TheRussianBadger

“	That's why I own a 5.7. It has a buff against poor people.	”
―TheRussianBadger

Spencer Scott^[2] (born: September 11, 1992 (1992-09-11) [age 32]),^[3] better known online as TheRussianBadger is a Canadian-Born American^[4] YouTuber and Twitch streamer known for the comedic and self-deprecating style he lends to his videos. He's largely known for playing shooters like Battlefield and Rainbow Six Siege, but he used to provide tutorials and reviews. Almost all of the footage for his videos is taken from when he streams on Twitch.

History

Spencer was born in Ontario^[5], but raised in San Francisco.^[6] He launched his YouTube channel on May 7, 2010. He then uploaded his first video, which was of him providing commentary while playing Battlefield: Bad Company 2. It was uploaded in May 2010.

Collaborations

• SigridAndBird
• YaBoiPasta
• BangBowBing
• DigitalVagrant

Channel milestones

Subscriber milestones

• 100,000 subscribers: May 12, 2013
• 200,000 subscribers: December 11, 2014
• 300,000 subscribers: June 1st, 2015
• 400,000 subscribers: March 29, 2016
• 500,000 subscribers: December 2nd, 2016
• 600,000 subscribers: March 16, 2017
• 700,000 subscribers: May 26, 2017
• 800,000 subscribers: July 25, 2017
• 900,000 subscribers: September 5, 2017
• 1 million subscribers: November 5, 2017
• 2 million subscribers: February 28, 2019
• 3 million subscribers: c. February 2021
• 4 million subscribers: August 7, 2022
• 5 million subscribers: June 4, 2023

Trivia

• He hails from Canada; but later lived in San Francisco, California. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington.^[1]
• Badger is now married. His wife apparently is similar to Rainbow Six Siege Operator Ying in appearance.
• Badger makes a vocal cameo in the game "Totally Accurate Battlegrounds" (TABG), lending his voice talents to Landfall Games, citing that he wanted the word "swaws" in a game.
• Badger has also had other cameos in games, such as War Thunder, where his crying seal appears as both a sticker and now a 3D Object, and World of Warships, where he has a Lobster skin for tier VI Battleship USS New Mexico, and was a also voiced commander available in game.
• Badger is pretty secretive of his personal life. Apart from short stories in his videos, a lot of his personal life has remained a secret to this day.
• Many of his gaming videos are similar in style to those of videogamedunkey.
• He loves the Dead Baron headgear on Jager in his video Rattle 6 Doot.
• He owns a Glock 17, he bought it right at 90 days living in Seattle.
• He hates .40 S&W, citing in a video created by Operation Donut that "I hate .40, because it feels like someone is coming up from the shadows and punching my gun upwards."
• He has a big brother, named Austin Scott, who is 6'8" and 260 lbs. Badger is 6'4".
• He owns an FN Five-Seven and has a 30 round magazine for it, which he states "has a buff against poor people".
• He has his own Gamer Supps flavor (Guacamole Gamer Fart 9000) and is frequently sponsored by Gamer Supps themselves.
• As denoted in a podcast appearance, Badger did complete basic Marine training, yet dropped out on the day of his graduation to pursue a business degree.
• He has stated that he was a bed-wetter until he was 14.
• His most popular video is BADGERS BEST OF 2020
• A list of his sponsors include: Honey, Opera GX and Gamersupps
• Badger has previously stated that he enjoys the "it's done when it's done" mentality to creating videos, leading to content like his video on Spider Man. (PS4 - Insomniac Games)
• His animations are made in the Source engine via Source Filmmaker, and he began to use these animated characters in the Valorant video he made, instead of using the previous posed models. Later on, a sponsorship from RAID: Shadow Legends would net him a full suite of motion capture (mocap) equipment and software, which is what he currently uses to animate his characters.
• He also has a quote from one of his TABG videos in included in the description on the Steam page for the game.

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