Ryan Letourneau - Northernlion
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[birthday: Nov 28] [ice bucket challenge] [51 nugs] [diss track 1 track 2 demo]
Eponymous host of the NLSS. So named because Ryan rhymes with lion and he is Canadian. Not Rihanna but remarkably good at making up songs. Left-handed. Idiopathic toe walker. Leader of the lion pride. Occasionally A.C. Slaters it and sits backwards on a toilet. Bald, frequently called egg or daddy or ryab or scum or bald demon. Studied biology in college. Taught English in Korea, but has problems with pronouncing bagel and ancient. His tips helped Markiplier get started. Addicted to 90s-00s pop culture. Has strong opinions about bread integrity and deli meats, deli etiquette and honor. Has a fear of deep sea creatures. Known for playing rogue-likes, especially Isaac. Used to suffer from motion sickness. Occasionally a god. Then again he made the Pot Play. Learning how to program (DAE?). A Certified Unity Programmer. Imitates Michael Caine and Sly Stalone. Used to own a hedgehog named Allegro. Lives in Vancouver with his wife, Kate AKA Lovelymomo, and two ragdoll cats, Tomo ("shitface" the big pussy who needs some air) and Ryuka (the lap-barfer). Had to get hydrocele surgery in 8th grade. Does not like dogs, spaghetti, fireworks, desserts, or fun. Eats dry cereal. Has a decent chili and carnitas recipe. Might have sold his soul for a legendary card in Hearthstone. Yay dood. Aliases: DurstOfTimes, CashCab, Isek Baby, ho borvat. Baby Bird Story. His office is clean because he has a wife. Don't get me, I'm Ryan! Thanks for the company. First appearance: on YouTube: Bart's Nightmare, maybe? The first NLSS: February 25, 2013.
Mike Fox - Michaelalfox
YouTube Twitch Twitter Website Merch
[Birthday: Jun 2] [ice bucket challenge] [50 nugs]
Monday Cohost. High school and college friend of Northernlion and frequent NLSS guest. Beat up NL once, here's why he did it. Often called MALF. Foodie, likes poutine a lot. The inventor of Poutineer. Has an urban planning degree. Worked for an electrical power company doing construction project management. Told the ham story. The genius behind Dragonslayer Doppelganger. Has a famous nip-slip pic. Loves Super Bock. Feels down the stairs and ravioli on me. Sips his friends. Activates his beer. Well well well. Ya beb. Ooh ah ah ah. AYAYA. Inventor of the Olbap/MALF face and the tendie bendies. Scared by lightning. Does 12 hour streams on Saturdays and became a full time streamer in April 2019. Occasionally does cooking streams. Lives in Toronto.
First appearance: probably Don't Play This, on the NLSS March 14, 2013.
Rob Riccitelli- alpacapatrol
YouTube Twitch Twitter
[Birthday: Apr 3] [50 and 57 nugs] [diss track]
Wednesday cohost. Long time NLSS friend and contributor. Does public domain movie nights on Saturdays. That's a lotta nuts. Trapped in a glass cage of emotion. Feels it down in his plums. Rainstick. Went to film and/or acting school. Knows voices. Made some short films. Likes DOTA and Dragonball and vampires. Smokes and refuses to go to doctors when he is coughing up digletts. Swallows flies and generally has trouble breathing. Lives in NYC. The Penguin Story. Got into fights. Flipped a car. Got hit by a car and never got a new bike. Uses paper plates regularly. Asks the important questions. Cleans his fingernails with a G.I. Joe. Dating Jess/BubblegumViking (Twitter Twitch). Dumpl8ngs. A rude boi. Responsible for many Quiplash memes: killing your family with a 9mm beretta, and IAI FANKFAW. JESUS CHRIST K8. Great at drawing. Best of rob video.
First appearance: April 11, 2013.
Josh Smith - JSmithOTI
YouTube Twitch Twitter
[birthday: Aug 20] [ice bucket challenge] [diss track]
Former main cohost of the NLSS, then got a real job, was fired, and died. (In)famous for the 52 Hour Stream. Now cohosts on Mondays. Met Ryab on the Extended Play forums. Tells subs "up down all around welcome to JSmith town" and "raise some suds for your buds". Does a lot of laundry. OTI stands for "on the internet". Known for his child-like wonder, spitting up water, and giving weird names to things. Can honk like a goose. Disrespects intros and disturbs shit with hi chat. Used to speedrun (spedran?) Bucky O'Hare. Was in the Air Force. Married to Kristin/JellyDonutPro (Twitter). Lives in Pittsburgh. Got a pretty kitty named Lady Grey. Josh's dad PopSmithOTI (award winning home brewer and nice dude) and his cats Mr. Baggins and Lugnut come up sometimes, as well as Josh's brother Zach ``zedsmithoti''. Sometimes dresses as a pretty princess or a baboon.
First appearance on the NLSS: February 28, 2013.
Apollo Willems - DumbDog (formerly Austin/LastGreyWolf)
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[Birthday: Feb 23] [25 Nugs] [diss track]
Longtime friend and collaborator with Nick and Rob, notably Magic and Terraria. Has nice shoulders. Good at video games: used to speedrun Twilight Princess, had triple-digit Gungeon streaks and had a world record hell run. Bad at Cuphead. Very excited about Metroid. Likes nutmeg (the start). Eats a lot of ice cream. Has two cats: Riley and Sif. Related to some members of Jump5. Lives in Austin, TX and orders a lot of DoorDash. ru ru ru. He will always love you. He is the Halo music. Nobody ever dies in the red zone. The Shush Family Robinson Story. Apple-o. Marfle-pop! P'tholes! Cra beater? Good at Fortnite. Learning how to play the piano. Communicates flawlessly. Won a couple Twitch Rivals tournaments with HCJustin. Rebranded from LastGreyWolf to DumbDog in April 2019. Started going by Apollo on Dec 7, 2019.
Sometimes goes bark, woof, awoo, wroof, ruf, ru ru ru, and ruff ruff ruff. Once ate dog food on stream.
First appearance: 52 Hour Stream, but he became a regular in March 2016.
Alex Larrabee - BaerTaffy
YouTube Twitch Twitter Reddit Merch
[Birthday: Dec 7] [ice bucket challenge] [58 nugs] [diss track 1, track 2, TCL track]
Champion of Salt & Checkpoint League Champion. Long time friend and NLSS contributor.
First appearance: June 18, 2014.
Dan Gheesling
YouTube Twitch Twitter Website
[Birthday: Sept 1] [ice bucket challenge] [diss track]
Big Brother 10 winner and Big Brother 14 runner-up. Here's the deep lore. The Funeral Director. Twitch ambassador. Introduced to Northernlion by Mathas, story here and here. Known for memes, diglets, cucking and world star videos. Asks awkward questions about furries and Swedish pizzas. Leaves voicemails [1] [2] [3] [4]. Organizes the Tournament of Shame. Married to Chelsea and three kids: Desmond, Miles, and Celine. Has a Wikipedia page. Rates movies. From Dearborn Michigan. Once sold a bag of sand on eBay for $80. Doesn't think helium is physical. Thinks Hafu should be spelled with an "o". Requests a gentleman's handy (just a couple strokes) by the golf course. Does a weekly Team Unity clip show.
First appearance: the Gauntlet series, and on the NLSS: October 1, 2015.
Mike Martin - Mathas
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[Birthday: May 2] [ice bucket challenge] [diss track]
Sellout. Always tired. Known for 4X and survival games and Huniepop. Wears a lot of plaid. Part of the Chilluminati podcast with Jesse Cox and Alex Faciane. Stole $3000 from Gamestop. Bad at building cabinets. Met Ryan at PAX in 2013 after asking him in an AMA, more here. Has three cats, Maya, Oliver, and Munchkin. Lives in Boston.
First appearance on the NLSS: May 13, 2013.
Kate Letourneau - LovelyMomo
YouTube Twitch Twitter When is Kate?
[Birthday: Jan 14] [20 nugs]
HEY K8! Northernlion's wife. How they met. Also a content creator. Plays Oboe. Knows Korean and Japanese and is learning Spanish. Founded the Hikari Woodwind Quintet. Better at video games than NL. Might believe in fan death. Recently started working game localizations, like You Must Build a Boat! The Wizroboe from Necrodancer: Cadence of Hyrule. Did some voice acting with NL in Cook Serve Delicious 3. Their daughter Luna was born in October 2020.
First appearance on the NLSS: February 17, 2013.
Sinvicta
YouTube Twitch Twitter
[Birthday: Apr 28] [diss track]
Named after a band named after a species of ant. Played the Culling and GeoGuessr with Northernlion. Made How ___ are you videos and some other great NLSS related videos.
First appearance on the NLSS: April 20, 2016.
Justin Conrad - HCJustin
Youtube VODs Twitch Twitter OnlyFans (no hog)
[Birthday: Mar 3]
HC stands for hardcore. Often streams with Apollo, good at PUBG and London. Joined the crew for Fortnite, Siege, and Factorio. Has tattoos. Had a record label. Can see through the PUBG source code to the giant pan in the sky. Dishonored everyone by not participating in pinky time. The best boy. Has won a couple Twitch Rival tournaments with Apollo. CEO of The Most Handsome Boy LLC. The IRS thought he was dead for a while. Bad at birds. Thinks every Pokemon is a dog or bug. E-Y-E-S. Played guitar in a band called Barnaby Jones, and has a podcast called 4 Non Daves with some former bandmembers. Recently moved to Virginia.
First appearance: August 14, 2017.
UnrulyBabs
Twitter Twitch
Bullies Ryan in Project Winter [1] [2], thought she cumt but shitted on the dick, and gets excited about fish in Animal Crossing. She's skilled with the gun and the art knife. Has a great (bat)cat named Mochi! First appearance: August 12, 2019
Kory - Flackblag
Youtube Twitch Twitter Merch
[58 nugs]
American ex-patriate living in Vancouver. Got his Canadian citizenship circa April 2019. Previously taught in Japan. Likes to bicycle. Regularly outranked NL on the Isaac dailies. His chat likes Tuturu videos. Does a great impression of a cat throwing up. Has a cat named Jiro.
First appearance: August 2, 2017.
Nick Reineke - Rockleesmile
YouTube Twitch Twitter Website Merch
[birthday: Jun 4] [ice bucket challenge] [42 nugs] [diss track]
Named for a Naruto character. Invented the character Mar. Has a mean Yaha and Candyman. Recently became Goldman. Known for his (now defunct) series Indie Impressions. Studied art and graphic design. Worked at a Gamestop. Loves metriodvanias. Used to speedrun Super Meat Boy. Interested in level design, which is how he meet Ryab. Died to Pinwheel. Hates Bad Rats. Suck his pussy. Lives on a mountain in upstate New York where you have to drive your own garbage to the dump. Doesn't trust ATMs. Threw up hot dogs in a log cabin once. Has a cat, usually referred to as Mr. Snuffles or Mr. Kitty. Pretty good at MS Paint ([1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]). Was married but WoW addiction broke them up. Dating Irish artist LinMac (Twitch Twitter Website). Recently started wheeze-laughing a lot. Grounded in reality but full of real-world problems. Once became a fast grey wolf. #StandWithNick. Went on hiatus in December 2018.
First appearance on the NLSS: February 28, 2013.
Rumay Wang - Hafu
YouTube, Twitch, Twitter Wikipedia
[birthday: Apr 18]
Champions of Fire e-sports star. Hearthstone and Teamfight Tactics streamer. The porn story. The tail story. Needs you to really suck on this hole.
First appearance: Champions of Fire, first NLSS appearance: January 22, 2018.
Michael Nolte - CobaltStreak
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Known for skill and long win streaks in Isaac. Color blind. Squatted like a gargoyle on the toilet. Has a lot of hats. Sleeps in the shower. Accidentally drank his own pee during a WoW marathon. Does not know what an otter is. Apparently a 9/11 conspiracy theorist and doesn't think Hilter died during WWII. Orders Wagyu beef and Sierra Mist. Turns out a lot of his audio problems were because his mic was backwards. Recently had his first kid, Hunter. Often works with Richard "Dick" Hammer, for instance in nerds vs. nature.
First appearance: April 15, 2015.
John Bain - Total Biscuit
YouTube, Twitter Wikipedia
The cynical Brit, the face of the Lul emote, and the host of the Co-optional podcast graced the NLSS with his presence on several occasions to roast NL real good and ask what the fuck is a Ryab? Fought the good fight against cancer.
First appearance: July 31, 2017.
Eric Hraab - Crendor
YouTube, Twitch, Twitter
Well known content creator of Cox n' Crendor fame (with Jesse Cox YouTube Twitter Wikipedia) and occasional Co-Optional cohost. Had to have some toenails and his gallbladder removed. Pops into the NLSS occasionally.
First appearance: January 27, 2014, the infamous Return the Slab NLSS.
Other associated streamers and YouTubers:
5up
YouTube Twitch Twitter
Perhaps the world's deadliest Among Us player. Apparently watched the NLSS in 2017.
akaChrisP
Twitch Twitter
Arumba
YouTube Twitch Twitter Website
Played EUIV/CK2 with Ryan. First and only NLSS appearance: May 25, 2015
BananasaurusRex
YouTube Twitch Twitter Wikipedia
Speedrunner.Known for the Spelunky eggplant run. First appearance: December 1, 2014
Chiblee A.K.A. Mr. Email
[Birthday: Oct 5] Twitch YouTube Twitter
Neo-Memer. Master of viral tweets. They'll tell stories about him. TRIPLE KILL. He's not from Britain or Australia, he's from Aotearoa New Zealand. First appearance: August 26, 2020
Crazy Mike
YouTube Twitch Twitter
Frequent invader and summon in the Dark Souls days.
Draskyl
Twitch Twitter
Ellum
YouTube Twitch Twitter
Josh Bingle. Lewd Lad. British. BigDong Nuttychin.
GassyMexican
YouTube Twitch Twitter
Levy/GothamChess
Twitch Twitter YouTube Website
International Master Levy Rozman, puts up with Ryan's chess shenanigans for unknown reasons, presumably blackmail.
Green9090
YouTube Twitch Twitter
Frequent NLSS guest though 2015. First appearance: April 10, 2013
Indeimaus
Twitch YouTube Twitter Website
[diss track]
Animator, artist, content creator. Made the NLSS introductions: SNL, Panflute, Star Wars. Occasionally helps NL with editing.
Jaaski
Twitch VODs Twitter
Lucas, a Kiwi. From Aotearoa New Zealand. He will kick-your-ass-ski. Fuck you, you fucking dog/your a piece of shit/fuck you you fucking dog/I can't believe you made this. AYAYA. A contender in the first Checkpoint League.
JeffThePayne
Donno :)
Maja
Twitch Twitter
First apparance: March 15, 2016
McLaffyTaffy
Twitch Twitter
Ryan Capps from Virginia.
Molls
Twitch Twitter
Appearance: April 30, 2015
Ohmwrecker
YouTube Twitch Twitter
A common guest in 2013. First appearance: May 16, 2013
PauseUnpause
Twitch Twitter
RedPandaGamer
YouTube Twitter
A common guest in 2013. First appearance: March 28, 2013
Richard "Dick" Hammer
YouTube Twitch Twitter
Not actually named Richard?! Never eaten soup. Streams with Cobalt and Apollo sometimes.
RossBoomsocks
Twitch YouTube Twitter
League of Legends streamer. First appearance: NL's First Ever Game of League.
Jen Hazel / RxPixel
Twitter Website CheckPoint
First appearance: May 16, 2013
SinowBeats
YouTube, Twitch, Twitter
Competing with HCJustin for the title of Best Boy. Almost mutilated his dick with scissors as a youth. Knows Japanese. First appearance: June 25, 2018
Sips
Twitch Twitter YouTube
Mostly famous for singing It Wasn't Me by Shaggy and Don't You Want Me Baby with Ryan, but he was also a member of a little know podcast called The Yogscast. One of the few actual dads in Dadcraft.
SkaDJ
[birthday: Sep 25] Twitch Twitter
Lives in Alaska. Has a v. cute dog. His laugh gives a +10 to Twitch Clips. First appearance: August 12, 2019.
SmallAnt
Twitch Youtube Twitter
Professional Mario speedrunner. First appearance: Check the Wire #38
Steve Suptic
YouTube Twitch Twitter
Known for being the 2017 Streamy Award Winner from Sugar Pine 7 and Sugr?
Dave/TanumB
Twitch Twitter
Dave. Lawyer.
Wolfabelle
Twitch Twitter YouTube
Owa owa. British. Prone to murderous rampages in Among Us.
Wolvesatmydoor
Youtube Twitch Twitter
Jay. Did NL's updated channel art and merch. Made the Dadcraft site.
Woulfe
Zer0doxy
YouTube Twitch Twitter
First appearance: April 29, 2015
Other notable friends:
Elucidator
Twitter Website
Maintains Platinum God, Gungeon God and WhenisNLSS, moderates NL's chat. It's his birthday.
DraculaFetus
YouTube Twitter Patreon
Animator and artist. Makes NL's thumbnails, the Cowboy Bebop intro and the Northernlion Story.
Player Uno / Evil Uno
Twitch Wikipedia, Twitter
Happy birthday.
RumbleMuffin
NLSS tech support guru.
Stewartisme
YouTube More different YouTube Twitter
Made the Tomato mod for rockleesmile and the JSmith Names Mod. Saves some important VODs like the Rock Band stream and the second one. Made the Sprinkler and other items for Afterbirth+.
GoodEgor
NorthernlionEdited
NLSS Highlights
Emerson
Library of Letourneau
tdtbaa
Yeah Whatever Man
SirToastyToes
Baby Pigman
Baby Pigman Robot (made the transcript search site)
Frudgey
Mute Unmute
NotStuart
Lakana
CompostHag
Lines From the NLSS
Weekly NL Twitch Clips
egg_dril
Chatamonchy - Did a lot of Kate's art.
FSnowZombie - Does a lot of Nick and Apollo's emotes.
KatrinaZentrails - Does a drawing for every NLSS.
Chotakana - Does a lot of art for MALF and Baer.
Kay Lousburg - Made MALF, Apollo, and Baer's animated intros
Please update Dan to say he has a child named Desmond.
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