2022 Feb Update - Back in the Game : )

Hello everyone! Apologies for the radio silence during January. I've been doing physical therapy and I am happy to say I'm feeling much better now.

To help fill you all in the best that I can I'm including images in this update for the first time! Something I'm gunna have to get used to and practice as the channel continues into the future!

 Ok, Getting to the point: 

The channel will be launching sometime this month.

The TF2 video will be released after the initial channel launch.

The channel will launch with a video about Monster Hunter World.

 Along With two highlight videos from my playthrough of Resident Evil 8 and Mario 3D World.

More details below 

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Work Details(Health Details are further down)

The health issues and my poor handling of them slowed things down considerably, but I'm still confident in my ability to have the channel launched this month, especially now that my health is better.

My plan was to launch with two "Big" videos and a handful of "Small/Highlight" videos. The Two "Big" videos were the TF2 video and a video about Monster Hunter World. 

My plan was to work on the Monster Hunter video first as a practice run to warm up before getting deep into the TF2 video. The plan remains the same, but the health delays have made it so I'm going to release them separately. 

The Monster Hunter Video is in what I like to call the "Jigsaw Phase" in editing. I see Video Editing like a jigsaw puzzle. You have a story you want to tell, and you mold your audio & video into the pieces to tell that story then you fit them all together. Basically I have all the pieces I need to start putting this story together. 

I have the scripts, notes, music, sound and footage I need. I am currently working on sorting/organizing my notes and footage and then I'll begin putting them all together and make the video! 

Ideally I would've had this step done eons ago since it's pretty straight forward. But it required me staring at a screen for hours and my eye pain didn't let me get even minutes in before I had to give them rest. 

Lastly. Two games I have on my "Make Videos About Them" list - "Time Splitters 2" and "Time Splitters: Future Perfect" were recently added to the Xbox backwards compatibility list. They now run on the newer Xboxes with higher frame rates and resolutions which makes them MUCH easier to capture footage for. Because of this, the two games have shot up in my "Which Game Do I Make A Video About Next" list. I'm expecting that I'll visit those two games after I'm finished with the TF2 video! 

Health Stuff

I don't need surgery! The head and eye pain I've been experiencing were caused (embarrassingly enough) from my back, shoulder and neck muscles becoming so tight that the tension was causing headaches and nerve pain. Which is why Ibuprofen, warm towels, blindfolds and breaks from the screen didn't help alleviate the pain.

I've been spending the month exercising and messaging the areas and to be honest. I'm pretty upset at how bad of shape I was in, and I fear I would've ended up having a stroke if I kept ignoring the problems.

The amount of tension in my back, shoulders and neck were insane and they still aren't properly loosened up yet. Each time I'd find relief in one spot it just opened up the next spot which would be tighter and tighter. 

I've amassed a small army of tools to help break up the spots of tension in my back. The best (and the one that was late by 3 weeks) is THE LOBSTER which is pretty much the trump card I needed to get back in working order quickly.

 The Arsenal. 

I don't wanna go into too much detail - but the tools helped and it hurt alot! Turns out there's a big reason why people say stretching is important 

To sum up this post. I've learned my first lesson in proper Time Management the hard way!  Just because its something you like doing doesn't mean you're immune to the fatigue, don't openly sign up for crunch like its nothing just cause it'll make a cool launch - haha lol

I'm running out of steam on this post but I hope it's helped fill you all in and eased your minds in whatever way possible. I know some of you were worried about me and I appreciate it greatly. The health problems and the delay were my fault and I'll be more mindful not to make the mistake again in the future. Now, lets get this channel started.

Thanks everyone!

Hoping to make you all happy and proud this month,

Summer