Hey folks, I'm Matt major from growth mode content.
Welcome to good news York. This is a little,
this is a little weird for me. I'm going to be
honest. So this is episode, uh, what 53. Um,
Mike has hosted a number of episodes without
me. This is the first time I've hosted an episode
without Mike. This is the first day he's taken
off. He was real. He was real worried about it
too. You know that Danny, he, uh, I think he
asked about five times, what do I need to do
to take a day off? And I'm pretty sure we answered
the question each time. Uh, and even yesterday
he texted me, Hey man, do I, do I need to reach
out to HR or something about my, my day off?
Dude, it's all set. We had this conversation,
Mike. I've never had a guy so worried about,
uh, following the proper procedure ever in my
life. But he's dedicated, man. I guess I can't
complain as an employer, right? I guess that's
sort of what I'm supposed to want. But anyway,
uh, We miss Mike. He is home with, uh, his, his
kids have, uh, uh, school concerts, uh, whatever
that they, you know, very conveniently book in
the middle of the work day. Awesome for parents,
but, uh, that's why he has time. So, uh, we wish
him well. And, uh, I am joined by somebody awesome
who, uh, who Mike is missing out on. I'm not
going to lie. So this gentleman, uh, he goes
by sledge. He's a friend of our, our good buddy,
a friend of the show, Dakota. And, uh, he's a
streamer. Yup. Content creator. I love this.
I love this, uh, as somebody in the content creation
business, anytime I see somebody doing these
things, especially locally. For sure. We want
to talk about them and hear about your experience
and what you're doing in the world of content
creation, because it's a massively wide ranging,
right? Oh, for sure. A lot going on. Let's jump
right in, man. Give us, uh, give us kind of your
story. Who are you? My name's Sledge, or you
guys can call me Seth. I've been doing content
for about eight years now. Started on Twitch
just as a small interest and I started to expand,
got a lot of support. I wouldn't say it was huge
numbers by any means, but you know, it's all
about the quality of the community, right? So
built on that, started on YouTube probably about
a year ago. I have my own clothing brand I've
been doing for about seven, eight years as well.
So it's a lot of fun. So we dive into a bunch
of different aspects of content creation. That's
wild. So is it primarily streaming, would you
say, or do you do, like, for your YouTube, are
they separately produced, recorded, sort of?
Yeah, they're separate. So the YouTube side,
I focus on a specific game called Rust. Not a
lot of people know about it, survival game, but
I was doing variety on Twitch for a long time,
and I wanted to dive into different aspects and
elements to... just boost my range. So I was
mainly on Twitch and I was full time as my career
for about two years there. I stepped away, helped
out the family business for a little bit and
we're getting back into that actually here shortly.
So yeah, there's a lot going on but it's all
kind of separate from each other and it works
together. So I'd love to learn about these things.
Twitch is honestly one of my favorite platforms.
I subscribe to every probably streaming service
on the planet. Oh yeah. Turbo subscription is
the one I use the most. Yup. It's on in my office
24 seven. Tell us kind of why you would choose
that platform, especially for a lot of folks
that may not even be familiar with the platform.
What is Twitch all about and what drew you and
continues, I guess, to keep you there? Well,
I think when streaming, well, livestream first
started, Twitch was kind of the name. Sure. And
obviously there's a lot of competitors now. I
mean, Facebook jumped on. YouTube's obviously
doing its thing. They got kicked now. It just
had a large community to start. Yeah. And I started
as a viewer, which I think most people do. Sure.
So I was watching, getting involved in communities
and saw the fun in it, saw the growth that a
lot of these communities were doing, these channels
were doing. And I said, you know what? This looks
like something maybe I could do. I enjoy gaming
a lot. And I was like, maybe I can connect with
other people around the world. And that's exactly
what it's become. So awesome. A lot of people
from around the world that pop in, you know,
in little numbers here and there, but they'll
say, you know, hey, I'm from Australia. Hey,
I'm from Europe. And it's cool. You get to catch
up with people and you make friends. I've met
a lot of them in person. Sure. Obviously, there's
like TwitchCon in California. So I went there
a few times. So there's a lot to it. But yeah,
I mean, I think that Twitch is just... the home
for me. I think if you're just starting now,
there's a lot more choices. So there's a lot
more that goes into that thought process. But
for me, it's kind of hard to move away when I
got like 9 ,000 followers over there. It's like,
what am I going to tell everyone? Hey, I'm on
YouTube now. So it's a little tricky. That's
a hard pull. It is. It is. You'll always get
some followers, but you're going to lose a considerable.
Yeah. And they have multi streaming now, too.
So you can connect on multiple. So I do do YouTube
occasionally alongside my Twitch. And sometimes
kick as well. Is Twitch cool with that? Because
back in the day, that was sort of a big no -no.
Well, I think with the competitors coming into
the market, they were fearing losing someone
as a whole. They had to. So they allowed it moving
forward. So that's what happened. Yeah. So that
recently changed probably about six months to
a year ago. That was always the interesting tactic
in the very early days of this for folks that
don't know multi -streaming. What he's talking
about is basically you can use software or even
hardware now these days to not only stream to
one platform, to Twitch. But all of these simultaneously.
So you could be on Twitch and Facebook and YouTube
simultaneously with the same video stream. Uh,
back in the day, they didn't like that. They
wanted that exclusivity. They wanted that to
only be there, which is sort of understandable.
But, um, like you said, it's, uh, I think it's
great that they expand. That was something that
as streamers, that was your first inkling. Well,
like, listen, why can't I, why can't I do all
of these and maximize my chances? but I think
that's a great thing. If you could again, just
again for folks that aren't super familiar with
the platform, talk about sort of the business
side of it. So they see you, you say it was your
full -time job. How does that work? How does
somebody make streaming their full -time job?
So subscriptions is probably the number one thing
I would say, but it's kind of changed and each
channel can be different of course. So I actually
had a lot of fortune with the community donating
direct. So Twitch does a 50 -50 split. And it
also scales the larger you are. You can get up,
I believe, 70 -30 splits on the subscription,
which is $6 now. They just raised the price.
And that gets rid of ads completely, unless you
have Turbo. Then I think you're just ad -free
across every channel. So that's the way you monetize
over there. There is a stream platform currency
that you can buy into. And then you'll get a
badge showing how much this person's donated
to a specific channel. But yeah, so there's three
different metrics I guess, and then I guess there's
ad revenue too on there, but they're not as heavy
as I would say as like YouTube would be with
stuff like that. So yeah, you're able to supplement
pretty well as a content creator, as long as
you're smart about it and you're having fun,
it's the most important thing. And I wouldn't
say necessarily let's just focus on the money.
I don't think anyone necessarily should start
that way. I think it should be a hobby. And if
it builds into it and it becomes full -time,
that's what happened to me, then you can run
with that, so. Well, everything you talk about
is, you go back to that word community, and this
is something that's so important we've been trying
to educate even every sort of brand on, is it's
not just, here's this thing, but it's this group
of people that believe in it, and why, and they
build that community, and what you're talking
about is literally, again, it's not all about
the money, and I completely understand that,
but the fact that... when you are earning, it
is because this community is literally just out
of pure generosity. They could sit there and
be a viewer for free and enjoy your content,
contribute in the chat typically and all these
things for free. But they choose to kind of pony
up their money to the tune of big dollars for
some of the successful streamers. literally something
that you could make your job. Yep. Yep. And there's
a lot of opportunity, too, for, like, you're
talking about the viewers that don't pay in.
They get hit with ads. It can be, like, two minutes
long. Sure. They pop it up into a side window
now with some of the updates. But if someone
in the community wants to also be generous, they
can gift out subscriptions in chunks. They can
do it individually. They can click on your name,
give you a sub. Or they could say, hey, there's,
you know, five people I'm going to gift randomly.
They get a subscription. So... There's other
ways that, you know, one individual can support
further and help out other people in that community
to have a good time. So it is really cool. Yeah.
Talk to me a little bit about how creators feel
about each other. So I know you mentioned TwitchCon,
you know, this event where folks come together.
Is it a very Kumbaya, every channel's trying
to help each other succeed, or is there some
rivalries? How does... Tell people about that.
Oh, there's for sure some rivalries, I'm sure.
You see a lot of like that Twitter drama and
so on. So I mean, with our crew, I pick up content
creators from my brand and they represent the
brand. They sell the clothing. I hook them up
with some stuff. So within that group, we're
really tight and then you get to meet in person.
And then obviously there's people that are detached
from my brand that your friends with as well.
So I like to be kind and friendly to everyone.
That's the most important thing, you know. But
if there's someone online that's giving you a
hard time, I also don't mind. I'm not the type
that's not going to say something. Yeah. So there's
a little bit. There's a little bit of that drama,
I guess you could say. But overall, I would say
it's mainly everyone's community. How long is
an average stream for you? How long do you go
live for? Oh, boy. It depends. But with work
right now, it's like three to four hours. But
when I was full time, it was pushing eight hours
a day, I'd say. And I would sometimes segment
it like four hours in the morning, do some stuff
in between. get some tasks done for my brand
and then get back on for a later stream to hit
different time zones as well, hang out with people
that are across the world and so on. Yeah, so
I mean, it does become to a degree that full
-time feel, but it's a difference of do I want
to work at a Walmart or do I want to work playing
video games or a podcast or a talk show or whatever
that you want to do on Twitch. That's really
interesting. When you're doing that, sort of
what goes into that stream? Is it 100 % gaming?
Do you kind of mix it up with a little talking
conversation, and then you game for a little
while. What's a stream like typically? Yeah,
so typically in the beginning of the stream,
I'll talk for maybe 30 minutes, or I try to anyways,
unless there's maybe a big game update that I
want to get right into, of course. But yeah,
so I'll talk for a little bit, you know, and
hang out, and then we'll jump into the game,
and we'll play that. But during the game, there's
a lot of interaction as well. A lot of the reactionary
content comes from that. There's only so much
I can do with the back and forth. But then I
do this thing called Fresh Tune Fridays. Not
every Friday. but basically people can donate
in money and then I watch a song request. So
I'm a big metalhead, pop punk guy. And so I'll
watch a bunch of those videos and react to them.
So you can do so much on there. So I had to mix
it up a little bit. That's awesome. That's awesome.
I love that. I mentioned I like Twitch a lot.
One of the reasons is in the evening I'll put
on, there's so many music streamers and DJs and
live music performers and stuff like that. It's
a great thing just to pop on. For sure. When
you're not sure what else to watch or something.
Oh, no, definitely. It's good times, man. It's
a cool platform. It really is, it really is.
I would encourage more people to check it out.
I want to ask you about the clothing line. So
you mentioned this a couple of times. How does
somebody come up, or I guess I should start with
why would somebody come up with a clothing line?
What inspired such a thing? I'm an art guy, so
I guess I probably should have mentioned that
too. So I've been doing... I've been drawing
since I was a kid. Now I moved into graphic design
in high school, and then I was self -taught.
Got some friends that helped me out that were
more experienced. And I started a clothing brand
originally. It was a streetwear brand with my
brother, but it didn't really have a target market.
It was just clothing, right? And that's very
hard to get, you know, who do you advertise to?
What group, what age, you know, all that stuff.
Like, hey, somebody, look, it's cool. Right,
right. So then I'm like, well, you know, the
brand name is Virus. And I'm like, you know,
I'm thinking of a gaming brand, you know, and
I'm looking at other comparable companies that
are out there. And there weren't really many
in that in that realm. So I decided, hey, maybe
I jump into a clothing brand for gamers, because
we're kind of stuck in this realm of let's go
to GameStop and buy a one up. Mushroom and that's
that's the extent you know and it's getting better
But so that's kind of why I dove into it because
I have a passion for graphic design And I do
like wearing different types of clothing so I
said hey why don't we just mesh them together
and involve gaming into the mix That's awesome.
Yeah, I I love hearing that so I'm I'm old school,
and I've been big into any sort of like cool
nerd Clothing or accessories and things like
that because they're always still few and far
between yep But I almost feel like we've lost
some because back in the day we had, uh, there
was this one company, think geek. Yep. And I
think they got bought out by one of the bigger
companies and sort of went to shit. Yeah. Um,
there was another, what was, uh, Jinx hackware.
You ever hear of them? I don't think I have.
I was from like way back in the day, but they
had some of the best, like nerd more computing
than gaming, but real like inside industry clothing
and accessories and cool shit like that. And,
uh, It seems like that those sort of things went
away. And so when I see more and more of this,
I love people doing this. I work local with Print
Hub, if you ever heard of them out of Syracuse
here. And so I've been buddies with that guy.
That's the other thing, right? When you're playing
music, you get shirts for the fans, right? Sure.
So we started there. I started the Lightcraft
design of T -shirt there. Learned that process.
And then, you know, it's like these skills you
develop when you're younger. They just flow into
the stuff that you do as you get older, right?
So that's kind of what happened. That's awesome.
So is that... Is that just kind of like a side
project? Is that something that you think will
be a, you know, major business for you? How does
that go? Yeah, I want it to become major. With
the time limitations right now, you know, I wish
that I had more time for it. It's always the
struggle, right? I think everyone can relate
to that. So, yeah, once I get more time on my
hands, there'll be more frequent, you know, drops
and stuff. They're exclusive, so they're one
-offs. So, you know, I'll produce 25 to 50 of
these. Once they're gone, they're gone. And then
it's, so it builds up a little bit of hype and
I guess the FOMO, which isn't really what I'm
trying to force, but I'm not gonna constantly
restock and then suddenly people stop buying
and I've got a bunch of extra shirts, right?
So that's kinda how I do that. But yeah, so eventually
I do wanna get into that and get full blown staff.
I got a lot of volunteers, a lot of buddies I'm
very grateful for that help out. We do community
discord events where we had a bunch of people
and say, hey. We're doing Fall Guys tonight,
and it's a community event. It's a free game.
Everyone get in and play with us. You know, 20
people get together, and we have a good time.
So there's a lot to it that definitely can be
built into something further. That's pretty cool.
I think that sort of drop method of merchandise
is really neat. Yes. And it's sort of a new model.
And again, I think that's something that a lot
of folks may have not really paid a whole lot
of attention to. But I could see the advantages,
especially as you already mentioned. inventory,
you know, people talk about, I want to start
a clothing brand. That means I got to fill a
warehouse with every shape and size of all these
things, you know, forever. Um, where you go exactly,
you know, I got limited. I got what I got. Right.
That makes it unique and exclusive and, and,
uh, in some cases, maybe premium. Right. Right.
You tried to premium price and, uh, it's a cool
thing. Yeah. And I think that's a neat model.
So, uh, It's interesting to hear you do that.
Yeah. Yeah. We do a little bit with, you know,
talking about gaming and stuff and the rarity.
I actually do sometimes like different color
sets. So like maybe this in pink, not green with
only five units. And it's one in each size. The
price is a little more expensive, but it's exclusive,
right? It gives you that feeling like I've got
this. And it's like a video game with that skin
that you bought that's, you know, super valuable
and you want to show it off online. So it's the
same thing, but in physical form. And I thought
that was kind of a cool idea. Right. So there's
a lot of different things. I think the clothing
brands are coming into. skins for people. Yeah,
I know, right? That's what they should do. There
should be, like, a matching pair. I'm kind of
surprised nobody's done this. Buy the skin of
the game and get the matching t -shirt. Oh, that'd
be so cool. That'd be so cool. It's a dream.
I'll tell you what, though. I bought my Jay and
Silent Bob hack in Call of Duty a month or two
ago, and I don't think I'll ever change it, because
I just... There's nobody better than Silent Bob
to run around and shoot people with, you know?
The most brilliant thing they ever came up with.
You found your skin. That's it. That's it. It's
mine forever. I'm the fat guy in the overcoat.
Where can folks find you? We're talking about
all these things, but let's give folks the plugs
before we forget. Yeah, all social media, Sledge315.
The 315 for the local should be easy to remember.
That's how I'm spotted online quite a bit. 315,
are you from Syracuse? Yeah, I'm around the area.
So Sledge315 on Twitch, YouTube. Twitter, Instagram,
wherever that you guys want to follow and check
along. Feel free to stop by and hang. I would
appreciate it. And if I can shout out the brand,
it's Virusco, but it's V -Y -R -U -S. Absolutely.
So yeah, people misspell that. I want to do a
little twist, but yeah, so that's what's going
on. That's what makes it cool. You can't spell
it the right way. All right, exactly. Got to
be a little different. That's what makes it a
brand. We will, of course, put all the links
in the description and stuff too so people can
jump right to that. They don't even have to try
to think about spelling it. Tell us what's next.
You got a drop coming? You got anything news
that we can tell people what they might be looking
for for something like this? Well, I'm actually
wearing the thing that we're going to be dropping.
Oh. Yeah. It's been a long time coming. I've
had these in stock for a while, but I've just
not had the time to get it set up. But I'm planning
to drop it not this upcoming Friday, but the
following is the hope, the plan. I got to do
some photo shoots and so on. But that's what's
next. That's awesome. You know, YouTube's a constant
go, go, go there, so I don't really have anything
projected that I can say, but it's week to week.
So just wait. How do you do it? Is that an in
-person or is that an online thing? So if somebody's
in California, could they get in on this drop
potentially? Yes. Yes. Awesome. Anywhere around
the world, international shipping. Obviously,
it's a little more expensive elsewhere, but...
Yeah. Excuse me. So, yeah. Worth it to make the
journey. Yeah, 100%. That's awesome, man. And
I'm sorry, I stopped you there a little bit talking
about YouTube, but let's actually take a minute
and talk about YouTube, because that's sort of
a completely different animal than Twitch, right?
Right. Are you doing live as well? I might have
asked you this, but are you doing any live on
YouTube as well? A little bit of live, but mainly
week -to -week content. I play the game Rust.
I do some tutorials in there. There's so much
to that game, so I just kind of break down the
thing that I enjoy in it, and then I do tutorials
on it. Eventually, there'll be some gameplay
recordings, because you can do a lot of storytelling
and storylines there. So that stuff will become
a thing. But yeah, on YouTube, I sit on my computer
and I just record a bunch of stuff, write up
a script, to a point where one guy thought I
was AI. They're like, oh, enough of this crap.
You're an AI guy, aren't you? I'm like, that's
my voice. And he apologized and goes, oh, the
script was AI. I'm like, I typed all that up
too. It's like, you know. I'm not stupid, I guess,
that's a compliment. They trained it on me, dude.
Yeah, so the only thing I took from it, though,
on a positive note that I said to him is, if
I sounded like AI, it probably means I probably
sounded a little bit emotionless, so I want to
focus on amping that up a little bit, you know?
So live content is different than record content,
and I'm sure you can relate to that, but yeah,
so it's a different dimension, and that's why
I separated it a little bit. What do you find
is the best mixer, or where have you found the
most success? in terms of the, I guess, two now
big formats on YouTube, right? Now we have shorts,
very similar to reels or TikToks, you know, the
vertical phone style, fast, flip through the
whole bunch. Or there's the traditional YouTube
videos that everybody is familiar with. Where
are you finding the success in these two? I do
the long form. My videos are like two to three
minutes. They could technically be a short, but
there's success on either side. I think it's
really what you want to cater into your audience.
So, you know, there's people that succeed on
TikTok that would probably succeed on YouTube
shorts just the same way. Gotcha. But then they
jump into the long form and they struggle. Right.
And then there's the people that figure out both
and they can, you know, just, you know, put out
a bunch of content all at once and they can cover
both grounds. But you can get monetized either
way so you can get it via the shorts route or
the long form route. I want the long form route.
I thought it was a little bit more straightforward,
a little bit more my style. I think that that
short format is very, you know, with TikTok,
it feels very young, Jen, and I'm not like old,
but I'm definitely older than the people that
are really running that TikTok. So, you know,
I like the long form for sure. OK, that's great.
I think that's great advice. I got two last things
for you, man, and I'll let you dip out of here.
The first one is, do you have any advice as somebody
who has recently started a new YouTube channel
and you've been building it for a few months
now. Anything that you could tell somebody who's
starting today that maybe you wish you knew on
day one? Well, I guess the number one thing,
and it's something that I do know and I hope
that a lot of people do, but I don't think they
do, is patience. Patience is probably the number
one thing. I'd love to hear you say that, man.
Yeah, a lot of people get impatient and they
quit very quickly because they want this instant
gratification and this instant success that they're
just not going to find. It's very hard to go
Mr. Beast viral. The guy did it himself for a
long time. So consistency is very important.
I think people forget that. And then just learning
general skill sets on the computer and understanding
the programs versus hiring out. Especially in
the beginning, if you're wanting to take this
to a full -time thing, you've got to look at
your expense. You've got to be smart with your
money. And a lot of people, they go out and they
full -blown buy a bunch of equipment that they
can't really afford. And they think they're going
to get it paid back via support. And it gets
discouraging when the first few months in suddenly,
wait, I'm not making as much as I thought I would
be making. And that's discouraging. So I think
that's the advice. Be smart with your money and
definitely hone in on personal skills that you
don't have to hire out on. Yeah, I'd love that
advice. I think that's really phenomenal advice,
especially with the patients. That's something
that in all content creation, no matter what
platform you're on, we've told our podcast clients
from day one that this is a long game. Yes, 100%.
And we've talked about many times on this show.
It's something like 96, 7 % of podcasts don't
make it to episode 20. Right. And out of the
ones who do, you know, the same percentage don't
make it to episode 100, you know? Right, right.
And that's one of those things is just consistency.
Yes. Can be, even before you're good, if you're
consistent, you will start to get somewhere.
You get better with it, you know? And that's
exactly it. Yep. I love to hear that. So last
thing, I got two... I got two kind of top fives.
Okay. I'm gonna ask you your top five. We're
gonna start with what are your top five all -time
games? Oh, well, Rust, the one I keep mentioning.
That's one or two, believe it or not, in terms
of who are ranking them. Okay. Rainbow Six Siege
is the other competitor to my top two. All right.
Yeah, I'm a big... I grew up on shooters, right?
So that's kind of where that came from. I love
that. Yeah. It's tough because those are the
games that I mainly stick to right now. But Call
of Duty has a place in my heart. The old days,
Modern Warfare 1 and 2, you know, those are kind
of home for me. And this one's probably going
to get a laugh, but Fortnite is one that I do
enjoy jumping around, you know, and so on there.
I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
You know, I say that because I'll say Fortnite
to someone. You're one of those guys. And it's
like, it's, you know, I think that people look
at it sometimes as a kid's game or something.
I'm like, I enjoy it for what it is. I think
it's got a good vibe to it. So, and I guess I
am forgetting also, I'm a big Nintendo guy. So
Pokemon, that's the first game that I ever played.
So, you know, there's some nostalgia there, so.
I love that, man. I love it. All right. Last
question I'm going to ask you. Same type of deal.
Y 'all give me your top five streamers. Hmm.
A .D. I hope you're listening. American Dad,
he's a really cool dude, very real, authentic,
energy, loud, and he's just good. He's just good
all around. So American Dad, I like Tim the Tap
Man. He's a good one. He actually started in
Syracuse, believe it or not. Oh, wow. Yeah, he's
like big, big name though. So he moved down south,
and he's living up in Florida now. And this one's
in three more, because I don't do a lot of watching
is the problem for me right now at this point.
There's some old people that I guess I could
give some shout -outs to, like Carve 'em Up,
Fisk, Klana, she's still doing her thing and
she's an art streamer, so I do enjoy hers. She
started small and she got big, big, big. Her
illustrative work got better and better over
time and she's, you know, sponsored by Logitech,
works, I think, with World of Warcraft and so
on. Wow. So I guess, you know, some of the OGs
that don't really do too much anymore, I believe
Fisk is pretty big on YouTube now, like over
100 ,000 subs, but it doesn't stream anymore.
Gotcha. So it's a tough, tough one for me to
answer fully. Yeah. No, that's great, man. That's
great. Uh, Sledge, this has been awesome. Uh,
I really appreciate you coming on. I think you,
uh, spread a lot of knowledge. Uh, we we've got
a very wide rating ranging audience. So I think
there's a lot of folks that are, are very much
interested in these things and honestly have
never clicked on Twitch. And, uh, and I wish
they would because, um, as much as we talk about
gaming, there's all kinds of things. There's,
uh, There's podcasts. There's a news talk. There
is a live traditional sports talk. Yup. Everything
you can imagine. It really is kind of a TV network
put on by independent folks. 100%. Like we have
here. Different world. Different world. It's
a cool place. Yes, it is. But Sledge, one more
time. Let's give the plugs. So Sledge 315. Sledge
like the hammer. 315. on Twitch, YouTube, anywhere
you guys wanna look. Social media, I'm pretty
much on all of them. I don't think I'm missing
any there. And then my brand, VirusCo, if you
wanna go to the website, it's VirusCo, V -Y -R
-U -S -C -O .com. Go check it out, and no pressure.
I always say to not pick anything up necessarily,
but follow us on social media. It's the same
spelling, VirusCo, on all those. And jump into
our Discord. Get involved in a Discord event
and have some fun with us. I love when people
keep them consistent, you know? Uh, I'm this
on this platform and I'm known as this on that
one. And this one's got an extra underscore and
like, yeah, it's for sure. Thank you for that
consistency. Yeah, I try. Um, and honestly, I
really kind of like the three one five as I'm
playing a lot of, you know, online games against
different competitors. There's a lot of folks
that will do that. They'll put it in a clan tag
or something, or they'll put it right in their
name with that. And it's neat to go, Hey, look,
I'm actually kind of playing against local people.
That's neat. Yeah, for sure. I love it. So, uh,
Sledge, this has been great. We thank you very
much. Thank you for having me. I appreciate it.
And anytime you got something cool going on,
we'd be more than happy to have you back on the
program. For sure. I appreciate it. Definitely.
And for everybody else with Good New York, we
actually have another guest today. Mike leaves
me for two interviews. This is wild. But we've
got a great second guest, so do not hit the skip
button yet. There's more. We'll be right back.