IMPORTANT UPDATE: My Health, LiveStreams, And YOUR Input!

[@Blackfire_2022]

We need to go off the deep end with theories and updates.

[@TheReturnersHideout]

I've got several types of videos I'm writing currently. I think it's a good balance of formats, and I hope you enjoy it! Thank you for commenting!

[@Blackfire_2022]

@@TheReturnersHideout can't wait to see what you are cooking

[@JDHutchison]

I know I’m a week late here - but here goes: I personally like the deep dive stuff. I find certain theories or head canon stuff fascinating. However, entry level stuff is probably best to bring in a wider audience. Really, I’m just here for whatever you do. I dig the series and dig your energy on it. And yes - Kain, please.

[@TheReturnersHideout]

Thanks! I’m definitely going to do a mix, I just gotta write it all and figure out what exactly I’m doing! Thank you so much for commenting!

[@raza5757]

Love the deep dives and theories.

[@Humanhornis]

I love the mix of all of it truthfully and I’m gonna give an opinion that’s in the minority o think but honestly o loved the stuff about what got you into FF and realizing I’m not that different from other fans of the series that grew up in the 90s with these games. That and the deep dives/theory crafting stuff I found fascinating

[@brash2008]

I want both, deep dives AND entry level! Just subscribed so I am a latecomer to the party.

[@TheReturnersHideout]

Thank you so much, and welcome aboard! You’re actually just in time! There’s no such thing as late to this party!

[@benjepson]

More of everything! It's all good. Your channel rules my friend.

[@TheReturnersHideout]

Thank you so much! That's super nice of you!

[@benjepson]

@@TheReturnersHideout nice of you to share it! I don't know why, might be the best "gaming" channel. I guess cause it's not just games...I have more of an emotional connection to Final fantasy that I'd care to admit, starting with reading Nintendo power, renting & finally getting a used copy of 1 a million years ago. Happy if I can be called a Returner. I consider chrono trigger close enough too. Even the best. It's not F F i know but it is. I liked your sandwich metaphor, with that perspective i kinda consider chrono trigger to be the most final fantasy of all. 😆😆

[@TheReturnersHideout]

Oh I'm with you - I have a HUGE emotional attachment to this series. I cry all the time about it! I might just have to share my full story with the series. I do have a video that definitely covers most of it! But anyway, welcome aboard! I'm glad you're here!

[@HallowedBeThyGame]

You have a treasure trove of videos that have been fascinating. Your theory videos have been a blast to watch but I’ll be honest your vids on introductory games to FF have been refreshing to watch. Been a wonderful trip down nostalgia lane. Stoked to have found the returner’s hideout. Also happy you are past the nasty virus! Confident your channel is bound for greatness, algorithm stinks.

[@TheReturnersHideout]

Thank you for the ultra kind words!

[@Marscollateral]

Love to see more facts videos!

[@TheReturnersHideout]

I can do that!

[@rileylukomski527]

FF content ideas: Drafts: FF 6 final boss style fight. Team of 13. You and a friends draft your dream team of 13 characters across all games. Let the people vote who has best team. FF characters you would want to be friends with FF characters you’d take on a date FF characters who should be punched in the face Top 10 lists: FF Character classes Villains Plot twists Soundtracks FF 6 songs Main characters Airships Mini games Non playable characters Dive into your fav fan fictions and why you like them / what you would change FF6 vs FF7 debate Never can have enough quizzes I’ve enjoyed the content so far, keep up the good work!

[@Matthew8347-l7r]

What do I want to see? Deep dives, deep dives, deep dives! Always going to be a fan of deep dives of games pre-7 and that's my FAVORITE content but TBH, I watch all of your other content anyway and I'm finding I absolutely love it so you do you and I'll enjoy it anyway! As far as live streaming, I'm all over it! In fact, if you ever want to do a twitch stream of a game, I think I would be interested in watching you play 4 or Stranger of Paradise. And of course it would be great to have conversation with you! That's why I've been pushing to have you come to a con at some point. Keep up the good work! Returners unite!

[@josephdolph8474]

Livestream the final fantasy strangers in Paradise I really liked your stuff about that

[@TheReturnersHideout]

I will absolutely eventually get into playing the games while I stream, but not at first. I really want to get to know all you Returners first!

[@souperdad]

I wanna see a video on character betrayals. Whether through influence or otherwise

[@connerw]

I’d be curious to hear your subjective thoughts on every FF game: What do you like about each game? What do you not like? Do you prefer real-time, ATB, or Turn-Based? What characters connected with you? I’d also be interested in a video/videos about the Final Fantasy movies, but that could just be because I’m a filmmaker. Also I’d be curious to hear if you have a “dream Final Fantasy game”.

[@ry2950]

Thank you for an awesome update video. I'm glad you are feeling better though, personal health is priority one you definitely deserved to take the time away to avoid that burnout. I think you are doing things fantastically. Every new video you make creates a new avenue to be discovered even the old ones can still show up in a recommendation. I'll try to provide some thoughts on the ideas you mentioned in the video - but always remember that first, and foremost it is your channel & if there are video types you prefer more than others than I would recommend you follow your own intuition over a random stranger on the internets recommendation. With that being said here go! *[Character Analysis Videos]* These are always a huge plus for me so it gets my first vote. I always enjoy watching them on a second monitor while just farming in a game on the side. Plus Final Fantasy has the blessing of an insane roster of both playable, and non playable characters to pick from so there definitely wouldn't be a shortage of content with this. My only concern is that there are a lot of other channels that also make character analysis videos for the popular characters which might get you overshadowed, but at the same time it might also allow one of your videos to appear as a recommendation for someone watching their content as well so its hard to say how beneficial it would be. If you do go this route then I'd definitely love to hear tidbits of your personal thoughts, and opinions on the character in discussion as well - a lot of analysis videos tread along the lines of being a reread of a wikia page in their own words. Also Kain Highwind is the bees knees. My favorite character only behind Vivi. *[Theory Videos]* These are always a blast to view as well. After awhile though I can understand how difficult it can be to find new content since there is only so much speculation we can before it appears to be "grasping at straws". If you have ideas for this category though then definitely get them out there because your videos like Gogo being Baram was enjoyable to listen to. This gets my second place recommendation although I recommend not burning yourself out if new ideas become difficult to find. Speculation videos on upcoming FF games are also enjoyable to watch. *[Challenge Runs]* I love these so much, but they are definitely most prone to providing "burnout" because of how torturous some of them can be. A few I'd love to see someday could be ones like playing FFV but using a random generator to determine what jobs each character has to use with each new area. FF Tactics with Ramza solo + no random encounters. FFVII where material cannot be reused if it is unequiped (including switching weapons). FFVIII a GF's has to be junctioned to every character before you can assign a second + can't unequip them. FFIX where you have to use Amarant because nobody ever uses him (fun fact: Chakra is a cool skill for MP battery so casters can use magic more often in random encounters). There are a lot of possibilities you can do with challenge runs, but even the ones that aren't super stressful are still time consuming so I'd understand if you only made these at conservative intervals. Might be better to use this topic for live streams. I've been trying to get 100% of the achievements of all FF games on Steam, and that alone has been a massive challenge. *[Boss Strategies]* I enjoys these too, but I think nearly every boss in FF history has some kind of strategy video for them by now. It could easily get buried unless you are one of the first to bring a unfound strategy to the platform. *[Entry Level / Conversation Topic]* These are always welcome because the franchise will always accumulate new fans. Especially with FFXVI around the corner so a lot of people jumping in for the first time might be curious on the series "roots". Videos about the earlier games, things that made the franchise so popular, controversies/challenges the franchise has faced or is facing. Even as a FF fan for most of my life these types of videos are still attractive because they can provide insight that never crossed my mind. I'd also love to know what other types of RPG's or games you play (if any). Like thoughts on other games that are similar or inspired by Final Fantasy, or had the same cultural impact (like Chrono Trigger). You do a fantastic job with these types of videos! My favorite FF game is Final Fantasy Tactics the War of the Lions, and it doesn't get a lot of content on the KZbin platform compared to the more popular entries although there are a lot of really cool themes within the story that make for great topics of discussion. Characters have multiple foils, and their personal stories juxtapose with each other in ways that can make for interesting conversation pieces - for example Delita/Wiegraf have many similarities even though both stories end in completely different ways or Chapter 1 Ramza/Izlude similarities about how they were both "doing their duty" out of loyalty to their family until discovering the corruption. *[Top 10 Videos]* Love hearing opinions of things you like/dislike within certain games of the franchise. These are easy to do, and enjoyable to watch even if as a viewer my choices would differ. I'd recommend when thinking of a topic to search it to see how often it has been done. Anything that hasn't already been done elsewhere before would be an instant watch on my end. Name is Ryan, and I reside in Michigan. FF8 was my introduction to Final Fantasy when watching my older brother play it as kids. Love nearly every mainly Final Fantasy game although I-III & XIII gravitate near the bottom of the list (doesn't mean I hate them). Looking forward to seeing what 2023 has in store for the future of your channel! I'll also try to make an effort to catch live streams because I'd love to participate more within the community you are building. Proud of you to see how much things are growing. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@short0811]

I think the deep dives are for most of us here. We are here because we are FF nerds and love the classic FF games. Deep dives for this old man!

[@TheReturnersHideout]

Oh I've got some in the works. They just take the longest to make!

[@raffyvalky4527]

I would love more of those mystery videos along the lines of the gogo video absolutely! I like the idea of challenges (A no magicite ff6 run or 4 job fiesta from ff5 would be neat) I would love character analysis videos (Kain, Cecil, Rydia, Barret, Cid from FF7, etc.) And it would be so cool if you explained some final fantasy SPEEDRUNS, and maybe attempt them yourself to see what it's like. (The first 6 games I think might be the most interesting and least time consuming) Maybe talk about the best moments in final fantasy games, top xx countdowns, and yes A series on strategies and walkthroughs would be cool as well. I'd also like to know what characters you relate/like the most, and maybe just do videos looking back on your subjective thoughts and memories on each ff game. Edit: Maybe covering rom hacks and improvement patches on each final fantasy game would be great too!

[@AstrumEX]

Just found your channel today. I watched a handful of the videos and love the content so far! Can’t wait for the podcast to come around! I’m in need of a new podcast to listen to. Also, I loved the deep dive stuff. Hearing the unreleased music was freakin rad.

[@TheReturnersHideout]

Aww thanks so much! I too love the deep dive stuff and finding unreleased stuff!

[@Gnordlan]

I'm a new watcher! First idea: I'm a child of the original games. FF1-FF7. I've played some of the later games, but not many, and only beaten... 12? Yeah, just 12. So... do an entry level "this is the story" video for each FF8+! Like... spoiler-riffic! Make me love them. Make me want to play them! Give me enough to know why it would be worth my time, and what I missed out on. (I guess this counts as walkthroughs.) Story or character deep dives are awesome. If you do challenges, do them with (/against) a friend! Video editing suggestions: The music is too loud in the background. It could still serve its purpose without making it hard to hear what you're saying. Subbed.

[@josephdolph8474]

I liked your podcast a lot. I felt like I got to know you and we have a lot in common growing up in the 90s living final fantasy

[@TheReturnersHideout]

It'll definitely come back even better than it was before! Stay tuned also for live streams!

[@justincase43]

im personally a big fan of the in depth theory videos like who is gogo and would be hyped for character analysis, but i think your channel would expand with the intro to final fantasy quick reels. best of luck and thanks for the content

[@TheReturnersHideout]

I feel like the newest batch of videos I'm currently writing are really balanced between entry-level content vs deep dives! As time goes on, I can hone in on what performs better and what people like more! Thank you so much!

[@hypnotiqadventures]

This is a hard choice. I actually like it all. Haha. It’s all entertaining to listen to. I especially love the deep dives and theory stuff. I started putting your videos together in playlists for myself by categories and one where it has all the videos you made

[@mikeykostans7338]

I like the quizzes! Do a FFIV quiz!

[@TheReturnersHideout]

I’ll put one together! Thank you so much!

[@darkangl777]

Kain sounds good, also maybe something on the After Years

[@TheReturnersHideout]

I really want to dive in to the After Years and check out everything. I’d REALLY like to make a video that details all the story points between the different versions of the game!

[@LockeCousland]

Since you want to do something on kain (the reason Dragoons are awesome) I'd love to hear character analysis/discussion or some lore surrounding favorite characters.

[@jeffreycombs5226]

Super late to the party but love the deep dives. I came into the series with the nes/snes games and would love to see more on FF4 similar to what you did with FF6!

[@TheReturnersHideout]

Thanks so much! I’m taking some time to get a release schedule set up, so there will be a new video out regularly starting in June!

[@commenter6763]

Everything and anything FF VI (FF III on SNES). I have been replaying it for the first time in years and my opinion remains the same: it's the greatest game of all time. I'm currently using the Cultists' Tower to learn all the magic for all of the players, especially the Ragnarok esper because it teaches Ultima, so all my players will have the Ultima magic spell. If you turn the Ragnarok esper into a sword in Narshe, you can't do this as the Ragnarok esper goes away permanently and gets melted into a sword. I'm also hitting The Veldt to learn all of Gau's rages. Both the Cultists' Tower and The Veldt (which still provides magic points) don't give you experience points, which is desirable because I don't want to be too strong so that it makes Kefka's Tower boring. Also you can get the White Dragon boss as a learnable as rage. Anyway, I typed all that because I'm having fun with a 30-year-old game, and that's why I came across your videos. Peace ma man!

[@mapledripcomics]

There's a big ff6 rom hacking community and I'd love to see deep dives into that. For example like the dark sorcerer rom hack. There is a whole ff6 hacking website and discord as well. Also if there is any ff6 fan fiction you could review as well. I think that ff6 specifically could be a really great niche for you. I'm not saying don't cover other final fantasy stuff, but you could really make 6 your thing.

[@TheReturnersHideout]

I’d never thought about being strictly FF6-centric! It’s my favorite one, and I’ve already covered it a lot so maybe I will do that! Thank you so much!

[@mapledripcomics]

@@TheReturnersHideout no problem bud, you've got all the tools to be a rpgtuber, you just need to niche down into something. Maybe consider cutting back on multiple vids a week and more long form content.

[@d-fyant1925]

Subscribed today! Watched a couple of you vidz. Love the channel man! How about doing some top 10 lists. Your favorite 10 characters or your favorite 10 villains?

[@TheReturnersHideout]

Thanks so much! I’ve got some in the works currently!

[@josephdolph8474]

Definitely do kain! Also put the audio on Spotify. I like listening to you while I work but I need the phone in my pocket and that doesn't work with video on

[@TheReturnersHideout]

I've got one character analysis video in the works currently before I work on the Kain video, and I THINK it'll throw everyone off, but it's severely interesting... at least to me anyway.

[@ryu9933]

I love the deep dives, I'm interested in fan theories, whether they are canon or not, ie ffx and ff7 are in the same world/ universe. I suck at the quizzes they are cool and fun. I think strategies/ guides would be helpful. Live stream sounds fun I would definitely try to make it for all of them. I think let's plays would be cool to watch of FF games or any other game that your interested in. If you are going to do let's plays of just FF games maybe you could spin off and do games that were made as an FF game but changed during production, ie xenogears. I'm glad your over with the Rona and feeling ok can't wait to see where your channel takes us all. 😃

[@TheReturnersHideout]

I've thought about making a compilation-type video dealing with a BUNCH of different fan theories! I've got several different types of videos coming up! Thanks for commenting!

[@DPopenhagen12]

I do really wanna see more videos similar to "who is Gogo"? (I still wanna see you make an argument that he's Gogo). I would like to see some deep dives into characters... Kain would be a good one since he's from my favorite FF.

[@TheReturnersHideout]

I am working on a Kain character analysis but those type of deep dives just take me longer as I play through each title and try not to use too many sources that I myself haven't gone through!

[@JosePena-zj1we]

I would like walkthrough. I would love to see the best ways to 100% final fantasy games. Really I just need more videos, but my preferences are above.

[@TheReturnersHideout]

I’m working on the first one now! It should be up very very soon! Thank you for commenting!

[@nosaurian]

gogo is baram! there's a robber with the baram sprite in the world of ruin. does he disappear when you get gogo? I haven't got that far

[@TheEcoolarg]

Hey man , if I can give a suggestion for content, kinda basic but a simple top 10 about your favorite summons would be nice(can be variants like Eidolons), or a video about you showing a final fantasy noob the first 10 levels of ff14 and if they up for it do the whole free trial. Or talk about the FInal Fantasy Traiding Cardgame. To be honest the sky is the limit random clossing question: if you could give a FF entry a sequel¿what would it be? Mine would be a Final Fantasy 2 sequel in the style of Stranger of Paradise but about how the wild rose empire became a dictatorship that prop a class inequality between normal people ,and characters who grind themselves casting spells over and over and hitting each other, healing themselves as needed while the poor are left in famish.

[@TheReturnersHideout]

Thank you so much, this is interesting. I’d definitely have to put these in somewhere in my release schedule and do them. I myself am a decent FF14 noob lol so I think I might make some content around that at some point.

[@william6524]

i want more. just wanted to comment to add to your numbers

[@TheReturnersHideout]

Thank you so much! There's more coming I promise!

[@william6524]

well if you're going to read this i just wanted to say i started out on ff1 on the nes but ffx was the last time i had a time to get into gaming. ff3 or ffvi as its sometimes known is my favorite game i just replayed it on pixel and was underwhelmed because i was hoping that it had the extra espers. if you wanted to do a show on what version has what in it i would love that. fyi been seeing you come up on my homepage for a few weeks now and just subscribed today.

[@Blackfire_2022]

I was wondering if you play 14 cause if you do you can make a guild/ free city that we can grow and do events together.

[@Blackfire_2022]

Possible streaming ideas?

[@TheReturnersHideout]

I don't play 14..............yet