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Emiliano Rodolfo Rosales-Birou (Emile), better known as Chuggaaconroy, is a fellow Let's Player who has made 48 LPs on YouTube as of 2024. He commentates in an informative manner in his videos with the purpose of guiding viewers to complete the game themselves. Emile reached 1 million subscribers and 760 million views in 2015, and has over 1.25 million subscribers and 1.24 billion views as of 2024. He was also one of the three core members of the collaborative channel, The Runaway Guys, along with Jon and Tim.

Emile collaborated with Stephen frequently, on both their channels. 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 Mallory, and was notorious for always intentionally ending the vlog incorrectly.

Friendship with Stephen[]

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).

Emile with present

Emile holding a gift

Stephen and Emile

Stephen and Emile

In the years since then, 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 Cc logo and made a new one for each LP since his Ōkamiden Let's Play in 2012, and 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).

Vlog Days featuring Emile[]

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 one of the rarest GameCube games.

From 2014 to 2020, Emile often appeared in the Vlog alongside Masae, as they were still friends at that time and lived near each other. However, four years after their most recent vlog appearance together, Masae revealed, amid the controversy surrounding online sexual harassment allegations against Emile, that she hadn't associated with him for years and that they were no longer friends, due to her being uncomfortable with various sexual and flirtatious comments that Emile had made towards her in past videos.

Let's Play Career[]

Emile created his YouTube account in 2008, and began his career with a Let's Play of EarthBound. For the next fifteen years, he 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 two years of making Let's Plays, Emile became a YouTube Partner, and after becoming a Let’s Play creator on YouTube as a full-time job in 2013, he continued making Let's Plays for the following eleven years. He went on indefinite hiatus after his Let's Play of Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 concluded in 2024.

Aside from his main YouTube channel, Emile was one of the three founding members of the collab channel The Runaway Guys, alongside Jon and Tim, who did over 40 LPs and also did gaming live-streams for charity. Emile was in charge of maintaining the channel, although Jon made posts and comments for the channel as well. They have 487 thousand subscribers and 397 total video views as of 2023.

Controversy[]

In January 2024, Emile was accused of online sexual harassment by YouTuber Lady Emily, in relation to messages about shoes and feet from a conversation Emily had with Emile the year before, which Emily described as "erotic foot fetish roleplay." While Emile issued an apology days later, similar allegations soon followed, including allegations of uncomfortable behaviour on Emile's part by Masae, as well as evidence of a sexual online chat that a 19-year-old Emile had with a 15-year-old.

Following these allegations, Emile went on indefinite hiatus and is staying with his girlfriend for a few months to wait until the heat cools down. He wants to make a statement when he gets back, but that could be as much as a year from now. Jon announced in February 2024 that the main projects for The Runaway Guys are on indefinite hiatus due to these controversies surrounding Emile that made it impossible to move forward with him involved in any capacity; however, Jon confirmed that Thrown Controllers and The Runaway Guys Colosseum will continue under different branding.

The following month, Jon revealed that The Runaway Guys Colosseum had been rebranded to Thrown Controllers Colosseum, and also revealed that in addition to Emile not being in attendance, Jirard would also not be attending it due to his charity fraud controversy. Someone in the comment section of Jon's post about the Thrown Controllers Colosseum rebranding mentioned that Stephen and Mal addressed the Emile situation in their February 2024 Patreon video.

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