We're back. I'm Jay Fidel. This is Think Tech. It's the four o'clock block. And we're talking about shopping centers. And it's a rhetorical question. Our shopping centers had an end in America. And there are indications of that. And Stephanie Sophos is the real estate diva that we followed through the years. And she has appeared many times on Think Tech. And today we would like to talk with her about shopping centers and malls here in Hawaii and elsewhere. Welcome to the show, Stephanie. So nice to see you. Thank you, Jay. It's always nice to see you. So what's going on? I mean, you know, we opened Alamoana, didn't we? And people are going down there, aren't they? And then I guess that turns the whole thing on. Or does it? No.  And a lot of tenants are hurting. Some won't come back. There'll be a lot of tenants who just won't reopen. Yeah, that's a concern. You know, when you shop retail, you expect the retailer to stay around. When you buy something from a given seller, whether it's retail or online, you expect that retail to stay around. Because if it doesn't stay around, you can't get service, you can't get it again. You don't have anybody to call and complain to and all that. So you want constancy, you want continuity in retail. What are the indications though? I mean, how do you know this? How do you know that some of those retailers are not going to stay around?  And when one store is hurting and another store is doing well, they can balance their budget by their numbers. But when you have a small mom and pop store and only has one or two shops, if things go bad and you're not, and you can't open and you're down for three, four months, but you still have rent to pay, which is something we need to talk about, you don't have the depth of cash. Even the really wealthy national retailers and international, they might have a billion dollars in assets, but they don't have a billion dollars in cash. So they're kind of hurting and scale it down to your local retailers, they're not going to survive. And the restaurants, my God, you'll probably see 60% of the restaurants fail in the next six months. So yeah, I'm sorry. The whole thing about reopening is sort of dissolving into we call it pause and pause could easily, we had 47 cases today. This is not good in Hawaii. Yeah, but they're not, how many are dying? I think we've only had 19. No idea, no idea. Yeah, 19. This way less, but it could be greater. We'll see. The more cases, the more risk. But let me say this though, you talk about shopping centers and you talk about mom and pops. In both cases, the landlord has all the leverage and the landlord says to this prospective tenant, except maybe a national tenant, he says, I want your guarantees. I want mom and pop and I want the owners of this local business in my shopping center to guarantee and they have no choice but to guarantee if they want to come in, they have to sign. And so now you have a guarantee and you have a default and you have a big delinquency. I mean, even two or three months at the rates they charge and say Alamoana or even in some of the other smaller properties, it's a huge amount of money and it falls on the individuals. And now you have a second tier, like a waterfall, the second tier and these people are going to wind up with a judgment against them because that, you know, nobody is going to be forgiving about this. They got their, what do you call it, fiduciary obligations to go after the guarantor and they do. The guarantor really has no defenses. I mean, are there any defenses that a guarantor could put up? This is where the government has to get involved and it's going to be, it's going to, unfortunately, it's going to take a few years. But how can you, as a landlord, demand 100% of rent when you're mandated by the government that you can only be 30 or 50% open? You know, you can't use your store 100%. And the government has mandated that you close down. So how are you obligated to a landlord? And right now they are because there's nothing, there are no pandemic clauses and leases and no one expected any of this to happen. So it has to change. It has to change. And right now, it should be, the landlords should be negotiating and they should, but see the landlords are tied. They build a shopping center for let's say $500 million. And they base it on getting an annual return of rent. And so when the rent and the, the, the, the banks will allow them to borrow based on that rent. And so when that rent goes down, that affects their ability to pay. And they're not going to lower the rents on the tenants because that would affect their, their obligations with the, the banks. So it, it's a change. It's a, it goes down the line. And the banks are not forgiving to the landlords.  Well, if you don't pay the tenant doesn't pay, how is that landlord going to pay his mortgage? He's got a mortgage. If he goes into default and they say, well, there's, there's a recovery. The banks will let you pay down the line. That doesn't mean anything to someone like me or you.  And who's going to pay? And how do you get your tenant out to get somebody new to pay? It's very, very complicated. How it reminds me of something that was reported in New York, maybe 30, 45 days ago about how tenants were banding together, as people do, and going on rent strikes. And even tenants who could afford the rent were going on rent strikes and they weren't paying the rent. This was their way of, I don't know, protesting that domino thing. And landlords in many cases, the landlords were by the skinner of the teeth.  You don't have a lot of resources. It's your, it's your stash. That's your, that's your big legacy right there.  Now the whole thing begins to collapse. And actually the tenants are doing really well because they're not paying and the landlord doesn't have the money, the resources to go after them. Maybe he should or they, he should. But what you have is chaos, chaos in the marketplace and the banks are the ones, I gotta say, the banks are the ones left holding the bank because they can't collect on that, on that mortgage. Then what happens then? What happens when the banks can't collect? What do they do? They will fur clothes and then they'll sell the assets for 10, 15 cents on a dollar. There's a lot of people who have cash right now. I mean, look, Warren Buffett has had 100 and what was 185 billion dollars in cash or no, no, I'm sorry, a million, 185 million. And he just bought a whole petroleum company for 10 billion. So they have the money. There are people looking for deals and unfortunately you're going to see several and another year or so, you're going to see several major people die. Look at that. So the, an example is Tubman who built, excuse me, who built international marketplace. Tubman was in contract to close with Simon. Simon is the biggest shopping center owners in the world. And it was a $3.5 billion transaction. As soon as this pandemic hit and Tubman's shopping centers went down the tubes in rents, Simon backed out. Now there's a major lawsuit as to make the deal happen because they say you're breaching your contract. And Simon said, hey, you guaranteed us X amount of rents and income and they're no longer there. And in the foreseeable future they won't be there. We want out. So now you're going to see Tubman who owns international marketplace, go into some real financial straits and the international shopping center, the international marketplace, that's a dead shopping center. It never should have been built at that size. But the ground rent with the Queen Emma Foundation was so high that they had to maximize the square footage and they built this monstrosity, this three-story monstrosity that will never, ever be successful. You can, I might, I might be dead and long gone 30 years from now before it does. It makes money, but it might not ever make money just like the Aloha Tower. Remember that fiasco in 1990? They said, oh, we're going to build this and people will come and they had the highest rents and it was maximum property and the developer had to pay so much. And how many times has been sold four times? And now they basically have written it off and they have HPU there. That's insanity to have a retail oceanfront property and you've got a university. That is the worst case scenario for retail establishments. Yeah, but that's an example of what could happen to shopping centers. When everything goes downhill and then you have a foreclosure of the mortgage to the shopping center owner and then you have the tenants they can't pay and the shopping center can't get new ones in. You have to change the use such as what happened in Aloha Tower. So here's Alamoana, it's got these problems. Palm Court is never going to work in this environment, in this economic environment, never. So the question is what happens? I try to visualize this, Stephanie, but I need your help. Well, what's going to happen is that the first thing they're going to do is build another big tower where Macy's is. That's the first thing you're going to do. Condos. Yeah, condos or condo hotels, whatever, because they have to utilize the space that's not being utilized. And if you have, and think about that, if you have a base of condominiums around you, then you have a direct market that will utilize your shopping. So they have right now Park Lane high-end, they have one Aloha Moana high-end, and if they build this one on the corner, they'll have three major condominiums that will have concierge who will go and shop for them and high-end. And that shopping center is very high-end. You need those kind of condos. And that's why Cacaaco, that whole foods that is down in Cacaaco, it's one of the best stores in the nation because all of those wealthier condominium owners are going right there and you can, well, you could, you could shop for your groceries and have dinner there. And that will be the case again. And Miramens, the restaurant was doing gangbusters. It was all the urban center, the village. But now you have another component that's happening in that there were 10,000 shopping centers in the United States. And about five years ago, they started to break down. And people didn't want to go to shopping centers. They wanted to go to specific places like their butcher, like, like our parents and grandparents did 50, 60 years, 100 years ago. And they wanted to go to the candy store and they wanted to go to the drug store. And so the department store started to go down, down, down. And the shopping center started to go down, down. And in many places, like in Colorado and North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, these shopping centers lost everything. They closed down the tenants, they resold and now they're residential projects. And that's going to happen too. It's going to happen. People don't want to go to shopping centers as much because they have the convenience of people of Amazon coming to them in two days. And a lot of people are afraid to go into big crowds. I mean, I have to say for myself personally, I'm never afraid of anything, but I am a little concerned in going to where masses are. Because I don't know how their hygiene is. I know my hygiene, but I don't know theirs. And I religiously wear my mask whenever I'm outside, except when I'm eating that. Eating is another issue. I mean, I bet the food court is empty right now. Well, they don't have, yeah. People are afraid. That's the other thing. We have to get past this.  We see numbers are going up, but there are less people dying. So what's happening is the young people are getting it and not the older people. Because the older people who have the money are staying indoors. But how long is that going to last? When does it spike up where people are going to be dying again? Because their grandchildren are coming to visit them. Exactly. The young people may be invincible. They think they're invincible. But every time they have contact with somebody older and who with a compromised immune system or existing medical problems, they're not doing that person any service. And that's got to happen. It's got to filter through that way. It starts at one part of the demographic and works to the other. So I agree with you that the people with the money are the ones who are at home. And they're the ones who have to shop in order to keep Alamoana alive. But what you said a minute ago, Stephanie, it was interesting. So they're building condos. And that makes the assumption that condos are still marketable, that people still want to come here and buy a condo for astronomical money. And even though in the past, don't you agree that people bought those condos part of the reason they bought those condos was they could shop. Hawaii wasn't great. Sure, we have the beach and all that, but Hawaii was a great shopping destination. Now, sorry, it's not. So those condos still is valuable. Are they still insalable? Yeah, I think so. What I think is going to happen, Jay, is that you always ask me for predictions. What's going to happen is you're going to see a changing of the way we live. And for example, office space is a dead business. I can remember Andy Freelander talking 10, 15 years ago. We've got to build another high rise. We have to build it because we're going to be too saturated. We've built the first one bank building, and that was the last big one. And that was 10 years ago. We need to build Bill Bill Bill. And now what you see is 1132 Bishop, which had the U.S. Bankruptcy Court there. They're going to close that down as an office, and they're converting it to apartments and condominiums. So you're going to also see that happen with shopping centers. You're going to see the condos around the shopping centers do fine because it's easy to go shopping, but also to cocoon at home because you're going to have concierge service. So Instacard and Safeway delivery and Pizza Hut, those Uber Eats and Grab and Go, they're all going to do phenomenal business going forward. And it's a whole new type of model. And the people in these condominiums are also going to be down easy to walk to the beach and swim and then come home. What you're going to, and so you're also going to see more housing in your suburban areas grow because a lot of people want to get out of this city. So you're seeing across the mainland, New York, New York and Manhattan, it's like a ghost town. People are going to the Hamptons or running, they're going to Long Island, they're getting out of town as fast as they can. And the here what I've noticed is that the single family homes have not had any problems for lack of value. In fact, they're still going up. Your condominiums, your townhouses are doing all right. It's just that the more these condos, which are these bigger, more expensive, have a large space and you have large space and you can cocoon, you're going to be fine. It's where you go into these micro, like Howard Hughes is building these micro apartments and remember they were touting that three years ago that this is the living, the new way of living.  So that's going to happen. And you're going to say it's going to be a model that people are going to shift to whether they like it or not, whether they want to or not, it's going to happen. So talking so that what that says to me is that is that, you know, decent residential will will will prevail and that that's a market that, you know, we will be okay in. But what it also says is the retail guys just tracking it when you were saying, take Alamo Wana. Alamo Wana is going to have to shrink. Am I right? It's not going to go away completely. You know, that's an interesting because there will be some shops. Yeah, you know, that's an interesting question. That's a very interesting question. Will Alamo Wana shrink? The Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center shrink to fit it. At one point it was 425,000 square feet. And they couldn't get the third floor to work. So they and the second floor was dead. So what they did is they started to cut the back end of the of the stores and use it for storage. So when you look at their GLA now they don't it's not 425 when it was built in 1986, 1984, something like that. It's now 350 or 70. They took out 50,000 square feet. 50,000 square feet is like a quarter of Palomal or like like Neil Valley Shopping Center. So it's a pretty good size center or half a Costco in Hawaii Kai's 50,000. So you can get the idea of the size. And so well, Alamo Wana, I don't know. I think that that's going to be an interesting play because again, they're so heavily dead, have so much heavily, heavily debt from them, from their mortgage, from their bankers. You know, Alamo Wana is now, geez, it used to be a million. It's a million four square feet of retail space, a million four. And then you have the the the office spaces around it. And so it's a it's a city within a city. Oh, yeah. And if you look at the value prior to COVID, and all that, say the end of 2019, it was several billion dollars. They've been building it all along. It's been every time you look another wing, another increment. Yeah, I'm concerned. I would be concerned for Alamo Wana, but they're so big, maybe they'll survive. But I know that a lot of the smaller people are going to survive. You know, the medical, the building, Alamo Wana building, they have mostly dentists and doctors, you're going to probably lose out of the dentists that are here, you probably lose 20% of them, 30%. Because their people are not going to go for their weekly or monthly, because people are again are afraid. And the people who have money are your older people. And if they are afraid and they want to cocoon, it's not that business. I'm really concerned for the mom and pops because the PPP is going to run out, will probably be another wave. But again, what I said a moment ago, the change of attitude, the change of thinking that the paradigm of the model is all going to shift. So even if they survive this whole pandemic thing, can they survive three, four, five years from now because the model will change? I don't know. I don't believe they will, but I'm hoping to be wrong. Well, I want to track on one thing you said earlier, and that is that people, aside from Amazon, you know, in the two day delivery phenomenon, which is going to change is changing, has already changed that world. You were talking about these small shops that people wanted to have like their parents had years ago, a local delicatessen, I don't know, a shoe shop, just a standalone. Do you see this is happening in a standalone? And if so, where? And what about those little little pocket shopping centers we have, aside from Alamoana, you know, all the way out in every little town, all the way to Waipahu, and East as well, those regional, what do you call it, regional shopping centers? What's going to happen to them? It's not the same phenomenon as Alamoana, and maybe it could accommodate those small, you know, old-fashioned shops. Where are they going to go? Yeah, well, again, you have regional shopping centers. You have Super Regional, which is in Alamoana, and then you go down to Regional, which is Winward Mall in Alamoana, and you go to Communities, which is Huai Kai, and Kapolei, and Niu Valley, and then you have retail centers, which are maybe three or four people, and I just lost you, are you still there? Yeah. Oh, I lost you, but you have three or four people that are in that retail center, and then you have, and so I think small retail centers will do okay. I think small retail centers will do okay. I'm concerned about your strip centers, your strip centers, where you have maybe five people, five retailers there. I don't know how they're going to go. I'm kind of questioning how that's going to happen. I do think that a lot of, like I think Kahala Mall is in for a real big change. I think a lot of their tenants are going to go out. I don't see how they're going to survive for the majority, because they just are too small and the rents are too high. They're going to have to really lower their rents, which is what's going to be hard, and I don't know what the bargaining position is. We have yet to see the way that works out. I mean, for example, when you were talking before about the contracts, what about act of God? That enters into this conversation, doesn't it? Is coronavirus an act of God? Could it be? Has anybody made that argument? Certainly, there's no reference to coronavirus in any of these lease documents or mortgage documents, but there's always a reference to act of God. Yeah, I think that's, well, that's been question right now. I mean, is a pandemic an act of God? Everybody's, people are wondering about that. I don't know. I mean, I certainly think any new lease being written today is going to have some type of clause about the pandemic, or even government influence.  That isn't a big issue. That's a huge issue. And I really feel for the retailers, how, and I've talked to retailers and I've said, has the landlord given you a break? Has he discounted your rent?  What is he going to do? And every, everyone, everyone, and I've talked about 12 and different retail places, we are not going to get a discount. They are going to defer the three months or four months and tack it on to the back end of our lease. And so we didn't have to pay for these three months, but we'll have to pay for those three months after our lease expires. It automatically will be extended for three months. Well, that might have, that's not going to help a retailer. It really doesn't help them, especially when you're still mandated to only have 10 people in your store or use 50% of your store, or in the cases of bars and restaurants, what is it, 30%? She has so many questions. So one question is, what, what do you think of for planning purposes, the percentage of old business you need to have for retail, for restaurants, in order to stay in business? You know, I mean, it wouldn't be 5%, you couldn't do that. And it probably wouldn't be 10 or 15 or 20%, maybe, maybe 30%, 40%. Where's the break even to allow you to stay in business in terms of revenue that you used to have? That's a tough question. But you know, in restaurants, it's they go, they have to maximize the capacity because in the food, food doesn't really make them money. You know that food is only, there's no real profit in food. It's they make their money in the alcohol. And, and when you're when you can only use 30% of your self, most people need 100% of their store in order to make a profit 100%. So when you're down to 30%, you're not making a profit. You're losing money. I talked to a restaurant yesterday, a restaurant. Last year, they were doing $500,000 month in sales. In June of last year, they did $500,000 in sales. They did, they did for June of this year, $135,000. They did, they are projecting the for June, July of last year, they did $600,000. They're projecting for this month, if they can, if they make $200,000, they'll be lucky. It's a large restaurant. I said, are you making money? He said, we're believing, we're believing because you have to have the thing that people don't understand is that even though you have 30% of your restaurant operating in the, in the front of the house, where people are sitting, you still have to have 100% of the back of the house operating.  You still have to have your bus service.  You know, it just, you cannot make it and you're paying for all these people full time to be there. And then now you have, they have these new restrictions and precautions that they're mandated and how they clean. So that takes another person full time to do the cleaning. So it's very costly and you're operating at 35%. Your, your gross sales are 35% of what you were making. We all know you're going to, you're going to be dead in another couple of months. You can't do it. You know, in the best of times, it was always a long shot to make a restaurant work and most of them don't work. Everybody has high expectations. They go in because they like food and they go and make a restaurant and, and so many of them fail. I'm sure you've seen that.  I think this is a great opportunity. I want to, I want to get into a restaurant. I know a lot of them are failing, but I think, you know, the, there's an opportunity in, in the, in the transition here. I want to do a restaurant, Stephanie. What would you tell them?  You know, the other aspect is if, you know, if you work with shopping centers and leasing in shopping centers, and one of the big things is, is tenant mix and to give the impression to people who come in, that this is a robust, active, you know, experience in here and there's so much going on and to draw them in and, and draw the money out of their wallets and all that stuff, that if you walk into a shopping center, you know, and a third or, or more of the, of the shops and restaurants are closed, that has the opposite effect, doesn't it? Oh yeah, people are going to think, well, you know, what's going on here? Why is it not working? Why are people not here? What's wrong? What's wrong? You know, you said about the restaurants. So historically, restaurants, out of 10 restaurants, starting in one year, six of them would fail within the first six months. Now that's historical information that hasn't changed in 25 years. And then you, so six out of them would fail and out of those, so the before left and two of them would fail within the first three years. So that's eight. And the fifth, the other two would probably, one would last five years and the, the number one would last maybe seven or eight years.  A lot of them, TGI Fridays failed here in Hawaii because it was here for 25 years, it was under new management. But then when people started, that was mom and dad. Well, mom and dad got engaged. I don't want to go and hang out at that place. I don't want to go where mom and dad. Zippy's, Zippy's is the only one that has survived for all these years. And I always think that's interesting because their food is pretty mediocre and in my opinion. And, but it's cheap and it's good and it gets, it fills you up and it's, it's survived. It's survived. But something like a Miramin, Miramin might not be here in 10, 10 years. They've already been here for 10 years. Look at, look at Ryan's. Ryan's, Ryan's had a great life. It lasted 26 years and then they're gone because nobody wanted to go to the same old place that mom and dad and grandma wanted. So it's going to be a very, very, and so now you throw the pandemic in there. And what used to be six people dying and restaurants dying in six months, it's going to be eight or nine. So it's very, it's very concerning. I mean, people don't get it. I'm adjusting my pillow here. Well, you know, Stephanie, a lot of these places where they couldn't open during the lockdown, we're doing, you know, pick it up, pick up your food. We have our kitchen working and we can make the same menu items we made before and or we'll deliver to you. And truth is they didn't need a whole sit down restaurant to achieve that. So when this all shakes out, it seems to me the restaurant business here and elsewhere will be different. And you don't need the same square footage. You just need a place to cook. And it could be in the back end of Chinatown, it wouldn't matter where it was, because either they'll pick it up or more likely, there'll be all these services that will deliver. So the restaurant industry is going to change. You're going to wind up eating at home or in, I don't know where else, but at home mostly. Don't you think in a few years time, that's what, that's what will happen. Don't you think? Well, they'll be, they'll be dying in restaurants always because there's always going to people want to go out. But how many will have the discretionary income? Those restaurants that you talk about who had takeout, they did, they just did that so that they could get the PPP and keep their employees employees. And I talked to a pizza guy, a pizza guy in in Coalina and he, he was doing 7,000 a day in sales. And with the takeout, he was doing 300, 400 dollars a day from 7,000 to 300. That's not sustainable. And he, and he still had to pay the same rent that he was, whether his store was open or closed, and it's not sustainable. And so you're right, a lot of people, a lot of restaurants will be in back alleys of Kalihi and serving and takeout, but the dynans will be, will still be around. But I doubt if they'll be as big as they are now. I mean, you know, the trend was when, when Ryan's went out two years ago, the trend was, was, was already in the process where big restaurants, which were 10 or 12,000 square feet, were going down and in size and the average restaurant was 3,500 square feet. And now, with this pandemic, it might be going to go down to about 1500 to 2000. And you have a very tight organization and you have smaller, smaller tape at the seating capacity, and then you just churn people out. Like the pig and the lady, there is a very small restaurant and you have to make reservations to go there. And it might be that, that prototype. You know, Cheesecake Factory has 18,000 square feet.  So this is 18 times what you would, a normal family of five or six would live in. So it's huge. And we don't have a lot of tourists coming and we won't for a while. And that was feeding Cheesecake Factory. Yeah. But see, again, under scale of economies because they're so successful around the world or around the United States and they're a publicly traded company, they should be okay. And they do have that takeout with the Cheesecakes. People love to buy those Cheesecakes and they're so damn expensive, but they're good. One last questions before we run. And that is, okay, so Shopping Center is under tremendous pressure and they're probably going to change their use and find another way to make that land work. It won't be easy on anyone. And retail, hard, restaurants hard. What about these big box stores? They're sort of in the middle between the regular retail that we have and the Amazon that delivers in two days or faster now because they're so efficient. What about the big box stores? We've got a number of them. Hawaii gets along on big box stores in many ways. People shop at Costco and Best Buy and any number of those. How is this going to affect them? They do have good models. Are those models sustainable in the time of COVID? Costco is definitely a success. They've actually they actually doubled their numbers in sales and they because they're, you can get a, it's a good bang for your buck, so to speak. And so they are thriving and will continue. Sam's Club, same thing.  So membership type of organizations, those will survive. Target survives because they can, they have everything you want. I have to tell everybody, I'm a retail expert. I've been to Target only twice in my life because I just don't, it's just not my cup of tea. It's a matter of taste. It is a matter of taste and everybody says, you don't like Target? What is wrong with you? Where's your French? Where's your idea? That's not my cup of tea. But also my cup of tea, my cup of tea is more of the balance of Nordstrom where you could get a good meal and then go shopping. A needless market, needless market, which is Neiman Marcus, they're already in bankruptcy. And so, and they're not going to survive. I mean, your luxury big department stores are going to have a really hard time. Macy's is going to have a really hard time going forward. But your big box, if you're, if it's a membership group, I think they'll be fine. But I don't know about Best Buy. Best Buy is Lowell's and Home Depot. They did great during the pandemic. They're, people are building houses, rebuilding their houses during this time. So home improvement, I have no problem with. Costco and Samsung, no problem with. Grocery stores, no problem because people want to shop. The problem is going to come forward is that if you just want to, if you want to buy clothes, if you want to buy shoes, if you want to buy a crock pot, if you want to buy book, a book, if you want to buy records or, see that dates me, that shows how old I am, you want to go and buy, it will, that paradigm has shifted and many of it will be gone. So going forward, it's going to be a very interesting next 10 years where we'll be. But the shopping center business, you can end with, it's going to be very, very challenging. And in a way, we're about five or six years behind in this thinking, people still love to shop.  It's still local people love retail therapy. So they'll be okay, shopping centers will be okay here for a while because people love to shop, but a lot of retailers won't be. So we have to hope for the, we know that some stuff is coming, but we have to hope for the best that things will come back and people will make money again. Well, Stephanie, thank you so much. Stephanie Sophos of SL Sophos Realty. We really appreciate talking with you, so wise and so experienced and so into it. I really enjoy these conversations. I can hardly stop, but we're out of time. Thank you so much, Stephanie, for coming around. Thanks for having me, Jay. I, you know, I love you and I've loved you for 40 years.  Yeah, we're on the air, Stephanie, but thanks anyway. You take care of yourself.


Good morning world! After 100 days on the road in our tiny home Red Tornado, driving to 13 countries in Europe and covering 15,000 kilometres, here are 5 reasons why campervan travel can be the worst. I'm Lavi and this is Oli. Over the past 4 years we have been on some epic adventures around the world. Now, after converting an old van into our new home on wheels, we are ready to hit the road and explore the wonders of Europe. Please subscribe button to follow our journey and let the adventure begin. Reason number one, dealing with the toilet. I think I don't have to say anything more about it. I think it talks for itself. Reason number two, why campervan travel can be the worst. Water is essential for everything and when you're traveling in a van, you can only store so much inside the van and then you have to fill it up. And because we have a tiny micro camper, as you can see, it is not very big. We can't store a lot of water so we have to find water sources every few days and that can be difficult. Reason number three, you totally depend on your van.  This is the only way that you're getting around. So when this stops, your holiday stops, your travel stops. So keep that in mind because when you rent a van, you have companies who then exchange your van into a new van and you can just continue your travel. So there's always the risk if you go on holidays with your own vehicle that your holiday might stop because your vehicle breaks down. Reason number four, why campervan travel can be the worst. Isolation. Now, we're traveling as a couple but that's not the situation for everyone. There are many campervan travelers that do travel solo and for them, if they don't find people to hang out with, the campervan can be quite isolating. Unlike a hostel where everybody's kind of thrown in together, it's not always easy to make that step to interact with the people around you. Reason number five, toll roads in Europe. So I'm from Germany, we don't have toll roads there. Oli is from England. Actually, no, we have a few toll roads but not too many and they're quite easy to avoid. But entering France, we actually realize how many toll roads there are. So your way to travel can turn into a very expensive way to travel if you're not careful. As those toll barriers come up over and over again, it can add up to quite a big cost. Often people aren't really thinking about this when they head on the open road, that it's not as free and cheap as people might think. So that is our five reasons why campervan travel can be the worst form of travel. We would like to know your opinion and if you agree with this, what we're saying or if you disagree, just let us know in the comments. Yeah, of course, for us, all of these downsides, they are nothing for us because we still do this and we still absolutely love this way of life and this form of travel. But I think it is really important to let people know that it's not all fun and games when you're traveling in a campervan and there are downsides financially, downsides with comfort, it's not always super easy. Please let us know what you think in the comments and if you like the video, please give it a thumbs up and don't forget to subscribe to the channel. We will see you next time. If you enjoyed watching this video, you would help us a lot by subscribing to the channel by clicking here. Thanks so much for watching guys, we will see you next time.


and welcome to the advocate on Plus TV Africa. Five panelists, five thought-provoking topics discussed in a no-holds-burden manner. In other words, we call this paid by its name. Today, I'm firing the first salvo by telling us that until we define democracy, it is in for us. Victor, on the other hand, is saying human beings need to drop the unnecessary sense of entitlement. Is resilience a sprint or a marathon? Ejumai, who has left us to visit the Queen, is in of resilience. Felix breaks down the national cohesion to us and Peter wraps up to ask that at what point will the things we stigmatize today become acceptable tomorrow? So you can see it's a cocktail of topical issues spiced with seriousness and laughter. Don't go anywhere. We would be right back after this break. Democracy is not for us until we redefine it. Abraham Lincoln described democracy as a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. It's also one of the most famous definitions of democracy we know. The real definition, however, reads something like a system of government by the whole population or all the elected members of a state, typically through elected representatives. Well, hey, we get the point. Democracy is a concept that essentially involves all the people or all the citizens of the country in decision making, especially when it comes to choosing their leaders. A process we have now come to understand as election. Yes, so let's go down memory lane and take a cordial look at the history of Nigeria and democracy to take us back to 1999, 39 years after independence. The first democratically elected president of Nigeria finally emerged, much of the global plus and to local pump and pageantry. This momentous occasion also quickly drowned out their basement attempt of 1993, six years earlier, where a military head of state annulled a democratically conducted election, stating issues of vote buying and also was trying to protect the judiciary. 61 years after independence and six election cycles after, we are still struggling with these same issues, same issues that plagued 1993 elections. So 29 years ago, various judgments, counter judgments, suits, counter suits, accusations of election rigging, afflicting our elections across both, even from the lowest councilorship elections to the highest level, which is the presidency. So if you ask an average Nigerian today, are we in a democracy? Has this democracy been fair to all the citizens? You get all sorts of answers, which begs the question, are we really in the democracy? Are we in fact really independent? We heard of a recent gathering of section of the country who are vowed not to release power, meaning they would hold onto the presidency no matter what. Is there a system that guarantees a peaceful, free and fair passage of power from one president to the other? Or perhaps there's a system that ensures the power is recycled amongst the real world class. Again, this gets one thinking, are we really in a democracy and are we truly really independent? Do the people really have a say in choosing who governs them? Do the people really have a say in decision making, in laws, in bills that are passed? Are the representatives truly representing their constituents, or are they following an already laid out script? I believe it is time for Nigeria to redefine a system that works. Call it whatever you like, but one that demonstrates a commitment to inclusion, to freedom of thought, to truly be independent, committed to the safety, security, and the fairness of the ordinary citizen, but also ensures and guarantees genuine public participation in decision making that benefits the participants, the citizens, and their generations to come. Wow. That's quite insightful. I'm very interested, by the way. Very interested in talking to you up here. Democracy. Democracy, the concept of democracy has been redefined, confused, oxidized, misunderstood. Some people don't even know where they are headed. Just like you said, some persons in this country has decided that they will hold on to power, thinking that they are more Nigerian than any other. I keep seeing this in this show and everywhere. I find myself that no Nigerian is more important than any other Nigerian. So you should try your best as much as possible to respect other people in the country. If you want the country to work, democracy, since we've adopted us, majority or less in some countries, many countries of the world are adopting democracy one way or the other, even those that still have this monarchy system of government one way or the other, they still have some element of democracy. We should let it work. At least, let's make it work. Let's try to respect other people. Let's try to give people opportunity, women, young persons, and every tribe a representation. And you see, they said the minorities have their seat and the majority have their wayway. What if the majority sometimes out is wrong? It's called for dialogue. Absolutely, yeah, absolutely again. Yeah, thanks, thanks so much, Elijah. I think the message is very clear. We love the texture and the sound of democracy where we hate the commitment that it demands. So we want to flirt around with democracy, but we are not willing to commit. What we lack is the commitment to democracy. We love the benefit. We love the rights. It's a cost to us, but we are not willing to go all the way. And it's reflected in everything. We travel out of this country as ministers, as government officials. We go and see things elsewhere. We just copy it that way. Sometimes we jpeg it, we come and drop it in our country. And we are not concerned about the implication in the environment. We saw it where we saw it, but we forgot they are underlying factors to why, how it is working there. We come back here. We want to first, we want to take the factors that made it work in UK to come and work in Nigeria. It doesn't make sense. You go and take the fine in UK, in pounds. You just translate it to Nigeria. And you are telling people to pay those kind of money. I am wondering, are you okay? So until we get to that level of maturity to commit to the responsibilities of democracy, we've been thought the benefit, but nobody has thought us the responsibilities of democracy, the price of democracy. We are not ready to face it. Until we are ready to face it, I agree with you that we are not ready. It's not meant for us. Maybe we should adopt something else. Maybe we should call our own another name. But it shouldn't be called democracy because there is no democracy in Nigeria. But interestingly, so to put it short, interestingly, whatever means we adopt as a form of government, if we do have dialogue and empathy and intentions, it's been intentional about accepting everyone and their differences, we're going nowhere. Absolutely. Thank you so much, Tolu, for that insightful, is a topical issue, right? And seriously, it's really deep in my heart because I still believe in Nigeria, sort of, maybe I'm one of the very few. I do, too, as a matter of fact. And that's amazing. Nigeria, too. And the truth is, absolute power corrupts, yeah? And when you get into power, you want to hold on to it. And from what Elijah said, I think we're not looking at these conversations from the place of empathy and continuity and longevity, right? How do we ensure, you know, one of the interesting things that I want for the offspring is to ensure that, you know, the legacy in the family is continued and passed on. Like you said, I mean, we're not even, I mean, when I was in, say, primary school, I sing a song, parents, listen to your children, we are the least. I sang that song up until when I left primary school. Now, I mean, I'm done with university, I'm working, like, I've come into the workforce, but I'm still not, like, I don't see much of that song playing up. So they tell us that you are the young, you are the leaders of tomorrow. Does tomorrow never ever come? Where is that tomorrow? And we can see that in the interesting demonstration of the end-stars movement, you know, people trying to take power, you know, by force. So I think it's something really interesting, like maybe Peter said, maybe we need to find what works for us, maybe Nigeria and Croatia, I don't know. Absolutely, so that's why I say we have to redefine it.  The problem itself isn't the concept one and then the execution of it. True. So the first thing is, do we have something that embraces everybody? Right? You're talking about empathy, so important. I guess what the world is moving. The world today is not the world that was 10 years ago, 20 or 30 or 40 or 50. As a matter of fact, I'm sure the person that even defined the concept of democracy did not think the world we were at is today. It was what worked at the time. But like you said, as usual, we'll just copy, control C, control V. Right? Nobody's thinking, how do I even adapt this thing?  You do research. You find something online. You say, oh, how do I adapt this to what I'm trying to do? Don't just copy and paste. You won't ask ourselves, how does this apply to us today? How do we redefine this thing? So embrace our local cultures, orientation, different beliefs, our different challenges. Because challenges we have are different from challenges that a British man has. Different from challenges that an American has. So he's been able to redefine these concepts, to fit into everybody. And it's important, like you said, to think about the future generation. It doesn't end here. After all, what is our legacy? What do we leave behind? That's right. Yeah, Ijimai can also share with us. Yes, Ijimai. I wonder what happened over there. But you said it, do you want to redefine democracy? For me, democracy is not the problem. But defining democracy is not the solution either. Why? It is the people behind the system that we look at, not the system. You know, we talk about empathy. The question is, if you change from democracy to any form of order governance, be it bureaucracy, colonialism, socialism, whatever name you want to call it. It is the people behind the system that is most important, that is present and that we look at. What are the people that are holding onto power? What are their values? These are the things that we should focus on. If you're in power for a donkey years, or a hundred of years, it makes no difference if you're not kind to your people, if you don't have the interest of your people at heart. So it's not so much about redefining democracy. You can have a king that rules for a hundred years, but if the king is eligible, if the king sympathizes with the people, understands what the people need, and provide a governance for the people, then you'll go with that king. You will go with that system of governance. The question we have, or the problem we have in Nigeria, is the fact that our leaders do not care about the followers. That is where we should channel our energy. Ask for leaders that will transform our country. Ask for leaders that understand, that are sympathetic, that empathize, that are humane to people. That is what I think we should redefine, our values as leaders. The question is, we're five in this room, if we pick any of us to occupy that space, what will you do? Will you do something different? I can argue otherwise, because we are a product of society, and that is what we need to redefine, our values. That's what I think we need to think about. Absolutely, I'll do with you. Again, people will say, our leaders are leaders are leaders, but I keep asking, our leaders didn't fall from heaven. They came from among us. Right? I mean, the president and the vice president, whoever the leader is, they came from among us, we didn't import them. So it goes to a bigger question, what makes a leader? Is it the position or the personality? Right, do you see? So, and I agree with you that there's a values question. Okay, if you put 50 or 100 Nigerians in a room, and then you take a poll, you start to see value system, right? And that tells on how we now behave when you now have a position that we call leadership. I think, to be quite honest, we give too much credit to our leaders. Even the followers have big issues. If they, like she said, if you put anybody here now in the same position, it's unlikely that you'll do better, right? You might even have better intentions, but there's a system in place. Have you noticed the Nigeria, for instance?  I'm sure you've heard many of those articles that say once they walk into that place, you know, to that seat, something just changes. So there's something there absolutely that we need to be looking at. You know, I hope and pray that everybody here is doing something about it, you know, and it's beyond just letting a good leader. I hope that we ourselves are looking at value systems and thinking about how we'll progress, especially for our children and for generations to come. All right, Obnets is Victor. Please stay with us.


Do you remember Dragon Ball Raging Blast? This is a Dragon Ball Z video game that came out all the way back in 2009 and ever since then it is at one of the most loyal online fan bases I have ever seen for a Dragon Ball Z game. But, is the game even good? I decided that in today's video I would go back to Dragon Ball Raging Blast and see what the game really had to offer and if it still holds a candle to modern DB games today. If you like these videos where I check out old Dragon Ball games definitely make sure to leave a like and subscribe to the channel because we have a whole ton more to do but with that said, let's go ahead and see what Dragon Ball Raging Blast really has to offer. So here it is, Dragon Ball Raging Blast 1. It's been years since I've actually looked at it. I really don't even remember the main title screen looking like this. I don't even know where to start for this video. Oh, World Tournament. Let's start there. What's the World Tournament mode looking like? Oh, there's a sell games option as well. I mean, do I just do one of both? Oh, the character roster. I do remember this. There's actually a fair bit unlocked for the beginning. I think the first, let's be honest. The first main tournament we got to get Goku in there. But what? Damn, they only meant four. I can't even, I can't do it solo. Okay. I actually can play single player. Thank God, man. Oh my God. I thought they were going to make me have friends for a second. I don't have any of those capsules capsules. Oh my God. That was sick. The World Tournament is underway. Oh, they've been up like a little, is that Goten or is that me? I know that was good. My God, Goten and Jacer, he killed Goten. Oh my God. He's already in the semi-files. I don't remember the board game element at all. It looks like I'm fighting against Krillin. How hard could this really be? Do I want battle commentary on or off? You know, I'm already kind of on commentary, but you know, I like working in partners. All right, me versus Krillin. Let's see who wins. I do like this minigame. Collecting these things is kind of fun. And you get to be Nimbus. Pretty good loading screen minigame. I'll give it up 8 out of 10. Here we are. I got to, this is Raging Blast 1, by the way. Raging Blast 1 still looks pretty good. Like the visuals for Raging Blast have definitely always been a strong suit of the series. How do I play? Beat a guard? Circle? Nope. Damage late amount. Okay, he's got, Krillin's going kind of nuts. It's our beat a block. I got him now. Now that I learned how to guard. Yeah, I paid $60 for a blocking game, bro. Not in my fighting games. I don't play games like that. Sweep the leg. He dodged it. Oh, I laid his eyes out. I don't think I turned ring outs on. Sweep the leg.  Where'd he go? Always above me. How do I do Supras? Not like that. Wait, I just saw how to transform. Let me kick it up to Super Saiyan 3. Oh, dude, that looks great. Now, how do I charge? Oh, down on defense. Dude, it's all coming back to me. It's all coming back to me. I remember how to play. Oh, combos. Does anybody remember how to do Supra? Run, Goku. Why am I blinking around in place? I feel like I'm not even blinking around that. Oh, I remember now it's the right stick, isn't it? Tell me I'm wrong. Krillin, relax. It's not even that serious.  Whoa, whoa, Krillin. Damn, Krillin. My God, what are you even going to do? Watch it. Right stick. I remember. That's huge damage. Huge. No. Dodge it. Oh, Krillin's going to win. I can't afford to lose. I have to win this tournament. How do you break my guard? He broke my guard again. Not this time, Krillin. It's the transmission behind him. No. He countered me with solar flare. Goku, you know you saw him. Oh my God. How do I find him again? There he is. No. No. Win. Oh, you got to be kidding me. That was the closest to tournament match you could have possibly done. Krillin was throwing hands. Thank you, World Tournament announcer.  You were just screaming the entire game. Oh, at least a calming minigame will soothe my soul. It's not working. I'm still pissed. Show Krillin dead. Yeah, that's what he gets for trying to fight me. I could turn commentary off. He's fired. All right, me and Jace. Now, do remember, Jace just took out one of my sons. So this is a grudge match. The World Tournament finale. Goku versus Jace. Why is Jace looking at the camera like that? I'll show you what happens when you disrespect the Ginyu Force. Bro does not even care about the tournament. He just wants to show me what happens when I disrespect the Ginyu Force. So how much key does it take for me to transform? You know what? I'll just be normal Goku. Oh, dude, he just... Whoa! What the... That was so cool. That's what Crusher Ball looks like. How do I do that? There it is, the spirit bomb. I wanted to clash with him. Catch this. He dodged it with no effort. But Goku, what are you... Goku, where are you looking, man? Damn. How do I... I remember I could like weave step. How do I do that? There we go. Weave. That was crazy. All right, fight back. Blink that. That was clean. Dash up. Give me that. Ah, nice response. Oh, my God, raging blast. I just sidestepped all of that. Give me that. Okay. I need to do something fast. Jace is beating the... How do I... How do I disengage from a battle, man? Am I just supposed to sit there and let Jace beat me up all day? He's posing. Man, the visuals are really good. All right, do it. Beam Clash. There it is. There it is. There it is. Here it goes. Come on. Clash with him. Why? Man, that should have clashed. Totally beat me. No, he didn't. He did not. It should have clashed and I would have won. No shot. I lost to Jace. That doesn't even make... The visual of him just floating up this break. Game over. I should have won. All right, well, now I want to try the cell games. Fight in the tournament until champion is crowned. Your health will be filled a little bit in between bouts. Okay. I feel like I should play Yamcha. I feel like Yamcha's profile pic. I don't know why he's smiling at the camera like that. He knows something I don't. The cell game's got its own thing as well. This game is pretty visually. It's visually really good. Super Saiyan go on versus... All right, come on, Gohan. Clutch up. Easy. Did not even... Didn't even break a sweat. Who am I fighting? Trunks. All right. Let me show you what happens when a Super Saiyan goes up against Yamcha. Even the... Okay. The cell game stage looks good as well. Game over. I'll show you what a real fighter can do. That's pretty much what I... Dude, Yamcha is literally me. I don't care. Yamcha is literally me. Yamcha's him.  This is just going to be more embarrassing. Dodge at. Nice. All right, let's go. Where'd he go? Oh, win that, win that, win that, win that, win that, win that. This. And this. I missed. All right, give me Spirit Ball. Or is it Wolfing Fist? One of the two. Super Spirit Ball. Whoa. And I missed it. Damn. I want to do a beam clash in this game so bad. Super Spirit Ball. Don't miss, don't miss, don't miss, don't miss. Go. I missed again. And I got hit with Burning Attack. No, I didn't. Take one of these. Okay. Note to self, Yamcha's coming out takes forever to charge up. Try to hit me. Weave, weave, weave, weave, weave, out, weave. Attack where you're looking, Yamcha. Good enough. Good enough, Yamcha. Get some space. Charge up. We're breaking the field, but that's fine too. Tap in. We got to hit this one. This is what's going to tie the game up. Super Spirit Ball. Yeah. Dice him up, Yamcha. Huge damage. Almost a ball of health. We pretty much evened up the game. And we dodged that. Oh, normal Spirit Ball. Well, it didn't really do that much damage. Maybe I can control it. Clash with me. Afterimage. What? What do you mean Wolf Fang fist? Stand up. Try and see what happens. Okay. Where'd he go? What? I'm running then. That's huge damage. Run. Run. No. No, I'm going to die. Run. Oh, my God. No, Spirit Ball. Surely Spirit Ball has to save me. Even if it misses, it can just come back, right? Spirit Ball. I got him. He's not dead. Do it again. Dear God, run. He's mine. Got him. Why is Spirit Ball so slow? It did not. We almost lost. All right. Well, at least we made it out of round one.  Oh, man. That's what they meant by cell games. I still don't have all my health. Gohan's actually going to just death some maybe. Okay. I know what I have to do though. I have to win a beam clash. Clicking, Yoncha. Clicking. Clicking. Come back. Bounce it back. Oh, no. No. Oh, what? What? What are you talking? Okay. Well, that made me laugh. They referenced the Sidemen fight. Another tournament I just have to leave. There goes Yoncha falling over dead again. All right. Well, that was the tournament. I definitely didn't have the best of time museum. This mode lets you view the character encyclopedia. All right. I'll check that out. Yeah. Let's let's read about a character that maybe people don't really know about like Raditz. What is the character encyclopedia have to say about Raditz? I'm Kakarot's older brother. Raditz. Oh, I thought they were going to have him read like the entire tutorial. Wait, what does Zarbhan say? My true power has lain dormant for years. But now it's out. Hey, it's me. Goku. Yeah. Yeah, it is. Okay. Super battle trial. I don't really remember this at all. I don't know if this is an online mode or just like, oh, no, they have a survival mode. They have a survival mode. Okay. I'll try a little bit of it, but I think 25 enemies. I'll try a little bit of it, but I feel like this is like its own separate video for this one. I'll be Piccolo. Oh, great. We're starting off with Super Saiyan 2 go on.  All right. He's literally remaining 50. There's 50 people. You have to be here. All right. I clearly need to learn the controls of the game because I am not good at this. Sweep the leg. Oh, Key Blast was good. Oh, and it paralyzes. Is Piccolo cracked in this? Look at my Key Blast paralyzes. That is busted. Piccolo, turn around. Oh, it freezes him. That's so good. Sweep the leg. Oh, I remember the crash system. If I grab him, it throws him into the wall, right? Oh, that is so sick. Okay. That's cool. Stay right there. Rush moves don't work though. What? All right. I get it. Go on. I get it. I get it. I get it. I get it. Chill, chill, chill, chill, chill, chill, chill. Tell me I got Hellzone grenade though or is it special beam cannon? I went all out. I regret it. Oh, man. Oh, it's like grenade. I'll take that too. Oh, let's go. Big damage actually. Whoa. Whoa. Piccolo is strong in this game. Explosive breath. Give me that arm. Nice arm you got there. That is okay. This is okay. Be honest. I know I've said it a million times. The game looks good still. When it raging blast came out so long ago. All right. One down 50 to go. Hey, it's me with a cape. Nice cape. They make it for men. Nice try. Oh, never mind. It was a great try. I'll pick a low. Stop. Anyway, hold on. Okay. I regret it. What? Weave, weave, weave, weave. Oh, can't you what you can't see? Can't you what you can't see? Oh, he's confused, isn't he? Oh.  Never mind. Whoa. Oh, combos. I finally did what Krillin was doing to me. Extend it. There we go. Now see, now I'm getting back in the game.  Process beam. Even though I'm not sure why anybody would use that when you could just do this. Give me that. Nice cape. Make it for men. Boom. Boom. Get them out of here. I feel like the enemies have so much help though.  Ha ha ha! Damn, he is setting flying! His bots gotta just be on easy mode though. He stands no chance. Piccolo, get up!  All right, well, I guess the fun with Piccolo is pretty much over now. Oh, look at how strong that is, man! That is cheap! Dead. Next!  Beach! Ugh! Ugh! All right, but hold on. I kinda wanna just do survival mode in its own video. If you wanna see that, if you do like and subscribe, of course. But I wanna check out more of Raging Blast. I don't wanna just focus on my survival run. But yeah, that was about it for all the modes, except for, of course, the story mode, which I kind of wanna do a playthrough on, but maybe that's just me. But what I really wanna check out is the what ifs. I remember this game having some cool what ifs. Yeah, the what ifs stories. Whoa! Cool, they have it so like, I didn't remember this, but the models just represent the battles themselves? What is this? Is that Yamcha training with trunks? The audition? Wait, did Doria and Zarbon try out for the Ginyu Force? I gotta check this one out. Oh, and you can choose easy, normal, or hard? I'll go normal for this one, because I'm not scared or nothing. I just, you know, it's more for a demonstration of the story anyway. Captain Ginyu has announced an opening for a new member in the Ginyu Force. The auditions are now in progress. They give you like story mode cutscenes too? No shot! This is sick. Entry number seven. My name is Doria. What? They're doing trials? You're an assistant to Lord Freezer. Why do you wanna join the Ginyu Force? Are you like unhappy with your current employment situation? What? We're not looking to join the Ginyu Force, just to look cool, are you? They are wringing this man out. I just thought I would be able to be of more use to Lord Freezer if I joined the Ginyu Force. Bro is lying.  He's not believing in his story. Why is he gatekeeping the Ginyu Force? Let the fight begin. Whoa! He's not gonna let him enjoy.   What? This is cruel, man. Doria just wanted to be a part of the team. Nah, this is messed up. Bro just wanted to be a part. Also, Berter is insanely fast. Look at these hits. Brr, brr, brr, brr, brr, brr. Brr, brr, brr, brr. Brr, brr, brr, brr. Bing. All right, the Doria might be a member of the team, for real. I can't hit him. I can't. Jace, I'm not playing around. He should just be a member of our team. He's strong. Full power energy ball. I missed. Uh-oh. Woo! Oh my God, the Doria's... Okay, now he's getting... Jace, you should be worried.  Blue Hurricane. Okay, I gotta get back. Gotta get back. Dadoria is definitely a recruit. I think we should just let him on the team if I'm being honest if I'll be an honest I think he's earned his butt Sorry, Dadoria. I'm the fastest member of the team and it looks like it's gonna stay that way Space mock attack. Oh come on bird or show me a real speed. Here we go Oh, that was only a tent of my speed before hose on him. Let's go I was getting tired of the door is that oh never mind never my sorry about that Dadoria Let me show my and we show my real speed again though wait wait if you just let me use my ultimate I promise I get blue hurricane. Whoa Whoa, relax. He's gonna win. He's gonna win.  What am I supposed to do hit with ultimate attack? I have to win with my ultimate attack. Oh Why do I have to win with my ultimate attack when he could just kill me? All right, here comes my ultimate. Sorry about this looks like you're gonna have to experience my mox Blue hurricane. Oh my god. It does no damage though blue hurricane part two He's dead, right? It would have made me look so cool to be in the canoe for he was after the cloud he lied He's dead. Oh my god. He's dead. Haha. I knew it. You're rejected. Haha. Who's that? It's Jason's turn. All right, next up, please Yes, sir entry number eight Zarbhan at your service Zarbhan stride out to you Frieza is losing hands Like these are two Frieza's right-hand man.  He said I'm the handsome guy. Oh Yeah, yeah, I'll teach you for coming in here trying to look handsome next to me Damn Not impressed. Oh never mind. I'm pretty impressed. That was a sick blink though. Wasn't it damn. He's good It's so hard to dodge. I please don't fight me Zarbhan. I really don't want to do this Okay, I guess I do I did not mean to dash in like that, but here I am now No, no, how can you dodge that move? Should I just block should I just give in? I'll just block it every time that works for me really it does let's go Let's go Whoa, I perfectly dodged it the tutorial literally just came up to give that to me I was hitting our one perfectly Hope our energy wave. I missed one. I really do need to hit a crusher ball ultimate though I'll be honest. I kind of want him to beam clash me though Take one of these Let's go Yeah, Jay's hit me on the win the tournament with this. I know it's good. I'm gonna hit him with another crusher ball Oh, no, he's gonna want Yes Let's go How was I supposed to win I even did the palm technique?  That's actually kind of sad. Okay. We're back I really don't want to lose this attempt which is bad because he has his ultimate and he is trying to kill me dodge it How do I get up? I don't remember how to fly up. I did it once by accident. Okay, got it I'm gone get out of the water burst into the air. How is he already up here? What? No way is he gonna Zarbon wants to join us so bad. He's going to show us his ugly form. He hates doing that I saw it in his character bio He's doing it. He actually is he's going into his full power form that transformation looks. Oh, what happened very impressive Very impressive I see Jayce Jayce was just worried He's just happy. He's still the good-looking guy. Wait, why is he so strong though? Why did he gain another health bar? I don't like this. Why he's so strong now. He got a health bar for that Return fire 6000 I'll take 6k here comes another Crusher balls are gone. Bye. Bye He still has a lot of help though. It's okay. I'm still right at my crusher ball range You know what do you want to beam clash me's our bond? I know you kind of do right Please tell me that hits him. Please. Tell me Jayce turns around. Oh my god No, this can't be happening this can't be happening I'm blocking it get away from me No shot No shot. I One more time. He is at full health again though. That is so as a Beef clash again. I'm winning. I'm winning. We're gonna go go go. Could you go Jayce? Go? Yes, I'll take it. I'll take it shot exchange victory. That really all your guns are bond I'm not liking it. Sorry, but maybe you're just not cut out to be a oops. Sorry. I'm sorry And maybe you are maybe I'll please please. No, maybe you aren't cut out to be again You force member get out of my No, no, no I'm out. How did he catch me? I was running away. Get out of here. I'm leaving him in the water He oh great. He went to the sky. Just let me crush your boss band, please Please don't tell me he went around this please get hit by this. Ah I barely have to help lead is our bond. Don't take it back. I just said I God damn Please hit please hit crush her ball. Please hit. Come on. Come on. Please.  He wild sense back into it. Oh my god. Oh my god Please yeah, what? Oh My god, I can't believe it. That was the scariest thing of all time It was worth it the delivery of that live was worth it better send a message to Captain Ginyu at once Inform them that unfortunately we weren't able to find any new members powerful enough to join the ginyu falls We did it we stopped people from joining the ginyu force captain suddenly decided to add someone new to the force anyway Oh, wait lower. Do you think he might be planning on graduating one of us from the force? Graduating us, but what if that happened, you know, I'd get my solo debut might Jays You're thinking about going solo. Oh, no, there's some drama in the force. Why would you suggest that?  Right, how silly whoa, they both want to be solo acts Burter and cheese have unexpectedly revealed their secret ambitions to each other What's in store next for the red magma and blue hurricane of the ginyu force? Well, we know what's next. They're going to die But that was a what if story from raging blast that was honestly amazing that the best what if Presentation for a game. I think out of every dragon ball game. That was awesome. So the first raging blast I gotta say this game is amazing. It holds up to time Honestly, if you buy this game now as a dragon ball fan, you're probably going to still get a lot of enjoyment out of it But that was this video. Hopefully enjoyed this nostalgic trip down memory lane with raging blast I definitely think I'll be doing a lot more of these videos So definitely make sure you hit the like button and subscribe click on some of the other videos on your screen I haven't done it yet and I will see you in the next one


Navy ships are often named after presidents and fallen heroes. The USS Jason Dunham is named after Medal of Honor recipient Corporal Jason Dunham, who sacrificed his life by jumping on a live grenade to save fellow Marines. For many, just to serve on a ship that represents someone who sacrificed their life for their country is a huge honor. The feeling is mutual among many of the USS Dunham sailors, especially for FC2 on Travion Ellis. I'm happy to be here. I just want to do my time, serve my country and all that. I probably won't live up to Jason Dunham, but I'll try my best. And the best FC2 Ellis can do for now is to ensure the safety of the entire crew while he's on watch. Air Force Sergeant Joshua Perrigan, Odessa, Ukraine.


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