how do you stay motivated pretty much
look on strava and see who what person
is writing i'm i'm a pretty struggle
holla kind of guy and I see somebody
going out there smashing 50 60 70 miles
kind of motivates me to be like oh shoot
was my word my fitness and compared to
this guy is averaging like 20 miles an
hour 4,000 feet of climbing and it's
like motivating to me how do you deal
with burnout it's hard
well when you've just written so much
and it's about the middle end of the
year and it's like you don't even want
to go racing more i kinda just stopped
writing altogether do sometimes I like
cross-training go hiking go play some
football with some guys play basketball
go to the gym
anything that doesn't you know have to
do with peddling or riding it like how
do you get motivated for the season
I don't know it depends
during the winter it was really cold and
I lost on the motivation but now it's
just actually get out there and on a
bike and wanted to do better than that
cheers and trying to the next level
that's my motivation
do you have anything that you set in
your mind like hold that motivation like
how do you see the motivation throughout
the season
I'm still fairly new cyclist so keeping
it throughout the season so much my
second full season and just begun
so my attachment same questions couple
of months when when burnouts going to be
hard to overcome with another great
question how do you deal with Bono
I it's only january i'm slightly there
so will seek you know racing yesterday
and in Santa Barbara and six hours in
the car and then back out here at seven
in the morning and time with their
families
it's just gonna be tough but I'm I'm a
competitor and try to do the best that I
can and doing the best what's really
driving for just get to the next level
how do you get motivated or other you
what things you hold your mind to keep
that motivation throughout the season
without the right yeah so when I'm if I
raised it to more motivator since its
not I wasn't racing that probably
wouldn't be as motivated to keep movie
will race how do you deal with burnout
don't train as hard as most probably and
I take breaks whenever I can and I
should wear I feel like it i take a
break and kind of how I do it I just
yeah Bernard is just some guys gotta
look at sure
how do you get motivated for the
upcoming race sometimes I think we had
how I get motivated for something is
that are definitely don't want to be out
there suffering you know in a crib or a
road race and I've been there I've done
I know how it suffer and so I think
that's one motivation right there and
then I want to be competitive enough to
where I could hang out hang with with
the great the leaders but the head
writers so I'm not like lacking in
wasting money so that's kind of a
motivation right there and then you know
just come riding with other people is a
good motivation for me and it gets me
prepped for the race eat what one thing
do you hold in your mind to keep that
motivation is not like a goal or like
yeah I got specific races I prep for so
when I'm cooking for those specific
races that is a goal and it's my
motivation that I have to do good there
and then I think that's it once you know
you you're gonna compete at this race
and it's one you really want to do at I
think that's a really good motivation
just to have a like you set a goal a
good goal in mind
yeah how do you deal with bone out the
other seasons how I deal with burnout is
is I'll all if I know that I'm feeling a
little tired i will actually just kind
of like I'll take a week do something
different go for a hike by cycle a
little bit but maybe you know spend only
spend maybe for an hour a day that no
more than an hour and a half to two
hours at all and i will ya hike swim go
to the beach just relax maybe do a
little tune-up on the on anything you're
having issues with during that week or
we can have to use your resting legs to
like get in the gym to some upper body
stuff do some my legs like that
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HOW I AFFORD LUXURY HOTELS | Travel in Her Shoes | My Tricks on How to Stay at 5 Star Resorts - Duration: 11:49.
Hi! This is Aggie Lal— Travel in Her Shoes.
And today I'm super excited about today because I'm gonna tell you
how I afford staying in luxury resorts and fancy hotels.
And, yes, I'm a travel blogger, and I sometimes get to do it for free.
But that was not always the case and sometimes not every hotel wants to work with me.
So I still use my few tricks to really enjoy my stay.
Like I have to say, I've stayed on private island hotels.
I've stayed where you get to feed giraffes.
And the prices for these hotels were anything from $700 to $2500 a night.
Just to give you an idea what I mean by luxury.
I know you can stay even more than that.
I haven't so far. I don't think I have.
But I have a few tips for you in case you ever want to stay in a hotel like this
And you probably think that you can't afford it.
Well, maybe we can work on it.
All right, I have to tell you the truth— I used to be one of these snobbish travelers
that thought that the real travel and the real experience
has to be budgeted. That people that stay in five-star hotels
and they say that they travel to a country— like they don't know anything—
That's not real travel.
Well... It might not be. But staying in a 5-star hotel does not
necessarily mean that's your only experience from that country.
So I like to do both. I like to do both
getting to know the locals— that's I guess my #1 reason why I travel.
But staying in a five-star hotel, it's an experience in itself.
Its beautiful architecture, the design— both interior and exterior—
the pools, it's very pleasing and
there's something to be said about the beauty
that we, as humans, like to be surrounded by.
And that doesn't necessarily mean luxury in itself.
It's not like you feel, "Ahh... I love this TV. It's so pretty."
or "This feels rich."
It's just everything is thought of and aesthetically pleasing
and very pleasant to hang-out around, like be part of.
I was never the kind of a girl that was dreaming about her Chanel bag
and never really wanted to have fancy Louis Vuitton shoes
or whatever you can get from Louis Vuitton.
The brands don't really impress me at all
But staying in beautiful place
or being surrounded by nature
that's been composed or worked into a beautiful beach
or a mountain
That's always been my bucket list.
That's always something that I work towards
and makes me very happy when I get to accomplish it.
First, I would say, I personally hate the in-between.
I either like to stay in a really really nice place
or really basic Homestay or Airbnb
or something that's like up to $100.
In Cuba, I stayed with a family for $12.
In Australia, we slept on a camper van for a week.
I loved that. I think it's basic. You have zero expectations.
You're happy if you take a shower that day.
But that way, it lets me save money
and stay in a luxury resort a few days later on.
Because, the amount of money I spend
for that amount of two weeks,
It's the same as if I spend
the entire two weeks staying at mediocre resort.
And the mediocre resorts, it's usually—
The pool is not quite there.
There is no view.
The bed's not comfortable.
Stuff are not cl—things are not clean.
Service is not great.
Food is okay.
I just rather stay with a family
or a super cheapy hotel that's usually family-based.
Super basic.
That's usually way better vibe than a medium hotel.
So that's my advice number one.
Because if I feel that if you stay at super cheap places
then you can really afford to do the expensive ones.
I did it in Guatemala where I stayed in super basic places
then we stayed in a fancy hotel in Belize.
Same in Australia. Same in Africa.
That's been my—that's the way I travel.
I usually avoid the medium hotels to be honest.
And the ratio is you're like,
"Whoa, Aggie! Okay, so you can save by staying
by sleeping in a camper van. But then—
it's still super expensive to stay in a fancy resort."
Well, my rule is
If you are to stay in fancy resort.
You should stay there. That's what I do.
I don't have much parents.
No one pays for my stay.
We have to both work. Me and Michael have to work for this.
We work hard-earned money to stay in these places.
I totally don't get people—
I mean, good for you if you can afford it—
But I don't get how you can stay seven days in a fancy resort
and check-in at 11 P.M.
Or not stay there and do all the activities around.
So the way I travel: I stay cheap.
Get to visit the entire area around it.
And then when I show up at the resort.
I am the—I bet you—
I'm the first person to check in
and the last one to leave
and I won't go anywhere.
Like, I don't care what's outside of the island.
I'm there for a day or two
and sometimes three
I've never stayed longer than three days at a fancy resort.
I just can't afford it. I can't imagine
just spending a week at this point of my life—
YET
I hope it will change— HINT HINT fancy hotels—
you can invite me for longer.
But bet your bottom dollar, I'm not leaving anywhere.
Like I'm staying there for sure for this entire time.
Just enjoying every single facility that's offered.
And I guarantee you after two days of sitting in your room,
even if it's the most beautiful, you're like
"Okay, now I need to change
I need to see what's out there."
And then you move.
Okay, speaking of check-in.
You usually can check-in around 3 P.M.
Maybe 4 P.M.
My piece of advice is if you can and if it's a fancy resort,
organize it so you can show up at the resort—
for example, I've done it a few times—
6 A.M. or 7 A.M. in the morning
and I apologize and I'm like
"I am really sorry.
But this is the way I've planned it
or the way I'm just showing up from the airport.
I know I can check-in until 4 P.M.
I don't wanna pay to check-in until 4.
But is it okay if I just hang out the pool
or enjoy and grab some lunch
or just leave my suitcase and I'll just be around."
I have never—
Because they are really nice resorts,
they will never tell you
now that you showed up
you have to go and leave.
They will always take care of you
because you're technically just showing up
before the check-in is allowed.
And it's totally fine.
This is a little sketchy, I know.
But it crossed my mind by accident
because the hotel transfer that we stayed in Australia
on Hayman Island
only offered to be picked up from mainland.
To get the boat, you could either go at 6 A.M
in the morning or 5 P.M.
So I'm like,
"I'm not going on 5 P.M.
and checking-in at 6 by the time I get to the island
because I'm gonna lose the entire day.
So I had to go early, and they just took care of us.
I'm like, "What if it worked in other places?"
And it has.
It does extend your stay a little bit.
Same at the check-out.
Say, "Would it be okay?"
and of course, it's at the discretion of the hotel.
So it's not like
I want you to take advantage of the hotels.
Cause it's not really cool.
But if you ask them,
"Hey, is that okay if we hang-out 'cause
we happen to arrive early,
or we happen wait for a flight?"
Or whatever.
And no one really cares if there's an extra person
at the pool for another two hours.
As long as you don't overstay and overuse their hospitality,
it's totally cool.
I hope (laugh).
I don't think— I'd say try to go out of season.
In-season prices are crazy.
I remember staying at Sri Panwa in Thailand
where their villa was $2500 per night—in-season.
And only $900 out-of-season.
So that's not too bad.
It's less than half-price.
One thing to keep in mind, of course:
It's always cheaper to stay
for example, on a fancy resort in Thailand or the Philippines
than it is to stay in the Maldives.
It's just because of the currency there, for instance.
Something to keep in mind
If you're dreaming
The quality of the hotel is just as good if not better.
Another tip that I can tell you is
to check out the website called Hotwire.com
and this is website where hotels
don't advertise themselves so low.
But they might still have some rooms available
that they put out there.
So you go to Hotwire's website and showing out
"Whoa, we have a hotel in Thailand or
on Phuket Island,
and it's $700.
It has 3 pools, 200 rooms,
and a golf course.
We're not gonna tell you what the name is,
but our price is $500 down from $2000"
advertising from the hotel.
And that's all you know from Hotwire.
Well, this is a lot of information,
because sometimes you have no guarantee
whether this is the exact same place
but based on that information,
you can drag down go to Booking.com
and find these places and find the location
and try to figure it out.
My biggest core is—
That works every time whenever
I stay on an island
especially when the hotel is
the only hotel on the island.
This totally worked for me a few times.
And I still remember when I was looking
at the prices for One&Only on Hayman Island, Australia.
And the price online was $1200.
I went to Hotwire.com and it said,
"There's a hotel on Hayman Island,
we're not gonna tell you what the name is
but it's $700"
It just happens that One&Only is the only hotel
on Hayman Island.
Because it's a private island.
So you have probably 99% chance
that you're gonna book this hotel.
'Cause that's very little risk,
knowing that there's only one hotel
and sure enough, it was One&Only.
So make sure you check Hotwire
because the prices are enormous
like $500—it's almost 50% off.
And next,
Be careful with transfers.
Again, there are hotels that
charged us, I don't remember,
up to $600 to a transfer
to a private island.
So it's always worth checking
or look on TripAdvisor or Expedia
to find out whether there is a cheaper way
of getting to and from the island, independently from the hotel.
Basically, whenever hotels offer transfers
or offer some sort of service,
like taxi, or anything really,
you're gonna pay premium.
So if you want to avoid that,
try to find a way to figure out
your own way of transport.
And I have been to islands that
you can only get by boat or helicopter,
and they offer helicopter.
But it's cheaper to rent a helicopter by yourself
than to rent it through a hotel, of course.
So just to keep something in mind.
Alright, one more thing.
I always always always travel with my own snacks
And it has nothing to do with staying in fancy resort.
I just hate being hungry.
I don't eat dairy. I don't eat meat.
I'm trying to avoid gluten or wheat in general.
That limits my choices by a lot.
I've just been in too many situations
where I was really hungry.
So I always bring some snacks with me
and it's proven very helpful for me so far.
I guess that's it.
These are my tips
of how I afford to stay in those fancy places
all around the world.
If you have any suggestions or any more questions.
Please let me know in the comments below.
And if you haven't subscribed to my channel,
there's somewhere at my head popping up.
Please do.
It's very important for me to connect with you
and to stay in touch, so that would be really great.
See you on my next video.
Bye!
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Yet Another La La Land Video - Duration: 13:55.
Hello, I know I'm late to the hype train.
I saw La La Land for the first time yesterday, and I literally cannot stop
thinking about this film.
I am absolutely in love with this movie.
If you've not seen it yet,
really... please... please go and watch it.
It's so good and i'm going
to talk about it now because I have all
these thoughts in my head and I just
need to put them out and *aaaaaaah*
I watched it twice yesterday: I went to
the cinema and then I could not stop
thinking about it for the rest of the day.
So I think it was almost midnight
I started watching it again and I'm so obsessed...
Obviously as it's only been one day since I saw it,
this review is going to be quite
emotional and emotionally centred.
I have so much, I wrote all of this... just... so.... *emotional moan*
Okay! I'm going to divide this video into two parts basically.
First i'm going to give a kind of
*mostly* spoiler-free review
discussing the different themes, so not really the
plot itself... That's going to be quite short.
Then I'm going to talk more in detail
about why i love it and obviously it's going
to be spoiler heavy and stuff so PLEASE go
see La La Land if you haven't yet, it's so good...
SO I watched dodie's [gotta keep that lower-case branding] video on La La Land
And she divided it into different
themes from the film and I thought that
was a great idea i'm going to steal that!
I havent picked the same themes exactly
so it should be a bit different... hopefully.
For me, the main themes are dreams, success vs. fame,
letting go of the past, kind of...
Hollywood and music of course.
I'm really trying to keep this as spoiler-free as possible.
It's both, in my opinion, an hommage and a
critique of the Golden Age of Hollywood
and I think it really hits home because a lot of us have
grown up with these films.
So it's very nostalgic but it also has a twist on it.
All i'm going to say about the story...
There are two main characters, each
with an individual dream. They meet as
they're trying to achieve these dreams
and they try to achieve together.
Also, the music is great....
That was a review.... Just watch it, PLEASE, it's so good.
Now onto the juicy stuff: talking about the
film itself. SPOILERS!1!11 So if you haven't
seen it go see it!! *shh* Don't watch this please.
I want you to watch it please, it's so good.
It's also online...
I'm not condoning watching things illegally but just saying....
As I said, the themes are dreams,
success vs. fame, letting go of the past, Hollywood and music.
I didn't include love in this list... It's definitely a big part of
the film but if you removed it,
the message would still be the same so
in my opinion it isn't exactly a theme, but love
definitely plays a big part in the story, obviously.
The main theme: dreams!
As the film is built upon these two
characters, you really see two ways of
achieving your dreams - both Mia with
wanting to become an actress and Seb
with starting his Jazz Lounge.
We can really see how different things can affect how
dreams will be carried on for the rest of our lives.
For example, Mia's aunt plays a
huge role in what she's wanted to become.
And when she used her aunt as an example in The Fools who Dream
When she says "A bit of madness is key to give us new colours to see",
you need to go through all these troubles and things to achieve your dream,
a big message from the film.
Next theme: success vs. fame.
We see through Seb and Mia two really
different ways to achieve your dreams.
From Mia's point of view, doing it for her
child-self, and her aunt as well,
always keeping that in mind when going forwards.
Seb on the other hand fluctuates between wanting to achieve different things.
he has the main dream of having to
plunge but the ways of getting there
change a lot of what you want to do
perfectly see the complex which is
happening between me and said there's
also have another think I'm inside my
during the argument seem
it really doesn't know what you want she
does a little kind of felt that for a
moment which me and criticise the bar
but in my opinion even if he's like
doing all these things which are history
he always had the dream in mind what I
find is very important to do if you have
a dream that you can take detours and
you can go off the top but as long as
you have that mainstream in mind all the
way along that's what's important
I definitely don't completely agree
before but there are other ways to
achieve that without playing music but
she doesn't like it's definitely not
license plate has been just giving up
going through hell together as he still
had with main goal line this whole
argument really makes you wonder like
what is your own definition of success
this is doing something in your field
something with you enjoy but that you're
expected to do specific shown in this
quote from the argument
this is a dream guys like me they worked
their whole life to be in something that
was successful that people like I want
to especially with guys like me you can
always compare yourself to others and
pay the top for yourself but sometimes
you're maybe not really living up to
your dream your existing but people are
expecting you to do this is supposed to
be about 30 her she is not fitting in
spite of all that's all she wants to
break free
she doesn't care about other people
think she just talked to John
Superfriends achieve things and let go
of everything that's imposed upon her
that's all i have right now for the
customers the same i told you this is a
very well construction it was asking
then migraine stuff and want to share
university student thing together and
letting go of the past and Hollywood
there's a connection is we're both said
to me I know that you cheaper dream they
need to let go of the past and in this
case the relationship it's really kind
of waiting for you question for your
priorities are and what you personally
won't like we're still not necessarily
thing that you have to always put your
dreams first before other people but in
their case of versed on me and that was
what was that for button it really is
for you to make the decision not to
saying your dream should be more than
most important that
that's not the message at least in my
opinion this brain goes to the ultimate
montage scene of like oh my gosh oh my
gosh 444 seen my finger is a plate
what this element to it but that's not
the main purpose of the scene on polish
I don't know of that part of the film
it's mostly given a Hollywood you view
on 13 would have been had been told in
the film let me elaborate it's this
there were all the key events of me is
like leading up to her instead of
putting off the first 24 she said
getting an apartment with him covering
job performing her play and then the
addition after they have broken up with
the event still have taken place just
this point she's doing them with said
like going to parents and guardians the
natural lesbian they're all events that
take place that's not a lie and self but
this have all these event but there's
one place between and out there making
the film about me is like filled in all
the blanks with what viewers expect to
see and what they want to see this goes
on like in the montage and fight them on
terms of movies i mean these things
likely happen but with me as a husband
like her real husband not so and that
leads up to the point where she comes
and visits said lunch with her husband
and can be talking about the logo
oh except the logo for me he's not
holding on to the past but he's
acknowledging that me help them get
there and then but not of the end plate
of such sorry the full makes me very
emotional there looking out for each
other and their knowledge and the
they've gotten to this point partially
back to each other thoughts
it was also very important for them to
go under separate paths and puts up to
achieve your dreams so all types back
together to dream dream dream dream
Melissa dreamless of all the next thing
manifested in music oh my go the music
in my opinion is not a main seen the
phone but is definitely plays a huge
role
and obviously just gonna keep going
through the tracks separately starting
off with the mother they are some
literally the entire film thumbs off and
one song and dance beautifully and 21st
wasn't sure it just feels like they kind
of Hollywood cliché but so much more
and definitely touches on the struggles
of achieving the dream Thomas beautiful
so that's so beautiful please go see you
like are you watching this album they
want to watch it again like this week
sometime because there's so many more
thoughts which are going to come
this is all very basic i know i just see
it yesterday for the first time so
mostly very emotional someone in the
crowd all my golf but from the songs
it really doesn't make you feel that
Hollywood dream and hope and it just
leave it so well I'm not music like head
for as you can probably help but it's
just so good and it makes you feel loved
the emotions such a good son charge of
the drums and trumpets having some rocks
into remember it convey the idea of like
guessing that's all
afterwards and going after your drink
with me tell me creepy so I definitely
want to have discussions that because
this is all very wrongly I know so much
they haven't learned about here and then
basically doing these videos pretty much
been me and the team so beautiful so
beautiful
not really about them finding each other
more than rising together and really
take over the world going for that
training and taking steps to achieve us
this time staying here such along
no automatic own literally just makes me
cry every time so gonna close to go
through this one
yeah just customers that Hollywood dream
so well
all the songs top a very similar theme
in my opinion dream which obviously that
only dr. the next song which is cool to
drink this all the phone lead-up to the
media that really of the embodiment of
never letting go to your dream going
after them and inspirational like I
don't know before I wrap things up
because we're going to and criticism
because despite me being very most all
have already seen a few days which
should be little and i'm also gonna
reply to a few things that other people
said which I don't agree with less talk
talk them below
I need to stop looking at the viewfinder
there's something on pictures of the
songs like not really being memorable
enough iconic of usually happen musical
first of all I disagree i love the music
in this film definitely logs grounds
like other musical musical stopped into
films because that was not really wonder
is for me it's not on musical makers
into a film or even a musical the
hospital to be so more Phil looked at
using music to convey certain things its
own thing they do agree however the
things that for example Donald relations
that the opening score and the love
music didn't really feel ground enough
in my opinion if the opening scene has
been grandiose had all these Broadway
singers it would have really emphasize
the realness of said Mia this is the
response to do the only said that it was
kind of you know that phone if everyone
else that really do voices and they
didn't I don't agree with up for me
personally popping that contrast between
seven media who played by actors who
aren't trained singers so they can
definitely good thing but they could be
anyone's just thought it'd be nice to
have a contrast between the background
characters which will have beautiful
voices
like wow how ground where a musical 17
me and who would have been much more
humble down to earth again finally last
thing slightly problematic
I guess I'm having fun with so much good
job and not include that many people
color specifically main characters have
been honestly said that be interesting
color i could it be nice
what's your opinion pushes down below I
have made up my mind completely 53 feel
like with a shame
ok let's rock around the question of I
enjoy it so well it really have inspired
me like it's quite difficult to those
that may be but this film really have
like given me new hope they don't want
to work hard and set up things aren't
perfect
things aren't like in the Hollywood film
things take effort and takes like
struggle and having to let go things to
achieve your dreams and by the way I'm
one thing have i don't quite agree with
of ideas like needing a dream
Charlie if elected videos about those
but so important like you can change
your dreams in the middle of your life
you don't have to keep the thing green
for your life anyway
music so good such an emotional story
haven't talked that much of a seven the
actual story like their love story but
just to help each other grow and so it's
so beautiful he goes to get it happen
and your portion is the Walshes should
have seen inviting you've only told me
family functions by memory card is
really close to running out of space i'm
going to have to leave you know thank
you for auction
give me your opinion the on all along
down below I really loved it
maybe maybe that share your opinions
also share some good leaders double o ok
goodbye
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Inside Lens - Game Preservation, the Quest [1080p with multilingual subtitles] - Duration: 28:01.
Inside Lens, a special documentary series
featuring the works of international filmmakers
in Japan and Asia.
This episode is directed by Marie Linton.
Marie is a French correspondant who covers a wide range of topics,
including current affairs and Japanese and Asian culture.
Game Preservation: The Quest (pixel art animations by Daisuke Amaya, 2016)
Video games appeared in Japan in the early 1970s.
But it wasn't until 1978 that Space Invaders triggered a revolution.
Hundreds of video game arcades opened across the country.
The game marks Japan's sensational arrival in the global video game industry.
One year later in 1979,
personal computers were being made in Japan for the first time,
and along with them, tens of thousands of creative video games.
In 1985, a plumber with a big black moustache became an international icon.
Nintendo's Super Mario ushered in the era of home entertainment consoles.
Then in 1994, Sony released the PlayStation.
This technologically advanced console
sent game arcades and PC games into decline.
In 2011, the inconspicuous founding of the Game Preservation Society
marked a new turning point in the history of Japanese video games.
The society is the brainchild of Joseph Redon,
a French citizen who is passionate about Japan,
and Takuya Fukuda,
a surgeon, who not only repairs peoples' bodies
but also old video games.
Their Game Preservation Society consists of 45 fellow enthusiasts.
It's a small organization with a big aim:
saving video games from the 1970s, 80s and 90s from extinction.
Joseph REDON (president and co-founder, GPS)
Time works against preservation.
And the life cycle of video games is also very short, very quick.
Anything that is stored on magnetic tape
has a lifespan of only a few years,
a lifespan which barely goes beyond 20 or 30 years.
Takuya FUKUDA (board member and co-founder, GPS)
Should we forget the old stories our grandmothers told? Of course not.
All those children stories have been passed on across ages.
It's been the same for the preservation of movies and music.
It's natural to want to cherish the things we loved in our childhood.
Tomorrow's generations will tell us if this makes sense or not.
Chapter 1 Collecting Video Games
Nagano Prefecture
Hunting down old video games
usually involved travelling around the country
in search of all those dying computer shops
that most certainly were about to dump their stock or slide the key under the door.
We also receive donations from collectors themselves.
Kazumi TAKAI (arcade game collector and distributor, Takai-Shokai)
I collect games from local candy and coffee shops,
or from arcade game centers that have gone bankrupt.
All those games come from many different places.
One by one I've collected, repaired and stored them here.
If those games disappeared, how would we know they ever existed?
That's why I'm doing my hardest to preserve that culture and pass it on.
The country's most impressive collection of arcade games
can be found tucked away in the countryside of Nagano Prefecture.
Game distributor Kazumi Takai started gathering old video games in the 1990s
after realizing how popular the games had become in the United States.
Enthusiasts there already had a name for their hobby.
They called it: "retrogaming."
Takai repairs and rents retro games.
Joseph Redon sometimes visits this Ali Baba cave of sorts
in search of games he can't find anywhere else.
I wonder how many arcade boards you have here?
Each shelf of this size holds a hundred games.
So there must be around 3,000 boards.
Are those 3,000 boards in working state?
Yes. They come with their manual and are ready for rental.
These game cabinets are in very good shape.
Thank you very much.
This is my favorite game.
It looks like it's in perfect condition.
Can I play?
Please, go ahead!
Here's the switch.
This is one of the very first Japanese vector games.
It's a Sega game.
We're used to seeing pixels on our screens.
But this game is entirely made with vectors.
Arcade boards from the 1970s tend to rust from the inside.
Yes, that's right.
They're getting worse one after the other.
Arcade boards from the 1970s are already badly damaged.
Many of them don't work anymore.
To help preserve the games,
Takai often entrusts them to the Game Preservation Society.
This time, Redon will be taking away The Tower, an arcade game from 1981.
Here is The Tower.
The cassette is inside.
This game is very saught after among those who know it.
They want to play it again at all cost.
Once the game makes its way back into the arcades,
a lot of people will be happy.
Chapter 2 Repairing and Preserving Video Games
Setagaya, Tokyo Game Preservation Society HQ
I've brought it with me.
It's the very rare The Tower.
It's the large cassette version.
We can't play on this format.
Since we can't do anything with that,
first we'll need to preserve and convert it.
Part of it is unreadable, but it's all fine here. It will be ok.
We have to filter the data and adjust the sound volume.
In the worst case, we'll have to copy-paste the working fragments.
The aim of preservation is of course to save the product itself.
But it's also about storing a digital copy
in case the game were to disappear.
Inevitably we'll come to a point where the tape, the disk or whatever format will cease to work.
Joseph Redon has been passionate about Japanese video games
since his youth in the French Alps.
In France, especially in the 1980s,
there wasn't a village without a church or a bar,
so there wasn't a village without video games.
80% of the video games we had in France were Japanese.
When he moved to Tokyo in 2000,
the French native was shocked to find that retro games
were left to languish within an inclusive community.
Although video games were a big part of "Cool Japan",
they were considered a subculture.
So with Fukuda, he founded the Game Preservation Society.
Its members are not only system engineers
but also salarymen, librarians and doctors,
many of whom are retro game collectors.
These anonymous repairmen
restore the old rusty devices and their magnetic tapes.
They also bring back to life machines
like the DECO Cassette System
that allowed arcade owners to load multiple games into a game cabinet.
Yoshimasa KUSAKA (founding member, GPS)
This drive normally reads magnetic tapes.
It doesn't work anymore, so we're now trying to identify the problem.
It's fragile here too.
A piece is missing,
and that one is problematic.
Only one part is left,
and it's half broken.
We need to fix it.
No, I'm afraid it's unsalvageable.
When I first started this preservation project,
I had no information on this system at all.
I didn't even know what it actually looked like.
Its existence was almost like an urban legend.
Chapter 3 Let the Gamers Play!
Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture
Members of the Game Preservation Society reintroduce the games they repaired to the general public,
at amusement arcades and in such unusual places as at this supermarket in Niigata Prefecture.
Hello, it's me!
Here it is as planned.
Here's the DECO Cassette.
I brought the complete system.
It's not enough to preserve the games.
You have to be able to play them.
Who'd be interested in a book if it was only displayed in a museum?
It makes no sense if you can't open and read it.
These are video games, and I want to repair them in order to play them.
How old is this game?
I think Burnin' Rubber was released in 1982.
Here, another retrogaming organization
called All Japan Cocktail Cabinets Fans, has organized an event
where children are invited to play games that are much older than they are.
Are you avoiding it? Really?
Jump! Yes that's it! Good.
I made a mistake.
Naoki IKEDA (participant)
I don't dislike modern games.
But they owe a lot to older games.
I'd wish people would acknowledge their importance.
I enjoy playing recent titles,
but the simplicity of retro games is really one of their qualities.
Today's video games, somehow, need to draw on what's been created in the last 40 years,
so that they can not only evolve, but also reinvent themselves.
Because it's not easy to innovate every time, to create something new.
There comes a time when you loose inspiration,
and I believe this is what's happening in today's industry.
Chapter 4 Recording the Play
Akihabara, Tokyo
Jun "QtQ" KITAMURA (scorer)
Yes, that's the one! It's been a while!
Maybe 30 years I think.
Jun Kitamura alias QtQ belongs to what is called the "scorer" community,
a group of hard-core video game players
who challenge each other on the most difficult games of the 1980s and the 90s.
Including The Tower.
That was close!
30 years ago, we were in primary or junior high school.
On our days off, it was usual for us to head to arcade game centers.
In candy shops for children, you could also find a videogaming corner.
I'd hang out and play there with my friends.
There've always been scorers in Japan, ever since Space Invaders,
and possibly even before.
And that's precisely what encouraged the players, at the time, to try and push the games to their very limits.
This social aspect of arcade games is also very interesting.
Niigata Prefecture
As a tribute to the scorers community and the golden age of video games,
the Game Preservation Society wishes to record the gameplay of some of the best players.
Takuya Fukuda, a technical geek and passionate hacker,
invented a device that can do just that:
a prototype gameplay recorder.
We want to preserve the gameplay of veteran players.
It's still a prototype, but that's why I built it.
It's inserted right between the game board, the controller and the monitor.
Usually the board is directly connected to the devices.
But in this case my prototype is in charge of everything, from power supply to controls.
This way, it can record the gameplay and replay it afterwards.
I'll switch it on.
It's no fun discovering a game that you have no idea how to play.
It's no fun if you don't understand it.
That's why it's also important to preserve the way it's played.
I develop this device for the benefit of future generations.
Let's say there was only one person on Earth still capable to play this instrument.
Well, you'd want to record it.
We could imagine a technology that would not only allow to record the sound
but also record the way we push the keys.
The timings, the pressure...
We could in fact replay the same thing, without the musician.
In order to test his new tool on other platforms,
Fukuda meets again with the members of the All Japan Cocktail Cabinets Fans.
First, he connects his prototype gameplay recorder.
Tadashi HIJIYA (founder and 1st member, AJCCF)
That should do it.
Then in replay mode,
the game is supposed to run through exactly as it was played
without the player touching any gear.
Do you recognize your play style? I can recognize mine by watching the playback.
It seems to work for now.
See, it runs very well with shooting games
because they're using patterns.
Ah, I see.
You're gonna die just here.
There, I'm dead.
Chapter 5 Dreaming of a Game Library
Setagaya, Tokyo Game Preservation Society HQ
We're not done yet.
Come on, let's go!
Heave ho! Heave ho!
One, two, up!
During their free time and with their own money,
the members of the Game Preservation Society archive the games they've gathered.
They are currently the only ones in Japan doing this tedious work.
Not even the game makers themselves keep a record of their own games.
Keigo MATSUBARA (founding member, GPS)
If someone or a government organization had taken care of it,
we wouldn't need to do all that.
But for now, there's no proper structure,
so someone has to do it.
I believe it's a job for a museum.
It's an impossible task for an individual, because in the long run it's too expensive.
It's not a solution.
Without a source of funding, preserving video games is not possible.
That's why I would like to see a public institution look after it.
Each game that enters the archive of the Game Preservation Society
will escape falling into oblivion.
Such as Galactic Wars 1,
a Nihon Falcom's PC game from 1982
inspired by the Star Trek TV series.
But sometimes rescuing a game comes at a price.
Redon personally acquired this game from a collector for approximately $4,000,
a hundred times more than its original price.
This one means a lot to me.
I spent 15 years looking for this game.
Why? Because it's the first game by a company I'm particularly fond of.
This is their very first game. There are very few copies left around obviously,
because they were directly manufactured in the shop
when a client wanted to buy one.
Which means they're all hand-crafted.
The organization dreams of creating a great archive of Japanese video games,
a complete library comprising games from the 1970s, 80s and 90s.
So far, they've collected some 20,000 games
out of an estimated 35,000 from that period,
half of which are PC games
considered to be the most endangered.
Our mission, through our preservation work, also consists in rehabilitating
a number of game creations that we consider important.
Moreover, we want our archive to be accessible for future research,
so that journalists, writers, researchers and historians
can bring to light important works from the past,
just like it's done in music, in literature...
Today it's a pressing job, an important and urgent task.
But it will also serve in the future.
Harajuku, Tokyo Ota Memorial Museum
It might seem pretentious to compare video games with Japanese prints, with ukiyo-e.
I can't compare the artistic values of each genre.
The similarities lie more in the ways ukiyo-e and Japanese video games
became famous in the West and then slowly disappeared from Japan.
Video games and ukiyo-e are quite alike.
In the past, ukiyo-e were often used as advertisements, like the ones in our newspapers,
or in our fashion magazines.
When they became outdated, they were deemed useless.
However, since their paper was of good quality,
people would use them as wrapping to protect merchandise that were shipped abroad.
This way, foreigners who enjoyed their exoticism started to collect them,
then ended up considering ukiyo-e as an art,
while the Japanese threw them away.
Although ukiyo-e was held in high esteem and preserved abroad,
public awareness in Japan was too late and almost nothing was left.
Hence the miserable situation of ukiyo-e in Japan nowadays.
I think the Japanese have a different sensibility, and that's for the best.
There are certain games which only the Japanese can make.
I believe it's important that they go on making them,
and that they can draw on their own history.
Indeed games are a heritage,
and I believe that heritage must remain in Japan for the Japanese.
And thus, indirectly, for us too.
Because if they create magnificent things, we too will benefit from them.
Thank you for watching this documentary.
The Game Preservation Society is a non-profit organization.
In order to preserve the video game culture, all members are volunteers.
To pursue its mission, this project needs your help.
By becoming a subscribing member, you can support their work and join the society.
Funds are critically needed to repair games and build the archive.
Please visit gamepres.org to become a supporting member.
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RUSSIAN POEM - НИКОГДА НИ О ЧЕМ НЕ ЖАЛЕЙТЕ, Андрей Дементьев - Duration: 5:18.
Never don t regret...
Never don't regret of your life in a pursuit That once happened, could ever be changed. As a note of past, throw the sadness as old suit With that past you asunder the fragile thread.
You might never regret what to you would be happen. All the things that can't happen in time. If the only your soul lake wouldn't be darken, And the hopes, like birds had in soul the prime.
Spare widely spread all your mind and your kindness. Even if you get all - all the smiles in response. Someone genius be, someone loose all the heartness Don't ever regret, troubles bring only noise...
Never, never regret of your no one thing - Of your later beginning or sudden your crowl. Let the others the flute to play or sing, But they take all the songs just from your pure soul.
Never, never regret of your no one thing - Not about lost days, not about your love. Let the others the flute to play or to sing, You'd be heed by your soul somewhere above.
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Healthy Slow Cooker Red Beans & Cauliflower Couscous / Frijoles Rojos con Coliflor - Duration: 1:31.
What's going on guys and welcome back to
the fitmencook channel for today's
quickie recipe we are taking it to the south to
make a red beans & cauliflower couscous
yummy yummy :)
now i gotta say as a southerner
I got to apologize to my family from
Louisiana and South Carolina this is not
aunties recipe but it is much more
practical for us meal prepers and also
a lot more calorie conscious check it out
to a slow cooker add dried red beans
smokes sausage bell peppers celery
red onions green onions cumin thyme
chili powder smoked paprika oregano
garlic coconut sugar and a pinch of sea
salt and pepper pour in some water
followed by some chicken broth
toss in some Bay leaves stir it up and pop the top
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add oil to the skillet and saute garlic and
red onion toss in shredded cauliflower pearls
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about five minutes
season to taste with sea salt pepper
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Beautiful, a love song to the woman
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PENNELLI CRYSTAL NEVE COSMETICS REVIEW (ENG SUB) - Duration: 8:16.
Hey there crew! it's Rubina, welcome back to my channel,
in this video I want to tell you my impressions about my latest make up purchase.
I haven't been doing haul and review videos for a long time
because, hear ye! Hear ye! I've finally started studying at a make up accademy
so all the money I used to spend in fancy lipsticks and palettes or not to be missed limited editions
I'm now saving it to pay the accademy monthly
so for this year I believe there will be less than a few haul videos.
Once I started the accademy I realized my brush situation was quite tragic
especially on the bigger brushes side
so I looked around and I decided to benefit from the sales by Neve Cosmetics
to buy the whole serie of the Crystal brushes.
I first bought the ones I urgently need from the site
using the 20% discount from the sales and the 1€ shipping
then after using them I thought it was worth having them all
so I bought the missing ones from L'Aura Bio
which is my friend Laura's store in Favaro Veneto so for who lives in the Venice area
and maybe is interested in buying Neve's products physically, you can find them there
so I'll leave the link to her facebook page down below in the description.
Let's start from the first thing you notice of this brushes, the look.
the handles are made of clear plastic resembling glass
with opaque bronze ferrule.
I find them extremely beautiful.
The handle is very thick and flattened on one side
I find it very comfortable because it allows you to have a very solid and secure grip.
Unfortunately they are very delicate and fragile in my opinion.
They are deicate because the get scratched very easily
and they are fragile since if I would intentionally I could split them in halfs, especially the smaller ones.
Of course the aesthetic matters up to a point compared to the quality of the bristles.
so I'll be very careful of course but if they'll get scratched I'll deal with it.
For who lives under a rock, Neve Cosmetics is an italian brand which only produces
bio, vegan, cruety-free make up so
of course the bristles are all absolutely synthetic
but they can act as good as natural bristles
since they are very soft, very dense and they have the right flexibility
they are not too weak nor too rigid.
I find them excellent except for this one
which is the only one with these more sparse white bristles
and that are a bit more rigid.
I'll make a quick tracking shot to show you all the brushes, their bristles and I'll tell you their prices.
They are 8 brushes of which 5 are for the full face and 3 are smaller for the eye area.
This is the Maxibuki, the biggest one,it costs 17,90€
it's super fat and thick, very fluffy
it's all you can desire from a kabuki,
the bristles resembles perfectly natural ones,I adore it and I use it especially for powder,
but it can be used for all pressed and free powders such as foundations, bronzers and so on...
This is the Blush, it's little brother.
very similar, jut smaller, so it'suseful for powdery products
to be applied in smaller areas
I use it for powder contouring or to apply highlighter,
and of course as its name says it's perfect for blush.
it's price is 15,90€.
This is Flat, same thick bristles but the flat surface makes it useful
fluid of creamy and compact foundations or concealers,
its price is 15,90€.
This is Diffuse.
It's the black sheep of the family becauseit's bristles are different.
more sparse and rigid.
It's useful for powder products, free orcompact.
I find it good to apply a very soft layer of blush.
Its price is 15,90€.
To buy only if you want to have the complete collection, otherwise I think you'll easily survive without him.
Base is one of my favourites.
Another super fat and thick cat tongue brush.
The bristles has the perfect flexibility, not too soft and not too strong.
Perfect to apply creamy or fluid foundation, its price is 15,90€.
Concealer is its little brother
A cat tongue brush, the bristles have the same length but the section is smaller
made for applying creamy or fluid products around the eyes or on the sides of the nose,
where its fat big brother can't reach.
It's price is 11,90€.
Corrector is a pen brush,
so the section is round and it's more pointed at the end.
It's ok to go around the eyes and to contour the nose with cream products.
Its cost is 11,90€.
Eventually Shader, the smallest of the brood,
costs 10,90€ and it's excellent to blend powder products
in little areas, so it's for blending eyeshadows
and applying highlighter on the nose or the brow bone.
I tell you about these brushes after having used them for a while
so I already washed them
and I can tell you they withstand being washed very good
except our black sheep here
the Diffuse
which losts 5 or 6 bristles from this darker area in just one wash
which is a lot to me since I wash brushes very often.
In its defense I can tell you it's the one which dried more quickly than all the others.
I washed it, stroke it a little bit on a towel like this
and in ten minutes it was ready to use.
The other aswell, maybe because they are synthetic and so thick
so they don't soak all the water inside
I noticed they dry a little faster than all the other brushes I have
The full price for all the 8 of them is about 116€
I paid them on sales about 93/95€.
And it's a price I consider normal if not quite good for brushes that I consider professional.
Althought I don't think all the 8 of them are unmissable.
My absolute favourites which I suggest to buy are
the Maxibuki if like me you destroyed your old kabuki by washing it following bad advices,
this is really good, the bristles fees like real fur from how fluffy they are
Then I suggest you the two cat tongues which are very useful
to apply the base.
At last I found the Shader excellent too, because its very short bristles
allow you to make very accurate blendings.
This was all I had to tell you about these brushes.
Leave comments and questions down below,
I hope you enjoyed this video, thanks for watching till now
and see you next time, byeee!
PS: Mr. Neve Cosmetics, I really appreciate that you sent me a free bag
but I would have preferred one that was not broken... :/
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Review - It's Time To D-D-D-D-D-Duel Links! - Duration: 3:04.
Attention, Duelists! card games on
telephones hey everyone CrashLove37
here in case you didn't know I fucking
love Yugioh not as it is now get that shit
outta here no i'm talking about the
original series i played the card game
competitively since the time it came out
to about 2011 when I heard there was yugioh
mobile game coming out my first
thought was Konami still makes games?
my second thought was awesome i hope it
doesn't screw the rules and plays the
actual card game
I was kinda right it mostly follows
the rules except you only have three
slots for monsters three slots for
spell traps and there's no main phase 2
you start with 4000 lifepoint's there's
a 20 card deck minimum all this makes
perfect sense for mobile settings and
make sure those go by a lot faster than
you normally would and you still have
the ninety percent luck
Ten percent skill of actual yugioh the game
actually has a lot of content for a
mobile game
you unlock characters as you level up
you can level up those characters to
unlock gems currencies cards various
abilities the abilities alter the game
in your favor whether it's placing a
field spell automatically at the start
of the game or just straight up cheating like
bandit Keith currently there isn't any
large pool of cards to use but it looks
like Konami will be supporting this game
fairly regularly there is a spoiler out
there for the next set in the game i
think it was a datamine it might be a
rumor not sure but there is an event
kind of happening right now it plays a lot
like Duelist Kingdom where you collect
star chips from beating opponents you can duel
Pegasus to win exclusive cards it's
a really cool event if they can get to
work
I've been able to play the Duelist kingdom
one time but they keep taking it down
for server issues that brings me to
another point the game was working fine
until they started updating for the event
then the servers went down for
maintenance but when they did bring it
back up they gave everybody a bunch of
gems take notes niantic actually been
giving out gems constantly since release
I don't expect this to continue because
again this is a free-to-play game and to
buy cards of course you need that
premium currency one thing this
game does right is the pvp you can jump
into a duel against other players
anytime you don't have to wait for
resources to replenish like clash of
clans you still gett experience every
time you win you can rank up and you're
not waiting for a reward spot to open
like other games I've covered all
the gameplay as far as the cosmetics the
game looks great
each character has
a variety of poses they look like they do
in the anime the original voice actors
provided sound clips and it makes it
feel like more than just a cash grab the
story is basically Kaiba being a dick
as usual traps everybody in a virtual
Battle City like area or that's what I
got from it it's a Yugioh game so the
story doesn't matter
overall I give Yugioh Duel Links an 8 out of
10 when they fix the events and release
more cards i probably give it a nine
it's fun free and pretty accurately
captures the experience of the first
series of Yugioh if you've ever enjoyed
playing a children's card game download it
if you enjoyed this review like it
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reviews so if you did enjoy it please
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expect a review on pokemon duel in the
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time
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Religious leaders to help undocumented immigrants - Duration: 1:50.
NICOLE ASKED A FAN -- NICOLE
ASKE
--
NICOLE: RELIGIOUS LEADERS CAME
TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY TO COME UP
WITH A PLAN FOR A SAFE HAVEN FOR
IMMIGRANTS IF NEEDED.
>> WE HAVE TO RELY ON MORALITY.
WHEN WE BELIEVE IS JUST.
NICOLE: IN AN EFFORT TO BREAK
THROUGH THE CONFUSION DOZENS OF
COMMUNITY LEADERS GATHERED AT
THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. PAUL
TUESDAY.
>> THE PROBLEM IS THE
UNCERTAINTY.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHICH GROUP IS
NEXT.
NICOLE: SO IT IS A GROUP OF
SACRED PLACES, CHURCHES,
SYNAGOGUES.
NEARLY 100 STATEWIDE THAT HAVE
DEVISED A PLAN THEY SAY TO HELP
REFUGEES AND UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS IN MASSACHUSETTS IF
THE NEED ARISES.
>> WE WILL STAND BY ANYONE WHO
IS FACING INJUSTICE.
WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT IF IT
COMES TO IT WE ARE WILLING TO
HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS FACING
DEPORTATION.
NICOLE: PROVIDING A SANCTUARY
SPACE IS NOT EASY.
IF TAKEN IN THOSE INDIVIDUALS
CANNOT LEAVE THE SACRED WALLS OF
SAFETY WITHOUT FACING
DEPORTATION.
>> WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO
COOK THEIR MEALS?
THEY'RE HELPING US WITH THOSE
IMPORTANT DETAILS THAT WILL MAKE
IT POSSIBLE.
NICOLE: THIS GATHERING, NOT A
MOMENT TO IMPLEMENT SECTION VERY
SPACE -- CENTURY SPACE BUT TO
LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR SUPPORT.
>> ALL OF PEOPLE COMING OUT AND
TRY TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT IS
COMFORTING.
NICOLE: IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
HERE THERE IS NO OFFICIAL
LEGISLATION THAT PREVENTS
IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS FROM GOING
INSIDE A CHURCH TO ARREST
SOMEONE BUT IT IS CONSIDERED A
SENSE OF SPACE AND AS WE HAVE
SEEN IN RECENT HISTORY IT IS
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Catherine Lu | The Road to Nerdfighteria - Duration: 3:46.
Hello, I'm Catherine and I'm a nerdfighter!
Wow, this sounds like an Alcoholics Anonymous
group. I messed up, bah! So I'm gonna tell
you a little bit about my experience
with Nerdfighteria. I entered Nerdfighteria from
kind of strange direction I think. And it
all starts with Steve Jobs. So remember
in the earlier two thousands when Apple
was totally the huge thing and everything was apple?
Sometime in 2008, I borrowed an iPod touch
and I was a big fan of audiobooks at the
time, so I kept listening to them. But
then at one point, I got bored one day, and
decided to just kind of lurk on iTunes.
Because, you know, that's what you do as a
middle school nerd who's staying up
past her bedtime. And I notice these
things called podcasts and I was like,
"What is this? I'm just going to check it out!"
The thing that attracts people
to anything is Harry Potter, right? And
the top two podcasts at the time were
MuggleCast and PotterCast, so I started
listening to both them, and a few months
into this, the hosts of PotterCast were
talking about this thing called LeakyCon.
And at some point during that episode
they talked about the Vlogbrothers and
Nerdfighteria, and I was intrigued! So from
that point on, I knew about them. And then
when Helping Haiti Heal happened, and
the Vlogbrothers and the Harry Potter
Alliance and everyone got together, I was
exposed to all of that once. And that was
my first experience with a charity
livestream and also the first time I saw
Hank and John Green.
It took me until around two thousand nine
to get a youtube account and to
actually be on Youtube at all. Let alone,
follow the Vlogbrothers. That was my
first introduction to the Vlogbrothers
and to that entire community of
wonderful people. And pretty much for
seven years, I have never missed a Vlogbrothers
video. And ninety-nine
percent of everything that I watch on
YouTube can be traced back to the Vlogbrothers
.They're like this central node
for my communities
and I love it. I want to also say that I
did not really actively be in the
community for many years.
It wasn't until after The Fault in
Our Stars came out that I became
comfortable talking to
people in the comments at all, and
feeling like I was really a part of the
community, as opposed to just this person
watching from afar, and observing this
large mass that was not a part of me and
I was not a part of it. And then as
Michael Aranda's WhatI'mDoingRightNow
channel like grew and amassed this
really amazing group of people around it,
I actually joined in that. And then through
that, I met some great people and started
making videos myself. And that's what
really brought me really into the
community, as opposed to someone just
kind of watching from afar, even though
the watching had also made a really
large impact on my life. And now, Nerdfighteira
to me is a very clear group of
people. I obviously don't know
everyone, but I do know some people. Some
people I have met in real life at VidCon.
Some people i just know from the
comments. And some people maybe I only
exchange like one word with you, once, but
you exist, and you're people, and that is
amazing. I love this community and I owe
so much love and inspiration to all of
you guys, no matter how long you've been
here. And I can only hope that everyone
has as wonderful as an experience of
Nerdfighteria as I have.
Thanks for watching! I will see you....no I won't...
Here, have a Hanklerfish!
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