Going on a bit of a holiday : Channel update September 2024

[@FoundationAfro]

I love every year you do this video that's basically nothing but "I'm going on vacation for jigsaw puzzles OH AND BY THE WAY BRING ME CHOCOLATE." Never change, Francis.

[@EngineeringDruid]

i started watching you in the the old ONI days but was truly hooked in because of the Rimworld playthroughs

[@antares8826]

Same. At first I disliked the Rimworld videos because it, well it wasn't ONI, but after a time I found myself watching him not because of the ONI content, but because of the Francis content. Good stuff

[@colemoorhead4281]

ONI drew me in, but I have rewatched every Rimworld series multiple times. Love the random game playthroughs, though Francis content is the best content. His take on games is the best.

[@derockgonecrazy]

I hope he falls into the rimworld modded rabbit hole at some point.

[@wolfen210959]

@@derockgonecrazy He did try out the Winston Waves, Psycasts Expanded, and V.O.I.D, and that series, while fun to watch, caused his computer to cry, particularly the Psycasts Expanded mod.

[@talo4172]

Stuck in my office with nothing to do during COVID gave me time to watch all the ONI videos.

[@dreamyriver]

Aw Francis, I live in the ol'Down Under and I'm more than happy to order some Haigh's Dark Orange chocolates for you. I'm not heading to Europe any time soon, but if you have a PO box or similar I can send them to, consider it done, out of gratitude for the years of entertainment you've given me. Let me know. (I'm a migrant, my mother has to send me malt loaf, black bullets and mini battenburg cakes to aid my happiness, so I get the whole "longing for something not available at home"!)

[@peterschmidt1900]

I was expecting this comment. I think most viewers would be happy to do this for FJ! ❤

[@kaiduwinter5795]

A bit sad to hear that the factory games aren't working as well since those are my favorites, but nonetheless I still love your videos and will continue my support :3 Have a nice holiday Francis!

[@grandfremdling3841]

For me its exactly the opposite on the game's site: I really don't enjoy the factory games But the conclusion is the same: I will support Francis anyway 😅

[@SaintGerbilUK]

I agree he's my favorite factory game channel, I do enjoy when he goes off that, but it like the core content too. Although it must be said I've not seen a good way to present satisfactory.

[@johngranahan6102]

Hey FJ, good luck to your partner in the jigsaw championship and just wanted to tell you, you are coming up to 50 million views, that's basically everyone in Ireland watching your video 10 times or everyone in Ireland watching at least 10 videos of yours, thank you for reading and have a good day

[@JaRyCu]

FJ, your random, incoherent travelogues are my absolute favorite videos on your channel. I cannot wait to see what you put together from this trip. And BEST OF LUCK to the girlfriend!

[@samueloakley4254]

Remember to drink Responsibly, providing you can find a whiskey called Responsibly

[@Allisele]

The best part of any convention is convincing international friends to bring various "contraband" to share and paying them in local snacks to take back home!

[@IshCaudron]

Have a good one! Looking forward for your holiday recap!

[@allenbythesea]

dude, enjoy your holiday! we will survive and its better if you are rested and ready to go when you get back. Don't worry about us. :)

[@pkassies]

Enjoy your holiday. Come back refreshed and looking forward to your video's.

[@rayyf69]

Everybody deserves a holiday, enjoy it and thanks for the videos.

[@aldrea6506]

Enjoy your vacation! I'm looking forward to the after vaca ramblings and slideshow, lol.

[@Bonjairno]

Enjoy the vacation, and good luck to your wife on the puzzle competition!

[@MarcCastellsBallesta]

Don't worry about the videos. I just finished re-watching the entire Anita Nikita playthrough and it was really entertaining! Have a great holidays, Francis.

[@Acaila]

@Francis I said it last time you mentioned Haigs chocolate, I'm more than happy to ship some to you as payment for your awesome content. Just drop me a direct message with an address to ship it to!

[@brendanmartin447]

I do enjoy your Factorio videos and had been curious what your take on the DLC would be. That said, I enjoy watching you play games you like to play, so pick whatever you think you'll have the most fun with. Enjoy the holiday, whiskey, and (hopeful) chocolate!

[@themysticgeologist]

I have been (over)thinking about why I enjoy watching some games on your channel more than others. Games like ONI/Rimworld have stories/challenge and noteworthy characters like Lunk or Zombiepops (RIP). Also the element of chaos adds entertainment value, like dupes dropping ice into magma, Randy gifting a center drop of infinity minus one centipedes, or even the livestock jumping around in Stacklands. The factory games are more controlled, with the main challenge of how fast can things be done (usually expanding on a exponential level). Also enemies in factory games don't seem to scale as well, so they are only a threat in the early game. The important thing is if you enjoy a game, play it! Enjoy your trip!

[@mrShift_0044]

Maybe satisfactory update would not add to the enemies, but i belive Factorio is getting A MASSIVE expansion, lots of new rules and mechanics and could be really intertaining even for "non factory" channel members

[@ThomasG1971]

Go have fun, be safe and return refreshed

[@plansix9688]

I love your ONI videos. They are great.

[@gcl2783]

Have a good vacation and I hope your travels are easy.

[@francisdoherty5580]

It's always fun piecing together travel/vacation photos and trying to explain what happened. Some of the best stories/confessions come up. Enjoy your trip. 😊

[@paulus4539]

Factory games is what brought and keeps me watching... so be sorry to see those go if they do, I don't tend to follow the other content so much. Sill though, you gotta play what you enjoy!

[@erebus5170]

Hey Francis. Take the time you need - while some of us might be shaking like crack addicts by the time the next content is posted, we'll survive in the knowledge that a rest will ensure your longevity and we'll get more content in the long run. Plus, can't wait for the post holiday update! As for content, personally I'll watch pretty much anything you put out. I realised during the "Senua's saunter" run, I reckon you could narrate paint drying and make it entertaining! I do think the best content is either where you break out the spreadsheets and min/max a game into dust or when you set yourself a difficult set of challenges.

[@mooncll1]

I like the factory content and am especially a fan of ONI and Dyson's Sphere Program, it's too bad they don't do as well but I understand if you cut them. I enjoy seeing you puzzle things out and figure out the most efficient ways to do things.

[@TheVisualPrick]

Hope you have a awesome holiday. You create quality content. So you deserve some time off!

[@grandfremdling3841]

Good luck and have fun in Spain! 👍

[@kerrymoore1961]

Have a wonderful vacation!

[@EricKendrick2]

Have a great one Francis.

[@shakyhandz4013]

As long as I am able to listen to your voice and your play style, commentary I will always watch you Francis! I will be on patreon as soon as I get a stable job (me graduating) Also my lunch, dinner break time won’t be fulfilled without a francis video! Happy holidays francis! Take care man!

[@simonbray3857]

Dude, ENJOY YOURSELF!!!! We all have your old content to watch and look through, and we all (hopefully) understand you needing a break from time to time. Also, I personally love your videos on things like dyson sphere program (you got me into playing that game), but yeah, it probably is a bit difficult to do two huge games that may require hours to complete different projects in may be kind of taxing. Take a rest from gaming (and also hours of editing), and do us all a favor by having some fun!

[@darthbader6506]

Have a great holiday you two

[@JPEaglesandKatz]

Enjoy your holidays !!! Hope you guys have a good time! :) Take it easy on that amber liquid stuff eh :P Don't worry about the videos, as hard as it will be for us to survive without videos, you need your relax time ! :)

[@boneythelynx8884]

Enjoy your holiday my friend

[@AlthaeaMedea]

Best of luck to your girlfriend, and I hope you both have lots of fun!

[@seanlynch6077]

You earned it! Enjoy your vacation as long as you like!

[@cairhien987]

I'm based in oz! Happy to order some Haighs to be sent over to a PO box for you. If I ever happen to be in your neck of the woods - I'll bring some over

[@elighcollier8110]

I’m here for your factory videos, i love when you break out the spreadsheets

[@mrmichaellatham]

Enjoy your holiday!

[@Saturas35142]

I'll be honest... you could show me footage of paint drying on a wall, as long as you narrate it, i'd watch it ;) Have fun in Spain :D

[@mofoq]

hope you two are successful in the orange choc endeavors....also jigsaw too

[@yaemz123]

I'm not seeing any with orange on their website, so that may be a seasonal availability. And yes, when you go to checkout from another country and select anything besides Australia, it does indeed say they only ship within Australia.

[@antares8826]

Francis definitely doesn't sound like a drug addict when talking about Haigh's chocolate

[@OldStump]

Thanks for doing what you do FJ!

[@DzDzDzzzz146]

not sure why but factorio runs are awesome, definitely on the rimworld/Oni/kenshi side of the spectrum. But yeah, personally, id love to see you tackle some really weird/hard setups on oni or rimworld, you know, things that would be impossible for us mortals, like the ONI mini baby base.

[@darrenmillett3007]

Enjoy the holiday! As several others have said, I will happily send you Haighs chocolates from here in the land downunder. Its the least I can do to repay the countless hours of entertainment and education you provide. From basic ONI, through Waffle Stomp, and even Dwarf Fortress with SalfordSal, it has been very enjoyable to watch, and my 2k+ hours in ONI is all your fault...If you have a PO Box, we can probably drown you in Dark Orange Chocs :)

[@chaosstripe9446]

Hey, personally I love your mildly hungover after trip ramblings.

[@caesarsushi3238]

Those chocolates seem fairly simple, for the chocolate you can use Callebaut (which is the highest possible quality chocolate you can get for that price) and the nougat is fairly low quality, just using orange & mandarin oil rather than real ingredients If i can get my hands on them in Belgium I'll order some and ask my brother-in-law to recreate the recipe since he's a chocolatier

[@Kwisatz-Chaderach]

Have a good time!

[@Metaz]

Have a nice holiday! 😁

[@artur6912]

Just enjoy the holidays bro. We won't die without an update and even a hobby turned job can get hard. Have fun. We will wach videos when they will be available. Also, if you think that the videos work the best when it's a combo of strategy and plot, two words: crusader kings

[@kixsian]

Dont stop with the ONI and DSP videos tahts the whole reason i found you!

[@scott_small]

Good luck to your sweetie in her puzzlement! And best of luck in TastyQuest

[@estanislaukalashnikov2306]

HAVE FUN! I hope that you and your girlfriend have some great holidays! I think that in the meantime I'll watch your old ONI tutorials, I'm starting a new playthrough after a looong so they'll help me out.

[@IAmVolcky]

We all completely understand a much needed vacation, I hope you have a great time. Btw I love your oni play throughs, watched every single one and I appreciate the laughs and entertainment for hours on end from the years of play throughs.

[@MartijnvanWensveen]

pfft speak for yourself. i expect oni vids. and i expect em now!!! /s

[@IAmVolcky]

@@MartijnvanWensveen LMAO 😭

[@thegaymerlounge]

Enjoy your holiday break!

[@DutchStar001]

Would love to see you play factorio 2.0 when it comes out :). For now enjoy your holliday!

[@DSenovilla]

Welcome to Castile and Spain, and enjoy your holidays. If you like whisky, you might be interested in visiting the DYC whisky distillery in Segovia, less than 2 hours from Valladolid.

[@deathdealer646]

Enjoy your vacation dude.

[@MegaBattlezone]

i love all your factory videos ;)

[@nommy8599]

Good luck in the tournament and on your trip, it's nice how you're supporting your GF.

[@custume]

have a good vacations 😉

[@ChristiaanHunter]

have a good holiday :)

[@velkssuisonic8355]

You put in work bud, Enjoy yourself!!

[@maciejbuczkowski8358]

We want a live stream! 🎉 Cheers have fun puzzling whiskeying and chilling :)

[@johnarmitage3452]

I love the dsp series :'( dont do what does well do what makes you happy to do

[@aetryn1485]

Honest comment, meant as constructive: I enjoy your playthroughs better when there's some pressure put on you. ONI puts pressure on because of achievement milestones, and because of resource depletion/limitations. Rimworld puts pressure on because of raids. Games where you have to adapt to the world, the world is putting pressure on you. Many (not all) factory games put relatively little pressure on you. In particular, the loop of "build a very basic research engine -> research everything in a tier in fast forward -> build a minimal factory for the next research engine -> research everything in that tier fast forward -> rinse and repeat" as a style is very much a turnoff to me personally (though it may well be optimal). I can't tell you exactly why - I think it's because it feels like a failure to engage with the core mechanic of the game, which is building a factory at different tech levels and the research is kind of a sideline to the factory building and not the main dish? It's probably a flaw of games in the genre when they let you turn it into a research game more than a factory game. I really wanted to enjoy your latest DSP series because I was thinking about doing another playthrough and wanted some ideas, but when it just turned into "research the entire blue tier" in the first couple videos it just turned me away. I'm wondering if a factory game playthrough where you get a bit out of your comfort zone and are forced to improvise would be more compelling for your audience.

[@mrShift_0044]

actually , you do have a point, i was saddened at the shortness of Satisfactory playtrough because it was essentially a speedrun, but why not build an analog to a sour gas boiler and make something crazy like "the most fixit points possible" run, which would require multiple different factories doing different things with different setup on each one, combining into a massive central base, instead of just long line of machines finishing in 0.5 of final product because "in 18 hours that would be enough"

[@asedfsdfsdf0y74308gh]

in australia we call a half beer and lemonade a waste of a good beer. we also call them "shandies"

[@FrancisJohnYT]

That's a fair opinion but I'm still going to enjoy some super refreshing raddlers 😀

[@lotny5492]

Enjoy your vacation :)

[@charlescagle4292]

have fun g you’re the goat

[@wolfen210959]

I have a request, would you be interested in doing another Tribal Wizards run? I feel that the changes implemented since your first run would provide a much greater challenge, particularly in relation to caravanning, I know that you can "cheese" the pen requirements by placing down a caravan spot, and all caravan animals are "hitched" to it, but unsure of how many animals could be tethered in such a way, and whether they could all feed themselves. A Subnautica Below Zero run would also be interesting, although it takes place on a smaller ocean map, it has a very large land area, and land bases are much more viable than in the first game. It has an interesting story, with a lot of additional lore about the aliens who built the structures in the first game. Just a couple of suggestions FJ, one heavy run - Tribal Wizards, and a light run - Subnautica Below Zero. Enjoy your break. :)

[@amateurpwn4182]

Enjoy your break my dude!

[@ShadowWolfTJC]

ONI and RimWorld were what had originally convinced me to subscribe to Francis John's channel, but I ended up sticking around for all of the games (including the oddballs like Inscryption, Raft, Noita, Cosmoteer, Dream Engines Nomad Cities, Stacklands, Senua's Sacrifice, Songs of Syx, and Kenshi) that he had been showcasing on the channel besides ONI and RimWorld (both of which I've already grown tired of). Because of him, I've found some games that really interested me, one of which I had decided to show to my dad (which was X4: Foundations), who's been a fan of grand strategy games like Sid Meier's Civilization and Master of Orion since the 1990s, plus had also played Wing Commander back then.

[@hellhound4843]

Enjoy your holiday faaam!!!

[@alexanderperezcampos6766]

Enjoy your free time man, you deserve it! Keep the great content when you come back :D

[@River_of_Egypt]

Honestly preferred this to Raft. But also really prefer RW/ONI to factories. Have a great holiday. As a South Aussie, I would send chocolates but I don't know anyone going. Also screw that comment, our wine's the best on the mainland.

[@ScrewyGirl]

Have fun!

[@allyourgardeningneeds]

Enjoy your holidays FJ!

[@Zanlan.]

Years ago I wrote a comment about how I didn't want to see Rimworld and more Oxygen Not Included. I just got into Rimworld. Pls do some more videos of that!

[@Zanlan.]

First time I saw Francis irl!

[@szerocools]

I'll look forward for the Whisky!

[@RaukGorth]

Enjoy!

[@abhinavmehrotra]

Have fun in your vacay. All the best to your gf for the championship. Hope to see you back soon on YT. Maybe some frostpunk 2.

[@Nosnibor-ol2pz]

So you know, the half lemonade half beer thing is called a shandy and/or a radler.

[@xyvernthederg5760]

enjoy the holiday

[@enamis1]

have a good one, man

[@DroCaMk3]

I for one would love to see you properly tackle inscryption kaycee's mod. You got me into that game and I massively enjoyed watching you play it. And more Rimworld, of course. Or another ONI mini base run.

[@Idethrad]

Bugger, From Australia check, going to spain in a week check, will be in Valladolid nope - Madrid. so close

[@eezaak21]

Enjoy your holiday. I'm from Australia....so if your really want those Haigs chocolates I could mail you some. Been enjoying your videos for years.

[@pancake27777]

Brooo. Satisfactory 1.0 AND factorio expansion!!!

[@erikliam520]

02:50 Drunk ONI builds, let's go.

[@miguelalejandroephiramasth2405]

Let's hope Francis could have his Australian chocolate fix.

[@capitandeadpool3920]

Hi Francis!!!

[@JohnSmith-kz7rd]

have fun fren

[@GridPoetWraith]

YES! more X4! >_>

[@pocketcheese4368]

Please revisit Cosmoteer and do a "no kite ships" run.

[@erawlins1]

Sorry to hear DSP isn't a great performer for you. I'm a patron and voted for DSP, I've been enjoying it a lot and started playing the game myself. I think Factorio is a bit less interesting to watch because, since the map is effectively infinite space, you end up just making one design that works then replicating it over and over until your computer cries out in pain. DSP is a little better because you can set goals for different planets and come up with at least a bit of a big building project. It is just different enough I suppose. I tune in for every DSP and ONI video. I enjoy other games, but they are hit or miss. Subnautica was a lot of fun to watch and Stacklands introduced me to a new game, but I didn't care for Inscryption at all. Hopefully you're able to find a good balance that doesn't entirely give up on the builder games.

[@christophemalgouyres]

Have fun FJ!

[@simrock_]

No worries, at least part of us are here for your inane rambling and unconventional solutions you come up with on the spot. Might be that's why some stuff is working less for you when you actually spend considerable time planning it out? Anyway, most important of all enjoy your vacation :)

[@artemis9789]

Enjoy your holiday good sir! On the oft chance you see this comment I would like to recommend Necesse for you to check out. Its a blend of Rimworld, Terraria, and Minecraft and I would love to hear your take on it! If it's not on your wheel of recommended games it should be!

[@aryath7711]

I think what appeals to me most on this channel is your strategizing and optimizing, finding ways to break games and driving it to ridiculous levels, and most importantly the way you explain your thought process of how you tackle problems so that we as viewers can see the bigger picture. I prefer that much more over action and stuff happening on the screen, thus I enjoy e.g. your Satisfactory and Dyson Sphere Project series more than e.g. your Raft and Subnautica series. I totally disagree with you saying that you "can't really make good videos out of" those factory games, because for me you're striking the best balance of pace, details, action and actually making sense of what is happening on a bigger scale.

[@aryath7711]

and honestly, I wish my brain would explain to ME what I'M doing, the way you explain what you're doing