Monday, September 30, 2024

Autumn Talks 2024

     Guuzaka                                                                                                          2024-09-30

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Last Day Of The Month

At least 1 blog post per month, right? ๐Ÿ˜ Well, I certainly have not done a good job with that thus far in Year 2024. To date, I have only done 4 blog posts: April, May, July, and now this one. ๐Ÿ˜ณ I will need to do my best to try and make sure something is done not just for the remaining months of the year, but going forward in general. In my April blog post this year, I went into good detail about the importance of not having your identity and livelihood tied to 1 platform. In summary, if that platform just deletes your account, you are screwed. ๐Ÿ’€

So yes, Autumn has come upon us 8 days ago in the northern hemisphere. ๐Ÿ‚ If you know me already, you will damn well know that I do not look forward to cooler weather, but alas! I live in Canada where 4 distinct seasons exist, although some parts of the country are technically only winter and cold spring weather-wise. ๐Ÿฅถ Northern Nunavut, particularly Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord come to mind. ๐Ÿฅถ

Yes, I realise that today also happens to be National Day For Truth And Reconciliation. Not going to lie; I forgot what the main theme of that day is supposed to be about. ๐Ÿ˜ณ I know that it has to do with some sort of Indigenous recognition, but upon refreshing my memory with a Google Search I learned that the day honours the children who died and Survivors of residential schools. ๐Ÿฅ€ Heartbreaking indeed. ๐Ÿ’” And you know, or actually perhaps it is better not to even mention what I just saw first thing on Reddit a little earlier, but here we go: a deranged racist farmer mowed a little black 6-year-old boy down in front of his mother whilst she screamed in horror. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ I thought he died when I first read the headline, but I did not look to closely at what was said. That article turned me off so bad, that I just left the website shortly. But, upon talking about dead or abused children in residential schools, this topic reminded of that poor little boy. ๐Ÿ˜”

"Gosh darn it, Guuzaka! Why the hell did you have to mention that?! That is so revolting!" I know, I know. That is just plain awful! Why people continue to abuse children, or even people in general is beyond me. ๐Ÿฅ€ Orange shirts are cool, but everyday is important for keeping the general peace and not abusing people, especially vulnerable people like children. ๐Ÿ˜

My Latest Videos

10 days ago, I finally uploaded the latest batch of videos to my channel. Felt like forever, but at least I finally finished that batch. You may be wondering why all 18 of those videos are Beyblade Xtreme content, as opposed to February 2022's batch? ๐Ÿคจ You see, I intended for those videos to come out a bit sooner, but due to a myriad of things I talked about in past entries, I was not able to edit and upload as fast as I would like to. ๐ŸŒ Beyblade Xtreme is the latest, hottest thing in the Battle Top world right now. ๐Ÿ”ฅ I have certainly noticed how quickly it has been growing other channels. I have even noticed how my views, visitors, and subscribers have steadily gone up. Nothing record-breaking by any means, but growth is growth. ๐ŸŒฑ This is why I did not want to leave that batch of videos till when I get around to uploading 2024 videos. 

Now, does this mean that I am going to forsake all my others videos and allocate all my resources and time to Beyblade Xtreme? ๐Ÿค” Certainly not! In fact, now that I have completed this batch of Beyblade videos that I have codenamed Beyblade Xtreme December 2023 To June 2024, I would like to begin editing the February 2022 batch realistically towards the end of next week. 

Year 2024 End Targets

500 or more subscribers on YouTube before Year 2024 ends?  As tempted as I am to say 1000, I am not too sure if that is too realistic. Possible? Yes. Likely? Not too likely. 100 or more views per Blogger upload? ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Not impossible, but perhaps not too likely? ๐Ÿคจ I made the mistake last time of not posting some of previous entries to Instagram, and my other social networks, which could very well explain why they could not even get past 20 views at the time of this very writing. ๐Ÿ’€ Even for a Nano-sized brand like mine, we can all agree that not even getting at least 50 is pretty damn bad. ๐Ÿ˜ณ But you know? I am also very careful that when talking about views to remind viewers that big views overnight is not what I am aiming for. An audience that actually engages with the content is far more important to my brand's growth and stability. ๐Ÿ‘€

I may be able to upload 2 batches, but could I do 3 batches of videos before year end? ๐Ÿค” Considering that the February 2022 batch alone has 20 videos, getting even 2 might be a stretch. So, 99% certainly not 3. Do I have any particular goals for Instagram? Not really, to be super honest. Maybe spend just slightly more time on it, as so to not make my presence there seem too irrelevant. Oh yes, Patreon and Ko-fi! ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿค— I am surprised I have not mentioned either of those 2 in my entries this year. Or did? I cannot recall doing so, so I will talk about them a little now. If you do love my content, and want to show continual support, and are excited about what may become of Guuzaka Atazaka, consider becoming a patron on my Patreon. Not into subscriptions? That is totally understandable, hence where my Ko-fi comes into play. There, you can send one-time payments instead.

Overall, using the analogy of meat and potatoes, YouTube would be the meat, and Blogger the potatoes in terms of my focus and growth at this time. ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅ”

Infinity Nado

"Seriously, Guuzaka what are you onto?" Or "What is that?" you must have said in your mind or perhaps even out loud. Chances are, if you have been on the channel, looked around, and bonus points, even checked out the playlists, you see that things that spin like Beyblades, Infinity Nado, and fidget spinners have their own playlist. So naturally, Infinity Nado has been on my mind, but yet you still do not see them on my channel just yet. Why I so randomly mention them, is because I had intended to start filming at least 1 video with them per month in 2024. The result? I only did 2 videos all the way back in February. ๐ŸŒ And on top of it, I do not recall being too personally proud of those videos. ๐Ÿ˜ณ 

If I were to ever get my hands on Infinity Nado 6, that would be sweet! ๐Ÿคฉ Too bad they still have not released locally: online nor brick-and-mortar. And by online, I am talking like Amazon Canada or Walmart Canada. You can buy them straight from Alpha Group on AliExpress, however. I was under the impression that when Beyblade Xtreme launched last year, that they would have tried to rival them by shortly launching to North American stores, but nope! ๐Ÿ˜ Looks like Alpha Group really does not want to bother with that for this generation. Who knows. They might just surprise us and launch locally in Year 2025. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

Autumn Marketing

This particular section is solely for me to do some shameless affiliate marketing about some on-going eBay sale events for my viewers in Canada, United States Of America, and Australia. Do not worry, I am not going to talk about things I have absolutely no interest in just for the sake of getting clicks and affiliate commissions upon your qualified purchases. ๐Ÿ˜Œ Fellow Canadians, there is unfortunately not a whole lot going on, but Lenovo is offering eBay-certified refurbished products. I personally own a pair of Lenovo wireless mice in red and blue. ๐Ÿ”ด๐Ÿ”ต

Could care less about Lenovo? You might be more excited about Jordans. ๐Ÿ€ I have yet to personally unbox Jordans, but I have done other shoe brands before.

Americans, there is TONS I could talk about, but I will stick with 3 things for you Eaglescell phones under $250, eBay refurbished Apple computers, and fine jewelry. ๐Ÿ’Ž Admittedly, I selected fine jewelry just for fun and giggles, but who knows: maybe you were about to conveniently buy some! ๐Ÿ˜

G'day, my Oceanian mates! ๐Ÿฆ˜ eBay is oddly having more sales events for you Australians than Canadians. Kind of odd given that eBay is North American company, but perhaps they get more revenue from you? ๐Ÿคจ I personally do not know. Save up to $400* on a great Dyson rangeUp to 45% off phones, and Fashion Aussie brands you love, will be what I will share with you this entry.

September Close-off

Nothing more I particularly have that I want to discuss further. I shall now tidy this entry, have it posted, then shared to my social media accounts. ๐Ÿ‚ Did any Indigenous people by any chance stumble across this post? ๐Ÿคจ If you did, let me know, and tell me which tribe you are from if you do not mind. ๐Ÿ˜„

Monday, July 1, 2024

Canada Day 2024

    Guuzaka                                                                                                          2024-07-01



Canada Day 2024

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Canada Day 2024


I know on my community post I said that I was not going to do a blog post due to time constraints, but you know what? ๐Ÿค” I am going to do a post anyway! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ I just will not make it as long as I might have intended, nor too detailed. So! What did I do for Canada Day 2024? ๐Ÿ Unfortunately, I was not able to go out to see the fireworks as usual. ๐Ÿ˜” So instead, I figured I would finally upload the long-awaited batch of videos to make the day a bit more special and worth a while. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ The skies were largely clear, and plenty of sunshine in my area. ๐ŸŒž Canada Flags, and Red Maple Leaves -- the Canadian typicals. ๐Ÿ 


Fresh Deals On The Latest Kicks

Get fresh deals on the latest kicks! ๐Ÿ˜Ž Perhaps a little random to throw this in here, but if you reasonably know me, then this should not be too surprising. ๐Ÿ˜Œ Why? Because I have unboxed shoes on my channel many times over the years. So, it was only natural that I decided to share this offer with you. Grab soon, as this expires October 31, 2024. ๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ˜ฑ


How Long Till The Next Batch Of Videos?

Because this batch of videos just dropped today, I encourage you to thoroughly and genuinely engage with them. ๐Ÿ˜€ I still have not even uploaded the images of these videos to Instagram and other social media websites, so the next batch of videos probably will not drop till late July, early August. More likely the latter. Or probably sooner? ๐Ÿคจ God knows. ¯\_(ใƒ„)_/¯ Oh yes! I nearly forgot: If you have not done so already, I strongly encourage you to read It Has Been 5 Months And Counting. What Is Going On?. I know I have since uploaded, but still a very important piece to read for both serious and casual visitors of my Brands. ๐Ÿ˜

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

May Day 2024

     Guuzaka                                                                                                          2024-05-01



May Day 2024

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Cake And Dancing


Been way too long since we ate cake and danced, eh? ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿพ "What are you talking about, Guuzaka?!" Oh, you do not know? ๐Ÿคจ May Day, May 01, is a day celebrated with cake, dancing, and festivity. Wait, who actually did that today? ๐Ÿค” Certainly not me! ๐Ÿ˜… 


Update Video

I filmed the update video 3 days ago, and intended to have that uploaded in time for May Day. Well, I think we know how that went already: did not even start the editing yet. ๐Ÿ™ƒ At least the video has been filmed though, so more people can become aware of what it going on, and the importance of visiting my weblog more often from now on. 


Atazaka

Why I never mentioned him in It Has Been 5 Months And Counting. What Is Going On? is beyond me. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ Though he may not be my flagship brand, he is nevertheless still relevant. I have by no means forgotten about him. The last video uploaded to Atazaka was on October 30, 2024, meaning 6 months and counting since I have uploaded there. ๐Ÿ’€ Half a year... ๐Ÿ˜ณ When will his videos come? That is a very good question. At the current pace of things, Guuzaka's usual videos should hopefully drop late May, early June, kind of looking more likely early June. So far Atazaka, that puts the estimate to late June, early August. ๐Ÿ˜ณ I know. Things are not exactly rosy right now. However, things could drastically change and bring the videos much sooner. But realistically, unless that happens, these are the most realistic estimates I can tell my viewers. That is all for now, Happy May Day. ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿพ 



Monday, April 22, 2024

It Has Been 5 Months And Counting. What Is Going On?

     Guuzaka                                                                                                          2024-04-22



It Has Been 5 Months And Counting. What Is Going On?

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Happy Earth Day 2024 ๐ŸŒŽ


Because it happens to be Earth Day on the day that I am doing this long-awaited update on my brand and things, I figured I would first say something about Earth Day. ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜ƒ Everyday is the day to be mindful of what you do to Earth, but there is certainly no harm in having an official day to particularly acknowledge that. Whether you went outdoors, volunteered, sat in your leather chair, worked, wore Earth Day Swag, used Earth Day Stickers, there was something to do on this special day.

5 Months And Counting 

So yes, as you can tell from just looking at my channel, it has been an extreme 5 months between now and the last batch of videos I have uploaded. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Well, damn nearly, because that batch was uploaded November 23, 2023. So tomorrow, April 23, 2024 would be a staggering 5 months. WHOA! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ This however, would not be the 1st time something like this has happened. Looking back, there was a gigantic gap in Year 2022 with a video uploaded July 02, 2022, then the next video December 07, 2022. Nearly half a year... But if you think that is extreme, the last form of content I uploaded to the The Words Of Guuzaka was my Frequently Asked Questions page from nearly 2 years ago! ๐Ÿ’€ Now mind you, I was dutifully updating that as needed however, but still... Oh yes, if this happens to be your first time stumbling upon Guuzaka, my Frequently Asked Questions page is an excellent way for you to learn a lot of things about my brands. ๐Ÿค“

Alright, now time to get straight to the point: life. ๐Ÿฅ€ There. I said it. Life and things have been getting in the way particularly damn hard, specifically between Year 2022 and ongoing, Year 2024. Now due to my secretive nature, I will not share any intimate details, but as I go along in the blog post, I will try to explain what I can.


Always Something 

There is always something happening, and it feels like I just cannot catch a lasting break. Just when 1 thing is dealt with, then there is another, and another, and another, and another, and -- yes, you get the point. Like you just tried to step over a creek, but then you fall and get wet. Thankfully, you had some spare clothes, so you bag up the wet clothes and dry off, but then not too long, a mighty fallen log is blocking the path! ๐Ÿ˜ฃ You find some way to get around the log, and make your way out of the forest. As soon as you get out, some incident causes the road to be cut off, so great! ๐Ÿคฌ Now you have find another way of getting home. You find another way of getting home. Shortly after getting in, the power goes out. At this point, you just mentally turn upside down and turn into a swirling vortex of red, green, and blue. ๐Ÿคช๐ŸŒˆ

"Ok, so could you be a little more specific on how that is effecting your videos?" You must be asking. ๐Ÿคจ You see, I had never intended the gap between November 2023 and the next set of videos to be that long. That set was specifically uploaded to keep viewers tilde until when I when decide on how I should go about preparing the Year 2022 videos. Things like reviewing my strategy, video description templates, and so forth. Unfortunately, mental, physical, and situational things bogged me down far more than I anticipated, and thus resulting in this ongoing delay. Feels bad man, especially when I looked at my statistics and see that there is 800 to 1300 viewers viewing my channel every month, only to come and see the same stale videos from November 2023. ๐Ÿ˜ถ


Video Debt 

If you have been following The Words Of Guuzaka for a while, you will be more than familiar with that unfortunate term. Back when I did an update in January 2022, I was at 12 months of video debt. Fast forward to now, April 2024, and here I am at 2 years and 3 months! ๐Ÿ˜ต๐Ÿฅด Year 2022, Year 2023, and 4 months worth of Year 2024. At this point, you must be like, "Damn, son! You are forever going to be in video debt at this rate" Not so, and I will tell you why in a little bit. Ironically, in that same January 2022 entry, where I also happened to touch on a lot of issues at the time, some of which are still relevant, I said that I wanted to make my brands video focused. This meant slashing Blogger posts near entirely. Terrible idea. ๐Ÿ’€


Digital Sharecroppers

1 of the things I have been doing while working on the video descriptions and watermarks of the upcoming videos is I have been listening to a lot of videos from Think Media Podcast, Roberto Blake, and Modern Millie. I have learned a lot of incredible and valuable information from these people. ๐Ÿ’ก So much so, that if I were write about all I have learned, I would be here till year 2025 -- kidding! ๐Ÿ˜œ But seriously though, I am deeply thankful for the knowledge these people provide. And as you can tell from the header of this section "Digital Sharecropper" you either completely confused, or know exactly what that is, and why I am bringing it up. If you do not, no need to worry. I will tell you: building your business on someone else's land. Digital sharecropping is what happens when you create content on someone else’s property. You do the work. You create the content. They keep all or a portion of the benefits. 

So yes, you guessed it: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and whatever else, all property we do not own. Is there anything wrong with being successful or trying to be successful on these platforms? Absolutely not! ๐Ÿ˜€ In fact, majority of the time, you need to start your brand on at least 2 or 3 of these platforms, before your name becomes big enough to have your very own website with an audience you own. An audience who will loyally follow you wherever you go. The problem arises when you only stick to 1 platform, and have no other strategy outside of that platform. ⚰

So what does this have to do with me, who does happen to be on Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, Patreon, and others? ๐ŸคจBeing far too dependent on YouTube video uploads for brand growth. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ Yes, I said that loud, bolded and in red for extra emphasis. Sure, if I would have been able to be more consistent, that would have helped. But what if, the whole time, I had my other social media pages going along strongly? ๐Ÿค” What if I had not spent so long using them solely or mainly to drive traffic to my YouTube channel? As much as I love creating videos, I absolutely do not want to tie my life and soul to such an everchanging platform that has caused me much disappointment at times. When I chopped my Blogger entries because I wanted to focus on video output, that was stupid. ๐Ÿ˜ณ I did not need to make the blogposts solely about every single video in a given upload batch. I could have gone about that better. So what I want to do from now on, is I want to try to get at least a post or 2 in a month, to keep viewers informed about things, or simply discuss what I feel like.

Getting Viewers Used To Reading

Getting viewers used to reading is going to be particularly important with the exciting plans I have in the future. ๐ŸŒ  Not just for future plans, but for staying up to date with what is happening with my brands, when it seems like there is no activity on my YouTube pages, and for many other valid reasons. Thus, I would like for The Words Of Guuzaka to have more engaging traffic coming to him. I have thankfully, added this website to my on-screen Call-To-Actions, as well as throughout other areas of my social media anchors where possible. I actually had plans to shoot a video yesterday, and edit it this week to put emphasis on this update, but alas! That did not happen. You know why? ๐Ÿค” First thing first, I was actually supposed to start working on this update from April 19, 2024. Did not get around to that. The video that was supposed to be filmed on April 21, 2024? Lots of laundry and other life things wholly swallowed up the time. ๐Ÿ™ƒ 

When Will My Videos Finally Come?

If you want a realistic timeline given the current state of things, late May 2024, early June 2024. "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Some of you must be like. Why so long? Well, I did highlight the word "realistic" for a reason: truth. I do not want to be like, "Yeah man! Me gon haff video out fi unnu early May!" ๐Ÿคช No, that is not how I operate. If you have taken the time to read this far, you will hopefully more than understand, and perhaps even relate to why. 

Reading over this, I nearly forgot to answer an important thing from earlier: Clearing Year 2022, 2023, and 2024 in less than years worth of work. Believe it or not, I have methods and strategies in place that allow me to complete the ground work for these videos in a fraction of the time. So as long as I try to remain as consistent as I can with present things in place, I am hopeful that I will at the least clear Year 2022 and Year 2023 videos before Year 2024 ends. If things change and become fantastically well, sooner than later, than I might even get as far as getting out of video debt entirely this year. Admittedly, that is a moonshot, but not entirely impossible. ๐ŸŒ‘ 

Your Support

There are 922 videos on my channel, majority of which, believe it or not, do not even have comments on them. Watch them wholly, and genuinely engage with them. Do not like my style and content? Not a problem, I just advise you to quietly and respectfully move on. ๐Ÿ˜Œ Want to do more than just watch, and take support even further? That is exactly where my Patreon comes into play. If you choose Tier 3, you even get Access to my monthly roadmap, plans, and discussion of that month’s roadmap. There a few more benefits, but that is just 1 of them. You will notice that my pricing is not exactly cheap, but also not super expensive. I priced them that way on purpose. Not into subscriptions? One-time giving can be done on my Ko-fi page. ☕ If you also happen to shop on Amazon or eBay a lot, you can shop through my affiliate links to those websites at no extra cost to you. ๐Ÿ›’

The last Beyblade Xtreme unboxing I have done was the Viper Tail Set. Does this mean that I have not been keeping up with the latest releases? Certainly not! ๐Ÿ˜Ž Even though I am painfully behind, I will still upload them when I get the chance. ๐Ÿ‰ 

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Guuzaka Atazaka Frequently Asked Questions

     Guuzaka                                                                                                          2022-07-12



Guuzaka Atazaka Frequently Asked Questions

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Last Updated: 2024-09-20



Brand Questions


Question #1: You have finally created the long-overdue FAQ. Will you maintain it?

Answer: Yes, I will periodically update Questions or Sections when or if it is required. I will also add new questions and answers worthy of being added. I will do my best to keep the numbers the same, though they may change, if Questions and their Answer ever need to be removed.


Question #2: What is your channel about? 

Answer: Though I have updated my YouTube channel banner from longtime to make it clearer: Outdoors, Smartphone Games, Products, Music, and Talk videos. ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ“ฑ๐Ÿ—จ๐ŸŽต Though Atazaka's banner does not explicitly say this, he has the same theme.


Question #3: What is the difference between Guuzaka and Atazaka, then?

Answer: Guuzaka is the main brand. In summary, Guuzakan videos are longer and more "extra" while Atazakan videos are generally much shorter and simpler.

Guuzaka-branded videos:
-Guuzaka branding
-Almost always more than 10 minutes
-Almost always have intros and outros, excluding nature videos and certain others
-Makes moderate to extensive use of multiple tracks, hence the more frequent onscreen texts, emojis, unboxing music, filler music in some videos, and more
-Moderate to extensive use of random, short filter effects
-Features a variety of resolutions starting, though is 4k or higher majority of the time

Atazaka-branded videos:
-Have Atazaka branding
-Are Almost always less than 10 minutes
-Have no intros or outros
-Have multiple tracks, but the video track is the focus
-Random filter effects are not used as often
-Are only in ultra high-definition (2160p) or greater, making this a notable difference from the past.


Question #4: What is the point of Atazaka's existence when you can just make the same type of videos under Guuzaka?

Answer: To understand Atazaka's purpose, I will have to give you a history lesson of the brands, how they developed, and what led to the branches today. Back in the day, between 2010 up till late 2016, there was no Guuzaka or Atazaka. It was just ATA1201058. The proto-Guuzaka, or Ancient Guuzaka basically. When I ultimately decided that I was going to take content creation more seriously, it led to me rebranding ATA1201058 to GuuzakaTube. In late 2019, the "Tube" was dropped from GuuzakaTube leading it its final name today, Guuzaka. During the 2010-2019 timeframe, Guuzaka has transformed quite a bit going from an obscure title to a brand with a fairly consistent theme and image. As time went in the 2010s I began to miss some of the characteristics of ATA120108. Coming 2018, I began to ponder creating a separate, modern brand that would have some of the traits of ATA1201058.

When 2019 arrived, I decided that I would seriously go ahead and do it, so it happened. I resurrected the old self of Guuzaka under the name Atazaka, blending both the past and present in the name. The official launch of the brand took place on January 04, 2020, making it exactly 10 years from the date what is now Guuzaka was created. Therefore, Atazaka is no mere "stripped down" clone of Guuzaka, but a carefully planned, nostalgic, brother brand of Guuzaka with a defined purpose.


Question #5: What are your brands mascots supposed to be?

Answer: They are sentient sunglasses not intended to be placed on your head, because they can bite! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ Atazaka is less likely to bite than his older brother, however. ๐Ÿ˜Œ You notice the macaws from the brand's Twitter pages, but what you may not know is that Guuzaka and Atazaka actually have 3 mascots each: the main sentient sunglasses you often see; the great green macaw associated with Guuzaka; green-winged macaw associated with Atazaka, and a green-haired, green-eyed girl also named Guuzaka, and you guessed it -- a red-haired, red-eyed girl named Atazaka. At this time, I have not decided what the macaws names are or if they should even have one. ๐Ÿค” 

The macaws are not truly those real-word species mentioned. They appear as those real-world species, until when the universe they belong in has enough development to reveal what species they really are. 


Question #6: You gotta be kidding me! Tell me more!

Question: If you have not noticed, then that means you have something to do: pay more attention next time you interact with Guuzaka-Atazaka content, particularly the videos and certain special art from time to time.



Question #7: Why Do You Use So Many Emojis?

Answer: Emojis are as close as we can get to modern usage of hieroglyphics. ๐Ÿˆ I make do with them in lament of the abandonment of such an epic writing system! ⚰ On a more serious note, I just simply love them. ๐Ÿค—


Question #8: If Guuzaka and Atazaka are run by the same person, why do they have separate Social Media pages? 

Answer: They are separate brands with a similar, yet still different purpose. 


Question #9: I love your brands! ❤️๐Ÿ’š What is the best thing I can do to support them?

Answer : Interact, interact, interact! ๐Ÿ’ก Liked that video you just watched? Do not just like it; drop a proper comment telling me why you liked it, or what you found interesting or boring about it. Same thing goes for my Instagram and Twitter posts. Simply liking and taking no action convinces the algorithms that a creator is only making content for skeletons. ๐Ÿฆด Not good! 

If you would prefer to support my brands in the most direct and consistent way possible, become a Patron on my Patreon page. Over there I go over many valuable reasons why you would want to do so, if you are in a position to become a Patron.

If you would prefer a 1-time giving option, you can do this over at my Ko-fi page. ☕ You do not even need to sign-up for the Ko-fi platform to give. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ All you need is a PayPal account, and can do so without anybody else knowing. ๐Ÿคซ Except me. ๐Ÿค—

Do you happen to shop a lot on Amazon or eBay? Shopping through my affiliate links is another wonderful thing you can do to support my brands. ๐Ÿ›’


Question #10: I hate your brands! Can you like not make them so the way the are?

Answer: Neither Guuzaka nor Atazaka are mass-appeal brands. ๐Ÿ˜ I upload videos that I like. If you like, cool. If you do not like, you are strongly advised to move on without any drama or nonsense of the sort. ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿพ I certainly care about views and subscribers, but not to the extent of getting 10's of 1,000,000's overnight.


Question #11: I hate Guuzaka, but love Atazaka or vice versa. Can you make Guuzaka more like Atazaka or Atazaka more like Guuzaka?

Answer: If you have a preference for one brand over the other, that is fine. ๐Ÿ˜… You absolutely do not, or should not feel as if you need to like both. You do not! Trying to make them more similar than what they already are would cause serious "Brand Dilution", thus making the existence of both as separate brands pointless. ๐Ÿ’€

Question #12: Why when you upload images you watermark it with something like "Guuzaka | SM-N910W8"? What does that even mean?

Answer: The vertical bar "|" separate the Brand copyright from the smartphone that was used to take that picture. The numbers and letters are what you call the smartphone's alphanumeric code. ๐Ÿค“


Comment Section Rules

Question #1: Why did you delete my comment?

Answer: Did you read my rules? ๐Ÿคจ Is almost certainly because you violated one or more of them. 

1. No hate speech. 
Do not express any hatred to human beings based on skin colour, race, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, veteran status or other. ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿฟ We are all Homo sapiens sapiens. ๐Ÿฉธ Regardless of whether or not you prefer light skin, dark skin, or are a passionate believer of a certain religion, you absolutely cannot express hate in my comment sections.

2. No spam, bots, or advertising. 
This is a major pet peeve of mine! ๐Ÿ™„ No spammy comments, bot accounts, advertising, or self-advertising is allowed. This would also include follow4follow, which is also really pesky. ๐Ÿ˜‘

3. No personal attacks. 
Do not prey on people in my comment sections. ๐Ÿฆˆ๐Ÿšซ This also includes threatening other people. Remember, if you result to personal attacks in an argument, it means that you lost the argument. ๐Ÿ˜ณ You were not mature enough to keep the discussion constructive and classy. So if you claim to be all smart and convincing, then actually act like it! ๐Ÿ˜‘

4. Stay on topic. 
If a video, Tweet, or Instagram post is about Lake Ontario for example, keep it pertained to Lake Ontario, or at least lakes in general in that specific case. ๐ŸŒŠ This might sound like common sense, but if you ask anyone who dealt with comment sections for a long time, they will tell you that they have lost track of how many times a conversation has gone from ants to zippers. ๐Ÿœ➡๐Ÿค

5. Do not post anyone’s personal information. 
Names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail address, and other forms of sensitive information are a major no-no. ๐Ÿ”’ Names are a bit of a grey area. If you are obviously talking about an individual who is publicly known, then that is different. If you watch a video, and make a comment stating that you, John and Mary were at a certain place where I was at a time, then I will usually leave the comment alone. If you were to post their full names, that would almost certainly result in it getting deleted. ๐Ÿ—‘️

6. No swearing. 
While profanity is already filtered out by my blacklist, sometimes there are exceptions where it does not catch it. ๐Ÿคฌ In such an event, I will delete the profanity. This also applies to other languages as well. How will I know what is a swear word or not from another language? You will find out once I get to #9. ๐Ÿค Mild language is allowed.

7. No trolling. 
Do not say something for the sake of getting a reaction. Instead, take your time to do something more meaningful and positive. ๐Ÿ•Š Comment sections need not be a sewage lagoon. ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ‘น๐Ÿ’ฉ

8. No lying. 
This not only includes lying on people, but also posting blatantly false information about something or someone. ๐Ÿคฅ

9. Post in English. 
If a foreign comment can be easily and accurately translated in Google, I may leave it alone. Granted, it does not break any of these rules here. Even then, you are strongly advised to post in English, as this is after all, an English-speaking channel. Foreign languages that cannot be translated, or are poorly translated, will be deleted. It is not worth the risk of what potential nastiness someone could be saying that you, or I, may not know. ๐Ÿ˜จ This leads to the next rule: unintelligible posts. ๐Ÿฅด

10. No unintelligible posts. 
Comments that are nonsensical, garbled, jibberish, poorly translated, or that cannot be deciphered, will be deleted. ๐Ÿ˜ต Not only are comments like this an eyesore, but are uncalled for. ๐Ÿ‘บ


Content Descriptors Questions

Question #1: Why do some videos have content descriptors, while some videos do not?

Answer: All videos filmed from 2021 and onward have them in place. I thought about some sort of Content Descriptors for quite some time, but never got around to implementing it until 2022. Additionally, older videos that get edited in 2022 and beyond, will have it. ⭐


Question #2: Is it mandatory?

Answer: At the time of this writing, YouTube does require that you declare whether or not your channel is geared towards an audience that is +13 or not. Even though it is not a requirement to have precise content descriptors grading the content, I chose to chose to go ahead and do it anyway. ๐Ÿ“ข Guuzaka and Atazaka can be such variable brands, so by letting people know how intense depictions of violence are or how political a video may be, they will have less of an excuse to complain that a particular made was too political, or had too much violence. ๐Ÿฉธ


Question #3: Why does Guuzaka use stars, while Atazaka uses strawberries?

Answer: Guuzaka is the main star of the 2 brands, while Atazaka uses strawberries because it suits him. ๐Ÿ“


Question #4: Can you explain what each descriptor is and how you grade it?

Answer: The system is based on 1-5, with 1 being the least intense while 5 is the most intense.

1. Blood
Depictions of blood, be it virtual or real. Realistic or actual blood is likely to garner more stars. ๐Ÿฉธ

2.Death
Depictions of dead things, be it virtual or real. Virtual death, like in smartphone games are not likely to generate anymore than 1 or 2 stars, unless it is on the more graphic side. ๐Ÿ’€

3. Gross
Discussions or depictions of things that are gross, be it virtual or real. Real gross elements such as animal scat, garbage, worms, decaying things, excessively dirty water, or talking about gross subjects like mucous discharge are examples. ๐Ÿ’ฉ

4. Language
"Language" is short for Mild Language. This includes words like Damn, Hell, Screw, Piss, and Whore. The grading for this is based on both verbal sayings of these words and written depictions. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

5. Politics
Anything to do with saying or depicting political things, whether it be discussing a certain party, idea, or mentioning an individual. ❎

6. Profanity
Hardcore words like A$$, B!tch, C0ck, Cun+, D!ck, Fu(k, Sh!t, or Twa+. While you will NEVER hear me use these words in my videos, they may sometimes appear on graffiti, virtual dialogues, or as distant chatter in background noise outdoors. ๐Ÿคฌ


7. Religion
Anything religious. Mentions of a religious figure, discussions of religion, religious symbols, and more. ⛪

8. Sexual
Depictions, mentions, or discussions of anything sexual, be it innuendo, sexual talk, sexual symbols, and more. ๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’ฆ

9. Substances
Depictions or discussions, virtual or real, of drugs, alcohol and other substances. ๐Ÿšฌ

10. Violence
Discussions or depictions of acts of violence, be it virtual or real. talking about violence, a character in a game getting butchered, a black bear ripping off a deer's head, are a few of the many types of violence. ๐Ÿค•

Urban Exploration Videos

Question #1: What is the purpose of your school videos?

Answer: They are simply just walk-and-talk videos of the exterior of the building, and sometimes nearby parks. ๐Ÿซ

Question #2: Should I be concerned? 

Answer: Absolutely not! There is a reason why they only take place during the school's off days. The school videos never have, and never will be filmed with the intent of stalking, spying, harming, or scaring students or staff. Yes, some people do visit schools for creepy purposes, but that is not the case with my brands. If it were, the authorities would have done something about it from ages go. ๐Ÿ˜ณ

Question #3: Speaking of legal, are you sure this is legal?

Answer: Bare in mind that there are plenty of other Urban Exploration videos on the Internet. Are they legal? ๐Ÿค” Who knows. Laws can vary greatly from place to place. Is this an excuse to copy what I do or what others do? Absolutely not! Whatever you choose to do is done at your own risk, because I never said to go to this or that place. ๐Ÿ˜


Question #4: Do You Go To This School?

Answer: No, I am not in school nor am I affiliated with these buildings. ๐Ÿ˜…


Personal

Question #1: Would you ever do a face reveal?

Answer: I do not feel like doing a face reveal anytime soon, or possible ever. ๐Ÿ˜ I am careful not to say never in regards to a face reveal. However, be advised that if you were really hoping for a face reveal in the future, that there is a possibility that will simply never happen. Keeping my videos faceless is a lot more peaceful, mysterious, low risk, and low stress. ๐Ÿ˜Œ

Question #2: How old are you? 

Answer: Millennial adult. ๐Ÿคจ

Question #3: Why are you wearing gloves in all of your 2024 videos? 

Answer: Let me make this clear straight out of the gate: I am not wearing gloves due to an excessive fear of bacteria, COVID-19 or something. ๐Ÿ˜… I have resorted to wearing gloves for that time period, due to ongoing bad-looking hands. ๐Ÿค• I hope, but cannot guarantee, that I can go back to making gloveless videos again for Year 2025. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ


Monday, January 31, 2022

2021: What Happened? 2022: The Explanations Of Guuzaka

    Guuzaka                                                                                                          2022-01-31



2021: What Happened? 2022: The Explanations Of Guuzaka

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸพThis blog post may contain affiliate links. When you click and purchase something from within these links, I may earn a small percentage of that sale. ๐Ÿ’ฒ This is done at no extra expense to you. Guuzaka is not an official salesmen of these vendors. Therefore, any potential product problems and other technicalities must be dealt with through official staff of the online shop. 

That Silent Year

'WHOA! You remembered that you have a blog?!" ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Yes, I remember. ๐Ÿ˜… In fact, I never forgot about it throughout 2021. ✏ That said, I also never did any blog posts during 2021. ๐Ÿ˜ถ No, not even 1. ๐Ÿฆ— And for that reason, that's why I call it "Silent Year" in terms of blogging. 2021 itself was by no means a silent year in the world! ๐Ÿ”Š There were certainly lots of things happening. ๐Ÿ—บ But we are not here to discuss what John was doing in Jamaica, or why Mary went to Nigeria. ๐ŸŒด You are here for a long-awaited update on what happened to this place in 2021, and why 2022 ends up being the year the dormancy ends. ๐Ÿ‘€

Focus On Videos
Sometime ago, not sure which post I mentioned this, I announced that I would not be doing blog posts that accompanied the videos uploaded. ๐Ÿšซ This was because I wanted to focus on videos without having blog posts to slow down production output. ๐ŸŒ After all, Guuzaka was born in YouTube. ๐ŸŒฑ Not Blogger. ๐Ÿšซ✍๐Ÿพ As video batches have gotten larger, more time would be required to edit and upload them to social media. ๐Ÿ“ถ Having to do a blog post that details the specifics for all the videos of a batch was not only laborious, but honestly unnecessary 99% time. ๐Ÿ˜ถ Whatever specifics people needed to know, could be easily put in the video description, or better yet ------ the video itself! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ It's not like I'm using Windows Movie Maker or some other weak editor that does not allow you to use multiple video and audio tracks. ๐Ÿฅฑ Waaaaaayyyyy past those days! ๐Ÿ˜Ž So ok, you get it: excessive blog posts are not necessary, and I want to focus on video output. ๐ŸŽฅ Is that really a reason for not uploading for an entire year? ๐ŸŒ Well, though I have said it in some of my videos, a new serious problem emerged within 2020: video debt. ๐Ÿ’€⚰

Severe Video Debt
"What is video debt?" you may ask. ๐Ÿคจ Being behind in videos that were supposed to be uploaded during a certain time. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ Within 2020, it became a 1-3 months worth of videos behind. ๐Ÿ’ฉ Fast forward to January 2022, and guess how bad it has become? ๐Ÿ˜ณ Wait, you can probably already tell from the latest videos on the channel: 12 Months!!!!

๐Ÿ˜ฑ

"Whooaaaaaaaa, man! How da hell did you let it get so bad?!" There are a number of factors that led to this: lack of consistency, real life hurdles, and YouTube becoming increasingly demotivating. ☹ Let us go over these things and then the plans for 2022. ๐Ÿค“

Lack Of Consistency
"Overfilming" back in 2020 was a terrible excuse to let months worth of videos pile up. ๐Ÿ˜– While I have gotten into video debt in the past, it was never nowhere -- not even a millimetre close to the amount of video debt that I am currently in. ๐Ÿ’€ Had I just stuck with routinely editing videos within a given month, it would not, and should not have gotten so out of hand. ✋๐Ÿพ Even better, if I had tried to edit whatever I filmed as soon feasibly possible, that would have made an astronomical difference! ☀

Real-life Hurdles
2020 was a year that shook the world upside down. ๐ŸŒŽ Guuzaka definitely included. ๐Ÿ™ It was a year where all sorts of madness took place, all thanks to something invisible to the naked eye called COVID-19. ๐Ÿฆ  Thanks to this atrocious disease, it led to numerous disruptions across the world from lockdowns, restrictions, standing in stupid lines, unemployment, increased clueless politicians, shortages of goods, and the list goes. ๐Ÿ“ƒ While people are no longer fighting for paper used for perineal cleansing in 2022, masks, restrictions, unhygienic people, and incompetent politicians remain place in place. ๐Ÿงป

YouTube Becoming Increasing Demotivating
No, I am not quitting YouTube, so you can breathe either a sigh of relief or disappointment. ๐Ÿ˜Œ๐Ÿ˜  Let's just get straight to the point with this:

- 1000 subscribers 4000 watch hours
- Hiding exact subscriber count number
- Putting advertisements on videos without paying creators
- Locking the comment section on children's videos
- removing dislike button
- removing dislike counter from comments

If I missed something that should be on that list, SAY IT! ๐Ÿ’ฌ The recent debacle of YouTube removing the dislike button back in 2021 is so bad that even giga popular creators like PewDiePie and MKBHD have called it out! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ One of the major reasons why YouTube is getting away with this is because they have no competition. ๐Ÿฆ— Every other video uploading website that currently exists just does not have the presence and power as Google-Owned YouTube does. ๐Ÿ‘น As I have mentioned back in an extremely ranty Tweet from November 2021, I hope that a potent rival comes and dethrones YouTube from its position of the #1 Video Hosting website. ๐Ÿ† A rival that will give us everything YouTube has taken away from us, plus everything good that made YouTube good before it started getting increasingly demented. ๐Ÿคช No, I do not want YouTube to be killed; just taught a hard lesson. ๐Ÿ˜ค

Now while Guuzaka is not a children's brand, I have read several sad stories of people leaving YouTube because the platform keeps locking their comment's section. ๐Ÿ”’ Why? ๐Ÿค” Because the video was marked for Kids. ๐Ÿคก If a creator did not make a video specifically for children, they should not go around locking comment sections without their consent. ๐Ÿ˜’ I would go on with more, but at this point, I may very well consider doing an ultimate rant video based on the points above. ๐Ÿ’ข

2022?
2022 will not be a silent year. ๐Ÿ’ก In fact, once I get my consistency set straight, you will see hundreds of awesome videos over the next several months. ๐Ÿ“บ From places, products, animals, new hobbies, and oh so many more! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ When do I hope to get out of video debt? ๐Ÿค” I do not know. ๐Ÿ˜ถ Unlike what some would do, I absolutely do not plan to burn myself out by pulling all-nighters, editing with no breaks, or any of that sort of extremism. ๐Ÿ˜… As much as I would love to be editing January 2022 videos right now, as opposed to January 2021, these videos are not paying my bills which leads to the next point: Support The Channel. ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿพ

Support The Channel
When some people see "Support XXX" their hairs stick up because they feel like somebody's begging them for money. ๐Ÿ’ฐ That is not the case here. ๐Ÿ˜Œ Even if it were, most creators, at least the good ones, do not hound and pound people to give them money. ๐Ÿ’ธ They make it optional for cheerful givers to give them money for their creative works. ๐Ÿ’ฒ 

"How do I support Guuzaka?" The number #1 biggest thing I need right now is for people to Subscribe to the channel to push it past the 1000 subscribers threshold as soon as possible. ๐ŸŒ  However, the battle does not end just there. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ I also need people to actually watch the videos, and leave proper comments on them, too. ✍๐Ÿพ This will send a good message to the algorithms and recommendations, that it is not a brain-dead channel full of skeleton subscribers.๐Ÿฆด If you think I am kidding about this, just ask any of those "Helping Creators" focused channels. ๐Ÿ‘€ Hell, even non-helper channels have talked about this problem of subscribers who do not encage. ๐Ÿ’ฌ

The second thing that you can do to help the channel is to shop from my Amazon or eBay links of the video descriptions. ๐Ÿ›’ If you already naturally shop from those websites, doing it through my links may earn me commissions at no extra expense to you. ๐Ÿ›

2 Final Things I Would Like To Say In This Post

All videos filmed from January 2021 and newer now have the following content descriptors: 
  • Blood
  • Death
  • Gross
  • Language
  • Politics
  • Profanity
  • Religion
  • Sexual
  • Substances
  • Violence
The details of these will be done in another post. ✍๐Ÿพ

And for the final thing: Channel FAQ. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ "OH MY GOSH! REALLY?!" Yes, really. ๐Ÿคฏ This is actually something that I have been wanting to do since the 2010s, but have never gotten around to it. ๐Ÿ˜ For 2022, that changes. ๐ŸŒŸ This will obviously a separate blog post. ๐Ÿ“ƒ See? ๐Ÿ‘€ I told you that 2022 was not going to be silent year. ๐Ÿ”Š From now on, I'll do my utmost best to try and let that never happen again. ๐Ÿ˜… Communication is important in both video and text form. ๐Ÿ’ฌ Texts are faster, and allow you to go back to them readily and easily to update them. ๐Ÿ“„ Something videos cannot do, unless you would rather spend that much time and resources making too many videos before realizing a post would have served you and your audience better. ๐Ÿ˜ต