How b3t was made

Most of you are probably here wondering how b3t was made. And if you’re not… then why are you even reading this section of the wiki?

Anyway, it all started with me, Jack, the owner, creating my first YouTube channel. Believe it or not, it took me almost a month just to come up with the name “The1Gamer.” But this story isn’t really about how my channel was made — it’s about how b3t was created.

When I made the channel, YouTube automatically gave me the handle “-b3t.” Funny enough, I didn’t even choose it. YouTube did. But after a while, it kind of just stuck with me. Instead of simply saying “Welcome to The1Gamer,” I started saying things like “Welcome to The1Gamer-b3t” or “Thanks for watching The1Gamer-b3t.” Over time, b3t slowly became more than just a random handle — it became part of the channel’s identity.

And honestly, if YouTube had randomly given me a different handle, like “-ICR” or something, this entire company might’ve been called ICR instead.

Now, this is the part where b3t stopped being just a handle and slowly became an actual channel group.

At the time, I only had one channel. There was just one tiny problem… I forgot the password to it. Don’t worry, I know it now. But because of that, I ended up creating a second channel so I could log into streaming apps easier and try doing live streams without everything breaking. (Spoiler alert: it still lagged anyway.)

So, the second channel was created. The name was… definitely something. It was called “The2Gamer.” Yeah, I know it sucks. But over time, after a lot of rebrands, changes, and even a bit of AI stuff, that channel slowly evolved into what became b3t Media. The old videos are still saved in a playlist somewhere if you really want to witness the ancient history.

Around this time, I realized something important. I wanted people to recognize my content instantly. Kind of like how when you see a certain style or title, you immediately know, like with MrBeast — you see the tiger and instantly know that’s MrBeast. Even though I was still a tiny creator with around 15 subscribers at the time, and honestly still pretty small now with 37 subs, I wanted something that made people go, “Oh, that’s them.”

That’s when I fully committed to using the b3t name everywhere. It wasn’t just a random handle anymore — it became part of the identity.

Then eventually, one of my friends asked to start appearing in videos with me. And honestly, instead of making something completely different, I just thought: “Why not make this a group?” So they started using the b3t name too, and slowly, what started as one channel began turning into an actual creator team.

And that’s basically how the family-friendly (definitely not foreshadowing the next paragraph) channel company officially began.

Now this is the part where b3t stopped being just a channel group… and slowly started becoming an actual company.

this story does not begin on a “fine summer evening in the Aussie sun.” joking

Anyway, at the time, I was addicted to this Minecraft server called the Anvil SMP. And when I say addicted, I mean the full “online 24/7 grinding for two weeks straight” type of Minecraft addiction. One day, while I was running around trying not to instantly die to lava every five minutes, I met someone who would later become one of the biggest parts of b3t: Ethan Trains Productions.

At the time, Ethan was recording an episode — I think it was Episode 9 or 10 of his series. Meanwhile, I was building a lava room (also known as the nether room). After that episode, I was STILL online and working on my shop at SD. Somehow though, we ended up talking more and more about Minecraft and our channels. I showed him my base, next thing I know he’s moving in, and later when we hopped off we friended each other on Discord. I looked up his channel, applied for mod, and suddenly we were working together.

Then one day, Ethan came to me and basically said, “Hey Jack, want to be new management for Ethan’s Trains?” (Not exactly how he asked me.) It was more like the Ethan’s Trains name on YouTube was taken, so he changed to b3t. I gave him heaps of forms and he was in.

Now, instead of using “-b3t” like I did, Ethan used “.b3t” instead. At first, I thought it was a little weird because it didn’t exactly match mine. Also, I just didn’t really care… but honestly, it accidentally became a feature instead of a problem. Different creators could have slightly different versions of the b3t tag that meant different things (will explain them later) while still being connected as part of the same group.

Now, the story still continues pretty much the same as the other paragraphs… except this is where things started changing a lot.

We started doing weekly meetings, monthly meetings (with more important stuff), planning content together, and actually trying to organize things properly instead of just randomly existing on YouTube. Somehow, this little handle YouTube gave me was slowly turning into an actual creator community.

But then there was one small problem.

One of my friends wanted to join b3t too… except he was not exactly family-friendly. I’m not naming names, but let’s just say he had the vocabulary of an Xbox Live chat lobby. And since b3t originally started as fully kid-friendly, I wasn’t really sure what to do.

At first, I let him join as long as he tried not to swear constantly. But eventually I started thinking about Ethan’s old “.b3t” handle again. Originally, Ethan used “.b3t” instead of “-b3t” completely by accident, but then I realized… what if the different symbols actually meant something?

So that’s exactly what happened.

Channels with “-b3t” became the fully family-friendly side of the company, while channels using “.b3t” were allowed a little more freedom — not full chaos, just less strict. And honestly, everyone ended up liking the system. Even if the channel owners technically didn’t get much choice because I was the one managing b3t anyway.

After that, things started growing fast. More creators joined, staff members were hired, meetings became normal, and b3t slowly became bigger than I ever expected it to be when I first made “The1Gamer” all that time ago.

So yeah, that’s the story of how b3t was made.

And if you actually read all of this, thanks. Seriously.

I would say “leave a five-star review,” but instead, tell me how you enjoyed it in my Discord.