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PrestonPlayz
American YouTuber (born 1994) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Preston Blaine Arsement (born May 4, 1994), better known as PrestonPlayz or Preston, is an American YouTuber. He is known for his high-energy videos playing video games including Minecraft, Roblox, and Fortnite, and his real-life vlogs and challenges.
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Early life
Preston Blaine Arsement was born on May 4, 1994, in Dallas, Texas. He is the eldest of three half-siblings, two half-brothers and one half-sister.[2] Arsement's father, David, is an United States Air Force veteran and the COO of Arsement's company, while his mother, Maye, is the CEO; she formerly worked for AT&T and Southwestern Bell. The first game he played was Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Genesis, when he was four. Arsement was first inspired to pursue YouTube after watching HuskyStarcraft.[3] As a teenager, he watched many RuneScape videos.[4]
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Career
Arsement created his first YouTube channel in November 2010, called TBNRfrags. It first focused on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 gameplay, but later expanded to Fortnite and Call of Duty: Black Ops. He later created a Minecraft channel, PrestonPlayz, in 2012.[2]
Arsement went on his first tour in 2017, hosting meet-and-greets at six Main Event Entertainment centers near Dallas.[5] He also started working with talent management company Night in that year.[6] He joined Envy Gaming as an investor and content creator in 2018 and was paired with Lil Yachty for a celebrity-content creator Fortnite tournament.[3][7] Also in 2018, he switched his gaming content to a separate channel and made his main channel focused around lifestyle, vlog, and challenge content,[6] substantially growing his channel.[8][9][10][11]
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Personal life
Arsement is married to his wife, Briana Paige Barnhart.[2] He is a Messianic Jew.[4] He also enjoys playing paintball for fun.[3]
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