Friday, December 25, 2020

Christmas 2020: When God Sends Snow

   Guuzaka                                                                                                          2020-12-25



Christmas 2020: When God Sends Snow

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Let It Snow

Did you know? πŸŽ„ That during the daytime of Christmas Eve in my area, there was no snow? 🀨 During that time, I thought this year was going to be a mild, green Christmas! 😁 Yes, I actually prefer my winters to be like that. 🌴 However, when the nighttime rolled in, the Greater Toronto Area suddenly got covered in snow! 🀯 In fact, check this out:

"Toronto and the surrounding area was a winter wonderland on Friday, as snow started to fall on Christmas Eve night and continued into Christmas morning."CityNews Toronto

Did you click on the link source? πŸ€” Told you I wasn't making this up. 😢 It feels as though God saw that the year was chaotic, and decided to send snow to cheer people up for Christmas. πŸ˜‡ While some do not care for it, you have to admit that a little snow will not do you any harm. For some, the presence of snow drives them to throw on their hats, jackets, pants, and boots to get out there and enjoy it! ❄πŸ₯³ Or clean it. 😐

Speaking of that, I heard people outside early morning shovelling snow. ❄ How early? 7:00 AM approximately. πŸ•– To get up that early on Christmas morning just to shovel snow is a special type of madness determination. πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

Merry Christmas And Happy New Year

May there be peace, health, and prosperity. πŸ™πŸΎ Merry Christmas and have Happy 2021 New Year! 🎊

Monday, November 2, 2020

Guuzaka 2020+

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Guuzaka 2020+

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The 2020s And Guuzaka

If you do not know why November 1st is a special day, then you know alarmingly little about this brand! 😬 Anyways! 😜 Yesterday marked the 4th anniversary of the Guuzaka brand. 😎 Well, the nitpickers might say only one year without "Tube" in the name, but you know what? Guuzaka is simply GuuzakaTube without the "Tube". πŸ€“ Thus, it is 4 years. πŸ•’ Now time to dive right into why you clicked this blog post in the 1st place: Guuzaka 2020+. 🌠 

So aside from the new ever-so-typically-Guuzaka 2020+ trailer, what exactly is so special about the 2020s decade? πŸ€” My oh my! Where do I start?! Perhaps with the trailer itself, given that it was remastered just one day after its official release? πŸ€ͺ Sounds like a reasonable start to the discussion. πŸ’¬

Guuzaka 2020+ Trailer

The first trailer was released yesterday in time for Guuzaka Day. 😢 The problem? πŸ€” Two things:

1) I started putting it together too close to Guuzaka Day 

2) As a result of #1 and Shotcut not having fine-tuned time duration for frames, I panicked became concerned

So as a result of me feeling cramped for time, and being more familiar with Windows Movie Maker's fine-tuned durations for frames, I decided to download it, and set it up. 😎 It seemed like a smooth idea at first. Until when export time came along, and I quickly remembered its shortcomings with exporting 4K videos. 🀦🏾‍♂️

Truth be told, it's not even built to accommodate 4K in the first place, let alone 4K@60FPS. As a result, I had to break it up into multiple video clips. 😲 I know. Ultra ridiculous given that all I wanted to do was export a video that's not even 2 minutes long. πŸ™„ I proceeded to putting the clips together in Shotcut, adding the soundtrack, other tidbits, then exported it. 🎦

It was after that moment, that I realized how much Windows Movie Maker downgraded the quality. πŸ™ˆ Truth be told, I could have checked and compared the quality between Shotcut and Movie Maker, but I did not. 😡 I just went ahead with it, and decided to remaster the trailer today, November 2nd 2020. 😡 Talk about trailer drama! πŸ€ͺ

So aside from resolution sharpness, is there anything else different between the two? 🀨 
the remastered one has two cool filter effects the other did not.

Channer Trailers Over The Years

Which trailer was best? 😎 Which was the worst? πŸ˜’ Watch them all and let me know! πŸ’¬






Whoa! πŸ’šπŸŸ’πŸŸ©πŸ˜²πŸ€―πŸ˜¬πŸ’šπŸŸ’πŸŸ© You must be ultra green after watching all of those! πŸ’šπŸŸ’πŸŸ©πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ’šπŸŸ’πŸŸ©

Instrumentation
For past trailers over the years, it has been that iconic synth that I used for the Guuzaka theme. Enter 2020, and now it's gone! 😢 Good? πŸ˜‡ Bad? πŸ‘Ή Do not care? πŸ€” Well, would you like to know how I've been recording songs, intros, outros, and soundtracks for the past several years? I would put on hearing protection, turn up the keyboard volume, hit record on a smartphone and capture the sound from there. Now, let me accurately predict your emotions with emojis: 

πŸ˜πŸ˜ΆπŸ˜²πŸ˜­πŸ˜§πŸ˜±πŸ˜°πŸ˜³πŸ˜¬πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

It is one, two, many, or all of the above, eh? 😐 I know, I know, I can't believe that was how I used to record music for so long! πŸ€£πŸ˜‚ Perhaps I shouldn't have even admitted this! πŸ€ͺ Then again, there's not much people that read these blog posts anyways, right? πŸ‘€ Yeah, nobody's gonna know that. πŸ˜‰

So, ok! You now must be wondering how the 2020+ channel trailer soundtrack recorded, right? 🀨 It was done with the combination of a MIDI, electronic keyboard, and FL Studio Mobile. 😲 Yep that's right. Just like the way a professional would do it, except that I am not a professional! πŸ˜… Still, we can all agree that this improvement is lightyears better than how I used to do it. 🌠 Even I am personally excited for all the new, ultra high quality music I can now produce. 🎡 Thanks to finally coming to my senses, and investing in some proper tools. 😳 Speaking of new music, this leads to the next point: new intros and outros.

New Intros & Outros

 Before November 01, 2019, there were no intros and outros. Ever since Guuzaka 2019 & 2020 rolled onto the scene, it now became a thing for most videos, except certain outdoor videos and others, to have an intro and outro animation. With it now being 2020 a new decade, videos uploaded from November 2020 and onward will feature Guuzaka 2020+ intro & outros. 🎡 Again, some videos are exempt.

5 Major Pillars

Remember when it was just games, talk and outdoors? 🧐 Then it became games, talk, outdoors, and music. And when I realized that I have been handling a lot of products, I realized that there may have very well been a "Products" pillar for longer than I officialized it. In no particular order:

1. Smartphone Games πŸ“±

2. Outdoors 🌲🌳🍁🌊

3. Commentary-Discussion πŸŽ™πŸ’¬

4. Music (Casual Instrumental Noise Sessions mainly) 🎡🎢🎼

5. Products πŸ“¦

What's Going On With Commentaries And Noise Sessions?

I know, I know. πŸ˜– These two categories have been sorely missing in action. ❌ And quite frankly, I miss them a lot. πŸ˜₯ The hold up? A backlog of videos from previous months that I have not uploaded yet. πŸ₯΄ So why exactly has this caused a pause for these two categories and not the others? 🀨 For commentary videos, I do not feel that they are videos that can be sat on for months, and then uploaded much later. That would make the content of the video stale, badly timed, awkward, and even outdated. 😬

For the Casual Instrumental Noise Sessions. 🎡 Ehhhh, where do I start? 😢 Let's just say that once I start playing my instruments more frequently, and not now and then, then it would make sense to resume. πŸ˜… Nevertheless, I would like to resurrect it for 2021. πŸ™πŸΎ

Theme Specific Intros & Outros

Ever since I added intros and outros to my videos, I have been wanting to add Pillar-specific intros and outros to them. πŸ’‘ For example: a Music video intro could have music notes fly across the screen before Guuzaka comes. Maybe he could even chase them! 🎡 You get the idea. Sounds like an awesome idea, eh? πŸ˜€ So why haven't I done it? Just haven't been able to get around it. Perhaps once I get the backlog of videos cleared, I will be able to focus on it more. Perhaps I could even introduce them as a cool new change for videos uploaded November 01, 2021 and beyond? πŸ€” Or would you be appalled at the idea of putting off such a good idea for so long? πŸ’‘

2020+ And More

The list of possibilities, ideas, concepts, and what not, could potentially run for kilometres this decade. ⭐🌟🌟 So! Stay tuned by keeping up to date with Guuzaka on Twitter, Instagram, and yes this weblog. I have not been terribly active on it lately, but I do sometimes post some pretty important things. πŸ‘€ Stay healthy, blessed, and safe this decade! πŸ™πŸΎ⭐


Monday, August 31, 2020

August 31st 2020 Entry

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August 31st 2020 Entry

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New Blogger Interface

So as you can see here, Blogger got a new interface. 🀨 I haven't posted here since early last month, so they must have either done this in August, or late July. What do I think of it? Looks quite good. πŸ™‚ Definitely more modern than the theme I've been seeing for the last 4 years and counting. ⏳

June, July, And August?
I missed the opportunity over the last two weeks to get the videos from those months edited and uploaded. πŸ˜– I really, really need to stop letting time carelessly go to waste like that! Especially considering that there are some pretty exciting videos in those batches. 😲 Thankfully, I have at least done my part to transfer the files from the BlackBerry Passport, iPhone 6s Plus, Microsoft Lumia 950 XL, and *I cannot tell you until I upload my June 2020 videos*. Therefore, I need to get on with it! 😢


No, this is obviously not the smartphone I bought. Still, it is quite refreshing to see a flagship device without any notches or hole punches. It retained the microSD card slot. Too bad Asus just had to lousily omit the headphone jack, citing reasons pertained to lack of space. πŸ™„ 

Nonsense! How come the LG V60 has a headphone jack, microSD card slot, and 5G all in one body? 🀨 Honestly, if the LG V60 had no notch and a removable battery, it could have been the ultimate utility flagship of 2020. Still, I'd say it comes close. Quite weird how I started talking about how the Asus Zenfone 7 Pro was refreshing, and then it led to me trashing it! πŸ€£πŸ˜πŸ˜‚ Well, not really trashing it, but poking at it for losing the headphone jack so soon. What took the Samsung S series and Note series generations to lose, Asus loses it in a single generation with its ROG and Flip Camera series. 😨

Monday, July 6, 2020

North Grand Forest (DEFUNCT POST)

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North Grand Forest (DEFUNCT POST)

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Last revised: 2022-07-12

I have long stopped playing this demented game and have not touched anything from Gameloft since!


Current Intake
February 07, 2021 - February 14, 2021
Valentine's Season


About North Grand Forest

North Grand Forest, spelled in-game as "NorthGrandForest", is a hyper-exclusive iOS Asphalt 9: Legends club that I created back in January or February 2019. 🌲🌳😎🌲🌳

Important Bits
Club Name: NorthGrandForest
Club Leader: Guuzaka
Club Tag: #9abd5
Club Location: Canada
Club Language: English
Club Motto: The forest where many things happen

Hyper-exclusive

I only "open" the club 3 times a year to invites. 😲 I do not publicly announce these ahead of time. πŸ€« Why do I make it like this? πŸ€” The reason it is hyper-exclusive in the first place is to only allow people that truly want to be apart of this club. 🦜 Not just someone looking for any club in hopes of winning big rewards quickly. πŸ—

In fact, this club is not even a "big rewards" club at the moment, so you would be disappointed anyway. 😒 If you are a committed player like myself, then it could turn into a big rewards club fairly soon. πŸ€‘

Requirements
While I do not have any particular set numbers, I do expect people to be active and do their best to contribute as much as they healthily can. πŸ₯•πŸŽπŸ₯¦ If I find that you just sit like a bump on a log, you will be removed when the Season finishes. 😨 And remember, because North Grand Forest locks after an intake period is over, this means that once you leave, there is no coming back until another intake period. 😱

Also, no toxicity. No swearing, threatning, abuse, lying, trolling and so forth. Read here for a more detailed post on what I expect from comments/chats.


My Club Or That Guy's Club Is Better Than Yours!

That's nice. πŸ™„ Well, guess what? You absolutely do not have join, if the hyper-exclusive intake is a turn-off to you. In fact, please do not even think about joining if you are a toxic person. You will be booted in no time!

How Do I Keep Notified Of Intakes?
I announce them on my Twitter @OfficialGuuzaka and sometimes Instagram @guuzaka.

Comment Section Rules (DEFUNCT POST)

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Comment Section Rules (DEFUNCT POST)

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Last revised: 2022-07-12


NOTICE!
As of of July 12, 2022, this post has been amalgamated under the Guuzaka-Atazaka Frequently Asked Questions. As such, this post will no longer be updated! Read no further!

Obey Or Be Thrown Into The Bay

Any comments that fail to follow these rules will be deleted, or given a warning in some cases. ⚠ In more serious cases, the commenter may be blocked or even reported. πŸ‘€ These rules not only apply to the YouTube channel of Guuzaka, but all other social media accounts pertained to this brand. ▶ Your comments are a privilege, not a right. ◀

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. πŸ‘ŠπŸ‘ŠπŸ»πŸ‘ŠπŸΌπŸ‘ŠπŸ½πŸ‘ŠπŸΎπŸ‘ŠπŸΏ We are all Homo sapiens sapiens. 🩸 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! πŸ™„ No spammy comments, bot accounts, advertising, or self-advertising is allowed. This would also include follow4follow, which also really ticks me off. πŸ˜‘

3. No personal attacks.

Do not prey on people in my comment sections. 🦈🚫 This also includes threatening other people. Remember, if you result to personal attacks in an argument, it means that you lost the argument. 😳 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! πŸ˜‘

4. Stay on topic.

If a video, Tweet, or Instagram post is about Lake Ontario for example, keep it pertained to Lake Ontario. 🌊 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. 🐜➡🀐

5. Do not post anyone’s personal information.

Names*, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail address, and other forms of sensitive information is a major no-no. πŸ”’

*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. πŸ—‘️

6. No swearing.
While profanity is already filtered out by my blacklist, sometimes there are exceptions where it does not catch it. 🀬 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. 🀐

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. πŸ•Š Comment sections need not be a sewage lagoon. πŸš«πŸ‘ΉπŸ’©

8. No Lying.

This not only includes lying on people, but also posting blatantly false information about something or someone. Such acts may get you into legal trouble depending on the severity of the false information, and how far it went. πŸ€₯

9. Post in English. 

If a foreign comment can be easily and accurately translated in Google, I will 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. 😨 This leads to the next rule: unintelligible posts. πŸ₯΄

10. No unintelligible posts.

Comments that are nonsensical, garbled, jibberish, poorly translated, or that cannot be deciphered, will be deleted. 😡 Not only are comments like this an eyesore, but are uncalled for. πŸ‘Ί

Guuzaka: Explanation And COPPA

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Guuzaka: Explanation And COPPA

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Last revised: 2020-07-06

Aside from rebrandings, intros, or outros, and other little things here and there, Guuzaka has remained largely unchanged. πŸ‘€ However, between 2010 and the present, a lot has changed both inside and outside of YouTube. Therefore, I would like to take this blog post as not only an opportunity to explain things, but to also serve as a reference to legal things like the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA).


"You are on Guuzaka. 😢 The 5 major pillars of this brand are the outdoors, mobile games, products, music, and commentary-discussion videos."

Pretty self-explanatory. Lets you know that you are on the official Guuzaka channel and that the main categories of videos I like to make are outdoors, mobile games, products, music, and commentary-discussion videos. πŸ’¬πŸ“±πŸŒ³πŸŽ΅πŸ“¦

"However, Guuzaka is by no means a mass appeal brand. It can be rather strange, different, complicated or controversial at times."

My channel is the way I want it to be. 😀 It is not intended to be enjoyable to the general population. πŸ‘Ύ This is not to say that it is straight up vulgar and shocking. It is not. 😌 But at the same time, I do not try to win the mass approval of everyone's tastes. As such, sometimes commentary may be political, religious, strange, not to your tastes, or oh-so-variable! 🌈

 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.
As explained above, I upload what I want to upload. That said, if you did manage to like a particular video, then great. 😎 If you did not like a particular video or this channel as whole, just move on without being rude, stupid, or dramatic. πŸ˜‘ You would be surprised at how easy it is to actually do that: leave peacefully and respectfully. πŸ•Š

Important! Even though some of the videos are rated "E" Guuzaka is NOT catered to children.

This is extremely important. So important, that I actually had plans to create a video entirely on this subject since February. 😢 Well, we all know how that went: did not happen at all. 😣 While July is a good 5 months apart from February, it is better to discuss it now than never.

You see, a lot of the videos on my channel seem to be rated E, right? πŸ€” And you also see that there are a lot of outdoor videos of schools when they are closed. 🏫 This must mean that this channel is obviously catered to children, right? 🀑🎈 

Absolutely wrong! πŸ˜² In fact, none of the videos on my channels are catered specifically to people under 13. 😐 The rated E simply means that it is safe enough for people of all ages to watch. The general recommended age for my videos is 13+. As explained earlier, commentary (as well as edits 😏) may vary a lot in my videos, which can cause a video that you might expect to be rated E, get stamped with a rated 13+ or higher.

That said, you will notice that all of my videos before November 2019, do not have age ratings. What are viewers supposed to do in this situation? 🀨 You have to use a combination of personal judgement, as well as the fact that Guuzakan videos are generally recommended for an audience of 13+. If at any point a video made you feel uncomfortable because the topics of the commentary were too mature, immediately stop watching it and seek a channel that caters to children, or is at least always rated E. πŸ˜‰

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Canada Day 2020

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Canada Day 2020

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Happy Canada Day 2020! 😢🍁❤️️ Well, there are no fireworks this year... ⚰ That means there will be no lake videos where I walk around the coast of Lake Ontario until the fireworks start. ⚰ Who can we blame? COVID-19. 😨 Does that mean Canada Day has to suck? πŸ₯±Absolutely not! Who said you cannot go for a walk, play games, instruments or something? πŸ€” While the fireworks are really cool, and it truly sucks that they are cancelled, there is more to a celebration than that. Oh yes, speaking of "Canada Day" I would like to take the opportunity to share my opinion on something: #UnsettlingCanadaDay and #CANCELCANADADAY.

Canada Day Is Racist? I Do Not Think So.

It is that time of the year again where some people will resist Canada Day. Why? According to people against Canada Day, celebrating this day is apparently celebrating colonialism, abuse, murder, robbery, rape and the list goes on. πŸ₯΄ If you're like "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!" Then yeah, that's what some people really say. Just search those hashtags on Twitter if you think I am kidding. 😨

So ok, let's be 100% real without hiding a thing: yes, what we now call Canada was indeed colonized by White Europeans who did mistreat the Indigenous peoples that have lived here long before they did. That is why we speak English and French as the official languages, as opposed to Cree and Inuktitut -- the two most populous Indigenous languages in Canada. That is also why the population is predominantly White Europeans, particularly from the British Isles, as well as France.

However, Canada has since changed a lot. Is there still room for improvement? Absolutely. Is systemic racism still an issue? Yes it is, and it really needs to stop. Does anybody in 2020 celebrate Canada Day by hunting for Indigenous and beating them? I am pretty sure 99.99% of the population does not. If you ask any Canadian how they celebrate Canada Day, this is what they will say:

A) I watched television
B) I sat in my leather chair
C) I went outdoors
D) Barbecue
E) I wore a maple leaf
F) I watched fireworks (2020 exempt)

and other harmless things. Well, not everyone does harmless things per se, but most people do. So to have sum it up: nothing wrong with having harmless fun, but it is also important that we do not mistreat the people who have lived here before settles arrived. In fact, it is important that we do not mistreat anyone. Let us live in peace and appreciate the racial diversity we have in this country. Choose peace. Say no to racism. Have a fun Canada Day. 🍁


Sunday, June 21, 2020

Channel Description, Explanation, And COPPA (DEFUNCT POST)

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Channel Description, Explanation, And COPPA (DEFUNCT POST)

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Last revised: 2020-07-06

ATTENTION! 
I have decided to split the topics of COPPA and my comment section rules into their own blog posts. Why I decided to lump them together in the first place? Not sure, but that was not a good idea, so this has been fixed. 

In case you missed the Tweet, my channel description has been updated for the first time since possibly 2016? πŸ€” Yeah, crazy. 😡 While Guuzaka has remained pretty similar, a lot has changed since then both inside and outside of YouTube. As a result, I would like to take this blog post as not only an opportunity to explain things, but to also serve as a reference to legal things like Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA).


"You are on Guuzaka. 😢 The 5 major pillars of this brand are the outdoors, mobile games, products, music, and commentary-discussion videos."

Pretty self-explanatory. Lets you know that you are on the official Guuzaka channel and that the main categories of videos I like to make are outdoors, mobile games, products, music, and commentary-discussion videos.

"However, Guuzaka is by no means a mass appeal brand. It can be rather strange, different, complicated or controversial at times."

My channel is the way I want it to be. It is not intended to be enjoyable to the general population. This is not to say that it is straight up vulgar and shocking. It is not. But at the same time, I do not try to win the mass approval of everyone's tastes. As such, sometimes commentary may be political, religious, strange, not to your tastes, or oh-so-variable! 😢🎈

 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.
As explained above, I upload what I want to upload. That said, if you did manage to like a particular video, then great. 😎 If you did not like a particular video or this channel as whole, just move on without being rude, stupid, or dramatic. πŸ˜‘ You would be surprised at how easy it is to actually do that: leave peacefully and respectfully. πŸ•Š

Important! Even though some of the videos are rated "E" Guuzaka is NOT catered to children.

This is extremely important. So important, that I actually had plans to create a video entirely on this subject since February. Well, we all know how that went: did not happen at all. 😣 While June is a good 4 months apart from February, it is better to discuss it now than never.

You see, a lot of the videos on my channel seem to be rated E, right? And you also see that a lot of them are outdoor videos of schools when they are closed. This must mean that this channel is obviously catered to children, right? 🀑🎈 

Absolutely wrong! In fact, none of the videos on my channels are catered specifically to people under 13. The rated E simply means that it is safe enough for people of all ages to watch. The general recommended age for my videos is 13+. As explained earlier, commentary (as well as edits 😏) may vary a lot in my videos, which can cause a video that you might expect to be rated E, get stamped with a rated 13+ or higher.

That said, you will notice that all of my videos before November 2019, do not have age ratings. What are viewers supposed to do in this situation? 🀨 You have to use a combination of personal judgement, as well as the fact that Guuzakan videos are generally recommended for an audience of 13+. If at any point a video made you feel uncomfortable because the topics of the commentary were too mature, immediately stop watching it and seek a channel that caters to children, or is at least always rated E. πŸ˜‰

Comment Section Rules

Any comments that fail to follow these rules will be deleted, or given a warning in some cases. In more serious cases, the commenter may be blocked or even reported. These rules not only apply to the YouTube channel of Guuzaka, but all other social media accounts pertained to this brand. ▶ Your comments are a privilege, not a right. ◀

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. We are all Homo sapiens sapiens. 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! πŸ™„ No spammy comments, bot accounts, advertising, or self-advertising is allowed. This would also include follow4follow. Another thing that really ticks me off. πŸ˜‘

3. No personal attacks.

Do not prey on people in my comment sections. This also includes threatening other people. Remember, if you result to personal attacks in an argument, it means that you lost the argument. 😳 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!

4. Stay on topic.

If a video, Tweet, or Instagram post is about Lake Ontario for example, keep it pertained to Lake Ontario. This might sound like common sense, but if you ask anyone who has had to deal 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. 😬

5. Do not post anyone’s personal information.

Names*, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail address, and other forms of sensitive information is a major no-no. πŸ”’

*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. πŸ—‘️

6. No swearing.
While profanity is already filtered out by my blacklist, sometimes there are exceptions where it does not catch it. 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? Read section #9. 🀐

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. Comment sections need not be a sewage lagoon. πŸ‘Ή

8. No Lying.

This not only includes lying on people, but also posting blatantly false information about something or someone. Such acts may get you into legal trouble depending on the severity of the false information, and how far it went. πŸ€₯

9. Post in English. 

If a foreign comment can be easily and accurately translated in Google, I will 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. 😨 This leads to the next rule: unintelligible posts. πŸ₯΄

10. No unintelligible posts.

Comments that are nonsensical, garbled, jibberish, poorly translated, or that cannot be deciphered, will be deleted. 😡 Not only are comments like this an eyesore, but are uncalled for. πŸ‘Ί

About Time

It's about time I finally made things crystal clear, eh? πŸ’Ž As the brand continues to grow and change in some ways, it was time that I finally made a post to touch on these important matters.






Father's Day & National Indigenous Peoples Day 2020

Guuzaka                                                                                                          2020-06-21


Father's Day & National Indigenous Peoples Day 2020

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Whoa! 😲 The June 20-21, 2020 weekend was met with three annual observances: Summer 2020 on the 20th, and Father's Day and National Indigenous Peoples Day on the 21st, the same day I am writing and publishing this blog post. ⭐⭐⭐ Amazing, eh? 😎 Not only did these observances occur, the weather was amazing, too. ☀ Well, where I was at least. πŸ˜… Well, I guess for some they would consider it unpleasant, given that it was a nice, balmy 30°C. 🌞 

So! To all of you good fathers out there that have worked hard to bring joy to your children and relatives, Happy Father's Day! πŸ€— Continue to be your best, stay healthy, and strong! 🌞 Enjoy the gifts your relatives or friend may have given you.

Indigenous peoples, Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day! πŸ™πŸΎ You are truly a special group of people. You were the first to inhabit not just Canada, but the America's as a whole. You took care of the land, and did your best to live in harmony with nature for millennia. Things have changed drastically since then and now. A lot for the worse, but thankfully there is now a push for the better. There is still much work to be done. Since the death of George Floyd and others last month in the United States, people have been talking about the problem of racism more than ever before. 

I, for one, believe that nobody, Black, White, Asian, Indigenous, or multiracial should face any form racism. Remember, one blood; many nations. 🩸❤️ Choose peace. Say no to racism. πŸ•Š

Sunday, May 10, 2020

Mother's Day 2020

Guuzaka                                                                                                          2020-05-10


Mother's Day 2020

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Does something feel different about this Mother's Day? πŸ€” Of course it does! 😲 You did not get to have a Mother's Day gathering because of COVID-19! πŸ˜• But hey, you can still reach out to your mother (granted she's alive or your in contact with her) through the use of technology. Precisely what millions had to do today. For a lot of people, this is nothing unusual because they live long distances away from their parents. Nothing more I have to say right now, so this entry is extremely short. Happy Mother's Day. 🌷🌹🌼🌻


Friday, May 1, 2020

First Day Of May

Guuzaka                                                                                                          2020-05-01

First Day Of May

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Were you aware that May 1st is apparently an ancient festival of Spring, and a present traditional spring holiday in many European cultures? πŸ€” And that dances, singing, and cake are usually part of those festivities? 🀨 I wasn't either. I thought May 1st was just simply that: May 1st. Another fresh day. Well, for obvious reasons, there will be no public dancing and festivities this year. 🦠

Anyways! In the last entry, I said that I was supposed to get the March 2020 and April 2020 videos up on the channel right? 😳 Well, now it is May 2020, and with the exception of Asphalt 9: Legends - Paysche Season, and Asphalt 9: Legends - Porsche Showers Bring May Flowers, I have not uploaded squat! 😣πŸ˜₯πŸ˜–πŸ˜³πŸ₯΅πŸ₯ΆπŸ˜­πŸ˜±

I know, how severely slack of me to let two months pass without uploading the videos filmed in their respective months! πŸ˜“ Mark my words: Another month shall not pass without me uploading the videos of March 2020 and April 2020! 😀 Unless of course, something goes terribly wrong, like YouTube breaking, a storm that wipes out power for an extended time, and so forth. You get the idea. 😢 

COVID-19? 🦠 You're probably sick of hearing about it, but it thankfully has not had a serious impact on my life. Do I think the economy should reopen this month? πŸ€” I honestly have not read Premier Ford's guideline. From what I get to understand, he is doing it very cautiously, sector by sector, with strict guidelines. So long as they do not greedily and impatiently rush things, perhaps they could proceed to reopening this month. ⌚

Tired of waiting things out at home? πŸ€” Consider getting a brand new All-In-One Computer or smartphone, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, playing board games, doing puzzles, drawing, flicking fidget spinners, Rubik's Cubes, painting, playing musical instruments, and oh so many more! 🀩 Seriously, if I were to list all the possible things you could do at home, the length of this blog post would make a reticulated python jealous! πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ

Oh yeah, that's another thing too: you can now give your pet more attention! πŸ•πŸˆπŸ’ I've seen hundreds of hilarious cats and dogs at computers over the last several weeks. Alright, time to go. Happy May 1st. 🍰

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

April 1st Entry: No Time For Fools

Guuzaka                                                                                                          2020-04-01

April 1st Entry: No Time For Fools

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Some people like the foolishness. 🀑 Some people do not. πŸ₯± Never been a fan of April's Fools, and never will be. πŸ™„ Notice how the Internet hasn't been huge on it this year? πŸ€” You can thank COVID-19 for that. 😬 Not that there is anything good about the disease (there isn't), but seeing little to no Aprils Fools is a good thing. 😊 Ok! So, um, yeah. The videos. I have been indecisive about whether or not I should put the February 2020 videos onto social media, or if I should wait until I have edited the March 2020 media? πŸ€”

I originally had plans to post them to social media today, but due to lack of time, that did not happen. Seeing as though it is now the beginning of April 2020, I seriously better get my act together. I will go with posting the February 2020 and March 2020 media together. For April 2020, I will post them later, but not when it's so darn close to the end of the month! πŸ˜“ It is that reason why I have been in a predicament with social media posts. No more though, no more. 😐 No more fooling around. It is time be organized and efficient. 😐 Get organized

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

March 31st Entry: It's Been Very Quiet

Guuzaka                                                                                                          2020-03-31

March 31st Entry: It's Been Very Quiet

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It's been exceptionally quiet on this blog, ever since I decided to focus more so on uploading. Still, it isn't entirely dead. I really need to get the February & March 2020 videos onto social media. Most of them have been already published, but not posted elsewhere. I'm working on that! ⌨

Sunday, February 23, 2020

February 23rd Entry: What Happened?

Guuzaka                                                                                                          2020-02-23

February 23rd Entry: What Happened?

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Let's jump straight to it: what happened to the entry for the December 2019 and January 2020 videos? It is almost March. Well, I have decided that I do not think I will be doing "heavy duty" blog posts for YouTube videos anymore. 😰 Am I quitting blogging? 😨Absolutely not! 😎 It is just that I would rather focus on the YouTube side of Google rather than the Blogger side. If you still have not seen the videos yet, click blow accordingly.

December 2019
January 2020
Going Forward
If you still have not familiarized yourself with the whole Atazaka-Guuzaka thing, now would be a good time to do so. Going forward, certain uploads of certain things will become less common, perhaps even non-existent on Guuzaka. Likewise, certain things may become more prominent. Do not see this as a change for the worse. If anything, it is a change for the better. You will see as time goes on. ⌚