| “ | Hey guys and welcome to a brand new Let's Play. I am Masterath and I welcome you... to this... | ” |
―Masterath's intro for new Let's Plays | ||
Chris Prewett (born: May 13, 1993), better known online as Masterath, is an English YouTube commentator, voice actor, let's player and streamer who joined YouTube in the summer of 2007. Masterath has since delved into varied styles on the site including Let's Playing, Vlogging and mostly Comedy based material and a Fan Made Robot Wars series that he had published on YouTube between 2009 and 2013 which he did for 13 years, this was brought back for an anniversary series in 2021.
He was one half of the Comedy Duo Radio CAD who had 2 channels. One of their radio show/podcast (which ran from 2009 to 2015) and 1 of comedy skits. Both channels haven't been updated since 2015. Masterath stated on his Discord server in April 2019 that he and Exterdeath8 had become very distant in the past couple of years due to personal ventures and have ceased being a comedy duo. Ending their partnership of 9 years. They remain close friends.
Masterath is most known for his Gaming channel which has over 4,000 videos. He was previously known for his FMRW Series and his comedy videos on the Masterath channel and collaboration Channels with Exterdeath8.
Masterath Gaming is Masterath's gaming channel that started in November 2010 after Masterath started a fondness of Let's Playing.
His Let's Play videos go as far back as 2009 when he uploaded Let's Play videos onto the Masterath Channel. After about 5 or 6 Let's Plays were up, Masterath decided to make a completely new channel to hold his Let's Plays. This channel has become his most popular with 2,500 Subscribers. This channel also has over 4,000 videos and is way more active that his Masterath Channel, uploading at least 1 video every day for the last decade from October 2013 to the present day (apart from Christmas Days).
History[]
Masterath started his Let's Play channel in 2010 with a Let's Play of Sonic Chaos followed by Pokemon Green, World Class Leaderboard, Robot Wars Advanced Destruction, Pokemon Channel among others. Most of these Let's Plays were known for being recorded of a television and was of very poor quality.
In July of 2011, Masterath celebrated 25 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing ExZeus on the PlayStation 2.
In August 2012, Masterath celebrated 50 subscribers by uploading a video of him play Shadow of the Beast for the Sega Genesis. During Masterath's Let's Play of Pokemon Gold, Masterath started uploading a Let's Play video once every 2 days.
At the start of 2013, Masterath celebrated 75 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Mario Kart 64 for the Nintendo 64. In March 2013, Masterath celebrated 100 Subscribers by uploading 2 celebratory videos playing Advanced Guardian Heroes for the Game Boy Adavnce and Xenon 2: Megablast for the Sega Master System. In July 2013, Masterath celebrated 125 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Scooby Doo! Mystery Mayhem for the Game Boy Advance. In October of 2013, Masterath started redoing his old Let's Plays (the ones on the television) in better quality including Jade Cocoon, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing and the Retro Sonic Games. This upped his uploading schedule to 1 video per day, which it has now been since October 2013.. Masterath also celebrated 150 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Pokemon X alongside EmoRhino64. In December of 2013, Masterath got a Hauppauge HD PVR 1 for Christmas which allowed him to Let's Play Xbox 360 and Xbox games in his video game library. This was announced in Masterath's New Year's Day Special video playing Awesomenauts on the Xbox 360.
In March of 2014, Masterath celebrated 175 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Alien Storm for the Sega Genesis. In May of 2014, Masterath brought a PlayStation 3 which allowed him to Let's Play all of the games in his PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 games. In August of 2014, Masterath celebrated 200 subscribers by uploaded 2 videos playing Sonic Generations for the Xbox 360 and Dark Sould for the Xbox 360. In September 2014, Masterath did a week full of Atari 2600 Let's Plays. This week was known as 'Atari Week'. Also in September of 2014. Masterath brought a Nintendo Wii so he could Let's Play the final 2 games that he had to redo from 2010 and 2011 (Pokemon Channel and Super Smash Bros. Melee.)
In Febrary of 2015. Masterath made a video showing his entire video game collection which he stated was just about 300 games in total. In April of 2015, Masterath celebrated his 1,000th Video Where he did a Minecraft Q&A Session. In May 2015, Masterath celebrated 225 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth for the PC. In June 2015, Masterath uploaded his 100th Let's Play, XCOM: Enemy Unknown. In October of 2015, Masterath celebrated 250 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Sacred 3 for the PlayStation 3. In November of 2015. The Masterath Gaming channel finally surpassed the Masterath channel in subscriber amount (With Masterath on 256 and Masterath Gaming on 257.) This was revealed on the Masterath website and the 2 channels. In December of 2015. Masterath celebrated 275 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Hearthstone. In Masterath's end of year review video. It was revealed that the monthly video view record had been broken 5 times in 2015.
In January of 2016. Masterath celebrated 300 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Brawlhalla. In February of 2016, Masterath celebrated 325 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Nightmare Creatures. In March of 2016, Masterath celebrated 350 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Fingered!. In April of 2016, Masterath celebrated 375 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth. In June of 2016, Masterath celebrated 400 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl and celebrated 425 with a video of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. In July of 2016, Masterath celebrated 450 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Super Meat Boy. In August of 2016. Masterath celebrated 475 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Reigns. In September of 2016. Masterath celebrated 500 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Metroid Prime. In November of 2016, Masterath celebrated 525 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Oh... Sir!! The Insult Simulator. In December of 2016, Masterath celebrated 550 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing Guild of Dungeoneering.
In January of 2017, Masterath celebrated 575 subscribers by uploading a video of him playing The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+.
Personality and Let's Play Style[]
Masterath is an entertaining Let's Player and occasionally says very odd things for the enjoyment of the viewers. Masterath's commentary style is one of intensity at times to maybe liven up a usually boring game. Masterath is also adamant about his uploading schedule and his backlog of videos. On multiple occasions over the last few years he has a backlog of around 300 videos waiting to be uploaded. He states that even though the backlog is huge, it is the best way for his channel to stay consistent so his watchers do not miss out on his video a day schedule on the off chance that he is unable to make any videos for a few weeks.
Masterath has already stated that his favourite game of all time was Jade Cocoon for 10 years until his Let's Play of Pokemon Gold which became his favourite, he has also stated that XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a close third. After 9 LPs of different Sonic the Hedgehog games. Masterath has also stated that the Game Gear/Master System version of Sonic 1 is his all time favourite Sonic game. He has also stated his hatred of the Scrap Brain Zone and more noted, Its music from the Genesis Version of Sonic 1. Even at 1 point, changing the music to the 8-Bit, Game Gear version. In September 2012, Masterath stated his favourite Pokemon Game to be Pokemon Gold and his favourite Pokemon generation to be the Second Generation.
Subscriber milestones[]
- 100 subscribers: March 30, 2013
- 500 subscribers: September 22, 2016
- 1,000 subscribers: October 13, 2018
- 2,000 subscribers: May 13, 2021
Video view milestones[]
- 1 million views: May 23, 2023
Trivia[]
- Masterath was born in Swindon, England in May of 1993.
- Masterath has lived all of his life in the market town of Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
- Masterath is left handed.
- Masterath has grey coloured eyes.
- Masterath has a brother, David (Who appeared in The Poliwhirl Show) and a sister, Samantha.
- Despite being 5ft 4½, Masterath is actually the 2nd tallest member of his family.
- Masterath is an uncle to 4 children.
- Masterath's tonsillectomy surgery in 2015 was not without complications. He suffered a secondary hemorrhage in his throat a week into recovery and had to have emergency surgery at midnight due to the possibility of him dying from blood loss or suffocation. Masterath has since made a full recovery.
- Masterath revealed on his community page in August 2022 that he was diagnosed with the chronic skin disease Hidradenitis Suppurativa in 2021 after suffering with the disease since he was 15 and was misdiagnosed for over a decade. This was explained in more details in episode 5 of No Dedication is Good Enough.
- In episode 6 of No Dedication is Good Enough in September 2023, Masterath revealed that he was diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder and is currently in therapy for it.
- In August of 2016, It was revealed that Masterath has a tattoo of a heart on his wrist and, below it, the kanji symbols 再生 (Saisei) meaning 'rebirth'.
- Masterath has been a fan of the English Football Team Crewe Alexandra for 19 years.
- Masterath's first ever YouTube video was a slide show on the Crewe Alexandra team for the 2007/2008 season.
- Masterath is a big fan of 70s, 80s Hard Rock and cites Meat Loaf as his favourite artist.
- In part 2 of 'Weston-Super-Mare Holiday 2014 with Exterdeath8', it was revealed that Masterath has Acrophobia (A fear of heights).
- Masterath is close friends with fellow YouTubers Anderson9132 and SamElliott64 who have appeared in his videos.
- Masterath was the best man for Anderson9132's wedding in 2018 with SamElliott64 serving as one of Anderson's groomsmen.
- Masterath voice acted in the Swords and Sandals game, Swords and Sandals: Immortals. Masterath also created a Regional Champion for the game (Zarr of House Fodder).