Like most of us, it’s hard for her to pinpoint any particular moment in time where she was able to affirm her identity. There were many hurdles to come, however, from within and without.ĮmZ is bisexual. Although she no longer has that particular channel, it was this moment that began her journey into the public sphere, a journey that has played a part in crafting her personality, confidence, and skill. The year was 2010, and this would be EmZ’s first YouTube channel. “So I bought my first capture card, an easycap, and I started recording in black and white,” she continues, with a laugh. “I thought ‘I want to do that,’” says EmZ. It wasn’t enough to just be an observer, though. She would regularly head over to YouTube to watch montages of trickshots on Modern Warfare 2, the convergence of style, flair, and talent piquing her interest. It became quickly apparent that she was naturally talented, racking up kill counts and victories across multiple titles. And so arrived the Xbox 360 to EmZ’s life. It was a burgeoning passion that her mother recognized right away. A new world had been unlocked for EmZ, or rather hundreds of them, and when the Xbox 360 came around in 2005, she knew she had to be a part of it for good.
She would leave her uncle’s house but her mind would return to boarding Covenant ships, commandeering Warthogs, and, most of all, sniping Jackals and Grunts on the Truth and Reconciliation level. It was simply that she didn’t have enough access. He encouraged gaming as a hobby, as it was for him. It wasn’t that her uncle, David, made it difficult, quite the opposite actually. EmZ had just one issue: it was her uncle’s console. An invitation to have friends over and a chance at bragging rights. The signature franchise of Microsoft’s Xbox console, Halo served as the gateway game for EmZ, not only an introduction to first-person shooters, but an introduction to the potential games had. Her first exposure to gaming is a tale many of us share, something of a rite of passage for gamers of the late 90s and early 00s: Halo.
It is an outcome she made inevitable.ĮmZ was born in London and has spent the majority of her life there. It is an outcome she once thought impossible. EmZ has just eclipsed 500 subscribers on Twitch and her fans have decided to ring it in by breaking an egg on her head. It is fantastic and lovely and wicked, because it is a celebration. The fact of the matter is she’s right about all of it. In a moment, she is gone, stepping away to get cleaned up. “Thanks! Lovely! Wicked!” she proclaims as the yolk runs down her back. “You could have done anything else, anything, but you decided to have me do this.” In a motion so fast it seems to have even caught her by surprise, EmZ swings her arm up and smashes a raw egg on top of her head. “This is gonna be fantastic,” she says sarcastically. Draped in a nautical-themed blanket, she pulls over a stool and sighs deeply.
It's The Best Thing That You Can Do-EMZ Spotlight | Cloud9Įmma EmZ Rankin begrudgingly rolls her Secretlab gaming chair away from her desk so as to not get any egg on it.
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