 Hey everybody, it's the big HCC here. I just wanted to give you a quick channel update Recently I've been having some difficulty with some of the equipment that I use to produce this show In particular, I've been wanting to replace the laptop and the camera that I use Of the two the laptop is the one that's the most urgent that thing is on its last leg And I worry that it's just gonna die any day now I mean really it's in a sorry state It's old And it needs to be replaced before it just it just stops working on me Obviously, I can't produce the show if I can't edit the videos. That's vital the camera Also needed to be replaced. Yeah, it wasn't so much that the camera wasn't working But it was old. It was underpowered. It just could not do what I really needed it to do For what I want to do with the show and even though it wasn't as urgent that I replaced the camera I was able to find a good deal on a camera, you know sooner So I did in fact Replace my camera and I am talking to you on a brand new camera now The purchase of this camera was entirely funded by a patreon And so if you want to know where the funds from patreon go It goes directly into the stuff that I used to make this show And so I have to thank I have to thank everybody Thank you to patrons and thank you to everyone else too Your support on this show has kept this show running and I really mean that There was a time a couple years ago when I had to take a job that didn't pay as much And I was literally running out of things to review I had the equipment the equipment was working fine But I was running out of toys to review and it was through your support that I had An inflow of more stuff that I could actually review on this channel Well now the situation is that I have toys to review But the equipment that I used to review it really needs to be replaced And once again you come through and you help keep this show going. So thank you I can't tell you how much that means to me This really could not happen without you. So thank you very much The camera that I got is about twice as powerful as the old one I was using and What that means is in future videos you will be able to see every tiny detail of my face For which I both thank you and apologize in the long run that should Greatly improve the quality of the videos in the short run though There's going to be an adjustment period as I learned to work with the new equipment As I learned the cameras features and I will have to adjust everything. I'll have to adjust my Mode of delivery. I will have to adjust my lighting. I'll have to adjust just the way everything is set up I'll have to adjust my editing techniques so that I can fully take advantage of the power of the camera So there may be a period where the quality actually diminishes a little bit But I can promise you in the long run. It's going to be much much better So that's due to you and thank you for that now the laptop the laptop is in pretty poor condition So that is the next thing that I have to replace and that's the next thing that The patreon fundage will help me do that's that's the next step So what that means though is I will not be purchasing any new Gijo toys for probably a couple months while I accumulate enough funds to replace the laptop But when I do I'm going to make sure that it's something that's a good quality And it's going to last a long time and we'll meet meet my needs So I can promise you that the future of the channel is solid You know there is a good solid plan to make sure I have good working equipment to keep the the channel going and to Keep videos going up and to improve the quality of those videos. So we're going well We're doing good and the channel is going to continue rolling along I just wanted to make sure I took a moment to thank all of you for all of your support and everything that you do your support has Allowed this channel to Pay for its own expenses You know, I'm not bringing home a bunch of bucks of money from this channel But that was never the goal I wanted the channel to be able to cover its own expenses and and it's really getting to the point that it can do that to the point that I can actually Replace and upgrade the equipment that I use to record these videos And I hope that that adds even more value to what I'm giving you. I mean, I needed a microphone so that I could record podcasts and improve the audio quality of some of the things that I did and I was able to buy a new microphone Thanks to your help I needed better lighting and it was thanks to your help that I was able to Replace the lighting and to get a more professional green screen background You have done all this So I hope that you understand that this channel is also partially your endeavor it's your project too and I look at all of you as My partners in this. I mean, I'm the one pumping out these videos But you are helping me in a lot of ways sometimes in ways that you don't realize But I want to assure you that I'm grateful for everything that you do It's not taken for granted and I feel like I have a responsibility Since you are helping so much to produce the best show I can for you every week and that's what I'm going to keep doing so That's it. Just wanted to let you know new camera should be awesome laptop coming soon in the meantime We're gonna hopefully have some really cool videos coming up Got the holiday season coming up soon. I will be taking a couple of weeks off here and there through the holiday season But I've got some special things planned. I think you'll like it Thank you everyone for watching. Thank you for everything Really, thank you And I'll I'll see you soon