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"Hey guys, it's me, Vikkstar one-two-three!"

Vikram "Vik" Singh Barn (born 2 August 1995), better known as Vikkstar123 or just Vikkstar, is an English YouTuber, Internet personality, disc jockey, and music producer who is best known as a member of the Sidemen.

Known as the only Sideman who was not focused on FIFA and is of Indian descent, Vikkstar is very productive for a Sideman as he was the only member who ran three channels for the longest time. He was the first Sideman to reach the one-million-subscribers milestone on his main channel post-formation of the group.^note Post-formation as in ignoring KSI and wroetoshaw, who each got their first million much earlier. Outside of Sidemen, he was previously known for his Minecraft content, having been part of a multinational group known only as "The Pack"; he now plays that game on a more infrequent basis. He is also a long-time fan of the Call of Duty franchise and co-owns the professional esports organizations London Royal Ravens and Rogue.

As of 2023, Barn has also been DJing and producing music. His debut single, "Better Off (Alone, Pt. III)" with Norwegian DJ Alan Walker and Dutch electronic music group Dash Berlin, was released on 28 September 2023.

His main channel is over here and his mostly Minecraft-focused side channel is here. He also had another side channel called VikkstarPlays, but he has since abandoned it. His article on Wikipedia is over here.

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Tropestar123:

• The Alleged Car: Vik has been in the butt end of this twice, once in his old VW Scirocco and once in his Aston Martin V8 Vantage.
  • On his VW, as he was returning to the Insomnia 53 after deciding to pick up some of their merchandise,^note The merchandise, which were Sidemen stickers, was accidentally sent to the wrong address. The house owner of that house turns out wasn't there on that particular day, so it got sent back to the depot he came across a narrow road and his car clipped the side of the road's curb. He thought it will be OK and kept driving, only for the steering to slowly veer to the left and for the car to begin vibrating, eventually forcing Vik to stop just in front of a bus stop. He later also found out that he somehow punctured the rear-left tire of the car, even though he hit the curb on the front-left. Eventually, JJ, Ethan, Tobi, and Harry came to pick him up.
  • In his Aston, he was going to the gym with JJ, Freezy, and Manny, when he decided to go home earlier than the other three so that he could start streaming How to Minecraft. As he inserts the key though, the car receives a command that says, "Key Error". He spends a good hour or so trying to fix the vehicle before finally giving up, eventually having to be picked up by JJ and driven home in his Lambo.
• Big "NO!": Lets out a powerful one in Monopoly Plus when he rolls yet another double, juxtaposed with Ethan's loud laughing.
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: You can tell just by looking at his image. One Cards Against Humanity card joked about this by saying Vik's eyebrows could make a man with alopecia (absence of hair in areas where it normally grows) happy, while a game of Pinturillo 2 (an online Draw Something/Draw My Thing clone) ended with Ethan writing Vik's name then apologising to him as he began to draw his face, at which point everyone knew the word was "eyebrow".
• Boastful Rap: Has a tendency to try to rap when he brags.
• Born Unlucky: Got fucked over particularly hard in a Monopoly Plus game, where he kept on having so many bad consecutive rolls (almost all of them being doubles) that he lost his mind over the course of the game.
• Bully and Wimp Pairing: When he's with JJ.
• Butt-Monkey:
  • Is probably one of the biggest whipping boys of the group (alongside Ethan and JJ), almost to the point where you feel bad for him (for example, the hashtag "#StopVikkAbuse").
  • Often gets playfully abused by JJ.
  • Of course, there was the "Vik's a pedophile and/or terrorist" Running Gags.
• Car Fu: Part of what makes Vik an effective "stabiliser" is that he is skilled at being able to ram other racers off-course with his vehicle, hindering the victim's progress.
• Catchphrase:
  • His current opener, "What is up guys, welcome to a brand new video, today..." The quote you see under his image was the previous one, in full as, "Hey guys, it's me, Vikkstar one-two-three, and welcome to...", usually with a quick Beat at the end of that introductory phrase.
  • "Twice the wheels, twice the fastness!" — Vik previously said this due to his belief that an ATV goes faster than a motorbike because it has double the wheels.
  • "Helmet Boy Origins!" — Vik's GTA Online avatar usually wore a helmet, which he treats as if it gives him durability powers. Vik would yell this phrase if he gets out of difficult situations in the game, or avoids being killed by another Sideman's actions. This has now fallen out of use.
  • "Got 'im!" and "Or nah!" when he took out another player in a GTA race.
• Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Has a very active imagination, especially when Helmet Boy comes in.
• Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: His GTA vehicle colour is race yellow. Previously, if it was an off-road vehicle race, he drove a purple Nagasaki Blazer or Hot Rod Blazer.
• Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: Vik has sacrificed some wins just for the sake of trolling someone for his own amusement.
• Foreshadowing: In Josh's podcast, JJ predicted that Vik's diss track would have him banging with Indian tunes. Guess how he did his diss track?
• Handicapped Badass: Despite having a broken collarbone at the start of 2018, he still manages to play very decent games in Fortnite, even winning a few of them.
• Hidden Depths:
  • He's a skilled pianist and has uploaded several videos of just him playing the piano.
  • Despite his reputation as The Load when it comes to football, he is unusually good at hitting crossbars, best shown in the 2014 crossbar challenge video where he hits the crossbar on his first try and the Sidemen vs FaZe Crossbar Challenge video where he contributed to the Sidemen's victory by hitting the crossbar twice.
• In-Series Nickname: Is sometimes called "Ratskiv" (which is "Vikstar" backwards).
• Leitmotif: "Mundian To Bach Ke" by Punjabi artist Labh Janjua, but only as a Running Gag of referencing his Indian descent on the other Sidemen's videos and not within Vik's own videos. This has died off as of The New '20s, though.
• The Load:
  • Often the one who fails to pull his own weight when it comes to real-life football videos. For example, in JJ's freekick challenge, the crowd of people standing by the goal literally dissipated when he first went to kick...and he still missed. However, this makes it more of a sweet Pet the Dog or Throw the Dog a Bone moment when Vik actually succeeds.
  • Surprisingly, he’s a more competent player than Callux, a friend of the Sidemen's who is much taller and older than him and as mentioned above, he has a knack for hitting crossbars in crossbar challenge videos.
• No Scope: Pulls off a very impressive 720 no scope (sure the target was only 15 meters but still) in a Fortnite game.
• Plucky Comic Relief: Considering his status as the biggest Pungeon Master of the group.
• Pungeon Master: Has a penchant for cheesy puns more than any other Sideman. A lot of his puns are based around his name, such as his usernames in Cards Against Humanity games ("TwentyViksteen", "Vikktory_Chant", "VikStarter", etc.) as well as his Instagram name "vikkstagram".
• Running Gag:
  • Being unpaid.
  • Due to his playing Minecraft, which has kids as a main demographic, Vik was often seen as a pedophile. This has since died off.
  • Vik has also been seen as a terrorist. This has also died off.
  • Being told to shut up whenever he spoke too much in a short period of time.
  • Apparently, his parents are disappointed because he didn't become a doctor.
• The Runt at the End: The other Sidemen are primarily FIFA YouTubers who each runs two channels. Vik, on the other hand, is more of a general Let's Player with a focus on Minecraft and First-Person Shooters. He's also the only member of the Sidemen who is officially part of another, mostly unrelated group. Oh, and yeah, he's the shortest Sidemen member, too.
• The Smart Guy: Vik is often the one to educate his fellow Sidemen in Cards Against Humanity when they come across an unfamiliar term, such as Rule 34.
• Take That!: Towards drama in general where he calls out people who do it.
• Token Minority: He is the only Sideman who is Indian in descent, not white or Black, and he does not primarily play FIFA like the other Sidemen.
• Troll: He is the group's biggest troll to the point that he is known as the "stabiliser".

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