By now, you may have already watched them
on the channel.
Fast cuts
Mostly just sounds
Shot on a tripod
No face, no words
Well, most of the time.
But I think I owe it to you guys,
All one hundred thousand of you,
to try and express my gratitude as in-person as I can–
in front of the camera,
looking at you.
Hey mate, how's it going?
And welcome to my first vlog!
First of all,
I'd like to apologize for doing this just now.
Aside from making sure that the channel actually
reached its milestone before making this video,
I also waited for the lockdown to relax a
bit so I can finally get my haircut.
Now, what I did not wait for was the Silver
Play Button,
because I didn't expect them to deliver it
as quickly as they have,
pandemic and all.
Yeah, having received it still feels surreal
and sudden,
especially that I'm still pretty new to making
content for this channel.
YouTube, after all, if I may share a brief history,
was just where I dumped my personal videos
and some work stuff.
At most, it was a backup for my Facebook Page
which used to be my main platform for posting content.
Now fun fact: I created that Facebook Page
3 years ago
as an excuse to buy myself a Nintendo Switch.
Anyway,
During that time, I just borrowed equipment
from work whenever they're not being used.
That is, until June of last year (2019).
I started taking steps to become a freelancer,
and one of those steps is to
finally get my own set of equipment.
Of course when they arrived,
I didn't let pass the opportunity to unbox them.
But then I thought,
I should make something else out of these
new toys of mine
just to test them out.
Coincidentally,
the Jeepney-inspired Tamiya was about to release,
and at that time, I had yet to make a video
about building kits.
And I was curious if my editing style could
be compatible with build content.
So I bought one,
and out of it came the project that, looking back,
if it weren't for which,
I think I wouldn't have thought of
finally doing it with a Gundam.
Now, mind you, before that pivotal project,
I only had my Facebook Page in mind.
But then, some of my friends,
after watching the Dyipne Tamiya,
strongly suggested that I fix my YouTube,
and make it my main platform.
I was really hesitant because
I was so sure that my videos had no place
on YouTube
because of how short they are.
However, my friends still insisted.
And so, after a few weeks of renovation and
repurposing,
I finally migrated to my new main platform,
my YouTube channel.
And on one Friday, October 4, 2019,
I finally posted my first video just for YouTube,
the Wing Gundam Ver.Ka build.
It's not without risk, though,
and in fact, there are three.
The first one is that I didn't know if my
editing style could be compatible
with longer forms of content,
especially outside unboxing videos.
My longest at that time was the ninety-second
Tamiya build.
The Wing Gundam video, in comparison,
runs for more than four minutes.
Second risk is that it's my first ever Gundam
content,
and the first Gunpla I was going to build.
I wasn't sure how the Gunpla community was
gonna receive,
not just my editing style,
but also my performance as a noob builder.
Before the Wing Gundam,
I thought it was the norm to just
pluck out the pieces out from the runners.
The last one was that this was
my first exclusive content for YouTube.
At the beginning of October,
I only had around 150 YouTube subscribers
who were mostly friends and colleagues,
compared to my Facebook Page,
which had around 2,000 likes already at that
time.
But then, a few days later,
you guys came along.
And suffice it to say,
the rest was history.
I didn't expect this channel
to reach this point this soon.
In fact, I didn't expect it to reach this
point at all.
But when I saw that it could be possible,
I set the target at the end of this year,
and even then I thought it was a stretch.
I mean, who would've thought that what started
as an excuse to get myself a Nintendo Switch
would eventually become this channel,
supported by a community,
coming from different parts of the world,
but nonetheless are the same in giving their
support,
advice and concern for this endeavor?
Here we are,
more than a hundred thousand-strong,
made possible by you.
So here's what we're gonna do.
A few weeks ago,
I asked you what countries you guys live in.
And the reason for that is
I want to give you a shoutout
through the countries you represent.
Let me bring it up on my phone...
Okay.
Ready?
Let's do it!
To you, watching in
Chile,
Argentina,
Uruguay,
Brazil,
Colombia,
Panama,
Honduras,
Mexico,
USA,
and Canada,
Poland,
Italy,
Germany,
Great Britain,
Serbia,
Spain,
Romania,
Russia,
Egypt,
Kuwait,
and the United Arab Emirates.
Bangladesh,
India,
Pakistan,
Australia,
New Zealand,
Malaysia,
Singapore,
Indonesia,
Thailand,
and Vietnam.
Mongolia,
Korea,
Hong Kong,
Taiwan,
Japan,
and finally,
to all my compatriots in the Philippines,
to all of you around the world,
Thank you.
Thank you very, very much.
It's you guys who believed
and saw potential in my content.
It's you guys who've been so patient
with my not-so-regular release schedule.
It's you guys who never tire of
sharing your thoughts and tips.
It's you guys who made me realize that
YouTube may be worth looking into.
I'd also like to take this opportunity
to thank those who've been my collaborators
and partners so far.
Sabina,
Justin of Studio G,
Jake Masca,
and Newtype.
Thank you to that friend of mine
who lent me his model kits,
like the Kotobukiya Zoids Liger Zero.
And thank you, YouTube,
Nanlite and MQ Lightings,
Clockworkpi,
and Deity Microphones for sending me these toys
to unbox and play with.
Having reached this goal means,
I could focus on reaching another one,
and that is diversifying the types of content
in this channel.
What that means in the near future is that
aside from unboxing videos and speed builds,
you'd see more content of me talking,
starting with this vlog.
I am dead serious about doing reviews,
including the 3-year-old Switch,
and the Nintendo Switch Lite.
I cannot wait to make another Prose/Seso episode,
as well as collaborations with more artists
and fellow creators.
I'm also developing videos that talk about
my production equipment,
how I shoot my content,
how I edit them,
future tech,
games,
gadgets that excite me,
tech that concerns me,
features and updates I'd like Sony to make
for the Alpha series of cameras,
and Xperia series of phones.
It goes without saying,
that the more content we plan to produce,
the more consistently resources must be used.
And so,
to those who are very much comfortable and
more than happy to do so,
 
For as low as a dollar a month,
you could help me in realizing this goal of
a more fruitful,
viable,
and content-diverse channel.
For those who can't, no pressure.
Time is money,
and you choosing to spend your time on my
videos
is already support for the channel.
But if you can,
you're more than able to,
you're more than happy to do so,
 
So yeah, I think that's about it.
To those who are here for the first time,
please go watch my other videos on the channel,
then I hope you consider subscribing.
And since I don't do regular schedules,
best to enable notifications as well.
If you have questions, you can drop them here,
or ideally on Twitter
using the hashtag #ASKgiosanpedro.
I plan on answering them in a future video.
Thank you very, very much for making us reach
100,000 subscribers!
So see you on the next one, yea?
Goodbye!
Almost forgot,
Wish me luck.
