 Sup guys it's me again welcome back to the channel welcome back to another video today's video is going to be short and sweet It is a message of thanks. It's a message of gratitude and it's an update and it's a continuation of a certain video series that I Created you know once Once my youtube channel hit 50,000 subscribers. I Started creating every 10,000 a an update video a thank-you video a video just to you know recognize and Document the milestone of an additional 10,000 subs now the last one of these I did was at a hundred and forty thousand of course and you know I I Have absolutely no idea when I made that video. It's got to be over a year ago. It has to be now Slowly, but surely the subscribers have continued to rise when we were at about a hundred and forty seven thousand around about a month ago I decided to say you know what I'm going to throw caution to the wind I'm going to say fuck it and I'm going to start uploading Rugby highlight clips some of them are copyright claims, but they're certainly not blocked or you know worse Striped which can and does lead to certain youtube channels being shut down within a day You know before they even have a chance to apologize let alone take the video down. So I was very careful in You know choosing the games and the competitions to actually create these videos for I'll get into that in future videos today is honestly just to commemorate You know the incredible achievement. We've we've had on this channel of reaching 150,000 subs It doesn't go unnoticed. I am so thankful to have this community. I'm so thankful to You know have this YouTube channel and it's my body of work. It is my body of work You know I've been I've been effectively self-employed as a youtuber for the last two years. That's something you know two years prior to that You know was completely out of the picture. I just never would have imagined that I'd be able to one build a community and viewership Large enough to actually bring in you know a part-time income, but secondly I just Well, I'll tell you what I hadn't made my first rugby player reacts to any fit to NFL video at that point I hadn't made it yet. I Hadn't even thought of it. It was You know it didn't exist and when I did go on to YouTube on that fateful day in May or April of 2018 I typed into YouTube I wanted to watch I wanted to watch a rugby player reacting to the the game of NFL And I wanted to learn it through their channel and through their experiences and lo and behold There was absolutely no one doing it not a single cell. So I thought you know what? This is my opportunity and I Took the same type of opportunity with these rugby highlight clips, you know, I I'm not gonna lie of I've I've gained a huge amount of inspiration a huge amount of motivation for my own content through Following highlight heaven and highlight heaven is a American sports highlight channel That covers American football predominantly and um I must admit, you know, I I saw him reach a million subscribers throughout this last NFL season and I thought holy shit, man I'm sitting here at 146 145 thousand, you know, it's creeping up slowly, but surely and uh, and I thought Okay, is this going to be selling out? Am I going to be you know, am I going to lose subscribers by Going head first into highlight clips? Well, the answer was yes and I expected that but each and every time I've gone hard and you know throughout a weekend. I've uploaded 50 to 100 highlight clips Every single time I take two steps back To then take five steps forward You know when we're talking about subscriber numbers, I might lose 500 subs on that first day But as the views continue to roll in the subs go back up and they reach the point where I was before and they continue to rise and Look, um, we shot up from 146 000 straight over 150 and now I'm at 153 000 I can't believe it and it's because I backed myself. I said, you know what? I was the rugby player that reacted to NFL now. I'm going to be the guy Now I'm going to be the rugby version of highlight heaven or at least That's the kind of thought pattern I had and so this weekend Marks the last weekend of the 2022 Guinness six nations It's a tournament that I've never really had a huge amount of interest in But I certainly have this year and it's because You know, these highlight clips have been going fantastically and Hey, like I said, you've got to take two steps back to take five steps forward sometimes And so moving into the future. I will be continuing to do this. Obviously the the tournament finishes this weekend But there is a Japanese league that I'm covering. There's a um an American league that I'm covering And I'm really enjoying getting back into rugby. I'm really enjoying I I enjoy it. I enjoy sitting here editing And you know when I'm not on camera when I don't have the pressure to sit down each and every day and make new videos and I can actually edit and you know Upload videos that Have other people as the subject That takes a whole lot of pressure off my shoulders and tell you what that You know the hardest thing that I've actually had to do over the last few weeks Is stay up because these games are on the other side of the world So I'm having just like I did I did a couple of all nighters. I'm not gonna lie I I literally went to bed at 11 a.m. The next day and That fucked me up, but it was worth it because we're here 150,000 subs Uh What else is there to say? This is my journey. You're on it with me. Feel free to come and go whenever you like But just know that rugby will always be a big part of this channel. It is the reason I started this channel Uh, we've been into fitness for a while there bodybuilding and fitness huge still a huge passion of mine But you know sports is where it's at And as long as I don't hit You know as long as I don't cover competitions and sports that Would rather strike someone's video down Than appreciate them actually bringing more eyes to that sport. I think I'm gonna be good So I'm gonna continue with the way that you know things are going at the moment I am going to upload this video as soon as I can the date is the 19th of March Saturday the 19th of March and we've hit 150,000 subs What a time to be alive guys if you're following along my journey to America, please continue to Stay tuned there will be updates Intermittently throughout the the first half of this year But during the second half of this year beginning in july that will be the basis of the content on this channel. So Thanks for watching guys And peace out 150,000 unbelievable really see it