Hello everyone,
We're trying to think of a name for our crew of subscribers, feel free to leave suggestions below. Critic Club? Team Cubing Critics? I dunno.
Hope you're all doing well. We've been inactive for a while (very active on Discord but not much here) so I thought it's best to update you all on what's up.
The Bad News
Let's get the bad news out of the way. Recently, we lost a load of footage stored on our hard drive. Yep, all those juicy unboxings we were in the middle of editing, gone. To make up for this, we'll be rethinking the style of our upcoming videos to go for a more concise thoughts/review style video so you can find out more about the cube in less time. Videos on the Diansheng cubes, GAN 251s and a whole lot more coming soon.
Now that I have that out of the way, we have heaps of GOOD NEWS for everyone.
1 - Cubicle Unboxing
We have a video coming up where the winner between myself and Mo will order $400 of cubes from TheCubicle. Let's just say, the winner got a bit carried away and the prize increased to $600. You know what that means. Huge $600 Cubicle Unboxing coming soon to the channel. Will include a lot of stuff including pretty much every relevant flagship 2x2 and 3x3, smart cube, lubes and some stuff I won't be allowed to show (more on that in a bit). If you're looking to buy a new 2x2 or 3x3 but have no idea which one to get, this unboxing will be a great way to work out what your needs are and which cube to get.
Oh and I also forgot to mention, be sure to subscribe to the channel because we'll be doing a
$50 giveaway on the unboxing video to give you a chance to get that dream cube you've been keeping an eye on. Will either be a whole $50 or a $30 winner and two $10 runners up to boost your chances. Stay tuned.
2 - New Series
We've been hyping this for a while.
Previous clues:
"Will involve trying a lot of cubes"
"A very expensive series"
I'm not sure what else I'm allowed to say but we'll be getting a contract which we'll have to sign involving this series (it's getting serious). A physical contract. The series has been in development for a while and you'll finally get to see what it is in a week or two. Super excited.
3 - Shorts
That's right. We've made a Shorts Channel called
"Cubing Critics Shorts" (alternative names are most welcome).
Everyone makes shorts, but we plan on bringing the Critics' perspective on what we think will make a great shorts video. Every video will be valuable to multiple people in the cubing community, and a lot of thought, time and effort would go into each shorts clip/video so feel free to sub if you like the sound of that. Also leave below your favourite shorts channels (cubing or non-cubing) to give us an idea of what's already being done in this field. We have a Discord server dedicated to dumping ideas in and a lot of them we haven't really developed fully into a full-length video, but I think they would make excellent valuable shorts.
We also have plans on doing a lot of suggested content in this channel. We get a lot of ideas from our subscribers that would make excellent shorts videos. Feel free to suggest your ideas on our future shorts videos or in our Discord server. If you want a quick comparison between two cubes or us to try out something wacky, we'd be happy to hear your suggestions.
4 - Podcast
As you know, the podcast has lost some momentum, but we'll be back with more episodes. Our next episode would go into detail on everything you need to know about cubing sponsorships based on our personal experience with various brands and stores. There'll be some things we're not allowed to say but we'll be as transparent as we can be in the hopes that those reading this wanting to get sponsored would be a step closer to achieving that. Also, it's Cube Season. Lots of cubes being released which we'll talk about in our news episodes. We also have plans on doing interviews with manufacturers including the CEO of Diansheng etc. so if you're interested in that then bop a subscribe on the Cubing Couch youtube channel.
If I think of anything else I'll leave it here.
Have a great day.
The Cubing Critics.