Courage

Courage

Courage, also known as Jack Dunlop, is an American streamer and video game content creator. He began his career playing Halo and took an internship at MLG (Major League Gaming). He had his first big break hosting the Esports Report on MLG as a substitute for Chris Puckett. MLG asked him to return for MLG Columbus at the start of the COD Advanced Warfare season. Between the years 2014 and 2018 Courage hosted and commentated many of the major Call of Duty esports events including, the 2016, 2017, and 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship, MLG tournaments, the 2014, 2015, and 2016 Pro Leagues, and the 2015 and 2016 UMG tournaments. He’s been involved in two music videos with Ariana Grande and one with Justin Bieber.

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Social Media

This is a list of Courage’s social media profiles on various platforms.

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Courage History

Courage COD Ghosts History (2014)

His first foray into entertainment was with MLG’s daily Esports Report, filling in for a sick Chris Puckett. He did such a good job that he was invited to be a co host on the show for the next six weeks, before returning to college as an electronic media and film major at Towson University, Maryland.

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Courage COD Black Ops 3 History (2016)

Courage was a main event commentator for Call of Duty Black Ops 3 esports and definitely was one that fans wanted to watch. His work, commonly alongside Clint ‘Maven’ Evans, became an essential part of the Call of Duty esports show. On May 17th, 2016 Courage announced he was sponsored by GTOmegaRacing.

On July 17th, 2016 Courage competed in the 2nd Stage Call of Duty World League Playoffs All Star Tournament and took 3rd place. His teammates for the tournament were JKap, Vortex, and MarkyB.

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Courage COD Infinite Warfare History (2017)

Courage continued to work with the Call of Duty World League and MLG for the Call of Duty Infinite Warfare season.

Courage COD WW2 History (2018)

Courage commentated the first stage CWL Pro League during the Call of Duty World War 2 esports season.

Courage Fortnite History (2018)

On March 2nd, 2018, Courage officially announced that he was going to be leaving MLG and esports commentary. Then, 10 days later on March 12th he revealed that he joined OpTic Gaming as a full time streamer and content creator. Joining OpTic was a huge milestone, represented the incredible efforts Courage had made in recent years to grow his personal brand and become an entertainer in his own right. At this point he had 142,000 followers on Twitch.

At the end of March, popular Fortnite streamer Ninja raided Courage during his Twitch livestream with over 130,000 viewers and this was his reaction:

Courage Blackout History (2018)

On October 12th, 2018, Courage competed in the UMG Gaming Black Friday Blackout tournament and finished in 2nd place. Then on October 18th, he took 2nd place at BoomTV Code Red Blackout tournament. Later on October 27th, he finished in 2nd place competing at the 2018 Doritos Bowl Blackout tournament.

Then, on November 16th, 2018, Courage announced that he left OpTic Gaming. At this point he had over 1,000,000 followers on Twitch. With the emergence of Fortnite Esports, Courage returned to the casting desk for the Fortnite $100 million tournament.

Apex Legends (2019)

On February 19th, 2019, Courage competed at the Twitch Rivals Apex Legends tournament and took 9th place.

On April 19th, 2019, Courage announced that he was casting the Fortnite World Cup.

On May 15th, 2019, Courage announced on his Twitter feed that he was partnered with Razer.

Panic At The DIsco Featuring Courage

On May 17th, 2019, Courage announced he was going to partner with Brendon Urie, the lead singer of Panic At The Disco, for the $3,000,000 Fortnite Pro Am Tournament. He vlogged about the experience.

100 Thieves Courage

On May 28th, 2019, 100 Thieves announced on Twitter that Courage had joined the team as the third content creator for their house.

We’re thrilled to officially welcome @CouRageJD to 100 Thieves as the third creator for our content house. With a background in pro gaming and casting, CouRage brings an extremely unique charisma and dynamic to our team. We’re beyond excited to have him part of 100 Thieves! #100T pic.twitter.com/TQyTizONPc

— 100 Thieves (@100Thieves) May 28, 2019

The Courage And Nadeshot Show

The Courage and Nadeshot Show presented by Cash App where 100 Thieves CEO Matt “Nadeshot” Haag and Jack “CouRageJD” Dunlop bring on some of the top names in entertainment to talk about the latest in pop culture, gaming, and whatever else comes to their minds.

Courage As Ariana Grande’s Boyfriend

On August 7th 2019, Courage and Ariana Grande collaborated and made a parody music video of her new single Boyfriend. Jordan Fisher, Matt “Nadeshot” Haag, and others made cameo appearances including Ariana Grande herself!

Courage and Connor

At Twitch Con in 2019 Courage and Connor were finally able to meet.

On November 5, 2019, Courage announced his switch from streaming on Twitch to streaming on YouTube, through a comedic skit featuring other 100 Thieves house members. He citied reasons like stability and stated the fear of being tied down just for a sub count button, along with other factors like conveying a wider range of content, being the main reasons for his departure from the platform. On April 23, 2020, during a twelve hour charity birthday stream, Courage received a total of $250,000 dollars in donations within the first four hours of the stream and going onto to end the stream with approximately $503,254 dollars, donated to the CDC.

2020

Courage, Ariana Grande, and Justin Bieber – Stuck With U

Courage and his partner were featured on Ariana Grande’s and Justin Bieber’s music video for their song “Stuck With U” on May 8th, 2020. The video was to raise funds for Corona Virus relief efforts.

Then, on August 17th, 2020, Courage was interviewed by H3CZ for the Eavesdrop Podcast, titled “High Risk High Reward“.