Emiliano "Emile" Rodolfo Rosales-Birou (born April 8, 1990), known as Emile Rosales[1] and best known as Chuggaaconroy, is an American internet personality, YouTuber and prominent Let's Player.[1][2][3] He is a founding member of TheRunawayGuys collaborative Let's Play YouTube channel, along with fellow Let's Players ProtonJon and NintendoCapriSun.

Personal life [ edit ]

Rosales-Birou is a native of Phoenix, Arizona. In 2012, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia. He has also mentioned that he lived in Florida at some time. In adolescence, Rosales-Birou developed a fear of roller coasters after the Disney Thunder Mountain derailing, claiming to have been next in line for the ride.[4] He has mentioned in videos that he struggled with family and financial issues during his childhood, and that he also struggled with autism.[5] For a short period of time, he believed he was misdiagnosed.[6] However, he later backed down from that statement, having no evidence to disprove it.[7] He has spoken many times of not having a healthy relationship with his father, citing drug use, alcoholism, and neglectfulness.[8] Rosales-Birou was initially inspired to make Let's Plays by entertainers such as Ninja Gaiden and Jonathan "ProtonJon" Wheeler.[1] He would later go on with ProtonJon to found the collaborative Let's Play channel TheRunawayGuys (mainly consisting of him, Wheeler, and Timothy 'NintendoCapriSun' Bishop; among the guests to have participated in collaborations are MasaeAnela and Jon's wife Reese 'Lucahjin' Wheeler (nee Dressler)).[9] Rosales has been friends with fellow content creator Stephen Georg, who also serves as his graphic designer, since he was 14 years old.[10] In the midst of Hurricane Florence in September 2018, Rosales invited Georg and family to stay with him as they rode out the storm.[11]

YouTube career [ edit ]

Rosales-Birou joined YouTube, just a year after the site was founded, on July 26, 2006 at the age of 16 as "Chuggaaconroy",[12] a name he has used as a online pseudonym since he was a child.[3] On March 26, 2008, he began posting his Let's Play of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System RPG EarthBound. He has since produced 37 solo Let's Plays, and his content has been cited as a family-friendly alternative to more vulgar Let's Players, as well as being cited as one of the most influential.[13] In an interview with Wired, it was claimed that whenever he would curse he would receive "concerned letters from the parents of younger viewers."[1] Early in his video-making career, Rosales notoriously neglected revealing his face (with the exception of update vlogs early in his channel's history that were removed) until TheSpeedGamers' 2010 charity stream, where he removed the silver mask he wore as a donation-incentive, though his face is seen rather regularly on both his channel as well as TheRunawayGuys, presently.[14] In July 2010, Rosales-Birou's account was suspended under false copyright claims, though was restored in late August.[15]

In 2014, it was reported that Rosales-Birou earned a salary of approximately USD$62,000 from his YouTube channel, according to SocialBlade.[16][17]

Currently, all of Rosales-Birou's main Let's Plays have been played on a Nintendo console, with Okami and Sonic Colors being the only non-Nintendo games Rosales-Birou has Let's Played in his channel. In 2014, Rosales-Birou underwent medical treatment for a bronchial infection, forcing him to take 4 months off and made Xenoblade Chronicles the largest Let's Play ever in his channel, lasting from June 2014 until June of 2015. His inaugural Let's Play of EarthBound is so far the first and only game Rosales-Birou has Let's Played twice (once in 2008, the second in 2018) to possibly coincide with the 10th anniversary of making Let's Plays on his channel.

Videography [ edit ]

Solo projects [ edit ]

TheRunawayGuys collaborative projects [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]

^ Mother was only officially released in Aswas only officially released in Japan prior to 2015, Rosales-Birou utilized an emulator to play the then-unreleased official English localization. ^ Additional episode posted March 30, 2011 ^ Mother 3 was only officially released in Aswas only officially released in Japan , Rosales-Birou utilized an emulator to play a fan translated version. ^ Super Luigi Galaxy due to his playing as Calleddue to his playing as Luigi ^ In addition to two navigational videos ^ Welcome Amiibo" update Revival series in 2017 focused on "" update ^ Series went on official hiatus due to Rosales-Birou dealing with a bronchial infection ^ Redo of the previous EarthBound Let's Play ^ Classified as a "Side Collab"