The End of D&D? Fact Checking Video 

Once again, the most fair-minded and non-sensational RU-vidr in D&D. Thank you for fact checking and continuing to be a voice of reason.

Best optimised Accountant build I've ever seen. That dip into Journalist took it to another level.

Thank you Chris, I really appreciate the fact-checking video. These rumors and all the half informed scandal talk is tireding. Keep up the good work! Rico

Even if we assume the claim of a 30% decline in D&D sales across the board is completely true, it's a pretty big logical leap to attribute it to WOTC alienating fans and the game dying from a mass exodus of players instead of the scenario mentioned later in the video of people delaying purchases until the release of an updated edition later in the year.

Videos like this are really important for the community to see. There's just so much misinformation spreading everywhere about everything. Great effort on your part. Another point to mention about the sales decline at hobby stores, and to support your point, is that accessibility is a huge part of this. Someone like me, with a visual impairment, is never going to buy the physical book in store, I can't read it. But, buying through DNDBeyond which gets me a digital copy that I can easily read and getting a physical copy as a collector for a trivial cost feels beyond worth it to me. Yeah, I know, feeding the cycle and not supporting local businesses but also... I want to be able to use the product I am paying for. I think accessibility is an often overlooked element.

Yo, a G.I. Joe video game with BG3's quality would never have been on my bingo card but it'd be funny as hell.

Chris is now providing news consumption optimization content and I’m here for it

Certain RU-vidrs are beating a dead horse. Since January 2022, they have jumped on any opportunity to create content with this narrative, disregarding that they're being a useful idiot in promoting fake news. It's tiresome to find in my feed when their original content might be good enough that I hesitate unsubscribing, each time thinking "this has to be the last video before they let it go, right?"

The misinformation out there is pretty crazy. I agree with the sentiment that regardless of how you feel about Hasbro/WotC, you should make sure what you're upset about is at least true. It's an exercise in self harm to be upset about something fake.

The ICV2 survey is just an interesting data point on the state of the hobby yet that has never stopped people from making sweep generalizations about the hobby or the brand. ICV2 was also the source of the myth that PF sold more than DnD 4e

I didn’t expect a treantmonk accounting tutorial but as always I was locked in 😂

Thanks for breaking it down. This is just yet another example of NEVER believe any "news" source without doing the research first. Sad but true.

Good morning Chris! About to rewatch the mounted combat/ knight in shining armor build because I can't remember where I left off, but had to come watch this first! It's always interesting to see information like this and how data can be manipulated to tell a different story using the same numbers. Have a great day, thank you for your diligence with this sort of info! 💜

Chris, I’d watch your deep dives on basically any topic. Keep doing what you’re doing, your reasoned takes are always a good watch.

I dearly love creators who dive into facts instead of selling outrage. That's why I really enjoy this channel so much.

I wonder when they'll make the "The End of Clickbait and Over-exaggeration for cheap clicks" video/article. I'd really like that.

I would also like to toss out there, that I appreciate your in depth view on this matter, channels like dungeon craft and dungeons and discourse, feed off the negativity, they also don’t give the whole story, only feeding into the dead internet. While I get that bad news sells better then no news. It only serves to create a bigger divide with misinformation on their channels. I’ve personally stopped watching content like there’s because it only feeds into the hate train. Some people don’t want to see the world a better place, some people just want to see it burn. Keep up the solid work Chris, we all appreciate everything you do for this game and its community! You’re a rock star my dude!

Many of these RU-vidrs have incendiary content titles to drive in the clicks, so that at the 8:01 mark they can hit you with their kickstarter advert. "Hate on WotC, buy my Wotc compatible content." That turns me away more than anything.

Digital might also include subscriptions to Beyond, and a whole lot of people have a much higher level of subscription that they strictly need. It is a huge cash cow for them. Once they get their own digital tabletop up and running I expect that number to go up quite a bit. 2023 still saw WotC paying for it, which hit their 2022 and 2023 financials since it was not purchased as a lump sum (they didn't just have $143m laying around). 2024 is the first time that they are taking full profits from it, so that number will also tick upwards for that reason.

Hi Chris! FYI, if you have paid access to Circana products you can see specific sales for specific books, run reports on specific sets of books, etc. It's the industry standard data collection product in the publishing industry and is considered fairly accurate regarding copies sold, etc. That being said, I fully agree with you that hobby store sales being down say a lot more about *where* people buy D&D products, not *how much* people buy D&D products. I'm not much of a commenter, but you've always struck me as someone who's genuinely interested in learning new things. So please take this in the spirit of sharing knowledge from our respective areas of expertise, the same way I've learned a lot from you.

Chris You send me to some dark places - like Hasbro’s annual report for 2023: It looks like D&D as a brand is outperforming other core brands, albeit primarily driven by Bg3, and the movie. it also mentions that sales are marginally up from d&d beyond. (Though doesn’t seem as successful as MTG, I was impressed by the level of disclosure in other underperforming brands for contrast) The real story is the 5 year investment return from hasbro shareholders is significantly down compared to market benchmarks with other brands underperforming. The whole report positions 2023 as a reset year (I.e a year of bad news) with a huge cost cutting programme. TDLR: The problem is not WOTC, the problem is Hasbro

I feel it is important to state this up front so my intent is not misconstrued. No part of this comment is an attack on Chris or on the content of this video. Chris is a level-headed and intelligent person who takes time to make quality and well thought-out content. And even if there is a situation where I might disagree with some of his conclusions, I know that it is not ill-intended, emotional rage bait or pandering. What follows is a reaction to years of comments in comment sections throughout the fantasy TTRPG community. With that out of the way, my god, this all-or-nothing, unrelenting, incessant tribal BS is exhausting! As with almost every topic that could be discussed, the current health of Hasbro, WotC and D&D is complicated and nuanced and has hundreds of moving parts. There is plenty of room for discussion and for a variety of opinions that are not just the most polar opposite extremes. Chris did a very good job pointing out some figures that counter some arguments of doom and gloom. The argument can also be made that Hasbro and WotC maintained their profitability at the expense of their productivity (hence the mass layoffs). If indeed the long term goal is to make D&D into a billion dollar brand, then maintaining short term profits by slashing the workforce (the means of production) is not a step in that direction. Why are WotC sales down? I'm not sure why anyone thinks they can give a definitive answer to that. WotC themselves won't have the full data to have that definitive answer. However, one thing we can be sure of, is that it is not a singular reason. It will be a complicated variety of factors. Are some people not buying new books until the new core rules are released? Absolutely. Data from previous releases show that to be a factor and, no matter how much WotC tried to dance around the subject, there will be people who treat this as a new edition. Have some people been turned off by the OGL situation and either stopped playing D&D or stopped buying WotC products? Sure. Several other TTRPG companies had a big spike in sales immediately after the OGL situation. Some for other game systems and some for 3rd party products. One thing I don't see discussed as much, but could some of it be related to the price hike that happened around the same time? It was for me. I joined the hobby only about 3-4 years ago and collected most of the WotC 5e books, but I have only bought 2 since the OGL and both of those were books published prior to the price hike. Their newest books are outside the price point that I could justify given my disposable income. I've seen comments from others that they are not satisfied with the quality of WotC products. Others the amount of content. Others have specific products (Spelljammer, for example) that caused them to stop buying. Which of these is the biggest factor, or how many more factors are there? Who can know? Some people are happy with WotC and some people are not. That's Ok (or at least it should be), it is not a sign of one's character. I watch content by people who still like WotC and by those who don't. WotC bought the D&D brand. They don't own the hobby. Enjoy the hobby in whatever way you find best for you and your friends, and then live and let live. Many years ago, before I moved away to go to college, my best friend's father said to me, "In life there are principles and preferences. The secret to a good life is knowing the difference and acting accordingly." No wonder world peace is so hard. We can't even find peace in the fantasy TTRPG community. Some days I need escapism from my preferred method of escapism.

I love how Chris's brand has slowly morphed into just "the voice of reason" and "content that has actually been researched" lol. Keep it up!

interesting to see this channel move from calculting dpr (damage per round) to dpq (dollars per quarter)

Market Intel analyst here... basically I collect data on rivals in my field. To add to your point check out if they are hiring. Where they are hiring. What positions they are hiring for. I believe I saw several key positions hiring so it's not like they are shuttering their doors.

12:22 while you're right that some players might be holding off on purchasing until the new core rulebooks come out, there are definitely factors on the plus side for sales as well. There are new people getting into D&D because of BG3. And new books like Vecna: Eve of Ruin that a lot of players are looking forward to (I know my group is).

I really appreciate you making the content in your video clear in the thumbnail. I hate being trolled with a misleading thumbnail, even from content creators who just use it to bait haters (not that hating isn’t justified) into reading reasonable arguments.

Excellent video! I think a lot of people *want* to get swept up in the anger towards WotC post OGL and believe the sweeping claims about D&D being in these dire straits, but as you've shown, there just isn't much evidence for that being anything close to the reality. Hating on WotC and D&D is more in vogue than its ever been, and while corporations are going to do corporation stuff, that's inevitable, I'd argue it's actually a really good time to be a D&D fan post-OGL. The SRD license is more open than it was before thanks to creative commons, we're just on the cusp of a rules revision that sounds like it's going to try and resolve a lot of the concerns we've had with the game for a long time, and we're seeing more and more third party content officially supported on D&DBeyond all the time. WotC/Hasbro keep doing corporate stuff that we don't like, and should be called out on that, but most of that stuff really is just standard corporate stuff that 90% of the companies you interact with daily are doing, and a lot of it is the kind of stuff they had done in the past to way less backlash.

A real shocker that last edition sales goes down when the new is announced. Who in their right mind would spend 1000$ on buying all of the books today when tomorrow they will potentially be the "old version"? With layoffs and similar their economy should be fine. We also know that profit when the new version hits is going to be better. They are currently investing in the new edition, thus net profits are slightly lower. They normally reduce marketing and employee costs while doing something like this to compensate.

Keep in mind that much of their 'profit' is because Hasbro laid off 1,100+ people in December. That makes their numbers look more attractive to investors.

I wish I could hit the like button 1000 times. I really appreciate your fair-minded approach. As a D&D RU-vidr, I try hard to avoid rage-bait content. I want my content to be fair and objective, even if it means my channel grows slower. I'd rather have slow, steady growth than depend on the fandom's whims.

This information surprises me a little. I'm annoyed with content creators that are pushing bad analysis and hasty assumptions.

"D&D sales are down 30%" Source: ICv2, just trust me bro

Video games over virtual table tops would be the wrong move for Wizards anyway. VTT has a large number of advantages: subscriptions instead of sales, drives ancillary purchases like D&D Beyond and premium subscriptions, recapture of brand/IP control through owning the marketplace/API, and much of the content creation is outsourced to the user base. Let Larian pay the licensing fees on Baldur's Gate and earn money getting sent new players; focus on the vertical integration of competing with Roll20, Talespire, etc. Why spend years and millions developing a cinematic game that sells for $70 once when you can generate basic cosmetics to keep a table of 5 subscribed for $5 each per month?

The D&D part of this video was teaching us not to listen to a devil that whispers sweet nothing in exchange for your soul (marketing you as a product for advertisers to haggle over) We really haven't moved past the shady door to door salesmen, now they can just find us outside the house and learned to sound more authentic

I don't like the direction WotC takes D&D nowadays. But I value facts. Thank you for this video. I would prefer these rumors to be true, of course, because only a hit in the wallet can make Hasbro and WotC stop and think. But, I guess, being a large corporation and controlling lots of popular IPs makes one almost invincible.

One of my favorite videos Chris has done. I generally stay out of D&D/WotC/Hasbro discourse, but I appreciate him using his expertise and rationale to set the record straight for his viewers. I only hope that this teaches people to be critical themselves and not just wait around for videos like this.

Reddit DnD has a hard time understanding that the vast majority of players are not on reddit, are not up to the minute informed on WotC's current faux pas, or even aware DnD is owned by Hasbro.

GREAT JOB! I know there's a lot of false or misleading info out there about many topics. Heck! Regarding D&D, I won't bother listening to most RU-vidrs videos when they talk about the status of D&D, especially if I know they have some animosity towards the brand or its companies. You, however, have always come across as pro-D&D. So when you're critical of them, I take note. I appreciate your honesty. Thanks!

Chris, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I LOVE this video. D&D RU-vidr click bait has caused me to unsubscribe MANY, who I used to follow. Conversely, I am sharing this video with EVERYONE I know. Sorry about the all caps, but really, I am so tired of self-serving RU-vidrs trying to kill the game we love. Thank You, again from one who has gamed since 1980.

Brilliant! You are a freaking star in our community. Thank you for taking the time to look into this, and to remind us all to be a bit skeptical, and measured, in our initial responses to 'news'.

I had a friend with the last name Ayoub in college. He pronounced it AHY-oob (first syllable sounds like the letter "i").

It is also hard for hobby stores to compete with the downloads from D&D beyond since you need to purchase the books via digital download to be able to use them in the app

I think your guestimate on DND digital profit are a little higher than what is actually there primarily because I'm fairly certain that mtg has had increased digital sales so assuming they've tread water is not a safe bet. Great vid, always love a good fact check. 🎉

Thanks, Chris! I feel it is a part of being human that we are inclined to believe people won't lie about facts, even if we disagree with their conclusions about the facts. It makes us less likely to fact check (outside of reading the article for details), and I really appreciate your work.

One comment about the incredible increase in profit and why it might be misleading. I am pretty sure, but not willing to do all the research, that WotC closed the deal on the purchase of one of those game company purchases in the 1st quarter last year ... So that would be a huge operating cost biting into profitability from that quarter, thus we can't say there was a huge boon in profitability this year, more than it being a major cost coming off the books. This also doesn't mean that they weren't grossly profitable this quarter as a 38% profit margin in business nowadays is almost unheard of.

Even with so many people trying to capitalize on WoTC's blunders, I think people easily believe everything is going downhill because every few days you see them doing some weird shenanigans :S Like how they removed the option to buy certain parts of books instead of having to buy the whole thing. Now we'll have another week of youtubers covering that information lol

D&D literally cannot end as long as we keep playing it with our physical & PDF books.

Thanks for bursting my bubble with the truth, Chris! Considering all the misinformation I hear on a daily basis about global politics, US politics, and everything on down, I'm generally skeptical about everything. I wish more people were, especially considering most of us get our news from Twitter and TikTok. I should probably be fact checking your fact checking, but I don't have the energy for that. I think I'm going to have fun playing D&D instead.

This is why you ask the Wizard, not the Bard, what in the nine hells is going on. Thank you for your informative candor.

I love your point about the accuracy of the doomsayers. At this point, the only reason you would believe these people is if you want to believe them.

Wow! Fascinating video. I was skeptical about other stuff I’d seen. Nice to see someone explain a financial report in a quick, digestible way.

They might be failing forward, meaning, their profit wasn't as high as they wanted, but still made a profit.

According to the owner of my friendly local gaming store, D&D book sales have been increasing because collectors want to grab stuff before it goes out of print with the next edition.

The biggest issue at the moment is the new DnD beyond shop imo. Got rid of many user-friendly and consumer friendly features, most importantly the a la cart shopping option.

I suspect that a diversification within Hasbro and WotC can allow for one part to "carry the load" while others might struggle, like diversifying across Magic, D&D, Transformers, etc. Otherwise, a "reduction in operating cost" (staff layoffs and reduction of independent contractors) can compensate only partially and temporarily for the loss of incoming revenue.

@ 13:00 i think no one bothers to check past youtube predictions because of un-spoken, or subconscious agreement. If viewers found evidence that youtubers had made wildly inaccurate predictions, then us viewers would have to recognise we too had wildly inaccurate beliefs.....which would raise the disturbing possibility our current beliefs might also be false. And no one wants that! So everyone forgets and we all move onto the latest outrage. Michael Crighton wrote about an interesting related phenomenon he called the "Gell-mann amnesia Effect". I'll just quote him because its pretty cool: ""Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward-reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them. In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know." - Michael Crichton (1942-2008)

I swear Chris has like 60% of all the integrity on D&D RU-vid.

Thank you again Chris! Like and share everyone. There's a lot of misinformation out there about a lot of topics. We can only protect so many of them.

This is true so much - Headlines aren't Articles. I would point out Swen says "WOTC was great to work with and very supportive" while many of the posts at the time on Reddit were talking about Hasbro. We know there are issues between Hasbro and WOTC, and some WOTC people are Hasbro first- for obvious reasons. The only insider info we have kinda seen says- the D&D Dev team and social team LOVE D&D and love gaming. It's corporate management that doesnt agree with the fans and devs. But most of that- is not stuff we can 100% confirm. It just feels true. Love your work, thanks so much. I am usually the person having to knock this stuff down from my friends sending me links like that. XD I would like it if they gave Ed Greenwood more work though and credit for the work hes done.

Well done Chris, way too many people are more than happy to just latch on one number and use it without context.

Soon as Stranger Things 5 drops D&D will sky rocket in sales That show breathed life into the franchise New Core Rule books I imagine will sell like hot cakes too

Chris, you're doing Tyr's work here, and as always, your effort and even-handedness (eh?) are appreciated.

Small correction: Swen's post literally says "I'm really sorry to hear so many of you were let go" That means they were fired, plain and simple. As for the tweets, Larian Studios is likely under some contractual obligations regarding the way they portray their partnership, I wouldn't assign too much value to them to begin with. Was the OGL part of the reason they are done with D&D? We just don't know one way or another.

Can’t believe they removed individual parts purchase from DND beyond, they can enjoy me no longer buying anything and unsubscribing, the tool is now useless to me

Someone told me it is worth commenting on videos you think are important for "the algorithm", i.e. it will generate views for the author. So that's all I'm doing, as I would no doubt need a Treantmonk video to calmly, and adroitly, explain such an algorithm. Such a great channel

Thank you for being a voice of reason. Nice to see a fellow Canadian posting on social media that has some critical thinking skills.

(Slightly too) hot take: the end of D&D (i.e. wizards no longer making new content for it) would be a good thing, because it would give more legitimacy to 3rd party spinoffs, and force players to try other rpgs and broaden their understanding of roleplaying games. AND the old material could still be used, shared and homebrewed

Thank you for this excellent fact checking, Chris! You are, as ever, a reliably thoughtful and accurate source of D&D news and analysis. PS. I’m looking forward to discovering the 2024 edition through the lens of your new builds series.

Before the OGL I will subscribed to at least 12 d&d RU-vid channels. I'm now down to three. I honestly think they've done more harm to this hobby than Hasbro could ever do.

I don’t want any company to treat there staff poorly anywhere no mater how much I hate them.

What did you roll on your Intelligence Finances check?

The real story is that Hasbro has been trying to make GI Joe a mainstream brand again for a quarter century and it keeps failing, while a brand with potential like Jem and the Holograms they continue to absolutely squander. And I say this as a big GI Joe fan!

I really appreciate stories like this. I find the industry fascinating. Also thank you for getting getting rid of that music at the end. I listen to your videos on two times speed and often they sound like game over music

Assuming you are correct Chris, The company can shit all over the community and not lose a dime. That sounds like a company I don't want to endorse.

In my work over 30 years I've seen just how useful interviews and surveys of "key industry figures" are for robust quantitative analysis. The answer is "not at all".

Bravo! Way more TTRPG RU-vidrs should actually research the claims they/their videos make. And I double applaud your pushing back against mis/disinformation. Thank You

I have switched systems but I still enjoy watching your videos. I might not be a fan of wotc (i had to deal with all the mtg crap before hitting the ogl issue) but it is important to have the facts correct!

Thanks Treantmonk!

Videos encouraging and showcasing healthy skepticism of news/media and deeper investigations into the source of rumors are definitely not what I signed up for when I susbscribed, but I'm not complaining.

Far too many people let feels beat reals, and will misinterpret and take the most ungenerous interpretations and statistics if it appeals to the feels even if it's not the reals. This often leads to people being shocked or completely caught off guard when the company doesn't immediately fold even with all the doom mongering going "ANY DAY NOW!", but, it also makes people lazy and complacent and instead of formally divesting and being strict with their dollar, they just go "Oh they're failing anyway, my 5/30 bucks won't stop the freefall" and just spend even if they really should be more shrewd.

Based on the margin, I would _guess_ most of the profits came from digital sources such as BG3 and Monopoly GO (M GO is evidently going gangbusters) which have very little overhead as they are licensed out. I also wonder how dumping all that inventory impacted revenue - while it would have been a negative margin impact, selling off all that product that went to outlets such as Ollies still would have generated some revenue with the sheer volume. But yeah, we're all mad at WotC, so the temptation is great to click whenever we seeing a headline dogging on them. Thus Uncle Algo rewards that content.

Nice rabbit hole you found there. Good job!

Inaccurate reporting is genuinely so frustrating. Thanks for the good work, Treent monk.

I change the way that I enjoy the content. Well I still like buying the books, I like having the availability of a digital edition. And that is the main reason why I buy things online.

Wizards should be pumping out shows with their IP instead of movies to make money. I would eat up any decent DnD show.

Honestly, I just wouldn’t be that worried about D&D’s sales right now. There haven’t been any major releases in a long time and the biggest books of the decade are coming in just a few months.

Thank you Chris for putting out an informative balanced video on the topic. It is really disgusting how many great DnD content creators have taken to making clickbait videos on DnD's supposed downfall and spreading misinformation after profiting off of the game for years. The videos range from innocently misinformed to horribly skewing data for views, using their platform to spread bad information for their own profit (while hypocritically denouncing the "evil" corporation of WOTC/Hasbro for earning money off of the content WOTC creates.) Just another W video from the best optimizer in the game, showing your great range of skills and willingness to educate people in a thoughtful and honest way.

Nothing wrong with DND video games. Take BG3, add "DM Mode" and a custom map/NPC editor that DM's can use to host private games, and you've got a great DM tool on your hands that can be updated and balanced without having to print new rulebooks.

I am one of those dragons that is still buying stuff because D&D Beyond. I'm a sucker for preorder bonuses. Plus adventures are evergreen for 5e.

I actually had seen none of what was referenced in this video and watched it completely out of context. Interesting. I also play the online looter-shooter Destiny 2. According to the community that game has been dying since Destiny 1 dropped. (There's a slump right now, the most recent expansion left a bad first impression and the next one got delayed, but it's still true that people say it even when that's not the case.)

I love that we can always count on Treantmonk to be the voice of reason!

Why would I use the profit margins over the revenue to measure success? I'm not the company. I don't care if their profits are $5, I care that there is a robust system of workers who get a fair shake and fair workload to preserve the quality and production over time. That they made more with massive layoffs is quite the opposite of encouraging to me; in fact it is quite the opposite at it incentivizes the Finance Bro behaviour. I appreciate the desensationalizing and context but that stuck out to me. It is Against the consumer's interest, especially if thr consumer is a worker, to give two shits about shareholder profits unless the consumer is trying to reward behaviours they are trying to encourage.

I stopped purchasing books from WoTC around when the OGL nonsense started, and every so often a news story drops like the pinkertons or the changes to DNDBeyond (removing a la carte purchasing) that just makes it feel more and more like the right choice for me. I'll play 5e, or oned&d, if someone in my circles runs it but I am not buying another thing from this company for the foreseeable future.

Thank you for dispelling misinformation. It’s really wild how much of this stuff I probably consume and take at face value.

Hasbro made money and that's no surprise. It's a corporation. Profit is literally the sole focus of the golden parachute club. The more interesting question is how much of the market share of TTRPGs WOTC had a year ago and if that percentage has risen or fallen.

A decline in lgs stores would be bad and I wouldn't be surprised if it was occuring but it is important to understand sampling. Interviewing key industry stores is not a good picture. Ideally you'd want to randomly sample stores for many different areas. The idea is the get enough data points of a representative sample regionally. I'm not sure there are enough stores to get a very accurate sample and worse than Chris says about them not reporting sales publicly, there isn't even a list of lgs. There isn't even one distributor to get data from, first they don't just hand out their clients info, second there isn't one distributor that services every lgs... Lgs have multiple distractors and the there are multiple distributors for each product type. However, I think that WotC should support these stores more. I got my books from WotC's Amazon store for $30, I want to buy local but the store MSRP is $50! I just can't justify pay 166% for the exact same product... That was years ago so it might be worse.

This was so very needed. Thank you so much for clearing the haze. If I could like more than once I would.

Chris, thank you for being a level headed, voice of reason in a rage bait, divisive world.

Thank you again for keeping it real. I love that your channel is ALWAYS as objective as possible.