AJ "Ajay" (born: February 26, 1993), better known online as ZOneNOnlyGaming (or simply ZONO), is an English former YouTuber. He primarily uploads Minecraft content but has been known to play other games on the channel such as Skyrim, Fallout 4, Don't Starve, Polybridge, Cities Skylines, Worms, Automation, My Summer Car, This War Of Mine, The Sims 4, Prison Architect and many more.
He started producing his content on the Xbox 360, then moved to Xbox One, now he records primarily on his PC. Playing Minecraft mostly he focuses around the creative side of the game, with building expansive cities being his speciality. Additionally, he creates many tutorial series including house building and redstone tutorial series.
The new era[]
In July 2020, AJ's computer had a failure causing the worlds he spend years creating to be stuck on a broken SSD. Backups exists of a couple of those worlds but they were a few months old so he decided to use this event as an opportunity to create better content with a higher production value compared to what had been uploaded over the last 3 years.
On July 7, 2020, the channels banner was updated to a simpler, more professional style. This was also the date of his new style of content going live for the first time with his #TimelapseTuesday series.
On January 9 2021, AJ officially announced the end of the channel in a video entitled 'Thank You and Goodbye'.
On December 4 2021, 11 months after his last upload, AJ published a video entitled 'Hey', hinting at a semi-return to YouTube.
(As of July 2020)
- Feb 2013 - Collect The Blocks : Minecraft Survival : Xbox 360
- Mar 2013 - NewsCraft : Minecraft News
- Mar 2013 - The Great Pyramid : Minecraft Adventure : Xbox 360
- Mar 2013 - Race To The End : Minecraft Survival : Xbox 360
- Mar 2013 - School Of Redstone : Minecraft Tutorial : Xbox 360
- April 2013 - GamesCast : Gaming Podcast
- May 2013 - Pile Of Bodies : Minecraft Puzzle Map : Xbox 360
- May 2013 - Indie-Play : Random selection of games : Xbox 360
- June 2013 - Deception : Minecraft Adventure : Xbox 360
- June 2013 - Sub Requested Mini Builds : Minecraft Creative : Xbox 360
- June 2013 - Call Of Duty Lobby Topping : COD BO2 : Xbox 360
- July 2013 - Modded Survival : Minecraft Survival Map : Xbox 360
- July 2013 - Hunger Games : Minecraft Multiplayer : Xbox 360
- Aug 2013 - Let's Build A Hunger Games : Minecraft Creative : Xbox 360
- Aug 2014 - ZONOCraft S1 : Minecraft Survival : Xbox 360
- Sep 2013 - Lab 115 : Minecraft Adventure Map : Xbox 360
- Sep 2013 - Maps To Download : Minecraft Creative : Xbox 360
- Dec 2013 - Massive Pixel Art : Minecraft Creative : Xbox 360
- Jan 2014 - Mini Tutorials : Minecraft Creative : Xbox 360
- Jan 2014 - Useful Redstone : Minecraft Creative : Xbox 360
- Jan 2014 - Let's Build A City S1 : Minecraft Creative : Xbox 360/Xbox One
- Feb 2014 - Collect The Potions : Minecraft Survival : Xbox 360
- Mar 2014 - 30 Min Speed Challenges : Minecraft Survival : Xbox 360
- Mar 2014 - Hardcore Survival Island : Minecraft Survival : Xbox 360
- Apr 2014 - Seed Showcase : Minecraft Creative : Xbox 360
- June 2014 - Let's Build A Game Show : Minecraft Creative : Xbox 360
- June 2014 - ZONOCraft S2 : Minecraft Survival : Xbox 360/Xbox One
- Aug 2014 - Sword Of Alzcar : Minecraft Adventure : Xbox 360
- Aug 2015 - Let's Build A Theme Park : Minecraft Creative : Xbox 360/Xbox One
- Oct 2014 - Minecadia SMP : Minecraft Survival : Xbox 360
- Nov 2014 - PC Minigames : Minecraft Multiplayer : PC
- Nov 2014 - VulcanMC : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Dec 2014 - Worms BattleGrounds : Xbox One
- Dec 2014 - Redstone From Scratch : Minecraft Creative : Xbox One
- Jan 2015 - Modded Skyrim Daily : TESV Skyrim : PC
- Jan 2015 - Don't Starve Walkthrough : Don't Starve : PC
- Feb 2015 - UHC : Minecraft Multiplayer : Xbox 360
- Feb 2015 - SpartaPrison : Minecraft Multiplayer : PC
- Feb 2015 - #AlienCraft : Minecraft Survival : Xbox 360
- Feb 2015 - Let's Build Springfield : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Mar 2015 - SpartaFactions : Minecraft Multiplayer : PC
- Mar 2015 - Crafting Dead : Minecraft Multiplayer : PC
- Mar 2015 - Paradise Island : Minecraft Survival : Xbox One
- May 2015 - Cities Skylines Modded S1 : Cities Skylines: PC
- June 2015 - Let's Build A Nether Castle : Miecraft Creative : Xbox One
- July 2015 - PolyBridge : PC
- Aug 2015 - Cities Skylines Modded S2 : Cities Skylines : PC
- Aug 2015 - Build Battles Hypixel : Minecraft Multiplayer : PC
- Sep 2015 - Minecraft Songs : Minecraft : Xbox One
- Sep 2015 - Let's Build A Mansion S1 : Minecraft Creative : Xbox One
- Oct 2015 - Minecraft Story Mode : PC
- Oct 2015 - The Hive Server : Minecraft Mutliplayer : PC
- Nov 2015 - Fallout 4 Walkthrough : Fallout 4 : Xbox One
- Dec 2015 - Santa's Grotto Let's Build : Minecraft Creative : Xbox One
- Dec 2015 - Let's Build A Spaceship : Minecraft Creative : Xbox One
- Dec 2015 - ZONOCraft S3 : Minecraft Survival : Xbox One
- Jan 2016 - Let's Build Mansion S2 : Minecraft Creative : Xbox One
- Feb 2016 - Let's Build An Adventure Map : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Mar 2016 - Let's Build A Mini Game : Minecraft Creative : Xbox One
- Mar 2016 - Let's Build A War Zone : Minecraft Creative : Xbox One
- Apr 2016 - Let's Build A City S2 : Minecraft Creative : PC
- May 2016 - Starter House Tutorial : Minecraft Creative : Xbox One
- May 2016 - How To Build A Cruiseship : Minecraft Creative : PC
- July 2016 - Island Mansion : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Aug 2016 - Zoo In Minecraft : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Aug 2016 - Alcatraz Style Prison : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Sep 2016 - Puzzle Maps : Minecraft Adventure : PC
- Oct 2016 - Spooky House : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Oct 2016 - Modular Castle How To Build : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Nov 2016 - Cargo Port How To Build : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Dec 2016 - Christmas Snow Globe : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Jan 2017 - Miniature City : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Jan 2017 - Planet Coaster : PC
- Feb 2017 - Cities Skylines Modded S3 : Cities Skylines : PC
- Feb 2017 - Server PVP Map : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Mar 2017 - Functional Village : Minecraft Creative : PC
- May 2017 - Stadium How To Build : Minecraft Creative : PC
- May 2017 - Prison Architect : PC
- July 2017 - The Sims 4 : PC
- Aug 2017 - This War Of Mine : PC
- Oct 2017 - Submarine How To Build : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Oct 2017 - My Summer Car :: PC
- Nov 2017 - Replica Engine How To Build : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Nov 2017 - 100k Week Long Special : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Jan 2018 - Medieval City : Minecraft Creative : PC
- Feb 2018 - Automation Game : PC
- Mar 2019 - The Long Dark : Brutal Survival Game : PC
- May 2019 - Pearl Island And The Sabre Rebellion : PC
- July 2019 - Papers Please : PC
- Mar 2020 - ZONOCraft Season 4 : Minecraft Survival : PC
- July 2020 - #TimelapseTuesday : Minecraft Creative : PC
Collaborations[]
ZOneNOnlyGaming rarely does any collaborations with other YouTubers. He prefers to record on his own.
He has made videos in the past with IBXToycat who is also a close friend, including a Podcast channel the two share, The Power Up Podcast Although the channel hasn't uploaded since February 2016.
In the early days of his channel he was involved in Minecadia, a Minecraft SMP Server on Xbox 360 where he would often make videos with other members of the group.
Channel milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
Subscriber milestones[]
- 1,000 subscribers: October 2013
- 10,000 subscribers: July 2014
- 50,000 subscribers: July 2015
- 100,000 subscribers: November 2017
Video view milestones[]
- 1,000 views: March 2013
- 10,000 views: June 2013
- 100,000 views: February 2014
- 1,000,000 views: August 2014
- 5,000,000 views: June 2015
- 10,000,000 views: January 2016
- 15,000,000 views: September 2016
- 20,000,000 views: July 2017
- 25,000,000 views: August 2018
- 30,000,000 views: July 2020
Previous jobs[]
After leaving school at 16 he worked at a pawnbrokers for a year. He has also worked as a "door to door" salesman on behalf for a UK Internet provider. In June 2020 he left his managment position in a toy store to bring his focus back to Youtube.
Quotes[]
- "BYE!!" - A high pitched farewell, the last word spoken in each video.
- "I'll be right back OK?" - Said before he stops recorded momentarily.
- "Oh poop" - Used when something didn't go quite to plan.
- "#Splash me" - The original catchphrase for ZOneNOnlyGaming, said when he uses a Minecraft Splash Potion of Swiftness to make himself move faster while building.
Trivia[]
- In his spare time, he makes his own games. He has released a couple for anyone to download including Pearl Island: The Sabre Rebellion and Portal Dash. Athough his programming has improved greatly since then. We know he has also made Pool Practice, Pikagotchi, Brick Breach, Lost Contact, Pixel Racers,' Last Stand and Toy Tycoon. Those games are completed but don't have a public release. You can download two of his Android games off the Google Play Store he published named Purple Helmet and Pocket Petz.
- At the beginning of each video, he says, "Hey guys you're watching ZOneNOnly, my name is Ajay and welcome back to another episode of...". On his older content he used to say it so fast some people couldn't understand it.
- He enjoys playing snooker, even owning his own table to practice and play on.
- He is a car fanatic, before starting his channel his first car was a BMW 3 Series, customized and upgraded similar to those out of Fast and Furious films. Currently he owns a Vauxhall Cascada convertible.
- When not recording, he plays many games other than Minecraft including Elite Dangerous Horizons, Fallout 4, Rocket League, Euro Truck Simulator, Skyrim, Oblivion, The Witcher 3, Forza, Kerbal Space Program, Hearthstone and hundreds more. Most of which are unlikely ever to make an appearance on his channel due to the majority age group of his audience.
- He has released a couple of original Minecraft songs, "Now That You Are Gone" and "Show Me What You Got".