yockee
Veteran
Hello,
I am posting this under member introductions because that seemed to make the most sense to me. It isn't really an introduction, but just a few things about what I do, so from now on, you can have an idea of what you're getting yourself into when you decide to watch one of my videos.
(space for Thom)
On this forum, I go by the name Yockee (for a reason that would take about 10 hours to explain), but I am better known as Xxoxia on you tube. I started cubing seriously sometime in 2008 / 09, and found my way to this site, as well as you tube, where I learned a lot of what I know. Since then, I've put a lot of hours into learning about and practicing the Fridrich method, and have so far, been able to get my 3x3 average down to about 15 sec (on a good day).
Before moving to England and cubing, I lived in NJ (USA) and was a complete mess living on the streets, due to a 7 year heroin and crack problem (among other things), which pretty much had total control over whatever life I had left, leading me down a road of steeling, getting locked up, being out of control, and just pretty much making stupid decisions in whatever I did. I alienated everyone I loved; my ex took my son and went off moving around the country, my parents had nothing to do with me, and my band at the time (www.myspace.com/cropcirclesandbox) broke up after I broke into my drummer's house and stole a lot of money (we are friends again), and really wasn't able to stay focused at practices anyway. My wife was the only person that would still talk to me, despite whatever things I had done / lied to her about, and the fact that we lived in different countries. I was pretty much living a life that most of you only see or hear about in movies.
Once 2008 came, I moved to England, got off drugs, and began cubing / making videos. It became an obsession pretty quickly, because I needed something to keep my mind active, to stay away from drugs, etc.
When I started making videos, the scene on you tube wasn't quite as big. The only cubers (I knew of) posting videos were esquimalt1, Erik, the 5AC, CamCuber, and every once in a while, Feliks would post something. Other than that, there weren't too many unboxings and reviews, like you see today. Then, more and more cubers started making more and more videos, and they were all quite similar. By this time, I had enough information on what people wanted to see, and at the same time wanted to give them something they didn't have. So, I take everything I can with me into my videos that people don't get from others whether it's foul language, screaming, running around acting like a loon, skating in my living room, certain catch phrases that I might drop here and there just to bring back a feeling of "nostalgia" for those who have kept up with me from the beginning, and whatever info I possibly can, about whatever cube / item it is I'm discussing. All of these things (and probably a lot more that I can't think of right now) make up the "character" you see in my videos, but a character (to me) isn't enough. That would just be a different person still making the same reviews and unboxings, etc, that everyone else makes, so I add more "scenes" to these same kinds of videos, to make them a little more entertaining and interesting, rather than just saying, "ok, here's this cube, it's fast and cuts corners."
So basically, when you watch my videos and give me comments like "this is the worst crap I've ever seen." or "this is garbage, you are crazy." etc, you're pretty much only insulting yourself rather than me, because you're the boring one with no imagination or sense of humor and adventure, that wants to see the same old thing, over and over, just from another person. At the end of the day, I know what I'm doing and why, and the people that "get" it are the ones that like my videos, and want something new in the world of cubing. Not to say that there's anything wrong with the "normal" way - sure, we still need people to make those regular videos, but at the same time, try to understand that with Xxoxia around, there's always another way.
I am posting this under member introductions because that seemed to make the most sense to me. It isn't really an introduction, but just a few things about what I do, so from now on, you can have an idea of what you're getting yourself into when you decide to watch one of my videos.
(space for Thom)
On this forum, I go by the name Yockee (for a reason that would take about 10 hours to explain), but I am better known as Xxoxia on you tube. I started cubing seriously sometime in 2008 / 09, and found my way to this site, as well as you tube, where I learned a lot of what I know. Since then, I've put a lot of hours into learning about and practicing the Fridrich method, and have so far, been able to get my 3x3 average down to about 15 sec (on a good day).
Before moving to England and cubing, I lived in NJ (USA) and was a complete mess living on the streets, due to a 7 year heroin and crack problem (among other things), which pretty much had total control over whatever life I had left, leading me down a road of steeling, getting locked up, being out of control, and just pretty much making stupid decisions in whatever I did. I alienated everyone I loved; my ex took my son and went off moving around the country, my parents had nothing to do with me, and my band at the time (www.myspace.com/cropcirclesandbox) broke up after I broke into my drummer's house and stole a lot of money (we are friends again), and really wasn't able to stay focused at practices anyway. My wife was the only person that would still talk to me, despite whatever things I had done / lied to her about, and the fact that we lived in different countries. I was pretty much living a life that most of you only see or hear about in movies.
Once 2008 came, I moved to England, got off drugs, and began cubing / making videos. It became an obsession pretty quickly, because I needed something to keep my mind active, to stay away from drugs, etc.
When I started making videos, the scene on you tube wasn't quite as big. The only cubers (I knew of) posting videos were esquimalt1, Erik, the 5AC, CamCuber, and every once in a while, Feliks would post something. Other than that, there weren't too many unboxings and reviews, like you see today. Then, more and more cubers started making more and more videos, and they were all quite similar. By this time, I had enough information on what people wanted to see, and at the same time wanted to give them something they didn't have. So, I take everything I can with me into my videos that people don't get from others whether it's foul language, screaming, running around acting like a loon, skating in my living room, certain catch phrases that I might drop here and there just to bring back a feeling of "nostalgia" for those who have kept up with me from the beginning, and whatever info I possibly can, about whatever cube / item it is I'm discussing. All of these things (and probably a lot more that I can't think of right now) make up the "character" you see in my videos, but a character (to me) isn't enough. That would just be a different person still making the same reviews and unboxings, etc, that everyone else makes, so I add more "scenes" to these same kinds of videos, to make them a little more entertaining and interesting, rather than just saying, "ok, here's this cube, it's fast and cuts corners."
So basically, when you watch my videos and give me comments like "this is the worst crap I've ever seen." or "this is garbage, you are crazy." etc, you're pretty much only insulting yourself rather than me, because you're the boring one with no imagination or sense of humor and adventure, that wants to see the same old thing, over and over, just from another person. At the end of the day, I know what I'm doing and why, and the people that "get" it are the ones that like my videos, and want something new in the world of cubing. Not to say that there's anything wrong with the "normal" way - sure, we still need people to make those regular videos, but at the same time, try to understand that with Xxoxia around, there's always another way.
