 Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear CrankGamePlay. Today is the channel's eight year birthday. Eight years ago, on the day of today, CrankGamePlays was born. And that is so weird, dude. That is so weird. Because it both feels like I've been doing this for, like, a year and a billion years at the same time, you know? Especially with eight years. Eight years is two years away from ten years, which is a decade. I've been doing YouTube for almost a decade. What? It's super, super weird to think about. Just the journey that we've been on. The journey that I've been on. The journey that we have been on as a channel together. You know, this channel started in my bedroom when I was 15 years old. And now it has grown to the massive business entertainment empire that it is today. No, but it has turned into something that I never thought was even imaginable, you know? Ever since I started YouTube and started to really get into it, I just absolutely fell in love with it. And I wanted to make this the thing that I do. And eight years later, here we are. And it's my full-time job. And, like, I... What? It's just real weird thinking about it, you know? Thinking way back to the old days when I first started and being so awkward in front of the camera. And not really knowing what to do, both, like, not only video-wise, but also just, like, how I wanted to present myself online. That wasn't even a thought that went into my mind back then. I'm like, oh, how do I want to present myself to the internet? That wasn't a thing. And especially in the very beginning, I didn't really have a sense of self at all as far as, like, being my own person on the internet. Because when you start off on YouTube, I think so many people just try and emulate what they see and the people that they really love and they watch a ton. And that was definitely true for me. You know, I sort of adopted a lot of, like, different mannerisms and stuff from people back then. And I'm so, so glad that now I am much more of my own person, despite, like, the random trolls that'll be like, oh, all you do is copy ex-YouTuber. It's like, no, I'm very much my own person now. And I don't know. I really like, in a lot of ways, the person that I've become on YouTube and the community that has been cultivated over the last eight years. I'm super, super proud of all of you guys. And that's why I say happy birthday to us is because, like, yeah, I own the channel and I run the channel and I do all the stuff for the channel. But you guys, the community, are what make the channel, you know? So this is as much my thing as it is your thing, because you guys have made it what it is. This video is not going to be super long or anything. I didn't have anything crazy planned. I just wanted to make a quick video just saying thank you for being here. No, no matter how long you've been here, if you've been here all eight years or if you're just subbed today, thank you for being here. And for those of you who want to stick around for the future, thank you for continuing to be here and support this thing that I do. The channel has been kind of crazy recently. Like, it's growing like crazy. Like, all of the videos are doing so good recently for some reason. There's a bunch of cool stuff happening. There's a bunch of merch that's out right now, which is cool. There's the eef merch that dropped today for the birthday baby. My YouTube's is out, dude. My YouTube's just came out yesterday. If you want to check that out, go to youtube.com slash product slash great gameplays. I don't want to drop a bunch of promotion stuff on this video, but I'm really excited about stuff going on on the channel. Like, it's really, really cool. It's cool seeing a little toy of me if you aren't going to get them, you can. But I'm really proud of myself and proud of the hard work that I've put in in these last eight years. And I'm really proud of the hard work that I've put in this year on not only my own channel, but also Unisonous, obviously. And I'm really, really ready to fully dive into my channel once Unisonous is over. And I'm super, super pumped for that. Just to get back into my own thing again. And I have a lot of fun ideas that I want to do once Unisonous is over for my channel. And I just want to go out and make cool shit, whether it's by myself or with my friends or whatever. But knowing that you guys are here and knowing that you'll be here through all that is really amazing. So I'm not going to take up too much of your time today. Just thank you guys so much for being here for the last eight years and for supporting this thing that I do. It really is, it really is amazing. And I can't tell you how appreciative I am of you guys because again, you guys are the reason that my dreams have come true. Without you, the community, there is no me. So thank you for being as much of, if not more, of a part of this channel that I am. And thank you for just being here. Thank you. I hope that you all have a wonderful day. I'll see you guys tomorrow. Happy birthday.