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4Player Network (formerly 4Player Podcast, often shortened to 4Player) is a multiple award-winning weekly podcast in addition to a daily live broadcast and website about video games; based out of Austin, Texas.〔 The four founding members of the podcast are Brad Simons, David Liao, Nick Henderson and Travis Granger. ==History== 4Player Network began as a podcast (and later, a blog) entitled East Vs West Working Title.〔http://www.eastvswestworkingtitle.blogspot.com〕 The first podcast occurred on January 11, 2007, featuring Brad and David discussing the game Twilight Princess.〔(Podcast Archive )〕 Nick joined the podcast in April 2007.〔 Following this, the first postings on the blog were recorded in June 2007.〔(Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! )〕 In Fall 2007, Travis joined the podcast as the fourth member.〔 Shortly thereafter, the podcast changed its name from the East Vs West moniker to 4Player Podcast. Despite this, the East Vs West blog was still in use. Beginning their shift into live gaming in February 2008, 4Player broadcast themselves playing video games on Justin TV.〔(4player Podcast's Profile - Austin, TX - Justin.tv )〕 Success was found in these live broadcasts, and on April 2, 2008, 4Player replaced their old blog with a new one.〔(The new site. )〕 On July 2, 2009, 4Player created a new website and forum.〔(Welcome to the New Site! )〕 On December 12, 2009, the 4Player Podcast won a Podcast Award after their nomination into the Gaming category.〔http://www.podcastawards.com/〕 The following year, 4Player found success again by winning the 2010 Gaming Podcast Award. Vying to continue their winning streak, 4Player found itself being nominated in two categories for the 2011 Podcast Awards. One nomination in the Gaming category and another in the People's Choice category. 4Player continued their winning streak by securing the Gaming category award for the third year in a row, as well as claiming their first People's Choice Award. In October 2011, they participated in the Extra Life Charity event for Texas Children's Hospital. The group streamed themselves playing video games live from The Galleria in Houston, Texas. After 24 hours 4Player successfully gathered over $4,000 for the hospital.〔http://4playernetwork.com/blog/2011/10/extra-life-marathon-starts-now/〕 In September 2014, the group held a four way contest to see who could beat Super Mario 64 the fastest. Throughout the night donations were taken to raise the number of stars necessary for the contestants to collect. Over $1,500 was raised for Texas Children's Hospital. As of 2015, 4Player Network has over 40 million views on their TwitchTV channel and over 90 million video views on YouTube.〔http://www.youtube.com/user/4PlayerPodcast/〕 The group's most popular video is titled "GTA4 - Scooter Brothers!!" and was uploaded to a fan account in May 2008. It has garnered over 6 million views as of 2015. Rockstar Games included a reference to the video in Grand Theft Auto V in which one of the main characters quotes the clip. 4Player Podcast became 4Player Network in October 2012. The name change accompanied the opening of the new website with various additional and improved features.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「4Player Network」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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