Karl Thomas Jacobs (born July 19, 1998), formerly known as GamerBoyKarl, is an American Twitch streamer and YouTuber. He rose to prominence as a member of MrBeast's on-screen cast. He would later develop his own videos, primarily Minecraft content. Jacobs is the creator of the anthology series Tales from the SMP set in the Dream SMP, which will be adapted into a series of comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. He is also a co-host of the Banter podcast with fellow YouTubers Sapnap and GeorgeNotFound.
Early life[]
Karl Thomas Jacobs was born on July 19, 1998 in North Carolina, United States.
Career[]
Jacobs began streaming on Twitch in 2017, playing Roblox under the name GamerBoyKarl. In 2019, he was hired as a video editor for YouTuber MrBro. Jacobs then became a cameraman for MrBro's brother, YouTuber MrBeast,[when?] before transitioning into a member of MrBeast's on-screen cast.[when?] During a video for MrBeast Gaming, Jacobs met Minecraft YouTuber Dream, and was later invited to join his server, the Dream SMP.
Jacobs created[when?] the online anthology series Tales from the SMP, which explores the story of characters in the Dream SMP by following Jacobs' time-travelling character to various times and locations throughout the server. The series has featured internet personalities such as Lil Nas X, Dream, and Corpse Husband. The season two pilot, titled "The Maze," premiered on February 11, 2022. In August 2022, Jacobs announced that stories from his series Tales from the SMP would be adapted as a series of comic books titled Time Traveler Tales for Dark Horse Comics. The comic books will be written by Dave Scheidt and illustrated by Kelly and Nichole Matthews.
In September 2021, Jacobs started a podcast with fellow Minecraft YouTuber Sapnap titled Banter. Following the release of the first episode, which featured MrBeast, Banter briefly overtook The Joe Rogan Experience as the number one podcast on Spotify. On August 6, 2022, GeorgeNotFound publicly debuted as the third host on the podcast.
In March 2022, Jacobs was announced to be the creative ambassador for shoe retailer Journeys. On November 9, the game Once Upon a Jester was launched on Steam, with Jacobs voicing several characters. On November 14, 2022, Jacobs released his first animated short titled Beside Myself. The short featured Jacobs as writer and producer, Elenor Kopka as animator and director, and Richie Woods as music composer.
Awards and nominations[]
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11th Streamy Awards | Breakout Creator | Nominated | |
| 2022 | The Game Awards 2022 | Content Creator of the Year | Nominated |
History[]
MrBeast[]
- See also: Karl Jacobs on the MrBeast Wiki
Karl originally worked for MrBeast's older brother (known as CjTheseDays (then known as MrBro), and was featured as a contestant in CjTheseDays' "Last To Leave Halloween Candy Wins $10,000" video. He later appeared as a camera man in the background of some of MrBeast's videos. After Jake The Viking left the MrBeast crew in 2020, Karl became an on-screen member. Since then he has participated in many different challenges, often being mocked for his tendency to come in second place. Karl is still a part of MrBeast and has been featured in recent videos. He seems to be closest with Chris and Chandler, often being seen hugging the two and also kissing their cheeks on occasion.
DreamSMP[]
- See also: Karl Jacobs on the Dream Team Wiki
Karl first joined the Dream SMP on August 26, 2020. The server helped him to increase his popularity and amass a large following, and he is very well liked among the fans.
During the Manburg v. Pogtopia war, Karl is seen switching sides often between Manberg and DreamSMP. After the war that blew up Manberg, Karl seems to join El Rapids (previously known as Mexican L'manberg) which was founded by Quackity, Sapnap (Co-founder), and GeorgeNotFound (member). He is also known to be friends with Nihachu on the server, and seemingly has a rivalry with Ranboo.
Karl's character has an interesting role in the lore. With his series Tales from the SMP, Karl is seen to be a time traveler trying to correct the past. There have been many different stories in this series showing different time periods, all contributing to the canon lore. He would stream the raw material onto twitch and then edit each episode into Youtube videos. The series is being adapted into a series of comic books titled Time Traveler Tales for Dark Horse Comics.
MC Championship[]
MC Championship is a Minecraft tournament for YouTubers and streamers run by the Noxcrew, in which ten teams of four compete in a series of eight minigames decided by the participants. A point multiplier makes each game worth more as each round passes, incentivizing teams to vote for games they might be bad at early on in the event. In the end, the two teams with the most points face off in a round of "Dodgebolt" to decide the winner of the tournament. This makes it possible for a team to win despite potentially having fewer points than the runner-up.
Karl joined on MCC11 and has participated in 4 MCCs.
- MC Championship 1-10: Did not participate.
- MC Championship 11: Fuchsia Frankensteins.
- Teamed with Dream, GeorgeNotFound, Sapnap.
- Placed 34th individually and his team initially placed 2nd overall. However, they won Dodgebolt, thus crowning them the winners for MCC11.
- Teamed with Dream, GeorgeNotFound, Sapnap.
- MC Championship 12: Did not participate.
- MC Championship 13: Mint Mistletoes.
- Teamed with Fruitberries, GeorgeNotFound, Ludwig.
- Placed 32nd individually and his team placed 8th overall.
- Teamed with Fruitberries, GeorgeNotFound, Ludwig.
- MC Championship 14-16: Did not participate.
- MC Championship 17: Cyan Coyotes.
- Teamed with Ponk, Dream, TommyInnit.
- Placed 26th individually and his team placed 7th overall.
- Teamed with Ponk, Dream, TommyInnit.
- MC Championship 18-22: Did not participate.
- MC Championship Pride 2022 (non-canon event): Red Rabbits.
- Teamed with Dream, GeorgeNotFound, Foolish Gamers.
- Placed 20th individual and team placed 1st in the main event.
- Teamed with Dream, GeorgeNotFound, Foolish Gamers.
Guests[]
- GeorgeNotFound
- Sapnap
- Nolan Hansen
- PurpledMC
- Wallibear
- Piso
- LazarBeam
Trivia[]
- He used to play Roblox before becoming a Minecraft player.
- Karl has been a part of the AustinShow's Love Or Host.
- During Quackity's Love or Host, Karl is in the call teasing him and asking Alex to choose him instead of Minx.
- Karl enjoys watching the show Survivor, the franchise High School Musical, and various cartoon shows such as Code Name: Kids Next Door.
- On a Joe Gatto podcast, Karl stated he is of Canadian ancestry and claims his parents are of Quebecois descent.
- He also stated his father was born in Vancouver.
- After many frequent visits to Bath and Body Works, Karl has encountered and 'simped' for a girl the fandom (and Karl) only knows as Candle Girl.
- Karl has stated in a tweet on his alt that he is "scared of dogs and loves cats with his whole heart".
- Quackity and Karl had a surprise meetup in early December of 2020 that had only lasted about two days, which the fans had gotten one stream out of.
- They then met up once again with AustinShow in early March of 2021.
- Sapnap and Karl met up and they stayed together for around a week. They streamed almost every day while they were together. Despite being in quarantine, Karl clearly stated they were completely safe and Sapnap was only there for work.
- While in an Airbnb with the MrBeast crew, Karl was seen outside with a gaming setup and street lamp to stream Minecraft and Five Nights at Freddy's.
- Karl won MCC 11 while having 1329 coins, which makes him the MCC champion to have the least number of coins.
- His Hogwarts house is Hufflepuff.
- Karl is a fan of South Korean girl group TWICE.
- Karl used to be a host on a channel called Cartoon Overload where he discusses cartoons with guests in a podcast format.
- Karl owns a MrBeast group on the gaming site Roblox.
- Karl stated he is on the asexual spectrum, but not fully asexual.
- He is 5'11" (181 centimeters) tall.
- Karl has red-green colorblindness.
- Karl wears nail polish in a few videos.
- Karl once hastily wrote an article for the popular news gaming site, Gamerbolt, talking about why people hated the Death Note movie too much so he could get a media badge to a gaming convention. The article is still available and you can still read it, though his account bio is very outdated.
Quotes[]
- "ZERO PEOPLE LISTEN TO KARL! (after losing a round of Among Us, despite knowing the impostor's identity)
- "What the honk?"
- "No CHANCE!"
- "It's Nimrod November, Gogy."
- "That just doesn't sound like something I'd do."
- "Meow..!" (before leaving a call)
- "Honk me daddy... shouldn't have said that out loud."
- "Shut your mom! Shut your entire mom! Your entire mom is shut! Oh my God your dog water. Your wieners built like a TicTac. Oh my God."
- "Mom my friends are bullying me."
- "Cowabunga gamers!"
Subscriber milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 100,000 subscribers: December 4, 2020
- 200,000 subscribers: December 11, 2020
- 300,000 subscribers: December 14, 2020
- 400,000 subscribers: December 16, 2020
- 500,000 subscribers: December 18, 2020
- 600,000 subscribers: December 21, 2020
- 700,000 subscribers: December 27, 2020
- 800,000 subscribers: January 1, 2021
- 900,000 subscribers: January 9, 2021
- 1 million subscribers: January 23, 2021
- 2 million subscribers: May 8, 2021
- 3 million subscribers: October 1, 2021
- 4 million subscribers: April 23, 2023
Gallery[]
Karl wearing a mask
Karl and Quackity meet up
Karl and Quackity at the store
LOVE OR HOST FT. KARL JACOBS
Karl's Love or Host
Karl with MatPat of The Game Theorists
Karl taking a selfie with his cat Gray
Karl and Sapnap dyeing eggs together
References[]
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbotJIZkd3M
- ↑ https://mrbeast.fandom.com/wiki/Karl_Jacobs
- ↑ Jump up to:3.0 3.1 3.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOFA0Jw1pRw
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BDhcNkbG2t2
- ↑ https://twitter.com/KarlJacobs_/status/1334288018144976898?s=20
- ↑ https://twitter.com/honkkarl/status/1323724748845703169
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210406212614/https://twitter.com/honkkarl/status/1343079931048296448
- ↑ File:THEHONKBOY tweet.jpg
- ↑ https://mcchampionship.fandom.com/wiki/KarlJacobs
- ↑ https://twitter.com/KarlJacobs_/status/1315904385449439232