy's character that bothered him or made him uncomfortable, and how he believed it was dragging the channel down. This video would go on to receive a wave of negative reception from SML fans, mostly young fans who were fans of the character. Luke would later admit on an episode of Mugs N' Mics that, in hindsight, he came off too strong and presented his viewpoints as objective fact, effectively condemning anyone who liked Jeffy as a character.
Opinionated Podcast[]
"The Opinionated Podcast", was a podcast channel featuring Luke, along with fellow YouTubers Tripolar and SuperJoshuaBros1. It didn't last very long before Luke departed and handed the channel over to Tripolar, who now uses it as a second channel for a variety of reasons.
Controversies[]
Faking Reactions[]
In episode 10 of Mugs N' Mics, Luke admitted to having to fake reactions to SML videos featuring Jeffy, as he felt that the character was not genuinely entertaining to him, and thus had to fabricate some of his reactions in order to keep consistent with the content he had posted before.[1]
Harrassment and Bullying[]
Luke was the victim of a harrassment campaign from toxic SML fans online. Luke was constantly villanized and lied about by a hate mob of kids online who disregarded his personal opinions and criticisms regarding SML and their content.[2]
Feud with Lovell Stanton[]
In the events leading up to the deletion of GameCubeDude300, SML crew member Lovell Stanton, in an rage-fueled response to Luke's criticisms of Jeffy,[3] lead an all-out attack against his channel, urging his followers to attack Luke for criticizing a character he did not play or write for. The escalating drama lead to Luke deleting his channel, and Lovell refusing to be in contact with Luke on any of his podcasts or otherwise.[4] Lovell was not fired by SML for his behaviour, and very few other SML members have commented on the situation.
Channels[]
- GameCubeDude100 - Later renamed Siejax. Primarily consisted of plush videos before switching to comic dubs and parodies. This channel was officially retired in 2022.
- GameCubeDude200 – now known as GCD Streams. Became Luke's main channel after the termination of GameCubeDude300. This channel is where he is most active and mainly posts gaming videos, but has uploaded a variety of content at various points.
- GameCubeDude300 – Luke's reaction channel and most popular prior to its deletion. Luke terminated the channel himself in order to distance himself from the SML community.
Trivia[]
- He is Christian.[5]