Today, we've sat down with another well known youtuber, and close friend of Jeff Favivignano, Zach Houseknecht. At the time of writing, he currently has 116,000 subscribers and is another one of the most known content creators for LSPDFR via Youtube.
So without further ado, let's begin!
For those unaware of you who are, can you tell us a bit about yourself?
Yes, I am YouTube content creator full time and I also work part-time for a company that outfits police, fire and EMS vehicles. I started my YouTube channel a little over three years ago as a hobby and have grown over time with LCPDFR, LSPDFR, and GTA V. I owe a lot of my early success to being a part of Code Zero Gaming,which I’ll touch on a little later.
Aside from Youtube, is there a certain career you’d like to get into one day like a LEO?
I'm really grateful to have the opportunity to even be a full-time YouTuber and that's really where my heart is. That being said, I think when we were young a lot of us aspired to be a police officer, firefighter, or EMT. However, I don’t think I’m suited for a lot of those positions. I have so much respect for each of those fields, but there’s a lot of mental and physical strain that I don’t think I could deal with.
Can you give a rough estimation of when you first joined the community?
2012 is about when I started playing LCPDFR in GTA IV in my free time. Early 2013 is when I started to upload content to my YouTube channel, with my earliest content being singleplayer LCPDFR.
Did you ever imagine you’d become one of the most well known youtubers for LSPDR content?
I never knew my channel would grow to the size it is today, let alone with such a community dedicated to watching my LSPDFR content. It’s great to have such an engaged audience, all while playing a game and modification that I love. More recently I’ve been using the “Chase Me” functionality of LSPDFR and reversing the roles, which people seem to really enjoy.
You are a part of Code Zero correct? How did you meet Bugs/Jeff/Polecat?
Yes, I joined Code Zero very shortly after I started uploading content on Youtube. I was a fan and watched all of their LCPDFR content and thought to myself, I would love to play with these guys. I had hit it off with them, and was playing multiplayer LCPDFR with the group only a month after starting my channel. I would like to believe my craziness/non-seriousness balanced the realism of the other members early on, and I believe it still does so today. Buggs and Jeff are very much so close friends, and have been since we started gaming with each other. It’s insane the amount of time all of us have spent talking to each other on Skype, which has connected all of us regardless of us being hundreds of miles apart from one another. Polecat was one of the more recent additions to Code Zero, and I believe his crazy personality meshes perfectly with the group. We like to call Code Zero Gaming, a group of friends that games together. And while our schedules and different time zones may make that difficult, we are all friends at the end of the day.
Do you have a favourite user modification?
I wouldn’t be able to narrow it down to just one. It’s basically anything Albo112 puts out. The amount of time and effort he puts into his modifications shows, and most of them I can’t get through a session without using. His callouts are also usually surprising and in-depth.
Anything you wish to say to the community?
I wouldn’t be here without all of you, every single one of you that watches and enjoys my content has made me into what I am today. As well as the modification community, and G17 Media which have created a great platform on which to play and entertain a massive audience!
Got anything you’re working on that you can maybe share with us?
More recently I’ve been working on Rockstar Editor content aside from regular gameplay videos. There’s a lot of content I create and sometimes never sees the light of day, maybe me being too critical of myself. However, I’m working on some long-form videos, and more edited content in GTA V. I also intend on covering more and more police vehicles in LSPDFR, stepping out of my comfort zone, and using foreign vehicles as well as more super cars - people tend to love the ridiculous nature of the latter.
That about rounds it up for this month's edition of Community Spotlight, Massive thank you to Zach himself for taking part and to @Carrythxd and LilQ for their awesome pictures!
Zach can be found on;
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZachHouseknecht
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bobbarker2020
Keep your eyes glued to your inbox, next month we'll be focusing on Mod Creators again!
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