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| “ | What's goin' on fellow Crafters and Craftettes, welcome back to a brand new video, my name is Kreek | ” |
―KreekCraft's former intro | ||
Forrest Waldron[1] (born: January 28, 1997),[2][3][4] better known online as KreekCraft (or simply Kreek), is an American gaming YouTuber. He is known for playing Roblox games like Jailbreak, DOORS and Piggy. He is also well known for his rivalry with MyUsernamesThis and TanqR.
Biography[]
KreekCraft was born on January 28, 1997, in Jacksonville, Florida, and was raised in Macclenny, west of Jacksonville. KreekCraft is of English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh descent but mostly of English ancestry. He was born with a cataract in his left eye, which required two emergency surgeries.[5] Because of these surgeries, his eye shrunk and his retina was at risk of detaching, so he couldn’t play physical sports, which is why he started playing video games. Also, he is allergic to pollen meaning he's allergic to grass. His parents divorced when he was young due to his dad’s drinking problems; he ended up getting arrested, and KreekCraft lived with his mom. He is 5'7". He is currently engaged to his girlfriend, Kayla, and lives with her in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On c. November 13-14, 2023, he tested positive for COVID-19 after catching it the day before.[6] Despite having COVID, he would continue to upload and stream while recovering.
History[]
Other Channels[]
Second Channel (Kreeky)[]
KreekCraft has an active Roblox skit and meme channel called Kreeky, which posts videos skits filmed on Roblox Studio that features him and an 8 to 10-year-old boy named Timmeh, which he created. The channel used to be used for Fortnite videos and streams. He does not post on that channel anymore as the Timmeh videos have moved onto his main channel. On February 1, 2022, Kreek announced that his skits were on a halt as one of his models ended up being a virus, and corrupted the entire film set for his skits. He also announced that he will be rebuilding the entire set and after that, the skits will be back on his channel.[7]
Third Channel (KreekCraft Shorts)[]
He announced on February 1, 2022, that he made a third channel named KreekCraft Shorts, where he uploads highlights from his livestreams. He also uploads shorts. He has a goal to get this channel up to 100K subscribers. His channel is inactive as he is uploading shorts on his main channel. He has not uploaded in 5 months.
Fourth Channel (KreekCraft Reacts)[]
He created a reaction channel named KreekCraft Reacts a day after April Fools where he reacts to different videos. He currently has not uploaded in 5 months.
Roblox[]
Later in 2016, Kreek discovered Roblox. In Roblox, he first played Phantom Forces, a game similar to FFA games such as Call Of Duty & Fortnite. The starter game for many YouTubers. Later, he began streaming Roblox almost daily. Around that same time, his Fan Mail series ended. In April 2017 due to someone sending him something inappropriate. Jailbreak was released, and Kreek began playing it. He enjoyed it and it became the main game he played on his channel from 2017-2020. In early 2020, he "quit" Jailbreak and began playing the game Piggy as it rose in popularity. He has also claimed that the Roblox Ready Player One Event made him popular.
Fortnite[]
Sometime in 2018, he announced he would be making a second channel called "Kreek - Fortnite". The channel uploaded Fortnite gameplay videos and tips on how to obtain V-Bucks, (Fortnite's in-game currency). It is now renamed to Kreeky and no longer posts Fortnite content. He made a return to Fortnite by streaming the game now and then when something huge happens. He no longer posts Fortnite anymore due to controversy. This is a possible chance of him bringing it back.
Partnership with Wonder Works Studio[]
On August 21, 2021, he announced his partnership with Wonder Works Studio and its founders, MeganPlays and AviatorGaming, to make a story-centered horror game on Roblox called TIMMEH. He is the Head Game Producer and Voice Actor for Timmeh and himself in the game. The game was released under Beta on September 3, 2021, for 25 Robux. Timmeh was fully released for free on September 24, 2021, at 5:30 pm EST. It was later announced that the game was no longer in development and the partnership was terminated.
Misfits Gaming and Pixel Playground[]
On March 25, 2023, he announced that he had officially joined Misfits Gaming and had launched a new development studio called Pixel Playground along with Karl, the co-owner of the said organization. He serves as the Creative Director for the studio. They created a game called Gameshow where you have to play minigames as it was a gameshow. The game is currently not popular with 4-10 players daily.
Hair[]
Before his win at the 8th Annual Bloxys, he had promised to dye his hair if he wins, and his fans decided to make his hair color pink after he already dyed his hair blonde.
Brown[]
Brown is his natural hair color. Kreek has been known for his brown hair since the very start of his channel.
Brown to Blonde[]
He dyed his hair blonde on April 10, 2021, it only lasted a few hours, until he had to dye his hair pink.
DYEING MY HAIR PINK LIVE.. (I Might Go BALD) - 🔴 KreekCraft Roblox LIVE
Blonde to Orange[]
A few hours after he dyed his hair blonde, his fans told him to dye it pink. However, due to something wrong with the dye he used on his hair, it turned into orange instead, but eventually became blonder.
DYEING MY HAIR PINK LIVE.. (I Might Go BALD) - 🔴 KreekCraft Roblox LIVE-2
Orange to Bald[]
After he reached 4 Million subscribers, Kreek shaved his head bald on April 9, 2022. He livestreamed it plus he posted a shorts video of it.
SHAVING MY HEAD BALD LIVE
Bald to Wig[]
As of November 9, 2022[8], he wears a wig. His hair eventually grew back.
Wig to Blonde[]
He dyed his hair blonde again on c.January 13 2024, and eventually started wearing a blonde wig a few videos later.
Blonde to Bald[]
After Roblox crashed in May 18, 2024, he shaved his head bald again as promised by the title of his stream. He continued to stream without the hat or wig on for a few days before putting them both back on in his next video.[9] KreekCraft has expressed regret for this idea.[10]
Appearances[]
COPPA Meeting[]
In late 2019, KreekCraft met with Children's Online Privacy Protection Act members to discuss YouTube and Children's Online Privacy Protection Act's plans. He appeared on C-SPAN for the live meeting.[11]
Interview[]
On May 23, 2020, TheMorninShow announced on Twitter and IMDb that he participated in an exclusive interview with the shows host InScane.[12][13]
"The Great Bloxburg Revolution"[]
On May 5, 2024, KreekCraft orgainized The Great Bloxburg Revolution, in response to in popular opinion: "Communist Updates" of the Developers. He held seventy-five people in the same neighborhood to throw tea as the founding fathers did in the Bloxburg bay, protest in front and inside of the Town Hall, took by assault the skies of the city with gliders, and protested in front of Pizza Planet to fulfill popular demands. Extra information is that after the Pizza Planet assault he took everyone to a break and got free pizza, then he renamed the establishment to "Freedom Pizza".
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 fewer points than the runner-up.
- MC Championship 1-14: Did not participate.
- (non-canon) MC Championship Pride 2021: Team Aqua Axolotls Teamed with IlluminaHD, Gizzy Gazza Cartoons , and Ryguyrocky. He placed 4th Individually and his team placed 1st overall.
- Before the event, He played a couple of pranks on the Dream SMP Members Tubbo, Ranboo and Technoblade, on the MCC Practice Server on stream. He poked Technoblade when Techno wasn't looking, and he was spinning around on Tubbo's stream with Ranboo.
- He also talked to Dream and Tubbo in-game before the event.
- He fought both of them in a row.
- He also talked to Dream in VC.
- He has the 4th highest debut in the tournament on 4th Place, despite being on MCC P21.
- He also had a promise with SeaPeeKay that if he scored Top 10 in MCC P21, he would put a portrait in his guest bathroom.
- After he scored 4th place, Kreek kept his promise.[14]
- He said that he would be back sometime in the end of 2021 at a post on the MCC Reddit.[15]
- MC Championship 15-18: Did not participate.
- (non-canon) MC Championship All-Stars: Team Orange Ocelots. Teamed with SmallishBeans, FWhip, and Solidarity as a sub in for Wisp due to his internet outage.
- Placed 40th individually and his team placed 9th overall.
- MC Championship 19-26: Did not participate.
- MC Championship 27: On Lime Llamas with Gizzy Gazza Cartoons, Joey Graceffa, and Strawburry17
Controversies[]
Feud With Dream[]
On June 4, 2021, KreekCraft was attacked by Dream and MCYT fans. It started when Kreek tweeted that he had a suspicion that he may have met Dream at School in Florida and they may have had the same Computer Science Teacher and same the class. A few hours after he tweeted it, Dream and MCYT fans started to attack him. They were making angry tweets on KreekCraft and doxxed him for supposedly leaking where Dream went to school. After, KreekCraft deleted the Tweet and made a response video on Twitter and YouTube regarding this.[16][17] He stated that being doxxed by MCYT fans was one of the scariest moments of his life.
The next day, ItzWolfy, a former moderator of Wikitubia, made a response video immediately and was the first YouTuber to upload regarding this. The next day, Topster, LoopedQ and GBCereal made response videos.[18][19][20] about the doxxing, and Kreek created a video on his skit channel, Kreeky, which portrayed a humorous reenactment of the situation.[21] On the same day, he uploaded the reenactment video, and TanookiAlex made a response video. After 1 month of silence, Kreek responded to the situation by reacting to GBCereal's response video. Dream, however, has never apologized for this.
Trivia[]
- He joined Roblox on July 3, 2016.
- He and Kayla were revealed on "Masked Roblox" as Mr. & Mrs. Hoodie Dog.
- He often wore a Deadmau5 beanie but stopped due to copyright issues.
- He appeared twice in Beluga's videos and reacted to them live. [22]
- The insult “you’re an L” was a meme meaning “You’re a loser”. Sometimes the meme is said as “Take the L”. KreekCraft has often been teased by people who say “Kreek is an L”. MyUsernamesThis, another Roblox YouTuber, is the main creator of this meme being used against KreekCraft.
- Every time MyUsernamesThis kills or arrests Kreek in Jailbreak, he spams "L" to make Kreek annoyed. However, they are both friends, despite fighting. This has been confirmed by KreekCraft, when he played his Diss Track made by MyUsernamesThis in his live stream.
- His favorite snack is Pop-Tarts, and he wishes someday Pop-Tarts will sponsor him.
- His favorite animal is the horse, which is his YouTube mascot (Trevor).
- He has his own Easter egg in the Roblox game Jailbreak.
- His favorite color is blue.
- His favorite food is pasta.
- Illustrations (usually GIFs) of female anime characters have become KreekCraft's recurring wallpaper (usually seen in his live streams), that result in many clips by his audience. His fans also make jokes about KreekCraft being a simp.
- He is the RB Battles Championship Season 1 winner, and a finalist in the 2nd and 3rd season.
- He won the Best Video Content Creator in the 8th Annual Bloxy Awards.
- He got verified on Twitter on October 1, 2021.[23]
- He also appeared on DramaAlert, for "roasting" Ludwig.[24]
- He made the infamous Adam Sandler roast after a Hacker was swearing in a live stream and now became a whole joke he does.
- Kreek met alot of youtubers such as ItsFunneh, Akeila, and others
| “ | When you're about to lose, just play baby shark. | ” |
―KreekCraft, to Ludwig during his challenge to DrDisRespect.[25] | ||
- He is associated with CaptainSparklez's video named "Minecraft: RUMBLE GAMES - Hunger Games Survival" after being killed by him.[26]
- Kreek later on took "revenge" against him when he beat his record on Ace Race on the MCC Practice server.[27]
- In his video playing Clean Up Roblox, he references or reacts to other YouTubers like Parlo and StarlaAndNoobie.
- During MCC Pride 21, he cosplayed as Ranboo.
- He occasionally uses Battle For Dream Island mouths in thumbails
- On November 24, 2023, KreekCraft had to get a new hat design due the original hat starting to fall apart and nobody, not even the merchandizing team selling the original hat anymore.[28]
- He plans to keep it on sale for a long time.[28]
- He voiced one of the characters in Garten of Banban, specifically one of the Experiment Jesters, who are recolors of Bittergiggle.[29]
- He voiced himself in Ant Antixx's Anflix series.
- He sacrificed himself in the final Antflix episode Assemble: Part 2.
- He was in all 3 seasons in Roblox Battles.
- He won Roblox Battles Season 1, and was one of the few guest hosts filling in for Russo during Season 3.
- He was chosen for the the Bandites and Tanqr match
- He won Roblox Battles Season 1, and was one of the few guest hosts filling in for Russo during Season 3.
- On c.April 28, 2024, he found a spider in the utility room and had to call pest control to get rid of it. On the same day, while he was cleaning up the utility room for the pest exterminators to enter, he with the help of Kayla found leaking gas coming from the furnace, which could've caused his house to explode and killed him, and as a result, he had to call a gas company to try to fix it. He has since purchased gas detectors and alarms.[30]
- On the same video he talked about this, he revealed himself to be an arachnophobe, as when he was a kid, he let a spider bite him hoping that he would become Spiderman and was taken to the hospital as a result.
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.
KreekCraft[]
- 100,000 subscribers: May 21, 2017
- 200,000 subscribers: December 8, 2017
- 300,000 subscribers: March 14, 2018
- 400,000 subscribers: Sometime between May 18-25, 2018
- 500,000 subscribers: August 13, 2018
- 600,000 subscribers: Early January 2019
- 700,000 subscribers: Late April/Early May 2019
- 800,000 subscribers: Late October/Early November 2019
- 900,000 subscribers: February 4, 2020
- 1 million subscribers: March 31, 2020
- 2 million subscribers: July 1, 2020
- 3 million subscribers: March 22, 2021
- 4 million subscribers: April 4, 2022[31]
- 5 million subscribers: October 2, 2022
- 6 million subscribers: December 21, 2022
- 7 million subscribers: March 7, 2023
- 8 million subscribers: July 26, 2023
- 9 million subscribers: December 16, 2023
- 10 million subscribers: July 30, 2024
Kreeky[]
- 100,000 subscribers: September 4, 2020
- 200,000 subscribers: December 22, 2020
- 300,000 subscribers: January 8, 2021
- 400,000 subscribers: March 6, 2021
- 500,000 subscribers: September 13, 2021
- 600,000 subscribers: September 3, 2022
KreekCraft Shorts[]
- 100,000 subscribers: May 14, 2022
- 200,000 subscribers: August 15, 2022
- 300,000 subscribers: October 5, 2022
- 400,000 subscribers: February 1, 2023
References[]
- ↑ https://blog.youtube/creator-and-artist-stories/kreekcraft-gaming-interview/
- ↑ Post on Twitter by KreekCraft, @KreekCraft, accessed on 03/08/2024, in English
- ↑ Post on Twitter by KreekCraft, @KreekCraft, accessed on 03/08/2024, in English
- ↑ Post on Twitter by KreekCraft, @KreekCraft, accessed on 03/08/2024, in English
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DLu7D0jaNc&t=19
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji35_G-X6Es
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki_bPUMnvO8&t=163
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVeFHxf_bss
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U-eZu0M5b4
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t909giVOPqc
- ↑ https://www.c-span.org/video/?468062-1/childrens-online-privacy-protection-act
- ↑ https://x.com/TheMorninShow/status/1264316795030327297
- ↑ https://imdb.com/title/tt12368486
- ↑ https://x.com/KreekCraft/status/1424021138192097285
- ↑ https://reddit.com/r/MinecraftChampionship/comments/phso6n/could_kreekcraft_be_in_mcc17/hblzvth/
- ↑ Post on Twitter by KreekCraft, @KreekCraft, accessed on 03/08/2024, in English
- ↑ Post on Twitter by KreekCraft, @KreekCraft, accessed on 03/08/2024, in English
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6oisEEriuA
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbWIfsu7oUY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv8M2QPIsaw
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWLdiUlT_ls
- ↑ Stream 1 | Stream 2
- ↑ https://x.com/KreekCraft/status/1444040880843808775
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgS4cWz352w&t=208
- ↑ https://x.com/KreekCraft/status/1468043551653220356
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag9PyfpftXA&t=75
- ↑ https://x.com/KreekCraft/status/1407314928269238277
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OGHfFGd0kA
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF5r7BYfAhI
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjyvDnUZIAY
- ↑ https://x.com/KreekCraft/status/1511047853757636614