Don't boss talk one on one here. We're gonna talk. We're gonna have fun. We'll be on fire. We'll be lately It's a unique husband. Check it. Check it. Check it. It's unique house. It's your boy ECO and I'm here with the lovely amazing official Miss Jamaica. Let's go on on walk on you know, my dad already man. Hey, man We got a guy here today y'all. He really don't need no introduction. This guy right here a man You know, if you see him at the imprompt.  Talk to her the niggas here y'all he talked his way up on the set Y'all would never guess who this is man black runners in the building man. What's going on man? See I don't even like I don't like how you presented people But tell the truth then I mean, you know, you know, I'll just say that that was a unique narrative Did it happen or did it not help I mean when you when you say it like that is the way how you say that's what he said It ain't the facts. It's the way you presented Okay, give me your perspective. Okay, so I'll say it Man, let's get on with the show man. Come on. Let him say his narrative trying to kill this nigga You see how you do Thank you so much for coming on the show for me. I didn't do it for you Say listen, man, I'm gonna be honest with you. I was really like dang was this dude that really go just Just gonna bump on me and then my photographer This dude this videographer guy. He said man, that's black He was on me man so ever didn't so I went did my research man and found out that night man dope show man Appreciate you and she go beam man.  This is a gift I remembered you from back over in I think it would be Soto or Duncan be a which one Duncan be on and you was over there legend. Yeah, man Man, that's a long time ago too long time ago. We came a long way from legends, baby I know right back to the improv You see that we went all the way around the world with the comedy all the way around the world boss talk come all the way back To the improv and this nigga still don't know Let's go baby. Come on. Get him. So where were you born and raised? Oh Clif Oh Clif Oh, I know you were saying that the other day. So what part of a cliff? Well, okay So came up born in singing Hills Came up in a little bitty area right off of Keese and Cockery Hill known as Western Park If you know about it, you know about it, you know, I'm saying did my two litch over at Kimber High School Talking about matriculated over the El Centro did graduated from middle college high school class 2003 After that took up residence over in the little part of town on this red bird You understand what I'm saying got a little thugging and a little bit of bug in the end over there often We're smaller than Wheatland streets. You feel me? And then after that had a child in 2011 starting my comedy career in 2011 and the rest is history in the making Yeah, I'm gonna get back into that but I want to ask you so growing up I'm sure you didn't want to be a comedian as a kid growing up, right? No Nobody wants to be a comedian at first. Okay But you have a gift for gap is not even as a kid, right? Or were you a shy kid? No, never never a shy Never was a shy kid. So if you have a gift for gap, tell me about a time where?  Okay. I'll give you a story about the last fight I got into when was that last week? No, no, no, we don't fight no more Okay, just checking cuz y'all are talking about y'all were talking about that earlier. I fight cases not people. Oh, okay So when I was still engaging in pugilism, you know, I'm saying a fan of the fista cuffs as it were I was 22 years. Oh, I'm okay. I never get What what was J mother's day? I think it was mother's day Two guys try to find a mother's day. It was either mother's day or Easter. I want to say it was mothers. Okay So came home that Sunday afternoon Ain't got nothing to do.  He already got company over there It's one of his partners and his partners og Okay, and they old ladies Okay, everybody over there having a good time. They plan uno at first. We switch from uno to the dominoes Okay on the domino table. I'm finding ass up I happen to have mastered in dominoes while attending gremlin state But before that I was already good cuz I'm from old cliff Everybody from old cliff can play domino pretty much pretty much that we can either fight run fast or play dominoes Oh, you get one of them skills. Just it's coming the water.  Okay, so he won't start roasting That's also something that we all are proficient at down in old cliff Texas We'll roast the her off your back.  Okay. He didn't know that I'm good at this.       So As I look off and he hits you he fired off Now he five nine five eight Two farted He stuck it with it. He swung with all his might He thought that was going to be enough to clean me up I'm sitting here having a in in a dialogue. Like did this nigga just hit me? While I'm asking myself this question, he let go of another one foul. I say that nigga did just hit us twice He get rid of fouls the third one.   I got your own lady laughing at you So he get rid of the third one because now he mad that I ain't even wobbled stumbled or none of that He didn't got two free clean ones now I went into Super Saiyan mode. I don't remember what happened next in the fight My brother told me to fight later on.   I remember hitting him and then resetting When I reset he realized oh no, he can fight too Now he won't play football tackle you Now you want to tackle me, but I'm already in the corner and my legs is already up against the chair So there's nothing else. Yeah, so I ain't got nowhere to go So now you want to bull rush me? I end up hitting my head on the microwave Because we we in my pot in the living room right by his kitchen.   No, it just left it left a permanent knot Okay, right here, you know what wound so I remember that his old lady my partner who else we was over had just had a baby a few months ago So she was in the back tending to the baby and everything like that She heard all this thumping and rumbling going on in her living room.  You didn't lost your pride in front of your old lady I go back to my house because now I won't put on different clothes. I wouldn't even dress to fight Let me go get ready. Let me go get dressed and we can come back over here And do it around too and we can do this for real in this grass and all this earn this opportunity We ain't got we ain't got to get in no corner in the living room in my leg It tangled up in the chair You know like back in back in the cliff everybody mama had these same chairs They was brass and like they had a back on it and then the legs and then the bottom of the legs swooped down Into like a little you and then on the bottom the bottom was connected with a little circle So it was all one little piece. So what nowhere for my leg to go when it got That's the only reason why I was on the ground.   I was holding the skill. I didn't know I had in the bag So where did you get it from your mama daddy? Who was funny everybody? Everybody I'm low-key like the third or fourth funniest person in my immediate family Who's the funniest my daddy is the funniest person in my family? Why? Because he raw like that really just off the dome.  Wait, man. You said what you do, huh?  Well, he did stand up for a little bit.  I gotta force you to give your brother I was saying it while you were saying give me a shot. I said everything was always asthmatic So shout out to my brother.  Yeah He didn't know that Yeah, that's my biological brother. That's a lot man. I can't get my brother. Do it now. I'm jealous as hell right now No, because we always came up. I can't get my brother Nothing my brother was my first writing partner. My brother was the first soundboard my brother That's how I knew I was funny enough to be on stage We used to sit up at night And play a game called you can't make me laugh Just my brother and I try to be serious.  What you want to play you can't make me laugh And now we got to argue for about five minutes over whose turn it was last time we played where last time we left On who turned it was so we argue. So now let's just say it's my turn I'm gonna I'm gonna try to say the funniest things I can The minute you laugh is your turn And we gonna play until we go to sleep Hmm, that's good. I don't care if it's a joke.   And then we start doing something that they do like he's gonna shout like sister song So we're gonna fall out like brother song So we're gonna say something that this deacon I always say but we was at church one time And this lady fell During the laying of the hands You know you're gonna get get a little dose of holy ghost get your little dose of that holy ghost but Uh, she had walked up on the pool pit to give the guest pastor something and everything He just grabbed her by her hand and hit her with a little bit of that holy ghost one time and her foot Slipped and didn't catch right there. But what doesn't but the stairs going back down to the congregation that way and she just Right back down to the conversation to the congregation and Everything would have been cooler if we hadn't never looked at each other And how old were y'all? Oh, I want to say we three years apart.  All right, I can go back to being Good child and look up in the joy service a little bit Then you look at it And we lost it and we lost it so much there like we couldn't be Contained my mama like all right. That's enough, but it wasn't enough. We got to get a little bit more I'm gonna say that's all right when y'all get home I'm gonna tear it up And she would play nothing fun it in Joke over right there Let me ask you about um your uh Just how how your career started, you know, like in the comedy lane like you you like really like And when I say started you it already started But just meeting with all of these people man to to know the chico beans to know the while in our cast Just to be done the things that you're accomplishing Need to be duly noted. So I mean No, no, no, you let me finish giving you kudos cause like I say I just seeing you, you know In in reform after we had talked at the comedy show, right? I found out that You know, I was talking to a guy that really really was was that guy, you know So I really respect that man and how could I slipped up and not known I supposed to know that You know, I'm saying I'm rocking them boys. Carlos been on here. You know, I'm saying people. I'm been through here Shout out to my Carlos Miller. Uh chico being me. God. They called me like we we know that this is going down over here So them guys mean a lot to me. I should have been up on it. So and Alex Thomas You and him was on the same type show.  Yeah, Alex is a good one.  So it really wasn't a space for cats in my realm. Yeah, then I look around you got one comedian on here I'm like, okay, that's cool.  I'm like, you know, you know, jesse handy capable So he might have been doing something for the disables, you know, say do you have country Wayne on here? I'm like, you know country Wayne self-made million.  So we got phase on Carlos, Chico, Bubba Doug, Alex, Thomas And I'm like, wait a minute. I just got off the road with half of that list Rungee, rungee, rungee, rungee what was only in town for two days We did it in L.A. We been swapping everywhere Okay, that's crazy We went out without him, don't you? So I hope in some of your homework that you did on me, you went and saw that I got some of the highest views at the lab factory Yeah, I've seen that. That was what I'm saying. That's how me and rungee are cool So I'm like, that's when it started.  Why you ain't had me on there, baby? I'm him Cuz I don't like bragging, but I'm low-key the highest decorated black comedian From Dallas and I used to say the highest decorated comedian from Dallas But here lately my man Ralph Barbosa Been tanned it up and he's here in Dallas He's a old cliff native on and he shout out to my essays. That's also just as old cliff as we are Yeah, but I like the Alice Hey I don't care who you feel the name that nigga don't have more credits than me Yeah, yeah And the only credit that I that Ralph has that I don't have It's you know, Jimmy fat. He just performed on Jimmy. Wow, that's big. He just got a write-up in the LA Times That's big. He just got a write-up in variety magazine. That's hard. He just got through beefing with George Lopez You know, I'm saying because over the fact that George pulled the ec He only did nothing to you wrong George didn't know who Ralph was.  Then he asked his assistant.  I ain't never heard Not knowing that Ralph is the the the the new rising star and he's a latino and he's always looked up to George He's always admired George.    Gee. I genuinely did not Know who you were never heard of you. Shout out to you young man. I see what you out here doing Salute and that and that that's that's that's big because the old g's really don't take that kind of humidity When talking to us young cats, you know, so but before this last three months That Ralph been on this meteoric rise Black Run was the highest decorated comedian From Dallas, but I think it also has to do with because you know, George Lopez. He's older Right, and then we are older too. So it's a case. No, don't put yourself in there with him He old. Thank you, baby. Y'all mr. And mrs. Old.   And you was never taught. So you was already I'm always cutting up. That's how I know you can fight because you Maxed out at five nine little bitty niggas. They either real insecure or real secure You know what I think why a lot of people not him but why a lot of people are now wearing their graves more You know men because of me No Exactly You see a lot of these young men who are actually having you know, we're in their graves Some people even died.  I mean there they everybody here they gray hair into the quarantine Steve Harvey, Kevin Hart P. Diddy All the actors and Jamie Foxx everybody here. They grazed or shaved so you wouldn't know that they were Quarantine until the quarantine when the barber shops and the beauticians was out of commission And and your die girl couldn't get through there and that just for me and don't really make it In that hollywood-beigeen shade that you need that trick a nigga shade So they start wearing their graves and on tiktok. You saw all them zatties that they kept showing it everywhere Wow And that was nothing but a rollover of beard gang Y'all remember mr. Steal your grandma? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah teacher from houston.  I gotta talk about your career. I gotta talk about your accomplishments My people need to know there's a lot of people that want to you know, they want to do comedy They want to be Like you, you know, I mean you got to give them the blueprint print black run to where they can learn man And you that you to you to go through guys. Don't do what I did How long you been doing it now? 12 years 12 years later, sir No, well that I felt like I waited about five years too late But that's just my only personal thing that I got to deal with with myself because I never thought I was good enough to do this Like I'm funny at the barbecue. I can pull a girl I'm good at a job But professionally I never considered myself a real comedian even after I was the best in dallas and had been for years I doubted myself It's what took me so long to get on the road. It's what took me so long to get into competitions Well, hold on Where did that stem from? Were as a child? Were you raised like that to be fearful? No, it's it people say subconsciously like your mama said something and you see kids hold that and feel you know Self-confidence is not there because of that. No, that that wasn't where my fear looked My fear lied in in the fact that When you go into something that's popularity-based you have to be what people like And when you come up being something most people don't like That gives you the confidence to be yourself But it also puts you in a place where you're scared to go where you have to get validation from others So in comedy as funny as you may think you are you got to go on that stage and the people in that room are going to validate you They're going to validate whether or not that's a good joke or not So I had to to deal with that and then After growing up in church And you watching people that suck Still get clapped for because it's the proper thing to do Then you watch something like american idol and person like simon tear person I don't know why you even thought to do this with your life Well, it's because they've been lied to the last 25 years why they was at church saying baby You could be a star. You need to be in hollywood. You need to be on tv So I never let the locals people love for me. Give me an over inflated ego Even though they were seeing something in me. I ain't seeing myself like no, bro. You got it I'm like I just got it to you because if I go to new york I go to la I go to chicago. I go to atlanta places where comedy was Supposedly made and validated if I don't have it to them. I don't got it Is it different in every state like when you're telling your jokes or when you go different places Do you have to switch up your jokes a little bit depends on where you are? to cater to the people Some things are regional. Okay, certain logo lingo, you know, the Certain words that they call this they call it something else in a certain another part of it. You have to learn all of that Right like down here. We say soda water It's pop in other places.  You can't use nowhere else Get away from using stores and places of business that are Local to you Because nobody else knows it. Ain't no kroger in certain parts of the world.  Ain't no wind digs it, you know, I mean like if you ain't never been to chicago You've never heard of jewel osco But that's that's the grocery store, you know what I mean? So get get away from that kind of stuff So then you don't compartmentalize yourself as as and act from this place A local I tell people I'm not a local comedian. I'm just from here. I'm not a dallas comedian I'm a national international comedian. That's from dallas. Well, when you How did you first get your your, you know, stemmy relationship with something like I said a heavy hitters that you've already and I I asked you this and y'all keep going off subject Yeah, he told me to list my credits and my resume and tell people So let me let me write it down. I really want to just dive into how you met them the process Because that's what I said. I don't want nobody to take my route Yeah, but the process for you to meet these people for you to be this writer For you to be this guy that stands on stage proud today. That was a process And we need to hear the process. That's all I'm saying So, uh, it may not be a pretty picture But we don't need to give people a pretty picture because a lot of times it's not going to be a pretty picture So let's be real with the people so that they can learn because there's some guys that they they don't think that They can start at an age like you did as well But then you give them encouragement Rodney danger field was in his 40s before he started his comedy career Sally field was 39 before she ever got cast in her first movie, you know, I mean 51 Savage was 51 before he ever went viral, you know, I mean two chains was damn near 40 before his rap career really took off So there is no like no specific time or or time in your life To do something if it's never too late to go back to college. It's never too late to start a new career path So, how are you? I was 25 when I started good For me, but you could have done it when I was grown enough to have something to talk about Yeah, so and and so when it takes off and you how do you end up dealing with Wilder now? How do you end up dealing with 85 south guys like a chico bean? Uh, how do you end up meeting? Did you know you and ricky smile ever do some stuff together? I'm touring Ricky right now. Okay. Let's talk about this stuff man. Let's get it out here So He definitely been going through something lately. I was about to say I went down there to merman ham and linked up with a few is People that he rock with huh, but let's talk about it. So shout out to comedian a g white from brooklyn, new york A g white was down Performing at the adison improv.  Yeah. I was a regular at fat tuesdays I'm murdering it. Um, I featured right before a g went on stage a g come. Tell me dude.  I'm doing that same show He said yo, you've been on the road. I said nah, I ain't had tense I ain't had the money to get out there.  So, uh, mario tory headlines I put our feature for him.  I got a spot for you tomorrow I got a room my host I got fitted all of the chicken wings for you So you can accumulate nice little rent money and a nice little two-week grind You know, you do three four rooms a night two three rooms a night for about two weeks and you're in that town Also in that town is going to be somebody from somewhere else that's also in town knocking around So that's why your network starts to build So I went from atlanta to chicago from chicago to new york from new york to detroit Went all around he didn't come back home Didn't come home until almost christmas So it was a whole year. No, I just I will pop back home pay rent, you know, see my lady see my daughter You know get back on the road get home Company club that never gave me an opportunity called me The feature that they first called was sick Second feature they called was out of town third feature they called Couldn't get a ride It was two last minute god's plan.  Are you available to feature this weekend? No the guy before me. He wasn't able to do it all weekend That's what it was. Are you able to feature this weekend? Yeah.   Of course not on the phone, but as soon as you hung up the phone I would have flipped out if it weren't for the fact that I got walked into comedy by an idol First time I ever touched a comedy stage. I featured for shucky ducky. Yeah.  Right.  So that's all wait a minute. I know you lied to me.   I do Well, you know, I knew that man. He was one of my best friends Yes, sir. I know that If you're gonna wear his name Don't do his name. No disservice That's me. Don't put no stain on that man name So from that point on Comedy was live or die with me if I wasn't gonna make it doing this We're gonna make it doing nothing else Then I get a phone call from my man Derek Keenum Shout out to Derek Keenum He said hey, man I'm writing for WBLS For earthquakes radio show because he was featuring for earthquake at the time Got a radio segment and they need some quick little one-liners. I know you good at them. Send me a couple of them I just text about four or five of them send them in Turns into a writing job For earthquakes first radio show The quake comes to Dallas Derek came make it. I feel in for quake Right then at that same moment Derek stops featuring for quake Quake needs a feature Proved myself that weekend Hey, young won't go in a row with me Three years in a row. I'm on the road with earthquake. Wow By featuring for quake. I meet all the og's But by also earthquake was the first time because everybody else I got fired I would do two or three shows and get fired for being too funny They don't want you to take their spotlight. You're not you're not here to be funny phase on cat I mean phase on say cat williams Pushed him away from the show because he thought he couldn't he could come behind phase on phase on tells me this And I understand what you're saying now because he's saying he can't go behind me He didn't know what he was dealing with the first comedian to ever Give me love for being funny was Rodney Perry the first comedian to to promote me from the Host spot to the feature spot because the host couldn't even get his credits right was a little rail Those are the first two dudes to actually give me a stamp of validation when it came to working at the white people comedy clubs So the white comedy clubs would never book me because I wouldn't go through their process That's why I say I don't encourage nobody to take my route What is their process? I did it the bar and grill legends real-time brickhouse lounge.  Absolutely. He's been booed off state. No, he bumped. Yes But not booed but not booed and damn show not off stage No, that's given up. That's real.  I will never let the boo. I will never let the crowd ruin my check I'm booked to do a certain amount of time. I'm gonna do my time Now you not I wasn't booked for you to like me. I was booked to do my time Right. So the only way I can get my money is if I do all of my time. Okay. That's real I'm learning now. Let's go.  So then when these headliners come to town, they telling the club No, I want black run to feature for me. So now the club gotta break down and call me Yeah, which is why I would be fourth or fifth or sixth on the call list When the when the headline was out, I need a black comedian to open for me Even though black is my first name in my stage name I'm number six or seven on the list even though I'm at the top of the heap as far as skill Is that why you named yourself black run?   So working with quake Quake see me on stage half stepping He pulled me to the side in the dressing room He said hey young when I first saw you in Dallas. This ain't what I saw I say well, oh gee. I was doing a guest spot in Dallas. I never thought I would be working with you He said you say that to say what I say man. I'm just trying to play my part He said I ain't one of them cats I didn't bring you here to pity pat the the room. I didn't bring you here to pacify the audience And that was because of what had happened previously Yes, ma'am when you got fired because of being too funny not for being late not for smoking not for cussing too much You know gave me the most rules as a headliner. Don't do this. Don't say this don't know tk Kirkland really T to the mother doesn't k. Why do that? Why well because A lot of comedians headliner comedians thing is they don't want to work hard And some of them don't want to overrun the room.   I'm finna erase that whole chalkboard and teach a new lesson That's just my take on it And I learned that from the og's and the dogs that I worked with from quake and then from then on Quake said man, I didn't bring you here to push it for it. I brought you here to push me I'm trying to work work a new special. I'm trying to get a new hour together. I need you to push me So then I started going on stage dogging it So then I'm sitting in the back and because I'm an earthquake fan. I'm watching his show every show And you saw the way how you pushed him you saw that I saw where I pushed him And then I also saw ways like oh If you didn't say it like this, but if you said it like that I think you might have a stronger response from the crowd because I'm a student of the game So I'm starting to punch his jokes up And at first he like younger nigga, who are you to give me a punch up? And then he said I'm I tested to him he said you spit it to me You know don't don't write it to me say it to me how it should be said And I told him the joke the way he should say it And he slapped the steering wheel and he said boy, you got something and that night In his set he told the joke my way instead of his way and everybody cracked up When he got the response he looked off stage and looked at me and nodded his head I didn't know I had just got hired I just thought I got validated like yeah, that was funny from that moment on Then I became a trusted counsel So when he would write a joke he Young what you think about this and that's validation right there When the og a man who been doing this long as as long as you've been alive But who been professionally doing this as long as you've been knowing what stand-up is now values your opinion All the rest of you local niggas can't tell me nothing So from there, I when he would introduce me to people. This is my young gunner. He write for me And you know a lot of comedians won't even tell that no Just like musicians and entertainers According to them. They they write everything. That's ego True greatness has no problem Acknowledging the people who helped you make be great Henry Ford had that concept.  That's what they say The sum is greater than its individual parts if you surround yourself with great people Y'all gonna make something that's greater than any one of y'all could have ever did individually. That's real. I think you you God already been preparing you Even to even at the fact of like when you got on stage the other night and You and chico beam was going back and forth, you know playing the you know at the end back and forth.  I was I respect him and I love him for that because like like especially anytime we perform in Dallas He goes out of his way to be like hey Dallas This guy is from here This is one of y'all's own and and you should love and support him Just as much as you do me if not more because he's from here And then after that we roast to show the people. I'm not just his opener I'm his colleague. That's right And I shout out to beam shout out to dc young fly who also does Y'all I tool will fly quite regularly. Um, I tool ricky smiley regularly Did a few shows with cori hulkham after I stopped opening after I stopped touring with quake quake started doing um quake's house the radio show and uh It just came to the graduation point You know, I learned all I could learn from him. We're accomplished all we get accomplished now It's time for me to go off and fly high right now Now I have what it takes to be a headliner in my own right now It's time to leave the nest when I left the nest He put me in the hands of other people who needed writers Put me in the hands of people like ken whitley Brought me on had me right for put me in the hands put Bunk me into people like bob summoner.  You could write for the rest of your life and be good Because because the fame is about ego. I've gotten everything I can get from comedy Number one, I was I was the type of dude that could pull a pretty lady before comedy. So comedy didn't validate Excuse me, mr. Maker comedy didn't help me get no more hoes You know what I'm saying like it didn't it didn't validate me in that regard And I was already a secure man within myself because I spent 25 years with a chip tooth Right in the front of my mouth So I was already a very secure person within myself. So comedy didn't do that for me But I wanted a way To make my daughter proud of me. That's all how is your daughter now She just turned 12 Shout out to my baby line. That's the motivation. That's my motivation, bro And I thought that too because in the beginning when you were saying that the year she was born is the year you started comedy So that's what made me feel like She made you get up off your butt and the push. Well, she gave me the the the She gave me the license to fail Because remember when I started comedy, I didn't know whether or not I was going to be good at this But once I figured out I was good at it about a year into it I was able to Quit my job and just be like well, I'll just be broke I just won't have no money coming in so I can dedicate everything to this comedy Which is why I don't suggest and and recommend nobody do that You know, I mean wouldn't do that and having a child most of most comedians that you know still got a day gig It's real been on tv being in movies and everything and still Got a damn dance manager at avis rena caught and you've never had to have a regular job after that moment Thank god since labor day 2012. I have not put in 40 hours consecutively for nobody That's a blessing. It's a real blessing. Um You But I was homeless. He was doing that. You know what I mean? Baby mama was able to paint me I slept slept in my ex fiance's 2009 Ford Focus many a night That's hard many a night dog What does your daughter say about you now?  Wow. She's gonna find 30 minutes special on epics of her father. She's gonna find one hour special that he's self produced on his own. She's gonna see Podcasts and shows that have millions of views. She's gonna see clips They got millions of views and then more so than anything when we out in public And somebody walks up on me and say, what's up black run? Yeah He love daddy. They know you you ask my baby. What what what do her daddy do? Oh, he's a comedian. His name is black run He makes people laugh and she's been proud to say that since she was three years old dog dope I just like I said, um learning so much. I I feel like uh boss. I 101 Our people that listen to this show and hearing your story Is gonna erupt something in the ones who want to follow and line up with comedy to where they it gives you driving Motivation when you hear things put in a way Coming from a person they come from a genuine place. Yeah, you know, so I think that's a lie Man, that's what we all about, you know, that's what boss talk about It's basically getting us in front of our people so they can see that they can do it You know what I'm saying you don't have a problem getting in front of people like weekend and week out Like with as small of a forehead as you have Like your edge up.  I had to hit you I really I'm one of them guys man that kind of I don't know. I've been I've been through it. So I much don't get me off guard. So let me let me ask you this question Because true survivors know this to be true That was that moment when it looked like everything that you had gambled on Was a loss. Yeah. Yeah for sure for sure where you was going to prove all your doubters right Yeah, when everything finally happens Is it just me or you don't get no satisfaction from rubbing it in people's face? Yeah, no it really it's more of a humbling thing To be honest with you. It's a thing where From my I'm a big believer in God. So it's a thing where From where I came from looking back where I am now to where I came from our glory go to him Right So I don't really even get amused with the people as much as I get amused with God when I get on my knees at night And my wife come get on her knees beside me And we pray and we know where we came from and we know who we are I think that's bigger than anything any person could ever even remotely influence, you know what I mean? So I don't look at it from a people's perspective at all. I think the last time I counted I had somewhere Around 15 or 16 on on screen on camera credits No full productions. Yeah Uh One hbo comedy festival, you know what I'm saying was in talks with hbo to do a special Development deal from mbc. You know been been all those places done all those things. Yeah The most rewarding thing for me, right Is the fact that I get to do this The biggest perk that I still get is the fact I get free admission in the comedy shows when it's all said and done Dog, I'm still a kid that loves stand-up comedy. That was that would risk getting a whooping to stay up late and watch comic view That was sneaking watch Def Jam and sneaking listen to albums that I wasn't supposed to listen to You know, red fox party records rich or prior party records things.  Well, no could better. We're doing comedy. No, no, but she was she was she was a little She was a little on edge. Oh, she was edgy Millie was feeling it was very filled Millie will feel like there were certain things that children was just not supposed to That's right. George clinton albums were not intended for children. That's true at all and my mama Collects albums and she had those and she had all of these albums And I would like do things like alphabetize her albums and stuff like that Like because I was just a nerd like that But I was in doing so I'm sitting there and I'm reading all these albums. I'm absorbing all this material that's filthy I'm listening to these jokes. I'm listening to these grown folks conversations And I understand what they're talking about.  He always does it in a way where you don't even know what's happening But at the end you understand exactly what happened Do you know what that game prepared me for the most what performing in front of a crowd that ain't feeling you Because I don't get unnerved when people ain't laughing immediately. Yeah, because I know I'ma win the game eventually I know that it's a little later. I'ma hit you with one that's gonna crack it I'ma bust you and once I see that weakness I'ma exploit that And before I know it I got you rolling on the floor man That's that's a good game to y'all need to start playing that game if y'all getting into this business because that's that's a really good game That's it But who is the most funniest comedian to you because even top to me? No, hold on. Hold on.  Oh, okay. I thought you asked me who's the best at stand-up comedy No, the funniest as in like so what's the difference?  That's like asking me who's the best NBA player versus who's the best basketball player I've ever seen Like there's difference between hooping and playing ball and playing professional ball You know what I mean? So like there are cats that that are phenomenal at this at this craft of comedy Right and craft a joke so good. It's like, oh, that's great. That's brilliant And then they're not they're not super funny, right like when I watch a Dave Chappelle special I don't watch Dave to laugh. Okay. I watch Dave to watch Dave take something that shouldn't be laughed at and make it funny They make you go or make you go. Hmm. Thank because that's just as deep as a belly laugh So but the comedian that makes me just laugh until I can't breathe. Yeah, Tony Robbins Hands down, really Tony Robbins. Well, that's still alive I'm gonna give you nice. I still live Tony Robbins after him Mike Epps because they have such a free flowing None Join it comedy style. There's no segue. There's no subject matter. Really.  You just really want to hear what they got to say they take on things You know what I mean?  Mm-hmm.  I'm like research like I never heard of that Like is that true? Eddie griffin is in my goat category See, there are certain people like Eddie certain people like Dave certain people like Red Fox George Carlin Dick Gregory Bill Byrne Those are the cats that that transcend Just making you giggle those are the cats that that become philosophers But when you guys talk about comedy, right? And then you you talk about these guys that are so Talented, right? Then you catch a guy like Kevin Hardy comes up a whole different way, right? That's flies hell to me, right because He's bad because for him to create his own wave and lane the way he does it. Mm-hmm. It's different, bro Okay, I'll put it. You see what I'm going wrong because they good Everyone y'all said that these are spectacular people but for him to come up slow but go but then bam That's hard man.  That's one of his writers. That's one of his trusted close allies And joey say I got an idea for a tv show Where we go around the country and we find the funniest local comedians and we put them on But I need you to put your name on it kev So they can get on tv And they named the show heart of the city And I was on heart of the city season two The dallas episode episode three and you had a chance to meet kevin But one of the stipulations for the thing was the only way you can get on the show is you got to have no tv experience No tv craze So let's back it up A year and a half before that you had robert pow Comedian who had just moved here to dallas Had a tv show on magic johnson's network aspire Had booked me to be on his tv show But because I was flying on a buddy pass I got stuck in harshfield atlanta airport. Well, god, but god got a god got it working So just because it don't happen when you thought it was supposed to happen Don't mean it didn't happen when it was supposed to happen. Y'all hear that You don't know what god has in store and a lot of times we get frustrated at the moment Because of what's going on and I realized like I tell my daughter all the time Anytime you go through anything in life, it's think of it as a lesson don't think of it as A disappointment or anything like that because you're going to get stressed and anxiety and whatever Think of it as a lesson that god is trying to teach you and then Be patient You just learned something Now he prepared you for the next step that might come two years three years four years But you just have to keep working because you got to meet him halfway. Wow. Do you know why? Fruits and vegetables grow mostly underground Or or under coverings Even though even the fruit that you can see on trees it grows in a pod in a covering because you can't see it Reason being is because if you could monitor the progress you would never be proud of the harvest See everything goes on underground. You can't see what's going on.   What can I get? Can he put me on here? Can he do that instead of taking the information and doing their research and saying okay? I'm gonna do this now I'm gonna try that because people think that there's a magic recipe to success People think that there's a magic spell like if I say these 17 words in this specific order That everything is gonna happen perfectly for me If I do these things the same way that that person did it I'm gonna get the same thing that that person got know you not Because you're not them And you didn't have the experiences and the life that they had to let up until the whole point Like every decision you make is based off of the person that you are and everything that happened to you before that moment Bruv, we didn't live the same life. I could give you I could teach you I could give you the the coke I could give you the pot The spoon and the baking soda that I used But if you don't know how to whip You're not gonna get the same crack, but um, okay coming up The friends that you had in the beginning That helped you to get where you are the person that gave you Um, a place to stay in Atlanta. Mm-hmm gave you the money Do you still talk to them today? Absolutely My day ones and my day ones shout out to my doll celebrity My ace boom koon my best friend in comedy We pushed each other out of legends. We pushed each other to become stars Because how many times you see people that I've spoken to people who say Oh, I don't even talk to this person anymore because they've gotten too big They forgot all about me But I was the person who helped them to get to where they are. Well I feel two ways about that. Okay There's a difference between being there when I started and helping me get to where I am Like uh, there were people at the hospital when you were born, but they didn't help your mama deliver you They was just there at the hospital. So just because you was there in my infancy Don't mean that you helped cultivate me or helped me get to where I am You were just present I'm talking about just like that person who gave you the money or gave you a place to stay or, you know Right because if it wasn't for that you probably wouldn't have not gotten the urge At that moment to go to Atlanta at that time. Right.  Now I don't think that you should forget about people that looked out for you But there should be a cap on that also Because what's enough If I looked out for everybody that that did something for me In my life as a little if I looked out for the dude that didn't rob me when I was 17 He let me get on the train and go home if I look out for the girl first girl that gave me some kuchi If I look out for the the the the rent office lady who who didn't put me out on the 19 She put me out on the 24th.  Oh, you don't believe me. I'll call this number right now Hey, bro. What's up? It's me.  I hope you get started. Don't you remember me? Oh Oh, you brand new no nigga There have been other people who have done other things for me in the 35 years since that time You told me you got what it take and gave me five dollars That's real if you were constant in my life Ain't no such thing as you you don't know how to get in touch with me That's why I have three phone numbers Personally, I got I got I got a 469 number Which which is for all of the people that knew me before I took off I have an 818 number, which is Los Angeles For all of the people that met me after I became industry industry And then I have a 214 number that is the bat phone That only My immediate family and close friends have that number make sense If you call my 214 number like like to the point where my family knows my immediate family knows Don't call that 214 number if you just want to highlight me Because that's a stop everything phone And if you just stopping everything to say Hey mama said is you gonna be in town next week? You could have called me on the other two phones that y'all also have numbers to but if my family Can respect the fact that sometimes I don't pick up my phone not because I don't feel like talking to you But because I might be taping the show on one of the coldest podcasts in the country Or I might be performing on stage You heard what he said, you know, I mean my mama called me.   Yeah, most of time like you say that's just somebody trying to you you get that, you know How can people get a hold to you my guy like run if they trying to reach out and try to Book you or try to link up now if they want to book me I used to say call me directly, but praise god. We got a team now We got a team now, you know, I said shout out to boss lady management You know I'm saying the coldest management company in the country She represents some of the most premier comedy acts in the country and I'm just glad To bet I'm on her roster. You know what I mean? So she'd think enough of me to have me on there With the likes of chico bean Darren big baby brand old summer been drinking. She's the manager of the 85 south show tour um uh Her first client Was earthquake So I've been walked in, you know, I'm saying everybody everybody that that grabs me Walks me to the next phase of my career. So I thank all the people that had something to do with the black run Getting into this chair. You know what I mean? So but if you're gonna follow me And if you want to book me How led boss lady management be sure you talk to boss lady. Send me an email. I'll direct you to her What's your email about email black dot run dot comedy at gmail And it's black with a Q. Thank you, miss jamaica because I know I know ec ain't gonna put it right here on my chest in post-production I'm gonna drop the words right here.  But I'm gonna have you right. I could promise you that but uh, boss talk one on one What a boss has put him out there, but also um Let me say this about people that want to book If you if you're real about this because I I believe in helping black businesses and in small Business owners, especially promoters and especially the ones that's trying to get off the ground But bro, you gotta have your ducks in the road You can't call me talking about what can I get you for? No dog.  You feel me. Why no males? um because uh I can have a disagreement with a member of my team We can talk to each other crazy and we know that it's love And I know that because that's a lady.  Who you talking to? I was just really self-awareness is all you speaking of Yeah, I'm not disciplined enough to understand who he is.  You are so right. Thank you so much. Yeah, I had one more question. Go ahead.  I don't know I can't act. I've been acting since I was 10 So I've done everything from commercials small tv small plays and stuff like that, but Honestly, you're playing a preacher. Well, thank you They live the church say but uh Honestly, man, what whatever I can do to put a stamp on the game. I want to change the culture of comedy I want to be reggae. There's one of those philosophers Like when you think about like Who gonna be on the Mel Rushmore comedy? I want my name in that conversation So I don't necessarily need to be in a movie to do that I don't necessarily need to be in a tv show to do that because Bernie Mac wasn't in none of them And he's still Bernie Mac. You feel what I'm saying? Man. Oh, and you can follow me on christian mingle too Deacon long stroke. That's my handle. Uh, no, but facebook youtube My publicist got me a new instagram.   Right. I'll be on fan base. Shout out to ice. Okay, man Hey, man, um, we enjoyed you.  No, I don't really care about views. I'm one of them different niggas, man I don't I don't think I get invited to the barbecued in telling you better telling What's going down? I heard he's seeking barbecued. I ain't got invited to now I'm telling you is shout out to sir charl jones. Well, he invited me Shout out to the guy who brought me over and cook big big big meals for us, didn't he? And so you need to cook, you know, that's what people know me for I was a chef for five years before comedy.   I don't care what nobody's saying. You got a juicy body as a man. It is never a good thing Man, thank you so much for coming on the show. We love you, bro. Man. I appreciate it man.  It's a stronger man I want somebody to say something about boss talk now Just slapping across that little Hey, man, I just thank you for even coming on the show spending time with us this evening for real for real And uh, like I said, man, I know it's gonna help people man. That's my biggest thing That's why we did this is because we know that y'all story Need to be heard, bro in a way to where it can help some people, right? So check it man. It's been another great segment of what? Boss talk 101 where the boss is talking What up? Why are we on boss talk 101? Hey!


YouTube family it's cold windy. It's at 32 degrees, but it's just a little windy out Can't forget these and this I don't know. We'll see we'll see Facing fears facing fears ladies and gentlemen. All right. I'll explain what I'm talking about here in a minute But first gonna take this sketchers razor 3. That's right. I'm publishing two videos today The second one is gonna be all about the razor threes and how I anticipate using these shoes in 2019 after putting some miles into them and yes We have an outside perspective from another viewer who's gonna give his opinion. So stay tuned for that In the second video publishing today 3 p.m. Mountain time But so let's go I'm gonna put 10 miles into them today, and then now we're gonna come back to the track and Have a little conversation have it's freezing. That's all I got I tell you what it is a life skill teaching yourself how to tie your running shoes in the winter with gloves on Good life skill to have just saying just saying I know you two family That I have to run Faster I have to run faster. That is the title of today's run on Strava I just know it and guess what I can't believe it. I feel like February 1st was yesterday We are almost halfway through February, and I could not be more excited because what does that mean? March April May March April May which means the marathon is it's not quite 90 days away, but we're getting there We're getting there and oh man today was the first day I wanted to go a little faster just a little faster in 2019 And so that's what I did in yes the sketchers razor threes and I'm gonna talk about the run The distance the pace and how the razor threes did in the second video Today oh yeah, and now Time to face some fears time to face some fears. Oh Facing fears Everyone facing fears, you know the key word is fear today. Oh man 2019 it's gonna be a great year if we can rise up and yes at times at times Not all the time but at times face our fears That's what I began to scrape back the surface on today Here I'll explain What I was just running on Facing our fears facing our fears YouTube in 2019 that's right. Oh, I wanted to bring this topic up about a month ago Earlier in the year, but it slipped through the cracks And so now I'm just Revisiting this thought that I had a month ago about facing our fears as runners as People in this world engaging with the culture engaging with our work our school Whatever the case may be whatever stage in life you are in I think as runners we have a leg up on everybody else in facing Fears of this world and entrain through our training through our racing and through frankly our Discipline because as runners a lot of times the accountability comes down to us You know, maybe you have a coach Maybe you don't but after high school after college like there's a there's a good chance You're gonna be running solo and so the accountability to get out the door falls to us Okay, why did I go to the track today with a broom when there's you know, there's about three or four inches of snow left on the ground It's quickly melting in Denver But there was snow there and I had a I had a suspicion the snow would still be there I wasn't positive though and I almost brought a shovel and just so you know I am A lot of tracks in Denver are closed to the public and I'm like in Buna Vista where I grew up in call Buna Vista, Colorado The track was open. You just went and used it like it was I Regret that I did not use the track more in Buna Vista when it was just totally open You didn't have to reserve it. You didn't have to have a key to get in you just went and you used it Well now in the big city, there's more rules more regulations and so I have yet to discover a really great Mondo track in Denver that is just straight up open to the public at any time Actually, if you know of any local Denver folks, let me know in the meantime though in South Denver near Harvard Gulch Park There's this old dirt track. You saw it today. You saw the mud and Basically, I think it used to be attached to a school but now it's just sitting there and Nobody well, you know who uses it the people use it to walk their dogs and let them do their business out there So I'm like what I'm thinking now in 2019 that dirt track Which is beautiful because now it's gonna save my legs a little bit because believe it or not Running on Mondo tracks is a little harder because there's concrete underneath the rubber that that rubberized Mondo So I'm really excited to get back out there once the snow is gone But why did I go there with mud with snow? Let me explain. I went to that track today to begin to face My fear. What is my fear? I'm just here it is here it is. I Not as much anymore But in college especially when I was training with future Olympians, okay future Olympia many guys that went on to to race at the Olympic trials in the 5k steeple Chase 10k I had some fears going to the track to do interval work with those guys Now listen on the long run at Magnolia Road at 8,000 feet above sea level with 3,000 feet of vertical gain or 2,000 whatever it is. I had no fear no fear of the long run with those future Olympians But on the track with mark wetmore standing by and here is an old just to show you Here's an old booklet from the CU days like this is our I guess it'd be the the team What would you call this just the team booklet? It has all the runners in here with our records and So like even these two guys on the front cover Stephen Piper Brent Vaughn They went on to compete at the Olympic trials. They didn't make the Olympics But all I'm saying is I had fear of interval training on the track and I did okay I held my own but it definitely is not my strength Which is probably why I'm a little fearful and so that's something to think about in your life and your training and your running Like if there's something that isn't your strength, you might be a little timid and that's okay But the key is to recognize that you're timid by that exercise by that that distance of running that Set of interval workouts and face the fear so but how do you face fear? In your world There's a lot of this okay, and I'm not a psychologist I just want to put that out there right now, but I know of no better way than to Face it head-on but to ease into it. Okay, so for example I would much rather Run in the mountains every single day getting four to six thousand feet of vertical gain That does not scare me at all that light lights a fire in me Going to the track and doing eight by one K repeats with 90 seconds rest Yeah, that scares the bejesus out of me And so when it came to the speed work on the track with the CU cross-country Although we didn't go to the track too much in cross-country, but definitely in the track season I just had anxiety inside me, but now in 2019 I'm recognizing that because guess what I mix like running up for running a 450 per mile 5k, I don't know if I can quite do that right now like not right now But like in 2019 that scares me really like averaging 450 miles for a 5k 520 miles for 26 miles Doesn't scare me as much. I know it's gonna be hard. It's gonna be difficult It's gonna be painful as all get out, but I am way more excited about 520 pace versus 450 pace and Therefore today I went to the track to to begin not to face the fear and just like knock it to the curb because it takes time To overcome a fear. Okay, you can't just expect to snap your finger and be over it So I went to the track day to track today to begin Going around that loop because I know I'm gonna have to get faster and do faster training in 2019 If I want to break yeah 219 in the marathon I have no idea if I can do it But I'm gonna try and you know in order to get that goal in order to meet that goal I know I got to do some faster training on the track not too much But a little bit a little bit and so today was the beginning of that process of just getting my mental state ready for that circular Oval type workout where I'm doing like Three by three case with you know three minutes rest or whatever the case just like good Solid track workouts and frankly I would love to do some workouts with like five to ten guys or and ladies But just like get a good group like I okay. Can you tell I've been watching some? Some documentaries on the East African runners like I'm just watching them train on these tracks And they're just like in a pack of 10 15 guys Just crushing it on this dirt track, and I'm like oh that looks so much fun And so anyway, that's what I'm doing today. That's how I'm facing my fear in 2019 is just Dipping my toe onto the muddy Snowy track. Oh, baby. And again the keyword is fear and the question of the day What do you fear in running in? Training or in racing if you could pick all three you could pick one of those What is your greatest fear and don't tell me you don't have any fears? All right, whatever and you could think outside the box like get like really just stop and think for a minute What are you fearful of and for me? Yeah, it's intervals on the track Yeah, yeah, yeah Seek beauty work hard and love each other. Don't forget video to publishing at 3 p.m. Mountain time today All about the sketchers razor through


Hey everyone, welcome to the latest edition of Nets Post Game Plus, Chris Shearn and Frank Isola here in our Yes Network studios. The final score of Friday's game in Memphis, Grizzlies 115, Nets 110, a game in which Brooklyn trailed by 22, Frank, a furious comeback in that second half, but they fall short. Yeah, and give Cara Slivert a lot of credit. What a performance by him in that third quarter. Knockdown, five three-pointers, five for five on threes, yet when the Nets took a lead, 104, 102, under five minutes to go, they outscored 9-0, and they're five possessions, 0-3, two turnovers. That was the game right there. Yeah, the next four minutes, the Nets did not score, so it was a fourth time during the young season that the Nets have lost the game by five points or fewer. Brooklyn capitalized when Grizzlies big man Jonas Valenchunis did not play in the second half due to health and safety protocols, but their comeback, as Frank just mentioned, fell short, but a 43-point game from Cara Slivert. Afterwards, Steve Nash spoke to the media, and Cara talked about what he felt was the difference between the teams in crunch time. They executed a little better than we did. I turned a ball over a couple of times. That's how it is when you're climbing back into a game, you know, you kind of use a lot of energy to climb back into it. That's how we got to play better earlier in the game, but you know, we'll learn from this. The good thing about the season is we play damn near every day, so we got to know the one day after tomorrow to correct it. Coach, just now, disappointed, is it this one getting away? And it's kind of too fast, obviously, getting down early, but to claw back and then come up a little bit short. Yeah, I mean, obviously, frustrating, but considering we went down 22 or whatever it was, I believe, to fight back and get up four, you know, we... It was just a couple of possessions here and there where we maybe drove it into a crowd or took it into a crowd in transition, instead of just taking care of the ball and getting a shot at the basket.  I know Gerald was checking into the game a little bit late in that fourth quarter, then there was no dead balls. Did you want to get him in a little bit sooner? And how tough was that decision with DJ? Yeah, I mean, DJ was giving us good minutes. He was doing fine playing well. We wanted to get, you know, wanted to get Jay back into the game. And unfortunately, you know, at that point, we were... He was stuck over on the sideline for a minute or two. Didn't really want to burn a time out because DJ was doing fine. So just one of those unlucky situations. But, you know, I don't think that was the difference in the game. We turned the ball over, I think, a few times or took it into a crowd and got blocked at that end where we should have been a little more patient. Nash's squad will return to action Sunday with a home game against Oklahoma City. Coverage begins at 5.30 with the Brooklyn Nets pre-game show presented by Fandall Sportsbook for Frank Isola. I'm Chris Sheeran. Thanks for watching Nets Post Game Plus.


Okay, very good morning. It is Wednesday the 1st of September. Hope you're doing well. In terms of the briefing for this morning, going to talk a little bit about the close on Wall Street, the performance overall for the month of August. We'll also have a look over what happened in the Asia pack session overnight, where despite the lower close on Wall Street, fairly moderate around 1 to 2 tenths of 1% across the major three indices, the Asia pack region performing a little bit more positively. Some comments out of the BOJ, deputy governor, some Chinese manufacturing PMI data as well to get the up to speed on. And then also I want to touch upon some statistics around how US stocks tend to perform in September, which you might find quite interesting. And then we've got some ECB commentary, and then quite a jam packed day ahead. We've got the Eurozone final manufacturing PMIs this morning. We've got US ADP, which will be closely watched as well later on this afternoon at 1.15 London time, given the weighted factor of the labor market for the Fed's consideration around the timing and tapering. And then we've got the ISM US manufacturing later on this afternoon with as well the OPEC plus meeting, which I want to get you fully up to speed on as well. So quite a few things there that we're going to talk about in the next 10 minutes or so. Remember, we've got the new Amplify Me portal launch happening in 13 days, 16 hours, 48 minutes and 28 seconds, as you can see. So feel free to locate that link in the bottom of this video. I'll leave a comment with it. Again, just to recap, this is our brand new community that we're introducing specifically for university students. So if that is you and you're interested in finance, not quite sure yet what role you want to do, remember, this will give you free access to some of our leading simulation technology that we use as some of the world's biggest banks in the training that we do on the corporate side. So definitely worth checking out. Otherwise, let's get straight to it and let's have a look how Mark is performing this morning. So overall fairly quiet open. As I said, certainly there's a few things for me to update you on, but nothing of a great magnitude. Equity index futures this morning, as far as the DAX is already up 100 ticks, equity index futures in the US as well, despite the slight dip and profit taking that we saw yesterday following the drive hire we had in the likes of the NASDAQ and S&P to record highs on Mondays. That pullback has been recovered already. And the NASDAQ is printing session highs, as you can see in the center chart here as we go into European Open. The S&P also just a whisker away from reclaiming that all time high, which does coincide that peak that we saw at the open yesterday with the R1 today in the futures. So quite a decent clear area of resistance to tackle if we're going to continue the upward trend 45, 42 and a quarter. But again, major US data looming likely to keep a cap on price until we see the outcome of those metrics later on this afternoon. Otherwise elsewhere, currency markets relatively quiet, got a slight bid tone to the dollar in the overnight session, which trades up about 0.16%. So a little bit depressed in euro dollar and cable of around 15 pips each respectively, gold pretty flat oil also, just continuing a bit of recovery of late, but still relatively range bound and obviously the OPEC meeting's coming. Short-term trend line just been keeping an eye on over the course of the last couple of sessions going back to the overnight volatility at the reopening of Globex. Obviously we had a bit of a gap up following the Hurricane IDA situation. So taking that price point from that high and then the high from yesterday's session and also the Asia pack high, we're just having a look at that at the moment, just providing some short-term resistance. Again, probably going to see some uncommitted price action until we really start to get the OPEC meeting underway. And remember, usual rules of engagement with OPEC, just keep an eye out for all the source comments and oil ministers coming into the kind of virtual meetings, making comments that can be contradictory and lead to price volatility. All right, well look, let's get into a couple of things then. So for one, I'll just transition. I know this is talking about China here from the overnight data, but let me get up to speed on Wall Street. So we had a slightly lower close on Wall Street as I said, but actually for the month of August, we were up again. And in fact, U.S. equities have notched now their seventh straight monthly advance. So from a statistical point of view, that's the longest winning street we've had since January of 2018. Yesterday, of course, we saw U.S. consumer confidence drop in August to a six-month low. This comes on the coattails of the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index plunging to its lowest level since 2011 in August. So interestingly, and probably a byproduct of what is supporting this equity market to these elevated all-time high levels is there was a fear a few weeks ago about an acceleration of tapering, but it would seem then that we've already hit peak growth. U.S. economic data continues to moderate. The labor market return has been fairly moderate in terms of its speed, but the consumer is being impacted by concerns over the spread of the Delta variant, of course, and elevated prices weighing on consumer confidence. And that as well a key component for how that economy will perform in future. And that's meaning then that we're getting more of a measured response to tapering is coming, but in a relatively controlled manner, not an accelerated one, and hence the reason why you're seeing the types of market moves, particularly in equities that you have at the moment. Otherwise, in the Asia pack session, it did buck the trend a little bit. So beyond this kind of negative headline that you're seeing, and I'll explain why the market didn't react to this Chinese data, the MSCI Asia pack gauge hit its highest level in more than a month overnight. And actually, if I jump to here, perhaps then you can see a little bit. Here you're looking at the black line, which is the MSCI Asia pack index. And it's overlaid with the kind of orange line, which is the world index. So including the Western developed world, the U.S., European, UK equities and so forth. And here you can see a very clear divergence, the narrative being obviously COVID vaccine related. And it's interesting, I was listening to a podcast yesterday talking about COVID. And the long story short, they were saying that in China, given very onerous reactions that the government can take, they're very good at suppressing the virus and trying to control outbreaks, of which we are seeing a degree of at the moment in mainland China in certain provinces. But the rest of Asia, like South Korea, Hong Kong, these other spots were very quick to control the outbreak. Whereas we had kind of the opposite in some other countries, particularly those in say South America, where vaccination rates been very low, we saw a very rampant spread in some of those EM countries in particular, given the poor response from governments to really lock down and control the virus. But ultimately what that's led to then is particularly in South America, the immunity levels are generally much higher. So despite still low vaccination rates, you're seeing much lower general curves to the amount of case outbreaks. And the same can kind of be said for China, to a certain extent. The analysis would show then that general populations are still somewhat exposed, if you like, to the increased risks. Whereas in the western world, obviously we've got the benefit of a very rapid vaccine rollout strategy successfully deployed, particularly in lights of Spain, for example, in Europe, and other European nations, which have really picked up that pace, despite the relatively lackluster performance seen at the beginning of the year. And what that's led to then is this divergence play. And what we're seeing then is UK economy has reopened. And some would say very successfully, because even though COVID cases did temporarily spike, the vaccines seemingly doing their job hospitalization rates have remained low. And thankfully, so have deaths. And that's allowed the economy to continue to perform and continue to pick up a bit of traction. And this compares to the opposite of what we're seeing in China, which is continued moderation in their data as they're still tackling the kind of COVID on the kind of on the battlefront, if you like, at this point in time, whereas the UK seemingly has kind of moved and progressed on a little bit. And so there's a little bit of a disconnect in where they are in this journey of dealing with COVID at this point in time. So overnight, we had the latest key shin manufacturing PMI, which did drop below 50. So in contractually territory, 49.2 against 50 spot two, the data marked the first contraction for that number since April of 2020. Chinese expertise actually moved higher overnight, just brought a tone in the region rather than this data. And why didn't it react to this while we already saw the National Bureau of Statistics data from yesterday from the top level manufacturing PMI, which had already moderated. So markets were well primed for this. If you're thinking if you're new to markets, what's the difference between the NBS PMI data and the case in market PMI data? There's a difference between conducted by the government or third party data vendors. There is some nuance in how the data is calculated. The NBS one is generally a much broader survey around 3000 companies, where we're just talking about a handful of 100 companies or so in this case in reading, there's also a slight difference. The government one tends to encapsulate larger companies as well as small, medium sized, whereas occasion is more focused on those medium smaller sized firms. And there's also a slight difference in the catchment areas of the type of companies geographically that they talk to. The occasion one little bit more focused on some of the export regions on I think the eastern coast of China. So hence the reason why there are those two data points, how the market perceives these data points is they kind of take them in combination, but as you would imagine, the two generally are quite correlated. So hopefully that makes sense. Otherwise, other things that we've had overnight is Japan did outperform a little bit. There's some conversations about reports that the PM is to order the compiling of an economic package and additional budget within the week. So it's not to keep an eye out for and also supporting China a little bit is when the equity market gets really hammered like it has done through the regulatory crackdown, a little bit of a bounce, some kind of value buying into the size of the set off being perhaps slightly overdone, the dust settling a little bit, the rhetoric out the government seemingly has started to just ease in pace to a certain degree. And so some kind of moving back into Chinese technology stocks, given how beaten down they've been and also with the perhaps vision that the worst of the regulatory crackdown has passed obviously will yet to be seen. The other thing as well that's probably worth commenting on from overnight is you had a comment out of the Bank of Japan deputy governor. So Waka Tabi signaled the central bank may revise down his economic assessment at this month's policy meeting after a record number of infection cases forced the expansion and extension of the state of emergency across Japan. The Japanese yen touched softer overnight. Obviously it comes in a combination as well as I mentioned before with generally firm greenback and so some dubbish comments there or also helping assist the dolly yen pair hire going into the European open. One thing I would say is just like we talk about the board with the Fed at the FMC members don't forget as well to be up to speed with your BoJ monetary policy board. So there was a good graphic that Bloomberg put out earlier this morning that I've shared on my Twitter hand or if you'd like to kind of keep this as a crib sheet because it's not often you get a BoJ kind of graphical breakdown like this. Waka Tabi is definitely on the more dovish side of things so to hear him talking a little bit more about the downgrading of economic assessment really isn't too surprising but again definitely worth keeping this this crib sheet to hand for future reference. Not that the Bank of Japan is particularly exciting but just to know your members and improve your knowledge for sure. Otherwise a few other things just wanted to do a bit of a stats check on September very briefly. One of the things I wanted to mention and perhaps I can leave this this this performance of the equity market the last few years and divergence geographically we're seeing as I explained but I guess just focus on the orange line because what we've had here is this phenomenal rally really since the the bottom of the selloff that we saw on 23rd of March of 2020 of course. We've had all kinds of things take place predominantly this rally underpinned by those two powerful forces of fiscal and monetary policy stimulus and here we are as I said August finishing higher is the seventh straight monthly advance that we've had and that's the longest winning streak since jan of 2018. So what does September now it's the first of September what does that month generally look like and I was having a look at some data from an independent research firm last night and they basically said the S&P 500 has been positive just 45% of the time in September going back to the Second World War so on the balance generally it's a down month the average 0.56% decline in the month is the worst actually of all months with February the only other month was an average of negative performance so generally the statistical data shows that September is pretty weak the decline is even worse in September when it falls in the first year of a presidential term on average the S&P 500 declined 0.73% in those years and the data also found in the years when the S&P 500 set new highs in both July and August which we have done of course like this year the benchmark fell on average of 0.74% and rose only 43% of the time. So when it comes to this type of statistical analysis I'm always kind of aware of it I find it quite interesting but I definitely do not lend pin everything just on the fact that over these long term data studies of 75 years there has been these emerging patterns because that would be not applying the relevant context to the situation of which we're talking to. So net-net statistically speaking September is one of the worst months for US stocks it gets even worse when it's talking about its hit recent all-time highs in the prior months and also in the first year of a presidential term that doesn't make me think right I just need to be shorting every high that we see it's just something to be aware of and at this point as we've discussed with COVID still being a struggle particularly in the lights of China and the Far East then I still think at this point in time that coming alongside still some challenges for Biden to push through some of the fiscal proposals the budget upcoming the debt ceiling and you've also got the the next progression on policy normalization with tapering yeah equities are susceptible to a bit of downside whether that happens at September or not I'd say most bank consensus view is that we probably will see a little bit of moderation in this rally only then to push back higher towards the end of the year and so timing is obviously going to be key could it be September it possibly could be and again if we get really strong jobs data this Friday that kind of rickindles that tapering idea the closure of the gap in the in the in the workforce in the U.S. and then we get a further worsening of the COVID situation particularly out of China and also still impacting then the general consumer psyche and economic performance in the U.S. perhaps September we do see a pullback just generally over the medium term again that does have changed my general view that equities will remain at elevated levels through to year end but you know there's been some pretty bold calls I think MS has talked about a 10 percent potential correction it is looming I see that as a as a fair probability I would say at this point in time all right quick look at some final heads headline stories we had some hawkish comments obviously yesterday from Klaus Knot the Dutch central banker in Europe who said the euro area inflation may justify the end to ECB crisis mode and then in Spanish newspaper overnight you've had the vice president of the ECB so about as closely aligned as you'll get with Christine Lagarde and seniority spoke and he said the eurozone economy is growing quicker than the ECB expected paving the way for an eventual withdrawal of copious stimulus now my interpretation of this is the euro is not moving on the back of these comments but I would say that given the progression that's being made towards the hints for policy in the U.S. and around tapering to be formally kind of more announced in September meeting which is around 21 days from now the idea is that I don't think the ECB want to be too caught too far behind in the divergence of their policy timing so I think that's just what this is I don't necessarily think that this is anything to get spooked about of an acceleration of tightening at this pace in Europe but if you think about it prospects in Europe are looking better you know and actually a predominant factor behind that has been the really successful acceleration of the vaccine rollout and that has created then a slightly more positive outlook for what the the economic area is going to look like going forward from from where we were just several months ago when it was looking much more negative and so improvements in growth I think are quite expected and therefore this type of noise coming out of central bankers I don't think is too untoward at this point in time. All right quick look elsewhere and we'll have a look at the calendar and then we'll incorporate a quick preview for for OPEC so this morning you've got the final August manufacturing PMIs from Eurozone UK so not expecting a great deal of reaction to that given their final readings Eurozone unemployment rate as well at 10 o'clock then in the U.S. you've got U.S. ADP which is expected the headline to come in at 613,000 which is almost double of what we had last time and you remember the last ADP print was pretty bad in fact it was the lowest reading that we had had since we printed around 180 in February so a very fast deceleration that we had had from the peak that we got to 882 back in April but the consensus reading would put us back up to that June area and obviously seen as a strong precursor for the payroll's report we will get on Friday. You've then got the market manufacturing PMI number not so much interest the focus then will be on the ISM manufacturing PMI which is due at 3 o'clock expected to still remain in firm expansionary territory albeit a slight moderation from the prior reading in July headline expected of 58.6. Then you've got the OPEC meeting and so the OPEC meeting the JMMC is due to gather the joint ministerial monitoring committee at 3 with OPEC plus meeting penciled in for an hour after so commencement at 4 p.m. London time as I said as usual just be mindful of how you're managing your positions this morning going into that event I would say you want to be very kind of mindful of whips or price actions so longevity of trade needs to be pretty prompt if you're going to trade at all no harm sitting out the market waiting for clarity to emerge just in case OPEC come out with something unexpected so probably going to trade fairly tight range until we get a bit more detail emerge from that gathering. OPEC and its allies including Russia are expected to ratify a plan to add 400,000 barrels a day in October looking then at the fact that the market can absorb extra flows as demand recovers from the coronavirus pandemic and despite calls from the US for more production. I think at this point OPEC's ability to just bring more than what's already been tabled to the market is pretty much their hands are tied by the ongoing COVID situation globally so I don't see that as a real distinct risk factor for today. Then you've got the DOE all in between numbers later on this afternoon so that's coming in the mix during the OPEC so remember if you're trading that data today is a little bit more unique because it is combined with exact timing of the OPEC gathering so I'd definitely keep that in mind reaction effect to the DOEs is probably going to be decidedly short lived even on an outlying number because no one's going to want to sit in a position of risk for too long at risk of some headline noise coming out and stopping them out of position or flipping the market so just worth keeping in mind the APIs last night saw a headline crew draw down a 4.1 million which is a million deeper than expected cushing and build 2.1 million gasoline was the surprise a build of 2.7 million unless we were expecting a draw of around 1.6 so we'll recap those later on this afternoon speaker wise you've got Bostick who is a voter speaking but more so about bringing about inclusive inclusion in the economy so perhaps slightly off topic worth being aware of at 5 p.m. London time supply coming out the UK and Germany later on today so that is it obviously quite a bit covered there a little bit longer than normal so hopefully it was all useful feel free to leave me any questions at all in the comment section below remember to check out the link as well for the Amplify me registration for the launch in a couple of days time and yeah have a great session ahead thanks very much


Hey guys, Realistic Gaming here. Welcome back to another video. Today we're going to be playing Granny, but not only Granny, we're going to be playing a Granny-esque Spongebob mod, so that should be awesome. And hopefully Granny looked like Spongebob, even though I don't think I quite want to see that yet, because it's going to be freaky in a way, but whatever man, let's just hope this is awesome and let's see how the decorations are on the wall. Now that's cool stuff, just like the Venomod, but now that's Spongebob this time. And hopefully we get to escape this time, because last time we didn't get so far with the Venomod. She was pretty quick, man. Right, so let's begin with this gameplay. Enough talking, man. Let's start. Oh god, day one. Here goes nothing, man. Granny Spongebob, please just let me escape out of here. My god, there's pineapples everywhere. Dude, look at this. Spongebob all over. We got plankton. Yes, no. Okay, let's open this door. Hello Granny. Okay, whatever. Let's just go in the restroom. Let's see what we find here. What? A melon? That looks like a pineapple to me. They shouldn't just rename the pineapple. This is so funny. Okay, so let's go place this downstairs. We should go places at the guillotine to see what it has in store for us. Oh my god, it had Patrick's Spongebob on the boxes. Okay, so let's go down this way. Was there anything in here? Open sesame, nothing. Of course, man. Okay, so let's head on outside and throw this. Anything here? Nope. Okay, there's nothing out here, man. Okay. Oh, we dropped out. Okay, so we should be good. Granny should be coming over here. Okay, nice. Okay, let's place this here. We just chopped the pineapple in half. Okay, so what did we get? Oh, look, there's the key right there. Let's grab it. Oh, the padlock key. Let's go.  Let's go back inside her. Okay, wait, let's time this. Let's go in. Okay, oh my god. Look, there she was. She opened the door exactly. Okay, so let's go place this thing over here. Got that out of the way. Okay, oh. Okay, the car key. Oh, what is this? Playhouse key? This is awesome. Okay, so everything seems so like to be go. Oh my god, Granny's coming down here. Dude, no. Oh god, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go. Hopefully she doesn't get us. Granny, come on. Wait. I think she didn't see us. Oh my god, we made it out of there. How did we make it out of there, you guys? That's insane. Okay, let's place this here. Open Sesame. Hey, let's go. Okay, so we can get that out of my face. Okay, so let's call Granny out here so we can go back inside. Okay, wait for it. Just let her open the door so we can, you know, so she won't trick us because Granny can be a little trickster, man. Believe it or not. She might be out because she has a few tricks up her sleeve and there she goes out the door. Look at Patrick as a police officer. Okay, so now let's go see what else we find. Oh, no, we dropped something. Let's get out of here. Granny's going to come this way. The paintings. Those darn paintings fell over. Okay, so let's go over here. There wasn't anything anymore on that side. Oh, in here. I totally forgot about this little spot here. Okay, so what do we have here? It's a bunch of Bob and Patrick obviously. Oh, the safe key. Let's go. Okay, let's take this out of here. Let's go open the safe. Hopefully we get something useful in there that we can actually use right now. Maybe like a weapon. We need a weapon right about now, man. Okay, so let's go down here. Hopefully Granny's not around here. Oh, my God, her laugh. She's up to us, man. Okay, weapon key, let's go. Okay, this is very useful. So now let's go up there. Let's go back up this way and let's go get the crossbow so we can oof Granny so we can shoot her so she can know what it feels like to get hit in the face. Okay, so let's go up here. Oh, my God, it's a little dark. Okay, be careful, man. You got to check your corners every time. I hear Granny. I hear something fall, man, whatever. Come on, we're already right here. We should be good to go. Come on, grab it. I have a feeling Granny's nearby. Okay, oh no, we just dropped the key. She's going to come this way. There she is, Granny SpongeBob. Oh, that's what you get. Wait, why is she falling? Okay, there you go, I was about to say, dude, she looks freaky. That is scary. Oh, my God, look at that face. Oh, I did not see that trap there. That was a big oof right there, man. Okay, let's get out of here. Luckily, we made Granny go to sleep with that dart. Okay, so let's go over here now. Oh, my God. Oh, let's shoot the screwdriver down. Hasta la vista. Oh, there you go, nice shot. That wasn't on point, man. Okay, so now let's go open this thing over here with the screwdriver. Let's sit down down here. I don't think Granny's back yet. I think it might be a little too soon for her to come back. So we should be good about it for a while, at least for now. For now. Can I just open this? Come on, what's in here? Something good, come on. Open the car key. Okay, so now let's head out down to the garage and open this car. And let's see what we find inside of it. Hopefully, it's something valuable. Well, everything's valuable in the game, but like something we really need right now. Okay, let's go check it out. My God, there's green pineapples, red pineapples. Oh, the winch handle. Right, so let's run back outside and place this on the well so we can get whatever's in there. Nice, okay, so here we are. Come on. My God, this thing is so slow. I have no patience for this. Three days later. Come on, go faster. Okay, just, there you go, finally. Okay, what is that? Oh, is that the hammer? Let's go. We got the hammer, man. Okay, so let's go break the boards. Okay, so here we are at the plank number one. Okay, let's place this down. Uh-oh, I think Granny's coming in here. I'm sure she heard that. Okay, let's just break these out of the way for now. Oh, there she is. Dude, she was coming. Okay, now she's definitely coming up here. So she was coming. She was going to come up here, but then she left. No, move. Dude, get out of my way. Oh my God, that mannequin is against us. It's one of Granny's minions. Right, oh my God, there she is. You know what, I'm out of here, Granny. Got you later, old lady. Okay, so let's get out of here. Let's actually, let's try to look for the teddy bear. Okay, oh, I mean the teddy bear is always around here. Nice, we found it. Uh-oh, I think Granny's nearby. Run, run, don't turn. Just keep going. No, Granny. How did she get us? We were like basically down the stairs already. Day two. All right, so we're going to get the teddy bear. We're going to go back and grab the teddy bear. Then we're going to go up to the top and summon Slenderina. Let's see how she looks. She might look different. I'm not so sure. So let's just see how this goes. All right, place it. Oh my God, let's see what happens here. Nothing's happening on there you go. Oh, Slenderina. What? That's Slenderina plankton. Oh my God, look at this. Dude, this is hilarious. I think this is the best like Granny mod so far. Okay, oh, what is that? Wait, what? Were those the pliers? Let's go. We need them. Okay, so we're already right here actually. We didn't have to go anywhere. Okay, be careful. Imagine if we just fell down there. I would be so mad at myself. Okay, let's cut this. Thank you. Okay, so let's just drop these. Or should we add, let's just drop them. We'll just leave them down there in case we need them. Okay, so let's grab this over here. The cog wheel, let's go. I don't need to go place this back over there, man. Okay, so hopefully Granny doesn't come up here. Let's just drop down here. I feel like it's a shortcut. Or maybe not. Oh my God, okay. Where is she at? She sounds like she's right here, but... I don't know, I can't tell. Granny! Stop playing with me! Oh my God, there she is. I told you guys she was nearby. Was she coming up the staircase? Ah, sneaky old lady. See if we would have jumped there? She might have gotten us. Okay, so let's just make her come up here so we can drop. That should make her come up because she heard the noise. That was pretty loud. Okay, so let's go down here. Hopefully she doesn't cut us off right here. Okay, where'd she go? Whatever, ow! I didn't even see the trap there! My God, it's Granny. I think Granny's a little smarter here. Let's cut this. Come on, there you go. Okay, let's get out of here. Let's go down here and cut the wire. We need to cut the wire from the box right here. It's a pineapple. Oh God, okay, let's hurry before Granny comes. Oh my God, there she is. She was one fierce old lady. Look at her. Oh my God. Hey, she just knocked that over. She does not care. She's like, I'm gonna knock everything over. I don't care right now. I want to get this guy before he gets out of here. But guess what, Granny? We're gonna get out of here.  Okay, mark my words. My God, can you please leave? She has a SpongeBob and Patrick shirt on. It's funny how she has the same outfit like she has the shorts and the t-shirt on like SpongeBob. But I mean, SpongeBob doesn't have a t-shirt. But I mean, it's kind of good they put a t-shirt on Granny because nobody would want to see Granny without a shirt. That would be the true horror there. Okay, so let's wait for her to pass by. Can you leave old lady? Man, she walked so slow. But when she's chasing you, it's a whole different story, huh? All right, Granny, I'll see you, man. Let's just throw that there. Hopefully she comes around. Okay, all we have to do is run for the door. I think that's how we have to do the left, isn't it, guys? I think that's how we need you, guys. We just need to make a run for it. Hopefully Granny's not here. Let's go, go, go up in the door. Oh, we have to place a coffee. I forgot about that. Okay, let's go do this real quick. Oh, God. I'm just knocking everything over right now. I'm kind of scared, you guys.  Okay, let's place this. Come on, we gotta be quick. Place it. Okay, there you go. Thank you. Cockwheel number two. Let's go. Come on, there you go. Give me the key. The master key. Let's go. We got the master key. This is it, you guys. What's in for all? Let's call her out here. You know, we're gonna do the little switcheroo. I'll slip through the window while she comes out. Okay, wait. Wait for it to drop the trap. Okay, she opened the door. She might be coming out. Oh, my gosh, she's right there. Oh, my God. Look at her go. Dude, the door just pushed her. What a savage door. Okay, let's go. Go, go, go, go, go. Let's go. Let's just drop everything out. I don't even care anymore. Open. Who made it? Let's go. We escaped the house.  Oh, my God. Look at Granny SpongeBob sitting down. Dude, she looks creepy. My God, that is pretty scary, man. The end. Well, all right, you guys. Well, thank you guys for watching. Thank you guys for the amazing support. If you guys enjoyed the video, make sure to slap the like button. And this was Granny. If Granny was SpongeBob or really if you want to call it Granny SpongeBob, SpongeBob, Granny, Granny Sponge. I don't know, man. You can make infinite names out of that. Well, thank you guys for watching. And I will see you guys in the next one. Bye.


Everything you need to know about the Pirate101 June 2022 update, for more information please look at the update notes on the Pirate101 website. This update introduces the NPC, Reginald P. Jowsley, the Royal Navy COVID Action Commander. He is located in Avery's Court near Miracle Mitch's shop. He gives a daily quest that grants a week specific key. These keys can be used like other skeleton keys and open doors to boss fights which drop new gear and a new mount. These weekly events change every Tuesday at 10am central time, this is the same time as weekly events change over in Wizard101. You can enter the portal located behind Jowsley to fight the bosses with up to 3 other pirates. The level of the key holder determines the highest level bracket for the boss fight. You can choose to fight the boss of the level band equal to the key holder or choose one of the lower tier bosses. The only difference in the drops of the different bosses is the level of the gear. The drop rates remain the same across all the different tiers. The tiers are as follows. Level 1 to 14, level 15 to 34, level 35 to 49, level 50 to 59, level 60 to 69 and level 70. There is one new gear set, hat, coat and boots per class with 6 stat variations per item for 8 different level brackets which equates to 720 variations for you to collect. There are 14 new weapons which also include level bracket variations and the first ever wand and shield combo weapon. There are 4 new powers found on the new gear. Smoke screen which summons smoke for 3 turns. Enemies adjacent to the smoke have 50% accuracy reduction. Phase field which allows you to teleport to an open spot and leave an AOE haze for 10 turns that damages and blinds the enemy. Blind enemies cannot attack but they can still move. Escape bunker allows you to dash into a tile up to 9 tiles away and summon a ring of barrels around you that lasts 4 turns. Only leap smash allows you to leap to an open tile and smash the ground knocking back your enemies. Super and Ultra packs have been added. Super packs can be purchased from the crown shop and have a 3 times higher chance to receive companions and mounts. Ultra packs have 5 times higher drop rate of companions and mounts but they can only be obtained from giveaways. Please note that the Grizzly Beast pack does not have super and ultra versions as it does not have unique equipment. Bug fixes in this patch include extra words that have been whitelisted in the chat filter. Players no longer being able to restrict each other from dungeon access using the crown shop. Some quests have had their quest arrow fixed to point where you need to go. The Manicotti Atrium is now playable after the completion of Subterranean Centrifuge quest. Hurlblade's description has been fixed to reflect the minus 50% movement debuff. Frostlock now has an attack range for the level 65 and 70 variants. Nefarious weapons of the same type can now be stitched. The Hilo set and the Frostlock can now be stitched.