Boogie2988

About

Boogie2988 is a YouTuber known for his portrayal of the character Francis, an immature adult who is prone to delivering rage-induced rants.

History

On April 5th, 2006, the Boogie2988 YouTube channel was created. The first video uploaded to the channel featured footage of a Dungeons and Dragons tabletop RPG game (shown below).

On July 14th, 2009, Boogie2988 uploaded his first video performing the character Francis, who rants about 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons (shown below, left). Boogie2988 continued to upload videos featuring the Francis character. On February 4th, 2010, a video titled “Francis Gets His Warcraft Account Hacked” was uploaded. The video was featured by YouTuber RayWilliamJohnson^[1] on February 15th, and subsequently gained over 3.8 million views and 28,000 comments in five years.

On January 10th, 2012, Boogie2988 uploaded a video in which Francis has a mental breakdown when he cannot find his Mountain Dew soft drink (shown below, left). In the first three years, the video garnered upwards 6.8 million views and 29,000 comments. On April 10th, 2013, Boogie1988 uploaded a draw my life video, describing his upbringing in southwest Virginia (shown below, right).

On August 24th, 2014, Boogie2988 uploaded a vlog commenting on the Zoe Quinn online controversy regarding her relationships with a gaming journalist (shown below).

Social Media Feeds

On August 3rd, 2010, the Boogie2988 Facebook^[2] page was launched, which accumulated more than 189,000 likes in the first four years. On February 13th, 2013, the /r/boogie2988^[5] subreddit was launched for discussions about the YouTube channel. As of September 2014, Boogie2988 has over 129,000 followers on Twitter and 13,000 followers on Vine.

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