Okay, so let's continue with chapter two. Okay, just give it two minutes, it's recording to start. Yeah, so second Thessalonians chapter two. Okay, so let me just read. Now brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him, we ask you not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled either by spirit or by word or by letter as if from us as though the day of Christ had come. Let no one deceive you by any means for that day will not come unless the falling away comes first and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped. So that he sits as God in the temple of God showing himself that he is God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things and now you know what is restraining that he may be revealed in his own time. Now the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.  The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan with all power, science and lying wonders and with all under his deception among those who perish because they did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved. And for this reason, God will send them strong delusion that they should believe the lie that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. So here Paul is talking about what will happen or what should happen before the coming of the Lord. He's talking about the end times and which you would have gone through in greater detail in eschatology. So very clearly saying, don't be shaken in mind, don't be troubled, let there be no doubt, either by spirit or by word or by letter. So in the sense he's saying that either if you receive any information like this, like when people come and tell you this, what are they saying that the day of the Lord is already come? He has come, you're left behind and something discouraging, if people come and say that or even if you receive a letter as if it's from us. So you're saying maybe people would write to you saying, okay, this is what all has mentioned and even if they as if it's from us, they are writing a letter with this kind of teaching. So a lot of deceptions, right?  Let no one deceive you by any means, that day will not come, the day of the Lord, that day will not come unless the falling away first happens, okay? So there is great deception and lawlessness at work and the son of perdition or the man of sin is revealed. He's talking about the man of lawlessness, it's called the Antichrist in Epistles of John. And the falling away is referring to people rebelling against God and a lot of them sinning openly and seems to be some kind of a great rebellion and unbelieving nature of these people coming forth. So saying that must first happen, then the man of sin will be revealed, son of perdition as he's called, he will be revealed and he will oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God. So he places himself, now we don't know how that is going to play out or how that is going to happen, but Paul very clearly says, so this is how he will exalt himself above everything, he will draw worship to himself, right? So above all that is called God or all that is worshiped and that he sits as God in the temple of God showing himself that he's God. So obviously demonically energized or demonically anointed, right? So showing himself as God saying that he himself is God and he needs to be worshiped, right? This is the ultimate thing, right? That man exalting himself to the position and the place of God and demanding worship. We've seen right through, right? In the Old Testament also we read how in Babylon, Daniel was along with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, where the king put a structure of himself saying above, down and worship. So it's not something new, but here he's saying that he will himself will be in the temple of God showing himself to the whole world that he's God and Paul is saying, you remember, I taught you these things, when I was there, excuse me. So when I was there, I told you these things and what is the mystery of lawlessness is already at work and the one who is restraining it is talking about he who now restrains is talking about the God himself and the Holy Spirit and of course there are differing opinions on this and but he's clearly talking about the one who restrains the work of lawlessness and he moves away, steps away or he's taken out of the way and then the lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth. Now the lawless one is in no way is he compared to God or his ability and power is in no way can be compared to God, can be equated with God. So even though he tries to intimidate and et cetera and tries to exalt to the place and position of God no way can he be compared because the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth.   Coming of the lawless one, verse nine says it's according to the working of Satan. Now we need to understand that the lawless one whatever he does is because of the working of Satan is according to the working of Satan. So which means he's empowered by Satan and there will be according to the, you know the word used there again is enagia meaning supernatural works, right? Supernatural works and now the supernatural work is attributed to the devil, okay? It's attributed to Satan saying that it's a supernatural work but it's a work that is empowered by Satan and these are the works with all power, signs and lying wonders, okay? Person is also working out signs and working out one lying wonders. So it's called lying wonders because it's not pointing to the truth. Now when the Holy Spirit works when the Holy Spirit ministers or when he brings about signs and wonders we notice that it's always for the edification of the church that we read in one Corinthians 12, you know? It's for the profit of all. It's for the benefit of all, okay? We also see that the Holy Spirit through whom these gifts and the miracles and everything is done in the life of the believers and out through the believers always exalts the Lord, okay? John chapter 16, it always glorifies Jesus, okay? Now these are lying signs and wonders because it says verse 10 with all unrighteous deception among those who perish because they did not receive the love of the truth that they may be saved, okay? So it's unrighteous, first of all it is not righteous, it is unrighteous deception and it is done among all those who are perishing, okay? Because those who did not receive the love of the truth and to be saved, right? So for this reason, saying that God will send strong delusion, okay? Because something that we see again in Romans one, you see that, let's just turn there for a minute. It says, you know, a verse that is something very talks about, you know, hopelessness. It is saying that if you look at Romans one and verse 20, probably verse 18 onwards, talks about how the wrath of God is revealed against all ungodliness and so on. And it describes the kind of people they were, describes their decisions, their choices. Like in verse 22, it says, professing to be wise they became fools, changing the glory of the incorruptible God into an image. And verse 24, it says, therefore, God also gave them up, okay?  So it says, God gave them up to uncleanness. And again, verse 26, for this reason, God gave them up to vile passions, right?  Okay, so it's like God taking his restraining hands, you know, the hands that restrained, protected them. God just, because of the free will, God saying, okay, fine, you want to move out of my protection, you want to go and be in all this, okay.  It's the same thing that we see here, that for this reason, that God should send them strong delusion that they should believe the lie, okay? So it's like God taking his protective hands off and then there is the works of the enemy working out delusion, meaning, you know, something that is not of truth, right? It's delusional, it's not of reality even, okay? So that they should believe the lie, that they may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure and righteousness. So it comes really at the end of, you know, God really reaching out and, because God is able to save the other most and we know that God, you know, reaches out, draws people and the goodness of God leads people to repentance and so on, but here we see people sinning, rebelling, exchanging the truth for the lie and here we see, you know, Satan working all these lying wonders and signs and God taking his restraining hands off so that they should be strong delusion among them that they would believe the lie and not the truth because they actually wanted to believe the lie and had pleasure and righteousness alone, okay? Verse 13, but we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, okay? While this is happening or this is going to happen in the last days and the end times saying, but we are bound to give thanks to God for you because, beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning shows you for salvation through sanctification by the spirit and belief in the truth to which he called you by our gospel for the obtaining of the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught whether by word or our epistle. Now, may the Lord Jesus Christ himself and our God and Father who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work, okay? So Paul turns his attention to the believers in Thessalonica and he's saying, but we are bound to give thanks always for you, okay? In other words, he's saying we are obliged. We are obliged. It's our obligation to give thanks to God for you because you are beloved by God. You accepted him as Lord and Savior. You also heeded the gospel message that we shared with you. He's called you by our gospel, he says, and the gospel that we brought to you and for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, we give thanks to you. This is what has happened, you received Christ. Therefore, stand strong, stand fast and hold those things and hold the traditions that we're taught. So Paul along with the teaching, the scriptures, certain useful things and certain helpful things, traditions that they were taught whether by word or our epistle. Now we see that he also talks about these to the Corinthian church, okay? Sometime later when he talks to the Corinthian church, he talks about these traditions. So some things that were sometimes good and helpful, maybe about the sacraments in the church and so on like the Lord supper and baptism and all those things which were helpful and which is the truth, which had a lot of spiritual significance. So he's saying you hold fast these things that you were taught, either by word meaning as we were there, taught you or by our epistle. We've written to you. So you need to hold fast to these things. Don't let them go, have a strong grip on these things. So hold fast and which is verse 15, okay, verse 15 and 16. So hold fast, stand fast and again it means to be firm and to keep going, okay, to be firm and to keep going no matter what, persevering, okay? Or to keep standing in the truth and not giving up, not letting go, not giving up, okay? So hold on to these things, have a strong grip or take possession of these things, right? Hold fast and hold the traditions. Hold fast to the traditions that you were taught. Verse 16, now may the Lord Jesus Christ himself and our God and Father who has loved us and given us eternal everlasting consolation and good hope by grace. So he has given us everlasting consolation, okay? Everlasting, so never ending, okay? So that's, of course, again, we see it is the work and the ministry of the Holy Spirit, the one who's the comforter, the one who's the counselor, the one who also consoles, right? One who is the help, he's the paraclete also comes alongside to help. So Paul is saying, you know, who has given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace. May he comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work, okay? Comfort your hearts. Again, that word used there is paraclete, which means to come alongside, to put a hand around you and may he console, may he comfort your heart and establish you, right? Establish you, so then the word there, establish means to strengthen. May he strengthen you in every good word, he uses the word logos and work, okay? Every good word and work, every good word and good deed, every good word and labor, okay? May the Lord comfort your heart and establish you and strengthen you in every good word and work, okay? So saying, may the Lord do this, may the Lord strengthen you, may the Lord establish you. Okay, let's go to chapter three. Chapter three is saying, finally, brethren, pray for us that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified just as it is with you. And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men for not all have faith, but the Lord is faithful who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you. Now, may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you, nor did we eat anyone's bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day that we might not be a burden to any of you. Not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us. For even when we were with you, we commanded you this, if anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busy bodies. Now, those who are such, we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread. But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good. And if anyone does not obey our word in this episode, note that person and do not keep company with him that he may be ashamed. Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. Now, may the Lord of peace himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all. The salutation of Paul in my own hand, which is a sign in every episode. So I write, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. So in closing remarks, he gives some instructions. He has some requests. The first one he says is, pray for us, okay? Pray for us. And he says this, right? In Timothy, we read this. And in several other places also, he read this that Paul requests the church to pray for him, pray for the ministry, that there might be a door of opportunity open for them to share the gospel. It's always that, whenever he says, pray for us. It is this here also he says, pray for us. It says that the Lord, the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified. So that is always his request for prayer. That is always his focus. In a way, it's requesting prayers is to do with ministry. In a way, it's requesting somebody to pray. It is to do with this, that the ministry will be good, that the word will be, there will be opportunities that the Lord will give them utterance that he will be able to share effectively the revelations which the Lord had put in his heart. It is always this. So similarly he says, and may the word of the Lord run swiftly and be glorified just as it is with you. The word has come and you have received it and your lives are changed. And that's the way where the word is glorified. And now the people who have received and have their lives changed, they are esteeming the word, right? They are giving respect and honor to the word of God. And so that is the way where the word of God will be glorified. So he's saying, pray that you will do this, that you will minister in this way. A second thing he says, that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men, but not all have faith. So the second thing he's saying about, he's saying pray for opposition. Pray for the kind of persecution that we face, you know, just pray that there will be deliverance, that there will be delivered from unreasonable men and wicked men, not all have faith. So pray, the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. And we have confidence that you will do and will continue to do the things that you do and will continue to do the things that we command you. Okay, so, and then he says, may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and the patience of Christ. So two important attributes, two important characteristics. One is the love of God, that is the agape of God, that your hearts may be directed into it, that channeled into it, right? So that you will experience it. And Paul also writes in the earlier episodes also that you may know the length, the depth, height, the width of the love of God. And so that's one of the things that he prays for the church. So here also he's saying that may your hearts be directed into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. Okay. So which is really he's talking about Christlikeness. In other words, he's saying, may you grow in Christlikeness, may you experience Christlikeness, may you grow in Christlikeness. Now this Thessalonian church was already a church which was a bounding in love for one another. That's what we read, both in first Thessalonians and second Thessalonians, they say that their faith, they had faith in God, which was put on display, which was very tangible, very clear. And also their love for one another, right? So because of which, which was just seen in action, right? Which means they might have lived sacrificial lives, they might have been living on a lives of honor where they honor one another, help one another and so on. So that is how they might have seen the love of God in action. So for them also, you know, he's saying, may God direct your hearts into the love of God and the patience of Christ. Okay. Then he wants, verse six, he's warning is changing his tone. He's saying, we want every brother who walks disorderly. Okay, then not according to, according to whatever we've taught, whatever we have delivered, they're walking disorderly, you know, which is a frustrating thing because they continue to be maybe part of the fellowship and they're choosing to fellowship with them. They're choosing to be there in the gathering. But in their daily lives, they are disorderly, right? In their daily lives, there's no devotion to God, there's no discipline, they're walking disorderly. So he's saying, you know, don't come, keep company with such people, right? But he's saying, you know, you admonish that person as a brother, okay? So, you know, we were not disorderly. You know how you ought to conduct. Now, we were not disorderly. You need to understand that. You were not disorderly. Nor did we eat anyone's bread free of charge. It's not like, so Paul is setting some standards in, you know, ministry, saying we, first of all, we did not live disorderly lives. It was discipline. Second of all, you know, we did not camp ourselves in people's houses and, you know, and also made use of their hospitality because they were just giving us food and shelter and all that, we did not do that free of charge. So he's saying, we worked, okay, that is what he says, right? We worked with labor and toil night and day. Okay, so, really, it's a very tough call. It's a very tough decision which Paul, you know, made saying, okay, we are going to work night and day. We're not going to be eating anybody's bread free of charge. Yes, when we minister, he also says, right, the labor is worthy of the wages. So he's aware of that. He's aware of what the Lord taught, the Lord's teaching on that. So he's well aware of that. But in this situation, and even with the Corinthians, you know, we see the similar thing, saying that I'm just going to labor and we're going to work and we're not going to receive anybody's abuse, anybody's hospitality, right? So it was a life which was lived above the approach. Nobody could point any fingers and say, okay, this is what they did. Now they spoke the word in a good way, but then, you know, this is how they lived. Nobody could say that, right? So we did not eat anyone's bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day that we might not be a burden to any of you. And also he says, not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us. So really, you know, that is why with all confidence, he could say, imitate me or imitate us. Even as we follow Christ, be imitators of God as dear children. And he says, imitate me, even as I imitate Christ. So he's saying, you know, that we are making ourselves an example. So this is a pattern. We're making ourselves as a pattern that you can follow. Okay, which is quite something, you know, it's a really a decision that he's taking and it's taken and it's a testimony to everyone around. And also it would help distinguish, you know, the false teachers, the false ministers from Paul himself, who's true and authentic, right? So that is one way by which he is setting that pattern, setting that example for others to follow. So it is like a pattern, right? It is some kind of a pattern that they can look at and then say, okay, I want to do the same thing. It's talking about an image, right? Image that you can look at, image that is on display and say, okay, I want to be like that. Even I want to do the same things, right? In my ministry, even though I want to do the same thing. So Paul is raising up leaders, right? Raising up the church, raising up the leaders. And because of which we see that, you know, they would also go share the gospel. They would also teach the word as how he taught them. So he's saying, you know, this is an example of how you should follow us. Okay, for we hear that there are some among you in a disorderly manner. Now he goes on to explain what is this disorderly manner? Okay, they were not working at all. Okay, so when we say work, it's not just, you know, it's not just physical labor or so-called secular work, but also, you know, the work of ministry, right? So they were not working at all. So they were just busy. They were going from place to place. Probably they would just show up at mealtimes in people's houses. Maybe breakfast there in one house, lunch there in the same house, dinner there going to some other house. So they're not working at all. They are busy bodies, he says. And those who are such, we command and exot through our Lord, Jesus Christ. Okay, so two things. Command, a command is to be obeyed. That is why, you know, we issue a command. A command is something that is to be obeyed. And also mixed with encouragement, right? So he's saying exot. It is, when you say exot, it means to call one to one side and encourage. Saying, okay, come, no, let me just talk to you. Let me tell you what needs to be done. So these commanding and exotic, okay? So even in our ministry, you know, we can't have just commands and say, okay, this is what you need to do. Obey or else, there is command. There is also exotation, right? There is the command saying that, hey, this is what, this is the command of the Lord. This is not my words. This is the command of the Lord. Pointing that person to the command of the Lord and say, you better obey. This is the command also to encourage, to exot, right? And say, okay, what is it? Maybe, you know, what is causing you not to obey? Let's talk about that. So let me encourage you to obey this. Let me encourage you to pursue the Lord. Let me encourage you to desire the Lord, right? So that is something that we see here. So command and exot. So what is it that they're commanding and exotting? He's saying, you know, we exot through the Lord Jesus in the sense it's not their own words, but this is also what the Lord would communicate. So through the Lord Jesus as empowered by the Lord, as the Lord would say in our, if you were to stand here. So that they work in quietness and eat their own bread. So he's saying they need to, you know, start working. They cannot be, it's not that they don't have opportunity. It's not that they don't have any ability, but they are simply, you know, not doing it. Okay, they are busy bodies. They are just being, they are just wasting the time and the resources of others, right? So just one second. So he's saying, you know, but as for you, brethren, okay, so this is the exhortation for those who are walking disorderly that they should work, that they should work with their own hands and they should eat their own bread, okay? Which means they should provide for their own needs and not really depend on others all the time. Okay, so he's saying, they should provide for their own. So you say, even if it's ministry, okay? So you're ministering and the Lord has laid out some ways is saying, okay, you live through the, you know, through the support of people, et cetera. So even in that, okay, there is ministry, there is work of ministry or, you know, involved in and, you know, there is something that's coming and you're living out of that, right? So which is good. So he's saying, let them work in quietness and eat their own bread, right? But as for you, brethren, you know, do not grow weary in doing good. Don't get tired of doing the good things. In doing good, do not grow weary, you know? So why would someone grow weary while doing good? Okay, because maybe they're not seeing the results, right? We are continuing to do good and the others are continuing to just, you know, they're not just maybe we look around and we see, look at the world around and we see, okay, they're continuing to do the unrighteous things, right? So Paul is saying, you know, but you don't grow weary because when you look around, yes, there is every possibility that you might grow weary, tired, right? And something that is not physical, but something that is emotional and something that is exhausting that happens in the body, in the mind primarily which affects our body as well, right? So don't grow weary while you're in doing good. So don't stop, do the good thing. If anyone does not obey our word in this episode, note that person and do not keep company with him that he may be ashamed. So here's again, a strong instruction is saying, okay, if they're not obeying this episode, you know, they're coming to the church, they're coming, part of the fellowship, but they're not obeying this episode for whatever reason. Like he's saying, no, do not keep company with that person that they may be ashamed and then that he also says, but don't count them as an enemy, but rather admonish that person as a brother, okay? So don't go to one extreme and say, okay, you did not do this. So therefore, you know, you are an outcast or you're no longer here, welcome here, saying, admonish him as a brother. So correct that person, warn that person, right? Tell the person what they're doing is wrong, but do it as a brother, okay? And then final verses of, you know, greetings and blessings. He's saying, now, may the Lord of peace himself give you peace always in every way, the Lord be with you all, okay? And he's signing the episode with his own hands. So you've noticed that in the start of the episode, you see that Paul and Silas and Timothy are there. And obviously, you know, he might have dictated somebody might have written down, but then he puts his name, he signs his name. So he says, this salutation of Paul with my own hand, we just sign in every episode. And so I write.  So with that ends the, this episode. So these are two, well, one is a very small episode. Second, the Sloanians, it's, and like we saw that it was written not too long after the first one was written, it's almost like a follow-up letter and to warn the people, to clear the doubts about the second coming and also some wrong ideas, maybe the second coming has already happened. So he's establishing, you know, the truth to them, to the church and saying these things should happen. And only then will the Lord come. And then the first is already written, you know, this will happen. This is how it will happen. The Lord will come and we who are alive will be caught up and those who are dead in Christ will rise again and all this will happen, right? At the coming of the Lord, the trumpet will sound and the voice of an archangel and all that. So he mentions that. So here again, he is referring to those, to the end and he's saying these things should happen actually about the lawless one and about how he will exalt himself as God. And these things, these are also some things to watch out for. So don't think that the Lord has already come and all this has not happened. So till such time, you know, it's, it doesn't mean till such time, the Lord will not come. So they were obviously troubled, right? So what happened Lord, maybe has come and maybe I'm left behind and, you know, so he's settling them, you know, even if somebody would write in our name, you be firm in your mind. You be firm and don't be shaken, right? And of course we see that in chapter two and chapter three, we see those instructions on how they need to. Stand fast and how there will be lying signs and wonders. Lying signs and wonders by the evil one and among the people who are, you know, those are things to see. You know, it says with all unrighteous deception, among those who perish because they did not see the love of the truth that they might be saved. So these lying signs and wonders, you know, sometimes people think that, okay, it's in the church, you know, look at a genuine signs and wonders and they say, okay, you know, Paul writes about that. These are lying signs and wonders. No, it's very clear saying it's the work of Satan, lying signs and wonders, and it's an unrighteous deception among those who perish, those who have not actually received the Lord, right? So among them are these lying signs and wonders. You know, it's very clear, right? It says, for they did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved. So among those people are these, is the working of Satan being made manifest lying signs and wonders. And also, you know, they have this delusional thinking because they have rejected the truth and God has actually given them over, right? To such strong delusion, right? And yeah, fine. Right, so with that, we come to the end of, you know, these episodes and the end of the course also. So we'll stop right here. Let me just stop the recording as well.


What's going on you guys? Welcome to the Single Guy Channel. My name is Lloyd. Today we're going to be talking about a question that I got from a viewer And he writes, Lloyd love your channel. Love all the advice that you give I recently got into a relationship with a girl and we've been going out for a solid five months.  I Know this shouldn't be a big deal, but it's really starting to bug me and I really like this girl I don't want to sabotage this relationship. What are some things that I can do to feel better and keep this going the way it has been? Thank you so much All right, let's answer this guy's question. Okay, so first thing I would not recommend that You guys if you get into a new relationship Reveal your number of sexual partners like usually nothing good comes from that conversation However, seeing that you guys are already in there. Let's give this guy some help So just from what I've heard so far this guy sounds like kind of a young guy I know this because I probably you know was I don't not probably I was Having these same exact feelings when I was younger, you know You worry a lot more about the number of sexual partners you've had when you're younger than when you're older But also too you can worry about them when you're just relatively inexperienced So I'm in this video. I'm gonna be talking about my own experience with it the stuff that I think works on the stuff That's worse for my students because generally my younger students tend to worry about this stuff a lot too I mean, it's kind of understandable that they would okay So before I get into this if you guys are wondering I am finally coming out with a product I'm super excited about it It's gonna have a lot of the stuff that I talk about on this on this channel But it's gonna be a step-by-step process with things that I cannot show here like in-field footage So if you want to get access to that get notified when it comes out There is a link in the description below click on that link sign up And we'll make sure you get notified about it. You can get the the early pricing that we have. Okay, cool. So Let's get into this video So when it comes to having sex with a girl who or being with a girl who has a much higher body count than you For lack of a better term What do you do? Okay, so this guy Six to 20 20 really isn't that bad, you know, I've been around the block more than a few times It's very very rare if I meet a woman who where her number even comes close to mine but there was a time also to where I Had only had sex with two girls Okay, and the second girl ended up becoming my girlfriend and this girl I don't know what her number was exactly, but it was definitely a lot higher than two probably at least ten times that okay So I was really insecure about this and a lot of the things that I did I wouldn't recommend that you do It bothered me a lot of ways and I kind of kept that under wraps for a long time So whenever I'd see you're talking to another guy, I would get insecure I would think that I wasn't any good in the bedroom because she had a lot more experience than me I thought a lot of things, you know, it really started to plague my mind So I'm gonna give you some pieces of information that's going to help you feel a little better by yourself So in our society We place a lot of importance on for men at least we want a guy wants to have more sexual partners And a woman tends to want less sexual partners. We judge them differently So you right off the bat you can't judge yourself in the same way that you would be judging a girl Just because she has more sexual partners than you doesn't mean she's better than you and on top of that Especially if she's young dude like a 19-year-old girl It does not have the same sexual market value as a 19-year-old guy like the 19-year-old even up the upwards into the early 20s and mid 20s like Women when they're young and that at that age they're marked. There's their mate value is so much higher Like it's so much higher I know much more guys are trying to get with like a 20-year-old girl that are trying that women are trying to get with a 20-year-old guy That's just the way the world works. So if you're in this position, don't judge yourself, dude Don't be embarrassed about it. It's fine Like I would say that her having more sexual partners than you is the norm because she's desired more like a lot More people are going for her than are going for you and that's okay You at men get better with age. You're gonna get better as time goes on. Don't worry.   I mean didn't learn anything from any of those things, but it happens, okay? It's more about Connection get the person that you're with and a lot of times people who are very promiscuous They really value connection, you know for me personally as someone someone who's very promiscuous Like if I meet someone who I connect with it I really like like I'm excited dude because I did doesn't happen Most people that I do get physical with I don't have that connection with and the same things probably true for you too This girl's been going out with you for five months.  Okay, she's definitely she's getting something from you That she's not getting from those other partners that she had for sure So you're not in any way an invaluable person just because your number is lower than hers, okay? So don't judge yourself on it All right and and the final piece of advice that I would have for you, dude Is if this is really really bugging you the thing that I would encourage you to do is to talk about it now I know at the beginning I said don't have this conversation Okay, but you're already there now and once you have that conversation with them Maybe there's certain things that she can do to make you feel better Maybe she can like tell you certain things or explain how it is from her point of view You know if this person really values you really cares about the connection between you two She's gonna have that conversation with you guys All right, cool And then the final thing that I'm gonna give you guys to is that yes The the number of sexual partners really isn't that big of a deal But I found just statistically if there is too big of a discrepancy like she has like ten times the number of partners that you have It's generally something that you guys are gonna have to work through okay Because you're gonna see in your behaviors You're gonna see in the way that you handle things if she's not a promiscuous person You are promiscuous person. There's I've seen people connect on that But it's something that you guys are gonna have to work out It's not so much the conversation about the number of partners that you've had It's more conversation about how you handle certain situations and I find that that is a that's something that will need to be worked out To so it's not necessarily a red flag, but it can it's definitely something that you guys are gonna have to discuss in the future So dude, yeah, I would encourage you to talk about it and honestly dude six to twenty not that big of a difference Man, I've been around the block a lot. I think you guys are gonna be just fine So hopefully this helps man if you need to then consider subscribing I come out with videos like this every single week if you're looking for to get mentored by me personally one-on-one coaching There is a link for the form in the description box below Click on that form fill it out and we'll get back to you. Thanks a lot you guys. Good luck out there


Humans and the psychology involved in it now for a long time, a lot of these elite tournaments have the same players.  Do you feel that at some point you know each other well, the kind of personalities you have and does that play any role in your preparation against these players? Well, you can't pinpoint anything. You get used to the players at some level. So at some point they feel familiar but I can't describe that feeling anymore. They feel slightly familiar and that's more obvious to you when you play someone completely different because then it hits you that you're not able to predict or something, you're not able to guess what they're going to do next. Players themselves keep adapting. Everyone goes back, tries to change a few things and comes. So they're also not showing the exact same face over and over. What separates the top grandmasters from the world's very elite players? The ability to take slightly better decisions at crunch moments. I think there's a hell of a lot of depth in chess and it's much harder to pinpoint this gap. As you'll see in a tournament like Gibraltar, that gap isn't that big. It's still there but you have to prove it every day. Yeah, but you said this quite interesting thing about that ability to take a decision or maybe push a little further. So do you think these things are innate in nature or because they're obviously working as hard? When somebody who's a 2700 or someone who's around a 2800, they're putting in those many hours of work. They've obviously put in that much of effort. So do you think it's an innate quality or how does this come across that the difference is actually quite... I think it's very much acquired. Once you play a few top nonomans, you'll get the hang of it. Actually it's one of the problems in chess that the depth is increased a lot. So there are a lot of good players looking for a few spots. I mean if you see the candidates, there are always names you think, I wish they'd also been there. You look at top tournaments, you think well it could have been more interesting if all these other guys had been there. And maybe that also has something to do with why Swiss tournaments are getting more popular again. Though Swiss tournaments are unpredictable, they're the only ones where you can accommodate the depth that's available in chess today. Which you're moving on to something else now with Akhil in your life and having a family. Is that something that has changed your outlook towards things or priorities in any way? No, he doesn't really conflict with my chess life. I mean it doesn't come down to him or my chess or something like that. I mean he asked me, is family or work more important? It's a meaningless question, they don't really conflict that much. But you have to find time for both. But I enjoy it a lot, it's a very special experience, I have so much fun with him and in a way he's also a kind of stress buster. And has he taken to chess at all? He likes the game which has certain pieces and he likes that he'll set up the pieces very well and so on. But so far he's not gotten very far, I mean he's learned a few of the rules but isn't lots of other things. What is your opinion and take on this whole chess in schools and chess with kids becoming do you believe that it's actually something that helps you even if you decide not to take it up as a profession? It trains certain very obvious skills, I mean just to repeat what they are. One of the first things every chess player learns is you can't take back something. So it forces you in your habit which is especially not natural to kids. As a kid no matter which game you're giving your first thing is to let me try it. Not let me learn the rules, let me think about it and let me. So it's natural impulse and I think this moderates a little bit. You learn that once I've given away a piece I don't get it back, once I do something you have to think before doing something. So to weigh your decision making. Then slowly it trains your memory because you're forced to recall, you're forced to organize games, see them, try to understand what's relevant, apply them all that. Your ability to sit and work on one problem without multitasking and so on. So at the chess board you have things like this are very useful and it turns out they're very useful for your studies as well because it's a very similar thing. Even in studies when you're learning your subject the learning process is very similar. So it also gives a lot of confidence, I mean sometimes when they played a good chess game they'll go back to their school and they'll feel more confident about dealing with that, that helps as well. So I'm a strong supporter, you know we have the NIT Mine Champions Academy in India, 17,000 schools, one and a half million students so we are implementing this project for 13 years already and it's really one of my legacies that I hope to keep building up. Do you also do anything to keep yourself? Do you see the connection between being absolutely physically fit, the stamina required now? Yes I do, I pay some attention to my fitness, I try to do something if not every day, every other day but I'm a bit hesitant to say I do it only for the chess, it seems a part of a healthy life no matter what you do. Alright, thanks a lot, we're sure.


A fiery horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty hyo silver, the lone ranger. With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the mass writer of the planes led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. Just as no one could equal his strength and courage, there was no one who could match his knowledge to the country. He trailed outlaws from the hills of Wyoming to the mountains of old Mexico. Until finally, crime and criminals were driven from the frontier, and the West was made safe for honest men and women. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past, from the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver, the lone ranger rides again. Kneeling beside an old trunk, Jack Webster looked with curiosity at the musty documents it contained. He turned to his wife and, What do you suppose Uncle Will was holding on to this stuff for? Look at these. It's about ready to fall apart when you touch them. It's your art, Dusty. Jack, put them back. What for? You know Uncle Will and Aunt Carrie would want us to see these. Shucks, they could have told us to stay out of here if they meant for us to, couldn't they? Besides, what difference does it make? They're in the East. They won't know nothing about it. You'll know when they come back. That won't be for six months yet. Don't go to bar in trouble. Just the same, I don't think it's right. How would you like people to go through your things when you weren't around? I got nothing to hide. Aren't you supposed to be with the men? Oh, they're just common strays out in the bottoms. I gave them their orders. Ain't nothing much for me to do. Jack, listen to me. Huh? This is our chance, don't you realize it? If Uncle Will likes the way you've managed the ranch when he gets back, it could mean almost anything. He might even leave us the ranch someday. We're as close as any Kenny's got. But if you're careless... Don't go to the Alice, can't you quit lecturing me? I can't forget how we'll live if Uncle Will doesn't keep you on afterwards. We'll get along. But I don't... Anyhow, I'm going to make good, so quit your fretting. I don't even neglect my job, but... Hey, wait a second. What is it? Here's something funny. What do you make of them? Isn't that a map? Uh-huh. But these papers here...  What's this writing? Let me see. Here. This is Spanish. Yeah? This isn't paper, it's parchment. Huh? What's that? It's made out of the skin of animals. Used to be used a lot. The pottery has shown me some. You... you figure the map goes with the writing? It's on parchment, too. Yeah, that's what I mean. I imagine it does. I wonder what it's for. You think that Spanish writing tells? Maybe, but... Here, give me those back. What... You know what I'm going to do? Get busy, I hope. Told you I wasn't needed today, didn't I? Nope. I'm saddened up and right in the town. Here. Let's close this. Aren't you going to put those papers back? If I did, how would I ever find out what they say? Jack, what on earth are you up to? The pottery savvy Spanish, don't he? Of course, but... Then he can read this. You mean... If I don't find out what's wrote here, I'll bust. Oh, now come on, Alice.  You look just twice as pretty when you smile. Some faces are purest gold. Some set with gems of a size and brilliance unknown in Europe. Indeed, so common is gold among these people. They hold it in no higher regard than we might the clay of our native countryside. Upon the map accompanying this, the true record of my travels, I faithfully drawn the route which our party travels in reaching this city of gold. The route which, if my life is spared, I hope to travel again, returning with wealth for the greater glory and power of Spain. A city of gold? Yes, my son. And that map tells just how to get there. Wait. The man who wrote this may have returned and looted this place. We'll be hard to find out. You mean to search for it? You bet I do. You are making a mistake. You will be going into a wild and barren country. There will be much danger. You are young and strong, and youth and strength are greater treasures than all the gold that was ever dug from the earth. I should just for a moment I should just forget this? Yes. Padre, you mean well, but I just couldn't do it. I don't know anybody else who could either. If I don't follow this down, I'll go local. I'm sorry I told you what these papers contain. Maybe you are Padre, but I ain't. And I'm not letting any grass go into my feet either. I'm hitting the trail tomorrow. Early the following morning, Jack tightened the straps of his pack saddle and... That'll hold, I reckon. You all set, Rusty? Anytime you are. We better get started. The farther along we are before the sun gets high, the better. Jack, don't go, don't. You object to being rich, honey? If you have to go, wait till your uncle gets back. While somebody beats me to it? Don't be crazy. If there is gold there, and it's waited this long, it can wait another few months. Maybe. But if I found it had been located just ahead of me, I'd kick myself clean into the ocean.  Not running the ranch as I do, honey. And the men will take orders from you just as soon as they take mine. But what will uncle Wil say when he's told? If we find what we're looking for, I won't give a hoot. If we don't, well, I don't reckon he'll blame me a heap when he knows the whole story. Oh, Jack, I wish I could make you see you're doing the wrong thing. I'd see it if I was, but I ain't. I'm afraid. Huh? Or what of? You're going across the border. It's a terrible district where you're going. Outlaws, no towns. No one to help you if you're hurt. Since when ain't I been able to look out for myself? What's the matter with Rusty here? I know. Man, there's no cause for you to worry while I'm alone. I look out for Jack like he was my own boy. And I know that part of the country like you know your kitchen. I've been through that a dozen times. You will look after him, won't you, Rusty? Sure thing. Then kiss me goodbye, Jack. There. Come on, Rusty. I'll leave the pack on. Bye, ma'am. Bye, honey. Goodbye. Goodbye. Get up there. Get along, fella. Goodbye. Padre, I just got this letter today. They're cutting the trip short and Carrie wants to come home. She and Uncle Will may even come back before the end of the month and if they find Jack, go on up. You want him back? Oh, yes. How long has it been since your husband left? He left the day after he spoke to you. It's just a week now. Then he's well beyond the border. It will not be easy to find him. You mean, you mean you can't help me? Did I say that? I think I can. Oh, if you only would. There is one at the mission even now who will help you if I ask him, my child. You mean go after Jack, bring him back? Yes. Who? An Indian. He is my friend. And the friend of one who wears always the mask. I will speak to him. You say he's the friend of a mask man? Yes. And how's Glock? No. Then why does he wear a mask? This Indian, his name is Tonto. And his friend... Yes. ...is the Lone Ranger. Come on, Silver! Get up, Scout! Tonto! Did the padre tell why he wanted me? Him? No. Then he must have wanted me in a hurry. Ah! For you've taken the time. That's right. Well, it's not far to the mission now. Come on, old fellow! Hurry, boy! Hurry! Padre, you mean to say this fellow was actually cool enough to put his faith in a story like that? Yes. I wonder... Padre, you haven't told me his name. It is Jack Webster. Is he related to Will Webster? Yes. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Is he Reggie Webster? Yes. You know him? I think I've got the answer to this. What is it? But if he has to be back before the first of the month, then there's no time to be wasted. He's probably covered his trail well as long as he believes he's going to find gold. He won't, however. You sound most certain. I have reason to be. And Padre? Yes. I'll make you a promise. If Jack won't return willingly, we'll bring him back by force. I have faith in you, my friend. Tonto, get him up, Scout! Silver, away! In the meantime, Jack Webster and Rusty had crossed the Rio Grande, and following the route marked on their map, pushed on into a country that became wilder and more barren with each mile they covered. They paused only when necessary. And on the tenth day... Rusty! Look at that mountain ahead of us there. What about it? Thought to see the way it's shaped? Look at the peak. Just like a finger pointing up from a fist.  Just the way that mountain was drawn on the map. You think it may be? I think we're getting doggone close to where that old city was. How far away would you say that mountain is? We can't get to it or for another couple of days. Then tonight we stop only long enough for the horses to rest themselves. We'll get there as fast as we can. It'll pitch camp and look around. Rusty, I used to laugh when fellas talked about getting a gold fever. But you know, right now I get a temperature of 110. Although the country was wild and barren, it was not as deserted as it appeared. Three days later... Oh, boy, oh, they're all over there. Baldi! What's the matter, kid? Don't you know better than to push your horse like that? I had to get back fast, Baldi. I've seen something you ought to know. Yeah. What was it? Two fellas camped at Finger Mountain. Nah. You're crazy. I've seen them, Lam. Well, if you did, they must have been just Parisians through. But they ain't. They had a look at their camp. They've been there at least one night already. And it looks as though they're set for a stay. Well, doggone. What do we do? Oh, up, kid. Don't get too excited. This calls for a little cool figure. I bet it means trouble. Maybe not. What do you think? What do you think, Lam? Well, uh, I don't know. What the... Well, shucks. The kid's right. Yeah. Nobody's fool enough to come in here without a good reason for it. And what reason could those fellas have less than lawmen was trying to pick up our trade? We're across the border. Yeah? Well, we wouldn't be the first on breezefall at south of the rail and took back. Yeah, it ain't legal.   I'll keep your shirt on. You get close enough to see if they were wearing badges. You're cutting. But that wouldn't mean nothing anyhow. They don't have to wear them up in plain sight. And if they were out of their jurisdiction, they'd naturally hide them. I just can't figure the law of thinking of this place. That's why I said to hide out here. Well, what if they did think of it? You're forgetting something. Yeah? What? We came here because we was on the dodge. Why couldn't these fellas have done the same? Don't you figure that's something to find out before we decide on what to do? Find out how? Watch them without their knowing it. Get close enough to the camp to hear them talking if we can. See what they're doing, what they say. Then make up our minds about them. And if they locate us before we can. They won't. We'll move our stuff back in the MKs. Be aware we hit out at first. And we'll cover our sign here. Come on. It'd be a good idea to do that the first time. Wait a second. I want to know something first.  Suppose we find out that they are lawmen. Then what? Well, then you've got a full notion that I'm easy. You ain't asking my question. All right. I will. Lawmen are not. If they ain't on the dodge, they're dangerous. If they cut our sign and talk after they leave here, it can mean the rope. So what? So either they're outlaws like us, or they never leave here alive. Recursion falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger drama. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Now to continue our story. The Lone Ranger and Tonto crossed the border and followed the trail left by Jack Webster and Rusty. Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who? Look here. What do you make of this, Tonto? Then camp here. Looks like an old camp. Huh? Ain't plenty old. Then we can't delay. Doesn't that trail head south again? Then come on after them. Get them up, Scouts!     Nearly a week later, Jack and Rusty were returning to their camp after one of their daily excursions. Rusty, I'm plum-tuckered out. And that makes two of us. Climbing around rocks and morning till night takes more out of a fell than you might figure on. How many days we've been at it now? Pretty close to a week. With nothing to show for it. You figure there's something wrong with our map? I don't know, Jack. We followed directions. We're camped right at the point where it was marked at the base of the mountain. Where their maestex had their city is supposed to be just two miles due south. Well, you got to remember that map was drawed long time ago. What if it was? It's still easy to read. Well, that ain't what I meant. There's been plenty of changes in this part of the country in the last two or three hundred years. Landslides, earthquakes, things like that. Landmarks on the map could be all switched around. Maybe even wiped out. Likely a landslide covered that town. We sure ain't found nothing to market. Oh. Kind of discouraged, you know. Well... We can keep on exploring, though. Yeah, but gosh, if we're off on our reckoning, that gold could be anywhere inside a hundred square miles. A hundred square miles of rocks and hills and canyons. It might take... Gosh, it could take us most of a lifetime to cover all that. Uh-huh. I don't know what to do. Well, we can always go home. Yeah, but... Hey. You aim to ride right on past camp? Pull up. Oh, I wasn't even watching. Pull up. Whoa, whoa. Over there, whoa. I wonder if... Say... Huh? Them caves we passed. You figured a map could have meant there? You mean it might have been caves they lived in? Sure. Could be at that. Won't, uh, want to have a look there tomorrow? Can't hurt. Sure. Why didn't we think of that before? Well, I did. But I figured to save them to last. Rusty? You know, I think we've hit it. Maybe. And if we have... Yeah. We can cross the real worth fortunes and hold it. What? Wait. What's the matter? Nothing, I guess. I thought I'd seen that grass over there moving without a breathe. But it didn't hit nothing, so I guess it didn't. Rusty, I'd give anything if Alice was here. If she could see how you keep your eyes peeled, she wouldn't worry a minute. All right, Chief, get back in here where you can't be seen from outside. Yeah. This'll do. Let's have it. All either after us. What's that? It's old them. I got close to their camp. I heard them talking after they rode up and I nearly got shot. They seen you? They didn't see me, but I must have stirred the grass. I thought I'd seen other them notice and started throwing lead. I tell you, it comes so close, I could feel it part in my head. What'd you do? What could I? I dug the ground and prayed, that's all. They didn't persegate, eh? I guess I fooled them when I didn't yell out or make a break for it. But I got away as quick as I could afterwards you can bet. They're lawmen? I didn't hear them say. But at the cinch, they're on the prowl. Yeah. How do you know? They said so. They got some kind of a map and they spoke of these caves. Said maybe we'd been staying here. They mentioned our names? No, but if they didn't mean us, who could they? Go on, what else did they say? Well, they said if we was here, they'd go north worth a fortune. The reward cash. Sure, that's easy enough to figure. That's why I say they're on to us. If there wasn't, how would they have there was a price on our heads? And if they didn't mean us, then they weren't talking sense. We've been here long enough to know there ain't nobody else around. But they had a map. That fits, Barley. Had somebody that knows this district draw them a map so they wouldn't get lost. And they spoke of these caves, eh? They're coming here in the morning. Well, let's settle this. We'll settle it. We'll get them first. When? Tonight. But late in the afternoon of that same day, the Lone Ranger and Tonto were drawing close to Finger Mountain. We must be getting close, Tonto. This mountain we're coming to is the one mentioned by the Padre. Not right. I've got an idea. We'll find Jack and his friend made camp somewhere near it. Then you stop. Oh, oh, oh. Silver. Silver. What is it, Tonto? Here. Here are the signs. Yes? You'll look. Horsemen. Strangers. Ah. The wild horses didn't make these prints. Neither did Indian ponies. The horses that made these were shot. Ah. Now, three horses. Three, eh? Ah. Here. One. Here. Other. Here. Third horse. They look like fresh tracks. See, Tonto? Look at this print. The sand's still slipping back into place. Right. Come on. We follow them? No. They must be close enough so that we can overtake them any time. First, I think we'll back trail a bit and see where they came from. Ah. Follow me. Come on.    That night, Jack and Rusty spread their blankets and went to sleep with nothing to warn them that their lives were in danger. But long before midnight, Rusty with the instinct of a frontiersman woke up suddenly. For a time you lay unmoving, listening, and staring into the darkness. Finally, he reached out and touched the figure of his companion. What? Jack. Quiet. Huh? Something's wrong. Wrong? Keep still a second. See if you can't hear anything. I don't hear nothing except them coyotes howling. You? Not now. Did you? I don't know. Huh? I must have heard something or I wouldn't have woke up. I tell you, Jack, I gotta feel there's something plenty wrong around here. You're imagining things. I ain't that kind. Then the horses woke you. Like they got to stop and run. You don't wake up for noises you're used to. You ought to know that, but this time, wait. What in place is that? I don't know. Shoot your hands. All right, boys! Watch out. Hello, fellas. Here, into the saddle. Yes, fella. Help, will you? Get him, people. Let us go. Hello, gentlemen. Come on. First of them like no saddle on the run. Molly, what happened? We gotta catch them. Come on. All right. Come on.  Come on. Save your questions. Master, where are you taking us? For safety. Hurry, sir. Huh?  Our horses. Our stuff. I can care. You can get that later. But we've got to... Boys! Uh-huh. We should be out of the hearing. Circle to the left. Under to it.  Go on, old fellow. The three outlaws followed the trail. Until at last, Baldi raised his arm as a command to stop. Right up. Okay. No use. They're gone. It's too dark to see them, and they're too far to be heard. Now what? We'll have to bear moves. You mean we'll have to find another hideout, Baldi? There's no choice. They know we're here. We can't stop them from reporting. So the quicker we make tracks, the better. Well, Baldi, where to this time? I don't know. There's plenty of places. I might even go back over the border. We can talk about that later. Come on. Back to the case to pick up our duffel. All right.  Get down. Go, boy. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Get in there. Whoa. I don't unsettle.  You figure there's that much danger? I just don't believe in taking chances. Come on. We'll get our stuff outside. But listen. Don't argue, kid. If you expect to live long, you'll figure like Baldi does. Only you just take risks that ain't needed.  The rest of these caves blacken the inside of your head.  Remember when you let them camp? On your legs here. I'll get them. You're gonna have a leg. Just a second. Got a match, kid? Sure. Here. Thanks. There you are. I don't take that. Get them covered. Grinch or it gets blasted out of your booth. You're walking. Don't move. Baldi, Clem. These are the fellas we was chasing. I think we ate good eyes. Great circle and waited for you. Tell them I located these caves this afternoon. We knew this was the one place we'd never be expected.   You think you can get these fellas across the real to a Texas ranger station? Watch us. There's a reward on each one of them. You and Rusty can collect. And I doubt that the law will care on which side of the border you captured them. Wait. Yes? Well, me and Rusty got out of the business here. I was almost forgetting. If we take these fellas, then maybe we won't be able to come back and do it. I know your business here. Huh? You do? The Padres sent me after you. And your wife asked them for help.  And you've just time to reach the ranch before his arrival. Gosh. I hope you'll go willingly. But if you don't... Yeah? I'll keep the promise I made the Padres. I'll drag you back if I must. Jack, I think it'd be sense to go. You should have had time to realize that when you came on this trip. You left everything really worthwhile behind you. Your wife's waiting for you. And your work is also... Well... Are you going? Uh... Stranger, I reckon I will. If you want the facts, I was tired of this a long while ago. I was just too stubborn to admit it. Good. Now I can tell you something. Yeah? You've got that map with you? Sure, but why... Hand it here. Oh. Here it is. It's the same one. Huh? You've seen this before? It's a forgery. What say? How'd you know that? A swindler sold it to Jack's uncle three years ago. Talon and I trapped him. We saw this map at that time. Well, that'll be hard time. And Jack, yeah? If your uncle is angry when he hears of this, you might remind them he once believed in the same forgery. You think I won't? And Talon, the masked man who helped him then, asks him to go easy with you now. Yeah? Hold on. Take it easy, Jack. But I've got to thank him. He won't let you. He just now come to me who he is. I was working for your uncle that time you heard him speak of. I never knew what he'd done. I reckon your uncle wasn't so proud of letting the swindler trick him. Then who is he? A fellow I'm doggone proud I met. The Lone Ranger. All right, you hombres. Start marching. The story you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.


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I know a little bit out of sync this week but that review of Sparks of Hope really took a lot out of me over the last week. So we're not really back to our regular content but something came out today on Switch that I was actually looking forward to and hasn't been talked about much on this channel. A brand new third party port of a major game that I thought could and should run pretty well on Switch. After all it's not like the game we're going to be talking about here is really that you know of a massive looking great looking game. We've seen games on Switch that look on par with this on other systems obviously maybe not at the same resolution or frame rate but still visually speaking it didn't really look like something that was beyond the capabilities of Switch and yes I'm happy this game is here locally and not through a cloud version. We're talking about Alan Wake remastered. So we're released on Switch today and I've been busy watching you know opinions on it and and and watching analysis and all these videos and it turns out that Alan Wake remastered is bad. It's really bad on Switch. One I think we're long past the days of needing to wait for ports. Look Switch has been on the market now for almost six years. It's been the market leader for at least three and we're at this point that getting a port of a game that clearly looks like it should be able to run on Switch getting it this late after the original release on other platforms is starting to become a little less excusable and if you're going to say well you know other games that aren't major Nintendo IPs don't sell on Switch return to Monkey Island. Well yes technically a Switch exclusive at least for now is obviously not some major Nintendo game. It's a third-party game and guess what it is the fastest selling game in the entire franchise and we have actually seen this happen a few times with third-party games that actually put in effort Doom Eternal and Doom 2016 both sold decently well on Switch. We have seen Mortal Kombat 11 do decent sales on Switch. So third-party ports, multi-platform games can do well on Switch if you treat the Switch and the Switch audience with respect and do a high quality port. Trust me Switch owners are well aware we're not going to maybe get that 60 FPS. We're not going to maybe get that full 1080p resolution or all that but we do have some expectations of at least a quality port and we can tell with Alan Wake remastered it is not that. The frame rate is all over the place it dips down into the single digits at times and the textures and the resolution dumping of this game both in handheld and in docked mode even if you're playing on a smaller screen in docked mode is very very bad. We're talking arc survival evolved level of badness with the port and the thing is Alan Wake remastered on other platforms isn't exactly considered one of the best-looking games there is it is generally considered to be well just okay in terms of modern day visuals but to be expected it's a remaster of an older game and it's strange because it sort of feels like if they would have just ported the original Alan Wake instead of the remaster it's almost as if that would have looked even better than what we ended up with this final product on Switch and it just seems a little bit excuse inexcusable. Now look it's one thing that a lot of obviously you know Switch haters Nintendo haters are sort of dancing on Switch today because of this game oh the Switch look how bad this game runs it's so weak it can't even run Alan Wake remastered at a decent looking resolution and frame rate a decent looking textures and to be fair they're not wrong but it ain't because of the Switch's power again the original Alan Wake looks better than this Alan Wake remaster on Switch and ran on significantly worse hardware this is the case of a horrendous port and we can't just point to whatever company was hired to do this port we also have to look at the parent studio and go why did you let the game come out and Switch in this state there are many things you could have done instead of dumping textures down to like insanely low resolutions to the point that it looks like you're playing a game from the PS1 era at times it is that bad it is horrendous there are times the game looks okay certain indoor shots certain very specific issues where oh the game remembers that it can actually look decent we have seen better looking games in this on Switch with this visual style look there are other ways it could have been done as an example cut back on the foil the foliage like you know you don't need a billion bushes and blades of grass for this game to work you can cut back on it a little bit keep the better textures the better frame rates and have less issues the character models are dumping down the tree models are just an embarrassment they're making Pokemon trees look good and we all know that Pokemon tree models aren't exactly great and suddenly they look amazing compared to these tree models it's I don't understand why companies are choosing to treat Switch like it is a an afterthought I mean let's just be honest not only is this port extremely late and not only are they 20% off at launch but still significantly more expensive than other platforms today we've sort of got accustomed to that but it doesn't make it right but it's a horrendous port it's bad and I don't like calling this out because it just makes other companies feel like maybe it's not even worth us bringing our games over but if you're gonna bring a game over respect the audience this game feels like a massive disrespect to the Switch audience that otherwise might have been pretty accepting of this game this game could have gone on to sell 500,000 copies maybe even coming close to a million copies on Switch if it was a well done port and they charge like about 20 bucks for it you know you have 20 dollars you have a really well done port we tend to respect that when a developer or a porting company respects the Switch audience we tend to respect them back look at all the port jobs that panic button is done and how much support that's gotten from a lot of Nintendo Switch owners over the years even tantalists and some of the port jobs they've done and the support Switch owners have given those games over the years then you see Alan Wake remastered and you go what the hell was even the point this game shouldn't exist on Switch at least not in this state I'd rather have the original game ported over or emulated on Switch because let's just be honest Switch destroys the original hardware that Alan Wake was on this is an embarrassment and it almost makes the game unenjoyable I'm gonna be frank it makes the game unenjoyable and that is extremely unfortunate because this could have been so much more so naturally I'm really disappointed and I hope that other companies don't look at this and go well we're just not going to release games on Switch maybe just put some care into your port actually give a crap I'll give you another example of a port we get every single year mba2k right if factually looks significantly worse on Switch than other platforms of course but the frame rate is consistent and the visual downgrades are within reason it turns out that mba2k on Switch is still for the most part a pretty quality experience it shows that 2k actually cares about the Switch version of their game you know when we got the Witcher 3 of course it looks worse than other versions but you could tell they actually cared about the Switch audience to give us the best possible version this does not feel like the best possible version on Switch I refuse to believe that the Switch is hardware this is the best you can do I we've seen too many games that are so much better than this so I'm sorry it's a bit of a negative one today but man I'm kind of bummed out because I really wanted to play this on Switch I know I can play it on other platforms and play it for much cheaper it still doesn't change the fact that Switch is my preferred platform and I would have loved to play it here instead anyways folks you guys let me know what you think about this Alan Wake situation and third-party Nintendo Switch ports in general down in the comments below I am Nathan DeRobo Jance from NintendoProm, I want to thank all you guys for tuning in and I'll catch you in the next video