What's up, everybody? Welcome back to the channel. I'm evil rabbit and we are here on a new game that just recently came out Been super excited and been waiting for the release of this game state of decay 2 I did play the first one. This one is supposed to be even better with the free roam zombie apocalypse survival and community Style game so we're here today to get into state of decay 2 and See what we can do in the first gonna be probably doing a playthrough here on state of decay Maybe get some of the friends of the channel on as well Definitely been excited to play this has been been a very anticipated game So we're just gonna hop right into it start a new community and see where we go from here from the start So I did notice a blip in the beginning when I first started up that said bolt actions and revolvers are slow to reload and fire but Do not jam or break. So we have jamming and breaking weapons in the game, which is gonna make it a whole lot harder We do have our new Xbox one controller with our quick trigger grips on Installed on the sides for trigger stops for a quicker response. Don't know if I'm gonna be using it in this game But we'll find out once we get into it Now we got a oh Choose your characters Tyler and Victoria Realize you die Old buddies hmm odd couple Probably just gonna go with the odd couple But I didn't even look at the stats Well, these guys are better at shooting these guys are not good at shooting They're not that good at shooting So I think we're gonna go with these guys Old buddies and I didn't know we got to pick our characters.  It's like it's whole body is an open wound Dude, we got to keep moving that gate won't hold them long This place better be worth what it took to get here Trust me these army camps have food in real beds. All right, so apparently we're already starting off by running away Wait, what oh And we're already in the thick of it At least we have a baseball bat and security. What security? There's nobody here It's a refugee never go into a port-a-potty or anything in the zombie apocalypse so Turn our flash it off. I didn't realize I could turn that on Boop wrong button faster. Hurry up. Oh, man. Oh My baseball that broke so Apparently we just got some band-aids, which we would definitely use probably should use them There we go. We did break our baseball bat. So that's not very uh It's not very good. We need to find some sort of other weapon Oh, man I don't have any other weapons and there's zombies everywhere He runs kind of funny Apparently if you don't search it fast, maybe you get more stuff Not sure how that works, but I'm gonna try searching the slow and see if it uh Maybe we get more if we search it slower than faster So first impressions of it looks pretty sweet looks very awesome actually and We found nothing The fact that my baseball back broke is not on here. We go Apparently, but we have a knife still. Oh, well, that's good to know that we're gonna die if you can't scare up a stronger weapon Well, yeah, I know that buddy and I'm trying to find a weapon Man that dude's pretty big you're gonna she's already dead. Oh, geez Can't cut my friend so See if we can't find a weapon we're gonna do fast search Nothing still nothing So apparently we got to find food and stuff too. So It's definitely a survival game which is a lot more interesting than just a Zombie apocalypse type game. I'm gonna try and see if we can't find So we can't go this way so we can't go certain places So we are restricted into some aspects of map Limits, I'm not finding anything that we can use as a weapon At all. What do we got going on over here, dude? I'm getting a real bad vibe from this place. Yeah, me too because I'm not finding any Besides there are too many zombies behind us to turn around now It's uh, hopefully somebody left a gun or something in this Uh dresser here a bag of snacks Got a lot of snacks. So we're not gonna be hungry But uh, that's not helping our uh Our weapon situation here because I'm not finding really Wow after all this time these people still hope to find their loved ones There's a thought waiting to make sure your friends aren't dead I didn't leave you man. We've been over this No search wall Well, that's kind of rude food I selfishly shared with you right Oh boy.  I mean Pretty good with this little shank we got so we got a lot of band-aids But no weapons What so ever In this camp Which I'm finding to be very, uh Very disconcerting Well, yeah, no duh, but obviously I can't find a better weapon. I've been looking This guy's a little annoying with that whole finding a better weapon There's no weapons in here So if you guys have played say decay to let me know down in the comment section down below Do you guys like it? Do you guys not like it? Because what is this place first and first off the central booking seems pretty seems like it's going to be pretty fun and uh Definitely going to want to be playing this with some friends as well online if we can I believe we can so definitely going to be blocked I'm well away from you.  So we know he's gonna turn sooner or later. I hope not but It's probably gonna happen Still not finding any types of weapons Or really anything worthwhile So Apparently We're just on our own unless there's uh some sort of weapon in this in this uh Little uh desk here somebody leave a revolver or something No, hopefully We found a note Check out these rules. You would have hated it here. Now. How do I get to look at my inventory? There we go. Can we move stuff around? All right. Well Shit this bite is really itching.  I don't don't think I really want to get bit Whoa, what the hell happened here? Are they burning bodies?  Well, that's how you do it.  Something's wrong. I feel like I'm burning hot All right, let's see if we can find you some medicine. I have a feeling he's gonna die. It's gonna work We've got a machete now So we have a screwdriver Okay Well, this best broken so we're just gonna drop it. So now we have a machete So that's that's a lot better. There's a lot of batteries here. We could like scorched some zombies or something That is a shitload of zeds. Just keep quiet. We'll slip past him That's a lot of zombies that I do not want to deal with Okay Okay, go back to stealth and try and get past these zombies because I don't want that horde coming after me It's definitely enjoying this so far. I like how it started Right away with the action and what are you? Up here get to the ladder Okay, don't you move No, that's how me twice If I could get to the ladder While this knife is gonna last till it breaks There we go. So at least we got up to the ladder. So somebody has a gun up here Can I have it? What are you doing here? This camp has been decommissioned. Did you decommission the food too?   Uh-oh I've heard that symptom before my friend got bit by a real nasty zombie with blood all over it Hmm. Yeah normal meds won't help but ahead to the smb And pray the doc still has what you need Tell I sent you no worries I mean, okay I don't I wish I could take your rifle though But I guess we don't get a gun and apparently I don't know how to use a ladder Oh my gosh You get you get down The ladder there So apparently I do not know how to use a ladder Apparently I gotta look the way I want to go and hold down So we still haven't found any good weapons and At least they're behind the fence Hi guys Not a fan of all those zombies There's the smb. Why are you still here the last trucks left days ago? He never gives up does he? No, he doesn't my friend got bit.   I'm gonna turn into one of those things You would if I weren't here you time to help your friend How take your flashlight and look for a sample case in there bring me whatever you find Before I lost my team we were learning all we could about blood plague We found a cure that works if you use it soon after infection So send me into the room of all the dead zombies, but they didn't get everything Plague samples, please don't start moving Okay, thanks Did you find it? No cure That's bad. I'll need an infirmary to culture a new dose. Hey doc. The camp is compromised Thanks to all the noise the zeds are swarming the east perimeter That day we talked about it's here. It's time to go So apparently we're gonna be have to be leaving this I can't leave charlie If you stay I gotta stay then we all die charlie's gone But this guy still needs your help Okay, but I need to say goodbye. You know make it quick We don't have much time Thanks already dead. I need your help with something that thing in the cage It was a person once charlie We were all we had left. There's only one option now Kill him, but I don't have the strength I'll take the gun Thanks Sorry charlie I'm sorry I hope you're in a better place now Now we got a gun so I'm sorry.  Hey come over here for a minute No problem. Good idea It's time to move you drive How the hell do we do this without the army around? I'm not driving It's simple. We stayed here. So apparently somebody else is driving. I was supposed to drive, but I got the passenger seat, so This would probably be bad So I think that's gonna do it here for the first episode here on say decay Definitely be doing a playthrough here and getting a little more in-depth into the game If you guys like saying decay and you want to see more don't forget to tap the like button As always you guys make follow me on facebook twitch twitter and instagram all of which are found in the description box below I hope you guys are having a good memorial day and uh We'll see you next time appreciate you guys watching until next time. I'm evil rabbit. I'm out


urshifu staff has been increasing popularity. So People are a bit more aware of that. At least that's what I thought. Um Up until this point, but um It's a good one I think scarf in general on either urshifu if you're gonna play it is not a bad play Yeah, I I used it to a lot of success throughout My playing in series five. So Um, I think it's it's cold. There's a lot of options that it can do. Um, shouldn't be ignored Yeah, and in a best of one format, maybe better than maybe the next stage of the qualifiers But still not a bad pokemon even in a best of three either because it does put on a certain amount of pressure cost of getting back to all uh question about the bulky cinder is only 1% according to picolytics Uh run any sort of folks. So we're quite safe and those numbers there Only yuli with the electro ball weakness policy. Oh, that's so good. I've actually tried that That was so fun. I have got a better like I changed to uh salt best Uh at the back end of series five. That was really good. I really enjoyed the salt vests in the race But it it played a little bit differently, uh, then obviously just going and just smacking things around It was a bit more of a long game. So you got at least the benefit of maybe playing cinder race once it's dinamaxed ended But uh, yeah, that was quite fun. But that's me all over. Isn't it playing something like that? Rather than just standard stuff um, that actually works, but um Yeah, I think those those things to think about are are really important. Um, and Yeah, so is there anything anything other than are we going to move on from ashifura as anything you want to mention about that canal Do you have a little insight into the uh the scarf there or the ashifu as a check? Band I love And uh, I don't really have any thoughts on scarf. I think you guys cover it all. Uh, it sounds like it could work I mean, it's pretty straightforward with any of those items, right? Like I think What are the three most common? It's got to be like sash scarf and band, right? I mean, I'm not saying in that particular order, but I'd say that that's Pretty much what I would expect to see on any given ashifu Be it the dark type or the long side I think you should expect the sash until proven otherwise. That's yeah Yeah, yeah Just don't lose to the fact that you think it's sash and then suddenly it outspeed you and you're done Don't run a colossal into a rapid strike or a shifu base Or if you do at least be ready to move it like, you know, have a game plan be prepared Yeah, definitely Okay, but let's move on to uh, well, it's probably about time we wrapped up really friends. Is uh, um, is there any other specific pokemon that you would like to mention Before we we move into the latter part of the show And our hot takes or is are we kind of covered most things? To get people in the in the good mind frame good place going into players cup this this coming weekend I think um And uh cost has brought this up before and and recently here Some stuff here like how not to tilt some wins win streaks versus lost streaks It's probably a good topic to touch on unless you uh, we're going to do that in this end end phase here No, it's completely it's a good point. I think it's a good topic to definitely talk about I've obviously played probably more ICs than majority of you guys. So But no, I mean I've got a good a lot of experience with uh, the the the whole Having a bad tournament tilting and what kind of what I tend to do to try and Clear my head and kind of reset and I think you've got to do that I think that's such an important thing to to kind of keep in mind if you have a little run where You may be doing well and then you hit A few losses in a row and those losses don't keep coming the best thing to do For me personally is to just put put it down step away and have go do something else Go do something else for an hour a half an hour just to get a drink Walk away from the the system and walk away from the games don't think about it Don't dwell on it because that's when the frustration will build and it'll just keep getting worse and worse and worse And you've got to get to the point where you're going to want to throw your switch out the window And and rant on twitter and just all the bad things. So the best thing at least it works for me Anyway, it's even if after one loss, I mean just sit back It's generally quite good to do this in in tournaments anywhere and just playing in general Get the most out of that loss. Look at why you're lost if it was bad rng Why was it bad rng there are ways to do it? And you know that methodical way of thinking about it can kind of bring you back down to earth and get you More thinking in the frame of mind It's going to actually help you create good game and board positions going into your next match And how are you going to actually approach it rather than be like, okay? I know I've got this lead It's really good against this team I'm just going to lead that and click these buttons and hope that I win because most of the time, you know There is someone with a IQ more than five sitting across the table than you that is going to be able to predict that And then you're going to get stomped on again and the cycle is going to start So my best advice is take take five minutes even you don't even need to take long But I normally take maybe half an hour to an hour away Get a drink chill out forget about and then come back to it more refreshed Remotivated and then go from there. That would be my hot take on If you got a bad run tilting and dealing with it, I think that's At least how I would kind of manage it. Hopefully that's helpful to a few of you guys But it would be great to hear your thoughts though The rest of you guys on on what you kind of do to manage that sort of situation because it's something that happens all the time in every sort of Tournament environment. Yeah, so I think one of the big things like adi mentioned earlier is Uh before you start playing the ic kind of think about what your goal rating is Right is your goal here to qualify for the players cup or is it to Get the highest rating in the ic or is it just to play for fun? Right and based on that decide what rating you're trying to aim for if your goal in this instance, right is to qualify for Players cup. Let's say that you have 1700 rating as your as your goal because that's a pretty safe one Yeah, um Before you start playing right first of all make sure you're hydrated make sure you've eaten some food make sure You're in a good spot, you know to to sit down to play some games for a couple hours Uh start playing your games if you lose think about why you lost think about what you've lost to Right before before you even move on to the next game Even if you lost to like getting hacks think about why did that specific hacks cause you to lose that game? And is there a way that you can game plan around that to avoid that moving forward? Um, and that's you know over the course of you know, potentially 45 games That's going to help you and insanely like it's going to help you an insane amount To you're going to come out a better player regardless. Yeah, definitely definitely And you know, you're going to feel comfortable when you're in the same situation again If this hacks happens again I've experienced this before I'm not going to be surprised by it. I'm not going to tilt by it I'm going to think about what I can do to potentially come out of this um The other thing is if you're a player that generally suffers from anxiety before tournaments or you you know, you feel very anxious You have a hard time focusing on games Make sure that Especially if you know that you're kind of that you're this kind of player Make sure that you're very very very comfortable with what you're using and practice a lot beforehand Just grind games on showdown grind games with your friends Uh, maybe even you know like set up a little phone stream and discord stream to your friends Just talk to them during the games so that You can get through this thing through through your anxiousness right to play these games to Understand what you're doing to keep a clear head because that's really what's important to maintain your win streaks here and You know, you you want to play as many games as you can Sorry as few games as you can and get to the highest rating possible, right? That's the goal of every eye And so the more games you're winning the less you're losing That's you know, that's your goal, right? And so Uh, make sure you're relaxed. Make sure you're hydrated. Make sure you've eaten some food Take breaks. Make sure you take breaks. Don't try and play all of your games at once because I know for me, especially after a while if I'm playing too much pokemon It starts to get monotonous, right? I start to think I start to lose my train of thought. I start to think oh, I've experienced this before I'm going to do the same thing that I did then And yeah, you it's it's a trap that you fall into right you're going to start losing when you start losing your train of Thought that's when you stop being able to focus on your game and execute your game plans effectively Well, you're going into autopilot essentially Exactly so easy to fall into that as well. You've been playing for an hour and a half It's so easy just to think yeah, it's I just start clicking buttons then and just thinking yeah Well, I just played that so I do the same and it's not always the case of I've been able to do that Some amazing advice canal. Thank you so much Uh for that, uh, we did have a little funny message from johnny there He says you don't lose to hacks. He uh, he wins due to hacks I can confirm this I can confirm this same We've all Gosta, do What would do you want to have a little chipping on this one to see how you kind of manage and Corp with this this sort of thing Um, if there's anything you would like to add to what's already been mentioned Um, I mean I tend to usually go to the corner and cry I don't have a little weep Exceptually bad rng. Um, but no, um, I think everything that you guys have covered have been absolutely spot on. Um Like what I tend to do is You know, like I have first of all, you have to recognize it. You have to be able to In your mind put pull yourself out of it because you have to pull yourself out say okay Am I all right? This is clearly upset me. Okay. Um If it's upset me this much and I'm already thinking about it, then I should take a break. Um, what I tend to do is I usually go for a shower because with frustration and Especially in losing streaks you overheat or at least your brain. So that's overheating at least that's what I'm imagining for myself And I just know I have a shower. It's a cool Complete cool off. Um, I think it really helps I wouldn't say five minutes. I would definitely say the half an hour plus that leads saying I don't say five minutes is enough for your brain to process that You need to absolutely clear off of it. You know that it's going to come back at some point But you have to get your mind off of it and The brakes the brakes essential keeping yourself hydrated essential It treat it like a sport Because that is basically what you're forcing your mind and body to go into shore. You think you're well I'm not doing much. I'm just sitting around and clicking buttons But no, it's also about the body as well because effects that your body Goes through is going to affect your mind And that's going to affect your state of mind and play and your patience level. You've got to be really patient Just know that in the end of the day It's best of one. You're aware of this. It's ladder.    Keep that in mind when you're playing, you know, there there's more to this than the competition You're playing because you're here to have a good time And if you're not having a good time, then, you know, why are you playing at right? Yeah, so I mean, I think I've got like I was right. So yeah, no, no. I you know what you guys really like nail meathead like you You definitely answered a lot of it. I think I've got maybe two things that I can add to that um One is when you're playing your game Make sure that when you get tilted Like during the actual physical game remember that you don't have to rush to your next decision Take your time like in the middle of that game Like you have a time you have an amount of time to pick your next pokemon going in Think about how you can recover from that position that you've currently just been putting Like lots of people will get tilted right there and then they'll say no, it's over. I've lost right then and there No, you have like 30 45 seconds Whatever it is to sit there and actually calm yourself a little bit while you're in the middle of that match And try and make a plan forward from here Now maybe it's going to be reliant on them reading you in a certain way or They're going to have to not do this or not do that But don't just assume that it's done and over right there Okay, do take that time that they've allotted you to bring yourself back down to your center a little bit And then try and move forward from there now the only other thing that I can really speak to is A win streak is just as important as a loss streak because it can give you a big head and a big ego And it can also set you into kind of an autopilot So what I like to do is even if I've gotten like Five or six wins in a row or something like that I still like to step away for a little bit and kind of reflect not Just upon like how I've played and what I've done But the fact that okay just because I've won doesn't mean that I've got this down to a science doesn't mean that I've nailed down my plans perfectly and nobody's going to be able to stop me You have to kind of take some of that ego away from yourself and remember that There's other guys just as smart as you on the other side of this table And you're going to encounter them sooner or later and maybe you have some great game plans But you know to me it's it's it's maybe not the same as getting tilted from being lost But there is definitely an effect from a win streak that I've seen a lot of people been Suddenly stumble into a losing streak because they've gotten too big of a head from their win streak I think that's all I can really add though all all these guys have had really great points things that I've used myself I mean in pokemon in my own personal career Um, I have to deal with a lot of nerves too. So I think that that's really all solid solid advice from everybody here That's amazing advice. I think from all of you guys. So thank you so much It's it's so invaluable From the experiences that you guys have had and kind of relaying that to a lot of players It maybe are struggling with that kind of side of it And especially the the the win streak aspect aspect as well That maybe you know, it doesn't get touched upon so much because there is that Well, you mentioned cream about having that kind of ego boost almost because you're on such a hot streak You're thinking uh, yeah, I can walk on water and it's not always Um as easy as that because your next opponent is always going to be as hard as your last loss, you know Your last win even or any, you know Whatever that goes, but um, I think one of the things that adi mentioned earlier in canal You've touched on it again is picking your times when to play your games Um, and and being smart about that strategically we touched on it at the very start of the uh, the stream here tonight And I think that's another thing to touch upon before we move into the last segment of the uh, the stream here And that is just maybe not having to play them all at once There is no rush to play them the 15 games carry over into your sunday You're not going to need to play all 45 games. Hopefully fingers crossed You've got a bar to get to Pick your times that are most convenient to you the fit in over those three days and play As much as you can when you can and it's just just as much as you can And I think that's something to think about as well Um and don't overdo it and like canal said as well a huge important point of this is you play this game to have fun So make sure you have fun if you're not having fun with it. Don't play You know, it's not the end of the world if you don't qualify for players cup two. It's really not. There'll be other tournaments So it's about having fun at the end of the day. Obviously everyone wants to do well But you know, there is only a certain amount of people that are going to qualify to the next stage Sometimes isn't going to be you unfortunately and then you know, that's the thing that's the way of looking at it and building on Anything if you don't make it, you know build on that So you've got to take the positive side of every every angle of this and if you qualify great Then that is job done. But you know, sometimes it doesn't always work out like that. Um You know, um, I had my own issues in players cup one why I didn't qualify But we'll not go into that now, but um, I'm hoping to qualify this time I was sad not to play last time But you know, I've been having fun ever since players cup one the qualifiers happened I've been really enjoying the format So it's not to say it's the end of the road if you don't qualify for this tournament So I'll just give you that two cents But um anything you guys would like to add before we I think we're probably due to kind of wrap up without hot takes I think that's what everyone's waiting on now really going into the weekend Is there anything else we'd like to mention before going into that and wrapping up? I think we're about ready. Yeah, we've come a lot Ready Yeah, okay.  We go clockwise I have a I have a few hot takes. Um This is the best of one. I see obviously so One team or one one combination of pokemon that I especially do very well is dust clops plus draggalje The the poison dragon pokemon, you know Draggalje has the adaptability Ability which gives it stab two times damage instead of 1.5 And so dust clops bulldozing its weakness. It gives it plus two in special attack And then it gets to click max poison to boost its special attack further max warman to lower opposing Uh physical attack, right, you know, it's hitting all the common trick room threats. It's hitting torcal. It's hitting premarino It's hitting tyranitar with warm wind Yeah, and so I think that this pokemon especially in a best of one format where the dust clubs could also potentially have ally switch Is definitely something that would probably perform very well Uh, it resists really boom as well. It hits incineroar You know, there's just like there's a lot that it hits and a lot common pokemon that it resists Um, yeah, it's it's a very good pick. Yeah. Yeah, so another thing that I think is going to do very well is In teleon, we haven't seen a lot of in teleon in series five But in teleon also has the you know, the starters the move that has 160 base power And it gets one snipe shot, right? So life orb in teleon snipe shot actually just one shots arcanine arc Max or one shots to rant max guys are one shots to raki on A one shot sender race like this pokemon hits so much and it's faster than cinderace by one point Right. It's just an incredible pokemon to use I think actually in best of one where You know, I see wind on this pokemon and use it to draw the pokemon you run So you just run it as an individual offensive pokemon It can do a lot. Yeah. I mean, yeah, kunal actually that that was gonna be my hot take. So that's I completely agree No, no, no, no, no. I feel like I always take over the conversation. I gotta I gotta, you know, like shut up and listen sometimes I got I got one more to go through and then I'll come back at the end with a final input Love it. The last hot take is I think that coaching stuff is going to be very very strong this this players Coaching off of real is pretty good because because of the prankster Coaching if you don't know gives your partner plus one attack plus one defense Can't be redirected to yeah, it's not targeted. So you can't follow me to redirect it or anything like that It could go through protect as well down it. Yes. I believe so Yeah, that's something coaching your rillaboom coaching your cinderace You know coaching a pokemon like snorlax that runs pretty bulky, but benefits from the plus attack is pretty good Uh coaching garrados is pretty good. You know, there's like All these that benefit so much from the plus one attack plus one defense Even a pokemon like togekis right giving you plus one defense even though it's not benefiting from the attack is very good Yeah, that's yeah, really nice option. There's a lot of mods that can run it too. Like I had I was using scarf or shifu and I think it's even on my paste I had coaching on there because I wanted to also be able to max guard to stall out to get my scarf back And so I was like, okay, what's actually useful at the same time And I was like, let's go with coaching. I mean, there's there was no way to stop it indeed Could bust out psychic terrain. You couldn't fake it out then I think it's very powerful Uh to raki on gets coaching, but yeah, really Sitting coaching with is the end show That's how you actually cannot be intended Yeah And it's pretty fast When I find isn't it hot speed? Yeah, it's nice fake out.  Yeah Yeah, inner focus means it can't be faked out and it also can't be intimidated.  I like them. I like the mind show a lot. I like that a lot I think that's a very good cool pick drug algae as well I think obviously we've seen it really do very well in series five. So that's another pokemon I think has a lot of potential so a really good picks there canal Thanks, and we'll come back to you. You said you got one more to finish off with Yeah, just at the very end.  So I was going to mention in tele on in a slightly different way though. I guess So I've found it useful on a number of teams where I actually already had redirection And I had been seeing a lot And I mean a lot of like screens and grim snarl, etc, etc So I took more advantage of sniper and scope lens and focus energy um like kunala saying you get a base 160 water attack um I I now I'm trying to remember what the exact calc was I haven't looked at it in a while because I wasn't prepared for hot takes today but um I didn't do my homework, but I uh, I was able to take out a maxed rallied on after focus energy with that so Which is which resists which is disgusting. Yeah through like light screen So, um, I thought that that was that was definitely cool I played a lot of in tele on actually it was on my I can't remember if it was top I think it was top four, uh series two team And I played it, uh alongside with goth hotel and a few other things. I think something Um that people don't look at often on and tele on that's also valuable is the fact that it gets all kinds of support moves Like it like kunala mentioned it gets icy wind, but it also gets screens Yeah, um, which can be very handy. It also gets soap which can be handy next to something like rillaboom so I think that it is a really cool pokemon and definitely a hot take for me as well because There is a number of ways to run it and because it can counter like I said without repeating kunal A number of very popular things in this format. So, um, that's that's Oh, he's gone. He's he's frozen right there at the worst moment That is that he's back. He's back It's okay. What was the last how he's He's either doing it on purpose or he's just there's an Hold on There's a number of ways to run this so and again, uh, credit credit to luigi for Reminding me of of how disgusting that game can be played But if you if you recall like there's more than one way to just run parish trap, right? Like it doesn't have to necessarily be Uh polytrap we've seen on ladder um can do some gross things And uh, it can also sit in front of some things that it shouldn't be able to So my my second hot take is going to be uh parish trap and I'm not necessarily the gengar version But I I have I have enjoyed, um Watching some just infuriating destruction the I I know the not super exciting ones, but No, they're cool, man. Thank you so much. So parish is the second one there The the the line was a little bit bad, mate. We're breaking up a little bit, but we No, no, no, it's not your fault, mate. We've got the just of it But the intelligent obviously they're a really nice Pick we got all of that and the uh the parish obviously a really nice answer as well to uh to round off with and My options for a hot take or being last or uh, slowly whittling away Costa up next what would you say, mate? Is if you had a hot pick for this weekend, what would it be? Oof. Okay. So I just want to mention by the way for intelligent very quick It gets missed and not a lot of people think about missed. Yeah That's able to um, basically block any stat reductions on your team for five turns. I'm just haze as well Probably haze. Yeah, true haze. I see when there's so many things. It has a ton of support It actually does but anyways going on to mine. Um Hot tapes dudrio You didn't expect me to say that did you which one lola or can't uh, no can't uh go original Arena trap.  Oh, yeah out speed cinderace by one same speed as intelligent So if you want to get rid of cinderace, you got an issue with it, you know who to go to, you know That's right. No, but uh, I'm not sure if I should count that one, but I think uh I think persian could be cool. Um, obviously based on Matchups, uh, but I think I've seen doddles a lowland persian And it can function as a really good support. It's got icy winds got the pine sharp fake out It's got it's fur coat ability which makes it even bulkier when it comes to defense um stat, but uh I mean if you're really crazy to go for the rattled ability, um onto the persian as well But you know that that's next level stuff. I'm not sure if that works Well with weakness policy. That's Dark ghost and what are the type? Um That props it I don't remember either Rarely used ability. Yeah, we don't really rarely use the bud bud But um, I think bud would be the one but that's with a u-turn uh idea that I've had with um Trying to proc my own persians Rattled and then weakness policy as well Then you get it at um plus one speed and out speeds dragapult and all that stuff, but um I mean, there's not much of hot takes. I'd say like i'm not adding anything intellectual to this conversation right now I'm just saying a lot of persian. I'm saying dodger. Yo, um No lowland persian is a great shout man Like it gets beat up and stuff too. Like there's there's a lot of good things that it can do Yeah, I mean it does to be honest. It does have a lot of options. Um It's just all about, you know third case coming back. It doesn't mean it's good for the persians case, but um Another final one like my honest real hot take is not completely a hot take It's kind of like a semi hot semi cold depends on which way you see the cup. Um half full half not. Um Would be weakness policy overnight Um because good luck trying to stop it once you get it going And um, yeah Because it will one hit ko the cinderace if the cinderace Dares to go into it and you have the right support next to it and it will just delete it And then get your pokemon to plus one And then if you have the right support next to it, you could even get its hp back up You can redirect and good luck trying to stop it It's nice. I like that a lot man. I do like that a lot to quickly add on to that I think weakness policy instant is also something that i've used to kind of in the same bin For a back of one for sure. Yeah, I think we saw we saw kitesh use it in In the previous player scope. He ran weakness policy with It was flare blitz close combat. I think yeah, like yeah Yeah, I was it's just yeah, it's very very good. It's hard to stop it once it gets going and very similar to in the Corbinite as well. Yeah. Yeah, I Bravery as well with bulk up I've seen that used to some good effect too That'd be interesting. Yeah It's a bit that's a really nice one. I mean Bravery it makes sense, but then It's just Bravery being Bravery like You just want to try to utilize it straight away. It's not usually the support not support the setup kind of pokemon that you go but I mean It makes sense if you're trying to shut it down and there is no lightning rod and all that weakness policy Bravery will Absolutely destroy you if you let it especially because it's like the maps airstream roll-ons as well It's just bulky enough to live the super effective hits and then I mean you don't even need bulk up to really utilize the weakness policy It's just an additional benefit that you can proc before him It's a it's an additional salt that you want to try to lay onto your opponents if they let you get it going essentially Yeah But yeah, that's that's all from my hot tapes or lukewarm Tapes as a nappy been saying I think they wanted cold takes too. That was a request earlier Oh, cool.  But let Lee do his hot takes and then maybe oh, yeah quick run through of what we think is just garbage Depeated for hot takes now you've it's bad that I should have went first We should have talked about this beforehand we should have I got the bad trade off here I don't know. I mean you've mentioned like all stuff. I think like there's some really cool stuff Obviously, I've never thought about the weakness policy cover night. I think that's a really good Suggesting they're really great idea. Obviously in teleon as well amazing pokemon Both you canal and cram mentioned and I think still being a little bit slept on honestly I think of its speeds that in the format its ability to just actually nuke on stuff is incredible um What I try and have tried to do I I haven't been able to put anything together for this But what something that I did want to try and get to work It was something I played a lot and this is the best again for conversations with canal and series Three or series four. I can't remember but uh, it was all when you look at the the the teams from The the the the last players cut the top eight teams and even further down There is there's a massive ice weakness there There's a huge huge ice weakness going right through a lot of the teams and if you've got a strong ice type pokemon Especially spamming something like blizzard or something similar to that It it does cause a lot of issues for your opponent and create a lot of offensive pressure that they sometimes can't deal with And especially if you're pairing it Uh next to something that can control speed and things like that So, um, I guess if I'm going to say anything I would say what I was trying to get work was glacial Um, and that would be my hot take. It's it's probably a cold take as well on Literally a cold take but Yeah, I'm I'm going to throw that one out and that is that is where I'm going to leave it But glacial a very very cool pokemon surprisingly bulky Um can cause all sorts of issues, especially like I said with the correct speed control and support next to it Something like cinderace glacial can work pretty well together. Um, so and you know if you got the dragovish in the back for support Or another uh strong water type maybe primarina in there. It could also work. Um Glacial can do some work. Obviously you're gonna need a bit of support around it to allow it to do that but it hits like a truck and It's got decent special defense as well. So it would surprise you but uh, that'll be mine there and we'll uh with that I'm gonna not mention anything else and just throw it over to you canal to uh, take the show away with your your final Yeah, so Real quick about glacial though. Um, my good friend vishi. You might know him as flying falcon seven He's you know, uh, he top 16 dollars and he actually had a glacial on in his team And he's probably the only person I've ever seen used glacial Uh, and I think that glacial is like actually a really really solid pokemon in this format It's like a pretty good speed tier. It's really good defense really good special defense very solid special attack um and You know, it's Able to hit pre marina. It's able to hit dragapult. It's able to hit drake of ish It it just has like as you said ice coverage is just so solid Uh, and it does is big. Yeah, exactly. It does. It's just such a good job of like Being a fifth or sixth pokemon on a team to kind of round a team out and cover up some weak mattress Yeah, um So the last thing that I wanted to say costy you said that it was kind of like a cherry on top But I actually I think it's kind of the opposite. I'm gonna bring us back down to earth from these hot takes So the hottest the quote-unquote hottest take I have is that The thing that you should expect to see the most is better variations song teams We're bringing sun all the way back, right? I think that people are going to people have been developing sun teams Much further than they were developed in the first and I think that There's going to be some sun teams with pokemon that people aren't expecting and some, you know, some builds that People have not considered before I actually I know that for a fact, but Uh, I think that the the number of sun teams that you're going to see in the ic is going to blow your mind And it's the hottest take. I think that is the hottest It's the warmest take It's got all of the puns My my take my take is that sun is the best archetype in series five And I think that this ic is going to be very representative of that I'm going to agree to actually yeah, that's uh, that's where I will end my thoughts there So cold takes for fun. Is this what we're doing now? Uh define cold takes. What are we doing?  Yeah, I think that was I think that was the question. I saw it in comments. I forget who had it, but it was We pulled it up earlier. Okay. What do I think is absolute garbage? Let's see Um, come on back up that wheezing statement. I was gonna say intending on Bring until you're back Sure. I'll back up. I think that wheezing is a garbage pokemon and I think On a serious note though, I think probably teams that are trying like lapras teams that are trying to be Uh similar to like series three lapras with the supportive lapras and the offensive team around it are probably on I think those are going to be teams that don't perform at all That's fair. No, it's yeah I just think they they're not matched up well against sun. They're not really matched up well against tyranitar Against her shifu against purion z. It's just like pretty hard to justify running that kind of team Well, because they've literally they're outdated. That's why Because of how drastically the meta's changed like it's so high impact right now And it's all about positioning too. So It's a tough one.  What do I think is garbage? Um Don't say it.  Don't you dare? Now I'm a little gun shy here, man.   Can I baton pass this time successfully? I shall accept the baton pass. All right, there we go. Um, right nappy's probably gonna like check a fit at me I think it was nappy, um, boltened Because it doesn't have the correct move pool if it had Hold on hold on Here's the thing about bolted, okay It's this really cool move called electrify Where is electrified and it makes you're opposing like your target's attack electrotype So The idea that we had Series Was that we lead boltons xc drill, right? We electrify the threat to the xc drill so it can set up sword stands because obviously electric moves don't affect xc And then if there's a corviknight, we can electrify our own plus two xc drill to kill the corviknight And plus two xc drill beats everything else Yeah, so I agree that it's bad But don't say bad stuff about it. It's cool I mean, I just wish I wish it was better like I just wish I really wish it just it looks like it has so much good potential electrify true that is Something going for it other than the waste of competitive visibility, unfortunately Um I just all right. There's there's gonna be a lot of disagreement here Like Kunal and I are gonna have probably like a 20 minute put like post video chat about wheezing now, you know We do you want to go do you want to go or or like because you went last last time and and you should be you should be first Okay, I mean I don't necessarily think whether all bad pokemon obviously but not not in the Not really in I mean, what was there? Was there a drapean in top cut? I'm not saying that's bad I think bad pick for this event going into it would be something like and this comes off the back of Obviously kunal saying about the sun teams. I think ferrathorn was a very prominent pokemon in the last players cup I don't think it's a pokemon players should be relying on as heavily gone into this one so that would be my cold take for But this one so there we go. There's mine and onto you crim Wait, which one drapeon Did you say drapeon? It was drapeon in and in a top cut somewhere. I'm sure it was wasn't it?  It's design's cool, but it's just it's just it just doesn't It's again. It's a bit like bolton, isn't it? It's got the syndrome of just not being able to Be done talk to me anymore You and me are done How to end a relationship in 10 seconds Bring up drapeon as a cold take. Yes. I'm sorry. I'm sorry cost it. It wasn't my official cold take It was just I just mentioned it as an example But a ferrathorn was definitely there Definitely what I would say it's not going to be as good as it was previously. So yeah, don't use it Okay, I've got I've got I think I've got like two cold takes then So number one cold take is I think that Drift bloom is garbo I'm in this format. I've seen people use it with grassy seed I've seen people use it with psychic seed and I've never once seen it used successfully So that is that is my coldest of cold takes. I think my one that will be less well received is hydrogium I think that it's really not going to be good for a lot of things here considering how much we've got Out there to deal specifically with urshi foods and other stuff just like that I just don't think that it's going to be a great idea to be dragging out a double fairy weakness Uh Into this where a lot of people are going to be preparing for and having stuff to be able to deal with one of the most popular pokemon in the series So those are my cold takes. Yeah, don't use hydrakin Especially not in a format with toga kiss. You just now can't It's not series six makes sense because you know a little bit more. Yes. Yes. Yes, but series five No It's sure Yep. Yep. There we go. I've lit up chat with trifloem too. So we've all successfully angered somebody here with our cold takes What we're supposed to do That's it. So here's my here's my closing advice. Okay, if you uh, Saw a team of pokemon or a series of pokemon that you thought that you would like to use put them together Put a grim star on your team and call it a day Just, you know, give yourself screen support to give yourself room to maneuver And then use four pokemon that are like solid together And you know fill in your last slot with a pokemon that covers the matchup that you're weak to And I think generally like that'll get you a reliable 1700 rating as long as you're playing well Yeah, that is some good advice there right there. Yeah, if you're struggling for a team That is solid advice Yeah Take it people.  Is that is that the segment of the show? That's a lot of fun standing. I just wanted to uh, mention grim strong because we hadn't mentioned it at all yet That's true. No, that's fair. I mean grim styles should have we should have mentioned it because I mean it's it's speed control And it's also good support in a number of ways And I think that people moving to spirit break is also just added to what it can do Yeah, it's an incredible pokemon definitely look at it Now um, no right, we'll wrap it up there guys. Thank you so much for your time. It's nearly been three hours That's incredible But I think we've covered everything and anything to do with the players cup one Players cup two or to expect team calls and things to get you guys in the mind zone for this weekend So you can get through the qualification Um, I just want to say a big thank you to all you guys that have joined me canal costa crimp Thank you so much guys. Uh before we head off obviously, uh, if you guys want to do a little Um a little promotion self promotion feel free to do that And just let me know who wants to go first with anything if you want to have a closing word before we we finish the show tonight Yeah, sure. I'll go first. So, uh, my name is canal. You might know me as shade You can follow me on twitter shade group re three two one Um, that's pretty much the only social media where i'm active And then I also would like to use my little slot here to also Re up adi who is with earlier today He had to leave a little bit early, but he makes great youtube videos He has interviews with a lot of the players that did well in players cup one And he just makes, you know, great content. He's a great team builder. He's a great player So go and check him out. His socials are down below Great. Thank you. And yeah, I'll just reiterate that definitely give adi's youtube channel a checkout and drop them a follow on twitter He was on at the very start of the show if you guys missed that but full of great insights and has some great content So make sure you do check that out over to crim Um, obviously you don't have much many socials, but you do have one I do have one so I talked to a lot of guys, um, and I hear from a lot of different players, uh, especially working with uh, both of lee's discords So, I mean, I don't have a twitter. Uh, i'm not i'm not really big on that And uh, most of the other social media you'll find on me is music related So go ahead and feel free to hit me up over here. Um, I think shout outs for me definitely, um to these guys here for being awesome And for doing what they do Kunal is a good friend of mine and we've gone to some tournaments together We've had good times I talked to lee probably more than he wants to hear from me and costa and I've always had a whole bunch of fun So, um, big shout outs to all of you guys, um, and especially lee for always being so kind to all of us and taking care of us Like each family Yeah That's it.  Sorry. I did I went off pg the apologies league. Um Right, um We're lucky. I didn't yeah All right, so, um Listen to everything the others have said a bit about me is with what I've said as well Not everything about like crying in corner, but um, listen to the positive parts Just if you want to enjoy the weekend Just see it as that see it as exciting. Um, think about the idea of oh, could I get a good rating? Could I do a well could I win this and that but remember obviously it's a game? I know it's a game we all love and uh, it's a bit of an obsession. I'd say but um, at least for myself Um, uh, but the whole point is to remember to distance yourself as well take breaks enjoy it and um Follow the dramatic amount of stuff I put down there as well, please Um, gonna try to get some youtube content going in a bit more daily streams as well And a huge shout out to uh, blade runner. I'm not sure if he's here or not, but um, he Is basically the architect behind the corvonite strats because he's opened up my world to a whole new Corvonite perspective, which is just amazing and um It just makes a lot of sense and uh, yeah, that's all from me. Thank you I wish you all the best of luck. Stay safe. Of course with still this pandemic times. Um, it's tough It's gonna be tough for a while, but we have to just try to Perseve it and um, stay safe and just enjoy the weekend Brilliant. What a nice way to end now. I'll come in and spoil that coaster. Um, but uh, no Just a big thank you to all three of you again Obviously, it wouldn't have been possible without you three and then adi earlier on as well with some absolutely amazing insights and um great views and perspectives on on just preparing um, not only that but whilst you're involved in the tournament as well itself I think just invaluable Information for for all the viewers new and old. I think um, obviously I'm going to do a shameless plug for myself because Why not join the party, but you can follow me on twitter if you want. Um, it's It's twitter. It's always exciting. Isn't it? It's a place. So come and give me a follow I don't normally get involved with all the crazy stuff But I'm there and occasionally put some humorous stuff out and obviously have a youtube channel as well Got pretty much daily content over there at the minute. So come and join lots of series six stuff will be doing players cups Players cup stuff over the next few days and into next week. So do come around and of course This will be going up on youtube So I'll be linking everything if you are watching the rerun all of the the links everything that we've shown I'll be down in the description all of the socials for all you guys will be down there as well if you want to check anyone out so you can pick that all up and um That about wraps it up. I think for this evening. It's been an absolute pleasure guys. Thank you so much Just good luck to everyone playing in the players cup this weekend And before I do forget if you have enjoyed this if you'd like to see this again um after the qualifiers uh into the next rounds and and so on And other tournaments and stuff like that Do let me know down in the comment section because I would love to hear And I'm sure you guys would be up for coming on and doing more of this in the future. Um, so yeah definitely Remember to do that And that will be that will be really cool. But um, we'll wrap things up there guys Have a great resty evening afternoon whatever time of day it is where you guys are I think for me and costa it's pretty late, but for I think yeah, you can see Lee Lee's background is just definitely a dark, right? Yeah I'm locked in a room in a basement. You're locked in a basement Johnny pointed that out now too I think I've seen that scene in sa Oh No place you want to stick around like that with that weird puppets there and over in the corner I don't know. There's all kinds. Oh god run Um All right friends, thank you again Everyone at home. Thanks for tuning in. I hope you've enjoyed it and uh, we'll see you all hopefully again very soon So take care of yourselves We can't see each other behind yourself till next time. Bye. Bye


Because I don't know if I packed enough socks. Alright, I've got the SpeedCross Fives. What does Joseph have today? Bo SpeedCross Fours. Still going man. They look good. Aw man. Some red dirt from Red Hill. We're going to Red Hill today. Not too long. Just getting some little bit of vert. And Joseph has the Fours. And for everyone out there wondering, the Fours and the Fives are very similar. There are some differences through the upper, but man they just keep going. How long have you had those? These over a year and a half. I don't wear them. It looks like a little wear and tear right through here. Yeah, all that's from rocks, you know, on peaks and everything. Yeah. All that kind of side wall I guess. Wow.  Alright. Let's see here. They're red a lot. At first online I was like, oh my gosh, that's too much red. But then once they arrived I was like, okay, that's the real deal right there. I wish I could have like the other side. She was in high school over there. Yeah, right. She jogged with it at first. Okay, I think we'll go this way. 360. Yeah, cool. And it's like once you get going, you get so fast. Nice. Oh yeah. Oh man. He's right there. He knows his spot. So shout out to Jason on Strava. I think he commented yesterday about how it's too bad. We don't have the same shoe size. What size shoe are you? Oh, that's all these shoes that are arriving at the house. I could pass them off to Joseph, but just not quite. About a size too big. You wouldn't have to buy shoes for the rest of your life. 15 races a year. So the era of Vipa running, that's all him. Oh, I didn't do that. So, all right. Oh shoot, we got to start it last for the last time. We probably went, I think it was for the start. Was that like a mile? Yeah. It's okay. So I think we got eight. Nice. We're gonna work. Baby, oh man. Just catching up on life, everybody. I think I slept nine hours last night, which is a lot for me. That was like divine, absolutely amazing. I feel so much better today. Sleep, it's critical. It's just critical. I'm trying to figure out the right balance with sleep anyway. Joseph and Mackenzie are off running errands. I'm catching up on email from all of you in Strava Post. And by the way, speaking of Strava, I gave a shout out to the wrong person on the run. It was not Jason, it was Brent. Brent asked the question, do my brother and I have the same shoe size? So thank you, Brent, for that question. Restin' on a Sunday. Restin' on a Sunday. Little banquet beer. Don't mind if I do, don't mind if I do. Cheers, YouTube. All right, YouTube, we're back. Watching football. Who just won? The Rams. Just beat the, yeah, just beat the Saints last, overtime field goal. Poor Drew Brees. And then next, we're gonna watch the Chiefs and the Pats. We're gonna talk a little bit about running with Joseph. And you know I'm doing the live streaming now. And so this is not gonna be a full on interview. This is just planting the seeds for you guys to get a little bit of background as to Joseph's experience with running. And I'm actually, I actually don't know officially how, because I think a lot of you know that I discovered running through, you know, basically because I couldn't kick a soccer ball hard enough. So, but I actually, I'm curious, because Joseph, you actually played football in middle school, right? I did, yeah, played some football. Basketball was really my main focus. Yeah, that's funny. Couldn't kick a soccer ball. I couldn't kick a soccer ball far enough. So I was like, I'm just gonna get rid of the ball. But when did you, and so we're not gonna give the full running story today. You're just gonna have to come back to the live stream for that. And we're not even gonna talk about your PRs, which they're impressive. Not gonna talk about those. But I wanna talk first, I think, about high school. So there's a lot of high school runners that watch these videos and these vlogs. Maybe you could talk about the progression of your mileage from your freshman year of high school, kind of like, you know, roughly. Yeah. And then all the way to your senior year, like what your mileage was like. Yeah, I think, I mean, mileage-wise it was really low and then it stayed pretty low actually. I think freshman year I was running maybe 15, 20 miles a week. And then by senior year I think, you know, 45 to 50 was really high end actually, probably like 40. And I think it was just really taking it more seriously throughout high school and just being more focused on it. Yeah, yeah. And I think, yeah, it's more focusing on the intensity of workouts and just being more committed to all the little things. Yeah. The mileage definitely increased a little bit, but not much. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I would say that we definitely both come from a little bit of a lower mileage background for everyone out there watching. It's in high school because I know that there are programs that do bigger mileage. We grew up in Buna Vista, Colorado, so 8,000 feet above sea level. I will say Joseph won state his senior year in cross-country. But then I don't want to talk about cross-country workouts. I'm curious, you played basketball all four years. I'm curious about your workouts practicing for basketball and then also, yeah, talk about your winter training. Yeah, I guess that maybe is a big difference because basketball was my main focus. I played basketball six months out of the year, summer basketball, and then of course in the winter as well. And really freshman, sophomore, junior year, I didn't really run during the winter. I just focused on basketball. But then senior year, especially, maybe a little bit of junior year too, but I would run in the mornings before school, usually three to five miles in the morning, and then go to school and then practice until usually 6, 6.30 at night for basketball. So it was like a 12-hour day of two workouts. And basketball really was a great workout for running, that high-end stuff. And really I think a lot of injury prevention type of work. So yeah, basketball was a great, great benefit for running. So I was helping coach Joseph through the winter, and I specifically remember watching Joseph play basketball, sprinting up and down the basketball court. And I was like, this is perfect for the 800, the mile, even the two mile as well. But it's perfect speed work. If you can stay healthy and not hurt yourself. Yeah, great speed work.  And being in basketball just fueled my competition and everything. So yeah, I love basketball still today. It was great. And I think running in the mornings before school at 8,000 feet, I think the coldest I ever saw with windshield was negative 25. And I still ran that morning. And so it was just that kind of mental toughness and dedication that increased. And obviously between junior and senior year, it was a big jump. I went from 948 in the two mile. And then the very next time I ran the two mile, I ran 904 out in California. And so it was a big jump. And I think there was a lot of little factors, including that winter mileage and definitely basketball too. Yeah, crazy. And fast forward. So again, we're not going to get into it. We'll talk more details in the live stream about some races that he did in high school. But fast forwarding to even frankly the present, what kind of racing are you interested in now? And what is your 2019 racing look like? What are you hoping to do? Yeah, pretty much the focus now is just trail running and trail racing. Kind of other mountain goals, summoning certain peaks and things here in Colorado. But yeah, racing wise, it's really for me, I think all about the trails now. And post college, I was kind of a nice discovery to find the trails and kind of really enjoy running again. It's similar to cross country, but it's different in terms of the distances. And it's a bit slower and what not. A little more adventurous, I would say. So yeah, 2019 I think really just a few vocal races here around Aspen and Carbondale. And maybe some other mountain races around the state. So that's kind of the plan right now. We're secretly plotting for a potential race outside of Colorado. We'll keep you posted on whether it happens or not. Any tips for anyone really, but maybe especially a high schooler, any tips as they're maybe getting ready for track or like they're, you know, it's like they're, and I know a lot of people are watching that are not getting ready for track, any tip that might come to mind on any topic really? Yeah, I think it's kind of funny. It's January, but really if you want to do well in track, you got to be running right now. If you want to do well in cross country, you got to be running in May, June, July. So yeah, I love the saying you got to dig the well before you're thirsty. So even if you don't necessarily have goals right now, if you don't do the work right now, it's going to be too late. So thinking that kind of, it's hard when you're in high school and it's hard when you're busy as an adult to think long term, but that's really important. Running is basically just a long term game. You just slowly make your body adapt and stress it more and more. So I think if you can just do that slowly, you'll have more success and avoid injuries. And yeah, for high schoolers, keep it fun and have a good time. Yeah, it's a good sport. It's a brutal sport, but it's pretty fun. I do feel like as a 34-year-old that, I don't know, that I feel the strongest for sure. And I think the aerobic is still coming around. Sorry, 33-year-old. The aerobic is still coming around, but as far as overall that old man strength, it just takes time to develop the... It's not gym strength, which it's good to get to the gym, but it's just a different type of strength that you can't snap your finger. It's literally years and years of development. Yeah, definitely. Yeah, I would agree with that for sure. And maybe one last question. Is there a workout from high school that... One specific...  I mean, I think my, I guess, theory with workouts is they should... The best workouts gave you confidence. So I think about what gave me the most confidence. And yeah, a lot of great workouts. And I think mile repeats really gave me the most confidence. Because it was such a neat... Like for the 5K in cross-country, you could break it down to 3 by a mile, essentially your race length. And that really built my confidence on like, okay, if I'm gonna run 440s, you know, 3 times 440 or something, then I know I'm gonna race pretty well. So I think you just find things that really give you confidence, that build your confidence up. And I think that specifically we did a workout at the Grange right before Foot Locker Midwest. And I ran like 437, 447 and 431. Not crazy fast, but my PR at the time was 443. So it was just like, once again, that jump from junior to senior year was big, but then just really getting ready for Foot Locker Midwest. That really gave me a lot of confidence and was a fun workout. You were biking with me and out in Boulder. And come back to the live stream. I think we did some pretty good strategizing for racing, specifically before state. But anyway, we won't reveal the secrets now. Yeah, lots of phone calls, lots of meetings. Yeah. All right, do you, not putting you on the spot, but do you have a question of the day that you'd like to ask YouTube? A question of the day, let's see. So, you know, it's everyone's runners. I guess it'd be interesting to know, you know, kind of what's your thing in the winter if you're not into running, or how do you maybe change your running? For me, it's skiing. Used to be basketball. So yeah, what do you do, kind of what do you do in the off season that still keeps you fit, but is maybe not running? Did you hear that, YouTube? That's the question of the day. And I guess we need a keyword. Uh-oh. Putting us on the spot. You got a keyword? There we go. I like it. What is the show between two ferns? We'll be between two flannels. Keyword, flannels down in the comments. And I think we're going to close it out actually because everyone needs to rest, right? Seek beauty, work hard, and love each other. Come back for a live stream with Joseph at some point. We'll figure it out. See you tomorrow.


I found 11 easy side hustles that could actually make you rich in 2024. And I'm not just gonna tell you the side hustles. I'm also gonna give you examples of people who are able to get rich doing these. So this is gonna give you some really good ideas, whether you just wanna make a little bit of money on the side, or whether you want to eventually develop it into a full-time business. And if you appreciate me doing these types of videos, go ahead and let me know by gently tapping that like button. And let's get into it with number one on the list, which is going to be selling dirt. No, not the famous Alice in Chains album. Actual dirt. Sorry, what? That's right, you're gonna be selling the very ground that people walk on.  And if you don't believe me that you can get rich from this, look at the story of a guy who did. He was basically a guy from Ireland who moved to the United States. And he noticed at Irish funerals that many Irish people wanted to have Irish dirt sprinkled on their coffin. So he noticed a gap in the market and he was able to supply people with Irish dirt to sprinkle on their coffins at their funerals or wakes. But that's not the only type of dirt related business that you can make money from. In many cases, you can make money by moving dirt. So for instance, you can make about $150 to $600 on average for 10 to 15 cubic yards delivered. Look what I got. I got a jar of dirt, I got a jar of dirt. And you can make about the same amount of money if you deliver sand. And garden centers will typically sell 40 pound bags of topsoil. And these of course are gonna be used by gardeners to plant things like vegetables. So yeah, as you can see, there is opportunity all around you. Even the ground beneath your feet. Now, is this the best opportunity on the entire list? No, but I'm gonna go ahead and give it an opportunity score of seven out of 10. What's up guys? So we're gonna be having a live training where I'm going to be teaching you how to grow and make money from your YouTube channel, okay? So this is gonna be stuff that I've never taught before. It's probably the only time I'm ever gonna teach it. So definitely you wanna show up for it and it's gonna be at Tuesday, 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Okay? So the link to it will be down in the description or swipe up or whatever it'll say it on the screen. But definitely check it out. You don't wanna miss out on this. Next is going to be something that I've done myself which is flea market flipping. And this is basically the art of buying undervalued items and then selling them for a profit. And in this particular case, you would be doing it at a flea market. Did I say 700 francs? You can have it for 200. So flea markets are usually open on the weekends and basically these are places where anyone can go to buy or sell their wares. And there's a really cool article on Side Hustle Nation about a guy who turned his little side gig doing flea market flipping into a full time six figure operation. Now there's so many different ways that you could make money doing this. You could figure out what types of things sell really well at flea markets, buy them online in bulk and then go to the flea market and sell them yourself or you could go to the flea market and start looking for deals. Both of these only require you to have a knowledge of what things are buying and selling for in the market. And a lot of the times people will sell these in places like Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace or eBay. And this is something that I used to do with products like eyeglass cleaner or credit card knives. And there were times where I made over $1,000 in a single day doing this. A thousand? So yeah, this can be a really good opportunity. The only thing you have to know is kind of the market value of different things, what people are willing to buy and sell things for.  We need this. So one thing that people do this really commonly with, for instance, is shoes. If you're a sneakerhead and you're really into buying and selling shoes, you probably have a pretty good idea of what different types of shoes buy and sell for. And so that would be a good thing for you to get into. So overall, this is one of the oldest side hustles known to man. I'm gonna give this one an opportunity score of nine out of 10. Next is going to be creating online courses. Now this one is insanely profitable if you do it the correct way. And the reason it's so profitable is because it's incredibly scalable. You basically just create the course one time and you don't have to do anything after that. And there's a girl on TikTok who made over $100,000 in a single day selling online courses that teach people how to use Excel. So just as an example of this, let's say that you get a thousand people to go to your sales page for a course like an Excel course, right? Then 2% of those 1,000 people buy your $100 course. That means that you would make $2,000 in sales. And there's basically zero overhead costs. So this is actually one of the most scalable and sought after business models out there. And this is the closest thing that you're gonna get to actual passive income on the internet. Now, of course, you can create your own course and host it on your website. You can also host courses on websites like Cartra or Teachable or Kajabi. And then there are actually websites that will do the marketing for you. So these are websites like Skillshare and Udemy. So it's easier than ever before to make money from online courses. So overall, I'm gonna give this one a 9.5 out of 10 opportunity score. Next is going to be TikTok affiliate marketing. And this is the art of promoting products that other people own in getting a small percentage of the sales, AKA you're an affiliate on TikTok. So one example that pops into my head was a very controversial figure named Andrew Tate. And he created an affiliate product where other people would promote it all over the internet. And this was a pretty reasonably priced product. I think it was like $50 or something like that. And the affiliates would get 50% of the sale. And there were people that were making like $50,000 a month promoting these products. And there's an example of a 24 year old that works about two hours a day and makes over $8,000 a month. And she basically got laid off from her waitress job. And then she kind of started entrepreneurship, but she started off as a fitness coach, but she wasn't making enough money from it. And she was also working ridiculous hours. So she started creating content on TikTok and started affiliate marketing. And she was able to find immediate success. So yeah, this is another one, tons of opportunity. And of course I'm biased. I'm a content creator, but I really think that this is probably the type of thing where just about anybody could do it. Do or do not. You basically just have to talk about things that you're passionate about, right? Things that you're already really good at or things that you really enjoy. And then you just mentioned in the video, hey, by the way, there's an affiliate link down in the description below if you're interested in it, which there is by the way for a free digital marketing masterclass, which my friend Seth has used to help hundreds and hundreds of people get jobs. You can check that out. It's down in the description as well as the pinned comment below if you'd like to. But yeah, this is an incredibly easy way to make money.  I know lots of different business models. I know which business owners are insanely stressed. And I know which business owners are actually, you know, doing the whole passive income thing or at least semi-passive. And I'm telling you right now the people who create content and they do affiliate marketing are some of the least stressed out business owners. And I've also noticed just generally speaking not to talk bad about my own people, but there's content creators out there that aren't that smart, that are making a ton of money. Whereas I don't see that many people out there starting like SaaS companies, like software companies that aren't that smart and they're also making a lot of money, right? So this is one of those types of entrepreneurship that is literally like super easy to get into compared to a lot of the other ones anyways. And that's why people like me are able to make six figures a month doing this. And by the way, I teach other people exactly how to do this with my coaching, which I'll put down in the description as well as the pinned comment below. I'm very selective about who I accept when it comes to my coaching. I only accept people who are very serious about content creation, but you can check it out. I'll put it down in the description as well as the pinned comment below if you would like to apply. But overall, I'm gonna give this one an opportunity score of 9.5 out of 10. Next is going to be print on demand services. So you've probably used print on demand before you might not have even known it, but this is basically where you order like a t-shirt or something like that online that has a design that you like on it. And what you didn't know is they actually never even printed the t-shirt in the first place. They only print it once you order it. My whole life was a lie. And if you think about it, that's a very efficient way of doing things.  And so you're taking a huge risk. Okay, fine. I'll buy one of your bonders t-shirt. And then on top of that, you have to store all of those t-shirts and storage can be very expensive. And that is where print on demand comes in. It's very efficient because they only print the t-shirt once someone has ordered it. And it's not just t-shirts. You can print just about any type of clothing. There's also mugs, stickers, canvases, and just about anything that you can think of that involves printing something. And this is something that I just started really checking out recently. And I think there's a ton of opportunity right now, but there's gonna be an even more massive amount of opportunity when they start doing what's known as 3D printing. So I think in the very near future, they are going to have print on demand for 3D products. And I think everyone knows what 3D printers are. Just an example of this would be, let's say you design a Halloween costume and you actually design it yourself using a 3D interface. Then you're gonna have the ability to buy it. And a 3D printer is going to print it and ship it directly to you. Think about how cool that is and think about how many other things that you could use this for. So I think there's a ton of opportunity right now and there's gonna be even more opportunity in the future. And there's a really cool story about an ex-Walmart cashier that made $6 million in revenue in three years selling things online. Now there's so many different websites you can do this with. You can use Etsy, you can use Amazon, even Walmart is getting into it now. And yeah, this one is pretty good. I'm gonna give it an 8.5 out of 10 opportunity score. Next is going to be audiobook creation. So if you're someone who has a charming voice, let's say you're listening to this and you have like a proper British accent. Hello, govna. Audio book creation might be a really good one for you to get into. And this is basically where you read a book out loud and then people who like to consume that type of content by listening to it on websites like Audible will end up purchasing that audiobook.  And there's an example of a 34 year old mom who quit her job as a music teacher and now makes six figures doing exactly this. So she was only making about $30,000 a year as a music teacher and she had tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt. And then she became an audiobook narrator and she started making six figures a year. And she's almost completely paid off all of her and her husband's student loan debt. And this isn't just a side hustle, you can actually do it as a job as well. And audiobook narrators make between $46,000 and $80,000 a year. So yeah, this is another really good one, relatively easy to get into. It's especially good if you have a charming voice. I'm gonna give it a seven out of 10 opportunity score. By the way, comment down below your favorite side hustle and maybe I will make a video on it or at least include it in a future video. Next is going to be car sharing. And this is basically where you rent out your vehicle to other people when you're not using it. So some people do this, for instance, when they go to work, if they're gonna be at work for a long period of time, they'll just rent their car out to another person. And you can do this on a website like Turro. And Turro is basically like the Airbnb of car sharing. And there's an example of a mom that makes $6,500 a month simply renting out her car when she's not using it. So yeah, this one is pretty straightforward, not much to say about it. How much you can make probably depends a lot on the area that you live in.  But yeah, this one is pretty good. I'll give it a 6.5 out of 10 opportunity score. Next is going to be a home organizing or decluttering service. And this is basically where you transform a chaotic space into an organized haven.  And there's a story I saw of a 25 year old that makes $65 an hour and $4,000 a month helping people declutter their homes. But you can actually make a lot more than that. For instance, professionals make about 78 to $144,000 a year. There's even books that are written about this and people that have made millions of dollars teaching other people how to do this. For instance, Marie Kondo, she's a world renowned decluttering expert and she's made millions and millions of dollars writing books and teaching people how to organize and declutter their homes. And a lot of people out there actually like cleaning and organizing, it's kind of therapeutic for them. Did you clean up in here? So if you're one of those people who really likes to do this, you could make money with it. I'll go ahead and give this one a 7.5 out of 10 opportunity score. By the way, if you think of anybody else out there who could use this, maybe a friend, a family member or someone who's just trying to make extra money with side hustles, go ahead and share this video with them. Next on the list is a very interesting one and that is selling a custom clothing line. Now I know what you're thinking, starting a custom clothing line sounds like a ton of work and not everyone can do it. Let's put a dead animal on you. Crocskin, buttercream, buttercream. And that's true. If you tried to start like an international brand, that would be a ton of work. But what a lot of people do is they actually start a local custom clothing brand. And then they sell it on localized social media platforms like TikTok or Facebook. And basically what they do is they'll try on the clothing and they do it on camera and it's usually a live and they'll have people actually bid on the clothes live in the comments section on either TikTok and or Facebook. And then when someone buys it, they just have to PayPal you or just send you the money and then you would ship it to them. And this is especially good if you're selling local type clothing. So clothing that has something to do with the local place that you live. So this is actually a new way of making money that I'm seeing a lot of people doing. And there's people that are absolutely crushing it doing this. So overall I'm gonna give this one an opportunity score of 7.5 out of 10. Next is going to be pet training.  Bear please. So this could be anything from training dogs, how to do tricks to teaching cats how to poop in the sandbox. And if you don't think you can make money from this, here's a story about a female dog trainer who became a millionaire. She's known as the dog talk diva and she owns the Dairy Del doggie dude ranch and training center. And you can do this is more than just a side hustle or business. You can actually get employed doing this. And pet trainers make about 36 to $57,000 a year. So yeah, this one's pretty good.  So I'll give this one an eight out of 10 opportunity score. Speaking of pets, the next one on the list is going to be pet photography. And believe it or not, this is another extremely profitable side hustle. Like I said, people that love their pets really love their pets. And here's the story of a photographer that switched from doing other types of photography like wedding or portrait photography into pet photography and they started making thousands and thousands of dollars a month. And fun fact, the earliest known animal photograph was actually taken in 1842 by a French photographer and he took a photo of a cow, where you have to pick a specific niche and pet photography is definitely a very specific niche. And even if you get employed at a job, you'll still make around 37 to $60,000 a year. So I'll give this one a seven out of 10 opportunity score. By the way, if you haven't checked it out already, I did do a video on 10 side hustles that you can do to earn money this year. And you can check that out by clicking right here.