Lewis Brindley

"The thing is..." Lewis Alan    Brindley, (a.k.a. Xephos, Zephos, Hat Boy or Silk Shirt Guy), born October 1983, is Managing Director at Yogscast Ltd and plays the character 'Xephos' in the popular Minecraft Series. Lewis attended the University of Manchester in the 2002-2006 period studying chemistry. His previous jobs include technology scientist, organic chemist and freelance science journalist. His interests include computing, audio and video editing and gaming. By his past jobs it should be clear why he is often considered the more intelligent half of his gaming partnership with Simon Lane. Although not currently playing World of Warcraft, Lewis was most recently playing a Gnome Warrior called Zephos. Lewis' Minecraft character is called Xephos.

Education and Career
Lewis was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford  and studied Chemistry at the University of Manchester from 2002 to 2006.

In 2000, Lewis (then only 16 years of age) entered The Daily Telegraph/BASF Young Science Writer Awards with his article Breathe slowly and keep asthma at bay. In the article, Lewis reveals that he had asma his entire life, but that his condition was improved by "Buteyko ", a Russian method that uses "breath-holding" and "reduced breathing techniques". Lewis won the "younger category" of the awards for his article on the alternative asthma treatment, and had a picture taken with Princess Anne.

The Royal Society of Chemistry was the place of employment for Lewis Brindley while he worked there as a Freelance Science Writer/Journalist from August 2006 to September 2010. Brindley's experience included "writing news and features for the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine Chemistry World, more than three hundred articles published," and "regular attendance at press briefings across the country and reporting back from conferences abroad, such [as] the EU Chemistry Congress held in September 2008 in Turin." Several of the articles written by Lewis Brindley and published in Chemistry World can be found on the website of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Family and Relationships
Lewis is the son of Allen (or Alan) Brindley, who has appeared in one Yogscast video. Lewis also has a brother, as revealed in the YoGPoD episode 26: Your Granddad Was A Bee? ( 18/01/2010), where Lewis mentions that he saw the movie Avatar with his brother.

Lewis is currently dating Hannah. There are two rumoured ways that Lewis could have met Hannah; Simon first insisted that she was working as a waitress in a Tiki Bar, which Lewis was visiting. However Lewis denied this and said that she was a Goon who sent him photos of herself (both were revealed in "The Nodrassil Radio Interview [Long Version]").

The Yogscast
Simon and Lewis began uploading videos to YouTube in July 2008. Their YouTube channel, BlueXephos, initially started out as a World of Warcraft "How-to" channel, in which they uploaded videos of their guild (Ye Olde Goone Squade) killing bosses, with commentary on how to beat said boss in the foreground. The first episode of the YogPod was released in on the 5th of Febuary 2009 and was recorded during the snowy days of February which occured that year, thus, the first episode was named 'Snowcast'.

Trivia

 * If you prefer Lewis over Simon, you are a Yognaut (as in 'astronaut'), rather than a Yognaught (as in 'nought' or zero).
 * Lewis' birthday is on the 22nd October.
 * Lewis repeatedly whistles when he speaks, although he always denies having a gap in his teeth.
 * It has been said that Lewis, along with Simon, is a member of the secret society known as The 1956 Club.
 * He's scared of anything with more legs than him
 * Lewis's old glasses are somewhere at the bottom of a river in California due to a loss of internet and an angry Simon.
 * Lewis is allergic to cats.
 * Lewis is also allergic to nuts.
 * When the Yogscast hit their target for the Christmas livestream donations, Lewis had to put on a Bee costume... for a lady.
 * Lewis often provokes Simon into blowing up adventure maps.
 * he has a master's degree in chemistry

Quotes

 * "Fuckin' Hell!"
 * "Flippin' heck!"
 * "Are you alright there, friend?"
 * "Let me just kill this pig..."
 * "We're not retreating, we are advancing in a different direction!"
 * "I've got it, I've got it, I've got it, I've got it, I've got it, I've got it."
 * "Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on."
 * "Ohp?"
 * "Oh no, you dead?!"
 * Look, it's fine
 * "Um, does anyone have any pork?"
 * "The thing is..."
 * "I shouldn't have done that. That's probably cheating."
 * "Poosh the butan."
 * Oh yeah
 * "I may die at this point, however..... shit."
 * "Careful, friend!"
 * "Um, holy shit, son."
 * "Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Aaaaaaaarrgh!"
 * "Oh God Simon, what is going on?"
 * "Oh God Simon, what are you doing?"
 * "Oh God Simon, where are you?"
 * "Oh God Simon, what have you done?"
 * "This game is beautiful."
 * "It's good isn't it?" (When showing Simon new stuff)
 * "GAMES AWESOME."
 * "Siiimoonnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!"
 * "Duncan!"
 * "You're like a naughty school child!"
 * "/give honeydew 46 1"
 * "I just did a little trump!"
 * "Not much to motorboat there, to be honest."
 * "Oh goodness me!"
 * "My brain's lagging."
 * "Re *whistle* cently"
 * "Balls to this, I'm cheating"
 * "HAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!"
 * "Ooof, oh"
 * "Oh, blimey, I think I need a cup of tea and a sit down after that"
 * "Op, crikey."
 * "Eiffel Tower!"
 * "Oh God, that cow's moo got cut off!"
 * "Man up Bitch!"
 * "AWWWWWWWWW!!!!
 * "Fucking hells bells!"
 * "I enjoy being able to feel Notch's lovely face against my buttocks."
 * "Oh.. Wait look theres a leeeev v v ver here. (After Simon says "Where?) Look look look, its right here."
 * "Hup, Hup, Hup, Hup, Hup *while jumping*."
 * "Simon, you've turned into a robot again"
 * "Balls to you!"
 * "You can't build the walls out of pork."
 * "How do trees work?"
 * "Cummin' in your eye!"
 * "What, What Happened?"
 * "Stop buying letters!"
 * Jesus... on a bike!!
 * "Um....what the holy shit is this."
 * "YOU WANTED SOME COPPER?! THAT'S YOUR EXCUSE FOR THIS?!"
 * "Balls to it"
 * (exasperated) "Look, Yoglabs:evil!"
 * "Gently does it ... oh bollocks."
 * "Let's solve this the Yogscast way. Have you got any TNT?"
 * "Flippin' hell's bells, man!"