Carl 'SoaR Carl' Riemer
Carl 'SoaR Carl' Riemer
Streamer BLASTS P*stol and Loses EVERYTHING (Carl Riemer)
Carl 'SoaR Carl' Riemer (born July 8, 1997) is popularly known as a YouTube star. He was formerly a director of the enormously popular Call of Duty gaming group FaZe Clan and was known as FaZe Carl. [11]
On August 20th, 2017, he announced that he was leaving FaZe Clan to join another gaming group called Red Reserve, where he became known as Red Carl.[11]
Early Life
Carl was born on July 8, 1997 in Broomfield, Colorado.
Career
He created his YouTube channel under the name RexxisBack in September 2012.
He joined the Clan on November 19, 2013 and earned his first 100,000 subscribers almost a year after joining the FaZe Clan.[12]
He gained huge fame from his Call of Duty related videos, which he posts regularly on his channel. [12]
He has more than 4.5 millions subscribers on his ‘FaZeClan’ channel and more than 20 thousand followers on Vine.[12]
Controversy
The bullet tore through a nearby metal cup and ricocheted, destroying a computer monitor
"I was clearly intoxicated, but the fact of the matter is... guns are not a toy.
They are not to be messed with,"
In the live footage, he can be seen playing Call of Duty, before pausing to pretend to threaten someone with his handgun.
He appeared to empty the chamber, but a bullet remained.[13]
No one was harmed in the incident but the bullet tore through a metal cup, ricocheted and destroyed a computer monitor.
Shortly afterwards, Reimer's channel on Twitch was suspended.
His gaming team, SoaR, also tweeted that it had dropped him.
In the apology video posted to YouTube, he said he deserved the backlash.
"It's a mistake, but it's a mistake that could have cost somebody their life," he said.
"I'm so broken about this."
He said he had bought the gun for personal protection - and should not have been handling it for entertainment purposes.
"I made my biggest mistake of my entire life last night, and it could ruin my life.
I could have hurt somebody, I could have hurt myself, I could have hurt one of my animals - and that's unforgivable.
I'm not in SoaR anymore, and that is rightfully so.
I hope you guys know I have no hatred toward them or anything like that... they did what they needed to do because I'm an idiot."
His fans on his YouTube channel praised Reimer for taking responsibility for his actions.
Twitch's community guidelines say that brandishing lethal weapons is a "zero tolerance" violation, though the guidelines centre on violent or threatening behaviour.
A suspension or ban can be devastating for a streamer's career, in a market where regular streaming is key to retaining a loyal fan-base of subscribers.
One of the world's most popular streamers, Ninja, said he lost 40,000 Twitch subscribers when he took a two-day break in 2018.[13]