hello, I’m jan Misali from jan Misali.
I have a few exciting announcements about some upcoming content here on the jan Misali
channel.
I recently released the Conlang Critic episode about Iqglic. we’re now rapidly approaching
the end of Conlang Critic Season 3.
so, what’s next?
well, as I announced at the end of the Iqglic episode, the next and final episode in Conlang
Critic Season 3 will be about Quenya, a language created by J.R.R.
Tolkien.
unlike previous season finale episodes of Conlang Critic, the Quenya episode will not
contain an announcement of what languages will be reviewed in the upcoming season.
the reason for this is that I want to give everyone a bit of extra time to request languages
for Season 4.
requests for Conlang Critic Season 4 will officially close on February 23rd, 2021.
any requests made after that point will not be taken into consideration until Season 5.
however, if you miss the deadline, or if a language you requested doesn’t make the
cut, don’t worry!
Season 4 will be half the length of previous seasons, with six episodes instead of twelve.
that way, I’ll get through this small list and onto the next one much more quickly than
usual.
now, I’d like to spend some time outlining my process for selecting what languages to
cover on Conlang Critic, since it’s changed significantly in the four years I’ve been
doing this show.
in Season 4, I will be reviewing the six most requested elligible conlangs.
once I’ve determined what six are the most requested, with requests from Patreon supporters
counted slightly more heavily, I will then decide myself what order they should go in,
trying to put them in an order that will keep things interesting.
ah, but what counts as “elligible”? this is the part that’s changed the most.
here are my requirements:
one: Conlang Critic is for conlangs only.
no standardized natural languages, reconstructed languages, or revitalized languages. of course,
there are several edge cases, but I generally go by whatever the consensus is among the
community surrounding the language, if one exists, and barring that, the way the language
is described by its creator or creators.
two: it has to be googleable.
I gotta be able to type the name of the language into google, maybe with “conlang” after
it, and find something that verifies that it exists.
these two restrictions used to be my only restrictions, but I’ve since added a few
more.
three: if the creator of a conlang, or someone representing them, specifically reaches out
to me to tell me not to make a video about their language, I won’t do it.
I think this is pretty self explanatory.
four: no more reviews of languages made by non-notable conlangers whose work I’ve already
covered.
if it’s from someone who’s notable enough for Wikipedia then sure, but otherwise I don’t
want to make multiple videos about stuff made by the same person.
and five: no “tutorial conlangs”. this is a special category of conlangs that aren’t
really made to stand on their own, but as examples designed to teach people how conlanging
works.
a video reviewing a tutorial conlang would really just be reviewing the tutorial it was
made for, and I don’t want to do that.
so, after February 23rd, I will tally up all requests anyone has ever made for a conlang
for me to review, rule out all the inelligible ones, pick the top six, put them in an interesting
order, and announce that order as the six languages I’ll review in Conlang Critic
Season 4.
well, that’s all for Conlang Critic news.
look forward to the finale of Season 3 later this month, and stay tuned for more updates
about conlang content here on the jan Misali channel!
now for something I had nothing to do with: the Hangman Jam! a game jam inspired by my
video essay about hangman will be happening from November 12th to December 11th. not very
many people have joined yet, which I think needs to be corrected.
if you’re into game design, you’re gonna want to check this out.
I already announced this at the end of overture, my post-cringe mashup of Kumikyoku Nico Nico
Douga, but not only did most people who saw that video abandon it well before getting
to the end, it was also the first video I’ve put out in a while that’s resulted in a
net loss of subscribers.
that said, I’m excited to warn you that my third album, (disambiguation), will be
premiering here on youtube on December 14th, 2020.
if you’re someone who actively dislikes the music I make for this channel, you will
be disappointed to learn that this will be my longest album yet, thanks to a few rather
lengthy mashups I’ve made since releasing my last album, Latin Extended-D.
you’re statistically likely to be completely disgusted by the haphazard mix of mashups
like cascadansen, original chiptune tracks like sangman, as featured in hangman is a
weird game, and cover songs like the heavily requested full version of kulupu jan tenpo,
the Conlang Critic Season 3 end theme.
the complete lack of any singular genre ensures that even if you like some of my music, there
will be some that you do not like.
be sure to steer clear of conlangcritic.bandcamp.com, where (disambiguation) will be available to
download for just $1, a great way to support my content for anyone who can’t commit to
a monthly subscription on Patreon.
I also regretfully must inform you that mainstream music platforms will not be safe, as a more
limited version of (disambiguation) without the mashups will begin showing up everywhere
music is sold without human supervision some unspecified amount of time after the initial
release on youtube, bandcamp, and soundcloud.
you have been warned.
December 14th, be sure to miss it.
on May 8th, 2017, I announced that I would begin a new series, one where I create languages
inspired by conlangs with ideas I like that I think could have been done better.
and after years of waiting, I can now finally say that retconlang season one is coming soon!
the first season of retconlang will focus on the creation of a speculative future version
of English, and it will begin in January 2021. for real this time.
retconlang will join Conlang Critic as a regular series for this channel, mixed in with the
completley unpredictable hodgepodge of content you’ve grown tolerant of.
each episode of retconlang will document my process creating that season’s conlang,
with a new episode coming whenever I’ve made enough progress to justify a new video.
the season ends when I get the language to a point where I’m happy with it, or when
I stop enjoying working on it and want to abandon it and start something else.
whatever happens first.
I’m not quite sure how often you should expect me to put out new episodes of retconlang.
it depends on how well it’s recieved, and also just how much I enjoy making it.
for those of you who haven’t figured it out yet, that’s the common thread connecting
everything I do for this channel, I make things that I think I would enjoy making.
it’s a really great way to go about making things, I’d highly recommend it.
and, in all seriousness, it’s all of you who make it so that I can just make whatever
I want.
there’s like a hundred thousand of you who saw the complete mess of a channel I have
going and decided you’d want to see more like it.
I mean, that’s amazing.
thank you so much.
I’d say I was speechless, but I have one more thing to announce.
coming next year, 12 Days of sona pi toki pona...
2!!
in 2021, I will be remaking my toki pona lesson course, the series that got me started with
making videos about conlangs.
most people don’t know this, but that series was made over the course of twelve days, with
each episode being written, recorded, and edited within the day that it went up.
it part of an annual tradition that I started in 2013, when I was fifteen years old, a new
“12 days of” something series every year, making twelve videos in twelve days.
I never expected that anyone would ever watch it.
I had less than a hundred subscribers at the time, so it was really just something I was
making for myself so I could get better at making videos.
well, now my toki pona lesson course is one of the most common ways people are learning
toki pona, and I feel like I kinda owe it to the toki pona community to try again, and
like, not spend only one day on each video this time.
even saying I spent a whole day on each video is generous, I think on average it took me
maybe two hours to get each video from “what will this lesson be about” to uploading
it.
well, that’s all the announcements I have for you today!
Conlang Critic: Quenya in November, (disambiguation) in December, retconlang in January, the small
list for Conalng Critic Season 4 in February, and toki pona revisited sometime in 2021.
I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit excited!