Roby Piras

Birthdate: August 24th, 1991; Nationality & Ethnicity: Italian - Sardinian ; Gender & Sexuality: Cisgender Male ♂️ - Pansexual - Polyamorous;

Zodiac Signs: Virgo ♍ (Western) - Goat 🐐(Chinese); Hair: Dark Brown; Eyes: Brown; Height: 183 cm - 6 ft; Weight: 51 kg - 112,5 lbs;

Religion: Raised Catholic Christian - “follower” of IxCacao (Mayan Goddess of Chocolate); Favorite Color: Red; Favorite Foods: Chocolate 🍫- Potatoes🍟 - Coffee Ice Cream - Strawberries 🍓 - Zippole (Long Golden Sardinian Carnival Sweet/Pastry) - Galatine (Little Italian Tablets of Milk, with Chocolate, Strawberry & Cookie Variants);

Wizarding World Houses: Ravenclaw (Hogwarts) - Horned Serpent (Ilvermorny)

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  • August 24th, 1991

    Birthdate.

  • 1995 - Age 4

    Starting using the PC and dreaming of being a comedian.

  • 1997-2002 - Age 6-10

    Elementary School (English classes from 1999).

  • 2002-2005 - Age 11-13

    Middle School – Ended with a thesis about Charlie Chaplin and the movies "Modern Times" & "The Great Dictator" connected to the Industrial Revolution and the Dictatorships during World War II.

  • December 13th, 2003 - Age 12

    Background actor in a theatrical show.

  • 2005-2011 - Age 14-19

    Scientific High School – Ended with a thesis about the History of Theatrical Comedy from its origins to our days.

  • 2009- Age 17

    Course of Audiovisual Communication, which ended with a cameo appearance in a 3-minute video.

  • 2011-2019 - Age 20-27

    Languages & Communication in the University of Cagliari – Ended with a thesis about the Nazi Occupation in Italy in the years 1943 to 1945 from the point of view of the Italian Socialist Party.

  • October 2013 - Age 22

    Discovery of Let’s Plays on YouTube and decision to become a YouTuber.

  • March 25th, 2014 - Age 22

    Official start of the YouTube channel “Bobarp” (Bob Antonio Roberto Piras).

  • August 2015 - Age 23-24

    Read the book “Screenwriting 101” by Film Critic Hulk.

  • January 30th-31st, 2016 - Age 24

    Workshop for "Writing Comedy" by Daniele Contu, a member of Lapola.

  • September-October 2016 - Age 25

    Read the book “Acting in Film: an Actor’s Take on Movie Making” by Sir Michael Caine.

  • June 28th, 2018 - Age 26

    Officially became an Independent Video Game Developer by releasing his free game "The Markiplier's Anomaly".

  • 2019-2020 - Age 27-28

    Masterclass.com (Acting by Samuel L. Jackson, Natalie Portman, Helen Mirren; Game Design & Theory by Will Wright; Business Strategy & Leadership by Howard Schultz, Bob Iger; Filmmaking by Jodie Foster; Film Scoring by Hans Zimmer; Writing Thrillers by Dan Brown; Writing for Young Audiences by R. L. Stine) & Udemy.com (2 Unreal Engine 4 courses).

  • May 24th, 2024 - Age 32

    Officially announced my Pansexuality and my Polyamory after 2 years of discovering and processing them.

  • June 18th, 2024 - Age 32

    Officially announced my Asperger’s Syndrome with OCD after 2 years of discovering and processing it (separate process from sexual orientation).

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

— Aristotle

The meaning of life is to find your gift.

The work of life is to develop it.

The purpose of life is to give it away to others.

— Various

 

[...] at the age of four I was introduced to wonders such as computers (Windows '95), television (...) and cinema. From that early age I dreamed, and I'm still dreaming, of becoming an actor to act on the small and big screens with my "idols", become friends with them and play funny and extraordinary characters in other fantastical worlds. [...]

In 2013 I discovered, in the small world of YouTube, a small fraction of a virtual world called the Internet, some funny people who have the same age and passions as me, who simply record themselves playing video games and comment them, criticize them, review them, promote them to millions of people around the world. It happened on a day of October: I was looking for videos on YouTube that could convince me to buy the video game "The Stanley Parable", in which you follow the instructions of a narrator, but you can make choices and change the course of the story. I found an American of European and Asian descent (Mark Edward "Markiplier" Fischbach) playing it. And it lit up. A second flame next to the one that ignited at the age of four of equal intensity to it. The same desire to be part of that world. To get involved, to record myself playing video games and commenting on them. To boost my self-esteem by speaking English in front of millions of people. To become friends with those simple and extraordinary people. [...]

— from 1 or 2 of my upcoming books