 Hey guys today, we're doing a little bit of an update video because at the beginning of 2023 Last year just ended it feels like a good time to have like an update video Which I pretty much never do these but I've seen some other channels do this I was like that's probably a good idea You know give people you know an idea of what the goals are for this year what we're gonna be doing differently What we're gonna be doing the same I'm gonna be changing up a few things on the channel this year But nothing too crazy, but I do want you guys to know about it And oftentimes when I make a video Not a lot of people here like you'll say something in a video if it's not specifically about that video people won't remember like if I Mention a channel update in like an opening video only the people who watch that opening video will get it So if you actually specifically care about channel updates, here it is. Here's what you're looking for We're gonna be doing updates and stuff like that. So I first want to reflect on 2022 Since we're a couple days into 2023. It was a great year. This was my first year full-time on YouTube I quit my job in like summer of 2021, but then I didn't actually quit until October 1st or something like that So it was like the very end of that year and then this full year So I didn't know how this was gonna go didn't know if I was gonna be able to do this full-time You know, you just kind of jump into it and hope that it works out and it really did So first of all, thank you to everyone who supported this year in any way box breaks being a member twitch subscriber Anything like that just watching the videos You don't even have to pay me anything and that helps out just watching the videos and subscribing and doing all That stuff. So thank you to everyone who's done that. It's been an awesome year I've had a lot of fun this year with you know, just making videos streaming all that stuff Some other stuff that happened this year. We had 28 million views on the channel this year Which is nuts like that's way more than I ever thought I would get like lifetime much less in one year So it was a great year We gained over 68,000 subscribers, which is really awesome We started with just over a hundred thousand right like a hundred and seventy something now Maybe 180 by the time you see this so pretty awesome great year for that We also had a 1 million view video. We had a video go over 1 million views our top 10 best trading card pulls of all time That was pretty amazing. I never thought that we would even sniff that so that's really cool We open every single pack if you guys remember that we did it for the second time But we did a nearly a three hour video opening every single pack. It was amazing You guys haven't seen that one go check it out It was a pretty awesome video a lot of people watch it at this point I think it's like almost at 300,000 views, which is just a lot So very cool very awesome, and it was a great experience pulls were they were all right actually they weren't that bad We also picked up a couple of prize cards, so I'm gonna try not to edit any of this video So if I'm going you know breathing in and all that stuff just bear with me You know whatever's going on normally I would cut that out, but I picked up my first prize cards I actually got two of them one I've actually not shown on the channel So I'm gonna save that for a future video So if you guys are interested to see what I got let me know down in the comments could be pretty cool And then I also started a Pokemon channel and I did rocks and live start this year it might have so the Pokemon channel Pokeruck started if you guys aren't following my Pokemon channel and you like Pokemon challenge stuff go check that out I've been doing that on Twitch and on that channel, and I've got an editor who's gonna be doing like a couple videos a week So we're gonna have a lot of stuff coming out there I'm really excited for that and that's gonna be some of the stuff we're changing going forward So keep an ear out for that coming up really excited go check out Pokeruck's right here wherever it is I'm also doing a few personal things like I'm trying to cut out soda Chelsea and I are doing a battle so you can last the longest When those soda I'm definitely more addicted to soda so she has the advantage You know she has the she's the favorite in terms of the two of us But I'm trying to cut it out because first of all mess it with acid reflux. I have acid reflux It's really bad So I'm trying to make that stop and then also just to be a little bit healthier So that's one thing I'm doing I'm also trying to wake up at a consistent time this year on the weekdays that I'm not like Sometimes like like this past year. Sometimes I'd wake up early Sometimes I'd wake up at like noon because like I'd stay up too late and all this do all the stuff So I want to be consistent go to bed at a normal time wake up at a normal time so that I can get a lot more done So that's kind of the goal this year to improve on what I've been doing in the last year Another thing that I'm gonna be planning to do this year. I would like to do a lot more on twitch So twitch I Went hard for a couple months And then I kind of fell off because I did five days a week and that turned out I decided to be way too much five days a week plus having a everyday schedule on YouTube is just it's too much for me Like if I had someone like editing like a ton more stuff and stuff like that and like doing other stuff for me Like selling cards for me. Maybe I could do it, but I don't so I'm selling cards still so I decided this year I'm going with a three plus day a week schedule. I'm committing three days a week all year So I'm trying to do 52 weeks of three plus streams So as long as I'm not out of town there will be probably a week where I'm out of town in the summer something like that But if I'm in town, I'm gonna be doing three plus streams If there's like a weekend off and or like when I'm gone then I'll try to do it like earlier So three plus saying that I might do four I might do five if I'm feeling it But three is gonna be the minimum so I'm going for that So if you've not followed to which go check it out because we've been doing not only Pokemon stuff We've been doing Yu-Gi-Oh stuff. We've been doing a auction series stuff with a semo Another cool stuff like that. We even did the spin $1,000 on twitch by the twitch chat So the twitch chat actually got to spend $1,000 for me. You guys will be seeing that coming up soon So I'm doing all kinds of stuff on twitch. I want some better ideas to do. We're gonna be running potentially goat format Tournaments maybe Edison if we get into that once we figure it out So we're gonna be doing some tournaments and stuff like that for subscribers and for twitch subscribers and Members and stuff like that. So hopefully that's coming up soon I also am gonna be opening up my discord to every single person so right now It is limited to just twitch YouTube members stuff like that I'm gonna be having a it's got not all gonna be open So there's gonna be some like sub only and stuff like that members so people who are already paying They're gonna have their own area There's also gonna be a general area for everyone to come in and chat So if you guys are not in the discord yet And it's because it was paid then join right now because click the link down below You guys can join and there's gonna be a bunch of different places where you can guys can hang out for free You're not gonna have to like spend any money or anything like that But if you are already spending money I'm gonna have some special stuff for you guys like the enter the goat tournaments and stuff like that So if you guys are interested in that check it out That's gonna be you know going along with twitch as well because like obviously we do a lot of things in discord for twitch So check that out if you guys want to see that that's gonna be something that I'm updating soon It's not quite ready. I don't know if by the time you see this video It's gonna be ready for everyone like to join. I mean you could still join but you might not be able to chat yet I'm updating the discord as we go trying to make it a little bit less cluttered and stuff So we're working on that right now. So go ahead and join if you guys want to see that Along with the the twitch thing we want to get to 10,000 followers. We're at 7,000 a big goal is 20,000 That's a lot. So but we're gonna do what we can so go full on twitch if you guys want to do that I also want to do some more TCG's this year. So on the main channel ruxin 34 I would like to have some more stuff like we did the other day like magic versus yugioh I'd like to do Pokemon versus yugioh I'd like to do one piece versus yugioh I mentioned that but I want to do some more of that coming up in the future and if you guys want to see that Let me know I'm interested in doing that because I just think it'd be fun to like check out some other card games And sometimes it's nice to like have some yugioh and some something else You know just to see what it's like over there and other TCG land and stuff like that So I think that that could be a lot of fun That's something that I really want to do coming up in the future and maybe even open some other TCGs on ruxin live So I have ruxin live the channel It's basically my second channel where I do some other yugioh stuff But I think I could do like some Pokemon over there Maybe some one piece or whatever one piece because that's the hot thing right now and honestly it looks really cool I'm kind of interested in doing it so ruxin live We might do some bonus openings over there Maybe if somebody sends me something and it's like something that I probably wouldn't put on the main channel But it's cool enough that I want to do it still it might go on ruxin live So if you guys want to see that on a ruxin live go check that out And basically that is the whole update for the most part we're almost at eight minutes, which is advertising So a lot of you guys don't know ten minutes used to be where you had to make it for advertising eight minutes is the new thing So a lot of people say like I'll put it like a ten minute video and they're like you just did that for the ads I'm like no, I only needed it to be eight minutes. So that's where I right now right eight minutes So I just want to thank you guys for an awesome awesome year like it has been great And I'm hoping that this year with this new all my new I like schedule and doing some more streaming And doing more videos on different channels that it'll be even better. So I'm hoping that that's the case So once again, thank you guys any way you supported me whether it be views Subscribes, you know monetarily buying something from me on Instagram and keep in mind I am still selling on Instagram and ruxin34.com if you guys want to buy it for me You guys can always message me there I try to answer all those messages But sometimes sometimes I have like a million different messages and some of them are just like Completely random questions. So sometimes I don't really get to them But I do my best to respond especially if you're trying to either buy something or sell me something I try to check out those for sure And if they're like something like thank you so much for all your videos I like to respond to those as well So thank you guys so much for a great 2022. We're looking at 2023 coming up Let me know if I need to do more of these update videos talking videos This could be something I put on ruxin live as well But the reason I don't do that is because then not everyone sees it and then people are just like Hey, I never saw when you said that and I'm like, yeah, it's because I put it on my second channel Why didn't you put it on the main channel? I'm like, okay So I guess I'll do that that that happened with the YouTube scammer bot thing speaking of if they're responding to you right now And they say telegram or sit men message me on telegram or something like that do not answer them I need to address that every video because I literally get messages for the last three months of people who have not heard Me say don't do it. That's why I need to constantly be saying things because there's so many people and not everyone Watches every video. So then they miss like a week and they miss all the times I said and then I quit saying it So it's crazy. So thank you guys for watching this. It went a little long Appreciate you guys listening to the update and hope it's good for you and you guys are excited for the 2023 year Let me know what you're excited for in the comments So I know what we should prioritize and I'll see you guys in the next one Peace