So, hello, we have a few people already arrived. Hello. My name is Lucy. I'm not going to be presenting this webinar, but I'm just going to first of all take you through a little bit of an introduction to Zoom, I think, for people who are new, and yeah, and just introduce you to what we'll be doing. So, welcome to live coverage skills. I'm Lucy. I'm going to be the tech today, so that means you can reach out to me if you're having any problems with Zoom, anything at all. So this is going to be basically a webinar where, you know, we're going to give advice on capturing really great content and making sure that it's shared in a way that's impactful, that's going to tell you a story. So, first thing that you might notice is that you're muted. So you're going to be muted for the duration of this call, but there will be times when you can come off mute and ask questions and that kind of thing. So we're going to be using the chat, most of all, really, to communicate with each other during this call.  And type in your introduction there, type in your name, where you are, that kind of thing, so that we know kind of who's on this call. Make sure that when you are typing into the chat box, there's like an option for who is reading your posts. So make sure that it's set to all panellists and attendees, because that will mean that everybody gets to see what you're writing. So some other tools we might be using, there's a Q&A box, so there's a little question and answer box. There's an option to use that if you want, if you want to post questions in there, we'll try and answer them live. I'll try and answer them live, but if not, then we'll get round to them when we have a little Q&A session during the webinar. You can also raise your hand, and this is generally if you want to ask a question or you want to give an example or anything like that. And we can take you up mute and you can ask your question during the Q&A session. We're also going to run, in just a moment, we're going to run a short poll. And this is again just to see, you know, what's the kind of experience level in our virtual space. You won't be able to see that yet, though it will pop up onto your screen. So just to let you know, we are recording this webinar. And so if you're good with that, that's just basically for you if you want to watch it back, really. So we'll kick off with a poll. And this might just pop up onto your screen right now. So please do start completing it as soon as you can. And this is basically, as I said, just to get a kind of sense of the experience level here, who's, you know, who's who are the regular activists in the room, whether there's any complete new people in the room. And if you're joining by phone, I'm afraid you won't be able to see this, but I'll walk you through the questions now. So first question, have you been involved in a climate action event before? Either no, this is going to be my first time taking action, or I've participated in at least one day of action before, or I'm a regular activist. And second question, are you connected with other local activists? So either yes, I'm involved in the local climate action group, or there's a group locally, but I'm not involved yet, or there isn't a local organized action group. But I want to start one. Or I don't want to be in a group. That's another option as well. So I'll give a couple more seconds for people to complete that. And you should be able to see the results now. So it's 5050. So we have half of you are completely new. And some of you, and the other half of you have kind of participated in at least one day of action before. And Daniel's saying it was the 350.org last year, organized by Pacture in Kenya. Okay, cool. And and a lot of you know about groups that are near you, but not not involved yet. But the operative word there being yet. So great. Thank you very much for participating in the poll. And I'm now going to hand over to your presenter, your trainer for today, who is Thelma. Hello, Thelma. Hi, everyone. I'm so glad that you could join today. Today's call, we're going to be talking about live coverage. What this means is there's going to be thousands of climate strike events all over the world. And we want to make sure that anyone who's organizing an event knows how to make sure that they are able to record and report back about their action. We want to see the beautiful photos and videos and beautiful stories from everyone's actions. And this is so important to help even more people all over the world be connected and see the power of the climate movement. Before we kick off, I'll just introduce myself. My name is Thelma. I'm American, and I am 350 social media manager. But I live in Fiji now, and that's where I am based. But I'm so excited to speak with you all. And if I talk too fast, you can just put a note in the chat box and tell me to slow down. Sometimes I can talk too fast or if you have a question. But something I love about social media is that anyone can be a part of it, you don't need fancy camera or fancy equipment to take good photos and to share your stories. With a basic mobile phone, there's a lot that you can do to to share the stories, especially of your climate strikes event. So that's what we're gonna be going over today. Second. Sorry. So there's five simple tips that I want you to keep in mind as you think about building a team together to document and report on your action, basically to be digital reporters there on the ground sharing about what's happening. I have this video here that you can click on and watch. We're not going to watch it now. But this is something that you can watch and share around to anyone. And it explains these five tips. Number one, before you go into an event, you want to think about how you can capture the message and spirit and energy of your event. I want you to think about, you know, what are the key things that you want to communicate about your event? Is it stories about how you want to fight coal? Is it stories about how we need renewable energy?  Think about how you want to capture that and how those messages will be shared during the event. Maybe there's going to be music or banner or art. Think about you want to make sure that you capture that spirit and energy. You don't want to take photos of people standing around doing nothing. You want to showcase the beautiful energy that is brought to an event. So think about how to capture that. Number two, I want you to think about how to use a variety of shots, media and platforms to fully showcase the story of your action. And this can mean a lot of different things. When I say a variety of shots, you know, get photos that are close up. So take close up photos of people maybe holding signs, then take photos also far away where you can see the size of the group and where you're at and how big they are. So you want to take lots of different kinds of photos. When I say different media, I mean video or photo or even audio sometimes. Using photo and video, how they're different pros and cons and usefulness. And you can use them in different ways to show different kinds of energy and your message of your event. And in regards to platform, what I mean there is which social media platform? Do you want to share on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or any other or even WhatsApp? What platform are you going to use? And when you're thinking about what platform to use, I want you to think about who you want to reach and who your audience is and where they go to get their information. For example, if you're based in Kenya, as I know some of our participants are, I know that that Twitter is very popular in Kenya. So you might then want to prioritize sharing your photos and videos on Twitter to make sure to reach people there because that's where people are at. So you want to prioritize what platforms you want to use. Number three, if you can, some basic equipment can really help with your needs. And simple things like making sure you have a battery pack because your phone will lose battery really quickly. Even just a cheap one you can find at many stores, a cheap little battery pack to keep your phone charged. And then also if you can think of some ways to keep your camera stable. Especially if you're recording videos, stability is absolutely crucial. You can use a selfie stick. Sometimes those are really easy to find, or you can just hold your phone tightly, but you want to think about that in other ways. Another simple piece of equipment that can really help is microphones, especially if you're doing interviews. Having a microphone can really help increase the audio level. However, I know microphones can be hard to find. And a simple trick is actually, if you have a headset, kind of like the one I have on now, just a simple headphone headset, this is a microphone here. So you could actually use this as a microphone to interview people to pick up that audio quality. So that way the videos you record have good audio and people can clearly hear what the person you're interviewing has to say. So yeah, you can use the microphone on your headset as just like a simple microphone as well in interviews. And number four, the fourth tip is we want everyone to be safe and to have a safety plan as they're doing the digital reporting. It's really important to work as a team. It really helps you stay safe, but also think strategically. So have a buddy that can come with you. And also think about what you need to do to make sure that you're that you're safe, and that you're also protecting safety of all participants who join. Number five, and this is really important is that social media is all about not just one person sharing, but everybody sharing. We want everyone who's there at these climate strike events to be sharing on their own personal social media accounts, what that action means to them and their stories of the day. So this is really important ahead of time. And when you're there, you should tell our participants and everyone who comes, please share share about this moment and use the hashtag. Globally, we're using hashtag climate strike, but I know many countries and many languages also have their own hashtag. But encourage everyone to also be sharing their stories of the action. If you can capture these five simple tactics, these are simple things to keep in mind to really help you be a better digital reporter on the ground as you report on your event. Now, before you start, I have on this presentation a checklist of important questions that you can do to sit down with your team. Sit down with your wider team and go through these questions together. And this will really help you come up with a plan. I just realized I forgot to share the link to the presentation. And so I'll do that actually now my apologies. This presentation feel free to use and share with anyone. But if you want to look along. So this is a checklist to, again, think through with your team that will help you prepare to cover those five points that I talked about. And again, one, you want to think about the messages, what are the key stories and messages and images that you want to share for this action? And here's a list in the slide of different things that you can talk about. Who do you want to interview? Who? What hashtag are you using? What are the stories you want to tell? Really want to think about it and think about how you can showcase that. Next one again, digital reporting and live coverage is so much about a team and a partners. It's more than one person. So you should prepare ahead of time and think about who is on your team? Who are your partners? And who do you need to bring into this process? Are there other people who are going to be there taking photos? Are you going to be hiring a professional photographer, videographer? Are there any communities that you especially want to highlight? And then also who's going to be your team? So you want to think about your team and your partners and really plan to have a group. It really takes a good, amazing group of people to do a really awesome digital reporting. Number three is to think about some tech and equipment. Kind of like I talked before, you want to make sure that your phone's charged. You want to make sure that you have a battery pack. You want to make sure that your data on your phone is topped up so that you are ready to hit the ground running. And the most simplest equipment, which is always really important is to wear comfortable shoes or comfortable clothes, bring a water bottle and bring snacks. Sometimes when you're there at an event and running around taking photos, it can be so exhausting. So make sure that you're comfortable and that you have food and water and snacks and that you are ready to go for the day as you run around. I often also keep a backpack or another bag with me to make sure that it's all together, but something that's really comfortable so I can move really well. So prepare all your equipment ahead of time. And number four, as we talked about before, security, make sure you're thinking through and talking with your teams on any security concerns you might have and what you'll do in different scenarios.  There are some apps that help you blur faces of peoples in photos that you can also do afterwards, if that's necessary.  So that's some good things to help you with your planning. And now I'm going to talk about just some specific quick tips to help you take better photos and videos. And again, you don't need a lot of fancy equipment. If you just have a mobile phone, you can be a photographer and a videographer, you can tell your own stories. And that's what's going to be so beautiful about the global climate strikes, is we're going to see stories from all over the world. And that's so, so important that people can tell their own stories this way. So for tips for taking good photo, I have four quick tips, and they spell out lamb, so that can help you remember what is lighting, angles, the message and the background. And I'll go over these some more lighting. When you're taking a photo, you want to be really aware of where the sun or where the light is coming from. Because depending on the sun, it'll hit your hit the people in lots of different ways. If the sun is behind you, you'll be backlit. Or if the sun is in front of you, it could be too strong. So if you're taking a group photo, if you're taking photos of people, you might need to ask people to move around based on the light, so that way you can get a stronger photo. A simple thing that I do to test the light is I actually hold out my hand, and then I can move my hand and rotate it and kind of get a sense of how the sun falling on my hand and the shadows it creates. And that helps me know where I should stand to take the photos. So you want to keep light in your mind. You also want to think about angles. And this is super important, especially if you're doing event. You want to get down low with your camera. You also want to get down high, get up high or move around. Because going at different angles tells a different story in a lot of ways. And I'll show you two photos. There's this photo. And then this photo. And they're at the same event, but they really tell a different story in a lot of ways. So think about as you're taking photos, make sure that you're moving around and all over to get photos from lots of different angles. Number three, as we talked about, you want to make sure that your message is coming across. And I'll show you two examples from an action in South Africa. So if people are holding banners, you want to make sure that that banner is seen. And that's soup. It's so simple, but it can be really important. We have this photo right here of Loretto holding a banner, but you can't see the rest of it, only the start of a website versus the second photo where you can clearly see what their signs say, and what they what they're calling for what their message is. It can be sometimes tricky, but you really want to think about how can someone in a split second understand what your story is. Remember with social media, people are scrolling, people are busy. You have half a second to get someone's attention. So you want to make sure that in that second, your photo tells a clear story about what you want. So really think about how your message gets in your photo. And number four, the B is background. Think about what is behind you. Sometimes we forget about this as our images, but it can tell it can also tell so much about the story. This is that an action in Indonesia, and they're protesting coal. So what they have behind them is an actual coal mine. And this says so much more about the photo. Especially if you're doing an action. It's good to have behind you any images that symbolize where you are any major icons in the city. If there's major statues or other symbols, having that in your background will also tell who you are and where you are and not communicate something else. So those are four quick tips on taking good photos. And now I'll share really quickly about taking good videos. This is a really great video that you can watch here. It was created by the Pacific Climate Warriors. But I think it's a really great video that anyone can use to get a better understanding of how to take great videos. And the YouTube link is in there. Lucy, could you actually do me a favor and grab that YouTube link and post it in the chat so everyone can make sure that they have it? We're not going to watch it, unfortunately. But it's a really great video to watch and share and anyone can use it. But when you're taking a video, it's really similar to photos. So you have still have those four main things of lighting, angles, message and background. With video, you also add two other elements, and that's stability and audio. And so these six things together will help you film and do better videos from your action. So we already talked about lighting, angles, message and background, both audio. When you're when you're recording a video, your audio is so important. Often people think video is about the image, but that's only half the story. It's easy to fix bad video, but you can't really fix bad audio. So there's simple things that you can do. Like if you're interviewing somebody, make sure that you're really close or see if you can move to a quieter space where you could record them. If if you can get a microphone or use a microphone that you just have really simply. Another thing that I do, I forgot my phone. But if I'm, you know, holding my phone and recording someone, you have the end of the phone where the microphone is. I like to create a little cup. So you're creating basically an amplifier like this around the edge of the phone. And then someone is speaking to the phone and it helps kind of guide the noise into the phone. So you can create a little cup on the end of your phone. Also be kind of help get good audio in. Especially if you're especially if you're doing interviews, think about the audio and how to be in a quiet space so people can clearly hear what they're saying. So that's audio. And number two is you want to make sure that your bit your camera is stable. And this can be really tricky in a day of action. And that's why I like to have a selfie stick or a tripod or some other device that helps me keep my my phone really stable as I move around in the action. The other good thing to be aware of is to hold your shots. Often with our videos and actions were tempted to move around a lot. But you should actually try and be as steady as possible. So hold your phone for at least five seconds in a steady place before you move it. Move your phone a lot slower than you think you than you think you should. And that'll help you get a better shot. The photo in this slide is from when I did this workshop with participants in the Pacific. And this was a team in Papua New Guinea. And they just created their own tripod using sticks. There's lots of different ways you can create a stable phone. And there's also some more tips in that video I showed you. So you don't need a lot of fancy equipment, but you is important to think about how to hold your camera really steady as you record a video. Another key part of doing a digital reporting on the ground is live streaming. And this is becoming very, very popular. But now we almost have too many people doing the live stream. So lots of people don't pay attention. So we need to be really thoughtful about how we do a good live stream. Number one, I always do a live stream as a team. It's really useful to have two people, one person who's behind the camera and another person who's in front of the camera.  They can describe to the viewers what's going on. They can go and do interviews. And they also can be much more aware of what's happening in the action. So always do a live stream in teams of two. And as I was saying, it's really helpful in a live stream to kind of have a host, to tell people what's going on and describe it and also to go out and interview people. Though what I usually do is if I want to interview people, I ask their permission before. So I tell people, Hi, I'm from 350. I'm going to be doing a live stream. Is it okay if I interview you? That way I don't surprise people as I come upon them in the action, but they're ready and that they feel comfortable talking to the live stream. Another good thing to keep in mind with a live stream is the very beginning. Again, lots of people on social media, they're not, they may not watch the full 15 minutes. They're going to watch the first couple seconds. Most views of live streams don't happen when it's live. Most views of live streams happen after it's been fully recorded and then it gets published onto Facebook where then people watch it afterwards. So you want to think about the first five to 10 seconds of your video and how to make sure that it's really engaging. So don't start, don't start your live stream and have it staring at the ground and then you're painting around. Start your live stream very, very strong and that's super important. You want to get people from the beginning so that way it's powerful in the moment of live and also when people watch it afterwards. Another important live stream tip is people often think you need to live stream the whole event and I often say that that's not the most best use of your time. Again, most people are not going to watch an hour long live stream. So you want to think about the most important parts of your action. Where is there going to be the most drama, the biggest moment, the key moment of your action and you want to live stream for that and be prepared for that moment. So that way when people are watching, they're really hooked into it. It feels exciting and engaging and also for when people watch the recording, they're watching the best part of the day and they don't have to spend time on either end with lots of things. Livestreams do not have to be long. And another trick is often what happens with your phone, especially with Facebook Live. You want to hold your phone horizontal but sometimes Facebook doesn't quite shift and so you want to make sure though that it actually is horizontal before you hit live and you also want to put in some description about your event into the text description so people know what the live stream is about. Put in the description, make sure it's horizontal and then you hit record. And that's really, really important. And lastly with live stream, be steady. People don't like watching shaky live streams, so be as stable as you can. If you follow these simple tips, you can have some really powerful live streams of your moment. And then I also have some other guides here that you can click on and read through to help you with your event. And that's the end of my presentation, but I'm so excited to see everything that comes up on the Global Day of Action and to see everyone's stories. And I think we'll open it now to a Q&A. Does anyone have any questions? I think Lucy, if you can help me. Sure. So we don't have any questions in the Q&A box so far. So if anybody has any questions, maybe the best thing to do is raise your hand if you're comfortable speaking into the mic or you can also type your question into the chat box as well. We'll just give it a few moments. You can think about any good questions that you have. And I'll redrop in the presentation link into the chat in case you missed it. And because you guys also joined this presentation, I'll also share with you, if you're on Twitter, I'll share with you my personal Twitter account with a 350 Twitter. We get so many people sending us app mentions and inboxes that sometimes we don't catch anything. But I'll be checking my Twitter. So if on the Day of the Climate Strikes, you're doing reporting from your event and you want to make sure that 350 sees it and that we retweet it, you can actually send it to my personal Twitter and then I'll make sure that it gets shared on 350. So this is me on Twitter. If you have any questions or you can also tag me on Twitter and any of your climate strike tweets from your action and I'll make sure that it gets shared on 350's social media channels. Omar, does that clarify your question? If you tag me on Twitter, I'll make sure it gets shared on 350 from your action. We're really glad that everyone was able to join this call. How worth it is it to do Facebook Live Stories? Lots of people are doing stories nowadays and I actually really enjoy both Instagram stories and Facebook Live Stories. I think it's really good for an action because you can really tell a story over time. Like you can tell the whole story of say a three hour action but in those short little snippets, that makes it really easy for people to follow along and often with Facebook stories or Instagram stories, they feel really immersive, meaning that they feel like people are a part of the action. So if you have the capacity, if you have the time, if you have a good team, I would recommend doing Facebook or Instagram stories. They're really easy but really fun to do at the same time. What is the most reliable platform for streaming in terms of reliability? I have found Facebook Live to be the most reliable and also has the best access to people. There's other live stream services that have more capabilities and lots more options, but they may be on a platform that not as many people have access to and use. So again, you can get really advanced with your live stream, but if you just want something simple and reliable, Facebook Live is pretty good. If you're focused though on an audience who's on Twitter, maybe your audience doesn't use Facebook. On Twitter, I think Periscope is still a really good option. Oh, and we're assistability. So for stability, it's not about the platform that you're using, it's more about your own equipment. So that's why it's important to have a selfie stick or a tripod or something that can help you hold your phone stable because that will then make your video quality much more stable. These are all great questions and I hope this has been helpful. I'll just leave it open for any last minute questions. Awesome. If we have no more questions and maybe I'll pass it back to you, Lucy. Yeah, sure. So thank you Thelma. So I just wanted to say if you do kind of, you know, end the webinar, go away and then think of one question you wish you'd asked, then maybe we could type in, I can type in my email address and maybe also Thelma's email address if you're happy to get questions so that people can send their questions in. So I can pop that into the chat, but also just to let you know that you will receive a follow-up email after this. So I'll make sure that I put in all of these links and all of these kind of contact details. As Thelma said, please do share these resources as well because you might have other people in your team or in your networks who you know who could really benefit from these tips and this advice as well. So I'll just type in my email address but you'll also get an email from me from that email address so you just need to reply to me if you've got any questions. So I think thank you very much for being such an engaged group and thank you Thelma for the enlightening presentation and do look out for that follow-up email and I think we all just want to say, you know, best of luck, this is the big week, it's going to be kind of busy, take care of yourselves, stay hydrated, all that stuff and yeah, looking forward to seeing your stories. So thanks everybody so much. Bye bye.


Jamie Diaz. It's about accessibility. Professor, Department of Psychology. People have asked me, what do you use? UW. To teach with technology. And I answer sometimes with just, yes. Anything. Words appear. Captioning lecture capture videos, a promising teaching practice. One of the newest teaching tools is video capture services such as Pinopto. They allow faculty to easily record their lectures and post them on a web page where students can view them after class. And look at how he says this. A girl watches the lecture on a screen. It wasn't unpleasant. It was an intoxication, but it wasn't unpleasant. And stream of fantastic pictures. Extraordinary shapes. Pinopto allows captions to be added to the recorded lectures. Those captions are a necessity for students with hearing impairments. Kaleidoscopic display of colors. Just words or captions. Kaleidoscopic thing comes up often and often. So this is like, wow, this is tremendous. But he didn't know what was going on. Erica. Students. Me as a deaf person, I'm missing out probably three fourths of the information that's out there. So captioning isn't big thing for me because that's where I get all the information. Captions benefit all students. I was surprised when I canvassed my students and over 30% said they were using the captioning. And I know that there's not 30% of hearing impaired or need for it. And I asked a couple of students and they said they wanted to see the words as well as hear the words. Another Erica. Other reasons why students like me use Pinopto is because when I, he talks really fast in the lecture because we have so much material to cover.  And I'm like, oh, that's what he was saying. And then I like understand the whole material better. Steven. Student. I do use the Pinopto videos, particularly when I'm reviewing material. I like to, as I'm reading through the lecture slides, I like to replay the lecture videos to just reinforce and make sure I'm picking up any supplemental information that he said. While he's reading through it. Cheryl Burgstahler. Director. Other key people can benefit from the combination of the visual text along with the audio. Accessible technology services. This includes people who are English language learners. UW. That would like to hear the word as well as see the word. Aditya. I don't think most of the students do understand it all the time what the professor is talking. It is sometimes necessary to have captions so that we can actually jot down things by having a visual. Also benefiting from that are students who have some types of learning disabilities that can benefit from this multimodal presentation. And students that want to learn the spelling of a particular word. One is it reinforces what I'm hearing so I'm seeing it both visually and getting it auditorily. So we're hitting multiple systems at the same time creating stronger associations. Second is a lot of times I can have difficulty understanding exactly what some people are saying. Because of like when you get into technical terms and jargon they're talking so quickly. It can be very hard to keep track of. So being able to read it as I'm hearing it further reinforces it and also helps me with like grammar and spelling. Captions can be useful to any student trying to watch the video in a loud room. Or in a room that's very quiet. Elaine, student. I use captions when I'm in a quiet library and I don't want to turn up the volume too loud. So I turn on the captions and I can see the words instead of hearing them. Pinopto also enables students to do a keyword search to find every instance when a word appears in the lecture. And to fast forward to that moment. For instance, you might want to look through those captions, search through the captions to find a particular part in the video where your instructor presented something that you want to listen to again without listening to the whole video. Richard Ladner, professor. If you have the captions now you have a way of searching. Computer science and engineering. You can search the video to find the word you're looking for and then play that little piece of video back. So everybody benefits from captions because they allow for search of video. Words appear. Video capture services help faculty and students. You just have to try different things. And so as tools come up you should try them to see if in fact that might maybe replace a tool or maybe hit a population that you weren't hitting before. I mean as a teacher I have the obligation of reaching those students. Described by audio eyes. For more information about IT accessibility, consult uw.edu.accessibility. This video presentation was created with funding from UW Information Technology at the University of Washington. Copyright 2015, University of Washington. Permission is granted to copy these materials for educational non-commercial purposes provided the source is acknowledged.


And Graven, thank you for being an offensive advocate for the Ravens fan base. It's so funny how Ravens fans are conditioned to think about roster construction. I won't lie to you or Ravens flock, but I follow Lamar here from Louisville and after a year of watching hardball and other players I fell in love with the team as a whole. Having an outsider's perspective helps me when assessing what the Ravens need to do to take the next step. This question is from my god Jared by the way. He said we are in an offensive league and in order for the Ravens to be true contenders we need another weapon. This is not your father's NFL, the league has changed, but oops we're in luck because we have the most game breaking, mode cutting, new age player in the NFL, Lamar Jackson. Building a decent wall and adding weapons around him should be the Ravens number one priority. Although I'm not sure how soon this will happen. I do think Ravens fans should go into this year realistically. With Greg Roman still an offensive coordinator, I just don't think he's the guy to take this offense to the next level. However, once again that guy is already on our team. I challenge anyone to go watch USC vs Penn State in the 2018 Rose Bowl when T Martin was the offensive coordinator for USC. He is such a creative play caller with way more advanced passing schemes and route concepts. My dream Raven scenario of course would be for them to win the Super Bowl this year, but if we're being realistic with the team that's currently constructed with a new defensive coordinator and Greg Roman at the offensive coordinator, I just don't see it happening. Tell me what you think of the above and just like Greg Roman's playbook, I'm out of ideas. That was fun. That's a fun way to start off questions from subscribers. He's bringing it already. Right now and it's still not necessarily that it's early, but it's still still early. Me and I've said this already, I don't think the Ravens are a Super Bowl team right now. I think they certainly could be with a couple more things here and there. Specifically, interior pass rush because if they still are just going to be, their specialty is still going to be with their edge guys only and nothing from the interior, then that's going to be a problem. Quarterbacks could just step up in the pocket. They can make them edge guys miss like we have seen over the past couple of years. But if they can get interior pressure, that will help them go a long way. Just to stick on the defense and then, well, of course, you know, we're going to go to offense because, you know, we're an advocate for the offense, but to stick with defense, probably that depth in a secondary. And again, all these things can be addressed in the draft and they can still be addressed, whether it be trade or the rest of free agency and what not. So just because I feel like they're not a Super Bowl contender right here right now. Again, we do have the draft coming up because last time I said this way, there were people flipping out like, Oh man, what are you talking about? What are you saying? You're doing a Super Bowl contender. Are you crazy, man? I'm like, relax. The draft is still on the way. Free agency is not done. I mean, free agency is never done. Free agency lasts all year, but they can still make moves to really help them get to that next level. Because of course, I know Raven's got a million guys coming back and hopefully all those guys will stay back healthy. We don't got to go down the list. I was getting ready to go down the list, but we ain't got to go down the list. Raven's got a lot of guys coming back healthy. But yeah, interior pass rush is big. Helping the secondary is huge. Another thing, I'm just wondering what the play, just to stick with defense for now, how's the play from their linebackers going to be? Because that's also important. I keep hearing people say linebacker is a devalued position. And I'm thinking, I don't think so. Because we saw what bad linebacker play got the Ravens early on last year. Those missed tackles, that ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. So I don't really think it's devalued. So the quality of the linebacker play is going to be very important. And yeah, those are the biggest things that I think the Ravens need right now on defense. So interior pass rush, a good linebacker play and more depth in the secondary. Because in the secondary, the starters are straight. You're good with your starters. But behind those guys, what's it going to be? How's the quality? So those are big questions right now. Now to flip it to the offensive side of the ball, what I feel they need to do to be a Super Bowl contender, obviously offensive line. Everything starts there. Everything starts with the offensive line. Now I know the, I've heard a lot of people say, oh man, yeah, remember what Lamar Jackson did with a good offensive linebacker in 2019 and look what his weapons were there. They were an injured Marquis Brown. They were Miles Boykin. And hopefully wherever he goes next, he goes and does his thing. They were Peyton Hurst and Mark Andrews. They were Willie Snead. They were Seth Roberts. And now you look at his weapons currently, his current weapons because they, they're not done adding yet. But it's Hollywood Browns, Rashad Bateman.  I mean, you could make the, he was the best tight end in football last year. So you got a top tight end in Mark Andrews now, going from a Rook, no, no, he was a second year in 2019. So going from a second year to a top tier, tier guy right now. So that's special. You got, hopefully you get a healthy Nick Boyle, hopefully, hopefully, but you still got to do more there. So that's some, what basically what I'm saying when I say all that is that a lot of people say, oh, look what he did with his weapons in 2019 with a good offensive, good offensive line. Oh man, his weapons now, they're so much better than they were back then. While that is, is true, why not add more? Why not? Why settle, why settle for what the Ravens have now and why not add more? Get more with him. Give him more. Because if you can make a good offensive line, then why not have great weapons to go along? Like, give me more. So anyway, but on offense, I feel like the Ravens, they need another tight end, another tight end that's similar to Mark Andrews. They need obviously offensive line, stay ready so you ain't got to get ready. A left tackle of the future, hopefully he wouldn't have to be of the present because that would mean that Ronnie Stanley wasn't ready. But they just need more quality, quality youth along the offensive line. And not just like just in case guys, but guys that are like ready, man, guys that are ready. Also a wide receiver, y'all know we've been talking about that for the longest, just a significant guy, a big, big, big difference maker. Pro Shain got to go nowhere. Devon Duvenay ain't got to go nowhere. Tyler Wallace ain't got to go nowhere. But still to get a difference maker at wide receiver, the more, the merrier, the more significant the merrier. Just bring it on. And then then execution, execution from everybody has to be better with Lamar Jackson. He has to be better with Lamar because we know Lamar, he love looking downfield and I'll be feeling the same way when I'm playing Madden, I'm playing with the Ravens and whatnot. I'm always looking downfield because I am very greedy. If you all thought that it was just when it comes to wide receivers and weapons for Lamar, I'm greedy. No, it goes way beyond that and Madden, I'm always looking for the big play. Always been that way. It's been that way for the longest. So Lamar, I understand from your point of view, why the check down, you're like, no, I want no check down. I want the big play. But Lamar just Lamar, with the small decision making, I feel like it has to be better with the small decision making with taking the check downs with throwing the ball away with just living to see another down, not feeling like he has to get it all right here right now. And that that could be a result of overthinking or it could be a result of just trying to get around the play card too. So whatever it is, who knows? But Giro has to be better in his execution as well. If the Ravens are going to be a Super Bowl contender, Giro has to, he has to be a lot better in just figuring out the best way to use the personnel that he has. If he can't do it, if the Ravens, this is such a critical season for the Ravens because if they can find out, like find out about who they have early on in the season, find out about who those guys are early on, it can be a beautiful thing. But if they have question marks and it gets to like week four, week five, even week six, and they still questioning stuff as far as offense, I would expect them to make a move. And something that we talked about early, early on this off season accountability from everybody. If Ravens are going to be a Super Bowl contender, the accountability has to start from the top. It has to start from the top and hardball as the leader of the team, he got to hold his coordinators accountable and himself too, and himself for sure. But back to Lamar Jackson, just got to make the plays. That's it. Make the plays and for Lamar, one thing that would help a lot to spreading that ball around more. We know Andrews is this guy, we know Hollywood is this guy too, but getting his other guys involved too and getting the other guys involved in different ways. With Lamar, I would love to see him, and he started doing it a bit last year, but I would love to see him take more calculated risks. Not necessarily wait until a guy's open a throat to him, but if you see a guy one on one, give him a shot, if it's the right guy.  Because I know with Lamar, if he don't trust you, he ain't going to give you that shot like that. He ain't going to give it to you. And it seems as if, because we've seen the videos with Lamar working with Bateman, with Lamar working with Pro Shade. So it seems as if he's trying to build his trust with the other guys too. And that's a beautiful thing, and that can take this team to a whole another level. They can take them to a whole another level. And oh man, just imagine him really spreading that ball around to everybody. Because we know sometimes he can lock on to five and eighty-nine. And those have been the guys for him. Those have been the guys who have given him the most big plays over the years. So we know why he looks for those guys first, because he has big trust for those guys. But if that trust could get spread around, it could get spread around, we'd all be crying tears of joy. Like that lady, like the lady at the mall, I wonder which mall that was at. When Lamar just gave her that bread, I forgot what store they was at. The mall was walking around with his boys, and the lady just, I don't know what, they don't even know what the story was. But he paid for something for it, and she was just crying, crying, crying, crying. Tears of joy though, happy tears. That's the same kind of tears that we would cry if that ball really gets spread around more. Because if you spread the ball around more, then that just makes everybody that much bigger of a threat and that much more of a weapon. And as far as execution too, the offensive line, block, pass block, run block. So that improves with the quality of the offensive line improving. JK Dobbins and Gus Edwards being back, that'll be really big. We saw Justice Hill, so he is on the team right now. Because that's the question that I had, I wasn't sure about that one. Especially when he was like, again, he got placed on Injured Zerve Slash Waved. And I thought that it was a possibility that he was gone. But Justice Hill was right there, lifting weights. When he was showing that video to everybody coming back, he was right there. I said, okay, they go justice. All right, so we'll see what happens with that. But execution will also help take this team to another level when it comes to them really being Super Bowl contenders. So they got time. Of course, the season obviously hasn't started yet. The draft hasn't even happened yet. Ravens have more than enough time to address these different needs that they have right now as a team. They have free agency. They have the draft. They have different ways to make this stuff happen to really help take them over the top. So Team Keep It Clean, what's going on? Welcome to another episode of Questions from Subs. Where you can ask any NFL question and we answer it in video just like this one. For all my Team Keep It Clean patrons, if you want to participate, you can just send me a message right on Patreon. If you want to become a Team Keep It Clean patron, you can go to patreon.com slash engraving vids. And if you don't want to, it ain't no worries. Do not feel bad. Please don't. But if you still want to participate in Questions from Subs, just send me an email to teamkeepitclean at gmail.com. I really do appreciate everybody's patience when it comes to the questions because I can't always answer every single question because we're good a lot. But I do always appreciate y'all for sending them. Thank you for being a part of this. Thank you for making questions from subscribers so much fun because I love it. I love it. We have a lot of fun going over all these different scenarios and all these different possibilities and whatnot and all these different thoughts that a lot of y'all are thinking when it comes to the Ravens or when it just comes to the NFL in general. I appreciate y'all so much and we got a great episode as we always do because of y'all. Let's do it. Next question came from my boy Charles T. And I appreciate you being a patron, Charles. He said, Yo ain't Raven. I still believe the Ravens are not doing enough to surround Lamar with enough weapons to win a Super Bowl. They're wasting Lamar Jackson's prime years and this will come to bite the Ravens in the butt. What do you think? So hey, that's similar to what we were just talking about before in that first question. They have some time to make some more moves to really acquire more talent. I think with the Ravens, I really feel like 2020 that should have really been the first year where they really started going all in for Lamar Jackson. He was going into his third year of his rookie contract. He was coming off the MVP season. So in 2019, it was like, all right, no, we don't know about him yet. So we ain't going to really go all in on him. Okay, cool. But he went out and did what he did.  But a lot of times I just feel like with the Ravens that they rely on Lamar Jackson a little too much and just him and they want him to be sort of the savior and that's it. And they don't want it to be other people. And I just feel like if they would have gone in for him more, it would have alleviated a lot of stuff off of him and made his job a lot easier earlier on. They can still do it this year, even though it's a little late, better late than never. So let's see what they do with the draft and let's see what they do post draft as well and really providing him with a lot more and just trying to really make this offense the best it could possibly be. Next question came from Lynetta, who is also a patron, which I appreciate. She said, hey, Graven, how are you and the fam doing? Hey, we're doing pretty good. How are you doing? I should have a question. Why do some fans say that they wish that the Ravens would have drafted DK Metcalf instead of Miles Boykin? But don't realize that the same thing could have happened to DK with the Ravens where he didn't see his full potential. Oh, wow, that is, that's something right there. And oftentimes that's something that I don't think about whenever I do see that comment because I see that comment all the time. Oh man, we should have drafted DK. We should have drafted this guy, that guy. We could have drafted them over Hollywood. We could have drafted them over Boykin. We could have. And I understand a lot of people got high inside this 2020. But for some people, they say that, hey, we were saying that even before the draft. And they very well much could have been saying that. But that's something that a lot of times I don't even think about when I do see that comment. And that's a very, very good point. And it's a sad point because it's like, it's a direct reflection of how a lot of us feel about the coaching when it comes to the wide receivers. And it's scary. Because again, DK Metcalf, as good as he's been with the Seahawks, impactful as he's been with the Seahawks, it's a completely different system, completely different culture. It's just completely different. So had he been drafted by the Ravens in the third round, that's scary to think about. I don't think he would have been the DK Metcalf that we know to this day. It's something that we'll never know. But based off of history, it's something that I don't know, man. It just, it might not look good. Now, who knows? Maybe because if they would have drafted him instead of Miles Boykin, then it would have been Hollywood and DK Metcalf and Seth Roberts and Willie Sneed. So it's just one of those things we'll never truly know what could have been. But we know what can be if they do get him now. But anyway, she said, I hope the Beals or Chiefs or Tampa Bay Buccaneers pick up Miles Boykin and use him to his potential and get him. And he gets a big contract in the Super Bowl ring. Oh, I like that. I would like that. He said, I like Miles and I want the best for him. I'm just wondering, what do you think? Thank you for all that you do and I appreciate you. No, I appreciate you. And yeah, with Boykin, just more volume, more volume. Him going to an offense where he would get more volume, more opportunity. I think that would really serve him good and really be able to draw out his maximum potential so we can really see what he's got in the NFL. Next question came from Draven. He said, hope all is well with you and yours. I've been thinking and I'm wondering if you think some of our defensive players will wake up and flourish with the new defensive coordinator? Oh, well, to start. Yes, I think it could provide them just a breath of fresh air. And I think, well, I hope with this new defense that it maximizes the player's potentials. But I really hope that it also just puts them in positions to have significant success and just consistent success too. Not just being so blitz heavy. Not just sitting back and watching everything pass them by, but just being responsible blitzers, just being responsible on defense. If you see a guy struggling or just don't just keep leaving him on an island. If you see, whether it's a top guy, whether it's not one of your top guys, whatever it may be, just make adjustments to try to fix what issues are a lot faster. That's what I would hope that this new defense would do. But continuing, he said, we all know the whole Saks are overrated deal. Oh boy, Wink has some one liners, man. Shout out to Wink because he has some one liners, boy. Anyway, he said, we all know the whole Saks are overrated deal. But if we open that up now, will players like Jaylen Ferguson wake up? Ooh, I can see it happening since they had him and a few others in the scheme that was out of their comfort zone. Hopefully this is the case. Okay. Yeah, hopefully it is, man. Next, do you see the Ravens before the first game of the regular season, demoting Greg Roman? No, not at all. Not at all. I don't think Greg Roman would be demoted at all. If something happened during the regular season, then it's fired. It's fired. I mean, yeah, something happened during the regular season. It's fired. If something happened after the season, then it would be a mutual part of ways as you all know how it goes. But no, demoted before the season. No, no, they have done this in the past. But if you don't think this will happen, then what are the actual benefits of keeping Greg Roman as offensive coordinator? Well, the benefits of keeping him as offensive coordinator are consistency on offense, but a hopeful tweaking to the offense to where they can open up the passing game more, a hopeful tweaking to the offense that the situational play calling gets better, a hopeful tweaking to the offense that they don't just base this whole thing off of, oh, we top in yards, or we wanted to top teams in yards and da-da-da-da, but that they really look at the scoring too. Because that's just as important, if not more important than all those yards that you get off. Because from the 20 to the 20, oh yeah, on fire. But then inside the 20, oh man, we desire more. We need more. So we'll see what happens with that. He said, I always hear about the negative thing. So maybe I need a reminder of good things he brings that we don't think about. But yeah, again, the consistency. You knowing what you're going to have in your offensive coordinator, but at the same time, that could also be said that that's a bad thing that you know what you have in your offensive coordinator. But hopefully for Greg Roman and hopefully for the Ravens, for everybody that, everybody can stay healthy. So nobody has any excuses. And everybody can just make a lot happen. Obviously the run game is one of Greg Roman's strong suits. Hopefully this year though, they scale back on the design runs for Lamar. And that's something that we've said throughout last year too during the season that I just wish they would just kill those things. He's going to take off when he takes off. But the design ones, let's cut way back on those, just my opinion though. He said, last of all, who is the old dog that the Ravens will bring in after the draft? They do it every season and sometimes they don't make it to the 53, but they do it regardless. I can see Julio, but just wanted your opinion. Thanks and have a wonderful evening. Appreciate that, the Raven. I can see Julio Jones too. I can see him. Oh, it can't be Sammy Watkins anymore. Because a lot of times sometimes they'll just bring in guys that you just know or like training camp bodies because they don't want to wear their own guys out. So yeah, I can see it being Julio. They could bring in like a tight end because there's still a lot of guys out there that are free agents. But as of right now before the draft that they brought in a tight end, that guy's staying but after the draft, no, not necessarily. So man, I can't think of anybody like specifically off the top of my head, but a lot of times it's just for training camp. Next question came from my guy, Lee, and I appreciate you being a patron, Lee. He said, I ain't Raven. Bless you and the family. Why do you think the Ravens were in such hot pursuit for Debo Samuels when they have a similar player? In my opinion, in Devin Duvenay. And that was a rumor. We didn't talk about that rumor on here. We talked about my mind changing on if the Ravens were to add them, but that specific rumor about the Ravens being interested in him. We didn't talk about that on here because we didn't see it from anybody credible because the only places that I saw that I saw it from the incarcerated Bob. And I know he's said some stuff in the past. I don't know what his track record is, so I couldn't trust it. Then I saw it from the NFL rumors page on Twitter. I didn't see it from anybody credible. So I just, I don't know if that's true or not. But as far as Devin Duvenay. Is Devin Duvenay a Debo Samuels? No, he's not a little similar, but they're different. And I used to say the same thing too. Do we have our own Debo on the team already? But with Devin Duvenay, they don't put him in those positions. Like the 49ers put Debo Samuel in. They don't, I think they put him at running back like one or two plays last year though, but they don't do it often. They hardly did it at all. They don't get him very involved in the screen. Man, if they just give Duvenay screens too, man. Give that man screens, man. Give them screens to wear that little straight line speed. He's like a little bulldog. You just take off, man. You take off, man. Like I wish they would do more besides the Jetsweeps. Because we know the Jetsweeps, they're going to be there. But I wish they would do more with him to really maximize his game and maximize his potential. We know he can catch. We know that. We know him and Pro Shade. We know they can catch everything thrown their way. They both of them had the best hands in college. How about you actually let them use their hands? Next question came from my guy, Phil. He said, you know, along with all of us that we have 10 draft picks. Recently, I was watching NFL Network where they were talking about Baltimore and Green Bay. And one of the analysts came out explaining how eager Green Bay is to rebuild their receiving court along with Baltimore and our secondary. So their suggestion was, what if Green Bay made an offer of picks 22? So that's in the first round. And 28, that's also in the first round, in exchange for 14 and 45. So two first round picks for a higher first round pick and another second round pick. Do you think EDC would accept a move like this? What are your thoughts? Yes, I do. I do, for sure. Because he would miss out on some of that top end talent, but he will still have a lot of talent that will be available. Something that one of my guy JT sent me an article that talked about how this draft had a COVID year. The COVID year really, because the COVID year was in 2020, that's when everything was just wild. But that year really helped increase the depth that's in this draft. Because in the COVID year was 2020, and a lot of players were like, you know what, I want to come back. That year was an off year, it was weird. I want to just come back and have a normal year, a regular year in 2021 bounce back. A lot of players end up staying.  So that has this draft just having an influx of talent in it and depth in it. That's a good thing. So my point is when I say all that, you will still be in the first round. You'll be in the first round twice. So you'll still be able to get some really good talent. And you'll still be able to get it. You'll still be able to get a really good receiver. Next question came from my boy, Sean. He said, good evening, brother. Hope all is well with you and your fam. Appreciate it, Sean. Now what do you think that 14th pick is worth? Just wondering, what do you mean? What is the 14th pick worth? Hopefully it'll be worth a playmaker and a difference maker. Or as far as you mean, if they were to trade it. Hey, my guy Phil was just talking about in the previous question. You can get two late first rounders for it, even if you give up a second. Okay, I'll take it. So yeah, it's worth the, that's such a question like threw me off. What is it worth? It's worth a lot. It's at the top half of the draft. It's a place that the Ravens don't normally pick from. It's being able to really have your choice of a lot of talent that's there. And it's almost, like I want to say this, but I don't want to say it, but at the same time, it is what it is. It's almost something that you, it's almost like a can't miss, but at the same time, it's just like, it is a can't miss, like it's, but at the same time, somebody they could still miss, but I don't really understand what you mean. Next question came from my guy Manuel. He said, who is engraving? Oh well, nobody. He said, what's up engraving? Shout out for Mexico. I've been a part of team keeping clean from 2018, and we were uncertain if we would beat the Broncos in week three because of the loss against the Bengals. And I know many of us have known you from your five videos you make every time, every time I wouldn't say that. But a question was kept on my mind. Who is engraving and how did you become a Ravens fan from Miami? Certainly not from Lamar, but I was only curious. And he said, by the way, we drafted a top wide receiver if they aren't gone and our prime time offensive tackles and corners are gone. Stay safe and tell your loved ones that you love them. Well, just a brief backstory or whatever. Excuse me, I am originally from Maryland, even though always one of the weirdest things that I've seen people say, oh man, if you're not from Maryland, how could you be a Ravens fan? Oh man, you're not a real Ravens fan if you're not from Maryland. And even when people say, oh, you're not from Baltimore, you're not a real Ravens fan. That has got to be one of the stupidest things that I ever hear because it literally makes no sense. You might as well tell them all, he can't be the Ravens quarterback since he's not from Maryland. Tell Hollywood he can't be the Ravens receiver since he ain't from Maryland. Rashad Bateman tell him he can't be a Ravens receiver because he's not from it. Like that doesn't make no sense, but even with fans, like fans are literally worldwide, worldwide. And so many different people have so many different reasons to why they love whatever their favorite team is, why they follow whoever their favorite team is, regardless of where they're from. That, it is just always one of the stupidest. And I don't like to even like use that word, but for that conversation, whenever people try to bring that up, oh man, you're not from Baltimore, you're not a real Ravens fan. How are you gonna be a Ravens fan in Florida, in Australia, in New York, in New Jersey, in Georgia? And here there's, it literally does not make any sense. People can like who they like, no matter where they're from, no matter where they're from.    But anyway, yeah, I'm originally from Maryland, um, started following the team. Oof, man, when was that? I don't even remember. That was a while back. My first game that I went to, my first game that I went to, I think Kyle Baller was still the Ravens starting quarterback. I was, I got to be there for the game where Jamal Lewis broke the 2,000 yards. I got to be there for that live. I got to be there for Airee, the tip drill interception against the Browns, I think a Sunday night football, where it tipped and Airee caught it and took it all the way back to the house. That was a beautiful thing. Got to be there for, during the Super Bowl year, the Raiders game where, oh, that little greedy hardball, little petty hardball, hardball going forward on the two-point conversion that he did the fake point after a touchdown. He did that fake kick. I think Sam Cook just ended up running it in. Got to be there for that. That was actually my wife's first game that Super Bowl, that Super Bowl year against the Raiders. Ravens beat him like 55 to some. And it just, I mean, it's just one of those things that just, the love for the team, it just grew over time because, I think my love for football, it had grew over time. And just watching them and just, when you go there live too, it's different, man. It's different because, and that's always tell people, if you get an opportunity to ever go to your favorite football team's game, go. Please go. Please go. And you will not regret it. Even if they lose, hey, it happens. Can't win every single game.  It's so much fun. Now, I really do want to go to a college game, like a good college game. I've been in like, I think I've been in one college game. It's like Miami versus North Carolina. And it was just, it was just like, it wasn't really nothing going on. It's kind of like dry there. But I don't think Miami was really doing too good that year. Neither was North Carolina. But it's just, it's something, it's something being a fan of a football team and being able to talk about that football team and other football teams as your job. And that's why I really am very appreciative for Team Keep It Clean for the fact that y'all made that happen. Y'all make that happen. Without everybody's support, without everybody coming through, just showing love, man, this wouldn't be able to happen. Wouldn't be able to happen. And I just, over the years, it's definitely been a journey, man. It's been a journey. It's funny because with Lamar Jackson, it's like we've been going along with Lamar Jackson doing this thing like full time. Because we first started doing it full time August of 2018. August of 2018 was when we first started doing it full time because it was August of 2018 when I had got laid off from my job. And I was like, ooh, I don't know, man. Ooh, I want to try to do it full time, but I don't know about that one, man. I always felt like we could, but just felt like we just didn't have the time to do it. And then I was, again, I was still like, because I had been doing it on the side. Like I would come out from lunch, on my lunch break, I would come out on break from work and do videos and stuff. But then when we got laid off, it was like, oh, okay, this could be something there. And I was still like looking for jobs at that point. But then I was like, you know what? It got to the point where I was like, all right, you know what, let's roll with it, man. Let's go for it. Let's really try to do this thing full time, man. And it worked out in the long run. It worked out. It took a lot of work. It took a whole lot of work, but it worked out in the long run. And we're here now. We're not some big enormous channel or anything like that, but there's a lot of people that support. And I appreciate every single one. So thank you for what you all do. Thank you for you all showing support. Thank you for you all just showing love and really making this thing happen consistently.


Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. Today we're looking at the A-Rex Alpha full size double action single action 9mm handgun with an all steel frame in my quest to come up with the best all metal frame full size double action single action handguns for under $1500. I had to get my hands on the A-Rex Alpha. I already took it to the range. It's a nice shooter. I certainly enjoyed it.  It goes for about a grand sometimes a little less depending on where you get it so substantially less expensive than the 92x performance and the CZ Shadow 2. Offers a lot. 5 inch barrel comes with three 17 round mags a polymer grip that does have there that goes all the way around and very nice checkering here. Now you may have seen this with a red grip that looks super cool a blue grip and a white grip. Those are aluminum. You can pick those up but they are very expensive like over 150 bucks so you know it's considering the the price of the pistol compared to others in the same class is less expensive maybe that's something you'll go for extended beaver tail does have a skeletonized safety there ambidextrous thumb safety frame mounted the sights have adjustable rear sights all around and a fiber optic front sight the mag well is beveled right for those quick mag changes and it does have an undercut in the trigger guard both rear and front serrations they model each other and a fiber optic front sight this angles off right up to the muzzle pretty cool looking and a full 1913 pick rail it's a nice looking and shooting handgun and I borrowed it actually I didn't I didn't buy this but I did borrow it for this review it has lightning cuts on top and a little recess there that matches the barrel straight through really kind of cool looking and the one thing that I had to learn at the range I mean I should know this but this single action trigger pull is very light I already showed clear here but I'm going to go ahead and show the double action is heavy I would I would that feels like a double action revolver all right I would guess 11 12 pounds but the single action is extremely light three and a half pounds is what I'm measuring it right there and the reset is short but you have to be careful you know you can let a shot get away from you with a trigger pull that light check this out the a rex alpha uses the same 17 round mags as the rex 01 so that's a nice touch 20 round mags are available also has some texturing in the front of the trigger guard as well as the side but it also disassembles the same as the rex 01 you push this lever down now you may notice this is held by a spring there and that is catching on that cutout so I'm going to release it and then push that down to release the slide from there slide will come right off very nice constructed big fan of a rex arms all steel uncaptured all steel guide rod uncaptured recoil spring and the five inch match grade barrel check out those lightning cuts those look pretty cool love shooting it love love the urgals on it you know they say the urgals are amazing and they really are they feel great and then of course all are full length frame rails right you put this right back on here lock it back push that lever down nice single action trigger pull it is light the shadow two is light as well the single action trigger pull is light with the shadow two but here they are all right you're going to see two race guns or competition guns full size steel frame five inch barrel handguns a lot of people love the shadow two but this is quite a bit less expensive let's go ahead and get them on the scale here I did this earlier and I saw that the shadow two was a bit heavier two pounds 10 and three eighth ounces we moved that to just ounces 42 and three eighths 17 rounds 49 and a half ounces let's see what the shadow two ways it'll be about two ounces heavier is my guess a little more than that 54 ounces so four ounces well now it's that's 50 54 so about three and a half four and a half ounces heavier with the shadow two his weight a bad thing when we talk about competition guns nope not at all what you want is that gun that is going to impact right where your sights are aligned and once you get that and you're going to get that with these full size all steel frame handguns I mean your your best chance of accuracy precision call it what you want is with these all steel frame five inch barrel handguns they're they're so amazing and I can't wait to put together the compilation that I've been working on but I had to include the a rex alpha beautiful looking and shooting handgun a little less expensive but it certainly gets the job done if you like videos like this please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button thanks for watching and you guys be safe


Today May 40 here hanging out on a red day. I drive just doing a little shopping and I just had a really exciting revelation I just realized that my instincts are God's instincts But I am aligned with God and it's like such a great feeling to be aligned with God that's why I'm right so often on my YouTube show and that's why you should send me super chats and I can subscribe because my instincts are just identical to the Torah's instincts, which are just identical to God's instincts because God read the Torah and You know whether I'm on Rodea Drive or in Compton Or on the Santa Monica Beach. It's just an amazing feeling to be absolutely aligned with God just to be one with God Just have the same instincts And that accounts for my prescience and that accounts for why you should listen to my Cassandra like warnings And that's why I'm able to be so profound That's why I may want to Share with you so much truth And you know, that's why I am enrolling you in the battle for good values And that's why we have to take back this country from the from the Communist guys from the Satanic Democrat pedophiles, right and What can I say just feeling aligned with the universe right now blessings