What's good, Joshua boros back again with another video. So we're going to check out self made wrestlers that got themselves over by wrestle with Andy. It is always a beautiful sight to see when a wrestler is able to go against Vince McMahon and his ideas of who should be at the top and creative and everyone else in the back that, you know, doesn't see this particular talent as a star when they're able to get over organically by themselves without WWE actually actively trying to push them. It's beautiful because then the fans get the voice what they want to see who they want to see at the top. And it's just a it's a good feel story to see when a wrestler that you know they don't have any plans for they finally somehow get over somehow they are able to rise above Vince McMahon's bad booking and in the WWE creatives bad ideas. They still find a way to get over to the point where WWE has to acknowledge them Vince at some point has to be like, all right, let's do something with this guy because the people are eating it up. It's always a good time. So we're going to check out some of these instances where wrestlers were able to just get themselves organically over. Appreciate all love and support, man. Let's get right into this one, bro. Usually when a wrestler gets pushed to the top of the card, it's because management has specifically chosen them for the role as can be seen with performers such as John Cena or Roman Reigns. Sometimes though, a wrestler will get themselves over with crowds and earn themselves a main event position through sheer force of will. But who are the biggest examples of wrestlers getting themselves over with fans? Well, that's exactly what we're going to be looking at today. And where better to start than with perhaps the most historically significant one of all the gold and that's Stone Cold Steve Austin. Yeah. Yes. Well, he might be remembered as the biggest baby face the industry has ever seen at this point back in the mid 90s. Steve Austin was supposed to be the ultimate villain.  Yeah. The only problem with this though was pretty quickly after he debuted in WWF in 1996, fans realized that Austin's antics were just about the coolest thing going and so because of that then a few I'm sorry, I don't I don't know if y'all just saw what I just did. I don't I just took a drink from the bottle to put the cap back on and then try to drink from it again. I don't know what's happening. I don't know what I'm sorry. I'm gonna put the bottle down and I'm so sorry. I know someone's going to mention it.  Merry Christmas, y'all. Pockets of fans here and there began cheering him and over time those pockets grew to the point. It felt like a majority of people in any given crowd were supporting the rattlesnake. Of course. It didn't matter how he was. He'd still be beloved anyway. Yeah. Hell, when he cheated to win the Royal Rumble in January of 1997, he was given a hero's response. Yeah. And so at this point, WWF were forced to listen to the growing movement and turn him baby face at WrestleMania 13. Of course, you all know what happened after that. Stone Cold became arguably the biggest star the wrestling industry has ever seen and was probably the person most responsible for rescuing WWF from the brink of bankruptcy. Would this have happened if he hadn't gotten over with fans in such a natural way? It's highly unlikely as part of the appeal of Austin was always that he was a man of the people. And so the fact he was the people's choice and not the companies only added to his aura. But Steve Austin isn't the only person who's gotten himself over with fans over the years. No, there are plenty of other examples of this, too, such as our next subject, the man whose chance of yes, took over WWE and it's so good. He he started off with Stone Cold and he backdoor with Daniel Bryan. I will always stand by this. That yes movement reminded me something from the Stone Cold era of how over this guy was everywhere. Every city they went to yes, chance was over. And it wasn't supposed to be like this. This was not part of Vince McMahon and Management's playing. They did not think he was going to get this over and he did and that's what makes his story so great, man. 2013 and 2014, it's time to talk about Bryan Danielson. That's right. The yes movement was probably the biggest incidence of audience rebellion in modern wrestling history. Yep. Sure. Bryan Danielson had always been beloved by fans as far back as his days in Ring of Honor, where he was widely considered to be the best in the world. But once he got to WWE in 2009 and those same fans saw the way he was treated by Vince McMahon, things reached a whole new level altogether. Yeah. Not immediately, of course. No, it took a while for things to build up to critical levels as WWE fans that had never seen the American Dragon over on the Indies got a chance to become familiar with his work. And once they did and were added to the pile of increasingly frustrated viewers, then things were allowed to reach a boiling point when at WrestleMania 28 on April 1st, 2012, Danielson was beaten by Sheamus in just 18 seconds. Yep. That's right. In what was taken at the time as a huge burial of a generational talent, the Washington native ate a pin and lost his World Heavyweight title before his opponent could even break a sweat. So angry over this, fans took to drawing out the shows with yes chance to an increasingly loud level over the next two years, with things eventually reaching a point that it was disrupting WWE's ability to put on a show. Yeah. Not that anyone should feel bad for WWE here, though. No, all they had to do to stop this was push Daniel Bryan to the moon. That's it. But with this being late period Vince McMahon, we're talking about, he buried his head in the sand and fought such a decision for as long as humanly possible. Like I said at the beginning of the video, it's always great when they have no other choice but to listen. It had gotten to that point where if he wasn't in the main event of WrestleMania at WrestleMania 30 that year, it didn't matter who was out there. The only people that was going to work was either Stone Cold or The Rock and they were there at the show at the beginning of the show, but they would have to be in that main event for people to not shit on it. No one wanted to see Randy Orton versus Batista. No one. And we love these guys, but we knew it was only him. He was the chosen one. Vince in management had no other choice, bro, but to listen. I mean, I'll take it back.  So it was good that they actually just finally listened to the end, though. Even he had to give in to the power of the Yes movement. And so that was why at WrestleMania 30 in one of the most cathartic moments ever seen inside of a wrestling ring, Brian was booked to overcome Triple H, Batista and Randy Orton all in the same night to become WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Really, if we're talking about iconic moments of the PG era, this has to rank up there with the best of them facts. In fact, the only one you could argue was even better came a few years earlier. Yeah, involved our next subject, which is crazy because, you know, without him walking out, we probably we may not even get that match. It was really a him leaving right before WrestleMania kind of set things in motion. Him walking out actually helped in a sense to get the match that we wanted. So be talking about here like CM Punk, of course. Now, like with Brian Danielson, CM Punk had long been a hero of hardcore wrestling fans back in the early 2000s with his run in Ring of Honor solidifying him as one of the top prospects out there on the Indies. But once he joined WWE in 2005, the fact that he didn't have the height or bodybuilder physique, WWE were looking for in a superstar at the time, quickly threatened to hold him back in the company. That said, even if WWE were far from all in on the Second City Saint during those early years, fans certainly were, as they saw him for what he was, a great wrestler who was also one of the best Mike workers of his generation. And so it was then that live crowds increasingly got behind Punk and Drow then throughout the rest of the decade with him at one point, even getting audibly cheered over the likes of D-Generation X in the number 2006 and Survivor Series. And all this would lead to things reaching their peak when on the June 27th, 2011 episode of Raw, he cut a workshoot promo, which has since become legendary for breathing new life into a stale WWE product and rocketing him towards the main event scene further after. Yes, if there were people who weren't all in on Punk before, after his pipe bomb was over, they certainly were. And this directly led to him gaining a 434 day reign with the WWE title and the endless love of a fan base who continued to follow him wherever he went. Hell, this could be seen live and in living color during his debut with All Elite Wrestling in 2021 and then again during his return to WWE at 2023's Survivor Series. But Punk's not the only person who's been so crazy with crowds over the past couple of years because also in WWE, Sami Zayn would create a groundswell of support for himself during his part in the Bloodline story. We love you, Sami, man. That's right. For as loved as the entire Bloodline angle as been, it was arguably at his very best when Sami Zayn was involved in it. There's no denying once Sami Zayn really got intercooled into the Bloodline stuff, it brought new life because it started to get stale. But Sami Zayn being this groupie for the longest time. At first, I just thought it was hokey and it wasn't even supposed to last that long, but then it started. You started being like endeared to Sammy's plate. Like you actually wanted him to be a part of the Bloodline. Like, you know what?  We want Sami to be a part of the Bloodline. We're here for it. It was working. We cared more about Sami being with these guys that we all know are heels, but we wanted him to fit in and be a part of something and he was doing everything he could. We empathize with him. It was so good.  Because we knew at some point he's going to want to leave. He's going to want. He's going to realize they don't care about him. And this is fantastic, bro. But how did he get to such a level of popularity? Well, while he had always been over with hardcore fans, whether it be during his days on the Indies or as part of the NXT roster, his time on the main roster was a different situation, at least initially. Not because he wasn't just as good there as he had been elsewhere, of course. No, Sami was great wherever he was. But once on Raw and SmackDown, it felt very much like his booking wasn't doing him any favors. Nope, it wasn't. That said, once Triple H took over as head of creative in 2022 and started allowing Zayn to interact with Roman Reigns on screen, something magic was created and things reached the next level. Yes, this was the era of Sami Uso, the Quebec native's eternally lovable attempts to become a fully fledged member of the Bloodline. And so good was causing Roman and everybody in these segments to break. That's how good he was, bro. That Oossi Chan. It's not very Oossi of you. He's not being very Oossi, right? Legendary segment, bro. But would he be in this role? It lifted the company itself to levels of popularity it hadn't seen in decades with his eventual turn on the Chief in January 28th, 2023's Royal Rumble. Being one of the most heated moments in recent memory. So good. In fact, arguably the only moment which felt bigger than that came one month later when in front of a rabid Montreal audience, the French-Canadian returned home to challenge Roman Reigns for the undisputed WWE Universal title. And sure, the fact that he lost this one did put somewhat of a damper on the night before it was over. That didn't change the fact that for a period in late 2022 and early 2023, Sami Zayn was the most over-person in the entire wrestling industry. Yeah, he was the top baby face in all of wrestling. At one point, Sami Zayn was the top baby face in a heel faction. And once he left, he became even more of a top baby face. There were people really campaigning to see this guy dethrone Roman Reigns. Dead Ash over Cody. Dead Ash. People wanted it. I wouldn't have even tripped. I knew it wasn't going to be him. I knew that the match they were going to set up obviously was going to be Cody and Roman. But people wanted it that much, bro. That's heat. And he's still at the top of the card and one of the top baby faces in WWE. By a country mile. Yes, it was a sign that WWE could still make stars like they had back in the old days. But then it wasn't like they never made stars during the latter days of Vince McMahon to be fair, because just a few years prior to this, Becky Lynch successfully turned herself into the modern day megastar with her meteoric rise in popularity with fans. That's right, while 2022 heading into 2023 may have been the time of Sami Zayn, 2018 heading into 2019 was most certainly the time of the man. And that's because despite always being popular with fans, her levels of overness reached another level entirely when at the former year's Summer Slam after weeks and months of slowly building herself up towards a number one contendership spot for the SmackDown women's title, she was seemingly thrown aside so that Charlotte Flair could win the belt instead. Yup. Needless to say, this caused Becky to snap and turn on her fellow horsewoman, a woman that was initially supposed to see her become a heel. Yes. And so fans were having none of this as they quickly- It didn't work. Once she showed that aggressiveness, I was like, yes. And they tried to turn heel, fans didn't care. Nope, we like this version of Becky. You don't have to always turn someone heel, give them some aggressiveness, give them some frustration. We can buy into that. And it worked so good. Saw her for the wronged hero she truly was. But to WWE's credit, they did quickly recognize this- Yeah, they did. And changed course with the Irish woman accordingly so that instead of being portrayed as a heel now, she was being portrayed as an anti-hero. And you all know what happened next after an errant punch from Walking Danger Zone, Nia Jackson to Ricochet into the Wrestle- And they caught her Walking Danger Zone. That was funny. She is kind of a Walking Danger Zone, for sure. Mania main event, Becky Lynch became the first woman to ever win in a women's version of such a bout. Hell, she wouldn't just win this one. She'd become the first person to pin Ronda Rousey and in the process would become the undisputed WWE women's champion. Clearly then, this is an accolade she'll always be able to hang her hat on. For sure. This is the fact that for a while at least, she was the bona fide face of the company. Yes, she was. And none of it would have happened had it not been for fans taking to her in such a big way back in the summer of 2018. But this period didn't just see Becky rise in prominence. No, WrestleMania 35 also saw another person get over in such a way that they hit a career high right in time for the showcase of the Immortals. So far. That said, the story of this one doesn't begin at Summerslam 2018. Rather, it began in early 2019 when Kofi Kingston found himself getting a last minute spot in the elimination chamber match for the WWE title. Why was he subbed in so late? Well, the original entrant, Mustafa Ali, got injured at the last minute and so a replacement was needed at the 11th hour. And luckily for WWE, Kofi Kingston was more than willing to pick up the ball at this point. Of course, he didn't just pick up the ball though. No, he ran with it all the way into the end zone as over the course of that bout, he put on such a star-making performance that fans began getting behind him to such a large degree. The phenomenon would soon be given the name Kofi Mania. Oh, this is so fun to see. And Kofi Mania didn't end what's elimination chamber was over either. As now, with a bigger wave of momentum behind him than ever, Kingston began setting his sights on challenging Daniel Bryan for the WWE title at WrestleMania just two months later. Sure, he and his new day stablemates would have to jump through some hoops in order to get to this goal, but with audiences going crazy for them every step of the way, they were motivated that much more. And as a result, once it came time for the granddaddy of them all on April 7th, Kofi would not only get his shot at the American dragon, but he beat him to win the gold.  I gotta give Vince credit here, even though I'm gonna have to take the credit towards the end, but he gave, they actually pulled the trigger here. They pulled the trigger. They called an audible and they was like, you know what, we're gonna go with this. And they actually went with it. Literally, everybody was behind Kofi. We wanted to see it and we got it. And it was such a beautiful moment. They actually pulled the trigger. So I'll give him credit for that.   He should have never lost it like that.  But I can't say we were least able to see him have that moment that he always deserved. It was a scene so emotional, so satisfying for longtime fans. It has to rank up there with the likes of Mick Foley, Eddie Guerrero, and even Daniel Bryan himself's big wins. After all, this was just as much fans getting their moment as it was Kofi getting his. And because it was such a shared experience, it felt all the more powerful as a result. Really, you could argue that as Sami Zayn never reached the mountaintop, nothing since has ever been able to match this one. Could someone get to that point again one day? Maybe. Hopefully it's Sami. Hopefully he can get to that point one day. And who knows, maybe it'll even be our next subject as he's already gotten himself over with fans in a major way. Yes, sir. Who are we talking about this time? Who else but L, A, Knight? Yeah. Sure, he may have already gotten a shot at Roman Reigns himself recently and come up short, but that doesn't mean everyone's favorite current cult WWE hit won't get another opportunity again before all is said and done. For sure. After all, in the space of just two years, he's gone from the bottom of the barrel as Max Dupree, the manager of the awesome, but going nowhere except the undercard maximum male models, all the way to the top of the card as L, A, Knight. Why has he gotten so popular so quickly? Maybe it's the nostalgic itchy scratches as he's pretty much what would happen if you mix the characters of Steve Austin and The Rock and place them in modern day WWE. That's literally what it is. And then there's no slight to him. Not even gonna slight him.  Stop it. Stop it, stop it, stop it. L, A, Knight is still himself, but he brings that old school nostalgia promo delivery that people love. And it's working. Simple as that. He gives that old school style, that nostalgia attitude era style that works. Cause if everyone can do it, everyone would do it. And let's not sit up here and act like wrestlers don't take from yesteryear, don't take from wrestlers from the past. It's a revolving door. Stop it. Or maybe it's the fact that he's been so undervalued for so long once audiences realized how good he was, they wanted to make up for lost time. Either way, the fact remains that as it stands as of the time of this video's recording, L, A, Knight is one of the top babyfaces in all of WWE. And when you consider the fact, this is a roster which includes Cody Rhodes, Sami Zayn, Main Event Jey Uso and CM Punk, that's saying a lot. And on top of this, he's become one of the top merchandise sellers in all of WWE, further proving his true star power and potential to be a real top guy in the company. Yes, L, A, Knight truly has everything it takes to be a main eventer in WWE and has earned it over his 20 plus year career. That's right, Knight looks poised to reach the next level any day now. With the current speculation being he'll be the one to end everyone's misery and take the United States title off of Logan Paul at WrestleMania 3. And after that, who knows. Maybe he'll get that second shot at the world title and win it this time. Anything's possible. Hell, if you need any evidence of this statement being true, just look at how quickly the fortunes of our next subject, Damien Mizdow, changed when he started getting over with fans in 2014. Is this true? And what makes this one even more impressive is it wasn't as if Damien Sandow had a reputation for being an overwhelming favorite of hardcore fans prior to that. Nope. No, well, he was recognized as being a good performer. He never had the level of support someone like Bryan Danielson or Sami Zayn did. But this would change in the summer of 2014. As at this point, he'd begin playing the role of the Miz's stunt double and in doing so, he'd become arguably the most entertaining part of all of WWE.  They just gave this guy, hey, you're gonna basically be a stunt double for the Miz. Obviously, they don't expect it to go anywhere than what it is. And he got so over because he made the best of a horrible gimmick. He made it. He became more popular than the guy that he was supposed to be a stunt double for. It's crazy. We for a while. Seriously, in the space of just a few months, Mizdow's comedic mimicking of every action Mike Mazzannon made got so popular with live audiences, it turned him into an absolute superstar in record time. So over did it get in fact, after a while, he was clearly overshadowing the man who was in kayfabe supposed to be his employer. Obviously then this upset the Miz and led to him taking every opportunity he could to put his opponent down over the months that followed with this only serving to get fans behind the underdog even more as they wanted to see him finally step out from under the former WWE Champion's shadow. And that all led to things climaxing on the pre-show of WrestleMania 31 as it was here that during the Andrei, the giant Memorial Battle Royal, the Massachusetts native did what everyone was hoping he would when he eliminated the Miz and in the process turned baby face at last. Would this lead to a big time run on top for Sandow? Not exactly, because soon after, he'd be right back where he started in the undercard. But that shouldn't take away from the fact that he got so over for a short period of time. And it's not like he's the only person who became a major hit with fans who never got to the levels he should have. After all, Rusev was also hugely beloved by fans during the late 2010s when he developed the gimmick of Rusev Day. What exactly was Rusev Day? Well, it was his way of getting himself over in 2017. Sure, he had been given a push right out of the gate back in 2014 when he won the United States title, but after that point, it felt very much like WWE had lost faith in the Bulgarian despite the fact he was still one of the best performers on the roster. So feeling the need to prove he still had plenty of value then, the man then known as Rusev began a gimmick where every day on the calendar was his day.  So it's no surprise that fans quickly got behind this one and started chanting Rusev Day en masse every time he was on screen then. Sadly though, for whatever reason, Vince McMahon just didn't see anything in this one. And on that particular occasion, no amount of fan revolt was going to change his decision to keep Rusev in the mid-card. So little did he see in him despite the fact audiences were massively into this new gimmick everywhere they went, he'd even be released from his contract in 2020 with him then moving over to all-elite wrestling. They dropped the ball. I don't know what Vince was thinking. He ex, I don't know. Don't know why. The sign is there, the money is there. But with it being rumored as the AEW contract is coming up in the next year or so, there's every possibility he'll return to WWE at that point as with Triple H now in control of the main roster of Destiny, something like Rusev Day would be far more well received backstage today. And Rusev isn't the only one who'd likely be better received for his creativity in getting over with fans in modern-day WWE as our next subject, Zack Ryder, would no doubt be treated similarly. After all, this is the man who turned himself into an absolute phenomenon in 2011. And the way he did that was to utilize the internet in a way no other wrestler before him had. Seriously, years before the Young Bucks were making waves with being the elite, the man currently known as Matt Cardona was beating them to the punch by starting his own YouTube series entitled Zee, True Long Island Story. Obviously then, this appealed to a younger demographic than WWE were used to appealing to at the time and led to a whole wave of fan interest for Ryder which hadn't been there before. Hell, so over did he get that during one promo segment with The Rock later that year, fans drowned out the great one with chance of We Want Ryder. Unfortunately for Long Island Ice Zee though, Vince McMahon wouldn't capitalize on this moment. Didn't. Rather, he'd outright bury the performer for daring to get over on his own.  It's a true shame because as it was never really taken to the level it could have gone to, some fans have since forgotten just how over Zack Ryder truly was back in 2011. But it's not like it's been all bad for him since because the fan-supporting game back then has remained strong enough that even in his post-WWE career he's been able to carve out a nice spot for himself as the King of the Indies, a man now more likely to be found having a chaotic death match with Nick Gage over in GCW than going three minutes with Baron Corbin on an episode of RAW. So good is he in this role currently in fact, if he ever does go back to WWE, he'd have to be placed in a bigger role at this point. As with the support of audiences willing him on, he's proven he can be far more than he ever was allowed to be in the major leagues during his first run there. And that just goes to show you the importance of fans taking to someone organically and getting them over then because if a performer can do this, they'll have a connection with them which will last for the rest of their careers and beyond. Keeping them strong and in work forevermore, no matter where else life takes them. Facts, bro, I don't know why Vince punished him for getting over, bro. He got over by himself and they punished him. Yeah, they gave him a mid-car championship, but then after that, they just started screwing him over. Once they put this thing in a neck brace, John Cena ended up taking his girl at the time and Kane pushed them off the stage so that way John could embrace the hate. He was just a side piece to a John Cena and Kane match, bro.  That was a great travesty, bro.  He has made a name for himself. And if he ever does come back to WWE, it'd be very interesting to see how Triple H would utilize him. I think they would utilize him a lot better than what Vince did when he was around. So comment down below. Let me know your favorite self-made wrestler of all time. They weren't listed in this video, or if they were listed in this video, let me know your favorite. But I appreciate all the love and support. Roll to 150K and I'm still young. Speedy YouTube wrestling champion. We appreciate you all kicking in with me. See y'all next one. Peace.


Live from Las Vegas, Nevada, it's theCUBE, covering EMC World 2015. Brought to you by EMC, Brocade, and VCE. Okay, welcome back everyone to theCUBE's special presentation of EMC World 2015. We're live in Las Vegas for day two of three days of wall-to-wall coverage. theCUBE, our flagship program. When we go out to the events, thanks for the signal and the noise. I'm John Furrier, my co-host, Dave Vellante, next guest is, you hit Rokosh, general manager, co-founder of Stream.io. Welcome to theCUBE. Great to be here, thank you. So, success is happening. It is. You saw this all coming. What's going on with you right now? I see great product, performance is there. What's, are you feeling like this was what you saw and what level of impact surprised you? Right. So, what's happening is we are taking the market by storm. I think we did hope for this to happen. We did expect success. In reality, it might be somewhat better than even expected, I would say, faster. The adoption has been amazingly fast, extremely successful. We have a ramp that's faster than anything seen before. And so, this is true rocket ship. So, EMC behind you, great sales, motion with the company, great technology, perfect market conditions for disruption and innovation. What surprised you in terms of the deployment of the solution and the product and its impact to not only EMC's portfolio, but to the customers. Right, so I think what we are seeing is the ability to create real transformation for customers. It's not only, you know, maybe two, three years ago if you were asking me, oh, so where is this going? Yeah, we are going to critical applications where speed is important. It's much more than that today. We are witnessing customers transforming their business by leveraging Extreme I.O. It's speed is absolutely an important element there. Our ability to scale speed with scale out architecture of Extreme I.O. But the range of services, efficiency, simplicity, copy management, we call all of this together agility. Allowing customers to do things faster, easier, much more efficiently than before. And we hear again and again the feedback from our customers that they feel their infrastructure is transforming and their business is transforming thanks to that. We call it the locomotive in the earlier segment, the locomotive of the disruption and innovation. Can you share what use cases that you're seeing out there right now that are driving more and more faster change? And specifically workloads, that's been the buzzword. Right. Workloads, all in the cloud, on-prem, dataset, hybrid cloud, workloads are the centerpiece of that. What workloads are perfect for Extreme I.O. And which workloads are you going into as a locomotive and creating great value? So I think the, I don't know if there is an ideal or ideal workload for Extreme I.O. But that's exactly the point. The perfect workload is consolidated, mixed workloads that all of them go on Extreme I.O. And join data reduction with deduplication and compression that makes an important case of the economic side and leveraging the performance density that we offer that's always there to allow larger pools of storage, self-service in terms of simplicity of allocating storage. You don't need to tune anything. You don't need to think about how and where do I place data? You have a mix of workloads, typically with a lot of copies on some of the data, a virtual machine collection that goes all on Extreme I.O. And a great tool for simplicity and speed.   You had not a lot of market presence, if any, prior to getting acquired. I don't know, how many people were you when you got acquired by? About 40. 40 people? Yeah, yeah.  You did. You come in. What was that like? I mean, you essentially didn't have a shipping product at the time. Right, right. Which is just amazing. And you got these guys coming in, kicking the tires. Who knows, they may be trying to steal your ideas, right? But you have to take the chance. What was it like back then? Take us through that now that it's sort of a couple years on. I think that the big decision for us to join forces with EMC had really the purpose of maximizing our chance to win and lead in the market. I think as entrepreneurs, the number one thing we want to do is win. And we knew we have the best technology. We knew we have a great architecture. And we knew that EMC is not only the number one player in storage, but also a great company in terms of going through acquisitions. And so I think we expected this to be successful and it proved itself. We got the support and backing from EMC, not only the financial means, but the support of the field organization and support organizations around it. And we got the freedom and independence to run quickly, leverage what we need, run independently where this is better, and deliver, and indeed we delivered. So you come into this company, they acquire you, and then all of a sudden you have all these resources. But a lot of times, if you apply too many resources to a problem, you mess it up, right? You think of a small agile development team. So how did that all work? You had the autonomy to continue to develop the product. At the same time, if you're going to ship a product to EMC customers, they're going to really make sure it's bulletproof. So you had a lot of work to do and it took a while. So how did that go? Take us through that sort of sequence. So yeah, absolutely. And this is the reason why it took a little bit more than a year between the time of acquisition and when we went to the market and then even a few more months before we defined this to be generally available. Which is still pretty fast actually. It's pretty fast, but very uncommon in terms of the phase of being acquired, right? Pre-products. Right. And I think we continued and still continue to work aggressively the type of work you would expect from a startup, but leveraging the resources and the support organizations of the big EMC in a very productive way. And so this period of time was continuing the startup mode of operation with more resources, doing more and setting the bar very high on reliability and future ability, serviceability, training of the EMC field teams and so on. Was that a culture shift for you? You obviously know what it takes to hit that bar. So was it, okay, this is the bar we have to hit, what do you need to hit it? And then what resources are required and then go? Was it that simple or was it, were there structural discussions of, okay, do you need us to fly over some of our engineers? Did that happen? How did that? No, no, I think no big company coming over. No Americans parachuting in. No, no, no, not really. Tell us what you need. That's good. Much more of tell us what you need. We trust you to take the right decisions, leverage what you can. And I can't say enough good things about the EMC culture, which initially, before we learned to know it intimately, is a little bit of a concern. This big company, startup company, clash, potential clash, proved extremely productive. EMC proved to be very open to new technologies, very open to disrupt itself when it makes sense. And I think this is what we see happening today. We are disrupting the market and EMC is not afraid of disrupting itself. So in that 12 to 14 month period, it couldn't have been all pretty. It must have been so tough. How did you handle those? Maybe, you know. It's almost all pretty, not easy, but pretty, yes. So many challenges, tons of work on the engineering side, on the market, go to market side, manufacturing services side, a lot of work, nothing is easy when you have a very high bar in terms of goals and expectations and quality. But I have to say, very cooperative, great teams on the EMC side working very closely with the extreme. But there was, it had to be hard because competition was making a lot of noise, the market was taken off. There must have been, Salesforce must have been chopping at the bit to get the product out. Come on, let's chip it, let's chip it, let's chip it. I think that's when you came up with this notion of, maybe not, directed availability was maybe before, but anyway, that must have been hard, not. Pressure, yes, absolutely. So what did that do? We didn't go, we weren't first to the market, right? We weren't last there, but we definitely weren't first. So you see the market starting to emerge and hey, we need this to GA, we need this to GA. But we are used to work under pressure. Maybe it even brings the best of us, I don't know. And it worked. And the power of the product, the architecture, what it can do, combined with the EMC field presence, got us to become number one player in 2014, verified just a few days ago by Gartner's numbers in our first year of GA. So it worked. What's next, product-wise? What's the next innovation? Because obviously you have success. Right. It's the wedge, first high performance, it's landing, expanding other areas. Right, right, right. Impacting architectures, other use cases, kind of the meat and potatoes. You mentioned you do have some backup and recovery. What's the next in the roadmap? So just this week, we made a big announcement. Xtreme iO 4.0 has tons of new features, capabilities, big ones around replication and online scaling in larger capacities and more capabilities. And a very long list of smaller features that are extremely important and together create an offering that has zero excuse in terms of why not deploy an all-flesh array. We have presented a set of capabilities that is really designed to allow an easy decision to go to the all-flesh agile data center. You had a lot of data passing through Xtreme iO, phone-back data, et cetera. What's surprised you, what's surprising you from the rapid success and all the data you're gathering? Any learnings? Absolutely, so there is a lot of data we collect from the field, real time, all the time, from our systems that are all calling home, of course. We analyze it, we draw a lot of conclusions on how customers are using the systems. We can obviously do proactive maintenance in case anything is needed. I think, I wouldn't say surprising, but encouraging and fun thing to witness through these systems is you look at, you see how much data goes on the Xtreme iO systems, how much performance these systems deliver each and every day, every second. And various aspects of the data we collect demonstrate the range of workloads and different ways customers are using Xtreme iO. Do you think that, I got to ask this question, we ask it all the time. Do you think that the upstarts in this business can achieve escape velocity, given that the EMC, HP, IBM have sort of made their bets, acquired companies seem to have viable strategies. You know, in the earlier virtualization days you had a three-par, an Isilon, a Compellent, a data domain, they achieved escape velocity. Maybe they got lucky with the economy, I don't know. But do you think the flash guys, a lot of them, will be able to achieve escape velocity? Right, so by now I think most will not be able to do so. Can there be an exception? Possibly, yes. You need a lot of investment and you need very strong differentiation if you are trying to compete with the big guys. And as you mentioned, EMC for one has very strong presence and a very strong offering. Other large players have some offerings as well. It's becoming more and more difficult. So most of these players, I think, will find it difficult. So EMC's the leader in storage. But at the same time, two-thirds of the customers don't buy from EMC. Do you expect that you can achieve a higher proportion of market with all flash than EMC has been able to with all of its storage? That's absolutely our goal. So I think we have reached more or less the EMC share in our first year. And we are looking to run faster and get further in 2015. And finish 15 with a market share in the all-flash market that's bigger than EMC's market share in the general storage. And it seems like, you talked before, you weren't the first to market, you weren't the last, but you've now seemed to leapfrog the market in many ways and you've got more momentum. What gives you confidence that you can sustain that lead? The best thing that gives me confidence is the feedback we get from our customers. Their repeat business, the amount of repeat business we are seeing and the momentum. That's at the end of the day, that's the proof of the pudding is in the eating. What I know also is what we have on the roadmap, what kind of innovations are coming, how much EMC is backing us, not afraid of disruption as I mentioned earlier, the combination of product, innovations, feedback from customers, repeat business and the EMC weight in the field on Xtreme I.O. This gives us the confidence that we are escaping and running ahead of competition. We appreciate your time on theCUBE. Congratulations on all your success. Thank you very much. Xtreme I.O. is continuing to dominate repeat customers, land and expand, more sales and again fastest growing product, congratulations. Thank you very much. Thank you. We have more coverage coming right back to this short break, stay tuned, we'll be right back.


Hello, hello everybody So as I remember when I was a small kid, I started to use blender. It's where I discovered 3d actually and now it's crazy for me to be here in Amsterdam presenting a talk for Ubisoft with Blender So yes, the title of my talk is like Blender at the Ubisoft strategy innovation lab. So I'm pretty sure some of you know what Ubisoft is We are one of the biggest company a game company in the world We are working on licenses such as Assassin's Creed, Tom Clancy, etc And I am working in a department called the Ubisoft strategy innovation lab And I'm going to explain a little bit what we are doing and what's our role inside Ubisoft and Here is the the three points I'm going to to to see that we are going to see in this presentation So the first one is like I'm going to present the the strat lab the strategic innovation lab Then we are going to see some use cases of Blender in the prototypes that we do I'm actually going to show you two of the prototypes that we have done and then we are going to see a Little bit the story of Blender at Ubisoft how it started and how we ended up funding Blender in the Blender fan so the mission the mission of the strategic innovation lab is to Anticipate the future. So we are a team. We are now 25 people and we are exploring different texts different business models social changes and We have a team of a researcher that are doing prospective research So we have four main activities the first one being so prospective research we are dealing with subjects such as blockchain such as 5g such as AI and Those teams are doing presentation and are trying to to communicate to to the other people at Ubisoft Around those subjects then we have open innovation. The idea is that we are We are dealing with different companies to to co-create to co innovate together and for instance We have a program at station F station that is actually one of the biggest incubator startup incubator of the world and We have a we are teaming up with different startups in order to to see what they are doing It's it's basically a win-win situation because we learn and we share and they share with us ideas and and things and then we have a Communication team and this communication communication team is in charge of sharing what we are doing at the lab internally but also externally and the idea is that they are also sometimes create big events and And we are going to see one event at the end of the presentation It's the Ubisoft blender jam that we organized like two weeks ago And I'm going to show you some pictures of it and finally the team. I'm working in the prototyping team We are called the makers and we are there for making prototypes and to Making things more tangible. So we are showing internally and sometimes external externally like here prototypes in order to convince in the More concrete way the things that we are exploring at the lab So here is the the team part of the team. So we have caroline junter. She is actually directing the lab. She is the chief strategic innovation officer at Ubisoft and On the right side, you have the makers team. So we have Natalie back. She is the producer of the maker And she's also a project director We have an old inch. She is a UX strategist When we are prototyping we always start with a UX question We are like trying to find what are the needs of our users and that's where everything starts in our process Then we have Robert. He is a senior R&D Programmer we have mark. He is a senior programmer. We have Jana. She is a R&D Programmer programming assistants. We have François junior game for programmer and then we have Nikola our game designer and finally myself I'm Pierre Armand. I'm a technical artist and a developer. I'm doing 2d sketching I'm doing 3d assets and but I'm mainly programming in fact because we are a small team and we need to To create prototype fast and we need to to code a lot. So So now what I propose to you is to see Blender use cases in two or four prototypes and the first one is a prototype that we've made by on the blockchain by Creating a wall on the blockchain. So the idea of this prototype is I'm going to show you a small teaser and I'm going to talk on over it and the idea is that as a player you can pick an island that corresponds to a number and this number is what we call the seed and it represents a Specific island that will be generated procedurally and then after this you This island is stamped on the blockchain. So it is actually the own property of the player and Except from them from the terrain in terms of art Because the terrain is generated procedurally except from the terrain the all the props and the character were made in blender So as you can see as a player you can hide treasures you can collect different seeds and the seeds gives you access to The possibility of creating a new island you need to to put a seed in order to generate a new one and As you can see as you will see you can also plant a flag that Represents the fact that you are the pioneer of this island you first discovered it and then you can also Create challenges for the other players. So when they they are visiting your island They will have to reproduce different paths and figures in the in the air So so this is a challenge for instance. So this prototype was made in about five months and it's we were really a really small team back in the in that time and Yes, so we usually in the team. We are we have different We have different we need to do to do different things. So we are a very multitask team in fact So before diving into blender I'm going to show you early sketches that I've done while brainstorming with the team So I'm mainly doing sketches in Krita and the lower open source software and at the beginning I was like trying to find what is going to be the character of this prototype and I knew I wanted to go in a more locally style because With procedural generation content and with the time that we had We it was something that could make us save more time because no texturing no UV unwrap and everything could Read well in terms of shapes So I tried to design different style of characters But at the beginning of the of the prototyping session We needed to go fast and to test the controls of the characters So I quickly went into blender doing this early early version of a character with simple animations in order to Go in unity the engine that we are actually used for prototyping in order to test the three C's so the controls I also did some tests with props as you can see exploring a more locally style And then I also used cycles for creating like Small scene in order to see how it could look like and again This was done really quickly because of course the main goal is to show To focus to toward what we want to to to present in the prototypes in terms of mechanics and in terms of of design and Finally I did this character called gas bar. We don't know if it's a rabbit or forks it's in between and It was a so the final character that was used in the prototype and I've done some animations and I have a very iterative process I always have unity and blender and Pita opened and I'm always going back and forth like The cool thing is that I don't know if you know, but you can drag and drop a blend file in unity And it actually reads so that's a pretty cool workflow for a small team. So Yes, this was done pretty quickly and one thing that I absolutely love and blender is vertex painting In games we use vertex painting a lot and the tools are so simple to use in blender And it it was a huge time saver for me because we are in the in this local style And we wanted to have like the props that were placed dynamically on the terrain that was generated and we wanted to have different types of Colors for the different parts of the model. So in blender If you select faces and you press shift K in vertex color It will feel the faces that you selected and as you can see on the right picture I've created a gradient of different red tints and those tints correspond to different materials that will be picked in a lookup texture in the in the shader and The the x-axis of the of the texture represents the height of the props So if the props is on top of a montane, it will like pick a lighter color And if it's in more toward the ground it will pick a more like darker color and Another cool thing in blender is the decimation modifier Usually in bigger games We do LODs by hand because we want to control a bit more the shapes But in this context because it was a locally a locally style I Just put a decimation modifier on top of the every props and everything was working pretty fine in terms of like Seeing trees from far away and the shapes could read and the vertex color was was kept So it was a really huge time-saver for me and it actually worked well in the workflow So now I want to show you another project It's called project Eucos and in this case this prototype was a Necosystemic prototype where we wanted to show to the to our player how Necosystem works in terms of interaction between different species. So it's a split-screen co-op game where I'm going to show you a demo where you you can possess a character And so you can select a bird you can select a fish you can select a warm and you can select a leave I Also, I had the opportunity to record this music for the prototype during the play time and As you can see so it's a it's a split-screen screen game where you need to balance the ecosystem. So you need to be You meet you need to to to speak a lot with your with your your friend in order to understand the different Goals of the character to see to understand their needs to understand how they interact With the the different systems that are in the game So you are playing as one character, but you have also a eyes and we're going to see Some technical details about how an AI is navigates especially the worms But you have a eyes that are working alone and that are living their life in the ecosystem And when you possess a character, you just switch this character from an AI to a player You you're becoming a player controller basically and at any time you can switch and Yes, the poem can go can go very green in terms of the water color can be dirty and you need to To to basically save the ecosystem in the time that you have So same process when we start we brainstorm a lot We and we have a lot of ideas and at the beginning I'm doing to these sketches while brainstorming in order to like try to find a visual identity of the game But as you can see at the beginning it didn't end up in the same style of what you saw in the trailer so Exploring different things on Krita. I also explored to the animation if Back in the time Gris pencil was not what it is today So today I probably will animate in the Gris pencil rather than Krita But I've done some quick animation for testing like more humoristic stuff Like for me like a rock with eyes is like so cute. So I tried and tried to do this and I've also tested how a Style like this could look in in 3d So I think those those gifts where we were Shot in the a very early version of blender like alpha version of blender 2.8 and I tried to hand-paid a lot The textures, but again it ended up to be a lot of time while Tutu to to spend and I still need to code so it's a it's a bit of time wasted and we decided at the end to go with a more Cartooning style, but before I also did a very small test of what could look what could the slice of a wall look like and Playing with different scales and things like this So and finally those other characters that We decided to create so those are the sketches with big eyes And this was the first render that I've done in cycles Using the the noising I think back in the time. No, maybe not But it was like just to see how those creators could look like in terms of like cartoon style and as you can see in in engine so the three characters the the four characters story of big eyes and the eyes were like a way to communicate their emotions and So for instance you can see the warms really angry right now and we played with this in the game And in the middle you can see that that's the first gym of the characters So Jim is like a way to test the controls of the character and to see how the camera will be positioned And this was the first gym that we created and For the eyes the I tested two methods the first one was using bones that were like Rotated for each loop of the the eyelids and finally at the end it was to It was costing too much in terms of performances So I went using two shape keys one for closing the eye and one for correcting the shape of the eye in the middle because shape keys are linear and it ended up really To be really really cool for us because I could join both eyes In the mesh and the shape key the shape keys will still be there So I had a file with one eye and I just had to merge them into the characters and in the engine We only had one mesh for with the both eyelid closing and opening so that that was a huge performance save for us and finally the not finally, but actually one thing that was Important for us was the fact that the warm could navigate on every surfaces of the wall of the terrain So what I've done is I've experimented a lot With generating nav mesh in the engine, but it was like too much Too much time to spend so I went into blender using Boolean modifier I just combined the big rocks together and it ended up to being the nav mesh so the surface where the the creature could walk on and Final thing creating a skybox in blender was a really cool experience In fact, you just have to take a camera with a 90 degree field of view and you you shoot in the different directions of the sort of top bottom, etc And then you just render this and you have a cube map And so I've done this with cycles because I really like the bouncing light below the clouds and There are some other stuff that we explored, but I don't have time to show you everything But I explored things with curves in blender and yes So finally, I wanted to show you things that we've done in order to to promote blender at Ubisoft So in fact, I had the really I had the honor to to to have trust from my managers in order to Go in front of the top management of Ubisoft and to to show them what was blender and what was open source in the context of blender and I had a really good response and a Few months later they agreed on like funding blender. So for me that was like Amazing and I was like so But but this is like a work of a lot of people so behind the scenes we created an internal community We are a lot of people at Ubisoft For for personal projects like using blender and we started to discuss a lot sharing star sharing add-ons sharing Technics so at the beginning we were a few like we were maybe five at the just beginning But after we changed the tools that we use internally to chat and then it grew up really fast And now we are more than 350 people chatting about blender at Ubisoft. So it's pretty cool And I had the opportunity to do many presentations workshops organized training inside At Ubisoft like showing simple stuff that are so easy to do in blender And that are a huge time saver for modeling for animation reading and stuff like this we have a Book at the strategic innovation lab that we do internally and that we share with all the studios and I had a chance to write an article about blender in it and We also did internals video for just more You know more top-down videos where we explain without going into technical details What blender is and I also teamed up with the Ubisoft animation studios They are probably in the room somewhere here and We we we did a lot of exchange about like they did a lot of work about how a pipeline could work And they finally decided to use blender in their production So and they are also thinking to like push codes back to the community. So that's something really cool for for for me and we And Finally we organize the jam so I'm going to show you that but just before I want to show you really quickly a Small demo a tech demo that I've done. I remember I was walking to the office and in my head I was like, oh, I need to show what EVE is and at the beginning it was like I think it was an alpha version that this test and I started to try to create a bust In a more realistic way. It was crashing a lot But it was also a video for me that they could push internally and say, oh, look This is cool. You can groom in real-time hair You can like create procedural brush to like add scars blood scars in the in the head You can sculpt you can retopologize you can basically Stay in blender doing like things like that. Of course, it's not perfect But for me it was also a way to to say you can do this kind of stuff in a very short amount of time so This video was shared internally and so yes, I said it but we joined the corporate gold membership of blender and We also had the chance to have a training with see run and your room Yeah Thanks to Ubisoft animation studio They invited me to to be part of this training and we actually Were in the lab so you can see the face of different people. I'm working with here from the animation studio and The blender jam was the event that we organized so Robert the senior Programmer that I'm working with told me one day Well, it could be nice if we invite some students from the best animation school and game game school from Paris or from France to Team up with Ubisoft people so they can so the student can teach blender stuff at the To the Ubisoft people that don't know blender and the Ubisoft people could teach them. What is like the real work? What what what is actual real production ease and so they can exchange it? It ended up being like us so amazing for us and here are some photos of the of the jam it was at the strategy innovation lab and Was such a great moment. We also had the chance to have Pablo in the jury in the jury So it was like such a great moment meeting those amazing people and Here is the the communication team that organized the event. It was such a great work and it was over a weekend and I have a really short video that sums up It's in French. Sorry, but that sums up like the event in terms of What we've what we've done So you are visiting our office at the strategy innovation lab I did a master class at some point showing stuff like bendy bones lattices and the idea was that the students and the mentors The idea was to create projects around different teams. So we had themes like stylized we had things like from micro to micro and The idea was to combine this with Ubisoft licenses and it was a video that was shown before the jury and Finally Here is the final picture with the jury the students and the Ubisoft people It was such an honor to have this great jury in fact We had the chance to have as the president of the jury the chief creative officer of Ubisoft and This was like such an honor and we had like so many cool people in the team and in the middle We have we have Pablo so I was like a little kid, you know, like wow, that's so cool So I would like to thank Like so many people I cannot say the names because it will Take an hour, but like At Ubisoft there are so many people that are involved in the learning blender like trying to see how we can like Put this tool as another tool for our artists to use in production. So it's in fact It's just the beginning for us. So we are working on it and I would like to thanks all the Blender community Tone for creating Blender. It's such a great tool and all the people that worked at the Blender Foundation It was like amazing to meet you this week this this Blender conference. So thanks a lot


We just rush him down. Oh, I don't think so. Punish this man! How's it going, everybody? Datodoi here, and around 20 days ago, I got a comment asking me to play a team of Nappa, base, Vegeta, and Frieza. And at the time, I really didn't think too much of it because, well, a lot of those characters are characters I'm not really too good with.  Neither of these assists do that. But, after 20 days of getting the same comment repeatedly, I realized this is probably a team that this guy really wants to see. So, I figure why not? Why not go into ranks with these boys? Oh. Jokes aside, though, we are going to be playing this team online today, and hopefully it goes well, even though I might not know too much about Frieza. Alright, you know the drill, boys. The goal is to win at least one match. It actually looks like, if he gets demoted, we might get out on a clause, because apparently, when you get demoted now, you get kicked out of the ranked match. Which is disrespectful, to say the least. I think I've said that before in a ranked match, but crazy. Crazy how Arxist did that. Oh, you lost? Yeah, I'm trying to get some revenge. About that. How about you go hit the bench, bro? What? Oh, and I got the wrong Nappa color. Come on, we need one win. That's all I need to be proud. Going in. Decent starter. Now, this is where it gets confusing. I messed it up. No, Cyberman! Cheap Nappa strats. Oh, I dropped it. Clot this boy. He's getting anxious. He's never seen a Nappa. Maybe we can just beat him on brute Nappa strength alone. Let's try getting this Vigito. Oh, reflect that. Oh, it's over, dude. I can feel it in my Nappa player veins. I was trying to freestyle. Maybe this team has something to it. He's just opened up for... He's just, he can't handle it. He can't handle Nappa. I dropped that so bad, but... Turned into a little American reset. I'm an armor. Wow! Caught me on the second part of it. That was a pretty dumb decision, though. I was looking for a slide or something. What is he doing? Come on, Nappa. I tried that in training mode. It does work. I'm just not getting it out for some reason. I'm just trying to get another jab into Cyberman so I can get a little extra damage before the level 3. I hope this, I hope the person that suggested this is okay with it being a Nappa show. Clap this man! Oh, you know what? This ain't a Nappa show. This is a Frieza show. Alright, boys. How does Frieza get out of this one? Alright, like that. That was something any character could do, but it had to be Frieza. Alright, so that was clean. This is looking to be a speedrun session. If we get another win. We've been on a clause, dude. I wrote it down in the books. If a rank session wins by them getting kicked out, you get all the props. What is he doing? Cover me, Vegeta, cover me. Oh, he tried it. Damn, Nappa always gets the corner he wants. He just woke up with buttons. I can respect it. He challenged my meaty there. I was a little worried he was going to rip. Whoa, that worked. Huh. Oh, that was so sick. That was legitimately so sick. You really tried a button there. Oh, nice dragon rush. Didn't see it coming. Alright, I actually have some tricks at my sleeve with Vegeta. We can try to get... Oh, hard docked out. Come on, I was just talking about all the tricks I was going to use. You know what? It's fine. I can always wake up level three, like the best of them. Psych. That definitely wasn't me missing my input. Oh, I saw the Vegeta assist, but not the Goku. Easy out. Oh, Frieza. No, no, no, he doesn't have any bar. Wow, he sucked. No, how did I not block the second part of that? Saw that one coming a mile away. The mile away. Clap this, man. He loves that vanish. Yo, okay. We got a little synergy there with the destructor disc assist. Uh-oh. Yeah, okay. I thought he was going to throw some ki blast. I got... He put his shields up and really countered everything I was going for. Too fast. I thought I had the advantage there. Understandable, have a nice day. Okay. Uh, I think I want to go ahead and Vegeta. Yeah, I'm more comfortable in the corner with him for sure. That should be a knockout. Miss time, the Frieza assist. How many games of Frieza do I have on PS4? Neutral, neutral. I said neutral. Nope. Vegeta, watch out. I missed the flick. Wow, look at that 2M range. Oh, he could have easily killed without the vanish. He panicked. There we go. A little bit of pressure. We like keeping it on. I should throw out disc there, right? I feel like there's a Frieza player somewhere that just... He saw that and was like, throw the disc. Ah, I didn't tech it. I'll do that next time, if there is a next time. If we're lucky enough. Okay. No big deal, no big deal. I need these points. I need to get this speed run around. Don't ask me why I'm doing this. If there's this... I think I'm the worst assist in the game for me. Oh, no, we did not need that. In fact, this actually just screwed us. Okay, I'll take that. No, no, no, wait, wait. I'm not confident in my Frieza. Please, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's like poetry and motion, lads. The weakest link on your team is how good your team is. What's that old saying? Oh, no. All right, all right. Simple enough. We go Golden Frieza and show him our true power. We just rush him down. Oh, I don't think so. Anna. I'm sorry, but if you thought that was going to work against Lord Frieza, you won a whole nother level, bro.  That is crazy, man. All right, you know we couldn't end it off there. We have to get at least a couple more matches. Maybe two at most. You know what? Let's do a best of two, right? That sounds about right. We'll keep this video nice. Probably the best amount for a video, 20 minutes. Dude, I love this theme. This theme with Nappa's intro is powerful. That's a threatening intro. That's another dog, Gohan. Look at the range on this guy. When is Great Ape going to make it in the game, dude? That's some great Ape action with somebody. Clap this, man. Yup. Okay, block the lows. Simple as that. Oh, and I always keep my corner. I always keep my promises. I always keep my corner, and I always keep my secrets, baby. In that order. Those are the three things I do. Oh, nice neutral. I panicked. I thought it was going to drag and rush. I want it to be that guy. Why did I do that, you ask? There's a combo with Goku assist. I wanted to try out if you could do the Goku assist combo with the Vegeta disc. It doesn't look like you can, but that was only my first attempt. Who are you calling little?  Understain. Oh, that was sick. Yo, the guy that suggested this theme, he was right. I can feel it, dude. I can feel how right he was. He's getting me these points. I knew it, dude. I felt that he would not be blocking there. Oh, turn around, Nappa. Turn around. No, that's a big meaty hit. Oh, we're good. Oh, nice hit. Freeza, no. Please connect. All right, good. Level three. How do we read this with Nappa? Is there a way to read this with Nappa? Close enough, right? Am I right, boys? Or am I right? Nappa show. Welcome to the Nappa show, everybody. I'm sorry. I'll try to get more players in here too, but I just love Nappa. Low tier? I don't think so. I do think so. I put them on there on the tier list. There's just so many good characters in this game. Nappa doesn't deserve it. Could this be a double speed round? Technicality round? That was like the same starting thing for the last match. I tried clicking a button. I'm sorry, Freeza.  You are catching a lot of lost up. I'm sorry. I bet you guys, Freeza, every time I pull up, Freeza, I can feel Freeza players being like, no, what are you doing, bro? And I understand completely. I do not know what I'm doing with that character. I just want to get on the opposite side of the screen and just throw some discs, throw some keyblasts, have some fun. Oh, beautiful bait. That's going to cost me. It might cost me the whole round. Wait, he's trying something. Why would you do that? Really? That was my turn, too. Wait, I was on the opposite side of the screen. No, well, he vanished. Zoning in 2K19. What are we doing out here? Yo, Gohan, you are just rude for that. Oh, we got one reflect, but he just came back. Came back stronger than ever. We're just getting bled out. We have a lot of... We have all of our guys, but... Okay, that's a good start. Going in! Got him with the Cyberman. Good job, Cyberman. That was great stuff. All right, that might be the momentum we need. Oh, no, it's not immune to Keyblast. He can't kill him unless he sparks, though. He made me block that. That was kind of crazy. I'll give it up. Not for long, though. We need two hits to take the lead back. All right, we have to get rid of the beam assist. I have to reconsider my current options. Nice. Bet you didn't see me coming back at it again. I should have just 30 fireworks. Stay in that corner. No, down heavy doesn't catch that. No, he doesn't capitalize. Wow, it's just getting real tough in here. Nice damage, Vegeta. Maybe sparking was the correct option. Beam just beats me out plain. I think we're going to end up keeping level 3 sparking as much as I don't want to. Oh, wait, wait. No, this is a good place to use it. There we go. That's it. What am I doing? What am I doing? Okay. I feel good. I feel fine. I would have liked a little more blue health off Super Saiyan Goku, but the Frieza panic. I'm going to keep abusing this when I have it. No, it ran out. I'm just going to have to do it. Frieza power. Oh, he's right up close, dude. All right, we can't do that anymore because Vanish. Back dash.  Frieza. No, Vanish. I try to catch it. I try to. All right, we're in a decent spot. He can win if he gets another bar and gets one hit. Oh, no, we died. Wow, you hate to see it. Unless he... Oh, no, I played it so rough. I wanted to end it so quick. All right, 1-1. We won't get the super technicality. Intense, dude. I feel like Frieza was working hard on defense there. I just couldn't get the job done. I lost Nappa too early. Dang it, Nappa. Wow, why am I blocking this early in the game? That's never a good sign. Why am I blocking? Yo, why am I blocking the 3AM, the club? Okay, that's typical Gohan stuff. Two beam assist, I just realized. I was thinking, man, I got to give her to some of these beam assist. It's impossible at this stage. I just got to work through whoever I can. Okay, I don't mind that, though.  Stay in that corner.  No, nothing was supposed to get him between me and Gohan. No, I was so close. Damn, why is this so much damage? Just stay off of me, dude. He's a bad man. Oh, one of these down heavies has to connect eventually. That's it. That's a Gohan. Come here, Gohan. I need that right now. Please connect. Please connect. Please connect. I don't know why I was so worried, but I need my boy NAP out front. All right, now he only has one beam assist at a time. If he punished Super Dash, this match would be a lot different. Oh, nice punish.  I'll stay up here. No, Vegeta. You missed by a mile. There we go. That's the kind of down heavy energy I need in 2019, baby. Oh, yes. That's the down heavy energy I like to see. I don't think I've been talking enough. So let's try to up the talking. Hey, guys, you mind if I go quiet for the rest of this ranked?  Oh, good punish. He really tried it just enough range on that. I was just trying anything to keep him in the corner, real or not. A lot of Super Dashing this match. But if you're not getting punished for it, Super Dash is a tool you want to abuse. Nice. Could this be the end? It definitely could be. It definitely is. Get out here. Freeze the show. What is worth? Oh, we take it, dude. Easy as that. Oh, good, good stuff. I kind of want to play another game, but also I kind of don't want to. I'll do it. Why not? Why not play one more? Why not? I'm always down for the fun. Oh, good start to this always gets him right in the corner. I've been clapping. I'm clapping all year long. I know there's some attentive viewers at home that was like, man, he's just clapping down there.  Because once they see you miss, the vanish odds go up 50%. At least that's how it is. If I see someone miss it down heavy, I'm vanishing. I always forget that Frieza loves to do. Frieza loves to keep that range. Why do I? I don't know why I don't block that. Part of me really wants to be on the run. Wow, we just lost a huge amount of momentum. That was interesting. That was an interesting way to do it, but I can respect it. Okay, you have a tiny lead. Not the best or anything. Considering in my view, Frieza's like a dead character. That was sick. That was also pretty good. Sometimes that Frieza range really be doing the most. Can we kill here? We absolutely can kill here. Frieza! That's totally worth it. If you got bar, spend it. Especially in situations like these. You know what we want to do. Unfortunate. That was not what we wanted to do. I was really worried about the overhead. Even though it's super slow. That's a sliding too. That's a good buff. Why do I always forward that? It's because I'm trying to block so rapidly. If he doesn't want to, why is he holding this? If I get one down medium, it's over. Because I can't hit. I can't get it down. Maybe saving it for a combo. Don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it. Alright, we still have an easy way out. Wow, I'm choking so hard. Okay, there it is. Jesus. That's why he wanted to hit me with the whole damn combo video. He was looking for that quarter.   Oh no, dude. I can't believe it.  Don't die, Frieza. Oh, the level three and everything, too. It's okay. Frieza technically has an option to get out of this. Although it's not going to be pretty, boys. Nothing's ever pretty with Frieza. Frieza, no. Oh, Frieza, yes. Frieza, no. God, that down heavy. I'm so not used to it. I should have been reflecting. I have to go another match because the law of three. It's okay. I'm fine with it. Oh, I don't know why I did that. I don't know why I did that third match. I was so confident, especially after the great start I had. Dragon rush. It's over. I'm cracked. I'm cracked. I've absolutely cracked like a shell. Wow, I think I might have accidentally jumped. This is so much meter.  We blocked it at least. Look at the slide range. Okay, that went pretty well. Oh, Frieza, why would you do? I'm looking for a tag. No tag. No tag. Okay, there it is. That's the tag I was looking for. Luckily, we were able to hit that. Let me get Gohan back. Let me go. Let's go. Napa. So sick. I love it. I feel like this video has gone on for so long. I've been here for years. Wow, that really cut me in half. I don't know why I didn't think about Super Dash there, but my heart was telling me to run up jab. We're dead. If he wants us dead. Yeah, he does. He wants Napa out of the picture. Can't say I blame him. Live, Napa. No, but he got his shoulder blade in the cinematic.  You want to see the power. Okay. I'd much rather fight Goku Black. Actually, this... No, I wouldn't. I said that without thinking. I'd much rather keep the snapback meta flowing. I don't know why I never just put on the pressure. Snapback meta, baby. Can I see some up close pose? He doesn't want to play. He hates this meta. Get back over there. Unfortunate. All right, Vegeta, you're literally my only hope. Frieza has failed me. My Frieza has failed me. No, I play so poorly against Fullscreen Beam. If I don't have one of my own. Take the beating. Got him in the corner. Where was the jab when I needed it most? That's fine. Can't kill. Not with the amount of bar we have now. Maybe if I threw on a sparking, it would have been enough. He just is a fiend for combos. I remember this situation well.  He didn't do it. Oh, drop it. Ah, yeah. Of course he hit it. All right. No, I can't even pretend to be confident, dude. We all know the truth. Does anybody know any good Frieza combos I could call? Because please help me. All right, we didn't need good Frieza combos. I just needed to remember what buttons were on my controller. That's going to be it. Thank you guys so much for watching. Hopefully the guy that suggested this is happy. Sorry it took so long, dude. But as you can see, I don't think you got a lot out of this. I will see you guys in the next one. Let me know if you have a favorite moment down below in the comments while you're down there. Make sure to hit the like button and subscribe to support the channel and keep content like this coming your way. Other than that, there's some videos up on your screen. Feel free to give any of those a watch. 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From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollar Johnny lieutenant Barry homicide got messages from you three inches thick Yeah, but trying to get hold of you all morning Can I come down there to headquarters come ahead and if you're a good boy, I'll introduce you to the man who did the killing What of course he denies it completely who wouldn't but will you hear his story? It's a while hold it your way ahead of me. You're saying you've got the killer there. That's what I'm saying Who is he nobody seems to make a little sense with your lieutenant look you coming down or not right now Night and every week day night Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. That's truly Johnny dollar from special investigator Johnny dollar location Los Angeles, California to National Underwriters Association Hartford, Connecticut assignment the long shot matter Los Angeles traffic being what it is There was plenty of time to think on the way to Barry's office, but think about what an unsigned warning that someone was going to collect On a hundred thousand dollar policy a frail defeated woman who wasn't going to have to worry about weakness anymore There was an awful lot to find out before this whole thing could begin to make sense. That was pretty obvious The man I was going to see was anything but obvious big and round. He was like a fat cubie doll with a gun You always had the feeling his round little eyes were dreaming past you seeing an island where there was no jail cells a lot Of cons had made that mistake found out too late that Barry was as sharp as any homicide cop alive Life is like that a Johnny yesterday your visit was social today. It's business Yeah, there's one dead woman can make a lot of difference sit down like I said, I'm way behind you How did it happen? Why sit down?  Wait a minute. Did the doctor know let me tell it my way, huh? Okay We found Mrs. Palmquist dead on the living room floor and the doctor is still holding this guy at rifle point 38 colt lay in a corner with nobody paying much attention to it ballistic says it's the murder weapon What's the doctor's story says he was out on a house call got home a couple of minutes before nine on the way to the front door He glanced through the living room window saw this prowler holding a gun on Mrs. Palmquist the doctor got into the house quietly and was sneaking up from behind when the prowler heard him and got rattled Prowler fired and killed the woman just as the doc brought a paperweight down on his head nice, huh? A little out of left field Funny I always thought prowlers and gunmen are two different things nothing says it can't happen and the evidence says it did What does that mean that this is one prowler who's sewn up tight because everything checks out the 38 is his his Printer on it lab found the lock he forced to get in what else you want a moving picture and I'll get mad don't get mad I'm just asking Now that house call the doctor was out on I'm a stranger in town But isn't that kind of a late hour to see a patient unless it's a real emergency not when they looked like this one Oh, I checked with her this morning. She could make me go to medical school right now even at this age Nice put it this way her first name ought to be Marilyn. Well, that's pretty clear. Who is she a Mrs. Laura?  Who is it Xcon drifter 57 years old got a record that goes way back What kind of record I was afraid you'd ask because that's the fly in the ointment It's a long sheet and it's very bunco con game badger bad checks pigeon drop all small stuff But not announce a violence anywhere a killings way out of pattern, isn't it? Yeah, this prowler. What does he claim? It's so wild. I'm embarrassed to repeat it. How's chances of my seeing him? Maybe he'll tell me Very took me upstairs to what they call the hotshot section a very exclusive floor this one because the cells hold only prisoners suspected of the big wrap murder You know something I never had a place like this But what an old fallacy comes bouncing back into my mind that bit about being able to tell a man's character by looking at him What does a murderer look like? Go ahead put yourself out on that limb, but don't drag me out there with you Because the man sitting quietly in cell 8a looked about as hard and dangerous as a victorian at a Macassar Lonnie Miller prowler and murder suspects Lonnie Miller gray haired tall and slim a man with good straight bearing even while he sat Yet with a delicacy about him, or maybe it was just the natural good manners of the born con man. I didn't know Yeah, when you want out Johnny. Yeah, I'm not going to change the story. I'll tell it again But it'll be the same is that what you want officer. I'm not the police Miller. My name is dollar I'm an insurance investigator. It's a little late for me to buy insurance isn't Millie You don't have to talk to me if you don't want to but you'd be helping yourself if you told me the truth They didn't believe me not one word. Why would you my jobs are different? My interest is in the insurance angle Did you kill Mrs. Palmquist? Nearly 60 mr. And I've done everything in the book almost everything. I never killed never I Can't make them see that yeah, I know told them a hundred times word-for-word step-by-step They just sit and look at me What do I have to do to make them believe I didn't do it from what I hear? They've got an awful lot of evidence that says you didn't You too, huh? Go away, mr. You may be a little different kind of cop, but you're talking like all the others are thinking like them Let me alone You haven't got much chance Miller if that's your only answer to evidence evidence. I know all about that stuff You can buy it and sell it Manufacturer make it stand up in two tricks the cops. Well, you're talking through your hat You've been the route. Do you know one case where the police ever manufactured evidence and I don't mean can't talk I mean one you actually know of What's the difference? Look, why don't you tell me about it? I think you could listen without sneering nobody else try me, huh? Now, how did you get into this I? Just finished doing time in San Diego Been hitchhiking my way up from there Four nights ago a truck let me off on the Pacific Coast Highway about 15 miles south of LA Few minutes later a man in a big cad gave me a lift nice enough fellow Little nosy about where I was from where I was going things like that, but nice. Yeah, go on After about five minutes he decided we needed coffee. So we stopped at a little tacos joint ten minutes later We were back on the road After about two miles. He said it felt like we had a flat so he stopped it was a flat alright left rear so Well, he had given me the lift the least I could do was to change his tire. So I did it He was real friendly the rest of the way told me to stick around town and he'd see I got a job Gave me a 20 told me where to get a room set to wait for him to phone He said his name was Carter. You do what he said Last night he called me said to be at his house at nine sharp to meet a man who had a job for me an address in the palisades or go on The house was dark when I got there. So I rang the bell Someone opened the door. I took one step inside and got hit on the head Next thing I know I'm coming to on the living room floor As a dead woman a few feet away and my friend Carter's Holding a rifle at my head threatening to blow it off if I move Only when the cops got there they didn't call him Carter, but dr. Palmquist Palmquist Melody realize what you're saying. I know and every word of it's the truth I'll tell me this mister. How do I get anyone to believe it? Miller sat there quietly looking first at his burning cigarette than it be It was as though he didn't expect either one of us to believe him. I was glad to get out of there Well, I'll say this much for Miller Johnny. He's got that story down pat He didn't tell you one word that he hasn't been telling us Lieutenant there's dr. Palmquist know what Miller claims we haven't discussed it didn't I tell you the doctor's Resting at Blair hospital for a day or so shock of his wife's death. He intend to tell him look I know you're a fellow who automatically roots for the underdog, but face it boy What have I got an ex con with a wild story against a respected citizen with a perfect alibi? I'd look on a silly questioning palmquist at the moment at the moment Does that mean you've got doubts about palmquist? I doubt everybody till the last page boy That's how I got to be a lieutenant That's where we left it. I had a long thoughtful lunch which included two very dry martinis aimed at helping solve a new problem To which how best to arrange a few words with a hospitalized dr. Palmquist at such a delicate time In the end. I did the only thing I could walked into room 913 at Blair Hospital and introduced myself Dr. Palmquist didn't seem at all surprised by the visit. He seemed annoyed if anything, but the annoyance was with himself I'm not a very good advertisement for my own profession at the moment. Am I mr. Dollar? I I'm sorry to intrude doctor I probably could have picked a better time for a visit you've been doing your best What which do you prefer mr. Dollar my office or my home? Would you like the names of a few friends? Perhaps they can tell you whatever it is You're trying to find out about me. It's my job doctor and just what is your job mr. Dollar insurance Investigating for the company that holds the policy on Mrs. Palmquist and yourself. I see Then you can stop running around now, can't you you can simply go to the police and they'll tell you anything you want to know Doctor may I know I don't usually prescribe without a thorough examination Bob please do very well I don't think California is your cup of tea. I suggest another climate entirely The visit was over Palmquist laid back against the pillows no longer interested and I turned to leave Just as I was reaching for the door it opened and one of the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen started into the room I think you have the wrong room madam for a moment. She just stood there startled then without a word She turned and hurried out But not before I'd gotten a good look at the large block initials on the purse. She carried LC The two letters plus the way she looked made Laura Considine a pretty good bet nice twist, huh? The doctor is ill and the patient comes to call You can't trust anybody these days. Can you? Here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's intriguing episode of this week's story tomorrow Oh, beauty may be skin deep, but fear goes a lot further down than that Sometimes as far as death Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar truly Johnny dollar starring Bob Bailey is transcribed in Hollywood Written by Tony Barrett. It is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone Be sure to join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking


So here's the thing. I've been wanting to do this for a long time, but never really knew when to do it But now I'm thinking This is the perfect time to do it So I'm actually delivering these packages today for customers that bought my art Gotta keep my tush nice and warm. Ready to ship these out. So this is what I do like every two three times a week USPS they've been really good to me. Thank you guys So here's kind of the the point of this video, right? This is to document everything and anything, right? Which brings me to the idea of to be doing daily vlogging for as long as I can like Johnny What's what's the reason why why would you make videos every day? Like what's the use? Well, I'm glad you asked There's there's really only one purpose to a daily vlog. I won't be flying the drone because It's there's no battery in the midst of quarantine, which was from pretty much March to like I Don't know May or early June even now some people still are quarantine Let's say from May until now, right? I've had the chance to start a small business Which is spin art if you don't know what spin art is and what I do go check out my previous videos up here We're on tick tock those months many changes have come in our family in my life It's been kind of crazy. So We're actually moving if you guys didn't know if you don't follow me on Instagram or tick tock. We're moving We're moving out of state. I got other things coming as well But now I figured yo, I should incorporate you guys incorporate the camera incorporate YouTube into my daily life So welcome to Johnny Q the first vlog of many blogs. This is the Johnny Q daily vlog See they never say this and they're youtubers you see cool transitions like you just did in this video But as soon as I walk away, I got to come back grab the camera and get another spot and talk to you guys again So that's that's cool, right? That's YouTube stuff. That's vlogger stuff. All right Thank you. Thanks for watching the Johnny Q daily vlog


Let's do some top secret. Yeah. So we got two top secret videos. We're just going to play them back to back and then we'll see you on the other side. Okay. Hi, Lady. What is this? Hey, I am putting together a Metro M7. This is the IMX RT-1011. This is a pretty cool 500 megahertz processor, but it's QFP. So it's easy to solder. And it has an ESP32 Wi-Fi air lift. It's Metro shaped. I think we got a STEMI QT connector over here. So you can plug in an OLED. And I've got it running Circuit Python right now. So what it's doing is it's going online to CoinDesk and getting the latest Bitcoin price. So just using our existing Wi-Fi code to do that. And then it's displaying it on the OLED every 30 seconds or so. And it's working great. This is a really fast chip. I'm really liking the RT series. So I'm going to do a little bit more testing and then I'm going to get this manufactured real soon. Lady, what is this? Hey, I'm beta testing my new Metro ESP32 S2 featuring the PSRAM capable ESP32 S2 module here. Got USB-C and power and on-off switch. STEMI QT connector. So you can connect all of your little sensors and OLEDs. Battery power, including battery charging. And it's Arduino Uno shield compatible. So I've got here this like TFT shield. It's also a prototype you can tell because it's red. And let me see if I can plug it in. Okay. And then when I reset it, it does an amazingly fast TFT test sketch. So I think the SPI must be running at like 60 or 80 megahertz because this is crazy fast. But it means that SPI works and it tested iSquared C. So it's ready to ship. All right. And do you have anything you want to show before I go? Well, I mean, I could show, you know, that I've got this... You've got the board. I've got this board. I'm going to try to even plug it in. I don't know if it'll work. See what happens. I might. But, you know, this has got the NXP... Oh, you know, I think I deleted a file from it. It's got a NXP IMX RT 1011. So this is running at 500 megahertz. It's got some QSPY flash. It's got a debug interface. I actually used it to load the code initially. ESP32 for Wi-Fi coprocessor because this chip obviously doesn't do Wi-Fi, but it's really fast. And then you just let this do all the Wi-Fi stuff for you in buffer sockets. Type C USB, DC jack.  Just very handy. And then, you know, I'm starting to put STEMI QT connector. So here, I put it down in this corner. On this board, I put it... You know, I couldn't really fit it down here because this is where I have the battery connector. This didn't make as much sense for me to have on battery because we don't have like low power code for this. Although, you know, if it becomes popular, I could redesign this to run off of a lipo battery. And then, yes, this one has a STEMI QT here and this one has a STEMI QT over there. So this actually works really well. I mean, we did some quick speed tests, and without doing a lot of memory optimizations with a tightly coupled RAM, it is still twice as fast as the SAM-D51. And it really has a very fast feel to it. Like, it's hard to explain, but like, using circuit path, I kind of know how long it takes for stuff to happen. I'm always, like, really impressed by this chip, how quickly it's going. So we'll get this fab soon. I have to sort of design how... If he's a new chip, I have to design the tester. This is what you want for IIT. You're going to be lots of string parsing, doing lots of JSON stuff. It's going to be good. Good stuff. We've been waiting for this. Okay, that's the top secret of the week. All right.