Lewis Brindley

Lewis
Real Name	Lewis Alan Brindley
Usernames/ Aliases	Xephos, Zephos, BlueXephos, Silk-Shirt Guy, Bluespathi, Shitlord5000, Lewis Carlos Brindley, Brewis Ginley, Brindleberry, Brindles, Crumpet, Hat Boy, Lulu/LewLew, 8-Year Old Lebanese Child, Turtleneck, Bristol Pusher, Filbert, Louis Theroux, L-Boy, Baby Bites, Mango Boy
YouTube Channel	YOGSCAST Lewis & Simon, Team Double Dragon, Lewis and Ben Save the World, Triforce!
Gender	Male
Birthday	October 22, 1983
Nationality	British
Network Member?	Yes
Member Since	2008 (Co-Founder)
Working at YogStudios?	Yes
Occupation	Managing Director at Yogscast Ltd, YouTube Content Producer at Yogscast Ltd
Content Partner/s	Simon Lane (Honeydew), Chris Lovasz (Sips), Ted Forsyth (Pyrion Flax), Duncan Jones (Lalna), Paul Sykes (Sjin), Ben Edgar (Bedgar)
Catchphrase	"Don't worry about it."

Lewis Brindley, under the username Xephos, is a founding member of the Yogscast. Lewis, along with Simon, runs the "main" Yogscast YouTube channel. On that channel, they upload an enormous variety of content, such as Minecraft adventure maps and mini-games, Garry's Mod, the occasional indie game, and many collaborations. Some of Lewis and Simon's most popular Minecraft series include YogLabs, Jaffa Factory, JaffaQuest, Hole Diggers, Deep Space Mine, Lucky Block Challenge, and of course, Shadow of Israphel.

Yogscast Website Summary

Lewis founded The Yogscast in 2008, with the goal of sharing Simon with the world. Since then, the channel has grown to become one of the largest in the UK and Lewis remains the de facto leader of the team - balancing Simon’s boldness with reason and caution.

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. He also took Law for the first year, he failed the final exam and was dropped from the course, Lewis said he hated studying law. In 2000, Lewis, then only 16 years of age, entered The Daily Telegraph Young Science Writer Awards with his article "Breathe Slowly and Keep Asthma at Bay". In the article, Lewis reveals that he has had asthma his entire life, but his condition was improved by the Buteyko method. Lewis won the "Younger category" of the awards for his article on the alternative asthma treatment and had a picture taken with Princess Anne. Lewis worked at  The Royal Society of Chemistry as a Freelance Science Writer/Journalist from August 2006 to September 2010. Lewis' experiences 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, Italy." Several of the articles that were written and published by Lewis in Chemistry World can be found on the website of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Trivia

• Lewis and Simon's YouTube channel 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 the said boss in the foreground.
• Lewis is allergic to cats and kernel. He is also allergic to nuts, but not almonds.
• Lewis has a Masters degree in chemistry.
• Lewis went to school with the actor Joe Thomas and the YouTuber Spencer Owen.
• In SethBling's "Pile of Bodies" Minecraft map, Lewis' statue was included and his head was full of torches, which is a reference to Lewis' excessive torch use in Minecraft.
• Lewis had camped a lot as a child and completed the Duke of Edinburgh's Award gold level, as well as being in the Army Cadets.
• Lewis is 5 feet, 7 inches tall (170 cm).
• Lewis used to date Hannah, however, Hannah announced their split in 2015.
• Lewis used to play the clarinet.
• Lewis voiced Thunder Flame, one of the two heads of a dragon in the Polaris series of Broken Quest.
• Lewis' old Minecraft skin is based on William Riker from "Star Trek: The Next Generation."
• Lewis had laser eye surgery.
• Lewis has stated that his favourite football team is Ipswich Town.
• Lewis and Simon were the guests on episode 23 of The Shaft Podcast.
• Lewis' blood type is A, his grandmother was O and his grandfather was AB Positive.
• Lewis' great-grandmother was a French farmer.
• Lewis once walked down Chelmsford High Street dressed as a Worm from the "Worms" series of video games for charity.
• Lewis has been electrically shocked three times: Once whilst trying to fix a lightbulb in his bathroom whilst he was living in a student house, once when he was tased by a friend called Dave and another when he was trying to climb over an electric fence during The Duke of Edinburgh.
• Lewis was pepper sprayed in Cadets.
• Lewis' World of Warcraft character, Xephos, is a Draenei hunter, his alternate character, Zephos, is a human death knight, his other character, Xukuva, is a Tauren paladin, and his additional character, Xephiel, is a blood elf hunter.
• Lewis comes from Essex, England.
• Lewis used to be called "Hat Boy" after he came to school wearing "The Hat", as it's called by Lewis and Simon.
• Lewis is the son of Alan Brindley.
• Lewis dislikes coffee.
• Lewis drinks tea by Teapigs. When he is at the office or is in the middle of recordings, he drinks chai tea made in a pot Indian style. At home, he drinks matcha green tea in a big mug.
• Lewis has a younger brother named Ralph Brindley, who broke his femur bone in the past as mentioned by Lewis in the Triforce Podcast episode "Femurs and Funerals".
• Lewis has written an article about asthma.
• Lewis has a west highland terrier dog named Scotty.
• His username, "Xephos," was originally spelt "Zephos," as his main World of Warcraft character was called this. The name change came about when Lewis used the spelling "Xephos" for his Minecraft account's username, presumably due to the fact that Zephos was already taken.
• Lewis hates cheese.
• Lewis mentioned on the very first stream of the 2015 Christmas Livestreams that his very first username online was "Crumpet".
• Lewis watches anime, as discussed in the Triforce Podcast episode "Ain't no Ghibli".
• Lewis' most well-known username, Xephos, is based upon a sword used in Ancient Greece, Xiphos.
• In one of the Yogpods Lewis once called Sips repeatedly at 3 am while he was drunk.
• Lewis is an atheist.
• Lewis is a vegetarian, as mentioned in 2017/2018 in the Jingle Jam livestream and the series Colony Survival.
• Lewis makes his own applesauce, and apparently, eats it out of a bowl like soup.
• Zylus mentioned that Lewis is 34 years old, in 2018 January 14th, on a GTA V video; to Lewis' dismay.
• It was hinted during the 2018 Jingle Jam Livestreams that Lewis was in a relationship, but no other details were given.
• Lewis has a fanclub in the comments that are known for rivaling the Ben fan club. It is led by the Leader of the Lewish People and The Poonster.
• Lewis once noted that a previous username of his was 'I drank a lava lamp'. 
• On the Lewis and Lydia, Stangler and Pusher stream on 24/10/19 Lewis mentioned that he had been in a relationship for 3 years, it was later rumored that this relationship was with The Spiffing Brit. These rumors are likely false, as Spiff has a fiancée, Ashley (Mango).
• Lewis had 4 wisdom teeth and 4 other teeth removed.

Notable Quotes

• "The thing is..."
• "You cheeky bugger."
• "Fuckin' Hell."
• "Oh bugger."
• "Are you alright there, friend?"
• "For fucks' sake!"
• "Um, holy shit, son."
• "Mother of god."
• "Don't worry about it!"
• "Look, it's fine."
• "Well, there you go."
• "Hello?"
• "Careful, friend!"
• "Aaaaaaaarrgh!"
• "Siimmooooon!"
• "Duncan!"
• "This is a disaster!"
• "You guys are just the worst!"
• "Bollocks!"
• "Balls to it."
• "What!? Seeds!?"

Links

• YouTube (1)
• YouTube (2)
• YouTube (3)
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Twitch
• Reddit
• Subreddit
• Spreadshirt
• IMDb

Invalid Links

• Google+ (1)
• Google+ (2)
• Google+ (3)

As of April 2019, Google+ no longer supports personal consumber/brand accounts. Lewis' three accounts fell under this category and were subsequently removed.

Gallery

Lewis' current Yogscast avatar.

Lewis and Simon at Yogscast Studios 2017.

Lewis drinking taro bubble tea 2017.

Lewis sitting in the new streaming room 2017.

Lewis and JaneDash 2017.

Lewis and Duncan in the new streaming room 2017.

Lewis 'frogman' hanging out in a tub.

Lewis and Ben drinking tea.

Lewis, Simon, Tom and Harry streaming 2017.

Lewis and Turps Streaming 2017.

Lewis at his new PC setup at YogStudios 2017.

Lewis' first Yogscast avatar.

Lewis' second Yogscast avatar.

Lewis' second Yogscast avatar, updated with a red background.

Lewis' third Yogscast avatar.

Lewis' fourth Yogscast avatar.

The first picture of Lewis ever seen by Yognau(gh)ts.

Excited Lewis!

Lewis at Gamescom 2012.

Lewis with Simon on the plane en route to Gamescom 2012.

Lewis' Minecraft skin.

Lewis and Simon after meeting Agent 47.

2012 Christmas Livestreams.

Lewis during the 2012 Christmas Livestreams.

Lewis and Simon during the Livestream announcement videos 2012.

Lewis "hiding."

Lewis as he appears in the Minecraft Christmas.

Lewis at BlizzCon with Hannah and Simon.

Lewis in his bumble bee costume in 2012.

A drawing of Lewis, Simon and Hannah, drawn by Ferazhin.

Lewis and Simon in their interview for "Minecraft: The Story of Mojang."

Lewis wearing a Nilesy T-shirt.

Lewis, during YogsQuest.

Lewis, as he appears in "Big Girl."

Lewis when he was younger

Lewis as he appears in Israphel Animated.

Lewis as he appears in Yogscast Animated.

Lewis as the Dungeon Master in YogsQuest 2.

Lewis with his Datlof hat during the 2014 Christmas Jingle Jam.

Lewis at EGX.

Creeper Lewis (right) in Filfy Animals.

Lewis' current Twitter avatar

Yogscast family going out to the cinema.

Leiws and Simon wearing winter hats.

Essence of Push.

Taro Bubble Tea.