Hi everybody, Joe for Jaspy's Case of Breaks.com, Joe Jaspy here, and that is a dual-case break of 2020 Panini Donneress Optic Football, two blaster cases, 40 boxes total, so settle in, no vet commonship in this one. Big thanks to this group for making it happen. Appreciate the people who bought spots straight up, and congrats to the people again who won spots in those Chronicles football packs. All 32 teams are in. Let's roll it, let's randomize each list six and a three nine times. Your names first, one, two, three, six, seven, eight, and ninth and final time. We got Sean down to Eric, after nine, six and a three, nine times for the teams. One, two, three, six, seven, eight, and again, ninth and final time. We got the Cleveland Browns down to the Seattle Seahawks.  We're going, oh here, let me sort by column B, and when we come back, we're going to see if there's any trades, and then we'll have the break. BRB. All right, welcome back. So there was a lot of trade chatter, but at the end, in the end, no deals were done here. Thursday, September 2nd, 2021, dual case break number two. Thanks everybody, here's the final list, hot off the presses. So here's the first case right here, right? The second case is right over here. So that'll be sitting back there. Optic blaster, let's bust this open, and I think generally speaking, there should be, yeah, sport. I was just about to say, I want to say that there are down towns in this. Generally, I don't know if they're guaranteed, but I think one per case. All right, so you can see all 20 boxes on the top camera right here is one, two, three, four, five, two, three, four, 20. That's the plan, Brandon. That is the plan. See, every once in a while, you'll get a good randomizer like this. In 40 boxes, you telling me I can't find you a couple nice Herbert's? There's got to be, right? I hope, because all it takes is a couple to make a lot. And then you just got to hope that Justin Herbert just goes off this season. Sean Jaspy, is Justin Herbert going to go off this season? Everyone needs to sell Herbert's to Charger fan Sean Jaspy. I think the implication was very clear in the tone of your voice. Yeah, I think the implication was very strong. Because of the implication Mac. Because of the implication Mac. Dennis, are you going to open up five boxes at a time here? Yeah, Brandon, we got a good staff here. You can always, when you pick up your cards, you can always talk to the guys up front. Maybe some honest opinions. How many Herbert's should we get the last time we did this full case break? I think there are a handful. Let's be real, there's not going to be a Herbert in every box. But I think we did a dual case or not too long ago. But yeah, I mean, at this point, yeah, it's probably worth grading. I mean, I actually think grading at this point of the season is probably a good idea. Because I think that prevents people from selling too early. Because it kind of forces you to put the cards away and wait till the end of the season. Too many times people sell after a bad week or two and they're like, oh, I'm selling my Herbert's and they overreact and stuff like that. I think sometimes grading closer to the beginning of the season, you probably won't get a lot of stuff back until the end of the season. So yeah, I think there's some sort of, I don't know, has PSA reopened? Maybe they're still in the process of that. But yeah, I think they should definitely have some sort of group race and stuff like that. All right, first five boxes in this 40 box break. We're doing both cases. Thanks everybody. First right out of the gate is a rookie phenom, Relic T. Higgins. Bangles, Matthew Sharra. There's Deandre Swift. Jalen Hurts, rated rookie hollow. Nick Stober with the Fly Eagles Fly. Could be a big season for him if he does well. Gotcha. PSA only just reopened with two price points, which are expensive and super expensive. For these rookies right here, we're going to set those aside just in the interest of time. Our shipping team will sleeve and top load those. I will, however, keep an eye out for the rookie quarterbacks in this and any low numbered stuff like 25 and under. Joe Burrow, base, rated rookie. Bangles, Matthew. Now settle in, folks. This break is going to take a little bit until there's an AJ Dillon, Purple Shock, Darnell Mooney Hollow. Is that what they call them? Purple Shock? Yeah, Purple Shock is what they call them. There's a rated rookie Jacob Eason Hollow. Save those Purple Shots and a base Jalen Hurts for Nick and the Eagles. There's going on over there. Oh, a little reverb. Are there sound effects there? Oh, oh, it's feedback. I see. Justin Jefferson, Relic, Minnesota, Aaron, Jacob Eason and there's a rated rookie hollow Chase Claypool. I feel like there's a little bit of a edge issue up there, but take a look at that a little more closely, Tyler, but still a hollow Chase Claypool. That's one Winfield Jr. Hollow, Tom Brady Chase Claypool, purple shock. It's going to Nick. No, check that. That's a different Pennsylvania team, Tyler, that is. She said his name a second ago. Damien likes, oh, Darnell Mooney. Yeah, he's a bit of a playmaker. I think last year I tried to deploy him a lot in my daily fantasy lineups because he has that sort of boom quality to him. There's a Josh Kelly rated rookie power shot. So maybe this year with another year of experience under his belt can be a breakout season for him. There's Tyler Johnson, rookie phenoms for the Bucks. Sean, get that Tom Brady as well. It's my guy Henry Ruggs. I think big expectations for him this season as well. Zach Moss rated rookie. Oh, Mackay Bekton for the Jets is a rookie. KJ Dobson Hollow. Denzel Mims rated rookie power shock. That was the first five boxes. Oh, is Brandon already calling it? It's over after five boxes out of 40. Who wants to buy the chargers at a pro rated rate from Brandon? After five, we have 35 boxes left. He says it's over. It's on how you start. It's how you finish a break. Oh, Sean, are you opening up some optic too? Optic blaster? Optic blasters everywhere. Everyone do their fantasy drafts. Ladies and gentlemen, how do you feel about your team this year? I was talking with Nick Jasper. He is very bullish on his team. He thinks he has a chance to team. I'm in a 12 team, 14 team, 12 team, two quarter battery, which makes it very challenging. And it's an auction league and it's a keeper league. So with all the keepers, I think three keepers per team. I think with all the keepers that also, you know, inflates prices of some of a lot of players really. So it becomes pretty challenging. Any sleepers that people like? One player, Steve Udraft Monday and Wednesday night. Nixon a $200 league kept Justin Herbert for the minimum $10 nice and a two QB league. That's awesome. Second QB Lamar Jackson, Alvin Camero running back one. That's really solid. Damien's team is solid, but injury prone players like who? Hoping for good health. Uh-oh. Robert doesn't feel confident at all. Didn't even realize that Julio had left Atlanta for the Titans and he lives in Atlanta. Uh-oh. So the draft did not go well. Oh, Damien has saved Juan Barclay. That's interesting. I got rugs on my team as well. I think he's going to act more as a flex or a wide receiver for really more of a flyer. Taking a flyer on the guy. Just in case it just clicks until it all comes together. My wide receiver three, I got Tyree Kill. I got Odell Beckham Jr. And then my wide receiver three is Corey Davis for the Jets. I've got a feeling about Corey Davis and the Jets. He was pretty solid in Tennessee. Now he's more of the main guy out there in New York with the Jets. So, let's see. Kip with the DeAndre Swift-Holo, Kishan Vaughn, Purple Shock, another Joe Burrow, AJ Epimesa, another Joe Burrow base going to Matthew Chirac. Nice Rex has all of his fantasy money tied up in Joe Jaspi. I think I'm going to have a pretty good season. There it is. Rated rookie, Hollow Justin Herber. That's Brandon with the Los Angeles Chargers. Nice. Bought a spot straight up and got randomized to the Chargers. There you go. The Holos are nice. Real nice. Joe Reed for him too. Rated rookie, Purple Shock, Jalen Johnson, Devin Asi Asi. And we've got Michael Pittman Jr. Some people like Michael Pittman Jr. as a bit of a sleeper this year, possibly. What do you think, Nick? Michael Pittman Jr.? No. No quarterback, no offensive line. Wentz. Frank Rye. He's hurt or hit COVID. Yeah, he's hurt. No, this is a little bit thicker card sock because it's out of 50. Colts. That'll be for Guy. Nick, you want to tell the crew about your team? I don't feel like helping either. You feel good about your team? Yeah, I think my team's freaking nasty. Yeah? I just thought, yeah. Your quarterbacks are? Right. Holmes and Jared Goff. Okay. Running backs. Saquon Barkley. Right. Damien had Saquon Barkley too. He was nervous about health. But yeah, if they're healthy, okay. Saquon Barkley, Joe Mixon and Damien Harris. All right. My wide receivers, Justin Jefferson. Solid. I have Stefan Diggs, who's probably number one receiver. Great, great. Buffalo. I have Keenan Allen. Wow. Solid number three receiver.  You got all those guys? My team's nasty. How did you get those three receivers? I was like last year, so I got a lot of the good keepers traded to me. So I had Justin Jefferson for two bucks. You kept those guys. I had Jalen Hertz for two bucks, and I had Diggs for like under 30. It's a keeper league, so. And then I have Dallas Goddard as my tight end. He's up there, yeah. Jordan Love for Robert and the Packers. I didn't drop the kicker yet. Yeah, we can pick up any one of those guys. His elite series for Matthew. I had the same situation last year. Saquon Barkley, Joe Mixon and Damien Harris. Yeah, but they stay healthy. That could be interesting. Nick Stober likes Cole Comet as a maybe sleeper breakout candidate this year. Yeah, I mean, did you make rams? I'm not going to do anything right. No. And there's, Sean says Cole commits not a sleeper next over. There's the rookie. Why does everyone think that the tight end will be the safety blanket, though? I feel like. So you're saying he's not a sleeper, but he's going to have a good year. Nick Stober, Sean Jasper says not a sleeper. I would say he's a sleeper. I mean, we're not talking about 16 team dynasties here, Sean. Yeah, come on, Sean. Damien also likes Sam. Yeah, I think Sam Darnold could be interesting too. He's on just a fresh start for Sam Darnold. Probably was necessary. He's got like guys like Christian McCaffrey on the team. Panthers have a fresh new coaching staff. There's some, there's some pass catchers there as well. I think Robbie Anderson maybe, DJ Moore, had some decent seasons. We'll see. That Herbert, is it worth the buy-in? Yeah. I think Ra, those still go for, let's look. Yeah, 130point.com down today. Maybe it is. Herbert Hollow. PSA 9's $485. Oh no, that's Pink Velocity. Looks like a recent rated rookie. Hollow went for 150 bucks. Rock. So if it PSA 10's out, then it could be, it could be pretty awesome. You know, and I mean, we still have so many boxes to go that there's probably like, I don't know, probably got to be at least a few more in here and all that adds up and then, and then we're in good shape. How about like 10 more at one? Let's not get greedy, Brandon. Just be happy with one. Let's start there. Let's start there and then we can work on, work on getting you some more. All right, another five boxes. Yeah, Port is saying that if one of, if that Hollow ends up PSA 10, yes, that's over $1,000 and furthermore if, you know, if Herbert starts off the season hot or has a good year, has a good season, you know, then that, those PSA 9, PSA 10 prices keep creeping up like a, like a good day at the stock market. So not only is there current value that we're thinking about, the future value, the ceiling is, is the roof. The ceiling's still up there. Do I know anything about Cole McDonald? He had a farm. Sean says he's on the Cardinals now. He believes. I got Matthew Stafford on my fantasy team too. I feel like him here as a Ram, or Darynton Evans for the Titans, Brandon, with Sean McVeigh, I think that they can do a little damage. Clyde Edwards-Elair, Purple Shock for Sean and the Chiefs. There's Antonio Gandhi-Golden. And there's Jordan Love for Green Bay, Relic. Rookie Phenoms, Relic for Robert and the Packers. Go Pack Ope. Damien's week one lineup for Fantasy. Sammy D, Sam Darno, Saquon, Taylor, Godwin, JJ, Mark Andrews, Devo Samuels. Devo Samuels, that's not bad. There's a Silver AJ Dylan rated Rookie also going to Robert. Yeah, Alan, I'm cautiously optimistic about rugs. He showed some moments of amazingness last year.  There's a base Justin Herbert, Hollow Jake from State Farm, but he's got that home run hitting potential. Alan, so I'm not saying he's going to be, he's a wide receiver, one or two or three on your team. Looks like these base ones going for about 60 bucks. DJ Dallas, there's Josh Jacobs, Kenneth Murray, Hollow, you know, Benjamin. What position would I play if I were in the NFL? Rex is asking. Okay, speaking of rugs, there he is. I think I would be, I think I would be a middle linebacker. I think I'd be a middle linebacker because just from what little casual, you know, football that I've played, I enjoy the, I enjoy hitting rather than getting hit. All right, there's the next five boxes right there. We've got Zach Moss, Buffalo Bills guy with that one. Michael P. Ryan could be interesting. That's Jets, that's Nick.  I think it was just, it was like, it was like $2. I think he's going to be, I think he's going to be pretty interesting. Got a lot of weapons on that team, great coaching, got to marinate behind Drew Brees for a year, which is not nothing. I think that, I think that definitely helps. I mean, in spite of throwing 30 interceptions back in 2019, he also threw 30 touchdowns. So maybe, maybe some, how many of those, I mean, you could probably start looking at every single interception. You could probably subtract some as just unlucky. How many could, could we subtract as unlucky? How many could we subtract because, you know, that team was, was down and he was just trying to get back into the game? You know, there's, there's probably some interceptions like that. You know, so, so I think the situation is better for him. You know, maybe, maybe that, maybe that would have meant, I don't know, maybe that would have meant five more touchdowns, five less interceptions. How does a 35, 25 interception season sound? Still bad. What if it was 40 touchdowns and 20 interceptions? I mean, that, that sounds, that sounds pretty good at that point, even with 20 interceptions. It sounds like that could be like a Brett Farve year or something like that. But I don't know. I can't say that I, I can't say that I looked at all of James Winston's interceptions from that year. Oh, Minnesota is back up over Ohio State. Steve Block reporting. But me being in a two-quarter back league, me being in a two-quarter back league, I couldn't, I couldn't pass up keeping James Winston for like just a couple dollars in an auction league. So I feel pretty good about it. We'll flip over to that game. Ohio State at Minnesota on Big Fox. We're talking about football. Playoffs? Playoffs? Yeah, this is a real college football, I think. Final five boxes, then we've got another case to go. This is a dual case break. There's a Clyde Edward D'Hilaire Hollow, Sean Maddock with the Chiefs, and a Purple Shock, Justin Herbert. So I'll have that page open. So let's see what Purple Shock is going to go for. I think raw Purple Shock, about a hundred bucks, and a two-a-tongue valoa. We need more of, more of these for Jeremy Port and the Miami Dolphins. Sean, did you pull a Logo Man? NFL Shield, mixed over, over on the, over on Loop. Who, of, of who? TJ, TJ Watt, nice. Rex is wondering if the Bears have, here's a Rated Rookie Hollow, Joe Burrow. Bangles, Matthew Sharah. Spot that you bought. That's straight up, thank you. Rex is wondering if the Bears stand a chance to have a winning record this year. I mean, there's 17 games now. So you got an extra shot. I don't know. I mean, it's a big question. The question you're asking, Rex, is a big question mark, because we don't know, it's all depends on the quarterback. What's, you know, I would be surprised if Andy Dalton ended up playing the entire season, starting the entire season. So you got to think that Justin Fields ends up getting in there at some point. There's a Henry Ruggs Hollow for Allen. So it'll really just depend on his play, on Justin Fields. But you can't really, historically, rookie quarterbacks just aren't going to play well there for their first year. It's just something that's going to be, you know, that's just something that's going to be a problem for them. Yeah, I mean, that's few and far between though. How often does that, how often does that really happen? You know, when you have someone like Justin Herbert just go out there. Right, now it'll be interesting.  He's a Bears fan. Then, then, yes, the Bears will dominate, right, because then by then Justin Fields will have marinated a little bit and hopefully will be on his way to becoming a franchise quarterback. Teddy Bridgewater, who's in Denver. Now, that's going to be interesting. I have him on my fantasy team too. There's Cole Comet, we're just talking about him. T Higgins raided rookie, purple shock. We've got a Jordan Love, right, unless Jordan Love becomes a stud. Now, Joe Burrow the rookie is nice, bangles. That's for Matthew Chara. All right, there was no downtown in that case. Yeah, they're not guaranteed for case. Maybe we'll see right here. Brandon, as far as these breaks are concerned, you're actually doing great. This is a great break for the Chargers. You got the hollow Herbert, base Herbert, and a purple shock Herbert. That's a great break right there. I don't think anything more than that is an awesome break. Got a lot of boxes twirled around here. Yeah, yeah, I would be very, yeah. Well, Brandon, you're not paying attention to this break, buddy. There's your purple shock Herbert, there's your base Herbert, and there's your hollow Herbert. You're doing, this is an awesome break for the Chargers. I've seen a lot of these Blaster cases produce far less, far less. So as far as I'm concerned, if you don't get another Herbert the rest of the way, you've won this break already. Now I have to find the similar range of cards for the Bengals, for the Dolphins, for the Eagles, for the Bengals. Oh, Rex got it in a shipment of Hot Wheels, and he's saying that there's a Tesla Cybertruck as a Hot Wheel. That's pretty cool. Are our Hot Wheels still, are they hot? I feel like there has to be a strong collector's market out there, but for newer stuff, older stuff for sure, newer stuff. Ohio State, I don't fall in college too closely, but it sounds like this is an upset in the making. Ohio State's ranked four, Minnesota's unranked, and they've got a little bit of a lead, 21-17, and they have the ball, eight minutes left in the third quarter. So a lot of time left, but so far so good for them. There's a market on some.  I mean, is that going to go for a zillion dollars in like a year? Minnesota moving the football, they're getting the first down. What awareness? That Minnesota quarterback got the ball out, and got the first down just like, he stood in there for an extra half a second. That would have been a strip sack. Yeah, you would hate to see Ohio State lose, Sean? Sean's a USC fan, does not like Ohio State. Next five boxes of the second case of our dual case break. Thanks everybody for getting in on the action here. So we've been setting these rookie parallels aside. They'll be sleeved and top loaded by our shipping team. You never know what these guys can do in their second year. You know, like Jalen Rager, right? What if there's an amazing Jalen-to-Jalen connection? You know, that's the beauty of the NFL. Beauty of any sports really. You don't know what's going to happen. It's just like a group break. You don't know what's going to happen. Jordan Love, Phenoms Relic, that is for Robert and the Packers. Could be the future right there. A lot of people saying that Roger's structured his deal in such a way. There's Henry Ruggs for Allen. Purple shock. Instruction in such a way that he'll just leave after this year. No, there was no downtown Eric in the first case. They're not guaranteed per case. I think a lot of times you see them one per case, but it's not a guarantee. Not like a silver or gold card. In like impeccable or something like that. Brian Edwards Hollow, just injury-riddled season for him last year. Allen has my Raiders. Injury-riddled season last year, but big hopes for him too. In fact, the Raiders on their depth chart, there's Anthony McFarlane, purple shock for the Steelers, Tyler. There's Jalen Hertz and Raider rookie Hollow Van Jefferson. In fact, Ruggs and Edwards are one and two on the Raiders depth chart. They're going with them. Then I think Zay Jones and Hunter Renfro, what rounds out that receiving core. Of course, that Jalen Hertz going to the Eagles. That'll be for Nick Stober. Of course, they saw Darren Waller, who's going to be pretty good. Then they got Josh Jacobs, Kenyon Drake behind him for a spell, but really the defense is the big thing for the Raiders. If they can clean up that defense, could be huge. Michael Pirine, rookie Phenoms Relic for the Jets. Nick, I don't know if that Raiders offense and an improved defense is going to be the trick. I'm not really sure what my expectations are of this season, but just a better season, I guess. Maybe I don't want to see the last second losses or the last fourth quarter losses. Too many games last season where the Raiders will be looking good for three quarters. Then I'll be like, I wonder how the Raiders defense will blow this in the second half or the fourth quarter or something like that. They've done it many times. Sufran, yeah, we had a base, Herbert, a hollow Herbert, and a purple shock Herbert in the first case. That's pretty strong. And we're only five boxes into the second case. I mean, Brandon would appreciate more Herbert, but so far so good for the Chargers. That's an excellent break. Gotta take care of the other guys, too. You're not the only one in this break, Brandon. Seven more? Ten? I guess that'd be nice. I wouldn't complain about that, but I got to look out for the Bangles. I got to look out for the Dolphins. I got to look out for the Eagles. And the rest of the league after that? Yeah. Well, yeah, if Josh Jacobs does well, I'd be happy. Hashtag good for the sport. Hashtag good for Joe. Hashtag good for the hobby. Yeah, downtown would be nice. I'd love to pull a downtown of any of the big quarterback names. Hopefully there's a downtown in this case. That's true. That's a good point, actually. Yeah. Right. Charizard cannot go on the IR. Next over is calling a a downtown Jalen Hertz for himself. Wait, should we? Now, I'm curious. If I pulled a downtown Herbert, how much of those going raw? Again, not that a downtown is guaranteed in these cases. Ohio State with the touchdown. Yeah, Ohio State did get a touchdown. Like a 40, 50-yard touchdown here. Downtown Justin Herbert's raw, about nine, between $900 and $1,100. PSA 10, downtown Herbert $3,500. Geez. And probably more if he has a great season this year. It's on Fox. Big Fox, 11. Chase Claypool, Pittsburgh, Tyler. We had a, the rookies insert to Atunga Bailoa, Miami, Jeremy Port. If you're curious, a Tua downtown. There's Chase Young, purple shock for Nick Stover. Hollow, Clyde Edwards, DeLair. Still loading. Jedrick Willes, Josh Kelly, purple shock. It's not loading for some reason. 130 point dock and 130 point.com. So we'll have to wait on that. The suspense. There's a Hollow, Justin Jefferson and another purple shock Justin Herbert for Brandon. Sean says he gets one. You get one. I'm sure he'll sell it to you at a good price, Sean. Hollow, Justin Jefferson will go to Aaron and the Vikings. Jeff Ocuda, raided rookie Hollow for the Lions kit. CJ Henderson, purple shock for the Jags, Ryan Heintz. Port looked it up. So Tua raw just sold on eBay for 580 downtown Tua. So that's not bad. No, we're just looking them up like prognosticating. See if Jalen Hertz downtown raw looks like maybe 380 to 430 around there. One Tull for 500. But mostly at about around four. Hollow, Joshua Kelly. The little Michael P. Ryan purple shock for the Jets. That's going to go to Nick. Oh really? We have a Tua downtown here in the store, PSA 10 in the store all over? Do you remember what we were charging for that? I think we put those single cards away. A secure location. Jalen Hertz, the rookies, eagles. Yeah, I think they put those away. Yeah, they're not there anymore in our secure location every night. Damon Arnett. And wow, a hollow. That's your second hollow raided rookie Justin Herbert Brandon. Maybe we are going to get 10 for you. All right, 10 more boxes to go. Yeah, those hollows absolutely should get great. I mean, they really just, I would just send them all in. If you're lucky enough to stumble into a PSA 10, it would be awesome. Oh no, a Minnesota fumble. Oh, a scoop and score. Oh no. No penalties. No flags. It's play stands. Sorry, Minnesota fans. Yeah, that second hollow actually looked better than the first hollow. There was a little bit of an edge issue with the first hollow I think at the top. It's still nice. We're nitpicking at this point now, but yeah, the second Herbert looks a little bit nicer. Am I a Jinx? Minnesota fans, should I change the game? I think as soon as I started watching, it was two touchdowns. Maybe I'm good luck. I can't, maybe maybe Ohio State fans are like, Joe, don't change the channel. Minnesota fans are like, come on. Stop watching, Joe. You're ruining everything. Yeah, CR7 back in town. Aren't you a United guy? Gross. Manchester United guy? Ew. It's almost puking to my own mouth there. Though, Cristiano being back in the Premier League though is, yeah, I'm a Liverpool guy, Damian. Come on. But actually, Cristiano being back in the Premier League though, that's probably hashtag good for the hobby. I've not actually really looked at what prices are like, you know, what his like autographed prices from like Panini sets or whatever. I don't know how they've been reacting to that news. The market, how the market has reacted to that news is what I'm trying to say. There's Tyler Johnson. Relic for Sean and the Buccaneers. But I would imagine it's got to be, it's got to be hashtag good for the hobby, right? There's Antonio Gibson, Purple Shock for Nick Stover. LaVisca Chanel Jr., Hollow for the Jags, that'll be for Ryan Hines. Antoine Winfield Jr., another Buccaneer. So I would think that's got to be hashtag good for the hobby. There's Tom Brady for the Buccaneers. Denzel Mims. Purple Shock for the Jets, Nick. I like that sort of Denzel Mims, Corey Davis receiving combo out there. Nate Stanley, Purple Shock, Purple Team, Jake Luton. So now that they got rid of Gardner Minch, who is Jake Luton, the backup out there, Purple Shock, Joshua Kelly, KJ Olsen, Purple Shock, and another Purple Shock, Justin Herbert for Brandon. What a break, we'll do a recap at the end of the video. There's Deandre Swift, Hollow for Detroit, for Kib, Ash and Davis, Purple Shock. I think the Purple Shocks were going for like 160 a pop or something like that. There you go, Purple Shock, Joe Burrow, Matthew Chirada with the Bengals. It's pretty nice as well. Just overall, at least for the bigger quarterback names, pretty good. Maybe we can find a little more Miami, a little more Philadelphia, would make this just overall a really great break. Clyde Edwards-Elair, Rookie Phenoms, Relic, Sean Maddock with the Chiefs, Zach Moss, Rated Rookie, Purple Shock, for Guy in the Bills. There's my guy Henry Ruggs, Hollow for Allen and the Raiders. Yeah, I'm showing my Raiders bias by sleeving up this card right now. Let's go, Ruggsy. Can't wait till he torches the Chargers for 200 yards and three touchdowns. All right, final five boxes. Wow, nice. All right, good one, Sean. No, no, I don't think a team has signed Cam Newton yet. You want to go to the Cowboys? I don't know. Stover thinking that there's vaccination reasons for that. If there is a player, do you want to be very happy about that? That's true. They kind of, maybe the Cowboys. So, you know, where do the base veterans commons go if you don't ship them? We box them up in like these 300 count to 500 count boxes. We sell them and we donate the money to charity. If you come to our shop, you'll see a whole table with boxes of vet commons that we sell for five to ten dollars. They actually do sell like hotcakes, yeah. A lot of people buy them. I think this, for the last handful of months, it's been going to breast cancer organization, yeah. Protect those breasts. Yeah, I think four more left, Brandon, four more Herberts. Although, if you do the math, I don't know if we're going to find four Herberts in the last five boxes. I'm more interested at this point, more interested in finding a Holo Tua for Jeremy. Maybe a Holo Jalen Hurts for Nick Stover. So, I'm moving for that to happen. Yeah, Nick Stover, yeah. He's saying, hey, keep those vet commons all day for a good cause. Yeah, we usually rotate the charities every once in a while. Usually, we do it a little more often, but for this time, we haven't rotated a lot recently. But, I think we've done Boys and Girls Club. I think we've done Children's Hospital, I feel like we did recently. LA has a great Children's Hospital sort of program here, which is great. Can anyone beat PSG? I don't know. PSG can beat anyone in Ligue 1, but they've got a tough time in the Champions League, which is the issue. Yeah, no Tua variations yet. I don't know if we've, I don't know. Yeah, we've got to find some Tua's here at the final five boxes. Because there was a burrow, purple shock. Maybe there was a Tua to a base card maybe a little bit earlier. But no, no Tua hollows or purple shocks, we've got to find one of those. No downtown here either. Again, downtowns are not guaranteed per case. People seem to really like Darnell Mooney as maybe a breakout, breakout candidate this year. Brian Edwards, purple shock for Allen and the Raiders and a raided rookie, hollow Joe Burrow, Matthew Shirah with the Bengals. Andrew Thomas, purple shock. Julian Okwara, hollow. Jeff Ocuda, purple shock. Base Justin Herbert and a hollow raided rookie hollow Chase Young for Nick Stober and the Washington football team. Another Justin Herbert for Brandon. Another Brian Edwards, purple shock. Jalen Rigor for the Eagles. That Vanessa, purple shock. And a raided rookie, hollow Jalen Hertz. Got the burrow, the base, the burrow, hollow the base Herbert and a hollow Jalen Hertz for Nick Stober and the Fly Eagles Fly. Can we get a Tua here? There's a Micah Sickie, Travis Kelsey, Cole Comet, purple shock for the Bears. Sean Matic, Joe Burrow, elite series, rookies, insert. Maybe some Tua, Jeff Gladney, purple shock. Kishan Vaughn, hollow for the Buccaneers. A purple shock. Justin Jefferson is pretty nice. That goes to Minnesota. That'll be for Aaron. And there you go, ladies and gentlemen. That was a pretty awesome break. Great dual case break of 2020 Panini Donner's Optic Football. All Blasters, Ram team break number two. Thanks, everybody. Let's do a quick recap here. Now, we wish we would have found some more Tua's and the rookies insert. Yeah, we have that base Tua. Just did not see the parallels for Tua as often as some of the other guys. And there you go. Thanks everybody for watching, for breaking with us. I'm Joe for jaskiescasebreaks.com, and I'll see you next time for the next one. Bye-bye.


My name's driver pheasant. I'm a Cherokee Indian with the eastern band of Cherokees This is why the old men told me when I was a boy a Long time ago all the animals lived up in Galangladi, which is heaven And it was getting much crowded and they were woning more room As they looked down they saw the soft flat earth and they wondered what was down there So they sent out different types of birds Then one day shuleigwa He's the great buzzard the grandfather of all the buzzards that we see now. He said he would go He flew all around the world After a while he became tired and he flew low down close to the earth When his wings came down they formed a valley When his wings came up there was a mountain formed and to this day Cherokee country remains full of mountains The people followed trails of the buffalo and deer They fished the streams and ate wild berries and established small villages The old Cherokees called Kataloochee Gotaloochee Which means standing in rows or ranks and referred to the trees along the mountain ridges But in the late 18th century the ways of the Cherokees changed completely and permanently As white settlers pushed ever westward In the beginning a few hunters trappers and fishermen built cabins in the area Then Colonel Robert Love purchased the valley for three thousand dollars and granted homesteads to those who would settle the land The development prospered and the white settlers Studdering over the Cherokee syllables called it Kataloochee I grew up in a Kataloochee Valley. It's in the center of the world The reason I know that you have to look straight up to see the sun Each year Kataloochee families reunite They come together in laughter and song and in fellowship They reminisce over pictures which evoke fond memories of an earlier time Palmer's Woody's Sutton's Messers Nolan's and Caldwell's Families who put down roots in the rich bottom lands along Kataloochee Creek My great-granddaddy purchased some land in there in 1830 It was one of the first settlers Levi Caldwell and his wife Mary nailing And they raised the family of 11 children They come in there in 1835 1836 Small log homes dotted the slopes The first built by Levi Caldwell in the mid 1830s 60 years later Hiram Caldwell replaced the log house with a modern weatherboard structure In the 20th century the home became a welcome haven for tourists and renters George Palmer came to Kataloochee about 1840 His sons Lafayette and Jesse each built a classic dog trot house The covered breezeway or dog trot ran between two log cabins One of which was used for cooking and eating the other for sitting and sleeping The women peeled apples or potatoes in the cool breezeway on hot summer days The family dogs also used the area to keep warm in winter and cool in summer. That's the name dog trot George's grandson Jarvis was the last Palmer to occupy the house He enlarged it added three bunk houses and visitors paid to fish in the three miles of streams. He stopped flora Arleigh Messer Morrow I was born a little Kataloochee November the 5th 1895 10 sisters and one brother My father and mother Were working people they like to Have things and do things my father was Jack of all trades he made About ever casket that Kataloochee needed Little Kataloochee was separated from big Kataloochee by Nolan Mountain But the two were joined by blood and marriage as young adults moved across the mountain to establish their own homes The 1910 there were a thousand two hundred and fifty one people in both Kataloochee's Like most early settlers they became nearly self-sufficient My mother made our clothes out of the men's old pants This should take the legs and make the clothes. So this one is me and some of my pants This is a brother mother made his clothes to their very obviously homemade I'd like to tell you about the shoes. They were a High-top moccasin I suppose you would call them and my mother made them from my father's old felt hats she made her own pattern and They were less surprisingly a long time We all took our first steps in the shoes like that and then if someone older than us had another pair of shoes They had outgrown then we got real shoes and not felt at shoes The people of Kataloochee also grew their own crops for food and ranged cattle in the mountains Farming was done primitive Of course in my time we had horses and turning plows and Well, it's probably a plant when it's 13 year old that grow wheat and of course they had their corn the corn was a stable food for making meal and bread Jesse Palmer built the mill about 18 oh Wait in the mid 1850s Of course everybody come to mill on Saturday, you know the brokter Corn and Saturday was regular meal day. Of course they ground any other time that they need to be Kataloochee's kept up with current events through national newspapers received at the Nellie post office The combinations store and post office provided a necessary tie to the outside world Gudger Palmer remembers and we just tell you a little bit about the post office My father was postmaster however my mother Tended to the store and to the post office most of the time She'd go down about eight o'clock and fix up the mail The women just about ran things. They did an awful lot of work Now my mother never worked in the hayfield or the cornfield But she did do some work in the garden She cooked all the meals and When there's any special thing doing like I was killing hogs Why? She worked at that She made the beds swept the floors scoured the floors by hand We had a good time We were raised up in a Christian home, but my father He liked good clean fun We had bean strength in some corn shuckings and you'd have corn shallots Schools were built in both little Kataloochee and big Kataloochee Went to school up here at the school which is still standing when I started we had two rooms But when I wound up we had this one room one teacher Flora Messer Morrow taught in little Kataloochee for a salary of $50 a month. I never had much trouble teaching I had a lot of fun we had the the blackboard mostly and then I had the children to take their books home and They had to recite and tell me all about that lesson the next morning at school Each grade she'd call up the front Go to your lesson to find that group would go back and the next grade come up Always on Friday. We had a spelling match The whole school participated School was in session for only five or six months each year as the children were needed for harvesting and molasses Church services were held once a month when the circuit rider came Sunday school was in session every week and Each fall the sounds of preaching prayer and the songs of revival filled the Palmer Chapel and There was two things. There's always a must in our house And that was when Amos and Andy come on you had to be quiet And on Sunday morning come you had to go to church. You had to go to church That was two things. It was a must Church family and hard work These were the foundations for building a prosperous community Now I'd have to say by growing up in Category and being independent as our families were in there and the rugged Life that we had to live and hard work that we had to do to make a living Probably helped me when I come out to be able to make a decent living without Much education in the early 1930s the citizens of North Carolina and Tennessee entrusted this valley and its history to be preserved for future generations As the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was created Families moved away leaving behind vacant buildings and land no longer grazed nor plowed But as we reflect on those who came before Sights and sounds of an earlier time echoed through this valley The Cherokee the settlers Those who entrusted their hopes their dreams and often their lives to this place They have not left us an empty valley, but one filled with vivid reminders of a heritage now bonded to the future


Hello hello hello welcome once again back to Mass Effect Andromeda. Last time I was sadly locked from accessing this here beautiful glorious door. There was also a PB here a moment ago but unfortunately now there is not. Whatever, we shall continue and we shall see what happens. The decimated strange alien peoples is indeed a mighty weapon but I wonder if I have something mightier like maybe a gigantic awesome shotgun of awesomeness. Yes, I think I just might and I also have well awesome stuff cool I can do plus 10% melee damage now and also extra penetration damage it looks awesome lovely anyway we're not here for the shotgunning we're here for the monuments the exploration the magnificence and maybe just some a little bit of alien ass oh no there's some secret here there must be do your pathfinder thing all righty I'm doing it now told ya are you not entertained you're good of course I am and I make it look so easy oh yes I do think it goes far enough I'm afraid oh oh oh look it is a floating rock that can't be air pressure some source of a gravitational well gravitation exactly idiot PB that wasn't the front door this is this is more like the front hole bye bye jumping without waiting anyone that's me that's right and I like it I enjoy it and well off we go into adventure into the enemy's very fortress aha not a gravitational well but the gravity one definitely a vault oh I see floating things hello floating a remnant object not any other ones perhaps you go ahead I've got your back oh here's one there you see that I like me some remnant objects I just had to check well I do imagine the engineering and it blows my mind oh that's a way out that's it assuring no of course not a conduit beneath the floor just activated fluid is running through it it could be generating emergency power your scanner will have more detail follow the fluid signs of any cat follow the circuit through which the fluid flows all right see the conduit sam whatever it is it leads out of the room phrase recovered what's that data part in this graphic start a storage interesting I like floated dated items no glyphs they're waking the explorer within me most of this place well leads to this console and further into the vault so if we follow that conduit it might be wow I really was just I'm gonna shoot me some aliens well and that's new it is what is it tell me PB symbol of authority a key thanks it's easy to speculate with remnant but we need more facts if I needed to speculate how I've done it myself I want to know facts whatever this is not a most factual society will even work solo you fix up the vault I'll investigate the relic and together we'll figure this place out fantastic let's us do it not a bad idea we'll cover twice the ground see I knew you were smart you too pretty little spikes sorry well thank you Liam well sealed off you are a woman could the human being a gravity well is the gravitational effect of a large mass in space this is more accurately but well with variable gravity can I go here no way through no interface points Sam note it down for later but but I want to go now oh I'm gonna go ahead and guess it there is no way to access this whatever this is but it looks cool and I really really really would have liked to go there but I will there or anywhere I will go must be how they kept it from collapsing liquids that's what's that liquid unable to classify reassuring the only way through is down towards it an unknown alloy and other materials the composition resembles omni gel maybe omni gel the conduit if there is omni gel here I feel just a little bit more there I suppose nothing around up nothing at all hey I see shall we robots I just shoot at them shall we so whatever that liquid is they need a whole aqueduct of it make that too I just crossed one see not all that hard oh face me and my mighty shotgun damn it let's turn on this here false field any more of you lads this only goes one way oh actually goes two ways let's see what's this way shall we as we will find something excellent mostly loot probably loot it's loot isn't it it is a container all right with moderate value and I have a newest research gee you think whoa that is massive I love me a shotgun so much why do you need anything else you can use a shotgun well maybe because you can fall into an electrical current and die very horribly I'm power incarnate skill points let's do a quick thing my genie shall we biotics shockwave hey exactly what are how many points I need there's damage 30 force or 50 damage radius yeah let's go with this one here yeah that's cool yeah confirm Cora Liam let's do more of that good old-fashioned charge or not all right you lads have not got the points I plan on using for your abilities so I may as well not your processor what is this place how come this liquid hasn't dried up unless turning that conduit on started it all flowing again perhaps that's what what did it omnigel that fluid could be what's keeping this place observable and this vault forged relay junk lots and lots of junk I would say nobody missed any research our bloody hell I I just somehow always managed to get myself into polar electric current but hey at least I don't explode horribly right oh what does this do that was easy that was surprisingly easy ridiculously joyously easy as well well I suppose this is the first time that's that's a point not a good one but a point what really is the deal of those remnant oh polymer I can use that they believe that's a major substance in all remnant builds research and so on okay that's cool I love me a nice innovative lightnings lighting source and that's a good point Liam let's see now oh more of you guys let's hide away whoa ouch you guys are unpleasant you must invariably annoying oh guys guys guys let's all just get along I will admit those are dangerous let's see what I can do about you lot ouch I really don't want to die oh there's a turret that's what has been giving me so much travel probably oh who are you and why are you shooting at me whoever you are you are not dead as well and that's the whatever is your problem all right don't suppose I can study the weapon no oh that's fine it sounds like I want to do any scientific research what's that it's shame the hostile they're just brainless bots it is we've been here for all of five minutes PB little interesting curious would you say that it's all happening just as we appear perhaps we are the cause of some of it perhaps it's our fault who knows power restored to the gravity well the conduit leads down condo and flow pressure is variable there could be activity shield charger let's dig deeper interesting with the proper commands this here thingy could apparently do a lot to an enemy of mine's shields time to go down down the river this is really massive or maybe this all this tech is why there's a scourge have you considered that well that's unfortunate perhaps some yep you would show up that's useful oh me amazing isn't it and now we can work with this excellent news let's work with the console nice both of them I will get the glory and this other tree whoa a hundred remnant points of research that's that's unexpected and most welcome where are the trees here well not that long but if I had to guess this would be the last floor I think probably doesn't seem like there's anything below the way down here but there again you never know the source of the system locked down may yield more information we appear to be close worrisome what did what is this for no one can tell me good for you Liam and I'm gliding through the air no valid reason I need more bullets or rather what I need is a bigger clip yeah that's right did I kill it both of you yes I did excellent now to get your little red friend with a shotgun in his face and maybe a blade because why the hell not well hello goodbye let's take this yeah I suppose it does excellent job me I do believe I saw console over here let's press it see what happens now where maybe a change of weapons is necessary in the eye I suppose let's move now and burn to smithereens you boring little machine that's how you do it kids that is how you do it if I may say so myself on the basis that I too have once been a kid it'll perhaps be once again hmm probably not that my hydraulic compensating right over here what's all this let's see let's just see anything anything around no I suppose not hey here's something more junk what does this do exactly what I would like to know let's go and check out obviously not to where we should go but hey this is super super interesting for me whoa 94 this is a random polymer not that the g leaving the missionary you think die please explode into blissful torment that's one big ass tree on a big ass pedestal it is isn't it oh come on well I'm recovering something reflection glyph huh many have felt in this glyphs data equations that relate to quantum entanglement connections but the data structure alters as it is accessed mimicking the scanner's analysis programs this appears to be essential to understanding the equations correctly that's an eighting oh what's inside of this all right let's analyze all right should they is that how many I need anything on the tree unknown plant thank you you are so useful some let's see all right so we've got this one definitely I suppose it's not this one or this one yeah only doesn't quite no it does that's right I love I love Sudoku especially with ancient glyphs it's such an exciting part of andromeda let's see then now what have we here let's go on with this and this can only be this no only it cannot be this can be this either no it can and it is all right I suppose let's see is this it no obviously not not this either I wonder if I'm mistaken somewhere let's see definitely not here this one seems like a sound solution this one as well the the third quadrant this one here is the one I seem to have messed up all right so perhaps it's here then this this is what we need this is excellent I made a mistake but I fixed it and whoa I get a lot of items backup life because you have remnant calls well I'm pleased with yeah that that's okay wasted a bit of time let's see if there's anything left here what's what's that I see one thing I'm probably missing three more that looks like a research station and an electrical grid and a tomb in the distance all into one that's insane I like what I see I really really really do hey I even have some remains over here I'll take those and I should be off more remnant it will be good good for me excellent even yeah I'll admit so far this is my favorite place as well in the entire game which is a kind of sad little thing to think about that's definitely useful I almost got myself killed by stupidity but hey it's okay my ammo is gone what madness is this oh well guess what it is the old fashioned way bashing skulls in it is I agree didn't miss anything did I no I did not probably we can continue I'm curious about that door I could not open before it seemed like an important place people have to see themselves well I wouldn't put down the tourists yet Liam oh me oh my this seems like the source of all evil sin and death in the universe I have to admit this looks really really good and of course it will give me no relevant data whatsoever what's this what's that over there I'm sad to see that I cannot in fact learn more about these trees because they seem interesting okay let's do whatever it is we're going to do fix the atmosphere or something oh no redness and particles in and around ourselves that's good excellent lovely I'm sure it's going to end perfectly well for us take it to the ship then the system lockdown is disabled the vault and the atmosphere processor should return to full operation the whole place is lighting up how our readings are off the chart oh really really uh oh let's run away from lost smoke monster what appears to be yeah I am not going to I have no idea I would much rather not understand oh lovely blue flames red flames purple flames what I was kidding about that last one well dead despair and all of that yes yes I know I know thank you Sam I don't really like some to be honest it's a bit of a freaky little os oh that looks just great just amazing that's fine by me come with me guys don't don't abandon me actually please do no I'm kidding but it's it's lovely how they did not come with me and now they will teleport okay get that thing if you want but it's going to be close whoa wow oh cool and interesting remnant cores cool so that's that's how you disable that barrier apparently cool go cool then sealed item and we did it we escaped the vault we survived we are alive cool good job Phoebe I can see that more like it's right on your heels sure you can sense riders anger on her face it's written there as plainly as the bad animations are animated so that's how we do it what just happened what was that why did the smoke monster from lost try and kill us or chasing us maybe one last scrub for startup this place is full of surprises well I have to admit that was the most for now I've had with Maastricht so far nothing like outrunning death which is surprising and I'm sure it will be overdone terribly horribly much atmosphere processor is online recovering last console activity but let's face it this looks awesome only a lie did restarting the system do that whatever is that light is open all these points could be vaults on other worlds dormant like this one how fortunate for them but why is there a whole network of them what's all this for well it does impossible things is such a lovely answer this tech can create observers from nowhere or ravage a whole planet and that's just what we've seen the bots and my the atmosphere processors why did my tongue turn to silver I know I've been very greedy I've been losing a lot lately but that doesn't mean my I don't know is that what these builders were trying to do make worlds habitable even terraform a whole cluster hey look there I am it's different maybe it's active we've got to go see Sam oh right there this coordinates lie beyond the space we have currently surveyed pathfinder mark it on our charts we need more to go on let's head up to the surface I could use some fresh air and I could use some some more emotion in some's voice or character or any of these things that are important and good and just and now I guess we are about to terraform aren't we look at that sky I'm no atmosphere processor works that fast I'm looking at the pop-up effects in the background as well we have managed to do something yeah yeah we've got a chance it won't be easy but we've got a chance but it won't be easy but but it's still chance a foothold that's all we need just enough to begin this remnant technology could be the key to our survival if we can control it you can kind of still wouldn't hurt to find a manual we've got a lead Sam marked it on the charts down there that site is active whatever it is who knows what we'll find there we you want to come along I want to know what makes the remnant tech you've got a key to their technology or I will admit I like PB surprisingly I know that her loyalty mission is supposed to be very bad you like working solo oh well sure but we don't have to be joined at the hip to solve all this come on fine all right pack what you need and data pad toothbrush clean underwear that'll do I'll catch up with you right then well so that's how you make a new companion viability wow an ideal site looks much different doesn't it I like it some pins and needles writer I do I do like it and let's go make it happen all right let's fast travel to where the objective is and make us a settlement and outpost or whatever it's official name is that Krogan what oh fantastic radiation levels increasing maybe I should radiation you know no probably not this load out don't have a sniper sadly have to craft one we'll do so okay okay for some reason I cannot get there without a nomad which is really quite weird hi big guy you want to shoot me I'm going to punch you to death all right that was a necessary wasteful but that wasn't hello little alien I took you guys by surprise whoa whoa whoa that was a hell of a way to try and blow me away haha I'm using your own tricks against you that was easy hello Krogan my favorite sociopath psychopath and whatever you'd like to call people to use the bones of dead animals and cat to make armor which is insane absolutely insane that's me helpful nice friendly yeah you did and we work well together you're not so bad yourself old man maybe we should work together after all so this fight was pretty good but are you joining me or will do old man this is going to be great it is well thank you Liam for your valuable contributions and yes I was considering shooting him for a moment but unfortunately that'll be bad for my press secretary and since I don't have a press secretary that means I will have to be my press secretary and that's just sex I know I know the better one resources are at a crisis point protocol states this judgment call falls to the pathfinder with current supplies you could build a military outpost focusing on defense and militia training I would like to do that a scientific outpost could advance the initiatives research and discoveries okay let's ask the team I'm going to go with research anyway scientific pathfinder's call but research is no good if we're dead military it's got to be science our colonists need to understand their home be advised that the first outpost placed by a pathfinder will be a statement in itself fair or not your choice will represent the initiative and its intentions in andromeda consider carefully I'm going to go with research I love research far more interesting to me probably doesn't matter in the long run but if it does and much rather be research lovely and we're done just like that snap it is not snap did I just say that sound better in my head probably andromeda initiative this is writer pathfinder is ready for deployment outpost block inbound and oh hello captain can I name it please tell me I can name this artist Bradley operational head for this block mayor now I suppose hello mayor ready to make the most of what you delivered and be careful or I'll vote you out of office take care of it I feel like I should toss you the keys be nice it's been through a lot understood bro traumos that's what we're calling you I haven't seen eager for months well eos is far from golden but now it's a producer a real and reasonable first step they think you did the impossible so Addison was the logistics chick from the nexus right hoping was irresponsible you proved me wrong pathfinder what's your game Addison what are you playing at seems like being my friend is suddenly valuable fair assumption yes it is I can see through your politics immediately oh look at my pixelated shades the reality you brought us time but one outpost on a long shot planet won't stop us from starving thanks for the reality check I really didn't need it I guess I do and the pathfinder from the vault now it gets complicated I have all the leads in all the places your efforts to be a part of your success of course you want the initiative to succeed but after failing for so long no one agrees on how to do it why am I not surprised be aware that's all let's see then arguing is pointless I can handle myself whatever helps the initiative and you're just as manipulative well the point in all of this is that I can handle myself I'm majored in glad handing during pathfinder training we're led by the best talk to Bradley later we'll go over the extended job of pathfinder oh until then tans waiting on the nexus right lovely is viability increased plus 10 78 percent that's fantastic and hey the place looks to have livened up a little bit that's lovely I quite like it looks good give us radiation time to clear speak with down at the nexus pathfinder HQ infinite jet packery I don't believe that's my ship over there might as well go to the nexus now although I'm certain that there are many things many fair winds buzzing my general hearing voices right now let's see so many people oh blinky blink place that's a memory isn't it memory trigger excellent yes though my memory array remains locked additional triggers are required I'm sure I'll regret this but Mr Bradley whatever they want actually no I will not speak with you I will do many of these side quests and so on and so forth by my lonesome why because I would much rather not spend dick less I'd much rather not spend 200 episodes just doing pointless secondary quests playthrough goes for main quests my own time is when all the secondary quests will be done unless I find something particularly interesting and that I will record when I want to send us go yay all clear lovely next time I'll see you the nexus bye thank you for watching if you enjoyed my video please like share and subscribe if you'd like to see more click on one of the boxes that just appeared or that have been there all the long works what am I a profit


Hey folks, my name is Hannah Gunderman and I am a Research Data Management Consultant and Librarian with CMU Libraries, and also a very big video game fan. So in this first episode of Pixel DataScapes, I wanted to make a fun little video that talks about all of the data management lessons that we can learn through the video game Pokemon. So sit back, relax, and let's dive in. So first off, what is data management?  Now data management is basically applying those same concepts and goals that you have in those situations to your research data. So think about it, when you're organizing something like a bookshelf, you want to make sure that everything is tidy, you can find things quickly and retrieve them quickly, and you understand how things are organized. Same thing with data management in our research projects. Data management refers to all of the techniques we can use to make sure that our data are organized, easy to navigate, and understandable and reusable not only in the short term but in the long term. So in my job, I recognize that learning these concepts is not always the most fun. You know, we're not talking about all the fun data analysis that we can do in R and Python. We're not talking about the super cool data visualizations that we can do, but really data management is just as important. So when I started to think about, you know, what should this first episode look like? I thought, okay, I want to make data management fun, you know, something that's engaging to learn about, and in the game Pokemon, there's so many different things that really reflect on a very good data management practice. So why not combine the two? In this video, I'm going to describe three ways that Pokemon can teach us about data management. And these three things that I'm going to be talking about are code books, data documentation or documenting your data and metadata. Now these can be applied to any kind of data that you're working with, whether you are working with qualitative data, quantitative data, you're in the humanities, STEM, anything in between. So let's dive in. For those who don't know, Pokemon refers to a media franchise from Japan that has video games, card games, manga, television shows, and toys that revolve around a fictional world where humans become trainers for Pokemon, creatures who battle each other and gain new skills and power as they progress in their training. So let's dive in to our three examples of how we can learn data management from Pokemon. The first is code books. Code books are super useful for your research, especially if you are collecting and working with data and representing it in variables. It's always a good practice to name your variable something that is descriptive and makes sense based on the type of data represented by that variable, but it's also helpful to document what each of these variable names mean in a single place. In this place can be a code book. Now sometimes you might hear these referred to as data dictionaries. So as you can see here in this example, this is a code book that I have made for my own research, and you can see that I've listed the variable names associated with my data, what those variables represent, the measurement units, and allowable values, and a short description. This is going to help me remember in the long term all the important context of this data set, and will make it easier to share the data with others. Now a Pokedex is really just a code book for all of your Pokemon. As you can see here, a Pokedex is a really cool feature that is in every Pokemon game, that keeps track of every Pokemon that you've seen and or caught as you navigate this fictional world. Take for example this Pokedex entry for Sinistee, which is a ghost type Pokemon that looks like a really nice cup of tea. This Pokedex entry gives us a lot of helpful information about Sinistee, including their number, whether I as the player have caught them or not, their height, weight, and their description. Which reads, it absorbs the life force of those who drink it. It waits patiently, but opportunities are fleeting. It tastes so bad that it gets spat out immediately. Okay, that puts me right off my black tea that I'm drinking right now. Anyway, if you want to learn how to make a good code book, look to the Pokedex. It's a great way to keep all of the Pokemon and their important contextual information saved throughout your journey. And also a great way to keep track of your data. The second concept is writing documentation for your data. Now whenever we're working with data, we usually follow a step by step process of some kind, which might be something like collecting the data, tidying the data, looking for any data entry errors or missing values, running a statistical analysis, visualizing the results of this analysis, and then writing up these results in a paper. By the time that you get all the way to that last stage, you might not remember all the details of what you did to get to that point. And you know what, that is normal. We have so many things going on at the same time and we don't always remember why we chose to go with certain software over others or certain analysis techniques over others. But that's where documentation comes in. Writing down what you are doing as you work with data can benefit you not only now by keeping you organized, but also in the long term to help you remember what you did. So where does Pokemon come in here? Well, over the years as I've played the game, I've come to appreciate all the unique features that each Pokemon has that makes it different and special. I have a couple of favorite Pokemon that I think are absolutely beautiful. And when I describe them to people who aren't familiar with the game, I have to be really detailed and descriptive in order to convey what makes them so special to an audience that is unfamiliar. And one of my favorites is Moltres, a beautiful Pokemon that resembles the mythological bird known as a phoenix, rising from the flames. If I were to describe what this particular variation of Moltres looks like to a friend who doesn't play the game, I'd carefully list out all of their unique characteristics including the red and black stripes across their body, the red flames coming off of their wings and head, their blue eyes and determined expression and their large dark curved talons on each foot. This would likely give my friend a really good idea of what Moltres looks like without actually seeing the Pokemon in the game. Treat your data documentation process the same way. Assume that somebody one day unfamiliar with your research might want to reproduce what you did or just better understand the steps that you took to come up with your results. Be detailed and thorough just like you're describing the beautiful Moltres to a friend who's probably tired of me bringing up Pokemon in all of our everyday conversations. The final concept is using metadata to describe your data. Metadata is contextual information that can help us better understand a data set such as who created it, what was the time range of the data collection, what are the subjects or topics represented in the data, and what's the format of the data. Metadata is all around us such as the color of our eyes and the length of our hair. It's also everywhere in Pokemon and a great example are the different towns that your player navigates throughout the game. In each version of the game there are numerous towns which all have their own unique metadata such as the name of the town, the number of buildings, the types of businesses, and the natural features present such as trees, rivers, and oceans. For example, let's take a look at the town of Balanly in Pokemon Shield, the newest iteration of the game. This town has so many unique characteristics, in this case metadata, that describe it including all these unique glowing mushrooms in several different colors, the number of characters in the town, the number of houses, and the types of Pokemon present. These characteristics make each town different and unique from other towns in the game. And this descriptive metadata helps us capture those differences and easily make comparisons between different locations. Making sure you use metadata to describe your data is one of the most impactful things you can do in a research project to make sure that your results are understandable to you. And no matter what field you're researching in, there's a great metadata standard out there for you. We've got some great folks on staff here at CMU Libraries who can help you find a metadata standard that works best for your research. And the person that I would probably recommend first is Angelina Spotz, who is our metadata specialist, and I've left their contact information below in the description box. I hope this video has been entertaining and helpful for your research process here at CMU. All of us at CMU Libraries are here for you every step of the way when you're working with data and communicating with data. If there was a concept that I talked about today that you'd like to explore more, you can feel free to send us an email at dataatcmu.libansers.com and we'd be happy to start the conversation. So thank you for watching the first episode of Pixel Data Scapes and we'll see you next time. Stay safe, everybody.