Lydia Ellery[2] is a Content Producer for the Yogscast. She streams murder mystery video games with Lewis, retro games with Bouphe, and a "Nuzlight"[3] Pokémon series with Harry on the main Yogscast Twitch channel. She has also recorded horror games with Angory Tom and video games based on board games with Hat Films on their respective YouTube channels. Before joining the Yogscast, Lydia worked in the Yogscast studios as part of the YouTube channel Xbox On.
She is a member of the SLAGS alongside Bouphe, Boba, and Gemma.
Trivia[]
- Lydia is very tall at 5'11" or 1.8m.[4] This is where the nickname "Big Lyds" comes from, as she looks like a giant when standing next to other Yogs like Bouphe (4'11"/1.5m) or Lewis (5'8"/1.7m).
- She wanted to be a vet when she was younger, but she was "shit at science."[5]
- When she was fifteen years old, she did her work experience at a vet and had to hold a sick stray cat as it was put down.[6]
- Lydia is engaged to Mike Fleming.
- Lydia has a brother.
- Lydia made regular appearances on video gaming channel GinxTV, mainly on Videogame Nation and GinxLIVE, until it was rebranded as an eSports channel.
- Prior to joining the Yogscast, Lydia was a regular host on Xbox On, a Yogscast managed YouTube Channel.
- When Lydia first joined the Yogscast, she ate her lunch in the studio room because she was too scared to talk to everyone else.[7]
- Lydia is extremely easy to jumpscare.
- In May of 2017, Lydia discovered a stray kitten in Zakynthos, Greece, which she went on to adopt and name Aggie.
- Lydia adopted her mother's kitten named Columbo, a Burmese, in July 2020
- Lydia has two other cats, Hastings and Pam.
- Hastings owns a noodle juice empire, due to his deep love of drinking noodle juice.
- Lydia has a fear of home invaders.[8]
- Lydia reached 2000 twitch subscribers on the 29th of November 2020. Exactly two years after she started streaming with the Yogscast.
- The only thing that rhymes with Lydia is chlamydia.
- Following the release of the Netflix show "Squid Game" in 2021, Lydia unfortunately found herself caught up in a dilema[9] due to the fact she owned the handle squidgame on various internet platforms a long time prior to the show's existance. She faced a number of issues, including the suspension of her instagram account (which was later reinstated), loss of work, and a heavy SEO impact to her brand. However, she is considering to rebrand all of her handles to some name after still receiving hate to the Series' Fans.
Notable Quotes[]
- "Get fisted!"
- "I ONLY SAVE THAT FOR A FRIDAY NIGHT!"
- "BIG LYDS!"
- "Big Lyds may be big, but she's not that big."
- "I'm not wearing any shoes, I got rained on so it looks like I pissed myself, my house is full of fleas, and I had McDonald's for dinner — I'm in a bad place at the moment alright?!"[10]
- "I regret everything I said."
- "... shut up Lydia."
- "I bought ... um ... drugs today!"
- "I am going to commit mass murder against hands!"
- "MY LEGS!"
- "please sir!"
- "Hold sec!"
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- ↑ WE ALL HAVE CATCHPHRASES NOW | Gmod TTT
- ↑ Feinn, Lily (27 April 2018). Woman On Vacation Finds Tiny Kitten In Hotel's Garbage And Knows She Has To Help. The Dodo.
- ↑ A variant of the Nuzlocke Challenge rules without the limit of catching the first Pokémon on a route.
- ↑ https://youtu.be/oCsGk3JsNMo?t=3671
- ↑ Why you shouldn't be a VET in The Game Of Life? w/Lydia #1 - 5:08
- ↑ Why you shouldn't be a VET in The Game Of Life? w/Lydia #1 - 5:26
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BpuwR9dycU&feature=youtu.be&t=3910
- ↑ According to a secondhand conversation by Hat Films.
- ↑ "BBC News article covering Lydia's loss of work due her username squidgame"
- ↑ DRIVING YOUR GRANNY | GTA 5