Gamer President Ace Watkins
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About
Gamer President refers to a parody character named Ace Watkins created by the satirical news outlet Hard Drive and portrayed by YouTube comedian Phil Jamesson. The character is presented as a gamer running for 2020 United States presidential election, with jokes usually referencing various video games and their mechanics and the stereotypical gamer behavior.
Origin
On July 8th, 2019, satirical news outlet Hard Drive[8] created the Twitter account @GamerPres2020 (later changed to @GamerPres20XX)[15] for a parody character Ace Watkins, portrayed by YouTube comedian Phil Jamesson, presented as "The only Gamer running for President of the United States." On the same day, Watkins' presidential campaign announcement video was posted on Twitter and YouTube.[1][2] The tweet received over 7,400 retweets and 24,200 likes in one month, with the video gaining over 610,000 views on Twitter and 13,000 views on YouTube.
We need a president who can no-scope headshot the issues that divide us.
Spread
In the following month, over 250 posts were made by Ace Watkins' Twitter account, with multiple tweets exceeding 10,000 likes count (examples shown below).[3][4] On July 16th and 28th, Hard Drive published articles "Opinion: All Twitch Streamers Deserve a Minimum Viewership" and "You Cannot Have a Sex Scandal If You Have Never Had Sex" with Ace Watkins credited as the author.[9][10]
Multiple tweets made by Ace Watkins have been reposted to various Reddit communities such as /r/gaming,[5] /r/gamingcirclejerk[6] and /r/GamersRiseUp. [7] For example, August 7th repost of a tweet to /r/gaming subreddit gained over 72,300 upvotes in twelve hours.
On August 28th, 2019, @GamerPres2020 annumced that on September 29th, the character will be holding a Presidential Rally in New York.[11][12]
Reddit AMA
On August 30th, 2019, /r/Gamingcirclejerk subreddit moderator hobdodgeries announced that Gamer President Ace Watkins will be answering questions in an "ask me anything" thread on September 7th, 2019.[13]
On September 7th, 2019, Ace Watkins (/u/gamerpres2020) answered multiple questions submitted by Redditors, with the thread accumulating over 35,200 upvotes in two days (80% upvoted) (selected answers shown below).[14]
On the same day, in a response to a question posted in the thread, Hard Drive YouTube channel uploaded a video showing Ace Watkins (Phil Jamesson) playing Super Hexagon on Hyper Mode difficulty. It is unclear whether Jamesson was playing the game himself.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @GamerPres2020's Tweet
[2] YouTube – Gamer President Campaign Announcement
[3] Twitter – @GamerPres2020's Tweet
[4] Twitter – @GamerPres2020's Tweet
[5] Reddit – I love this kid. Definitely has my vote.
[6] Reddit – Ace Watkins SJW????
[7] Reddit – Ace Watkins has risen up for us
[8] Hard Drive – Hard Drive
[9] Hard Drive – Opinion: All Twitch Streamers Deserve a Minimum Viewership
[10] Hard Drive – You Cannot Have a Sex Scandal If You Have Never Had Sex
[11] Twitter – @GamerPres2020's Tweet
[12] Caveat – Ace Watkins Presidential Rally
[13] Reddit – The Gamer President, Ace Watkins, Will be here for an AMA on September 7th.
[14] Reddit – I am Ace Watkins, the only Gamer running for President of the United States, AMA!
[15] Twitter – @GamerPres20XX
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