WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.400 Boy, it feels weird being on this side of the camera, like, straight up. 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:07.400 All right, Addy, how's your day going? It's going great. How's yours? 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:13.600 Not bad, not bad. It's good to hear. So, we finally get to do a Meet the Team 00:00:13.600 --> 00:00:19.100 on the guy that does the Meet the Teams. Yeah, I guess so. I mean, you've done a couple Meet the Teams, too. 00:00:19.100 --> 00:00:25.100 That's just been all of me, but... Yeah, no, it's good to have, I guess, one of us on the other side of the camera. 00:00:25.100 --> 00:00:31.100 So, I guess, for those who don't know, give us a quick introduction of who you are and what you do at LMG. 00:00:31.100 --> 00:00:36.600 Hi, I'm Arthur. Some of you guys might know me as Artie. I think that's what most people around the office call me nowadays. 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:40.800 I'm the social media manager. So, I'm in charge of the social media team. 00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:46.000 We do things like posts, memes, tiktoks, reels, YouTube shorts. 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:49.500 They're all kind of the same, I guess. And we're in charge of flow playing exclusives. 00:00:49.500 --> 00:00:52.800 So, basically anything you guys have watched, done by us, 00:00:52.800 --> 00:00:59.500 or at least has run through us, something like that. Awesome. Now, tell us a little bit about how you got to LMG. 00:00:59.500 --> 00:01:04.000 What made you join? How I got to LMG. That's a good question. 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:07.100 So, I've been watching LMG for a little bit now. 00:01:07.100 --> 00:01:12.000 I think I was most in tune around, like, 2015, 2016, 2017. 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:17.000 That's when I was, like, really, really into tech. I started really getting into PC building. 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.200 I built my second PC, and I really felt like the first one, 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:23.800 I didn't know what I was doing, but the second one, I tried to do my research. 00:01:23.800 --> 00:01:28.100 LTT was obviously one of the places I want to kind of try and figure that out. 00:01:28.100 --> 00:01:33.300 Always thought it'd be a really cool place to work, and I knew that they were very close to where I lived. 00:01:33.300 --> 00:01:37.100 I remember way back in the day, funnily enough, we have our Christmas party today, 00:01:37.100 --> 00:01:40.300 but way back in the day, watching that one Christmas party 00:01:40.300 --> 00:01:44.700 that we made an LTT video on that Linus was giving everybody razor blades. 00:01:44.700 --> 00:01:49.600 I thought that was the coolest thing ever. So, I thought it would be a really cool idea to work here. 00:01:49.600 --> 00:01:52.900 It just so happens to match up with what I've kind of done 00:01:52.900 --> 00:01:58.100 throughout my life, essentially. I've been creating content since I was a kid. 00:01:58.100 --> 00:02:01.200 I've been on YouTube since, like, what, 2006, 2007, 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:07.100 since I was, like, eight years old. So, I've been really, really in tune with everything that's been going on. 00:02:07.100 --> 00:02:12.400 And I just wanted to kind of, like, take my skills to the next level. Obviously, I've been doing stuff for myself. 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:17.300 I've been able to get a little bit of a following on my own. Nothing on the same level that I'm able to reach here, 00:02:17.300 --> 00:02:20.300 which has been an amazing experience so far. 00:02:20.300 --> 00:02:23.600 Awesome. So, I know when I first joined here, 00:02:23.600 --> 00:02:27.300 you were still a social media coordinator, just like me. 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:32.000 How does it feel different to finally be, I guess, the manager instead of the coordinator? 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:37.500 Like, I've seen you grow into the role, but what was the biggest change for you during that transition? 00:02:37.500 --> 00:02:44.500 Oh, my gosh. Yeah, I mean, it was a big transition, in my opinion. 00:02:44.500 --> 00:02:51.000 You know, I had a lot to learn. You know, I had done, like, leadership positions in the past. 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:58.400 Just really small ones with, like, my university and stuff. But, yeah, actually, you know, being in charge of other people, 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:02.400 it's a lot. Like, you're worried about so many other things. 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:06.500 As a social media coordinator, you're kind of just worried about, you know, are my posts good? 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:11.700 You know, are people interacting with them? You know, am I proud of what I'm putting out? 00:03:11.700 --> 00:03:16.000 But as a manager, you're also trying to figure out, you know, is your team good? 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:19.200 Do they feel all right? And just making sure that's all good? 00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:25.000 Also, helping them kind of develop their skills with, you know, whatever experience I've learned throughout the years. 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:28.000 There's a lot of new things that you have to do as a manager 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:32.200 that I could not even imagine doing when I was a coordinator. 00:03:32.200 --> 00:03:35.700 So, easing into that and learning those things on the way, 00:03:35.700 --> 00:03:40.200 it's been a big challenge, but, you know, so far, I feel like it's been really fruitful. 00:03:40.200 --> 00:03:44.700 And I've been able to learn a lot of stuff, especially from the other managers and leaders here. 00:03:44.700 --> 00:03:48.000 Absolutely. And hey, now we have a team of four people, 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:52.100 you're putting yourself. That's correct, yes. As someone who works in social media, 00:03:52.100 --> 00:03:56.000 you're probably expected to be on top of all the trends 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:00.500 and be on top of everything now, I guess, what we call Gen Z as well. 00:04:00.500 --> 00:04:03.700 How do you deal with this? Does it come naturally to you? 00:04:03.700 --> 00:04:08.300 Is it a lot of effort? I'm sure a lot of the audience wonders how we come up with our stuff. 00:04:08.300 --> 00:04:15.100 Yeah. So, it requires being essentially online all the time. 00:04:15.100 --> 00:04:20.400 It's a blessing and a curse, you know, I'm always in tune with what's going on in the tech space, 00:04:20.400 --> 00:04:24.100 you know, even outside the tech space, just like in general, what's going on. 00:04:24.100 --> 00:04:29.500 But it's a curse in the sense that, you know, being online all the time can't be healthy for your mental 00:04:29.500 --> 00:04:32.900 with as much good that there is on the internet. 00:04:32.900 --> 00:04:36.100 There's a lot of bad. There's a lot, a lot of bad. 00:04:36.100 --> 00:04:39.300 So, you kind of have to see all of this and, you know, 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:45.800 you do your best to kind of filter out the bad stuff and just, you know, focus on the positives that are happening in the world. 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:49.500 You know, it doesn't get difficult, but that being said, I really do enjoy it. 00:04:49.500 --> 00:04:55.500 I mean, you know, as a kid, I've always been online. This is kind of where I've thrived and kind of where I've learned 00:04:55.500 --> 00:04:59.300 and I've almost grown up funnily enough. So, it's fun and I don't know. 00:04:59.300 --> 00:05:04.500 I just feel like it's natural. Like I've always been in tune with what's going on online. 00:05:04.500 --> 00:05:08.200 And, you know, I'm getting older. I'm willing to admit it. 00:05:08.200 --> 00:05:14.100 Like I'm 25 now. So, I'm not like, I'm just on the edge of Gen Z. 00:05:14.100 --> 00:05:18.700 You know, I feel like for a lot of other parts of my life, I'm a little bit more millennial. 00:05:18.700 --> 00:05:23.000 But, you know, I try and try and do my best. Try and keep up with what's going on. 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.300 You know, follow other pages and follow other creators are younger 00:05:26.300 --> 00:05:30.200 than me and see, you know, what they're up to and kind of learn 00:05:30.200 --> 00:05:33.200 and figure out why they're interacting in that way. 00:05:33.200 --> 00:05:38.800 That's kind of how I do it. Okay, so let's step away from LMG for a second 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:44.000 and go into some things you've dabbled in in the past. 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:48.800 So, in the last year and a half, I've gotten to know you a little bit. 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:52.900 And I know you do some other things like you make music. 00:05:52.900 --> 00:05:56.100 Yeah, that's true. Yeah, you make music. 00:05:56.100 --> 00:06:00.100 You make YouTube videos on your own channel. 00:06:00.100 --> 00:06:03.900 You also run a cooking TikTok. Is there anything else? 00:06:03.900 --> 00:06:12.500 Because I feel like to me, that's like a lot. Yeah, so, I mean, okay, look, it sounds like a lot and it is a lot, right? 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:16.400 But that being said, I don't really focus on all of them at once. 00:06:16.400 --> 00:06:20.900 I'll have a couple of months where I'm really focused on making music, for example. 00:06:20.900 --> 00:06:24.600 I'll have a couple of months where I'm really focused on making TikToks, 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:30.200 you know, cooking and food related. And I'll have a couple of months where I'm working on a YouTube channel. 00:06:30.200 --> 00:06:33.200 So, you know, I feel like my attention is kind of split in that sense. 00:06:33.200 --> 00:06:37.600 I'm always thinking about these things, but I don't really like fully, you know, 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:40.900 put myself into all of these things at once. 00:06:40.900 --> 00:06:45.300 It's just whenever the inspiration or the motivation comes that I kind of go out and do that. 00:06:45.300 --> 00:06:49.900 What would you say is your absolute favorite, I guess, side hustle? 00:06:49.900 --> 00:06:57.500 Oh gosh, my absolute favorite. That's very tough because I mean, I love content creation and I've done it my whole life, 00:06:57.500 --> 00:07:04.700 like I've mentioned again. So, I'd like to say that, but now that it's basically my whole life, you know, 00:07:04.700 --> 00:07:09.300 I'm doing it here, I'm doing it on the side, doing my own thing. 00:07:09.300 --> 00:07:16.500 I'm not going to lie, I do get burnt out sometimes. So, I would say right now, the thing that I'm really, really passionate about is actually music. 00:07:16.500 --> 00:07:20.500 I feel like it's just a way to decompress and, you know, get my mind thinking creatively 00:07:20.500 --> 00:07:24.900 and something that's completely different from content. You don't have to worry about the algorithm. 00:07:24.900 --> 00:07:28.700 You don't have to worry about engagement or analytics or anything like that. 00:07:28.700 --> 00:07:31.700 You're kind of just worried on making something that resonates with you and hopefully other 00:07:31.700 --> 00:07:35.100 people can resonate with. Also, when did you first start making music? 00:07:35.100 --> 00:07:41.700 How did you get into that? So, I started getting into music when I was like 11 or 12. 00:07:41.700 --> 00:07:47.100 I downloaded a program called MixCraft. I'm not sure if any of you guys have used that in the past. 00:07:47.100 --> 00:07:52.300 It's very similar to like GarageBand and I just played around with it and I thought it'd be really cool. 00:07:52.300 --> 00:07:55.700 And around that time, I also started getting into electronic music. 00:07:55.700 --> 00:08:01.700 So, Dubstep was kind of like my first love, you know, Skrillex, Mount Eden. 00:08:01.700 --> 00:08:05.300 People like that who were popular during that time just kind of inspired me. 00:08:05.300 --> 00:08:16.700 I was like, maybe I can try and do that. So, you know, I started dabbling in more production, downloaded FL Studio as well, totally legal. 00:08:16.700 --> 00:08:21.500 And yeah, I don't know. I just learned how to do stuff over time. I started getting more into EDM. 00:08:21.500 --> 00:08:25.100 So, I started, you know, branching out into genres like house and stuff. 00:08:25.100 --> 00:08:30.700 You know, started following way more DJs, way more producers around like the golden era of EDM. 00:08:30.700 --> 00:08:34.300 Some would call it like 2012, 2013, 2014, around that time. 00:08:34.300 --> 00:08:40.300 And then I kind of eased off of it. I never really, you know, did anything that got too many listeners or anything at that time. 00:08:40.300 --> 00:08:47.700 I was just a kid playing around with stuff. But I started to take it a little bit more seriously when I went into university. 00:08:47.700 --> 00:08:52.300 Met a lot of great people who I connected with, I learned with and I collaborated with 00:08:52.300 --> 00:08:55.500 and started making music that actually started getting some listens, 00:08:55.500 --> 00:08:59.100 which is crazy to me because I listen to some of my music sometimes. 00:08:59.100 --> 00:09:02.900 I'm like, I could do this way better. There's way better music out there. 00:09:02.900 --> 00:09:06.900 Like, I don't know why people are listening to me. But yeah, that's kind of how I got my start in music. 00:09:06.900 --> 00:09:10.100 Okay, let's talk about your YouTube channel now. 00:09:10.100 --> 00:09:14.100 Okay. I know you make content about rollercoasters, right? 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:21.300 At least I'm trying to. So, I started with a YouTube channel about theme parks. 00:09:21.300 --> 00:09:24.700 Mainly, you know, I've always had a dream of visiting as many theme parks, 00:09:24.700 --> 00:09:31.900 museum parks as I possibly could. Rollercoaster Tycoon was a huge influence on my life and a huge influence to, 00:09:31.900 --> 00:09:35.300 you know, who I am today. You know, it kind of got me into gaming. 00:09:35.300 --> 00:09:39.900 It even got me into computers because, I mean, as a five, six year old kid, 00:09:39.900 --> 00:09:46.300 that was the way that I used computers. I would hop on rollercoaster Tycoon and just build rollercoasters and stuff like that. 00:09:46.300 --> 00:09:53.300 So, it's always been a huge part of my life. So, I've always wanted to visit all of these parks that, you know, I've seen throughout the years 00:09:53.300 --> 00:09:56.300 when I was a kid and, you know, I couldn't travel anywhere. 00:09:56.300 --> 00:09:59.500 So, yeah, I'm just making a channel about traveling to different theme parks, 00:09:59.500 --> 00:10:05.300 riding different rollercoasters and kind of living out my dream. What's your favorite theme park so far? 00:10:05.300 --> 00:10:09.100 Islands of Adventure is a very, very good theme park. 00:10:09.100 --> 00:10:13.300 I haven't been in years now, but to me, it's like the perfect blend of theming, 00:10:13.300 --> 00:10:18.100 perfect blend of thrill rides. You know, you've got, like, really high tier rollercoasters. 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:22.100 I haven't ridden it yet, but there's a new rollercoaster called the Velocic coaster 00:10:22.100 --> 00:10:25.100 based on the Jurassic World series. 00:10:25.100 --> 00:10:28.100 It's literally one of the best rollercoasters in the world. 00:10:28.100 --> 00:10:31.600 And they theme it in a way that, you know, makes you feel immersed, 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:37.600 at least, you know, what I've seen from videos and stuff like that. Which you don't get from a lot of those high tier rollercoasters 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:41.100 where they kind of just plop something down in like an open piece of land 00:10:41.100 --> 00:10:44.100 and, you know, they build the biggest, baddest rollercoaster, whatever. 00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:47.100 This one kind of, like, interacts with, like, the paths. 00:10:47.100 --> 00:10:51.600 It interacts with different rides. And yeah, they just put a ton of detail. 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:56.100 I know it was very expensive too, so... Awesome. Where is this for those who don't know? 00:10:56.100 --> 00:11:00.100 Yeah, this is in Orlando, Florida. Oh, awesome. I'm looking to visit again soon 00:11:00.100 --> 00:11:03.100 because they're also opening up a new theme park called Epic Universe 00:11:03.100 --> 00:11:09.600 and I'm really, really excited to visit that. Okay, and lastly, let's talk a little bit about, I guess, cooking. 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:12.600 Yeah, I know you're a pretty decent cook. 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:15.600 I'm okay. Like, I'm not a chef. 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:20.100 I'm not even like, I wouldn't even consider myself like a very, very strong cook. 00:11:20.100 --> 00:11:23.600 But I can cook some things decently, I guess. 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:26.600 The reason why I got into cooking during the pandemic. 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:31.100 I mean, I feel like everybody was kind of picking up different hobbies around that time. 00:11:31.100 --> 00:11:37.100 Cooking just so happened to be the one that I did. I started just documenting it on, like, TikTok and stuff. 00:11:37.100 --> 00:11:41.100 You know, me basically trying out different dishes and, you know, learning along the way. 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:46.600 You know, again, I wouldn't say I'm a good, a really, really strong cook by any means. 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:52.100 But yeah, I know I enjoy it. That's pretty cool. I mean, even if you're not making content about cooking, 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:55.100 is it still something you get to do often? I mean, I'm not going to lie. 00:11:55.100 --> 00:11:58.100 It's something that I probably don't spend as much time as I'd like. 00:11:58.100 --> 00:12:01.100 But recently, I've been spending a little bit more time on it 00:12:01.100 --> 00:12:07.600 just trying to get back into things. Again, like, going back to me, you know, being full into different things 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:12.600 for a couple of months or like, I guess cooking was like, you know, a couple of years or whatever. 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:17.600 It kind of faded away and I'm trying to rekindle that passion that I got for that, yeah. 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:21.600 What's your favorite cuisine? Favorite cuisine, that's a tough one. 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:27.600 Probably Japanese food. I mean, growing and living in here in Vancouver, we have some excellent Japanese food here. 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:30.600 A lot of innovation here actually happens. 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:34.600 California roll, ever heard of it? Apparently it was made here. 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:38.600 I can't verify that with 100% authenticity, but apparently it was. 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:41.600 Okay, so now let's pivot back to LMG now. 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:45.600 What is the favorite meme you've ever made here at LMG? 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:48.600 Oh gosh, there's so many. There's so many. 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:53.600 Probably during the hackening, I kind of just went buck wild with the memes during that time. 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:57.600 Let loose and, you know, I thought they were pretty funny. 00:12:57.600 --> 00:13:02.600 My favorite one is probably that RuneScape one where, you know, 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:11.600 can we just pop it up on the screen? I don't want to describe it, but yeah, it's like how we lost the channel 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:14.600 and somebody doing like one of those classic RuneScape scams. 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:20.600 It's just like, if you say your password backwards, it'll censor it. 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:23.600 And then Linus says, I don't know, you know. 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:27.600 Yeah, that's the Tech Tips 123. Exactly, yeah, that's the one. 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:31.600 But I really like that one because a couple of my favorite content creators settled. 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:34.600 If you guys are into old school RuneScape or RuneScape in general, 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:39.600 you probably know him as a Swatman. He even retweeted and interacted with it. 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:44.600 It was really, really cool. Ludwig like showed it off on his mogul mail and, you know, I thought that was like, 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:50.600 to me, I was really proud of that meme. And just in that moment seeing, you know, these huge content creators that I look up to, 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:57.600 you know, react positively to it. Speaking of which, how does it feel to obviously working at a company like this? 00:13:57.600 --> 00:14:05.600 You get the opportunity to interact with other big creators online to some degree at least. 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:10.600 Yeah. How does that feel? Like is that something you'd ever imagined was possible? 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:17.600 Oh gosh, yeah, no, it's surreal to me. Before all this, like, you know, I always viewed like these huge content creators as celebrities. 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:20.600 And then rightfully so, a lot of them are, right? 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:24.600 Even Linus in the next room over right now. 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:28.600 But then you start to get to know and just talk to like big content creators. 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:31.600 And you start to realize that, you know, they're just people like us, right? 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:38.600 So to me, it's surreal, but also it makes me feel grounded in a sense that, you know, 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:44.600 these big content creators, they're just any ordinary person that has a huge following online 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:48.600 and loves to create content. So it is, it is cool. 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:52.600 It is cool for sure. What is your most memorable Linus moment? 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:59.600 It's a good one. I'd probably have to say when I first started and during that time, I got to work with Linus 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:04.600 very closely to develop three YouTube shorts a week, which is absolutely insane. 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:11.600 But with his help, you got me through it. I got to learn a lot about how kind of he viewed content, how to flow one thing into another 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:14.600 and just create something that really like engaged with people. 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:19.600 Those YouTube shorts, they started off pretty slow, but over time got a lot of views. 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:22.600 And I started to realize, wow, like learning from this guy is new. 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:25.600 Learning from this guy is nothing I would ever think I would be able to do. 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:30.600 And that grind, just getting through all these YouTube shorts, it was pretty memorable for me. 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:37.600 I don't know. I guess on that note, when it comes to Linus, what surprised you the most about him? 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:41.600 Oh gosh, this guy's so busy. How does he get anything done? 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:44.600 I don't know. Like, it's actually wild. 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:49.600 Like, I know he spoke about it on the WAN Show recently, but the guy gets like, what, 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:52.600 like three hours of sleep at night or something like that. 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:55.600 Yeah. You know, he's always on. 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:59.600 If you show up in his office, he'll always respond to you. 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:03.600 He'll always make time for you. I just, yeah, I don't know how he does it. 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:12.600 It's crazy. I think I could agree with that. Like, no matter who messages him from the company, even though we have like 100 plus employees now. 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:19.600 It's getting crazy. It was still, you know, obviously it might be a bit later in the day because he's busy with truths or whatever, 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:24.600 but eventually he'll still respond to you and help you out with whatever you're looking for, which is pretty cool. 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:30.600 Yeah, absolutely. Okay, cool. I'm going to now semi-rapid fire some questions your way. 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:35.600 Okay, let's do it. Let's do it. One thing you wish to learn more about during your time here. 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:38.600 How to make some really, really good shorts. 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:41.600 I think I've gotten a lot better over the time that I've been here. 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:45.600 And you guys can watch some of the early 2022 shorts to now. 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:49.600 I feel like we've gone there a little bit, but I still think there's a lot more to learn. 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:54.600 And there's a lot of creators I look up to, and I hope to go get to their level. 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:57.600 Who's the funniest host at LMG? Oh, gosh, it's got to be Riley. 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:00.600 He's just natural at it. Oh, you know what? 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:07.600 Adam's low-key really, really good too. This guy, I mean, he does improv, so he's just really, really fast with like the star key remarks or whatever. 00:17:07.600 --> 00:17:10.600 But Adam and Riley, those guys are really, really funny. 00:17:10.600 --> 00:17:13.600 I'm most likely to swear during shoots. Jake, for sure. 00:17:13.600 --> 00:17:19.600 Jake Tyvi. There's been so many times where we've had to edit like Flo Plain Extras or anything like that. 00:17:19.600 --> 00:17:23.600 And we'd have to bleep like every other word. 00:17:23.600 --> 00:17:26.600 It's crazy. I can attest to that. 00:17:26.600 --> 00:17:32.600 I still love him though. What's your favorite work trip you've ever been on and why? 00:17:32.600 --> 00:17:37.600 Probably the first time I went to VidCon. This was back June 2022. 00:17:37.600 --> 00:17:42.600 And it was my first time like really being in an environment with just creators everywhere. 00:17:42.600 --> 00:17:48.600 Watching people like Prank vs. Prank go to VidCon and stuff like that, Roman Atwood, guys like that. 00:17:48.600 --> 00:17:52.600 And just, you know, as a kid, being like, I want to be there. 00:17:52.600 --> 00:17:56.600 I want to be there so bad. It looks so fun. And getting the opportunity to actually go there. 00:17:56.600 --> 00:18:00.600 It was a lot of fun, but I think the main thing is I learned a ton. 00:18:00.600 --> 00:18:03.600 What is your proudest moment at LMG? 00:18:03.600 --> 00:18:12.600 I feel like my proudest moment, and I say this because it's probably the most difficult thing for me to kind of learn and get to the point is 00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:18.600 probably just, you know, having a team that it seems like everybody, you know, we're all chill with each other. 00:18:18.600 --> 00:18:24.600 We're all friends type of thing. And, you know, we put in some really hard work, good work. 00:18:24.600 --> 00:18:28.600 And there's like a nice balance there. You know, that's what I'm most proud of. 00:18:28.600 --> 00:18:34.600 I hope that Argent behind the camera, you know, you've had a great time on this team and stuff like that. 00:18:34.600 --> 00:18:43.600 Absolutely. Hopefully you've learned a lot and you're able to, you know, take that on, you know, with whatever you do, like within this space. 00:18:43.600 --> 00:18:46.600 And likewise with other guys on our team, I know you guys don't see them often. 00:18:46.600 --> 00:18:49.600 Steven Chu, he's our community coordinator. 00:18:49.600 --> 00:18:52.600 He's usually the person that's responding to you on Twitter, Reddit. 00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:56.600 He's LMG community, if you guys ever see that around. 00:18:56.600 --> 00:19:00.600 And also Sammy, Sammy Yu, who's the newest addition to our team. 00:19:00.600 --> 00:19:06.600 He used to be an editor here, but he switched over to the social media team and he's been doing some really, really good work. 00:19:06.600 --> 00:19:13.600 Some of the more recent flow playing exclusives, a lot of those ideas and a lot of the camera work and editing is all him. 00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:17.600 And that's why you've seen like a nice increase in quality more recently. 00:19:17.600 --> 00:19:21.600 So, yeah, I mean, this team is probably what I'm most proud of. 00:19:21.600 --> 00:19:26.600 I've been here for a year and a half now and I think like for a year of that, you're our manager. 00:19:26.600 --> 00:19:34.600 But honestly, even before you had the title of manager and it was just you and me, you pretty much led everything. 00:19:34.600 --> 00:19:37.600 You taught me everything. You brought me up to scratch. 00:19:37.600 --> 00:19:43.600 And he's been a great leader and I'm sure our entire team can attest to that. 00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:46.600 What's the most valuable piece of advice someone's ever given you? 00:19:46.600 --> 00:19:52.600 It's very simple. I feel like the most valuable piece of advice I've ever gotten is just, you know, don't be too hard on yourself. 00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:57.600 You know, obviously you want to put in great work and you want to, you know, get results and stuff. 00:19:57.600 --> 00:20:03.600 I mean, you only have one life. You got to live it. You can't just be solely focused on work or, you know, anything like that. 00:20:03.600 --> 00:20:10.600 And there's more to life than just, you know, views or engagement or anything like that. 00:20:10.600 --> 00:20:18.600 And something that I try to carry on even today, but obviously it's hard to not focus on all that and stuff. 00:20:18.600 --> 00:20:25.600 What is your favorite game? I have a couple. I mean, I already mentioned Roller Coaster Tycoon. 00:20:25.600 --> 00:20:34.600 Goaded series. Literally, I can't believe like you could play it today and still be like, wow, this is like still fresh. It's still good. 00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:40.600 And I feel like it was a big opportunity for me to be creative as a kid. 00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:44.600 You know, just building amazing parks and theme parks. Super, super fun game. 00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:49.600 But also RuneScape. RuneScape was a huge influence on my life. 00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:54.600 That's where I grew up, you know, in the streets of Lumbridge, streets of Verrock, man. 00:20:54.600 --> 00:21:03.600 Like, oh my goodness, lots of good memories on that game and probably the game I have the most playtime ever. 00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:06.600 Oh, damn. Okay. Wow. Crazy. Yeah. 00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:10.600 I thought you would have mentioned Civ 6 some way there. 00:21:10.600 --> 00:21:16.600 Okay. Civilization. Amazing series. And more recently, it's probably one of my favorite games. 00:21:16.600 --> 00:21:20.600 But before talking all the time, I got a shout out Roller Coaster Tycoon in RuneScape. 00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:25.600 Civ, still awesome. Still awesome. And I could sink so many hours into that game. 00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:30.600 What do you think is one thing that's very unique about working at LMG? 00:21:30.600 --> 00:21:36.600 The people here. You know, you hear it a lot and I know other people and our other meet the teams have mentioned it. 00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:44.600 But the people here are genuinely great. Like, you know, there's nobody that's really very difficult to work with or anything like that. 00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:48.600 Everybody is generally very friendly. We're all very busy. 00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:55.600 But, you know, if you need to talk to somebody, they'll give you their time. 00:21:55.600 --> 00:21:59.600 And yeah, everybody's just fun to be around, like even outside of work hours or stuff. 00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:04.600 I'm always happy to hang out with people because it's just like, I know I'm going to have a good time. 00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:08.600 What's something you'd like to see at LMG in the coming years? 00:22:08.600 --> 00:22:13.600 I mean, since we have a pretty tight production schedule, you know, release videos pretty frequently, 00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:17.600 I'd like to see some projects where, you know, our writers spend a little bit more time. 00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:22.600 So instead of just having a week or two to finish a video, maybe they could have a month. 00:22:22.600 --> 00:22:29.600 Maybe they could have two months. I think we have some really creative people here and they would be able to come up with some really, really fun, exciting ideas. 00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:36.600 And to wrap things up, what's one piece of advice that you'd give to other creatives or social media people? 00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:39.600 You definitely got to be passionate about the things that you're doing. 00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:47.600 You can't just go into content creation, you know, for the sake of money, for the sake of clout, for the sake of views, anything like that. 00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:53.600 You'll find something that you're genuinely passionate about and go and create content about it. 00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:58.600 Find what makes you curious about that subject and try and share that curiosity with other people. 00:22:58.600 --> 00:23:07.600 I think that's really the big thing. And the more I've grown up, I've tried so many other different types of content creation in the past as well. 00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:12.600 The things that have always stuck with me is always the stuff that I've been truly passionate about. 00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:16.600 So that's probably it. Awesome. Cool. Thanks, Addy. 00:23:16.600 --> 00:23:25.600 Yeah, for sure. By the way, the origin behind the camera here is probably the last flow plane exclusive that he's going to be filming. 00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:30.600 So I just want to say it's been a pleasure working for you over the past year and a half. 00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:36.600 I'm going to miss the times that we've had and I feel like we've grown a lot together here. 00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:39.600 So yeah, I just want to give a shout out to him. 00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:45.600 Again, a lot of the content that you guys have been watching over the past year and a half has been produced by Origin as well as me. 00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:49.600 So, you know, I'm going to miss them. 00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:54.600 I know some of you guys are going to miss them too. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. That means so much. 00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:59.600 And thank you for being a great manager and a friend at work. It means a lot.