Game Chasers reactie op het stoppen van Retro Hunters

RDJ134 16 augustus 2012 om 14:45 uur

Slecht nieuws vandaag, want Rob en Josh van Retro Hunters (die op rommelmarkten op zoek gaan naar oude games) hebben besloten om na twee jaar te stoppen met hun show. Wat heel jammer is aangezien deze verdomd leuk was. Nu hebben de mannen van Game Chasers (die het zelfde doen maar op een heel ander niveau) een video online gezet waar ze Retro Hunters bedanken en vragen om zo nu en dan nog een video online te zetten.








First off, I want to apologize for the silence over the last 2 months, but it's been necessary to collect my thoughts and really do business with some of the stuff that's been on my heart and mind. Many of you have been asking about the future of Retro Hunters and the simple way to put it is, after 2 years, 18 episodes and countless adventures, it's time to shut it down. For some, this will be enough information, to those folks I say thanks for the support and love you showed to us. Although in the big scheme of things Retro Hunters was a rather small fish, it grew and turned into something neither Josh nor I really anticipated and we owe that to you guys. Sincerely, thank you.

For others, this may not be enough, and there's probably 1 of 2 reasons for that. Either the news above disappointed you and you want further explanation, or beyond your interest in the show, you also take an interest in whats specifically going on with the people behind it. If either one of those is you... keep reading. My hope is that you will both find a bit of closure and possibly some perspective.

Over the last year I've been struggling with a tension inside of myself. Retro Hunters was continuing to grow and do well and it became more apparent that it was going to require more time and money to be invested in order for it to continue the way it was going. This in itself was a bit of a struggle with a full time job and bills to pay, but it began to get me thinking. I started thinking about what I was giving my time/money/creativity to... We live in a world that is saturated with a consumer mentality. Everybody is trying to sell something and honestly, every single one of us is ready to buy it, consume it, and toss it aside once we get our fill. I began to realize that the very thing that I had initially conceived out of creativity and a longing to express myself was nothing more than another sales pitch and honestly the product was me. We were just adding to the noise. I never set out to make this show about me or gaining subscribers or fans... but in order for it to thrive and be successful, that's what it would require. That brought two concepts to mind... Conviction and Responsibility.

Conviction, we all have something that pushes us forward. For some it's a divine power, for others it's some concept of "fate" or chance. Either way it's the concept that gives us purpose and meaning. My personal belief is that the gifts and talents that make me who I am were given me by a designer, not to elevate myself but to point back towards something greater than myself that has the ability to make a deeper/lasting/authentic impact on everyone from the world as a whole down to the individual you're sitting next to, stranger or friend. I'm not some religious fanatic nor did I recently have a "revelation," I have always believed this truth... I just haven't been living it for the past 2 years.

And that brings me to the responsibility that I feel we all have. Regardless of your belief system, each one of us has the ability to live in a way that makes an impact for good. We also have the choice to spend our lives investing in things that are fleeting and have little real impact on the world. To be honest, as I write this I realize that when this hits the web and is read, it will probably be 6 months tops that people actually remember and care about Retro Hunters... after that, it drifts into obscurity and in the end made little if no lasting impact on the people who watched it. I mean a true impact, something real and life changing. In light of this it begins to make less and less sense to invest so much time and resources... in the end, it was squandered. We all have gifts... talents... things that we are passionate about and that give us a unique sense of self, my question is, are you using those things to make the largest, most lasting impact you can? If not... you're just adding to the noise.

Once again thanks for the love and support over the last 2 years, it was a Blasty Blast,

Rob
John 3:30

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