Hey all, I finished the editing of Battlestorm Mersa Matruh late last night and will start to upload it shortly. Given the timing, I may as well send it out at the usual time later on to please the algorithm.
In my opinion, the video has turned out okay all things considered. Obviously, it would have been much better had I not been let down… And I’ll let you guys decide if the lack of animations is tolerable. I did end up adding in one or two (as well as many camera movements) just because it was necessary to tell the story.
But I just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you who commented in the recent video (as well as the 20 or so of you who became Patreons in response). Many of you were saying you could wait for the video, and that I should enjoy my Christmas with my friends and family. However I personally couldn’t wait any longer. Someone said: “If he is anything like me it will be more painful to see the family and friends knowing I could be sorting it out. Not saying it’s a good thing but I think I get why he’s doing it.”
And that’s precisely it. I did work Christmas Day, but it was actually enjoyable for me because I was working towards fixing the problem that had been hanging over me for many weeks. Imagine training for months to run a race, only to fall at the final hurdle because someone else tripped you up. You put in all that work, all that effort, and everyone turned up waiting for you to finish, and you didn’t finish. A complete waste. There’s no way I could even think of anything else until I’d gotten back up and ran that race again, finishing it this time, as outright failure is not an option for me.
I don’t know how else to explain it, but the last thing I want is to be on my deathbed knowing I could have done more with my life, but didn’t. Time is the only thing you cannot get back. And that’s the worst thing about this whole situation - this video could have been out months ago. I could be part-way through the animation process for the First Battle of El Alamein by now. I’m massively behind my potential, and that’s time I will never get back. That's what's so frustrating.
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Hey all, I finished the editing of Battlestorm Mersa Matruh late last night and will start to upload it shortly. Given the timing, I may as well send it out at the usual time later on to please the algorithm.
In my opinion, the video has turned out okay all things considered. Obviously, it would have been much better had I not been let down… And I’ll let you guys decide if the lack of animations is tolerable. I did end up adding in one or two (as well as many camera movements) just because it was necessary to tell the story.
But I just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you who commented in the recent video (as well as the 20 or so of you who became Patreons in response). Many of you were saying you could wait for the video, and that I should enjoy my Christmas with my friends and family. However I personally couldn’t wait any longer. Someone said: “If he is anything like me it will be more painful to see the family and friends knowing I could be sorting it out. Not saying it’s a good thing but I think I get why he’s doing it.”
And that’s precisely it. I did work Christmas Day, but it was actually enjoyable for me because I was working towards fixing the problem that had been hanging over me for many weeks. Imagine training for months to run a race, only to fall at the final hurdle because someone else tripped you up. You put in all that work, all that effort, and everyone turned up waiting for you to finish, and you didn’t finish. A complete waste. There’s no way I could even think of anything else until I’d gotten back up and ran that race again, finishing it this time, as outright failure is not an option for me.
I don’t know how else to explain it, but the last thing I want is to be on my deathbed knowing I could have done more with my life, but didn’t. Time is the only thing you cannot get back. And that’s the worst thing about this whole situation - this video could have been out months ago. I could be part-way through the animation process for the First Battle of El Alamein by now. I’m massively behind my potential, and that’s time I will never get back. That's what's so frustrating.
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