 Top of the morning to you Jesus. I tell you what being back in New Zealand being back in this room Taking a sip of coffee in front of the camera Brings back so many memories. It's not even funny. I've been back in New Zealand for about a week now It's um, it's always it's always good, you know, there's no place like home Alice brings is definitely my second home if any of you guys saw the last video that I made updating you on Where I where I've been basically for the last nine months the reasons why I hadn't produced any content and where I was going next which is back to New Zealand for it for a trip and and last but not least I mentioned that the the bulk of the content that's going to be coming out from this channel Over the next couple of months at least is going to be the rugby player reacts to the top 100 NFL players of 2023 video series and I'm so stoked Honestly guys can't contain my excitement I'll try though. I'm super stoked to report that the first part of the series which is always, you know It's it's it's fuck. It's a mammoth task and I mentioned that a few times in some of the videos But we have we've gone from number 100 all the way down to number one As far as reacting to the players it was enjoyable as always But very daunting to get going But you know when I I kind of I I purposely Well, actually, I didn't really know when it was going to come out I sort of I did do a couple of Google searches, you know in June and July Just trying to suss out exactly when it might drop I was expecting it to drop on YouTube as it always does and in fact it has I think that was about eight or nine days later from when it was initially dropped on The NFL game pass or NFL plus whatever it was. So it was dropped initially on there 100 videos I think it took about you know, like I said eight or nine days for the whole entire list to come out and In the meantime in the background, I thought you know what there's going to be a couple of absolute legends out there That decide to completely rip rip off the NFL try and get away with it as long as they can and And and and record those videos and put them on YouTube for us Well cheapskates really For those of us who weren't willing or who just weren't in a position to get NFL game pass or you know, what have you there was an option to watch it on YouTube And I've got to say a huge thanks to to those guys who risked their YouTube channels for the betterment of the The the world of you know American football fandom and that includes me so believe it or not, I was able to keep up with the play and On the exact day that the top 10 dropped on NFL game pass and then the next day the whole entire series dropped on YouTube I was able to actually complete the series. So I'm gonna give myself a bit of a pat on the back You know, it's never easy But fuck man when I've got a mission and this this takes me back like even just being in this room And it takes me back to 2018 when I saw Some success on the channel and I saw a blueprint, you know what I mean? And I thought fuck man, I'm just gonna go for it and that's that's exactly what I did I mean it sent my health into the ground It sent my anxiety through the fucking roof But in the end we did get to a hundred thousand subs and and that's an achievement that no one can ever take away from me I'm super proud of it and the older I get that the more proud I am because I see channels At 10 or 20,000 subs and I'm like yes keep going keep grinding and they do and they're in their own lane They are in their own niche But the fucking grind being in the midst of the grind to get from something like 20,000 up to 50 And if that takes a year or more you think fuck am I ever gonna get to a hundred and for me it was so explosive that it took me Geez it took me like six years to get to 10,000 subs and then It's well it took me about I don't know another six months to get from 10,000 to 12,000 and then started making these reaction videos and it went from 12,000 all the way up to a hundred thousand in a matter of yeah, four five months and so Yes, I grinded but it certainly it wasn't that it wasn't that that that hard graph that grind I mean I put in that I You know sometimes it's easy to forget the work that I did put in to get up to that 10 or 12,000 subs I mean when people came to my channel, they weren't seeing a channel that had 10 videos or 20 videos I had fucking, you know, five six hundred videos on my channel. Yes They were all fitness related because that's what I was into and that's what I'm still into And that's what I do plan on bringing back to the channel at some point, but you know just yeah, this is just a bit of a bit of an update bit of a reminisce down memory lane and Now we're here, you know 2023 the pandemic is all but over I've spent the last nine months in Alice brings Developing further my relationship with my kids. It's been a work in progress. You know what I mean? I've had to forget certain hopes and dreams and Just have faith it may not have felt right at the time But I just had to have faith that it would be the right thing in the end You know, I've never really taken too much advice on board from any other people, but I have listened You know, and that's all you got to do. You got to be willing to listen to other people's stories other people's, you know Constructive criticism opinions and Do with them what you will and and you know here I am I'm gonna be back in New Zealand for about a month being here for a week and I'm gonna enjoy it, you know, I'm I deserve it. I deserve a bit of a break And I mean you could call it a break But like I said for the first week I've been here It's been all go it's been all go to try and get this video series finished and I finally have and so now Over the next three weeks. I'm gonna really turn down the turn down the the the level of You know just pressure on myself and I'm just gonna edit As time permits every morning. I'll be in this room editing editing Getting those videos done because my next mission is to arrive back in it back in Alice Springs refreshed Ready to go ready to play dad over the summer and But also have these hundred videos in the bank already edited already uploaded on the channel ready for me to to release because You know, yes, I could try to Get them out and publish them as soon as possible, but I Feel like I deserve to take my time and and what I also feel That you guys deserve or at least the people out there who have been willing to come on board as a channel member You guys deserve to see these videos first I believe, you know last year a few of you guys came on board as a member because this was a similar similar situation to last year I I Pump them out, but only for the members at first and it did bring it did bring through, you know some Incredible people that were willing to do incredible things and and part with some of their hard-earned money to have the opportunity to To become a member. I mean, it's not just early content that you can get through live streams and also through comments You have a certain color. I Believe your name comes up in a green. It's been a while. It's been a while haven't hosted a live stream for eight months I just look back. It's been eight months, man. So that must have been basically when I got to Alice Springs Just before Christmas Live streams, I certainly do plan on on having a few just Just chilling chilling kicking back watching a bit of football or possibly jumping back on that thing my My toy My toy that I've been dreaming about using for the last nine months straight and I still haven't got back on it So when I do you guys know about it because I'll go on I'll go online and and create a live stream and get that going That'll be fun. So that's my driving simulator I brought my PlayStation 4 back with me so I could use it. I'm gonna leave it here I'm gonna take very minimal equipment with me back over. I'm not going back there to Be a youtuber. I'm going back there to work Fucking hard stack some coin buy a bigger house for my kids to enjoy. I don't necessarily have to live in it and also Shit, what was I gonna say? Yeah, just focus on that, you know, it's I'm not and if and when YouTube sort of rears its ugly head that that Inevitable feeling after not having created for a while as a creator at heart as an entertainer, you know what I mean That inevitably that that that drive to create again comes back But in the meantime, I'll have these videos coming out and that's you know, that's that's what you get That's what you get through through putting in the work and building a fucking library of videos that you haven't released Yeah, I mean it's just like shooting a movie. It's just like shooting a video a Drama series, you know, you've got all these all these episodes backed up so that you can release them in time and make the Most out of all that work that you put in now. I'm now the last thing I will say and The major difference between me being an entertainer and the you know, the likes of actors and shows I'm not gonna get a single cent from any of these videos. So I've put in the last two weeks straight Shooting them. I'm gonna put in the next three weeks straight editing them And then there's gonna be thumbnails and all that shit. Look, I could employ an editor But that would just be taking more money out of my back pocket So I've already I've already edited a couple. I've uploaded them for my members that will continue But one thing I did have to check is whether I would be able to earn any any money off these whether they'd be Demonitized or not and it's always a touch-and-go kind of thing But in this case The first two videos have been flagged for copyright, which is fine You know, my viewers still get to see them YouTube still makes them up. Well NFL still makes their money But I'm not gonna see a single cent and so You know, I'd never I'm just I'm just I'm just I just bring that to you as the the great Chail son and would say I bring that to you because If you were to become a channel member for as little as $2 a month You that that money would be Going straight into my back pocket. You know what I mean? Or at least 55% of it would be so Yeah, I think that's pretty much all I've got to say this video is gonna be titled an update after being in in in New Zealand for a week and We've had like some terrible. It's been fucking cold I'm not gonna lie really cold just coming to the end of winter here in New Zealand and being that the South Island is South one of the closest Landmasses to Antarctica, believe it or not Yeah, it's it's gonna be cold, but um It's been a nice it's been a nice change. We've had a bit of rain We actually had snow yesterday So, you know, they do say that the the land of the long white cloud New Zealand can indeed have four seasons in one day I mean yesterday we had we didn't have any Sun, but we certainly had cloud rain a bit of spitter bit of bit of frost in the morning Some snow and then today blue skies sunny day. So you never know what you're gonna get I don't even bother Looking at the the forecast because it's so random and this could you know Yeah, it could be raining today and later today it depends how cold it gets of course and there these you know I don't look into my weather patterns or I'm no weather man, but I am a guy that enjoys Creating videos. I'm a creator. This is my YouTube channel You guys are the absolute legends who continue to watch continue to support me and in return. I will always be open honest Transparent about where I met my journey the good bad and the ugly and the the final thing I will say if you've been here this long is that You know this this journey of the last nine months It's certainly not been without its its hurdles and those hurdles and those real challenges I have brought to YouTube not on this channel. I just thought it was just too much Wasn't willing to do that But I have brought it to my other channel a channel that has now got 250 subscribers from having zero at Christmas time And I've I've really enjoyed seeing that I've really enjoyed following the growth. You know having Having a reasonable amount of comments coming through so that means that I have When I've got time I've got I've had the ability to to get back to every single person So the community I'm growing over there at my second channel called. It's okay to talk is A community that is always going to be positive. You know, it's non-toxic It's about improving yourself. It's about self-improvement and it's about being able to talk about your issues You know what I mean, and I know I've got a fair few We all do none of us are perfect But there's just not that many people that will be willing to broadcast it on YouTube And you know what? I'm not fucking I'm not afraid. I'm not scared. Nothing will like I'm not afraid because I've got nothing to hide guys I'll wear my heart on my sleeve, and I'm proud of that nothing to hide Unless it was just that personal, you know what I mean, but these are issues that a lot of people can can relate to And that's why I'm making the videos. So by all means check out my second channel it's been my absolute pleasure to talk to you this morning and What I'm gonna do is take another sip of my coffee. God damn and I will continue to edit these videos. So Thank you. Thank you guys for your support. I am gonna shoot a second video Down at the rugby field just Having a bit of a run around, you know connecting with the connecting with my rugby roots again And oh, you know, I'll take the camera down and I'll make a video just fuck I don't know kicking some goals or doing some just anything to do with rugby down at the grass You know on a good day like this. It'll be fun. I'm really looking forward to that for the rest of today at least I will be editing my ass off For all you channel members Not to say that Anyone else doesn't mean as much and I'm gonna try and Make this video a complete one-cut take Which is pretty impressive to be honest for someone who you know says that they kind of Can't talk from every now and then when I do get the opportunity to We make it count. So it's been 17 minutes Thank you for watching The top 100 NFL sorry rugby player reacts to the top 100 NFL players of 2023 is indeed in motion and By the end of today by the time this video comes out I would say that the numbers from number 100 down to number 90 will be edited up on the channel and ready for anyone who Fancy is watching them. So Thank you, and I'll see you in the next one