Lizzie LDShadowLady - Youtubers, Family and Personal Life

From being a simple homebrew gamer who played Call of Duty 2, Gaia Online and Sims, Lizzie has grown to be a pro Minecraft gamer. She is the creator of Crazy Craft 3.0 mod for Minecraft and has a team of whimsical gamers who entertain their fans along with Lizzie. After she met her current boyfriend Joel Smallishbeans, she has made a lot of videos as a team and the series is named Shadowcraft. She then became friends with YouTubers like StacyPlays and Joey Graceffa, with whom she hosted the ‘Animal Challenge’ video. Recently she was nominated for the Gaming section of the Shorty Awards and also has appeared in the 2016 YouTube Rewind video.

Lizzie is known for her funny but educational videos about Minecraft and its mods. She is very creative and has created quite a few mini-games to play within the fantastical world of Minecraft. Her collaborated videos made with her ‘Pixel Pact’ team are fun to watch as they venture out new methods to outsmart each other in various games. Lizzie’s humble beginnings inspire people whose lives are similar to hers. One can see the heart touching comments on her video ‘Draw my life’, as she narrates while she draws her life story on a canvas. It is not being unique that makes her special, it is the fact that she had a life just like the most of us and yet she made it to the point that there are over 2 million people waiting to see her play the humble game of Minecraft.

Lizzie was born to a Doctor and a Nurse and has a sister called Maddie, who is just one year younger than her. As her mother turned out to be an alcoholic, she wanted to ‘escape reality’ so she started playing and streaming games. She has worked for Toys R Us, before she joined college. Lizzie attended the Gamefest expo where she met Joel Smallishbeans, another YouTuber/Minecrafter who shared the same interests as her. She then started off in learning Computer animation and Visualization at Liverpool University, although she didn’t really like what she studied. A year after college, Lizzie went to live with her Aunt and Uncle in Alexandria, Virginia, where she was told about World of Warcraft. This was the time when she reached a million subscribers on her YouTube channel. During this time, Lizzie and Joel had frequent Skype talks and she was attracted to him. She spoke to Joel about the same and the idea was first rejected by him. Later, the same year after Joel had a break up with her existing girlfriend, started dating Lizzie. Now they’re in a relationship for over 3 years.