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Noclip's MAY Menu!
🕑 Added 2017-05-01 18:53:23 +0000 UTC HELLO PATRONS!How have you all been? I've been pretty cool. I just flew back from my honeymoon in beautiful French Polynesia. It was a blast. I swam with reef sharks, picked up hermit grabs and was schooled by my wife in bocce (or petanque as the French speaking locals call it).
It was my first vacation since starting Noclip and so it was the first time I've been forced to step away from work entirely. Even while home at Christmas, or on trips to PAX, I found myself drifting back towards work and replying to emails in my spare time. Let me tell you, going to a remote island with only 14 other people and no cell service is a pretty good way to no do work for a few weeks!
I feel far more relaxed and less stressed than I have in months, and I'm trying to retain that feeling. So I'm sitting in a coffee shop this morning as part of my new plan to get out of the house more and take care of my mental health. Also to answer the PILE of E3 related emails that landed in my inbox this past fortnight. Getting out of the house should hopefully help with my energy and mood, especially as there's gonna be plenty of stuff to edit at my home over the comings weeks.
May is the start of Noclip Season 2 in my head. Or certainly the time when the rubber hits the road with my wider plans for the site. Expect to see changes in how we shoot our patron-only videos, and some fresh ideas for the community. Not to mention; fresh videos! First off, $5 patrons can expect our biggest behind-the-scenes feature yet, featuring plenty of footage from our week shooting in Tokyo. Also we're going to start putting out the fun videos we shot at GDC under the banner "Noclip Sessions". I'll give dates for all this as I work through the schedule this week, but expect stuff in the next week.
May is the first month since starting Noclip that I don't have a work trip scheduled, which means plenty more time for Q&As and our Patron Hangouts too. Expect posts on those in the next two days. Also I've got my driving test on Wednesday, wish me luck (please do, I failed it twice in Ireland, would rather have a clean record in the US).
For those asking I will be at E3 but won't be "working" it per-se. We're not shooting much, but I'm using the time to get access to games, talk to people about upcoming projects and honestly - enjoy E3 on my own terms for once. I was very fortunate to host the GameSpot stage for 4 years, something I literally dreamed of as a kid. This year though, I'm going to try and see some of the show floor. Especially as we have a big doc series being produced either side of the show.
Oh, and finally, YouTube are sending us that silver play button for smashing through 100k subs in 6 months. I still can't quite believe we did that. Once it arrives (in like 2 months apparently) we'll shoot something dumb with it.
Okay, just wanted to touch base at the start of the week. Expect a few more updates this week. As ever, thank you so much for the amazing support. This month is gonna be fun, I'm delighted to have you along for it.
Got any questions, shoot them in the comments!
Danny
Comments
Michael Josephs
Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself mate, was well deserved! Hopefully this reinforces that you can strike a good balance and not get yourself too bogged down knowing that us Patron's are still here to support you throughout! Good luck with the driving test and I can't wait for the future videos.
Tyler Steben
Your health and the health of your family is the most important thing. You should plan your next vacation, even if it's in the future at some point, so that you are laying the ground work for continued investment in your wellbeing!
The most important thing is the work life balance. You'll make better work if your enjoying what your doing. The mystery docs were also brilliant!
Bavo Debraekeleer
Great to hear you're doing well and had a great honeymoon! It's called petanque in Belgium as well btw, in both French and Dutch. Good luck on the driving test! ;)
Old World Radio
Hey bud! New patron here. Just want to let you know I sent you a message on facebook. Via your page I believe. Please take a look and get back to me soon!
Glad to hear you are taking care of your mental health and I hope you had a wonderful time on your honeymoon. Also, good luck for your driving test (remember everything you learned in Forza).
Justin Dotson
You had such a deserved vacation. It's always hard to separate work from home when they're the same place. Certain strict rules I think should be made and never broken otherwise it all just starts to run together.
Tohir Tillyaev
Glad to have you back man. Glad you're taking care of yourself. Please keep doing that! I'm sure everyone here wishes to see you only in good health! As for the exam - good luck! Remember to do all those "check mirror, check over shoulder etc" on U-turns and parallel parking. They like to fail people on those in NY for sure.
Brandon K Gann
All of this makes me really happy! To see you take a break, be rejuvenated, tackle upcoming projects, and enjoying E3. Stoked to see you're doing so well. Really looking forward to next month's FF XIV doc and the NoClip Sessions!
Vincent Mochahari
So Ireland follows right side driving or left side??
Estaban
Congrats on getting married Danny. Wish you all the best with your life! Looking forward to e3 too ;)
Brian Johnston
Glad you got to unwind for a bit, it's something people don't do enough, and to enjoy that with the person you've chosen to spend the rest of your life with is special. You deserve it. I will be at E3 myself, doing some filming of my own. Maybe our paths will cross :-) Cheers my friend!
Martin
Looking forward to it Danny, glad you had a good honeymoon :)
Hassun
Congrats on the sub milestone and looking forward to the new docs!
takeshikitano3
Good luck on the test and also a general all-around WOO-HOO!
Noclip
Oh you!
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