Alex Stedman News Editor, Variety.comKris Lamberson, better known as Faze Swagg, started out as many professional streamers do: playing “Call of Duty” with his friends, and eventually realizing he’s much better at the game than those friends, so he took his skills to the internet.After he injured himself playing sports during his sophomore year of college, he made a pitch to his mom: let him take a semester off to see if he could give this streaming thing a shot.
Flash forward a few years later, and it’s safe to say it’s worked out.Lamberson has managed to rack up an impressive 1.4 million followers on Twitch, regularly pulling in around 20,000 viewers for his “Call of Duty: Warzone” streams.
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