Once heralded as the gold standard of authenticity,Ice Poseidon is a live streamer and YouTuber who hates the whitewashed, feel-good version of life portrayed on social media. For streaming fans, the fact that people can now broadcast live video from anywhere and connect directly with their viewers is just as exciting as the invention of television.
With streams that have been described as a true reality show for edgelords online and also compared to Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Ice Poseidon is one of those online influencers who sees himself as a real-world ambassador for the culture of online trolling. Here are some facts about the live streamer who is generally known for taking part in various in-game stings and hanging out on Hollywood Boulevard in search of content.
Who is Ice Poseidon? – Early life, age, real name
Ice Poseidon was born to Paul Denino on September 29, 1994, to Enza, a mental health administrator, and Michael Denino, a plasma technician. He grew up in Martin County, Florida, a rural area near Palm Beach. Denino was a very shy child and in a desperate bid to make friends and attract attention, he acted out and changed schools frequently. At one point he also spent time at a forest camp for troubled boys and was later diagnosed with behavioral problems.
Denino describes himself as a “crazy” kid who grows up. His online nickname dates back to his early years. At the age of twelve, a neighbor introduced him to RuneScape, an online fantasy role-playing game in which his character Ice Poseidon was created by a random name generator. Denino focused his social life on RunScape, largely because he could do things to garner attention without suffering the real-world consequences. On the platform, Denino met his first real friend, Gray Shaw, who lived in California and later became his roommate when Denino moved to LA. Denino likes to think of himself as a rebel, fighting against a world full of people trying to tell you what to say or how to behave.
Digital breakthrough
After high school, Denino originally planned to go on to college and major in finance, but after graduating as an associate he took a job as a line cook. Denino’s life was mostly awkward and introverted. Being a gamer for most of his life, he always came home from work and played RuneScape. According to him, streaming has helped his confidence, especially after gaining popularity through his unique acts.
His first big break on the internet came in 2013 when he uploaded videos of a prank he called YouTube “close doors”. Surprisingly, the videos caused a stir and spawned Denino’s broadcasts on Twitch. Before long, Denino was earning about $8,000 a month in viewer donations. Twitch noticed Denino and he became a partner on the site. In his third month of streaming on the platform, Denino has already had thousands of viewers watching his streams simultaneously. As a result, he decided to pursue a career in live streaming after losing his job at the restaurant.Twitch Ban
Although live streaming began in 1996, the launch of video game streaming platform Twitch saw the birth of professional live streaming in 2011. The platform offered a number of ways to monetize a live stream and attracted a large audience of young gamers who have the potential to earn millions of dollars annually.
As a top Twitch streamer, Denino moved away from gaming and turned his life into a self-produced reality show. In no less than two years, fans watched Ice Poseidon go from a gamer who lived at his parents’ house and worked as a line chef at an Italian restaurant to a geek rock star. Many loved his channel because he created a community around his stream.
But in April 2017, Denino joined the list of other popular streamers who became victims of online swatting after a viewer made a bomb threat on a plane he was flying on. Ice Poseidon was at the airport leaving the details of his location and the plane he boarded open to any viewer. As Ice Poseidon and a friend boarded the plane, a bystander punched them and the two were subsequently removed.
This resulted in Ice Poseidon’s channel being banned from the streaming service. Due to the policy of leaking a streamer’s location, Twitch believes Ice Poseidon is violating the company’s Terms of Service and should have taken better care to protect its location to avoid such a situation.
While popular streamers and content creators are, Ice Poseidon’s case became one of the first instances where an actual act banned the person from their streaming service. Additionally, there has been a debate between fans and other streamers as many feel the Twitch ban is unfair.
After his indefinite ban became popular Twitch, the streamer then decided to switch to his self-titled YouTube channel, where he is currently a real-life broadcaster. Despite the setback, he’s managed to exceed expectations at the new platform he’s turned into an unlikely digital theater. Denino has been accused of misogynist and racist posts and stunts at various times, yet he continues to garner a large following on his YouTube channel with over five hundred thousand subscribers on the platform due to his boisterous personality, spontaneity and the madness of his streams.
Wealth (income and earnings)
Ice Poseidon’s status as a successful streamer has been established given the number of loyal and adored fans he has garnered across various online platforms. He has done a great job of building a close-knit community and makes a modest fortune from his career as an online gamer and social media influencer. Denino also makes money from fan donations and his current net worth is estimated at $100,000.
girlfriend
Denino’s love life and dating history has been quite controversial as there are unconfirmed allegations that he even dated some of his fans’ girlfriends. Even more controversial was his recent relationship with a young platinum blonde woman named Caroline Burt. Apparently, many Deninos fans despise Caroline, a former Dash Dolls reality star, and have accused her of being responsible for the quality drop in his streams. She has been described as the “leech” who takes him off the power and uses him to further her own career.
To please his fans, Denino made a big fuss about ending the relationship and they actually believed that he did. But it was later discovered that he allegedly faked their breakup and was secretly seeing Caroline. Despite this, Denino is getting more and more enthusiastic about fans with his endless cycle of drama.
