The Beginning of the TosTroopers

My Story

I didn’t exactly take the conventional route into streaming.


I grew up on a farm in Somerset, where you learned pretty quickly that if you wanted something done, you got stuck in and figured it out. That mindset has probably followed me into everything I’ve done since.


In November 2013, I joined the British Army. I served until July 2019, before eventually leaving and moving on to the next chapter of my life.


My military background is a big part of who I am, but I’ve never claimed to be some tactical expert. A lot of what I know about CQB and tactical gameplay has been self-taught over years of playing, researching, experimenting and learning from what works — and, sometimes, what very definitely doesn't.


Then came streaming.


I started with a PS5.


No fancy streaming PC. No massive setup. Just a PS5, an Elgato capture card and an old laptop doing its best to hold the whole thing together.


It wasn't exactly a professional studio.


But it worked.


I started streaming, slowly built up a community and, rather than immediately spending whatever money came in, I started putting it aside. Every bit of income from streaming went towards the next step.


Eventually, that money became my PC.


That PC became better equipment.


Better equipment became better streams.


And the better streams helped me keep building.


There was no big investment or shortcut. The setup I have today was built piece by piece from the money generated by the thing I was trying to build in the first place.


And I'm still building it.


The goal has never been to become another streamer screaming at the camera or chasing whatever game happens to be popular that week. I want to create somewhere people can actually hang out — somewhere relaxed, honest and welcoming, while still taking the games seriously when it matters.


That eventually became Tosbo.


Today, I’m building the channel around the games I genuinely enjoy: tactical, PvE-focused games where positioning, decision-making and teamwork actually matter.


I want to be the chill British veteran in the corner who knows his shit, but is also perfectly capable of turning a perfectly good operation into an absolute fucking disaster.


Because that's gaming.


There’s no overnight success story here.


It’s been a PS5, an old laptop, an Elgato, a lot of hours, plenty of mistakes and a community that decided to stick around.


I'm still learning. Still improving. Still experimenting. Still building.


And that's the best part.


Good games. Good people. No bullshit.


This is still the beginning.

Wanna be a part of that?