Lewis Brindley
Real Name	Lewis Brindley
Usernames/Aliases	Xephos, Zephos
YouTube Channel	BlueXephos
Gender	Male
Nationality	British
Current Member?	Yes
Member Since	2009
Working at YogTowers?	Yes
Occupation	Managing Director at Yogscast Ltd[1]
Partner	Simon Lane (Honeydew)

	"The thing is..."

Lewis Alan^[2] Brindley, (a.k.a. Xephos, Zephos, Hat Boy or Silk Shirt Guy), born October 1983, is the Managing Director at Yogscast Ltd and plays the character 'Xephos' in the popular Minecraft Series. Lewis attended the University of Manchester in the 2002-2006 period studying chemistry. His previous jobs include technology scientist, organic chemist, and freelance science journalist. His interests include computing, audio and video editing, and gaming. By his past jobs, it should be clear why he is often considered the more intelligent half of his gaming partnership with Simon Lane. Although not currently playing World of Warcraft, Lewis was most recently playing a Gnome Warrior called Zephos. Lewis' Minecraft character is called Xephos.

Contents 1 Education and Career 2 Family and Relationships 3 The Yogscast 4 Trivia 5 Quotes 6 Gallery 7 References 8 Comments

Education and Career

Lewis was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford^[3] and studied Chemistry at the University of Manchester from 2002 to 2006.

In 2000, Lewis (then only 16 years of age) entered The Daily Telegraph/BASF Young Science Writer Awards with his article Breathe slowly and keep asthma at bay.^[4] In the article, Lewis reveals that he had asthma his entire life, but that his condition was improved by "Buteyko^[5]", a Russian method that uses "breath-holding" and "reduced breathing techniques". Lewis won the "younger category" of the awards for his article on the alternative asthma treatment, and had a picture taken with Princess Anne.

The Royal Society of Chemistry was the place of employment for Lewis Brindley while he worked there as a Freelance Science Writer/Journalist from August 2006 to September 2010. Brindley's experience included "writing news and features for the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine Chemistry World, more than three hundred articles published," and "regular attendance at press briefings across the country and reporting back from conferences abroad, such [as] the EU Chemistry Congress held in September 2008 in Turin." Several of the articles that were written and published by Lewis in Chemistry World can be found on the website of the Royal Society of Chemistry.^[6]

Family and Relationships

Lewis is the son of Allen (or Alan) Brindley, who has appeared in one Yogscast video.^[7] Lewis also has a brother, as revealed in the YoGPoD episode 26: Your Granddad Was A Bee? (18/01/2010)^[8], where Lewis mentions that he saw the movie Avatar with his brother. 

Lewis is currently dating Hannah. There are two rumoured ways that Lewis could have met Hannah; Simon first insisted that she was working as a waitress in a Tiki Bar, which Lewis was visiting. However Lewis denied this and said that she was a Goon who sent him photos of herself (both were revealed in "The Nodrassil Radio Interview [Long Version]").

The Yogscast

Simon and Lewis began uploading videos to YouTube in July 2008. Their YouTube channel, BlueXephos, initially started out as a World of Warcraft "How-to" channel, in which they uploaded videos of their guild (Ye Olde Goone Squade) killing bosses, with commentary on how to beat said boss in the foreground. The first episode of the YogPod was released in on the 5th of February 2009 and was recorded during the snowy days of February which occurred that year, thus, the first episode was named 'Snowcast'.

Trivia

• If you prefer Lewis over Simon, you are a Yognaut (as in 'astronaut'), rather than a Yognaught (as in 'nought' or zero).
• Lewis' birthday is on the 22nd October.
• Lewis repeatedly whistles when he speaks, although he always denies having a gap in his teeth.
• It has been said that Lewis, along with Simon, is a member of the secret society known as The 1956 Club.
• He's scared of anything with more legs than him.
• Lewis's old glasses are somewhere at the bottom of a river in California due to a loss of internet and an angry Simon.
• Lewis is allergic to cats.
• Lewis is also allergic to nuts.
• When the Yogscast hit their target for the Christmas livestream donations, Lewis had to put on a Bee costume... for a lady.
• Lewis often provokes Simon into blowing up adventure maps.
• He has a master's degree in chemistry.
• In Sethbling's Pile of Bodys map, his statue was included and his head was full of torches, a reference to when in Minecraft, he puts down too many torches when in dark areas
• In the Don't Starve Challenge Ep 1 video , Lewis said that he camped alot when he was a child and done the Duke of Edinbrugh's Award gold level (link takes you to the direct moment in the video when he said it).
• In the Don't Starve Challenge Ep2 - Ciderlicious video Lewis said he's 5'7".

Quotes

This page, Lewis Brindley Quotes, contains all of Lewis's most notable quotes.

• "Fuckin' Hell!"
• "Flippin' heck!"
• "Are you alright there, friend?"
• "Let me just kill this pig..."
• "We're not retreating, we are advancing in a different direction!"

Gallery

References

The Yogscast

Members: Simon Lane (Honeydew), Lewis Brindley (Xephos), Duncan Jones (Lalna), Paul Sykes (Sjin), Chris Lovasz (Sips), Hannah Rutherford (Lomadia), Liam J. MacKay (Nilesy), Joakim Hellstrand (Rythian), Zoey Proasheck (Zoey), Martyn Littlewood (InTheLittleWood), John Cochrane (HybridPanda), Jon Evans (Teep), Sam Thorne (Strippin), Kim Richards (Nanosounds) Community: Anya Ferris (MintyMinute) Technical: Steven Goates (Ridgedog) Business: Mark Turpin (Turps) Editors: Adam Area 11: Tom Clarke (Sparkles*), Alex Parvis (Parv) Animators: Fredrik Malmhake (FredMalm), Ciaran Askew (Ceeraanoo) Artists: Teutron, VeteranHarry Associates: Benji, Nicholas Buccino (Daltos), Mulchie, Rick van Laanen (Zylus), Ravs, GameChap, Kaeyi Dream, Toby Cottrell (SoTotallyToby)

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  Are you mad at Simon/Lewis and the rest of the Yogscast team for constantly delaying SOI without a valid reason?

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    Xasparaz
    that's the real minty.  Well there's the scoop, SOI hasn't updated due to mods not updating. so it isn't the yogscast fault. So there is no n... 2013-01-24T20:18:51Z
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    Frozen Jese
    I believe we've come to a conclusion: Shadow of Israphel needs mods and these mods haven't been updated, which has led to SoI's post-poning... 2013-01-24T20:38:35Z

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