Draft:Ethan Nester

Ethan Nestor (born October 24, 1996) also known as CrankGamePlays is an American YouTuber. Ethan's videos consist of gaming, product reviews and vlogs. As of July 2024, his YouTube channel has accumulated over 227 million views along with 2.1 million subscribers.

Ethan was born and raised in Cape Elizabeth where he started his YouTube channel in 2012 at the age of 16 with his friend Andrew. Which he has now named "Please go subscribe to my NEW channel!", though it was once also named CrankGameplays. He also used to upload to a channel named CrankyVlogs. He uploaded periodically but truly put all his time and efforts into his channel after high school. Ethan took a gap year after graduation to have more time for his channel. His first video - named "Dirty Mic and the Boys-Happy Wheels Gameplay Numero Uno." - was uploaded on August 30th, 2012 to the original "CrankGamePlays." In this video, Ethan and Andrew play Happy Wheels. He later started another channel called "Cranky Vlogs" in May 2013.

He started his current channel on December 2nd, 2015, uploading mostly gaming videos. His most viewed videos contain a range of gaming videos and vlogs. This channel hit 2 million subscribers in January 2020. In the Summer of 2017, Ethan joined his friends Mark, Tyler, Bob, and Wade on a tour named Markiplier's You're Welcome Tour, a show made up of improvisational comedy and audience participation. The tour visited Australia, various countries in Europe, as well as several states across the USA.

Ethan has a severe peanut allergy, with 1/500th of a peanut proving lethal to his immune system. As a result, he carries epinephrine autoinjectors (EpiPens) with him in case of an emergency.[2] Around the seventh grade, Ethan was diagnosed with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and occasionally uses prescription medication. Ethan is also mildly dyslexic and has expressed difficulty with reading and memorizing extensively written information. Since his schooling days, he would solve Rubik's cubes to help him stay focused. https://crinkgumplz.fandom.com/wiki/Ethan#:~:text=His%20first%20video%20%2D%20named%20%22Dirty,Cranky%20Vlogs%22%20in%20May%202013}}

Early Life and Education
Ethan Mark Nestor (né Nestor,) (Middle name was chosen after his father Mark) was born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He was a dedicated gymnast during his childhood, winning medals in tournaments for his talents. In 2015, after his series of videos with his grandma became quite successful, he struggled to find an audience for videos that didn't feature her. He decided to create his new (current) channel so that he could make the content he wanted and wasn't being pressured to exploit his grandmother for views. It was around this time that Ethan dyed his hair blue for charity. This blue hair became an iconic part of his look for a while following this until he dyed his hair back to brown.

He graduated from CEHS (Cape Elizabeth High School) in 2015. After graduating, Ethan had a difficult decision to make between staying in gymnastics and going to college, which he had been involved in for most of his life, or trying to go somewhere on YouTube. So, he decided to move to Portland, Maine and take a gap year to focus on YouTube. He considered going to Full Sail University in Florida and living with his uncle, but never applied for college and ended up sticking to posting videos.

Ethan's pursuit of YouTube was inspired by several YouTubers, including the GameGrumps, Pewdiepie and Markiplier. He met Mark at a couple of conventions, being remembered as 'backflip dude' after backflipping for Mark at 2 different conventions. After this, the two kept in contact, becoming friends, until 2016 when Ethan agreed to move out to LA and become one of Mark's editors. He edited for Mark and collaborated with him on multiple videos until 2018 when Ethan became fully committed to his channel instead.

Political Views
Ethan is a staunch supporter of the LGBT rights movement. Following the 2020 countrywide protests against racism and police brutality in the United States, Ethan condemned the murder of George Floyd and expressed his support for the Black Lives Matter movement, later encouraging his audience to sign online petitions related to the cause. Ethan endorsed Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election, as well as urged his followers via social media to exercise their civic duty to vote.

Pets
Ethan currently owns a dog named Spencer. Spencer is 5 years old and he is an Aussie Cattle mix. (A very good boy.)He previously owned a variety of pets, including 3 lizards, Cody, Carmen, and Carmen (named after various Agent Cody Banks and Spy Kids characters), and 3 Portuguese water dogs, Max, Dexter, and Cooper.

Family Life
Not much is known about Ethan's family, but both of his parents (his father Mark Nestor and his mother Annie Darling) are alive. He is very close to his family. In August 2018, he announced that he would take a break from YouTube for a week or two because his maternal grandmother passed away.

He also has a 7-year-old half-brother. His name is Andrew J. and, following in his stepdad's footsteps, he is a graphic designer. Andrew is also a musician and artist. The two have collaborated on music, including a Christmas album released in December 2018. Ethan has a cousin named Colson, who owns a channel named "Colson's Critters". https://crinkgumplz.fandom.com/wiki/Ethan#:~:text=His%20first%20video%20%2D%20named%20%22Dirty,Cranky%20Vlogs%22%20in%20May%202013}}

Personal Relationships
Ethan Dated Mikalyah Anne, better known as Mika Au from 2018-2020 and ended on friendly terms. Mika is a popular TikTok star, YouTuber, Twitch Streamer, and Instagram model famous for posting funny and entertaining videos on her social media handles. Her content primarily contains short videos on jokes, funny riddles from fans on her streams, and reaction videos.

CrankGamesPlays
Ethan watched a lot of Markiplier's videos and first met Mark in person at a Pax East Panel called "Markiplier and Friends" in 2014. He talked to Bob and worked it out to do a backflip in front of the famous Markiplier. He flipped for Mark (and a group of fans along with a few other YouTubers) outside of the PAX building. He made a vlog of his entire PAX experience (at about 18:00 he meets Mark) and the video is on his old channel. He also backflipped for Mark the next year at Pax 2015 and was remembered as the "backflip dude."

From then on Mark and Ethan became friends and in November of 2016, Mark asked Ethan if he wanted to move out to L. A with him and edit his videos. Ethan gladly agreed and on November 1, 2016, he moved out to Los Angeles. Ethan now lives alone. He used to work for Mark, but as of March 8, 2018, he has become fully committed to YouTube and his channel.

On March 9, 2021, in collaboration with Hyper RPG, Ethan hosted a live event on his Twitch channel dubbed "Five Nights at Hyper," which was inspired by the video game Five Nights at Freddy's. In it, Ethan portrayed a security guard attempting to survive at his job for five nights while managing a haunted estate and warding off ghosts through his office's security feed with the help of his Twitch audience. In late 2021, Ethan joined Hyper RPG's online show Kollok (stylized as KOllOK) as an executive producer and a cast member

Unus Annus
On November 13, 2019, Mark and Ethan made a joint channel called Unus Annus, with the intent of uploading one video per day for the entire year. Once a year had passed, they were to delete the channel without preserving any of its content, as both believed that this should be a unique, one-in-a-lifetime experience that they get to share with their audience. The channel's disclaimer stated that any re-uploads of Unus Annus' videos without their permission would be met with a takedown notice.

On Friday, November 13, 2020, from 12 pm to 12 am PT, Mark and Ethan held a twelve-hour livestream to commemorate Unus Annus' run, later ending the broadcast by deleting the channel, along with all of its videos. The following day, Ethan expressed his final thoughts on the channel's conclusion.

On November 14, 2021, around midnight Pacific Standard Time, Mark and Ethan uploaded a separate video on their main channels titled "Memento Mori" in which they paid respects to the now defunct Unus Annus channel on its death day, as well as reflected on their one year journey since the series' conclusion. For their work on Unus Annus, Mark and Ethan won the Best Collaboration award at the 11th Annual Streamy Awards.

On January 28, 2021, Ethan took a month-long break due to the concern for his mental health, while also distancing himself from social media. While on hiatus, Ethan consulted a mental health professional and used his free time to relocate to a new home. He returned on March 1, 2021, to announce his upcoming show titled "I Have to do this show" which was scheduled to debut on November 21, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois.

On September 24, 2021, in response to the overwhelmingly positive reception, Ethan announced that the show was changed from a one-day performance to an entire tour with the show in Chicago being the first of thirty-five tours across the United States and Canada, leaving overseas touring as a possibility in the future if the first one does good enough.

CrankGamePlays vs. Leonhart
On 24 January 2023, it was announced that CrankGameplays will face American YouTuber Leonhart on Creator Clash 2: Influencers Will Pay on April 15, 2023, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. On the night of the event, CrankGamePlays defeated Leonhart via 3-round KO.

Thankmas
Thankmas was created by Jacksepticeye. Over the past five years, Thankmas has raised over $22 Million for important causes. For the second year in a row, Thankmas is fundraising for World Central Kitchen (WCK), a nonprofit organization that is first to the frontlines providing fresh meals in response to crises around the world.

In 2023, Jack invited Ethan to join the show, Ethan had previously been in the background however, Jack wanted Ethan on stage with him this year. Some other notable guests on the show were Arin Hanson, CDawgVA, Valkyrae, Markiplier, Bella Poarch, Chef Nyesha Arrington, Chef Antonia Lofaso, and Jack Black.

Ethan and Jack performed a skit where if they didn't reach a certain amount of money Ethan would eat a spoonful of peanut butter. This had the crowd nervous and excited as Ethan is severely allergic to peanut butter, however, Jack revealed after that it was just a spoonful of Almond butter and that he would never risk his friend's life like that.

Blankgameplays
Blankgameplays or Blank is the dark alter ego of Ethan who first appears in an episode of Reading Your Comments, where Blank answers a question stating life might be a nightmare. His next appearance is in Out of Time, where Blank appears behind Ethan followed by him telling us to buy the posters. Then, Blank appeared at the end of another reading of your comments video, At the end of the video Blank speaks in a distorted voice. Next, he appeared during the ending of Doki Doki Literature Club, where Ethan’s voice glitches followed by a jump scare. Next, he appeared in David Lynch teaches typing, where he tries to get the full game, instead, he loses his soul. Finally, he appears in April goofs. Not much else is known about Blank.

Mad Mike
Mad Mike is an unused character from A Date with Markiplier.