Who I Am: From the Air Force to Minecraft
I'm SSundee. Off camera my name is Ian Marcus Stapleton, and I make gaming videos on YouTube, mostly Minecraft. Here's the short version of how the channel got here.
When did the channel start?
November 27, 2009: that's the day I joined YouTube.
September 14, 2010: I uploaded "Minecraft Cave Adventure (1 of 3)", the first Minecraft video of mine that anyone knows of. Minecraft has been the heart of the channel ever since.
What did I do before YouTube?
I served in the U.S. Air Force. Before YouTube became my full-time job, I was an Airman.
What happened next?
One million subscribers in 2013. The channel passed its first million that year, in August.
Team Crafted. I was part of Team Crafted, the Minecraft group that made videos together back then.
SkyFactory. Together with Crainer, a YouTuber from Denmark, I made the SkyFactory series. Together we're known as "Crundee".
Troll Craft. Over the years Troll Craft became one of the best-loved series on the channel.
Is it only YouTube?
No. I'm on TikTok and Twitch too, and you'll find my YouTube, Instagram, X and Facebook at the bottom of every page here.
Games, too. In 2014 I co-founded DoubleJump Games, a studio in Victoria, British Columbia, with Masoud Nassaji. In 2018 DoubleJump took over TinyMob Games.
Where does the merch come in?
It's my skin. Every design here starts with the blocky character you know from the videos: brown hair, black sunglasses, a big grin and a black outfit with navy trim. You can read about it in the design behind the merch.
It comes on everything. Tees, long sleeves, crewnecks and hoodies, plus kids' tees, youth crewnecks and youth hoodies, so you can wear the skin at any size.