Chance Morris is an American vlogger, online gamer and social media personality known by the nickname “Sodapoppin”. He is popular among top vloggers on the live video streaming platform Twitch.tv. With over 1.8 million followers and over 200 million cumulative views, Sodapoppin is one of the most followed on Twitch.
Thanks to a massive following from his Twitch followers, Sodapoppin was able to reach the top rank as a professional. World of Warcraft player. He also enjoys a huge following on his YouTube channel, with over 250,000,000 views. In fact, Sodapoppin is a complete social media mogul.
Sodapoppin (Chance Morris) Biography,
Thomas Jefferson Chance Morris was born on February 15, 1994, in Austin, Texas. He comes from a fairly large family with a total of seven older siblings. One of his brothers, Dkane Morris and Dustin Morris, is an aspiring hip-hop artist.
Chance Morris was an excellent scholar during his high school days. After graduating, he enrolled at the University of Texas, however, he left school before he could complete his degree. It has been repeatedly suggested that he dropped out of school to become a full-time player. He even moved to Michigan in order to strengthen his career as a professional player.
As a youngster, Chance Morris had a great fondness for Xbox games. His first attempt at an online gambling career dates back to 2009 on the Xfire website. He moved to the video streaming platform Twitch in November 2011. Initially, he was a World of Warcraft player, however, with his growing number of followers, he made sure his video content became more diverse. .
Currently, his vlogs feature a new game practically every day. He also incorporates comedy videos into his content, including prank and dare videos as well as gambling videos. His channel’s popularity has earned him major collaborations with many online personalities including the star from Twitch/YouTube, Sky Williams.
In October 2017, Sodapoppin recorded one of his career highlights as an online professional gamer when he was knocked out by top player Dr. DisRespect from the H1Z1 Invitational tournament. The win was a big achievement for Sodapoppin, even though he didn’t make the top 10 in the tournament.
In addition to his role as an online gamer, Sodapoppin is also involved in the business side of the game. He was one of the co-owners of Northern Gaming esports company, established in May 2016. The company was acquired by NRG Esports in August 2017, Sodapoppin retaining partial ownership.
Building on its popularity online, Sodapoppin launched an online store “Teepublic” where it sells a variety of products ranging from t-shirts for kids and teens to several other branded items.
Why was he banned?
Even the most famous of Twitch streamers are not above the rules and laws guiding the use of the digital streaming platform. Chance Morris, Sodapoppin has found himself on the wrong side of Twitch’s rules on multiple occasions.
He was banned for offenses ranging from sexually harassing a Twitch staff member to streaming obscene videos and participating in illegal transactions. He attributed many offenses to the activities of hackers. Sodapoppin attained yet another ban from Twitch in April 2018, however, the exact reason for the ban has not been revealed.
Sodapoppin’s Girlfriend
Sodapoppin is known to be in a relationship with popular Twitch stream mate: Legendary Lea aka Lea May Currier. Although there has been no known official start to their romance, the two popular vloggers have been known to be an item for a number of years.
Their relationship has been ad hoc with an equal amount of breakups and make-ups. However, the duo seem to be made for each other, as they always end up together no matter how long they stay apart.
His net worth
Sodapoppin is a high profile gamer and social media personality. Thanks to his impressive stats, he is among the top 20 video streamers on Twitch, both in terms of number of follows and number of cumulative views.
We also cannot overlook the fact that Sodapoppin is a co-owner of NRG Esports, a California-based esports organization. All of these and several other lucrative deals bring the online media mogul’s net worth to an estimated $1 million.
