u/MeloDox

My channel just reached the 1,000,000 total views milestone.

I’ve been doing YouTube since 2009, and I’ve had this channel since 2015. I’ve been watching YouTube and following creators since the site launched.

If you look at my view graph, you’ll see a big bundle of views from around 2016–2018. Then there’s a long gap before things start picking back up around 2024–2025.

I took a break for personal reasons. Life got busy, and honestly, things in my life were going pretty well. But in the back of my mind, I always wanted to be making videos.

It’s something I’ve enjoyed for as long as I can remember. Ever since I was a kid, making videos and being a YouTuber was something I wanted to do.
My biggest regret is not continuing to post during those years.

Even though life happened, and even though things were going well, time kept passing. Years went by that I could have spent creating, learning, improving, and building something.

In 2024–2025, I made the decision to come back and be consistent. To try as hard as I reasonably could and actually give this another real shot.
Now, I’m finally starting to see the results of that persistence.

1 million views isn’t just a number to me. It’s a reminder that progress only happens when you keep going.

So don’t be like me.
Don’t wait years to do the thing you really want to do.
Don’t keep telling yourself you’ll start when life slows down, when you have more time, or when everything is perfect.

Do it now. Start now. Do as much as you can, and go as fast as you reasonably can.
Because one day, you’ll look back and realize that the years passed anyway.

My new favorite in between matches activity.

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KOTS|Hozen kicked 2 players out that were humorously mocking them for “chatting” which I understand mods are allowed to do whatever they want but this felt a gross overstep. One of the largest alert groups, a player doesn’t deserve to be kicked for a harmless act.

Some of you might think this is not important, I do. Kicking shouldn’t be so whimsical based on someone’s feelings. This paticurleor group is the largest on the game.

Do better Hozen.

Dusted off the totes.

NOT FOR SALE

The last image is of my collection in 2022 before I sold and downsized.

My favorite is the unused Shop poster. IT would have been stuck to a window in a card shop. instead it sits perfectly preserved on my shelf lol.

I took the family to a trampoline park with an arcade. It was my first time playing the Marvel coin machine. Within just 15–20 minutes, I collected all 9 cards back to back. I had no idea how rare the Thanos card was!

The guy playing next to me mentioned he plays the machine all the time and could sit there all day without getting a Thanos card. He said the odds are roughly 1 in 80.

You only get 3,000 tickets for turning in the full set, which doesn’t buy much these days. Still, I feel incredibly lucky to have pulled it off so quickly on my very first try!

Would love to hear others experiences with this machine or lucky wins.