Lachlan Ross Power (born 25 August 1995) is an Australian
YouTuber
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, professional gamer and
internet personality, known primarily for his
video game commentaries of ''
Fortnite Battle Royale
''Fortnite Battle Royale'' is a free-to-play battle royale video game developed and published by Epic Games. It is a companion game to '' Fortnite: Save the World'', a cooperative survival game with construction elements. It was initially r ...
''.
He is the founder of
lifestyle brand and
gaming organization PWR.
In 2013, Power registered his YouTube account under the name CraftBattleDuty and primarily posted video game commentaries of ''
Minecraft
''Minecraft'' is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language. Following several early private testing versions, it was first made public in May 2009 before bein ...
'', ''
Battlefield
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'' and ''
Call of Duty
''Call of Duty'' is a first-person shooter video game franchise published by Activision. Starting out in 2003, it first focused on games set in World War II. Over time, the series has seen games set in the midst of the Cold War, futuristic ...
''. His channel experienced substantial growth in popularity when he began posting videos of ''Fortnite'' in 2017. In January 2019, his channel reached 10 million subscribers, becoming the first Australian
gaming content creator
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to hit that milestone. As of September 2022, the channel had reached over 14.8 million subscribers and 5 billion video views,
ranking as the sixth most-subscribed and fifth most-viewed channel on the platform from Australia.
Early life
Lachlan Ross Power was born on the 25th of August 1995,
in
Brisbane, Queensland
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
, and grew up in
Shailer Park, Queensland. His mother, Lynne, is a bank manager and his father
Darren Power
Darren Ross Power is an Australian politician currently serving as the Mayor of the City of Logan. Prior to his election as mayor, Power served as Logan City Councillor for Division 10 from 1997 to 2019, and as Advocate for the City of Logan fr ...
is a local politician, currently serving as the mayor of
Logan City
Logan City is a local government area situated within the south of the Brisbane metropolitan area in South East Queensland, Australia. Situated between the City of Brisbane to the north and the City of Gold Coast to the south, the City also bo ...
. Power has three siblings.
Career
Power registered the "CraftBattleDuty"
YouTube
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channel on 19 March 2013.
His early content primarily featured
video game commentaries of ''
Minecraft
''Minecraft'' is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language. Following several early private testing versions, it was first made public in May 2009 before bein ...
'', ''
Battlefield
A battlefield, battleground, or field of battle is the location of a present or historic battle involving ground warfare. It is commonly understood to be limited to the point of contact between opposing forces, though battles may involve troops ...
'' and ''
Call of Duty
''Call of Duty'' is a first-person shooter video game franchise published by Activision. Starting out in 2003, it first focused on games set in World War II. Over time, the series has seen games set in the midst of the Cold War, futuristic ...
'';
his channel name comes from a concatenation of these three games.
His channel experienced a substantial growth in popularity when he began playing ''
Fortnite Battle Royale
''Fortnite Battle Royale'' is a free-to-play battle royale video game developed and published by Epic Games. It is a companion game to '' Fortnite: Save the World'', a cooperative survival game with construction elements. It was initially r ...
'' in 2017.
In January 2019, his channel reached 10 million subscribers, becoming the first Australian gaming
content creator
Content creation is the contribution of information to any media and most especially to digital media for an end-user/audience in specific contexts. Content is "something that is to be expressed through some medium, as speech, writing or any of ...
to hit that milestone.
In October 2019, during Fortnite's season-ending live event "The End", Power's
stream on YouTube peaked at 198,976 concurrent viewers.
On 29 October 2019, it was announced that Power had signed a deal with YouTube to stream exclusively on that platform; he had previously also streamed on
Twitch
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.
In June 2020, Power launched a professional
esports ''Fortnite'' team based in
Queensland, Australia
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, called PWR,
which later expanded to being a gaming, entertainment, and apparel brand.
He had previously launched a merchandise brand, Power by Lachlan, in 2018.
In October 2020, Power received his own ''Fortnite'' outfit as part of the Fortnite Icon Series.
Charitable work
In January 2019, Power participated in the charity
Pro–Am
Pro–am (or pro/am, pro am, ProAm; a contraction of professional–amateur) refers to a sporting event where both professional career athletes and amateurs compete. It could also refer to a collaboration between professionals and amateu ...
event at the
Australian Open
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Fortnite Summer Smash.
He partnered with actor
Liam McIntyre
Liam James McIntyre (born 8 February 1982) is an Australian actor, best known for playing the lead role on the Starz television series '' Spartacus: Vengeance'' and '' War of the Damned'' and as Mark Mardon / Weather Wizard on ''The Flash''. He ...
at the
Fortnite World Cup
The Fortnite World Cup was an esports competition based on the video game '' Fortnite''. It look place July 26–28, 2019 at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City, United States. A total prize pool was available across the various competi ...
Pro-Am in July 2019 and finished in 18th place; $20,000 donated to charity.
In October 2019, Power donated $15,000 to
Team Trees, a fundraising drive taking action against
deforestation
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by pledging to plant one tree for every dollar donated.
In January 2020, Power did a charity live stream to raise money for the
ongoing Australian bushfire relief effort and raised $34,849, which included a donation of $30,000 from streamer
Ninja
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.
That month, he partnered with
Epic Games
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to raise awareness for the
International Committee of the Red Cross
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(ICRC) by being one of the first to play the new ''Fortnite'' game mode "Liferun", where players take part in life-saving missions similar to those of the ICRC.
In February 2020, Power won the second edition of the Fortnite Summer Smash Pro-Am, along with fellow Australian
YouTuber
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Influence
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Fresh and musician Enschway, with $30,000 being donated to charities of their choice.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1995 births
Australian YouTubers
Gaming YouTubers
Let's Players
Living people
Minecraft YouTubers
People from Brisbane
Twitch (service) streamers
Video bloggers
Australian video bloggers
Video game commentators
YouTube channels launched in 2013
YouTube vloggers