I'm NOT Quitting After All, But...

[@robotratsrb2152]

I remember watching your videos on my Wii U gamepad late at night, stifling laughter at your commentary on your classic "Crappy DOOM .WADs" content. I'd be so sad to see you go and I'm so glad that you find the motivation to keep going after all this time. You are strong. Stronger than me at least, I don't know how much that's worth. It's hard to consistently make content especially when the niche has long died out, but I'll always be here for it. Thank you!

[@mcdonalds9498]

Holy Shit You Have A Wii U :O

[@robotratsrb2152]

@@mcdonalds9498 It might have done poorly commercially but it will always have a special place in my heart, I never owned a Wii and it was my very first Nintendo console

[@mcdonalds9498]

@@robotratsrb2152 I Own Many N Conse But The WiiU Is My Favorite It Can Do A Lot Especially With H O M E B R E W

[@AntonReacts-ww4tf]

This comment is literally what I've been doing for the past couple of months

[@mcdonalds9498]

@@AntonReacts-ww4tf i Whish I Could Do Thast But Mu WiiU Battery Expandend but Hey Ifixit As Me Coverd lol also Damm WiiU batterys are chep

[@comradecockatoo3558]

I'm so grateful that you're not quitting. You've always been a favorite channel for me ever since 2009, and I'm glad that this new, stupid era of KZbin won't stifle you. Thanks for making my tweenhood and teenhood great, man. Bless you, and shine on.

[@BrickManLive]

I've been a frequent viewer since the older days of "crappy doom wads" (gotta be honest, I watched these ones the most). I remember laughing my ass off at various degrees of stupidity in Terry wads, your never changing comments like "This looks good so far" 5 seconds before the earrape starts always felt like a perfect comedic touch. But there's more than that. Your videos always have a "comfy" feel to them, I don't know how else to describe them. I've been watching them a lot, especially during more stressful parts of my life, and they never failed to cheer me up. For that I am very grateful. Do whatever you think is right, we'll be there to support you. Thanks for everything!

[@Nomed38]

I am very glad to hear you are doing better. Any improvement over yesterday no matter how small is still an improvement. The announcement that you will continue to make videos on a longer schedule is an unexpected surprise but a much welcomed one. Good luck and Godspeed!

[@NewEnglandOtaku]

I didn't know about any of that happening... I haven't seen updates from you in a long time and I thought you stopped. I do enjoy watching your videos and I love the content and all I can really do is hope for the best for you.

[@doomguy5048]

You make my day I refuse to lost another youtuber of my childhood i love

[@DFFilmmaker]

Aquarius ure the reason i got into doom mapping in the first place so that i can see u review my wads u are truly a legend in the doom community and ur content never gets olds :)

[@Dreamybloo101]

Keep this channel going Aquarius. NEVER stop making fun and awesome videos right here, right now dude. Keep up the good working your gonna do man and your welcome for the motivation

[@GeorgeWashingmachine2371]

I am very happy you aren’t quitting. I loved watching your reviews of Terry WAD’s and Crappy/Scary/Whatever-you-wanna-call-it WAD’s and I still go back to them. Those were the videos that motivated me to make some videos myself. I hope you find out a way to fix this hot mess of a hobby.

[@SinbadNaiver]

Take your time, Aquarius. If you overwork yourself and go too fast on video production, it could lead to burnout. So, take all the time you need, and take good care of yourself. Make sure you don't overdo it or overwork yourself. 🤗

[@Cookieofdoom]

Sad about the monitization. That's a huge blow to a motivator. Hope you get it back again!

[@GreshKaal]

I ran across your channel years ago when trying to figure out what a Terry Trap was. Or maybe one of your videos hit my frontpage. No idea anymore, but you're a creator who just has made a long-lasting impression in my mind. No matter how long I get distracted for and don't check on your channel, I always get a really warm feeling every time I end up back here. I know all too well how it goes to keep fighting when shit is going down. Nothing but respect for you for fighting against what tries to hold you down. I support you, man. No matter if you have to slow down or stop content or not, as long as you keep being you, I'm in your corner. You've made more than a handful of people have better days. For every comment on here, I there's probably 5 or more people who can't/won't comment, but that feel the same as these comments. You keep kickin' ass, my man.

[@ZacharyDietze]

0:15 *THERE I AM GARY, THERE I AM!!!* In all seriousness though, this is about what I expected, and i’m glad you aren’t abandoning the channel entirely. You do not need to rush making videos or even take requests for something like Doom WAD playthroughs when not only are plenty enough other channels doing it, but also the fact that it’s a pretty niche subject at this point. (Or at least in comparison to the 1990’s and 2000’s) It’s such a specific category that you honestly shouldn’t have to stress yourself over. It’s like the MUGEN or Beam-Monsters communities, things just kinda happen all over the place at their own paces, and there’s nothing wrong with that. We’re all human beings at the end of the day. It’s not like you don’t have enough videos on the channel to begin with anyways. If anything, I’m kinda surprised you actually kept up with it pretty consistently for the most part for so many years and with long gameplay sessions, even after the short period of having monetization only for it to go blank again. If you ask me though, trying to make money off of a platform like KZbin as your main source of income is a terrible idea anyways because of how unreliable it all is ever since day one. There doesn’t seem to be a main consensus on how or how not people are able to keep a steady income since the rules change all the time and are never addressed, and if they are they are so vague that no one could even possibly predict what to do next until a few more updates later where it is now irrelevant and useless information. And even if you somehow could get monetization, more than 90% of the terrible ads you never get a single cent for anyways. There are ads on non-monetized channels now, I’m not kidding. They are almost literally everywhere and it’s becoming insufferable. I wish people would just migrate over to a better website like VidLii instead, but we all that’s not gonna happen unless big channels advertise it and eventually turns into a corporate shill itself. But regardless, whatever troubles you are going through, I hope things can improve and get better. The world is pretty messed up now as it is, so my only recommendation I have left is to just stay calm, focus on maintaining yourself, and try to relax and/or have fun whenever you can at your own leisure. You owe nothing to anyone other than yourself, and maybe your immediate friends and family if you need to. Sorry for yet another mountain of text, but I feel as if messages like these can be important whenever someone decides to actually read through them. Stay safe and respectful everyone.

[@kaiman.5282]

Damn man, we will always be supporting you.

[@davidoom]

I wish you the best Aquarius. Right now, I'm struggling to keep it together too. But I hope that in telling you "You're not alone" you will feel better.

[@tylernugent2228]

I’ve been watching your content since I believe 2014 and I’ve enjoyed every moment of it hell you were the main reason I got back in to doom modding scene of trying different mods and while I don’t do that a lot now I still cherish those moments. Whatever Happens from here on just know that I’ll support you every step of the way.

[@Undeabducks]

You didn't need to come back, but you did anyways, of your own choice. Nothing forced you to come back, you just did. I wouldn't know half of the commitment to making videos like these for years, and it's admirable that you've still got some pep to keep up. Whenever you have a game to publish, I definitely wanna be there to check it out.

[@AWESOMEX711]

I am glad you are not quitting Aquarius. I love your channel. Your videos always make me laugh when I am down. It's ok do things on your own rhythm. We will cherish whaetever content you find time to make for us.

[@TSDsam]

Glad to see you will be sticking around! I love watching your videos. I think we can all understand that priorities change over time. Looking forward to future content at any speed! Thank You!

[@skeletonmemelord7779]

it's nice to know you aren't gone. take your time with production as much as you feel you need to though. you can't rush perfection after all

[@phoenix_4048]

Aquarius, you were the spark of my childhood. I was worried you were going to actually quit KZbin altogether but after seeing this it made me have faith in the community. Never give up, trust your instincts, and kick demon ass for us!

[@hornbuckle0wns]

Whew, that's one piece of my formative years kept secured a bit longer. I don't think anybody'll be disappointed that you're taking time inbetween and doing important things, it'll just make those videos that do trickle out that much better. There'll be no shortage of doom wads anytime soon, amazing to awful, so here's hoping youtube wizens up and gives you that partnership. See you on your next video, old friend.

[@MrBixbySnyder]

I’m glad you decided to continue your channel, I enjoy your videos, especially the Crappy Doom WAD videos as they’re outright hilarious. Don’t worry too much about life getting in the way, it all happens to us and whenever you make a video just know your fans will be grateful!

[@kurtismcdeath6836]

I did not give you kind words when i had to but i indeed tweeted the msg to youtube as soon i saw your post. However im gotta (try) give you some: First of all im very happy that you arent quitting,and even more happy of your ideas,whether is the twitch channel or the games you mentioned. Second dont feel like putting out content is a life or dead decision,people(at least the kind ones) will respect you taking your time from each upload in between. And lastly each day is diferent,today one year in the future could very well be greater than the last if you just put your mind that it will be.You are not alone,there are people supporting you and will wait for you to be on your optimal strength to make videos once again. PS: if i sound weird is because im super sleepy right now,but i found enough time to write this somehow.

[@marcy9743]

We’re glad to have you back, fellow marine.

[@DesertFerret7]

That's alright Aquarius, you have bigger fish to fry and things you need to take of. Hopefully we will see new videos from you later on.

[@77Deathdog]

I'm glade to see you're not going to quit making videos my man. But i do understand the struggle of real life getting in a way of things like making videos and such. I wish you the best of luck and hope to see more videos from you in the future and maybe see one of my wads in your videos, we'll have to wait and see now don't we...

[@deanyktru9944]

As they said, be optimistic. Nothing is impossible if you keep trying on your goal.

[@Wbfuhn]

The fact that TYT can mute people they don't like is unprofessional and biased. This is why we have to look at alternative options. I'm uploading to 3 other platforms to see how things go.

[@AlexKaneROTN]

I think he made a channel on Rumble, which I thought was great news. I hope he looks into Odysee, as well. Wherever he goes, I know the community he built will follow. 🙂

[@hazzmati]

He deserves it for virtue signaling

[@someguy4252]

@@AlexKaneROTN ... as long as he lets folks know where he went, some folks i watched in the past like one f jeff dissapearred all of a sudden no anouncement as to where they went find out latter they stream on twitch.

[@AlexKaneROTN]

@@someguy4252 he doesn't really seem like the kind of person to just take off and leave without telling anybody. Don't feel like it's in his character.

[@fabiandiosfreddy6529]

Thanks for not leaving Aquarius, We love u

[@nieprzebijalnyn8942]

this channel, is pretty much a channel i watched since childhood

[@Guardedripjaw08]

We love you Aquarius!!❤️

[@Cameraperson254]

Good luck with all your projects and please update us when you can.

[@speakydooman3197]

i enjoy watching your content and i'm fine with it taking time for you to upload cause you have a life man

[@johnsmith-jw1do]

I always love finding out about new good doom wads

[@maucross106]

We know Classic Doom channels aren't well-knows here in youtube. But we are very loyal small community 💚

[@999thenewman]

The answer is yes, use your new channel. You got this, Aquarius.

[@MegaWillPrime16]

Hopefully the college debt will soon be over for you so you can keep making videos, Aquarius199.

[@mleczyk7638]

damn its sad that you're losing motivation but its great that you still will make vids, cuz ngl I love your videos about Crappy, Joke, Good and Creepy Doom wads and I rly enjoyed watching them, probably I watched your crappy, creepy and dumb doom wads the most

[@Mooshkajoe]

We hung in there and figured you'd come around. Handle your biz and we'll watch for those notifications.

[@TheHECU1998]

I do love your contents, because they are all just fun

[@xxuberxjasonxx3456]

I'm very glad to see this video u posted, aquarius and you're never alone they wanted see more doom wad vids it's like you be reaching a mountain to the top until the end. And as for that CEO KZbin and her Cronie creators, that shows how that TDGAF while playing with their green piece of paper and letting all creeps to watch that elsagate vids and it gets worse now their posting new disturbing video with same terrible animations and their copyrighting sonic and game characters, be on a lookout, I wonder what KZbin's creepy smile trick is going to be?

[@MonoChatarra]

Thank you Aquarius!

[@kingnyandam2506]

you do you man, we are not forcing you to do anything. Go at your own pace and do what you feel comfortable doing.

[@randomyoshi]

Hey there. I'm not sure if you'll get a chance to read this comment since it'll probably be buried by other comments with higher upvote count, but I just wanted to let you know that I've always enjoyed watching your videos. I'm glad that you've decided to continue making videos after what you've been through. Keep up the great work, and I hope to see more great stuff from you in the future, even if your channel slows down by a lot.

[@MagnusRohden-db8gy]

Bro don't stop we all miss you you where one of the greatest doomers of all time we don't want to lose you please come back :(

[@dogsno7061]

Dont stop making doom wad showcases they're so funny idk your commentary isnt even a voice but i find myself laughing while watching your videos. Btw been wqtching your videos since i was a kid

[@dogsno7061]

If anything your channel has merits so why dont you try to make your channel into the ideal "corporate" direction.

[@EstresAnual.]

He visto muchos de tus videos,que aunque no entienda bien el inglés me gustan mucho y espero que mejores :)

[@tomi3448]

I'm glad that you stay. Go at your own pace. Just don't make a Valve move

[@СергейБильмандо]

We watched your videos alltogether and laughed at every terry trap all night long

[@mysticalacer94]

Think its safe to say that if you ever reach YT again for help like last time, you might as well be talking to a brick wall cause they never listen. Whatever alternatives you seek to monetize your vids, wish you good luck.

[@childofthe80s1981]

Yay you aren't quitting look forward to your next video

[@ytmndman]

Fine with me, it takes me months to catch up on videos anyway (as you can see I am only just watching this now).

[@NuthatchLover33]

I am very happy to hear you're not quitting making videos! I'll say it again (and as many times more as possible): your content is amazing! Without your channel, KZbin would be much more lonely and less worth it. To me anyway. Also, very happy to hear that you're considering to start working on a GZDoom engine based game of your own. This is quite an undertaking, but I foresee a lot of fun, and can't wait to see and play it! Good luck to you! :) I wish you all the best of luck and success in life, and positives changes in the future. Keep up good work as usual! Looking forward to see more creations of yours! :)

[@j-films6663]

If you are thinking of doing twitch, it’d be a fun idea to revisit past WAD like ST98 or the ghostbusters one. Idk just an idea

[@Khaos817]

You are a awesome Doom creator

[@vhproductions]

WOOOOO Aquarius isn't leaving!!! Now that I think about it, a Twitch channel would be a good idea! Just stream yourself playing, well, whatever! Like MR_ICARUS or something.

[@vhproductions]

OH and if you ever make a twitch you can make the new channel a stream highlights channel!

[@KnoxCarbon]

Just upload whenever you feel like bro

[@failah7411]

Is the theme you used from legend of dragoon?

[@Aquarius199]

As the description says, yes.

[@fragmister]

👍

[@ExtremeWreck]

Let's hope you can get back to making videos before all the Terry WAD creators rise up again to make you more miserable than ever. Those guys seriously just need to STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP.

[@eljaminlatour6633]

I have Twitch, I could interact with you once you stream.

[@Thegoodgamerpro72jdq]

vib ribbon moment

[@Bruhmandude]

Dude I'd watch your streams

[@HankSmashes]

Just do what you can buddy.

[@AlesterMyersWick]

i feel sorry for your loss due to your channel losing it's monetization...

[@sharoyveduchi]

I do not recommend Twitch. If you think you have time for Twitch then you should instead spend that time for making the gzdoom engine game. Twitch content will never be as enjoyable as your KZbin videos. They were only "good" for let's players. I would rather pay money for a low effort freedoom modification than just randomly give money on Twitch.

[@ElysaraCh]

I think if KZbin doesn't give a flip about you, you should seriously think about going to Twitch. You'll probably make affiliate right away with the following you already have and I'm sure you'll do well there.

[@RustLighter]

Well youtube shitd me too, my other channel had like 200subs back in the day you could monetize 100sub channel, then youtube changed it to 1000 and demonetize my channel, and i got way past 1000 but no they didnt monetize it again ever....

[@jec_ecart]

Good.

[@ELguayguayarenoDEATHMETALERO]

😟

[@airatrev6557]

My friend if you're running low on funds you should look into forex far better than any crypto or stock market there could ever be as you stated on your other video reach out if you want to know more I'll give you some pointers stay frosty friend 👍

[@professortwist7509]

Quit again

[@Sabathdoom]

can't wait to see your work on gzdoom engine