Emile

Emile Rosales
Personal information
Born	April 8, 1990
Relatives	Kirby (Pet Cat) Teddy (Pet Cat) Pippy (Pet Rabbit)
Occupation	YouTuber Let's Player
YouTube information
Also known as	Emile Emile Rosales Chuggaaconroy Chugga Chugga A. Conroy
Channel	Chuggaaconroy
Location	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Years active	2008–present
Genre	Gaming Let's Play Walkthrough
Subscribers	1.28 million
Total views	1.23 billion
Associated acts	The Runaway Guys Jon (Proton Jon) Tim Stephen Georg Masae (Formerly)

Emiliano Rodolfo Rosales-Birou (Emile), better known as Chuggaaconroy, is a YouTuber, Let's Player and video essayist who has made online content since 2008, including 50 Let's Plays. He is known for his high production values, regular update schedule, lighthearted and mostly family-friendly approach to games, his propensity for catchphrases and running gags, his impressive lung capacity, his bad puns, and overblown reactions to things that happen throughout his playthroughs.

Regarded as one of the greatest Let's Players of all time, Emile's content focuses on playing games several years after their initial release dates, mainly of titles he's played numerous times before. He reached 1 million subscribers and 760 million views in 2015, and has 1.25 million subscribers and 1.24 billion views as of 2024. Alongside his own Let's Plays, Emile is also a founding member of the collaborative Let's Play YouTube channel The Runaway Guys, along with fellow Let's Play personalities Jon and Tim.

Emile collaborated with Stephen frequently on both their channels from 2011 to 2022. Stephen became friends with Emile on starmen.net in 2005, before either of them started making videos on YouTube. They did not meet in person until Day 703, when Emile stayed with him and Mallory for a few days. They went on to become close friends. On the vlog, Emile was known for always being extremely generous to Stephen and Mal by exchanging gifts with them regularly, and was notorious for always intentionally ending the vlog incorrectly. As of July 2024, the friendship status of Stephen and Mallory with Emile since his controversy is unknown. As a result, it is also unknown whether they will ever collab again.

Let's Play Career

Emile created his YouTube account in 2006, and began his career in 2008 with a Let's Play of EarthBound. Since then, he has made comprehensive walkthrough Let's Plays on various video games, the majority of which have been released on Nintendo platforms, including titles from the Mother, Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, Kirby, Pokémon, and Xenoblade Chronicles video game franchises.

Emile commentates in an informative manner in his videos with the purpose of guiding viewers to complete the game themselves. Emile's channel grew in popularity as his gameplay videos were often recommended on YouTube's suggestions. After more than 1 years of making Let's Plays, Emile became a YouTube Partner in 2010, and became a Let’s Play creator on YouTube as a full-time job in 2013.

Aside from his main YouTube channel, Emile is one of the three founding members of the collab channel The Runaway Guys, alongside Jon and Tim, who have done 46 LPs and also did gaming live-streams for charity. Emile is in charge of maintaining the channel, although Jon has made posts and comments for the channel as well. They have 487 thousand subscribers and 397 total video views as of 2023. Emile has also done collaborations with other Let's Players, including Stephen and several other people who were guest stars on The Runaway Guys.

Collaborations with Stephen

Mallory, Stephen and Emile in 2013

Stephen and Emile first met each other on starmen.net in 2005 (September 2011 Q&A). They used to talk on IM, and played Trickster, a Korean MMORPG, together for some time ("Interview Me" - StephenPlays).

At some point, Emile would ask Stephen for help in setting stuff up, like how to build a computer (September 2011 Q&A). He would also ask Stephen to watch through his work-in-progress LP episodes to get feedback (February 2012 Q&A), though Stephen didn't really understand what Let's Playing was at the time ("Interview Me" - StephenPlays).

As Stephen watched Emile develop as a Let's Player and saw his success, Stephen decided to try Let's Playing himself in February 2011. At that point, Stephen got a lot of help and advice about LPing from Emile, who by that time had three years of LP experience (August 2011 Q&A).

Stephen and Emile in 2021

In the following years, Emile and Stephen continued to help each other considerably. Emile helped to push viewers to StephenVlog by featuring Stephen on his channel (for Pikmin 2 Challenge Mode) and appearing in the vlogs. He also made several appearances on StephenPlays, such as the Mario Party Boards and Mario Party series, You're In The Movies, the Splatoon First20, and in the last episode of Pokémon LeafGreen.

On the other hand, Stephen and Mallory helped Emile by designing his iconic C_c logo and would make a new one for him for each LP ever since his Ōkamiden Let's Play in 2012. They continued to make graphics for his Let's Play videos until 2022. They were also responsible for designing the current Runaway Guys logo. Stephen also helped Emile put together his audio setup. Emile and Stephen did several collaborations, including a two-part Pokémon Quiz ("Name That Pokémon!" with Chuggaaconroy and "Name That Pokémon!" PART 2! with Chuggaaconroy).

As of July 2024, the friendship status of Stephen and Mallory with Emile since his controversy is unknown. As a result, it is also unknown wether they will ever collab again.

Vlog Days featuring Emile

Emile's first vlog appearance

Emile holding a gift

Emile made his vlog debut on Vlog Day 703, and made his most recent vlog appearance on Vlog Day 3708. On the vlog, Emile is known for always being extremely generous to Stephen and Mallory, and is notorious for always intentionally ending the vlog incorrectly. Starting from 2013 and continuing until 2020, Stephen and Mal continued to visit Emile every year in either December or January to spend time with each other and to exchange presents. The multitude of gifts Emile gave them over the years included a 3DS, an Xbox One, a Wii U, two Nintendo Switches, and NCAA College Basketball 2K3; one of the rarest GameCube games.

From 2014 to 2020, Emile often appeared in the Vlog alongside his ex-fiancée Masae, such as Chugga's New House! (Day 1991 - 5/8/15) and Chef Emile (Day 3342 - 1/18/19). His last vlog appearance alongside Masae was in I Love The Wii Library! (Day 3706 - 1/17/20), and his last appearance with her on StephenPlays was in Chugga & Masae play GTA V for the first time - VOD 1.17.20. Due to Emile and Masae going their separate ways in 2021 and collectively agreeing to no longer associate or collaborate with each other for both personal and professional matters, they have since appeared in vlogs separately.

Personal Life

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Emile has mentioned in videos that he struggled with family and financial issues during his childhood, as well as with autism. For a short period of time, he believed he was misdiagnosed, writing in 2011: "Found out this week that I was never autistic and was put in special ed and on medication as a kid for no reason because the school thought my "different" behavior was a mental disability and not being gifted, which is what I really am. Oh, educational system, how you fail us time and time again. Always thought it was odd being told "you're disabled and need help" when I could do everyday things just fine. Then again, I never used it as a crutch for sympathy, so I guess nothing's changed." However, in his EarthBound redux Let's Play, In Episode 55, Emile finally reveals that he is autistic, explaining he only took things back because a relative convinced him that he wasn't, and explains some things about how his mind works, right down to the way in which he visualizes his thoughts rather than remembering mental text blurbs the way that neurotypical people do.

In his first few years, Emile never showed his face, except for one video he posted about wanting to see EarthBound on Virtual Console, when he was uploading his first playthrough of EarthBound, although he took it down shortly after and kept his face a mystery for newer subscribers. But he eventually subverted this after his appearance on TheSpeedGamers. Nowadays, while he still acts shy while on camera, he's no longer afraid to show his face. In his day-to-day life, Emile tends to follow a pretty straightforward and rigid schedule. He goes to the gym on a frequent basis to psyche himself up for recording and even hired a personal trainer, he neatly organizes his video game and merchandise collections, and he tends to frequent the same restaurants over and over again (notably Applebee's and Buffalo Wild Wings). Emile does spice things up with his eccentric personality, but as stated in his Animal Crossing: New Leaf LP on his birthday, this routine makes him feel happy and accomplished. As of 2019, Emile resides in Atlanta, Georgia. He lived in a rented apartment for years before he owned his first house in 2015.

Aside from YouTube, Emile is active on Facebook, Bluesky and Twitter. He has more than 108k Facebook fans, more than 258k Twitter followers and 18k Bluesky followers. On Bluesky and Twitter, he regularly talks about video games and interacts with his followers. From November 2024 onwards, Emile has stopped promoting his Twitter account in favour of BlueSky, stating that due to the "violent videos, disturbing content and hate speech", Emile stopped feeling comfortable promoting Twitter to his audience as a nice place to follow him, stating that "no kid should have to see that stuff." After many asking him over the years, Emile decided to open a PO Box in November 2024.

In July 2010, Emile and Tim were suspended under false copyright claims, though both their accounts were later restored weeks later. Emile responded by submitting counter-claims to the vandals that took down his account with false claims, by doing this, he was able to negate the effects of their claims. On July 31st 2010, Emile had his account restored, as did Tim days later on August 3rd 2010. The temporary suspension led to Emile's channel getting further attention after it was reported on multiple websites including Zelda Universe and Bulbapedia, ironically doing him more good than harm in the end. In June 2021, five episodes of Emile's EarthBound redux Let's Play got blocked by the Japanese division of Sony Music because of the game's soundtrack, which they own the distribution rights to. Emile had filed requests to get the videos restored, and they were restored a week later on July 3rd 2021 after Jirard helped Emile get in touch with some people who could deal with the problem.

In January 2024, accusations emerged that Emile had sexually harassed another YouTuber online the previous year, as well as allegations that in 2010, when he was 19, he'd had sexually-charged chats with a fan who was a minor at the time. Both those allegations involved roleplay chats involving the removal of shoes, which also led to accusations of Emile having a foot fetish. He was also accused by Masae of repeatedly violating her boundaries. Following the surrounding social media fallout and the extreme harm this caused to his health, Emile took an extended social media hiatus and The Runaway Guys channel was put on hiatus. He broke his silence in April that year with a Google Doc addressing his side of the story that clarified several things and either disproved much of the allegations or showed the full context of them. He remained on hiatus until July 2024, stating that this was to protect his mental health, before beginning a gradual return that month and then making a full return in August the same year. The Runaway Guys channel returned to releasing content starting from December 14th, 2024.

As of July 2024, the friendship status of Stephen and Mallory with Emile since his controversy is unknown. As a result, it is also unknown wether they will ever collab again. Neither Stephen or Mal have interacted publicly ever since Emile came back to the internet:

• 10/01/2024: Wayback Machine shows StephenPlays under "Second Channel and Friends!" on Emile's channel.
• 10/27/2024: Stephen records the vlog titled "I Had a Bad Day"
• 11/04/2024: Wayback Machine and Emile's live page no longer shows StephenPlays under "Second Channel and Friends!". StephenPlays currently has Emile under "Other Channels!".
• Emile did not tweet out about Extra Life in 2024, the annual charity event which Stephen and Mal have participated in since 2012, as he had done in the years prior.
• 11/15/2024: During the Banjo-Kazooie Part 6 stream, Stephen brought up that he and Mal did a recreation skit of the Sears "You'll call now" commercial, but it seemed like he hesitated not to say it was a bumper for The Runaway Guys Colosseum.
• StephenPlays has been removed from the "Runaway Guys, then affiliates!" section as of the Super Mario Bros Wonder playthrough starting.

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Relationships

Due to an especially traumatic time when he was assaulted as a child, Emile was left unable to enjoy sex until well into his adult life. He struggled with comprehending anything sexual, which hindered his attempts at relationships. Even with people he was comfortable dating, Emile struggled with concepts like them seeing him naked or enjoying sex for years after that. On an EarthBound-centric podcast, Emile told the story about his first girlfriend, back in high school. She was a huge EarthBound fan, but she wasn't the nicest person, and the relationship turned sour. Emile's best friend at the time decided to try to find out what was going on, and he found out the only reason she was dating Emile was to impress Toby Fox.

Emile and MasaeAnela dated for 10 years, but following several strains to their relationship up to 2021, they went their separate ways due to conflict of interests with keeping their relationship discreet, social pressure from the community fanbase adding additional strain to their publicized dynamic, and concerns regarding Emile's personal interactions with certain individuals over time, collectively agreeing to no longer associate or collaborate with each other for both personal and professional matters. Losing her was the hardest thing he has ever gone through and he regretted how emotional he got about it and the way he handled it. The both of them made an agreement at the time to quietly and gradually disassociate from each other's content, which became tested in January 2024 when pressed to provide commentary on Emile's status. Masae officially announced her status of no longer being in collaboration with Emile, but later publicly made peace with him and resumed their agreement to disassociate from each other.

Emile later began dating his current girlfriend, who he announced he was dating in an episode of his Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 Let's Play, stating that he had been playing the game with her off-screen. Emile has refused to disclose any personal information about online. She played a major role in helping Emile overcome Kirby's passing in July 2023, as well as supporting Emile amid the online misconduct allegations against him in January 2024, which caused her an immense amount of stress. During the situation it was leaked that she resided in Scotland at the time, which greatly upset her as this was not public knowledge. They continued their relationship long-distance until she moved in with Emile and Tim in December 2024. Emile works hard every day to make sure their future together can be a happy, comfortable life.

Pets

Emile with his cat, Kirby

Emile holding his cat Teddy

Emile had several pets, including four cats named Kirby, Teddy, Jak and Loki, and a rabbit named Pippy. Of these pets, Kirby was his longest lived and was around for most of his career. Kirby, Teddy and Pippy appeared regularly in his videos, while Jak was mentioned in the "Fifty Facts About Chuggaaconroy-Tag Video" and Loki was mentioned in a tweet Emile made in 2023. He tended to his pets at precise times prior to their passing.

Trivia

• Emile made a cameo in The Art School, voicing a rhombus.
• His birthday is April 8th.
• He has a fanmade Wiki here.

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