hi hello. it's come to my attention that not everyone follows me on twitter or is in the discord server. so for those people there has been no explanation for my recent falling off the youtube radar. i will now provide one as i feel you are owed one.
first off: i am currently working on All Five Remaining HOTD Videos. the scripts for 3 of them are done, the other two are in progress. recording and editing always takes much, MUCH less time than writing. i project that cumulatively, these 5 videos will go for over 3 hours. fun. they will all be out before christmas.
anyway the main story is i caught covid in late october, and this absolutely sent me. i've been sick plenty of times, and i know millions of people have had covid far worse than i have, but good lord does this disease suck. it's been over a month and i've been testing negative for weeks but i still have lengthy coughing fits, great lethargy, and much trouble focusing on anything. before you ask, yes i was vaccinated. the 5G reception is immaculate. also possible that i just burnt myself out across the august-october period. long-time enjoyers will know that the longest string of weekly releases i've managed was season 8, when i was young and motivated by rage.
i'm prone to spiraling when it comes to not releasing things - "it's been so long since i posted, people are gonna expect something magnificent, so i'd better spend even more time making it great, but then it's gonna be even further away so i should spend more time on it which will take longer so i should make it better so" and you can see how these brain worms effect my workflow. this is what happened with No One and it's happening again now.
thank you all for sticking by me during this time (again). and thank you for those who have listened to my album, it means a lot.
also i have chosen to sever ties with a specific sponsor in light of a controversy surrounding them. people have urged me to remove their segments from existing videos, but legally that's a little complicated so i'm not sure i can do that.
hi