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Loserfruit | ||||||||||
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 Loserfruit in 2021 | ||||||||||
| Born | Kathleen Veronica Belsten 1992 or 1993 | |||||||||
| Other names | Lufu | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2013–present | |||||||||
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| Genre | Gaming | |||||||||
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| Followers | 2.9 million[1] | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 5 million[2][3] | |||||||||
| Views | 937 million[3] | |||||||||
| Associated acts | LazarBeam | |||||||||
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Last updated: 3 July 2023 | ||||||||||
Kathleen Belsten (born 1992 or 1993[5]), better known by her online aliases Loserfruit, Fruity, and Lufu, is an Australian Twitch live streamer, YouTuber, professional gamer, and internet personality.[6] She has had the second-most followed channel on Twitch among female gamers, behind Pokimane.[7] She posts Let's Play gaming videos on her main YouTube channel Loserfruit, vlogs on her second channel Lufu, and additional gaming videos on her third channel Loserfruit Daily. Her main YouTube channel has 4.27 million subscribers while her vlog channel Lufu has over 800 thousand subscribers.
Early life
[edit]Belsten is from Melbourne. At school, she hid her hobby of playing video games.[5]
Career
[edit]Belsten started her YouTube channel "Loserfruit" in 2013, and initially started posting League of Legends videos.[5] During the start of her YouTube career, she started making satirical videos on League of Legends, often with a comedic aspect. She then moved to Overwatch before moving to more Fortnite-based content in the end of 2017.
Belsten specializes in the Fortnite Battle Royale game and its variants, and was the second streamer to receive their own Fortnite outfit as part of the Fortnite Icon Series, after Ninja.[8] She was one of the leading streamers to compete in the inaugural Fortnite Summer Smash tournament to be hosted at the Australian Open in 2019, and attended the second edition in 2020 as well.[9][10][11] Belsten is sponsored by the elf cosmetics brand and the Gymshark fitness apparel brand.[7]
Belsten was a member of Click, a since-disbanded group of Australian YouTubers who collaborated on videos that also included LazarBeam, Muselk, Crayator, Bazza Gazza, and Tannar. She led a 36 hour-long charity stream in January 2020 with Crayator and Fasffy that raised just over A$318,000 for the Australian bushfire relief effort, in which many other members and friends of Click also participated.[12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About Loserfruit". YouTube.
- ^ "1 Million Sub Reaction *emotional*". YouTube. 20 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ a b c Scott, Mackenzie (9 December 2023). "How Kathleen Belsten dismantled the boys club mentality of online gaming". The Australian. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023.
- ^ Schipp, Debbie. "Dark side of world's best job: 'I've had friends stalked at events'". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ a b "e.l.f. Cosmetics Teams Up with Loserfruit, One of the Biggest Female Gamers, to Connect with a New Generation of Fans". Yahoo Finance. 23 November 2020. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ Ocal, Arda (24 June 2020). "Battle Royale with Arda Ocal: Ninja and the Streamer Wars". ESPN. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Fortnite to land at Australian Open 2019". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Fortnite Summer Smash returns to Australian Open". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ Cook, Mike. "Fortnite Summer Smash tournament takes over the Australian Open". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ Martinello, Eva (6 January 2020). "Australian streamer crew raises over $220,000 to aid wildfire victims". Dot Esports. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Gallaway, Lauren (13 January 2020). "Twitch Streamers Raise Over $200K for Australian Fire Relief". IGN. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.