Maximilian Miles Christiansen (born September 23, 1983), also known by his nickname Maximilian Dood, is an American YouTuber and Twitch streamer. He is a well-known person in the fighting game community. Christiansen creates video content about several fighting games, including Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom, and Killer Instinct 2013. He also helps organize fighting game tournaments and works to bring back older fighting game series.
Early and personal life
Maximilian Miles Christiansen was born on September 23, 1983, to Diane Christiansen, an acting coach from Illinois. He grew up in Los Angeles, California. Christiansen has Dutch ancestors from his father's family. Before becoming a YouTuber, he worked as an animator and illustrator. Christiansen is married. His wife, Jessica, had a daughter named Ripley in 2020. The name Ripley honors a character played by Sigourney Weaver in the movie Alien. His younger sister, Tess Lauren Christiansen, was born in 1989. She is an actress who appeared in the horror movie Most Likely to Die. In October 2021, Christiansen's financial details shared on Twitch were exposed during a large data leak.
Internet career
Christianensen started his YouTube channel, Maximilian Dood, in 2007. After losing his job as an online video game producer in 2011, he began making videos full-time. His videos mainly focus on fighting games, such as Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, and Soulcalibur. In 2024, he moved his streaming to Twitch full-time, while keeping replays on YouTube. His first video was in 2013, where he played against Justin Wong in the original season of Killer Instinct. As of 2024, his YouTube channel has over 1.7 million subscribers, and his Twitch channel has over 1.3 million followers. He also has a second channel, "YoVideogames," where he plays multiplayer games with friends Matthew "Matt" Simmons, Kenny O'Brien, and Steve "Steeb" Springer.
Christianensen’s videos mix educational guides with videos where he reacts to playing games. He created a web series called Assist Me! for Capcom’s Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 game, explaining the game’s rules, characters, and strategies with funny skits. In his Mortal Kombat videos, he showed how to perform special moves called fatalities and included humorous introductions for hidden characters. Some of these videos were restricted for younger viewers and had their ads removed in 2019 after the release of Mortal Kombat 11. In 2017, his video about Injustice 2 discussed improvements to character designs, including flaws in characters like Supergirl and Wonder Woman. He also made videos about other games, such as Bayonetta 2, which featured a hidden reference to the Star Fox series. He has created many videos about Final Fantasy VII and its related games.
After Machinima closed in 2019, Christianensen was removed from the network because his videos used music that caused legal issues. As a well-known member of the fighting game community, he organizes online tournaments and works to bring back older fighting games. In 2021, he started a campaign to re-release Marvel vs. Capcom 2, which had been removed from stores due to licensing problems. His campaign made the hashtag #FREEMVC2 popular on Twitter, and the game was eventually released in 2024. In 2019, he also started a campaign to revive the Killer Instinct series, which also trended on social media.
In 2021, Christianensen hosted a Killer Instinct tournament on Twitch, which had over 41,000 viewers. He had previously worked with the game’s developer, Iron Galaxy, to create promotional material for the game’s reboot. He also hosted a Mortal Kombat X Lives tournament, but it was paused after some players’ personal information was leaked during the stream. Christianensen and Twitch Rivals said they would hold the event again later. He also directed a mod for Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite called Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite & Beyond, which added new features and a cel-shaded art style to improve the game’s graphics.
Other works
In 2014, Christiansen was on two episodes of Did You Know Gaming? He talked about fun facts about Street Fighter and Killer Instinct. In 2022, Christiansen was a helping character in the action game Jitsu Squad. In July 2023, a special item partnership between Christiansen and the game Naraka: Bladepoint came out.
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Maximilian Miles Christiansen (born September 23, 1983), also known by his nickname Maximilian Dood, is an American YouTuber and Twitch streamer. He is a well-known person in the fighting game community. Christiansen creates video content about several fighting games, including Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom, and Killer Instinct 2013. He also helps organize fighting game tournaments and works to bring back older fighting game series.
Early and personal life
Maximilian Miles Christiansen was born on September 23, 1983, to Diane Christiansen, an acting coach from Illinois. He grew up in Los Angeles, California. Christiansen has Dutch ancestors from his father's family. Before becoming a YouTuber, he worked as an animator and illustrator. Christiansen is married. His wife, Jessica, had a daughter named Ripley in 2020. The name Ripley honors a character played by Sigourney Weaver in the movie Alien. His younger sister, Tess Lauren Christiansen, was born in 1989. She is an actress who appeared in the horror movie Most Likely to Die. In October 2021, Christiansen's financial details shared on Twitch were exposed during a large data leak.
Internet career
Christianensen started his YouTube channel, Maximilian Dood, in 2007. After losing his job as an online video game producer in 2011, he began making videos full-time. His videos mainly focus on fighting games, such as Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, and Soulcalibur. In 2024, he moved his streaming to Twitch full-time, while keeping replays on YouTube. His first video was in 2013, where he played against Justin Wong in the original season of Killer Instinct. As of 2024, his YouTube channel has over 1.7 million subscribers, and his Twitch channel has over 1.3 million followers. He also has a second channel, "YoVideogames," where he plays multiplayer games with friends Matthew "Matt" Simmons, Kenny O'Brien, and Steve "Steeb" Springer.
Christianensen’s videos mix educational guides with videos where he reacts to playing games. He created a web series called Assist Me! for Capcom’s Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 game, explaining the game’s rules, characters, and strategies with funny skits. In his Mortal Kombat videos, he showed how to perform special moves called fatalities and included humorous introductions for hidden characters. Some of these videos were restricted for younger viewers and had their ads removed in 2019 after the release of Mortal Kombat 11. In 2017, his video about Injustice 2 discussed improvements to character designs, including flaws in characters like Supergirl and Wonder Woman. He also made videos about other games, such as Bayonetta 2, which featured a hidden reference to the Star Fox series. He has created many videos about Final Fantasy VII and its related games.
After Machinima closed in 2019, Christianensen was removed from the network because his videos used music that caused legal issues. As a well-known member of the fighting game community, he organizes online tournaments and works to bring back older fighting games. In 2021, he started a campaign to re-release Marvel vs. Capcom 2, which had been removed from stores due to licensing problems. His campaign made the hashtag #FREEMVC2 popular on Twitter, and the game was eventually released in 2024. In 2019, he also started a campaign to revive the Killer Instinct series, which also trended on social media.
In 2021, Christianensen hosted a Killer Instinct tournament on Twitch, which had over 41,000 viewers. He had previously worked with the game’s developer, Iron Galaxy, to create promotional material for the game’s reboot. He also hosted a Mortal Kombat X Lives tournament, but it was paused after some players’ personal information was leaked during the stream. Christianensen and Twitch Rivals said they would hold the event again later. He also directed a mod for Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite called Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite & Beyond, which added new features and a cel-shaded art style to improve the game’s graphics.
Other works
In 2014, Christiansen was on two episodes of Did You Know Gaming? He talked about fun facts about Street Fighter and Killer Instinct. In 2022, Christiansen was a helping character in the action game Jitsu Squad. In July 2023, a special item partnership between Christiansen and the game Naraka: Bladepoint came out.
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