Hello, ladies and gentlemen. This is The Report of the Week here, and you know this is a pretty unique video that I never really
expected myself to make. really I didn't I didn't see this coming,
and as a matter of fact even if this, uh...
I just didn't see myself making a video about this.
But a lot of people in the comments and messages have really asked me about this. They've really asked me, "Well, you know, how's, uh...
you know that you get the silver play button yet?" "What's the status update on silver play button?" "How's that going?"
And what I believe, to the best of my abilities, I believe that this said silver play button,
uh, is inside of this box here.
Umm.
And because it's in a box, I have to take it out of the box
So, I guess that's what an unboxing video is. You know, it's in the box.
Uh, so the title would therefore be correct and uh,
this is going to be a video of me taking the silver play button out of a box
for the whole world to see there
anyway, it's been a long time coming. I mean it's been about - and I know everyone says the silver play button takes a while to arrive -
and I do say that that does hold true; it took about six months for this to get here.
Um, I'm pretty sure it's made in a trophy shop,
but it also took a while for me to even be able to
get to-- to you know, to contact Goog-Google to get this. You know, they say a little
notification will pop up for you to get it, and that never did and, uh,
Anyway enough with that. This is the box. There's-there's the box.
There's the box you can see, it looks like something tried to gnaw its way into the box there and, uh
The box itself is fastened by a long piece of tape here; you can see it there and, uh,
You can see right here. There's a piece of tape there,
and you can see there's a piece of tape there.
So that's what it looks like.
And now, I'm going to cut the tape with this lovely knife here.
And I guess... I guess this is the unboxing part of it all. Let's see....
Here's the other part right here. Let's...
go this way
There we go. And right down the Middle here.
I think that's good. Did we get everything? Yes, we did.
So...
opening the box here...
flaps are coming up...
and inside the box, I guess, is another box.
That's-- it's like those little
those little dolls or whatever, you know, where you open one, and then there's another
inside of it. (he's thinking of Russian nesting dolls, a.k.a matryoshka dolls.)
I guess,
I guess this is,
Yeah, this is now an empty box
There's that. We'll put it here, and now I guess inside this box is a nicer box
Black. You know, it's aesthetic. It's-it's uh, I think it's aestheticly pleasing
has the YouTube logo on it, you can see, right there.
There it is. And right here, you can see a little tag, "TheReportOfTheWeek" right there. That's interesting.
Next, I suppose, we'll see what's inside this box.
Here, so let's open it up.
Let's see, you can see right there, says, "YouTube."
The first thing is a, uh, a little letter here, from-from YouTube, I guess. You can see it there.
I'll read it, I suppose. It says, "YouTube" as the header
It says, "You've just done something very few YouTube creators accomplish. You've,
you've had an astonishing
100,000 people subscribe to your channel.
We know numbers on YouTube can get really big, but we hope you don't lose sight of the reality behind that six digit
milestone. Each and every person who is subscribed to your channel was touched by what you did, they were inspired or challenged or entertained.
You made it to this milestone with hard work, perseverance, and, chances are, a healthy sense of humor. What you've accomplished
can't be taken away from you, and we'd like to recognize you for all the hard work with this silver play button,"
Alright, so it has been confirmed: this is, indeed, the silver play button. "A small token of your esteem and respect.
We know you don't do this for rewards, you do it because you have a drive to create and share,
and because you've found an audience who cares.
Believe us when we say that we can't wait to see what you do next. A million subscribers may seem a long way off
right now, but it's closer than you think and we're rooting for you. Congratulations."
From this YouTube CEO. So we'll take the knife, we'll use that as a paperweight so it don't- doesn't blow away.
Next up now you can see it has, this
this here. This little, uh, I guess this is the, this is the play button right here. Umm,
it's actually a protective coating for the play button and
And uhh.
There it is. Right here. You can see it's-uh-
Right there. I think I could actually take it out of this if I,
if I see it fit. I believe I can. We'll do that for the
you can see it comes in this, this little-
And, uh.
Very, very interesting. You can see what it looks like right there.
You can see there it is. There's the, uh,
play button. It's uh...
Hmm.
Very interesting actually. It's, uh, I mean, it comes with,
comes with a little coat of glass right here.
Here's the play button, you can see what it looks like.
And, uh,
Has a little bit of, uh,
frame here. A little bit of cover.
And there it is. There's the button itself. It says, "TheReportOfTheWeek."
"Congratulations for surpassing a hundred thousand subscribers." From YouTube and it's a nice little....
Uh, looks like framed accolade there. Umm.
Can stand it upright if you want.
On the back there, a little bit of a, uh,
You know, you can hang it on the wall, should you see it fit.
So that's--that's what it looks like right there.
And I never thought I would,
I would have this. And I'm
I'm not, you know, I'm not one for-for accolades really. I'm not a big trophy person. You know I've never
Umm.
I know I know sometimes everyone wants the trophy, but I've never found myself to be a big, you know, big trophy person at all
But I will say: no matter what,
it's been a-- it's been a journey. It really has. That, you know, what I've been doing on YouTube now
I mean, it's been over six years now at this point in time.
It's had its ups, it's had it's downs. It's had
many many things that have happened, good and bad. And
Really, I mean I started this channel out six years ago. Just as, just
little bit of a hobby, you know, just to try and figure out what these little energy drinks tasted like and what-have-you. And now it's
You know, it's really became what I do at this point
That's just something I never ever imagined would happen. I never thought the channel would get to, to its current size. I never thought that
that would be the case. Umm.
And when I sit here and reflect on it for a little bit, you know, it's just it's
It's been a journey all right. It really has.
I-I mean it when I say it. I've learned so many things along the way that I really wouldn't have found out else elsewhere, or,
otherwise. I mean it's just....
It's an experience, you know.
And- and truth be told,
I think it's an appropriate time to do. I think it's....
One of the, one of the main factors, really, that's, I think, kept me going for these six years is really you:
the viewer, the subscriber, the listener.
I think it's really all of you who have really just kept this going, umm,
throughout that time. I mean, this channel, it's had its downs.
There have been times where I've really been,
You know, low morale and what-have-you.
And it's it's been tough to really try and find that motivation to carry on the channel, at times.
But then I'll think, you know, no matter what, no matter what people might be saying or doing or
how they might be acting, or what's going on; there is always, always has been, and always will be, but there is always...
always you guys out there:
loyal subscribers, loyal viewers, loyal listeners,
that are there for me. You-- you're there to support this channel and give feedback.
Thank you, and I mean it. I really do mean it.
Thank you.
It's you guys that have kept this channel going for six years, and beyond, at this point. I can, I can say that with confidence.
It's you guys that have kept this channel going. And I I really, sincerely mean it: thank you.
Well ladies and gentlemen I guess that was what I have for this is an unboxing video the first of its kind I suppose from
The Report Of The Week, and this was for the silver play button from YouTube.
Well ladies and gentlemen that's all that I have for you. Thank you for watching this and,
uhh,
and take care.
Goodbye!