| “ | Hello guys and gals, me Mutahar! | ” |
―Muta's intro | ||
Mutahar "Muta" Anas (Hindi: मुताहिर अनस; born: May 1, 1994),[1][2] better known online as SomeOrdinaryGamers (or simply SOG), is an Indian-Canadian YouTuber residing in Toronto, Ontario. He regularly posts commentary, gaming and technology videos on YouTube. The most popular series on his channel are "Deep Web Browsing" and "Virus Investigations". He streams on YouTube on Mondays and Fridays and also acts as one of the hosts of the podcast, SomeOrdinaryPodcast.
Content[]
Mutahar joined YouTube on February 4, 2007, under the username "mutahar1".[3] He opened his current channel, SomeOrdinaryGamers, on March 15, 2012, and uploaded his first video the next day, in which he played the classic video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time[4]. He earned 40,000 subscribers after only a year of making videos. In late 2013, he also started streaming on Twitch. Mutahar continued to focus gaming videos on his channel until August 2, 2015, when he started to focus on deep web and creepypasta videos instead.
In early 2019, Anas started to focus on commentary videos.
In a video uploaded on November 7, 2019, he criticized YouTuber Dan Sullivan for abusing his dog.[5] On the next day, Dan removed the video discussed by Mutahar and claimed that the police showed up at his house.[6]
In 2020, after ImJayStation announced his girlfriend Alexia Marano's supposed death, Mutahar noted that after being unable to find any reports of her passing, the police confirmed that Marano was not involved in any car accident in Ottawa.[7][8] YouTubers such as penguinz0 and Pyrocynical credited him for uncovering the lie.
Mutahar supported EDP445 after YouTube refused to send him a Gold Play Button.[Note 1]
On April 13, 2020, Mutahar uploaded a video about how Valorant's anti-cheat engine could be a security and privacy risk to consumers. The video went viral with media all around the world covering it.
Apollo Quiboloy[]
In June 2023, Mutahar filed a complaint on YouTube's Twitter account regarding notorious Filipino televangelist and alleged sex offender Apollo Quiboloy, pointing out how a man wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation is running a YouTube channel.[9] YouTube then suspended Quiboloy's channel on June 21, later explaining that the ban was also carried out in compliance with US government sanctions issued against the televangelist due to allegations of human rights violations,[10] which was later followed by similar bans on other channels owned and/or affiliated with Quiboloy, such as the SMNI News and Kingdom of Jesus Christ channels.[11]
Mutahar's actions spurred calls for Quiboloy to be deplatformed from social media, such as when Twitter user @dutertewatchdog filed a report with TikTok which also suspended Quiboloy's account on similar grounds,[12] and with Meta which suspended Quiboloy and SMNI's Facebook and Instagram accounts, pursuant to the tech giant's Dangerous Organizations and Individuals Policy.[13]
In March 2024 Mutahar uploaded an update regarding the situation with Quiboloy, who went into hiding following mounting legal and law enforcement pressure from both the US and Philippine authorities due to both the aforementioned sexual abuse accusations and also due to alleged anomalies in relation to his SMNI News network as well as corruption within his ministry. Quiboloy also alleged that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. (of whom he was a staunch ally of prior to his falling out with the Marcos administration) and the US government have been conspiring to assassinate him.
Collaborations[]
Some of Mutahar's fellow YouTuber friends include Nexpo, penguinz0, Huggbees, and blameitonjorge. Charlie and Muta discuss each other in their videos a lot, and he also revealed he trusts Mutahar a lot since he worked in technology and security. When MamaMax's video exposing predators on YouTube was taken down, Muta was one of the YouTubers who supported him and made a video on the situation.
He co-hosts SomeOrdinaryPodcast with Nux Taku and Oompaville.
Controversies[]
ImJayStation[]
SomeOrdinaryGamers, among others, noted that after searching and asking for any reports, the Toronto police and Ottawa police confirmed that Alexia Marano was not involved in any car accident in Ottawa or Toronto, and noted other inconsistencies within Jason's video. He explains in the video that something similar has happened to him too. Many people, including Drew Gooden and H3h3Productions shared similar ideas, and partly quoted SomeOrdinaryGamers in their videos[14][15].
h3h3Productions[]
On April 10, 2020, Mutahar called out Ethan Klein[16] of h3h3Productions for donation-shaming Jeff Bezos after he donated $100,000,000 to coronavirus research, abandoning the FUPA fund and backstabbing Keemstar. In a video uploaded a few days later, Mutahar corrected himself by saying that Ethan didn't outright donation shame Bezos.
However, on April 18, 2020, Ethan made a 37-minute response video to Mutahar titled "Everyone Loves Ethan." He brought up Mutahar's net worth as $1,000,000, which Mutahar later jokingly corrected to be $45,000,000[17]; he also falsely accused Mutahar of doxxing him, Mutahar clarified this information was publicly available and he did not intend to doxx him[18].
DarkViperAU[]
Mutahar said in a pinned comment in the comment section under the "addressing a controversy..." video that he needed to address the criticism and claims, and will drop the drama there and move on, due to him being too busy with other projects at the moment.[19]
On April 8, 2021, DarkViperAU apologized in a video titled "Sorry For Being Obsessive/Aggressive (SomeOrdinaryGamers and Twitch's Brand Safety Score)". The two YouTubers have moved past the controversy and are in good terms now.[20]
Criticism of Andrew Tate's bans[]
On August 20, 2022, Mutahar published a video on Andrew Tate, talking about why he is a negative influence on teens and young adults and why he is "an unsavory individual." When the topic of Tate's Facebook and Instagram bans and deplatforming were brought up, Mutahar criticized Tate's bans, stating that they would only make his followers more extreme, and took a stance against deplatforming in any scenario.
Mutahar's strong stance against any form of deplatforming brought controversy on an otherwise non-controversial video. While some did agree that his bans could potentially make current followers more extreme, people defended it saying that it can help deter more youth from following Tate. People also defended Tate's deplatforming due to Tate's history of violence towards women and his propagation of hateful and harmful ideology. Mutahar released an explanation and apology on Twitter.[21]
Established Titles scam promotion[]
In some of Mutahar's newest videos, there used to be sponsorships for a company named Established Titles, which claimed that one could buy a small plot of land in Scotland and be declared as s Lord or Lady, while planting trees to help the environment. However, according to Scottish law, the plots that Established Titles sold were souvenir plots of land i.e. "a piece of land which, being of inconsiderable size or no practical utility, is unlikely to be wanted in isolation except for the sake of mere ownership or for sentimental reasons or commemorative purposes."[22]
Jirard The Completionist[]
In November 2023, Mutahar and Karl Jobst uploaded videos revealing Form 990-PF records which showed that Jirard The Completionist's Open Hand Foundation had not made any charity contributions since its inception in 2014, accumulating $655,520 in unspent assets by the end of 2022 despite recording tens of thousands in administrative expenses. In a call with the two YouTubers, Jirard said he did not discover that the funds had not been donated until 2022, and was currently seeking an appropriate charity, still not having yet donated any funds. However, Jobst highlighted that the foundation's website lists the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) as a recipient of research funding. During IndieLand events, Jirard had said the Open Hand Foundation was donating to UCSF, the Alzheimer's Association, and the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, and also asserted that the Open Hand Foundation was one of the "main funding support partners" of UCSF.
Jirard uploaded a response video about the situation on December 9, 2023, in which he acknowledged that the funds had not been donated, apologized for making "statements potentially implying donations were made when they had not yet been", and announced his resignation as a board member of the Open Hand Foundation. Five days earlier, on December 4, 2023, the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration announced it had received a donation of $600,000 on November 29.
Reddit Lore[]
On February 3 2024, Mutahar made a video called “This Is The Most Insane Reddit I've seen” In which he talks about the subreddit called r/BatmanArkham and how It has turned into one of the biggest meme subreddits of all time. This sparks people to start posting memes from the BatmanArkham subreddit to his subreddit r/SomeOrdinaryGmrs. The first post of the ‘Insanity’ as people from the Arkham subreddit say, is from Reddit user u/Beginning_Attempt793 which is the user who started spreading the ‘insanity’ into Muta’s subreddit. The post is titled “Is there a lore reason why Tahar made a video about us? Is he stupid?” and then after that post there would be a photoshop of Muthar’s face in Man’s costume. Man is a meme on the r/BatmanArkham subreddit that is a photoshopped version of Batman without bat ears. Some of the characters are Dragon ball Z, Skibidi toilet and Man.
Quotes[]
"A furry, you know, an after-hours furry party if you know what I mean, if you're catching my drift. It is one of my bucket list things, if I die before that happens I'm gonna be sad, okay. I'm gonna actually be sad, I know I'm laughing right now, I've got that sarcastic tone, but I'm actually gonna be sad."[23]
- "But Muta!"[24]
- "Even this chubby Indian guy made a video."
Personal Life[]
Mutahar was born to an Indian family outside Canada,[25] and moved to Toronto as a child. His family comes from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. His father is a doctor. He was raised Muslim.[26]
Mutahar graduated from Humber College in 2015. His partner is a registered nurse and cohost of the Real Weird Sickos Podcast. He first confirmed to be in a relationship on SomeOrdinaryPodcast when discussing with guest Wavywebsurf that their girlfriends are acquaintances. He was still in middle school when Garry's Mod released in November 2006[27][28].
He has talked about facing racism growing up after the September 11 attacks.[29]
In June 2024, Mutahar announced the opening of his own skincare company.[30]
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.
- 10,000 subscribers: September 20, 2012
- 30,000 subscribers: December 21, 2012
- 40,000 subscribers: January 10, 2013
- 100,000 subscribers: April 19, 2013
- 200,000 subscribers: September 30, 2013
- 300,000 subscribers: October 29, 2013
- 1 million subscribers: May 18, 2018
- 2 million subscribers: July 12, 2020
- 3 million subscribers: December 3, 2021
Trivia[]
- Mutahar suffers from recurring sleep paralysis, and has stated in multiple videos that sleeping in Minecraft helped with it.[31][32]
- Mutahar had a Newgrounds account named "friggerzombie".[33]
- In his free time, he mostly plays Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege and Minecraft.
- He adores the Deus Ex cyberpunk gaming franchise and considers it one of the best AAA+ game franchises ever made with "no misses" or "flops". He was upset that Square Enix sold the series for NFTs[34]. He has also made numerous videos on the series including a No kill/alert playthrough of Human Revolution[35].
- Mutahar was given early access of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided on August 22, 2016 and gave a "first impressions review" of the game while also expressing his love and passion for the series[36].
- He is unaware that Human Revolution's development is one of the sole reasons Hitman: Absolution came out so poorly, this is due to the history of Fei Zhu and his gang.
- Some jokes/memes regarding Muta include:
- Jokingly calling him "Muta" or "Mutahard"
- Inherited names from his R/BatmanArkham saga, "Har" and "Tahar" [37]
- Calling him "dad" or "Indian dad"
- Mutahar's laugh[38]
- He found the Delta Force Sniper character from CS: Condition Zero to be "annoying" and "didn't belong" in a Counter Strike setting[39].
- DSPGaming banned him on his streams for an unknown reason.
- He is 6'2".[40]
- He is afraid of white text on a black background.[41]
- Mutahar natively speaks Hindi.[42]
- Some videos will start with an intro in Hindi, a compilation of which can be found here.
- In videos with Hindi introductions, he introduces himself with his last name "Anas" instead of his first name.
- He has an official Discord server. The only way to get an invite is to attend one of his YouTube livestreams where a stream mod will occasionally post one in the chat (the invites always expire after some time).
- In his video about ImJayStation, Mutahar revealed that he himself lost a friend to a drunk driver.
- Mutahar hates Elsagate videos, Facebook games and invites, cringy and tryhard creepypastas, stability updates, Destiny, DarksydePhil, Konami, The Emoji Movie, and undercooked chicken.
- On April 12th, 2020, he uploaded a video titled "YouTube Shouldn't Defend Suzy Lu's Censorship...[43]" which discussed him talking about Suzy Lu and her reaction content (reaction theft) while also talking about her "false DMCA claims". The video was deleted in 2021 for unknown reasons, its speculated if Suzy falsely copyright-striked Mutahar.
Gallery[]
Notes[]
- ↑ This was before EDP445 was exposed.
References[]
- ↑ Post on Twitter by @OrdinaryGamers, accessed on 10/09/2024 (DMY).
- ↑ Post on Twitter by @OrdinaryGamers, accessed on 10/09/2024 (DMY).
- ↑ SomeOrdinaryGamers - Mutahar talks about his obscure first channel (w/ chat) by Some Ordinary Clips. YouTube. November 14, 2019.
- ↑ Mutahar's first video, a let's play of Ocarina of Time, acessed June 13 2024
- ↑ A Video I Had To Report... by SomeOrdinaryGamers. YouTube. November 7, 2019.
- ↑ cops came to my house. i'm SO SORRY. i love my dog. by Dan Sullivan. YouTube. November 8, 2019.
- ↑ Post on Twitter by @OrdinaryGamers, accessed on 10/09/2024 (DMY).
- ↑ Jaystation Faked His Dead Girlfriend... by SomeOrdinaryGamers (344s mark). YouTube. January 24, 2020.
- ↑ Gelo Gonzales (June 21, 2023). Quiboloy YouTube channel terminated, triggered by game vlogger’s mention of FBI warrant. Rappler.
- ↑ Giselle Ombay (June 22, 2023). YouTube takedown nothing new, says Quiboloy. GMA News.
- ↑ Quiboloy-free: YouTube bans SMNI, KOJC channels. Philstar (July 7, 2023).
- ↑ Gelo Gonzales (July 5, 2023). TikTok Philippines affirms Quiboloy ban due to ‘current US sanctions’. Rappler.
- ↑ Post on Twitter by @DuterteWatchdog, accessed on 10/09/2024 (DMY).
- ↑ Drew Gooden's video on Jaystation (Mutahar mentioned in description) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhSYpPSnfww&ab_channel=DrewGooden
- ↑ H3H3Productions' video on Jaystation, he views a tweet from SomeOrdinaryGamers on the situation at 13:37, acessed June 13 2024
- ↑ Reupload of Mutahar's video on Ethan Klein titled "The Hypocrisy of Ethan Klein", acessed June 13 2024
- ↑ Deleted Tweet from Mutahar posted April 18 2020, accessed through Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
- ↑ Deleted tweet from Mutahar on 18 april 2020, in which he states he never meant to doxx Ethan, accessed through Internet Archive's Wayback Machine June 13 2024
- ↑ SomeOrdinaryGamers. As far as any drama is considered, It ends with this video on my end.. YouTube. (highlighted comment)
- ↑ @SomeOrdinaryGamers VS DarkViperAU In GTAGuessr - Who Knows Los Santos Better? by DarkViperAU. YouTube. January 6, 2022.
- ↑ Post on Twitter by @OrdinaryGamers, accessed on 10/09/2024 (DMY).
- ↑ Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979. legislation.gov.uk (July 13, 2018). Retrieved on October 25, 2023.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ SomeOrdinaryGamers - Muta talks about his Indian experience by Some Ordinary Clips (82s mark). YouTube. January 15, 2021.
- ↑ https://youtu.be/huewXUh5TjY?t=711
- ↑ Mutahar's wife, cohost of Real Weird Sickos Podcast https://x.com/doejens
- ↑ Mutahar on Middle school and GMod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMuy385i5KE&t=236s&ab_channel=SomeOrdinaryGamers
- ↑ SomeOrdinaryGamers - Mutahar talks growing up post-9/11 (w/ chat) by Some Ordinary Clips. YouTube. September 11, 2019.
- ↑ SomeOrdinaryGamers (6 June 2024). I Started A New Company.... Retrieved on June 10, 2024.
- ↑ About My Sleep Paralysis... by SomeOrdinaryGamers. YouTube. July 19, 2019.
- ↑ "I Slept In Minecraft For 6 Months..., by SomeOrdinaryGamers, August 31 2021 I Slept For a Week In Minecraft..., by SomeOrdinaryGamers, October 31 2021 I Woke Up In Minecraft..., by SomeOrdinaryGamers, October 22 2020
- ↑ My Old Cringy Newgrounds Account... by SomeOrdinaryGamers. YouTube. December 7, 2018.
- ↑ Mutahar on Deus Ex series
- ↑ Mutahar's playthrough of Human Revolution
- ↑ Mutahar on Mankind Divided early access: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWjN9i-fwas&ab_channel=SomeOrdinaryGamers
- ↑ R/BatmanArkham users using names "Har" and "Tahar"
- ↑ WEEABOO "SCREAMER" CRINGE! by SomeOrdinaryGamers (178s mark). YouTube. August 21, 2016.
- ↑ Mutahar on the DFS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9M7CXOcDf4&ab_channel=SomeOrdinaryGamers
- ↑ I'm Gonna Simp For The Playstation 5... by SomeOrdinaryGamers. YouTube. June 13, 2020.
- ↑ {{cite YouTube |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=fv_TkT49zOQ |title=A "Spooky" Game called Covetous... |date=
- ↑ Post on Twitter by @OrdinaryGamers, accessed on October 24, 2023.
- ↑ YouTube Shouldn't Defend Suzy Lu's Censorship...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QbGTeqtFxk&ab_channel=JustAnArchiver