User:Natedawg19

About Natedawg19

Nathaniel Chaput (Natedawg19) was born in Fort Carson, Colorado on January 19, 2000. 6 months after Nathaniel was born, his dad, as a Sargent in the military, got stationed to Kaiserslautern, Germany, which is 7 hours away from Berlin, Germany.

Nathaniel LOVED Germany. In fact, he didn't want to leave. He even started school in Germany. But that all changed when his dad got stationed to Fort Riley, Kansas in October, 2008, when Nathaniel was starting 2nd grade. But he didn't actually live in Fort Riley, since it was expensive to live on post. So his parents suggested living in an area without paying extra, so living in Manhattan, Kansas, which is about 30 minutes away, was the best choice.

Nathaniel was a bit shy when he started 2nd grade in Kansas, but he managed to make tons of friends as soon as he got adapted to being schooled in Kansas.

Nathaniel graduated high school in 2018.

Nathaniel is currently a student at Kansas State University to pursue a degree in Music Education.

Where did the nickname "Natedawg" originate?

Nathaniel has yet to make a video on why his nickname is Natedawg, but once he reaches a certain number of subscribers on YouTube, he will tell his subscribers via YouTube video why his YouTube/Twitch name is Natedawg19.

YouTube/Twitch Career:

Nathaniel started a YouTube channel in March of 2017, by the name of NatedawgGaming19 (which was a picture of Ash-Greninja) when he was still in high school, however, he never uploaded anything because he didn't have the money for YouTube equipment. But after seeing that he can screen-record from his phone while he is in college (which is an iPhone 7 that he got a high school graduation gift), Nathaniel was uploading gaming videos on his channel, though they are now deleted because of either in portrait mode (Mario Kart Tour does not count because the game, prior to the Exploration Tour, was in portrait mode), or just bad quality, and gained 4-5 subscribers a month (one of those subscribers was his dad). Nathaniel also found some videos with people not using graphics cards to record, but instead uses their phones or video cameras to record. That gave Nathaniel the idea to record Mario Kart Wii on his phone. Nathaniel also changed his profile picture to resemble a Mario Kart Wii finish line with his name as the banner.

After hearing about Twitch from his favorite YouTuber, by the name of Troy (AKA: TWD98), Nathaniel decided to start a Twitch account, just to watch Troy, and other streamers stream. While watching Troy stream, Nathaniel gave Troy 25 bits with no caption. After reading his bit count, Troy told Nathaniel that "NatedawgGaming19" was a long username, and so Nathaniel decided that maybe Troy was right, and so Nathaniel changed the name of NatedawgGaming19, to Natedawg19, from not just Twitch, but YouTube as well. It stuck like that ever since. But now with the "Gaming" gone, Nathaniel needed to change his profile picture. So while playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Nathaniel came across one specific character and decided to use her as his profile picture: Rosalina. Nathaniel tried many ideas for using Rosalina in his profile picture, but nothing came out right. But then after seeing Mario Golf: World Tour, and a really good screenshot, Nathaniel used that screenshot, as well as putting his name in the picture. It turned out quite decent, for around 6 months, when Nathaniel got a really good Aurora Rosalina screenshot that he took himself on Vancouver Velocity R, and is still his YouTube profile picture to this day. In fact, he likes Rosalina so much, that he basically calls Rosalina his waifu (don't judge him), and uses her in his YouTube intro, and Twitch overlay.

During March, 2020, Nathaniel was thinking of some good catchphrases to introduce his videos, and his best one was "What up my dawgs", but that didn't last very long (like for about 4 months), because Nathaniel was worried that if people go to his videos, then people might think he is gangster, and he does not want that. So, he disbanded the catchphrase and went for the more casual introduction, until he can come up with a less gangster catchphrase.

Nathaniel has made tons of friends while streaming/making YouTube videos. While watching a Twitch streamer by the name of Fir_ (Super Mario Odyssey Speedrunner), Nathaniel came across one other person who happened to have the same nickname as Nathaniel, which is also Natedawg (AKA: 01natedawg). They became friends ever since, in fact: 01natedawg happened to be a moderator in Nathaniel's Twitch, and Nathaniel is a moderator is 01natedawg's Twitch.

On October, 2020, Nathaniel has created an adjacent channel to his Natedawg19 channel, called Natedawg19 Twitch Highlights, where he records and uploads some of the most memorable moments from his Twitch streams to his Twitch Highlights channel.

Nathaniel also likes to make reaction videos whenever he is not busy with making videos for his Gaming/Twitch Highlights channel. The reaction channel called "NatedawgReacts".

Here are the videos/series that Nathaniel does on his Natedawg19 channel:


 * Mario Kart Wii Custom Tracks Road To 9999 VR series (continuing)
 * Mario Kart Tour New Feature Reviews (whenever the new feature happens, however, they are mostly track reviews)
 * Mario Kart Tour Shortcut Montages (started with the First Anniversary Tour and kept on going since)
 * With the Shortcut videos, there were tracks that were repeated in multiple tours, but Nathaniel always makes sure to include them regardless.
 * Mario Kart Tour Stereotypes
 * "Why Do I Like Rosalina"
 * Mario Kart Tour Color Challenges
 * Among Us/Mario Kart Tour Color Challenges

For Twitch, Nathaniel has done many streams in the past. He has done streams like Pokémon Diamond/Pearl One Pokémon Challenge, and is currently doing a Pokémon Diamond/Pearl No Pokémon Center Challenge, which is a series that he uploads to his Natedawg19 Twitch Highlights channel.

Mario Kart Career

Nathaniel's first Mario Kart game was Mario Kart Double Dash on the GameCube (his first game console). While playing the game, his favorite players were Peach and Daisy combined.

Nathaniel's second Mario Kart game was Mario Kart Wii, and his favorite character to play as was Daisy, but because of his own reasoning, his favorite character now is Rosalina (same with MK7, MK8/8 Deluxe, and Tour). After watching TWD98's video on how to install CTGP for Mario Kart Wii, Nathaniel was like "this is a lot of work", but after watching the video like about 10 times, Nathaniel installed CTGP without a sweat (he installed it JUST as soon as TWD98 uploaded a video). TWD98 had a series called "Road To 9999 VR", and that inspired Nathaniel to make his own Road To 9999 VR, but decided to break it down into seasons.

When Mario Kart Tour came out in 2019, Nathaniel went hard and heavy, playing Mario Kart Tour everyday. He hasn't missed a single tour, but didn't go for the $4.99/month subscription Gold Pass (all changed when he decided to subscribe during the Los Angeles Tour). When the game came out, he was disappointed that Rosalina wasn't playable until the second tour: Tokyo Tour, but he was glad that she was playable. When he found out about High End Spotlight drivers with different costumes during the and firing off pipes with rubies during the New York Tour in order to obtain these characters, Nathaniel was like "oh Nintendo won't do this to me with Rosalina." That all changed in the third tour: Halloween Tour when Rosalina was featured in a witch outfit. Nathaniel went broke in rubies during the Tokyo Tour, and went in depressive mode. But after making lots of friends, and racing a lot for the Standard Challenges (which actually gave out rubies), Nathaniel managed to fire off a Gold Pipe that carried Halloween Rosalina, making Halloween Rosalina his first High End Spotlight driver (go figure). Halloween Rosalina came back in the New Year's Tour in 2020, but Nathaniel decided not to go for her, considering he already has her. Halloween Rosalina came back in the Halloween 2020 Tour as a member of the Halloween Pipe. Nathaniel was like "why not", fired off a 10 pipe, got a Gold Pipe in the process, and Halloween Rosalina was the first one to appear out of the pipe.

When the Vancouver Tour came out, and found out that Aurora Rosalina was featured, Nathaniel tried so hard to obtain the necessary rubies to get Aurora Rosalina, but failed. Aurora Rosalina came back in the Exploration Tour as a member of the Heavy Hitters Pipe, but failed. When she was featured as a spotlight in the First Anniversary Tour during the Los Angeles Tour, Nathaniel made sure to use his rubies wisely (finished the Los Angeles Tour with only 25 rubies left). When it was time for the First Anniversary Tour, Nathaniel had so many rubies through the Anniversary Challenge, and gifts, that he fired about 15 1 pipe, and finally obtained Aurora Rosalina. Aurora Rosalina came back for the Rosalina Tour as a spotlight for the second week, (which Nathaniel was excited),

When the Marine Tour came out, Nathaniel thought that there is going to be some drivers ready to take a swim, not knowing that Rosalina was one of those people, alongside Mario. Just like with the Vancouver Tour and Aurora Rosalina, Nathaniel failed to obtain the Rosalina in her swim outfit. Swimwear Rosalina came back in the Mario vs. Luigi Tour as a member of the Coin Box Pipe (since Swimwear Rosalina's special item is the Coin Box), used up every single pipe, but did not get Swimwear Rosalina. Nathaniel did not reset the pipe, considering it will be a waste of rubies, just in case Swimwear Rosalina came back. She ended up coming back as a Spotlight for the second week in the Rosalina Tour, but managed to obtain Swimwear Rosalina on the first day of the Rosalina Tour.

When the Rosalina Tour came out, Nathaniel was ecstatic, considering that there was a new Rosalina (her Fire outfit from Super Mario 3D World), yes, but he doesn't have Swimwear Rosalina. However, that wasn't an issue, considering Nathaniel obtained both Fire and Swimwear in just two days. However Nathaniel is just glad that his favorite track: Rosalina's Ice World, finally made an appearance in Mario Kart Tour.

Why does he like Rosalina so much?

Nathaniel made a video on January, 19, 2021 (which was also his birthday that day), on why he likes Rosalina so much. Here are the reasons why he likes Rosalina so much in order from his video:


 * Rosalina wears the color blue on her dress, which is also Nathaniel's favorite color
 * Rosalina and Nathaniel share some physical appearances (blonde hair, blue eyes, likes to wear blue clothing)
 * Aurora Rosalina is Nathaniel's favorite Rosalina because of the colors blue (his favorite color), and purple (Kansas State University's (Nathaniel's college) main color)
 * Rosalina's Final Smash from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is Nathaniel's favorite Final Smash, because of the Grand Star reference from Super Mario Galaxy, one of the greatest Super Mario games of all-time.
 * Rosalina has an ability that no other character has in Super Mario 3D World, and that is the spin-attack ability (which Nathaniel claims is super broken, and that playing the entire Super Mario 3D World levels from Super Bell Hill to Champion's Road and not dying to a single enemy (Meowser included)).

His dad commented that he thinks Nathaniel likes Rosalina, because she's cute, which Nathaniel couldn't deny it.

Hobbies outside of school and YouTube/Twitch

Some hobbies that Nathaniel likes to do outside of school and YouTube include: watching TV (he is more on the comedy side, watching stupid people hurt themselves), watch videos from his channel and other channels, and likes to go bowling at least once a month, as well as playing video games either alone or with friends.