Wednesday, January 31, 2018

January 31st Entry: First Nearly Finished Month of 2018

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January 31st Entry: First Nearly Finished Month of 2018

Probably should have just gone with "Last Day of the First Month of 2018" but oh well. This one should do just fine, and I'm 99% certain that nobody's going to say anything about it, so we're good! 😅 While we're on the topic of this, how exactly has the 1st month been? Variable. 😐 "Is that supposed to be a good thing or bad thing?" Well, didn't get to put out as many commentary videos as I'd like; the whole upcoming YouTube Partner Program 2018 changes, and the random arctic snaps coming and going, are some of the things I really didn't like about this month. What's been good? The milder outdoor days, some of the interesting places I've visited, and other things here and there. Now let us discuss the two Asphalt 8 videos I've just uploaded to the channel. 🚦🏳🏴🚩



Too bad the actual video does not have any of the action you see in the images above, but fear not. That's what the video below this one is for. So what exactly does happen in this video? I look at some exclusive deals, discuss the BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage, discuss Class A Season Tracks and mastery rewards, and max out two Class A cars. Exciting? Likely not, but this was necessary, as I further prepare to max out and take home the BMW Hommage later this week! 🤯😱 Hopefully... 😬



This one! This is the video where lots of racing took place. I took the Renault Trezor for a few races in French Guiana, the Dodge Viper in a couple places, as well as the Chevrolet Corvette. Oh, and let's not forget the Lamborghini Gallardo in Dubai! It's really quite ridiculous, how you have to use free Class A upgrades to avoid spending thousands of tokens on a car, that they should have just made credits-only like everything else. Thankfully, it's only the BMW Hommage and Mosler Super GT that are like this. Greedloft wants you to fork out money on tokens for a fake arcade racing game really badly! Thankfully, people with sense, skills and patience, know better not to ever give into Gameloft's token greed! Seriously, the game is very fun and all, hence why I play it so much. But if there's one thing that could seriously go, is the push for in-app purchases. They can do better than that. Anyways! Though the setup is a bit of a pain, it was great to be able to record some Asphalt 8 videos that involve racing. Now for the burning question: will I be able to win the BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage and Renault Trezor? The answer is a cryptic one... likely yes, and probably not?! 😵😱😳🤯😭😖😓 It is extremely weird how at one point, test #31 Venice Flawless to be exact, I seriously contemplating on quitting and making do with winning only the Renault Treazor. Now, I'm feeling like I'm going to get the BMW and not the Renault! Why? Because of ----------------------- *drum roll* VENICE! Yep, Venice. Beautiful, beautiful, STRESSFUL-AS-HELL Venice! 👿👿😠😠😡😡 The problem? The impossible time attack on one them! Most people that I've seen pass this test, only passed merely by milliseconds! Let me emphasize this once more: MILLISECONDS! That's how bad it is! ☠ The reason being is that this Championship did not offer nearly as much time as some of the other ones did to complete bonus goals. Therefore, getting electric engines, which the Championship already did not give enough of, becomes are very difficult task. Pro'ing the car with an insufficient amount of electric engines? Impossible. So because these electric engines are very hard to come by, Gameloft, of course, proudly offers a kiss-my-butt exclusive deal that will give you tokens, engines and a bunch of other goods, for I believe $13 CAD? No thanks. 😑 I'd rather lose the Championship than to spend real money on pixels. If you're playing this addicting, yet frustrating game, and ever get the urge and desperation to fork out your money for tokens, DON'T DO IT! Repeat after me: "I WILL NOT SPEND MONEY ON TOKENS!" 🤣

Wow, I sure got heated about Gameloft's token greed tactics up there! 👾 Now for here, I don't really think I have a ton I want to say here. Perhaps I should discuss what happened to the commentary videos that should have been on the channel this week? Truthfully, I haven't even started them yet, because I already had these two videos that needed to be edited. I could have just held them until the commentary(ies) were finished, but then that would have meant no uploads or blog posts this week. Therefore, I decided to just go with the plan of editing and uploading these gaming videos instead. But like I mentioned in last week's post, I seriously need to get that commentary video on the YouTube Partner Program 2018 changes done. I know, I know. It's very likely not going to make YouTube change their minds about their treatment towards smaller channels, but I really need to talk about it. That aside, what other things do I have planned? Well, likely an outdoors video, and possibly a gaming video revolved on the Renault Trezor and BMW Hommage - IF I win those cars! 😬 Better say a prayer for that! 😆🤣😜 



Weekly Roundup From January 22, 2018
The websites and promotions recommended from my network during that week. The promotions for some of them may not be there anymore, as I've posted this a little late, but it doesn't hurt to check them out.

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Friday, January 26, 2018

January 25th Entry: Impending Doom?

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January 26th Entry: Impending Doom?

No, this title is not desperate clickbait. Those of you that are regulars already know that I don't do that type of garbage, unless it actually lives up to the hype. If you're only interested in reading about the "Doom", and all other things not so pertained to the uploads I'm about to discuss, head right over to the usual "What's Next & Other Ramblings" section. Otherwise, let us take the time right now to discuss the latest uploads! 😃🌊

Well, the video description sums up this video pretty well: check exclusive deals, open challenger league kit box, and go for a joke run with the BMW Hommage in the Research & Development course. There are other bits that take place as well, but that is the bulk of what the video was about. Now in regards to me not taking the BMW Hommmage event seriously, that's actually false. 😬 I've actually decided to go ahead and attempt to win this car. I don't know if I'll get it in time, and with the way it typically takes me a good 2-3 attempts to win a test, it seems like it might be mission impossible? Who knows, time will ultimately tell. Even if I don't make it, I could always attempt it again, when it's resurrected, but what if I become even busier by then? What if it takes a very long time to come back? What if the BMW Hommage becomes too irrelevant by then? Or perhaps the most dreaded fate would be: What it Gameloft drops support for Windows Phone by then?!😬😰😨😖 Mind you, they haven't said anything about this, but it could happen eventually, anytime this year? Hopefully not, but if they do, I hope they actually announce it in advance, unlike a certain other group, which just allegedly dropped support for Windows Phone in 2018 without saying a word! 🤦🏾‍♂️

So! Why exactly did I film this place and the others I'm going to discuss after this one? Because I felt like exploring Bowmanville's Scugog Street, and capturing some of the places there. Truthfully, this was actually something that I intended to get done since December 2017! Unfortunately, I couldn't do this because something would seemingly always come about. 😖😤😒 Well, I finally captured the places, but was very annoyed about those hindering circumstances. Oh well. 😓 Now inspirations and irritations aside, how did I find this place? Alright. Nothing spectacular about the architecture or anything, but it was good-looking place to photograph and film. Oh yes! I almost forgot to mention that for some reason, the strip between King Street & Scugog Street up to Scugog Street & Jackman Road, smelt very sour that day! 🤢🤮 Why? God knows! I don't know if there was a sewage leak, or if there were dogs that had urinated en masse that day, but wow! It was STAAAANKY!😷







And finally Blogger is functioning again, so I can type this! 🙄 Good grief, Google! Can you not do a better job at making your brands function? Or do did you just buy them for the sake of gobbling up additional data from people? Sometimes I really wonder. 😑 Anyways! Let's discuss Saint Stephen, since that's what you came here for. This area is large! I wasn't sure about whether it was going to be medium-sized or what, but wow! While the building itself wasn't freakishly huge, the property itself had other additional buildings on it, it seems. Whether they have anything to do with the school or not, is something I have no idea about. So let's also get the obvious out of the way while we're at it: this school looks very similar to the Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School. Surprising? Yes and no. Yes, because I've never seen it before. No, because they're both apart of the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board. 😵 I know, that is a mouthful to say! Well, all in all, it was an interesting place to visit, film, and photograph. As you can tell from the photos on this blog, the front was my favourite area. 😄


Can you believe that this man is what the town of Bowmanville is named after? For all the years I've known about this place, I never knew that. 😯 Wow. Now, let's discuss the school named after him! Is it any good? No, it was kind of boring to walk around and film. 😁 The hilly park close to it was kind of fun though. I should also mention that I originally had no intention to film this place, because I thought that it would have been too far from St. Stephen Catholic Secondary School. Turns out that it was not far, so I decided to go for it. Upon reaching the grounds, I contemplated on top of the hill whether or not, I really wanted to cover this place. Well, I was there so I was like, "Just get this place done" Lo and behold, it is here! Now, not trying to make the place sound like it was horrible or anything, because it wasn't. I was just indecisive about coverage. "How come you didn't get St. Elizabeth C.E.S.?" 😳 Um, well, because I just didn't go there. Next! 😜⬇
                                                   
                          What's Next & Other Ramblings
If this title doesn't look perfectly aligned by the time I publish this, it's because it refused to move to the centre! Despite clicking on "centre" under the alignment tab, it just won't align for the bleeding life of it! 😡 AAAAAAAAGH!🤯😠😡 So annoying! Whoa, why am I bickering about Blogger's bugs here? Anyways! Let us now discuss the "Doom" and some other bits now.

Impending Doom?
If you've seen my Tweet or Instagram post about it, you'll probably have a very good idea about what I'm about to talk about: YouTube Partner Program 2018 changes! Yep, that's right! You know, 4,000 watch hours and 1000 subscribers by February 20, 2018, or be removed from it, until when you can meet that? Yeah! That's exactly what I'm talking about! And guess what? My channel is freakin' lightyears away from both! 🤯 Ok, hold up. That's being a little too dramatic right there, 😅 but seriously though; it's indeed "kilometres away" from both targets! Why are they doing this? Well, you can read the full article here. Complete non-sense! I've expressed my disgust against this on both of my social media accounts hyperlinked above, because this is indeed unfair to just cut small creators off, just because their number aren't big enough! 😠 This leads to a lot of questions: Will Google change their minds? Will my channel somehow make it in time? Will I quit YouTube entirely? Will I move to another platform? Will I continue despite the odds? Will I monetize through other methods? All answers will be revealed in the upcoming commentary video on this matter. 😐 Stay tuned for that, once it arrives.😶

The Fate of Subways Surfers
So yeah, as soon as the Cairo Tour that ran from late December 2017 - January 2018 finished, the Chicago event arrived and left Windows 10 Mobile users in the dust! Not a word has been mentioned from Kiloo to date, anywhere on the website, not on a blog, not their Twitter or something! If they have indeed abandoned Windows Phones for good, then they ought to just come out and clearly say so! They had done this with Windows Phone 8.1 and older, and made it clear and public why they ended support. They need to do the same for Windows Phone 10 users as well. It is wrong to have people pay for things in the application, and then go ahead and drop the platform without saying a word. Thankfully, I haven't dropped a dime on this game, even though I enjoyed it while it was supported. But seeing them drop the Window Phone platform without stating the cause, just makes me even happier that I didn't make any in-app purchases. What could the reason be? A bug? Low, unprofitable user base? A short break? Pure carelessness? Nobody at this point knows for sure. With evidence from this Tweet, there are others curious about the situation, too. With all this said, I will no longer play Subway Surfers on any of Microsoft's platforms, until when Kiloo starts to become more transparent about its updates towards the platform.

So you now know all the extra goodies behind the latest videos, why this blog has been titled so, and why I stopped playing Subway surfers. That's if, of course, you actually read the entire blog. The only thing I need to tell you at this point, is what's next. So, you know a commentary video is coming in the future, but what else? Two gaming videos. The rest is currently up in the air at this point. For now, I'll get this post tidied up, post it, and continue with day to day actions.


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Monday, January 22, 2018

January 22nd Entry

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January 22nd Entry
Yes! I love how these three videos I'm about to discuss, each represents the channel's major theme of games, commentaries and outdoor things. Too bad I didn't get to upload this post alongside them from the weekday period of 15-19, hence the date difference in the original writing and title. So this aside, what's been happening lately? Well, quite a bit. 😬😐 I'll discuss them in "What's Next & Other Ramblings" like usual, so let's just dive into the details on these videos!

These videos are fun to sit back and watch, but boy! I sure do hate syncing up the audio with the slides! Not sure if I hate editing the audio more or syncing it, but anyways! This is not an "I hate Editing" post. You're here to read the additional details about this video, so I'll feed you with that information. Let us start with what has inspired me to make this video: the suggested/wanted cars polls in the Gameloft forums. While I have yet to directly post my wanted cars list there, it was enough to inspire making this unique list of mine. Whether or not this video will have an impact or not, it was fun coming up with the list of vehicles I really wanted to see. Ok, so let's be honest here: this video likely won't have a big impact due to the obscurity of the channel, but it certainly won't hurt to get it out there! 😅😬 Anyways, I recorded two attempts with this video: the 1st where the microphone was 30cm away, and the 2nd where the microphone was probably only 10cm away. I liked the stronger and louder audio of the 2nd attempt, so I of course went with that. The problem? I still haven't gotten a pop filter for the Snowball. Therefore, there were a few times here there, where the audio distorted a little, but it wasn't too bad thankfully.😓 Aside from this and a few of the slides having awkward scaling, I love how the video turned out. "Can you tell us about that annoying/lame/wonderful/interesting background music you had playing throughout?" Uhhh, well, since you didn't actually ask, I do not have to answer! 😜

For real though: why was I so darn headstrong about getting this place covered? There was a part of my conscience telling me to just chill that day, but I couldn't chill!❄🌴 I was determined to go outdoors and do something, despite the risk of having my electronics fail to capture anything. Thankfully, there were no frostbites, injuries or anything, but both of my smartphones did shut off. I was concerned about them not saving their videos after the shut offs, but they surprisingly saved them. Of course, I wouldn't have known until I looked into them when I got home, but was worried that the BlackBerry Q10, particularly would have just been like "PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Can't save this!" Really glad it did not do that!😅 The Lumia did alright, but was hoping that it would have held up the whole time. So cold and smartphone business aside, how did I find the place? I found it to be really interesting, actually. It's just too bad that the bone-chilling cold, just happened to take place that weekend. I could have simply just gone another day, but determinedly chose that weekend, and got it done anyway. This area really did have a lot to see around it, with the fields, the building itself looking presentable, and other grounds that I didn't manage to cover on camera.
The 2nd gameplay video of the 2018 Cairo run. This time, I finally got Princess Jasmine unlocked, and made her the focus of this episode! 👸 Would have been interesting to have that Emirati prince also run in this episode, but it's too bad that he costs nearly 1,000,000 coins to unlock! 🤯 Yeah, so he's not going to be unlocked anytime soon. Or ever??? Why do I say that? Because Subway Surfers has now brought on the Chicago 2018 Tour, which I also believe is all-new, and yet I don't see it when I launch the application? 🤨🤔 Have they pulled the plug for Windows 10 Mobile? 😬 I know this was done to Windows 8.1 and older, but since they've relaunched the game for Windows Mobile as a Universal Windows Platform application, I would hope that this would allow for much longer support. Due to this suspicion, I will no longer be playing Subway Surfers, unless I see that they are actually supporting Windows 10 Mobile. ☠

Yeah, so it's been 22 days into 2018 so far. Quite a bit has already happened in the headlines all over the world. And of course, this would definitely include YouTube! 🤒 Sheesh, where do I start? What should I discuss? How long should I make this part? So many questions, so little answers, but here we go! 

Whether you've been trying to avoid it or not, we're all aware of that Paul Logan controversy. The reason I suddenly mention this is because after it took place, there's been a storm of reactions all over the Internet! He has apologized from long time, and looked very sincere and sorry about it. Was he actually sorry? Or is he just doing this to desperately cover his butt? Either way, YouTube has announced that they will be taking more measures to make sure so-called "inappropriate" content doesn't have monetary advertisements playing on them. 🙄 Fantastic! Just what we needed, eh? YouTube making it even harder for people to get money off it. Did they not already so something like this last year, all thanks to people uploading racist, hateful, disgusting, abhorrent content? Why, yes! Yes they did. I even remember doing a commentary on this too. Thankfully, 98% of my videos haven't been demonetized, and I would like it to stay that way. Others, haven't been as lucky, while some get away with even more than I do. Let's keep things fair, and not try to make everyone suffer all because of those that can't stop being so vulgar!😠

The weather! For those of us in Southern Ontario and surrounding areas, temperatures have been such a roller coaster for the past 22 days! You'd have some weekends where it'd sink down to a bone-chilling -20°C, and then you'd have days at like +6°C. 😵 Talk about aggressive inconsistency!

Donald Trump! I know, I know. You must be tired of hearing about this man, but I've got to discuss him! So as we likely all know by now, during a meeting in which involved immigration talks, that I believe took place on the 11th, the President grew frustrated and then called certain Latin American, Haiti and all of Africa 💩hole countries! 😵😠😡😳😱🤯😬😰😩😭 Some claim that he did not say this, while others say that he did, and that he also said it repeatedly! What's the real story here? Well, there is honestly no 100% certainty, but he very likely did. He is desperately trying to cover it up, after being heavily criticized by the media and other nations about what he said. What we know for certain, is that Donald has on many occasions made derogatory remarks about other countries, particularly Latin American and African countries many times. Whether you support this man or not, these are solid facts, that have been recorded. Funnily, when he was asked if he was a racist at a later point, he didn't answer and tried to make his way quickly out of the room. During another day, he of course went on to later claim, "I am not racist! I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed!" 😐 I have an extremely hard time believing that. He even tried to defend his "tough language" which only just adds more evidence to the belief that he did say 💩hole. Mister Trump, actions speak louder than words. If you want people to believe that you're truly not an inflammatory person, you've got to watch what you say! For instance, one cannot say that they love cats and then proceed to routinely kicking them. Actions and words ought to be aligned with one another.

Let's discuss the cars shown in January 2018. At both the International Consumer Electronics Show and Detroit shows, there were a lot of cool cars seen. The ones that have my interest most are of course the electric cars like the Faraday Future FF91. There was also the Byton, which is a Chinese all-electric crossover concept car. Not sure if it'll ever end up on North American shores, but it does look quite cool. The Lexus LF-1 Limitless is a crossover, that may or may not end up being all-electric. I really hope that they make it an all-electric car. It's high time we see a pure electric car come from Toyota's luxury brand, Lexus.

So! That does it for this entry, and now I am out! Be sure to check out last week's videos in case you missed them!
The Emoji Movie: Commentary & Discussion
Asphalt 8 January 04 2018; Opening So Many Boxes, Maxing and Buying!,
Subway Surfers Cairo January 2018



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Thursday, January 11, 2018

January 10th Entry: Welcome to 2018!

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January 11th Entry: Welcome to 2018!

Welcome to the 1st blog post of 2018! 😄🎉 I was kind of thinking about actually doing a post on the 1st itself, but decided against it since I had other things going on that day, I wanted to focus on. But anyways, we're less than 2 weeks into the brand new year, and many things lie ahead. Some good; some not so good. 😏 Now allow me to take this opportunity to discuss my first three uploads of the year below.

Whoa, something about the way I drew Alex's eyes...😥😐 Surprised I didn't comment about my less than stellar drawings in this one. 😬 Oh well. Though The Emoji Movie was slammed as being horrible by many, so I decided to give it a watch. Sure, it certainly wasn't a film or video on wildlife, technology, instruments or a game I like, but the combination of it being about emojis, and how people made it look as though it were deathly awful, has triggered me to watch it. After watching it, I found it to be _____ (watch the video!😜). What did you think of it? Were you aware that you can buy a giant floater poo emoji?💩 I wasn't either! 😰😬😨😳🤯😱

So as you can see from the Iceland picture, Gameloft has added some Christmas festivity to the Icleand, Alps and Tokyo tracks for the Hot Wheels Update. I might have heard or read somewhere that it was coded to disappear shortly after the Christmas season ended, but it doesn't seem like that's true after all? Anyways! No races take place in this video, as it was all about me opening a ton of boxes, expanding the storage, maxing, pro'ing and making some purchases. Speaking of the purchases, I'm actually glad I made them after all, because these time-limited cups sometimes force you into using only select cars. Today, the 10th at the time I wrote this part, was one of those days. There were only a few Class D cars allowed for a certain Alps Cup. Luckily for me, I purchased that ugly, but powerful, Donkervoort and was able to not only participate, but finish first. I didn't make it anywhere into the top 100s or anything, because I don't even have the thing maxed. I'm just glad I had it to participate and win something, that's for sure. So making purchases during these "Big spending" episodes, always pays off, even when I can't see the immediate return. Let's see if I can try and exceed 3,000,000 for the next "Spend off" episode! 🤣 On a another note, I really wish these token cars would just become credits cars.☹ Even if they cost 3,500,000, I'd much prefer that over these tokens... Dual currency is a mess! 😵 Especially when the other currency is too hard to easily obtain!😠

My Subway Surfers videos could look as good as these screenshots, if only the Windows Phone platform had a screen recorder... Oh well! We're not hear to talk about that. Instead, we're here to discuss the Cairo subway system! How is it? Well, the same as the others, but with Egyptian aesthetics thrown onto it. How cool would it be if they had some ancient Egyptian music mixed into the song? If you ask me, that would be freakin' awesome! However, such is not the case. What we do have, is a choice of two types of boards: the Nile crocodile and the scarab. The latter interests me greatly, but it's too bad that you have to pay $1.29 to get the basic board, $5.29 if you want it with smooth drift, and $6.49 if you want smooth drift + speed up. Heh, heh, heh...😅 I am not up for that at all, so I'll just have to pass! You could also do it with 110 blue keys I think, but again, I do not have that much keys, nor do I want to buy any. Up to this point, I still have not unlocked princess Jasmine, but I am working on that. At the time I type this, I have roughly 89,000 coins, so I should be unlocking her pretty soon. I'll try to get another episode of the Cairo track done, so I can show her in action. I missed this opportunity with Nicolai, so I'll try not to do it for the others, if feasible. 

So there you have it. The 1st entry and video discussion of the 2018 year! 😃🌠 LOL, I sure am making this sound like it's grand and special, when it isn't and is at the same time. "What happened to the outdoor videos?" some of you might ask. Well, the answer for that will be an easy one to answer: it was -26°C last weekend, and on top of that, I was under the weather. 😰😭😢 Is that supposed to be normal for southern Ontario? Of course not! Does it happen anyway? Yep, it's Canada after all. Most smartphones have a hard time functioning in extreme weather, but even if I was feeling good, and had something like a Samsung Galaxy S8 Active, Kyocera DuraForce XD, or Caterpillar CAT S60, the idea of walking around while filming with it close to -30°C, is absolutely bone-chilling! 😨 So this aside, what will be coming next? Likely a gameplay video and commentary. I'd like to do an outdoors video, but these days thanks to a variety factors, it's been hard to guarantee outdoor videos. I hope it can happen though. It'll be interesting to see where not only my channel will go, but where I'll also go as a person in 2018.

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