Huzzah! I’ve finally gotten a video to 800 views! My previous record was 734ish views, and that video was really old. So, I was rather surprised that a rather dull, in my opinion, M2000-C landing video actually got 800 views!
I believe this has to do with the timing of the videos release. I put it up almost immediately after the M2000-C was released. I mean the video quality is pretty good in my opinion, but I did mess up the in cockpit sounds. It’s so quiet it breaks the immersion in my opinion.
I just find it odd that it is currently my best video on YouTube, and I must laugh about it. It isn’t really a tutorial, but I saw it getting hits from ‘landing tutorial’ searches. I didn’t add the tutorial tag for it. It just shows a good landing. Although if you watch it to the end, you do see me screw up and almost taxi into the grass. I made a mistake and left nose wheel steering activated. It didn’t help that I did it while in external view so I hadn’t realized I was turning until it almost too late.
I’m a little more excited for the DCS World JTAC Bombing video. It has only been up a month, and it is about to surpass 800 views itself. I know for a fact part of this is because of the time stamps. I had seen on a tutorial video that if someone clicks on one of the time stamps, it will count as another view. So I did it partially to make it easier to find some action in an hour long video, and partially for the extra views I knew it would bring. I’m really excited to see how many more views that one will get.
On a side note, I’d like to thank the nation of France. You fine people are responsible for the majority of my views with the USA just a bit behind them. I’m going to assume that is mostly due to the video showcasing a French jet, and I can totally get behind that.
I know I built this rig to make more videos, but there is only one thing I want to record at the moment. That ‘thing’ is the SA-342 Gazelle helicopter from Polychop Simulations. I’ve been following the development of this module from the start, and I’m a little amazed, in a good way, that it’s actually being released.
I remember from way back when the good sir at Polychop announced that he would be creating a free mod for DCS featuring the Gazelle. I kind of thought it was a joke until he started to put up screenshots. They were some good looking screenshots and I began to believe it would actually happen. There have been plenty of teams who have come and gone away after announcing a new aircraft for DCS World. Polychop was not one of these. They did the opposite, and they actually incorporated while expanding the team. (Hype Intensifies)
Now, I know it was supposed to be free. However, I’m not bothered at all knowing I’ll have to pay for it. I know that the development has taken years, and a lot of hard work went into coding the helicopter. That hard work and dedication should be rewarded. Although, I’d imagine that for everything to be proper in the business sense, they would need to license the aircraft. I’d also imagine that licensing is not cheap.
So, I’ll be sure to get some new videos up as soon as I can get my hands on the Gazelle.
Be excellent to each other, and stay awesome.