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[rlmergeuser]

Hey everyone,

I've been contemplating for a while now, and I think it could be therapeutic for me to go on some kind of personal rant... I've been going through a pretty tough time over the past several months. Even for those of you who don't care about my personal life, I will definitely go into more detail regarding why I refuse to get Trials Evolution even though I'm still spending as much time as I ever did playing Trials HD, because that's actually pretty tied in to everything else that's going on.

My question for y'all is this:

Would you rather see me type up a long rant here in this post, or would you prefer I go on camera, rant verbally, and upload it to YouTube?

Obviously both options have their pros and cons... on camera I'd be more able to express my personality and emotions, but at the same time I could potentially go off on tangents, be redundant, forget about certain things I wanted to talk about, etc.

Typing up a rant I would have the obvious benefit of being able to take my time, go back and re-word certain things to make them more clear, read over my rant and make changes to remove pointless tangents and redundancies, etc. But at the same time I wouldn't be able to express as much personality as I would if I could actually talk instead of type.

Also, of course I feel more nervous about the idea of actually going on camera to rant about personal stuff... but a voice in the back of my head is telling me it could be good for me to just get everything off my chest this way...

Finally, maybe this whole idea is stupid... part of me also thinks it's a stupid idea to rant about my personal life anywhere on the internet.

What do y'all think? How about a poll!
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Alright, I've removed the poll. The final votes were:

Text Rant - 8
Video Rant - 11
It's a bad idea to rant about personal stuff on the internet - 6
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I just recorded the rant on video... it ended up being very long. I plan on doing a little editing, but not too much. I really don't care how many people stop watching it out of boredom, it's not something I did for entertainment purposes, but rather to just get a lot of crap off my chest. The footage is going to take a while to convert to the .mov format so I can edit it in Final Cut, then it still has to export and compress before I can upload it... so it may be a few days before it's up, but the process is started.
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Ok, it's finally finished compressing and uploading, and it's insanely long... just over 1 hour and 40 minutes. I did very minimal editing as I wanted to keep it as "human" as possible - only cutting out long pauses when I completely lost my train of thought or paused to take a drink, etc. It's unlisted for now, but I'm thinking I'll probably just make it public... It takes me a while to get into anything personal anyway, and I believe the type of person who would make fun of someone's personal problems isn't going to sit through 20+ minutes of a video to get to them. Besides, I omitted some of the very personal stuff anyway as you'll see - there were a few things I mentioned but didn't go into any details due to them just being too personal for the internet.

Let me know if you guys think I should make it public or not... also, congratulations in advance to anyone who actually sits through the whole damn thing.

Oh yea, and fair warning: Video contains profanity.



EDIT: Bah, screw it. I'm just gonna go for it and make it public. I'm not ashamed of anything I had to say in the video, and I really don't care if there are a few *******s who want to make fun of me for it.

[Morfyboy]

Well,i thought bout this n come up with dont do it..if you choose ur other options,then regret it a week,2 weeks or so later,then you cant take it back in the sense of people will have seen it..
Totally your choice mate,but if you feel you have to,then do it in a text in here..im sure ur friends will cheer you up..

[LethalGangsta82]

Why tell a load of strangers your personal problems?if i were you i would talk to my friends about my problems,they will help more because they know you better & will take it a bit more serious.

[rlmergeuser]

It wont end well, are you aware that 103% of all people on the internet are trolls and will mock/annoy/stalk people for no reason, just try talking/PM'ing/writing in the sand on a beach, you will prob get amore helpfull response than from the internets

[rlmergeuser]

It wont end well, are you aware that 103% of all people on the internet are trolls and will mock/annoy/stalk people for no reason, just try talking/PM'ing/writing in the sand on a beach, you will prob get amore helpfull response than from the internets

Actually no. youtube sure, has some dumb people, butit very easy to just ignore them or just kick their head in.

IMO, do what you want more man, id love to hear from ya mal!

[rlmergeuser]

i favor text for clarity. we'd be glad to lend an ear or an eye.

[JoeRegular]

Forget all that ****, message me on Live...I love a good rant

[johnsalis]

Malachyte, if you have something to say, I'm sure most people here will listen. And if its Trials related, I'm sure someone could sympathize with you.
...A video isn't a bad idea, as long as you're comfortable with it. Maybe keep it unlisted.

[k2nph]

hi Mal:
Just spit it out m8, were all listening.

[rlmergeuser]

Malachyte, if you have something to say, I'm sure most people here will listen. And if its Trials related, I'm sure someone could sympathize with you.
...A video isn't a bad idea, as long as you're comfortable with it. Maybe keep it unlisted.

Ha! didnt think of that...

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