The system works.

Yeah that was hard to improve in any meaningful way. I decided to use negative space to make the knife stand out so it looks like she's stabbing the other Youtube thumbnails. It was the most minimalistic thing I could do without destroying the core composition. Literally had to think outside the box

On the flip side this made all my older videos do better. The bad aspect? I have tons of people angry there's no new videos because they're suddenly watching my old stuff 6 years later. Ahh, the complaints of the future. The spandex suits I wear. The flying cars I drive.

Part of it's a function of VHS & Laserdisc being ancient. I want to rip the stuff I talk about for the internet archive & I've seen people accuse me of hoarding. That copy of California Crisis I preserved snapped in half after playing it 20 times. You can't even play this stuff after a certain point

"Talk about cool thing"
"I will"
"What cool thing are you gonna talk about?"
"I can't say, but it's gonna be SUPER cool"
"Man FUCK you"
That's generally the vibe these days. Like we've got attention fomo ADHD or something. I saw a guy do a video about a lighter he found for an hour.

Then it just hangs on this screen until you turn off the VCR.

You've got range, everything you apply yourself to has that distinct Niko fingerprint. I've never thought you were lesser than other artists.