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Well it's Monday and Spring Break has officially started at my school, excluding our Friday off and weekend. All this week, my main focus is making videos for YouTube and GTA Legends. I have to finish this podcast for the union, I have to finish a video request at YouTube, a video I've been working on for a few months, and 2 other TBA projects. It's not easy… last month I've been saying it was going to be finished next week but I never got the time to finish them. So this week, I will get everything done. No more broken promises.

GTA Legends Radio – I have every clip from our recording about a week ago. Mainly, what I was focusing on the past 3 days was a intro. It was basically going to be different GTA quotes with different music playing in the background. Today, I finally came to realize it didn't, I guess, flow right with the podcast so I closed that segment. I might just leave it with the fast paced music from the first cut scene in GTA III and play the voice clips from there.

GTA Legends Recruitment Video – I still haven't got around to film the gameplay part of the video from my television but I'll get to that today. Should be simple.

GTA Legends "What is…?" – Basically, what these videos are going to be is showcasing each feature at GTA Legends. For example, people outside of GameSpot will have no idea what a Respect System is. With this video, they'll be informed without having to look at our board.

Banjo-Kazooie Cameos 2 – Since there is a lack of video response in my first cameos video (so much for trying to make the community stronger), I'm going to make a second installment in Banjo-Kazooie: Cameos. It's going to share the same gimmick the first one had and have some ytmnd fads make appearances, just to maintain the humor.

Project JJ – Something me and a friend of mine at YouTube have been working on for months. I can't give out too much information, sorry. But it's going to be freekin' time consuming to make.

2 TBA Projects – …you'll see…

And that's pretty much what's happening in the video world of ThumbsUpMaster. I just hope I'll have enough time to actually enjoy my vacation. Which brings me to my next topic…

Too much work. I'm only 16. This is a awesome hobby and all but it's beginning to get really stressful. Sometimes I push myself to far. After all these videos are finished, expect me to be more laid-back. Videos are probably going to be released once per month. Or maybe even 2 months. We'll see how things turn out. I have 3 series in mind, one being an independent series, 2 being related to Banjo-Kazooie. But those will have to wait till summer.

GTA Legends… I'm alright with editing HTML in threads but the Respect System might be limited. June-July of 2006 was about the time GTA Legends had reached it's peak. I predicted we'd get a lot more members in the future thus having to update a lot of points in the RS. Keeping up with One Respect Point per post can be a hassle so what I might do after spring break is change it to 20 Respect Points for being active for one week. If you take part in any GTA discussion, then that's 20 points a week. In a month, that's 80 Respect Points which will make you a top recruit. I also miss posting without have a second window open adding up numbers.

Gaming… sucks. I was playing DDR Universe yesterday on Quest Mode. There was supposedly some Championship being held in (virtual) Louisiana. I completed the first song and I was on to the next song (AMP). The game was taking forever to load and I heard scratching noises coming from my disc tray. Uh oh.. not another PS2!!! I was too scared to open my disc tray so I waited for the game to load. There was no movie playing in the background and no sound. Boring. I turned off my 360 and I didn't play for the rest of the day. Hooray for next-gen… at least I still have my DS and PSP. Also, my PS2 is beginning to get more interesting. I think I may finally try to beat Bully.

I bought Jetpac yesterday for only 400 MS points. I tried the trial, I liked it, I bought it. It's a very fun game. I'd recommend trying the trial out before buying. This, in my opinion, is a far better purchase than TMNT or Assault Heroes.

Also, I just realized something. My GamerScore sucks. 7 Games. 5 Arcade Games. Barely close to 2000 points. This week, I'll try to complete all of Dead Rising's achievements… PP stickers.. 53,000+ zombies… 50 survivors… wish me luck.

Spiral Mountain's admin, Luke, posted a topic about who would like to be a moderator. You can predict every 11 year old there sent him a PM. I, of course, did. Basically, I told him that I was a member for 7 months, I have moderator experience, how people are joining Spiral Mountain because of videos at YouTube, and what I did/am doing at GTA Legends. Do you think I have a chance of being selected? Post your support here!

…and that's pretty much all that's happening/going to happen.

Original GameSpot Version

Well it's Monday and Spring Break has officially started at my school, excluding our Friday off and weekend. All this week, my main focus is making videos for YouTube and GTA Legends. I have to finish this podcast for the union, I have to finish a video request at YouTube, a video I've been working on for a few months, and 2 other TBA projects. It's not easy... last month I've been saying it was going to be finished next week but I never got the time to finish them. So this week, I will get everything done. No more broken promises.

GTA Legends Radio - I have every clip from our recording about a week ago. Mainly, what I was focusing on the past 3 days was a intro. It was basically going to be different GTA quotes with different music playing in the background. Today, I finally came to realize it didn't, I guess, flow right with the podcast so I closed that segment. I might just leave it with the fast paced music from the first cut scene in GTA III and play the voice clips from there.

GTA Legends Recruitment Video - I still haven't got around to film the gameplay part of the video from my television but I'll get to that today. Should be simple.

GTA Legends "What is...?" - Basically, what these videos are going to be is showcasing each feature at GTA Legends. For example, people outside of GameSpot will have no idea what a Respect System is. With this video, they'll be informed without having to look at our board.

Banjo-Kazooie Cameos 2 - Since there is a lack of video response in my first cameos video (so much for trying to make the community stronger), I'm going to make a second installment in Banjo-Kazooie: Cameos. It's going to share the same gimmick the first one had and have some ytmnd fads make appearances, just to maintain the humor.

Project JJ - Something me and a friend of mine at YouTube have been working on for months. I can't give out too much information, sorry. But it's going to be freekin' time consuming to make.

2 TBA Projects - ...you'll see...

And that's pretty much what's happening in the video world of ThumbsUpMaster. I just hope I'll have enough time to actually enjoy my vacation. Which brings me to my next topic...

Too much work. I'm only 16. This is a awesome hobby and all but it's beginning to get really stressful. Sometimes I push myself to far. After all these videos are finished, expect me to be more laid-back. Videos are probably going to be released once per month. Or maybe even 2 months. We'll see how things turn out. I have 3 series in mind, one being an independent series, 2 being related to Banjo-Kazooie. But those will have to wait till summer.

GTA Legends... I'm alright with editing HTML in threads but the Respect System might be limited. June-July of 2006 was about the time GTA Legends had reached it's peak. I predicted we'd get a lot more members in the future thus having to update a lot of points in the RS. Keeping up with One Respect Point per post can be a hassle so what I might do after spring break is change it to 20 Respect Points for being active for one week. If you take part in any GTA discussion, then that's 20 points a week. In a month, that's 80 Respect Points which will make you a top recruit. I also miss posting without have a second window open adding up numbers.

Gaming... sucks. I was playing DDR Universe yesterday on Quest Mode. There was supposedly some Championship being held in (virtual) Louisiana. I completed the first song and I was on to the next song (AMP). The game was taking forever to load and I heard scratching noises coming from my disc tray. Uh oh.. not another PS2!!! I was too scared to open my disc tray so I waited for the game to load. There was no movie playing in the background and no sound. Boring. I turned off my 360 and I didn't play for the rest of the day. Hooray for next-gen... at least I still have my DS and PSP. Also, my PS2 is beginning to get more interesting. I think I may finally try to beat Bully.

I bought Jetpac yesterday for only 400 MS points. I tried the trial, I liked it, I bought it. It's a very fun game. I'd recommend trying the trial out before buying. This, in my opinion, is a far better purchase than TMNT or Assault Heroes.

Also, I just realized something. My GamerScore sucks. 7 Games. 5 Arcade Games. Barely close to 2000 points. This week, I'll try to complete all of Dead Rising's achievements... PP stickers.. 53,000+ zombies... 50 survivors... wish me luck.

Spiral Mountain's admin, Luke, posted a topic about who would like to be a moderator. You can predict every 11 year old there sent him a PM. I, of course, did. Basically, I told him that I was a member for 7 months, I have moderator experience, how people are joining Spiral Mountain because of videos at YouTube, and what I did/am doing at GTA Legends. Do you think I have a chance of being selected? Post your support here!

...and that's pretty much all that's happening/going to happen.