Gaming around the world!
DOCUMENT THE GAMING CULTURE. 12 COUNTRIES. 1 YEAR.
My name is Jan Bodden aka "CAGYJAN" creator of the Winners Club .I am only 25 years old born in Dominican Republic, a small island in the Caribbean. I now reside in South Florida. I quit my job to pursue my passion of becoming a streamer and creating a gaming community about 2 years ago.
WINNERS CLUB
The Winners Club is a gaming community on Twitch & Youtube that aims to encourage everyone to find their passion in life and exploit that passion at all cost. I often say to the members " We only win here" because I truly believe that even in failures there is a victory as long as you look at it as a learning experience.
When I created the Winners Club's mission I thought deeply about what my parents taught me growing up. Although my parents never directly told me "go do what you love" they never discouraged me from starting new projects and doing any creative invention that came to my mind. Now I look back and I can see that they understood the process of trial and error because they also went through it when they started their own ideas and businesses.
With that being said, many people often get discouraged by their closest relatives and friends. My goal as the leader of the Winners Club is to encourage our members to break away from the fear of failure because as much as it hurts, when failure knocks on your door you know you are one step closer to achieving your dreams.
My family always supporting with W sign. We are missing my mother, She was probably working hard that day!
QUITTING MY JOB
About 2 years ago I took a risky, scary and life changing decision. I quit my job. I quit a good job to pursue my passion in gaming and to create a community with a strong purpose in life. At the moment I did it with the security of my savings and that is how I've been doing what I love everyday since.
As of today I am making around $100-$300 dollars a month on Twitch which I use to pay bills and that is obviously not enough to cover my living expenses so the rest comes out of my savings.
GETTING A JOB AGAIN
I have decided to get a job again because I'm burning my savings and I know dreams don't just come true out of nowhere. Although I believe %100 in the Winners Club the reality is that I'm not making a sustainable income from my passion. Getting a job again does not mean im quitting the Winners Club, in the contrary it means I have a BIGGER goal ahead.
BIG GOAL: GAMING AROUND THE WORLD 2020 #WINNERSCLUB
My goal for 2020 is to take the Winners Club philosophy around the world, game from a different country every month for one year, explore the gaming culture world wide and document all of it in form of a documentary film, vlogs and live streams. I have calculated that I will need around $1500 per country to achieve this project. I am only asking for $1,500 because I will launch one campaign per country. The first country will be Japan but it can change. Once I reach contributions for the first country and everything goes as planned then I will launch another campaign for the next country and so on.
The trip will consist of two main purposes.
- Explore the gaming culture world wide
The goal is to explore one country every month for one week. Within that week I will live stream games from the my hotel, live stream IRL (in real life) as I am exploring the gaming world within that country and upload a daily Vlog for Youtube users that are not able to tune in the live streams. I will provide a thorough overview of the gaming culture in each country.
- Spread the Winners Club philosophy
The goal is to spread the Winners mentality throughout different countries and cultures, to inspire, to motivate gamers & entrepreneurs to pursue their passion at all cost. I will be on a mission to convince those who doubt in themselves that failure is a Victory that only makes you stronger and gives you an assurance that you are one step closer to success.
How will I use your contribution?
Approximate expenses breakdown per country.
Round trip - Traveling tickets ($300-$600)
1 week stay - hotel ( $300-$500)
*important to be in a hotel because in a hostel there can be multiple people and streaming in a room full of people is not possible.
1 week Food ($250)
Monthly membership - World Wide internet access for streaming ($299) https://www.unlimitedirl.com/plans
*very important to stay connected all times since I will live stream most of the day.
What do contributors get in return?
If I reach the donation goal I want everyone to feel part of the Winners Club.
$ Any amount
- I will start my YouTube videos showing all the names that have contributed to this project + vote on the charity donation.
$25 +
- you get a Winners Club pin.
$50+
- You get one souvenir from Japan ( pin, magnet, or keychain )
$150+
- you get two souvenirs from Japan ( pin, magnet, or keychain )
When will I start and where will I go?
I am planning to start traveling on August, 2020. Close to my birthday.
The 12 countries I have in mind are based on my followers being from there and how big the gaming communities are in those countries.
The countries are subject to change depending on how much money I have saved up.
1.Japan
2.China
3.Germany
4.France
5.Australia
6.Spain
7.India
8.England
9.India
10.China
11.Russia
12.Netherlands
Social
Dlive
Twitch
instagram
youtube
Live Streaming Schedule
Live on Twitch & Dlive [Wed-Sun] 2:00 pm est - 11:00 pm est
Editing Youtube videos [Mon & Tue]
*Schedule will change when I get a job.
THANK YOU FOR READING!
I want to thank everyone that has read through the vision of this project. It does not matter to me if you did not contribute monetarily. Just by putting your attention and reading this it is enough. I value everyone's time because that is one of the most valuable things in our lives.
Jan Bodden " Cagyjan"