Modest Pelican Gaming

Modest Pelican is an Australian gaming YouTube channel that began making primarily Battlefield I videos, often with intentionally humorous narration. The channel, which is run by Geoff H, has since branched out to a number of different games, especially Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Hitman 2, Red Dead Redemption Online, and Grand Theft Auto Online. The channel's focus has also shifted over the years from somewhat serious gameplay videos to completely comedic takes on games. Recently, Geoff has been creating overarching stories for his characters in the games he plays, often spanning numerous videos or even entire series.

History
The Modest Pelican Gaming YouTube account was created in 2013 but didn't post any videos until the Fall of 2016. Geoff began by posting primarily Battlefield I gameplay montages. Although his videos were never particularly serious, after the first six or so months of posting, Modest Pelican Gaming's videos began to become more and more comedic. It was also around this time that the channel began to branch out in terms of video format, often focusing not on a gameplay highlight reel but on an aspect of the game that Geoff wished to speak in-depth about. The channel produced nearly 100 videos in this way before Geoff decided to branch out from the Battlefield formula in October of 2018. He began by making a video on Red Dead Redemption 2.

After the release of Battlefield V a month later, Modest Pelican began alternating between posting traditional Battlefield videos for Battlefield V and posting new videos depicting the violent exploits of Papa Pelican, a character and narrative created by Geoff for use in Red Dead Redemption 2's online mode. Likely recognizing the success of the latter video series, Modest Pelican began gradually transitioning away from Battlefield videos and towards other games in early 2019. Geoff tested out numerous different games around this time including Hitman 2, Apex Legends, The Division 2, and Sea of Thieves.

On March 31st, 2019, Modest Pelican released the first video in its Thickman takes over Los Santos series. It chronicled the narrative of Thickman, a character created by Geoff in Grand Theft Auto Online. Since the release of the first Thickman video, Modest Pelican has limited his videos to primarily covering Grand Theft Auto Online, Red Dead Redemption Online, and Hitman 2. However, he also plays Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, DayZ, and an assortment of other games from time to time.

Collaboration
(see "collaborators")

Modest Pelican, although a one man operation, frequently features some of Geoff's online friends in videos, especially GTA V and RDR2 episodes. The group calls themselves "The Sons of Virgins" and consists of at least nine members. Certain comments made during videos imply that Jesus Christi may be an honorary member of the Son's of Virgins.

Philanthropic Endeavors
On January 5th, 2020, Modest Pelican announced that all money made from that day's video would go towards helping firemen fight the bushfires ravaging much of Australia at the time.