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WHERE HAVE I BEEN!?

SORRY FOR NOT KEEPING EVERYONE UP TO DATE, BUT THINGS HAVE BEEN EXTRA BUSY.

TO START, I'M BACK TO EDITING WITH ‪@SuishiYT‬ FOR A MASSIVE PROJECT THAT HAS RESULTED IN NEEDING TO PUT MY REGULAR SCHEDULE ON HIATUS. THIS IS A GOOD THING. EVERY TIME I WORK WITH SUISHI I END UP LEARNING A LOT ABOUT EDITING, SPECIFICALLY WITH DAVINCI RESOLVE, AND THIS IS NO EXCEPTION. BY THE TIME THIS PROJECT IS FINISHED IT WILL BE AS IF I COMPLETED A TRAINING MONTAGE AND WILL BE MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER BEFORE. WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL COME OF IT IN THE FUTURE AS I PUT THESE SKILLS TO THE TEST IN FUTURE WORKS.

BUT THIS WASN'T THE ONLY THING INTERUPTING MY REGULAR SCHEDULE.

I WAS HITTING A BRICK WALL WITH WHAT I WANTED TO DO FOR MY CONTENT AND HOW I WANTED TO EVOLVE THE STORY OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTER, MENACE ONE. I WAS EXPERIMENTING WITH SOME WAYS TO INJECT MORE LORE INTO THE PUBLISHED VIDEOS MADE FROM MY LIVE STREAM VODS AND REALIZED THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO RUSH THINGS JUST TO MAKE A SELF IMPOSED DEADLINE. SO GETTING TO TAKE A BREAK TO WORK ON SOMETHING ELSE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER TIMED.

WHAT NEXT?

WELL I WAS ALSO PUTTING OFF THIS COMMUNITY POST FOR THAT EXACT QUESTION. I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST PUT UP A RANDOM POST ABOUT GOING ON HIATUS WITHOUT HAVING A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE THINGS WOULD BE HEADING. IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY THAT I'LL BE HEADING INTO MORE PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE THAT DON'T INVOLVE CONTENT ON THIS CHANNEL, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THINGS UNFINISHED.

SO HERE IS WHAT I'VE DECIDED...

I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND CHOP UP THE LAST OF THE LIVE STREAMS FOR MENACE ONE. YOUTUBE LIKES UPLOADS, AND I LIKE MY CONTENT TO BE MORE DIGESTABLE, SO THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD WAY TO GET BACK INTO REGULAR UPLOADS WHILE ALSO INJECTING THAT LORE THAT I WAS MENTIONING BEFORE.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND SPILL THE BEANS...

I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT FOR MOST OF THE NEXT UPLOADS, BUT THE FINALE OF MENACE ONE'S LAST PLAYTHROUGH WILL HAVE A VERY SPECIAL ENDING THAT WILL CONNECT IT TO THE REST OF THE STORY AND ALSO EXPAND ON THE CHARACTER'S HISTORY AND FUTURE.

WHAT WILL THIS LOOK LIKE?

WELL IT WON'T BE TOO EXCITING TO BE HONEST AS FAR AS THE PRESENTATION ITSELF. I'VE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH CREATING MY OWN VERY VERY BASIC CUTSCENES. THINK OLD SCHOOL 8-BIT STUFF, ESPECIALLY INSPIRED BY NINJA GAIDEN FROM THE ORIGINAL NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM. THE WRITING WILL BE DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING.

THAT SAID...

I KNOW THAT MOST OF WHAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING WONT REALLY MAKE THE CONTENT ALL THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE LIVE BROADCASTS. SO WHEN I'VE HIT A POINT WHERE I HAVE ENOUGH OF THESE CUTSCENES PUBLISHED I'LL BE CUTTING THEM ALL TOGETHER FOR A SEPERATE VIDEO. I'LL ALSO BE PUTTING IN CHAPTERS SO THAT THE EAGER FANS OF MENACE ONE CAN FIND THESE CUTSCENES EASILY. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE I'M FORCING THEM TO REWATCH CONTENT THAT THEY ALREADY WATCHED JUST FOR A SMALL ADDITION AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO MAKE ALL OF IT WORTH THE ATTENTION.

FINALLY...

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS STUCK WITH ME THIS FAR. AS OF WRITING, THE CHANNEL HAS CROSSED THE 500 SUBSCRIBER MARK. THIS WOULD ALLOW ME TO ENABLE CHANNEL MEMBERSHIPS, BUT I'M GOING TO BE HOLDING OFF ON THAT. WITHOUT KNOWING HOW MY UPLOAD SCHEDULE WILL BE IN THE FUTURE I DON'T FEEL IT IS RIGHT TO ASK FOR SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS. IF YOU THINK I'M WRONG, YOU CAN VOICE YOUR OPINION HERE IN THE COMMENTS, OR GO TO MY PATREON I SET UP AGES AGO THAT IS LINKED ON THIS CHANNEL.

BUT ANYWAYS~

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS SUMMER. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER I'LL HAVE SOME EXCITING NEW PROJECTS TO SHARE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME~
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