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Hey there, my name is Charles and this is part 3 of a series in which I'm using Unity

to recreate the Core System from Red Dead Redemption 2.

In part 2 we began writing our first bit of real core system functionality by implementing

health ring regeneration.

In this video introduce health core depletion, which'll effectively complete the functionality

of our first core.

If you haven't already, I highly recommend watching parts 1 and 2 so it's easier to

follow along.

Otherwise, let's get right into it.

First things first, let's review our user story.

"As a player who enjoys immersive games, I want Arthur's health core to deplete over

time so that I have an incentive to make him sleep and eat."

I really like how this story was written because it explains why this feature is valuable to

the player.

And it also describes the type of player that cares about this functionality, which could

affect how we implement it at a high level.

Let's read the acceptance criteria next.

Given that he's alive, Arthur's health core should deplete over time when it isn't

empty.

And the rate of depletion should be configurable.

Simple enough!

Let's boot up Unity and Rider.

And open up the HealthSystem class.

So I have a feeling that the implementation is gonna to be pretty straightforward.

But there's one thing I'm not 100% sure about.

I don't really know how, or if, it's going affect the logic we've already written.

Thankfully, we've been using Test-Driven Development, so we have a nice suite of tests

that were designed to protect us against regressions.

This logic will be super easy to write but I don't think there's any harm in using

TDD to tease it out.

So let's open up the HeatlhSystemTest class.

Now let's go ahead and write a base case test.

But wait, pop quiz, what base case behavior do you think we'll be testing and what do

you think I'll name the test.

Pause the video and try to reason it out, then leave a comment letting me know how you

did.

Alright, create a Unity test called "EmptyCore_NoDepletion".

Then create an instance of health system and initialize it's values.

I'm just gonna paste in some code from a previous test.

We can max everything out except for the core which we'll set to 0.

Then assert that the core value is still 0 after one update has elapsed.

Run the test.

And it passes.

But we haven't really done anything yet.

If we switch over to the HealthSystem class, we can see that the logic for this test is

actually already in place.

The first guard clause in the Update method returns when the core value is equal to 0.

But we should at least expose a variable to hold the depletion rate and set it in the

test before 5we move on.

Go ahead and add a public float variable called DepletionRate.

Then switch back to the HealthSystemTest class and initialize it's value to 0.

Now rerun the test.

Great!

Still geen.

We're trying to guard against future regression so each test should be reflect the true state

of the class.

Which means we'll have to refactor our previous tests to include the new variable.

This time, let's rerun the entire suite.

Still green.

Beautiful!

Real quick, just wanted to give a quick shoutout to Mateo from our community Discord server.

The other day he shared the Live Snippet that I used to create the base case test and it's

been really helpful.

It was super easy to set up and now all I need to do is type utest and hit tab whenever

I need to create Unity test.

Live Snippets are a feature in Rider, the code editor that I use.

I'll leave a link in the description in case you're interested in checking it out.

Alright let's get back to it.

Create a new test called "FullCore_Depletes".

Copy in the initialization logic from the previous test.

And set the depletion rate to 1 and the core value to Time.deltaTime.

The reason we're doing this is because delta time equals the amount of time that has elapsed

since the previous frame.

So we're gonna need to factor that into our logic just like we did for the regeneration

rate.

Since our depletion rate is set to 1, or 1 per second, we'd expect to assert that the

value is equal to 0 after one update.

The problem is that there's no way to control delta time's value and it changes every

frame.

So instead of using float.Epsilon as our delta, we'll just use a number that's a little

higher.

Or I guess it's a lot higher in mathematical terms, but you get what I mean.

Run the test.

It fails.

So switch over to the HealthSystem class and add in the logic.

We can drop it in right after the first guard clause.

Run the test.

Beautiful.

Now, this isn't our first rodeo.

We're gonna need to make sure that we're not depleting past 0 just like we did for

regeneration.

So switch back to the HealthSystemTest class and add one more test.

Call it "AlmostEmpty_DepletesToEmpty".

Copy in the initialization from the previous test.

And set the core value to 0.001.

Now let's assert that the value is equal to 0 using epsilon as the delta.

Run the test.

Perfect!

It fails, which is just what we want.

Now we can pop back into the HealthSystem class and adjust the logic to meet our new

needs.

Using Math.Max will ensure that the core value will never be set to a value lower than 0.

Run the test.

Beautiful.

How about a quick demo?

Let's switch back to Unity and set the deplete rate to a value that'll be easy to visualize.

Now run the scene.

Awesome!

Well, that's it for part 3.

We've completed our first fully functional core.

In part 4 we'll get right to work on stamina, which should be pretty straightforward considering

it functions exactly like the health.

If you enjoyed this video, please leave a like and a comment letting me know what you

thought.

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Thanks for watching and I'll catch you in the next video.

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#MetKids—Can a Painting Tell More Than One Story? - Duration: 3:39.

Hi, my name is Carmelo.

Hi, my name is Gaia.

We are here to talk to Betsy about Washington Crossing the Delaware...

...River.

Hi, I'm Betsy Kornhauser, and I'm the Curator of American Painting here at The Met.

So when I first came here it was with my mom and her class.

I was walking through the hallway and I saw the enormous painting in the whole doorway.

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When I was in school I had a book that had this painting.

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during the night?

Because they were crossing during the nighttime and they were hoping to do a surprise attack.

The artist, Emmanuel Leutze, he likes to kind of play around with fact a little bit

to make the painting as dramatic as he possibly could make it.

So he decided to paint when they're almost across the river,

which would have been early morning.

And he was really interested in including that detail in the sky of the morning star.

Washington is facing that and they're moving forward, about to win the day.

So you guys know how famous this painting has become, you know, over time.

And it inspires artists to do responses.

An African-American artist, Jacob Lawrence, did his own version of Washington Crossing the Delaware,

but he invokes African-American figures in the boat.

I notice the way its painted, like an abstract way like you said.

Yeah, I notice that there's no ice on the water.

While the Leutze painting shows a single moment in time, Jacob Lawrence is showing generation

of struggle of African-Americans who were brought to this country as slaves,

against their will, and we know there's one in the actual original painting.

Behind Washington you see another rower who is an African-American.

He had been previously a slave.

His name was Prince Whipple, and because of his heroic actions during the Revolutionary War,

he gained his freedom.

Other details represent the fact that all different types of Americans were fighting

to gain independence.

Thank you, Betsy, for telling us about the painting.

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7 Steps To Build a Digital Marketing Agency While Traveling - Duration: 11:58.

I'm here with a couple people.

I'm in Cancun.

I don't know if you can tell by the cool background.

But yeah, we have a couple people here, but everyone

on the team is able to kind of just move around.

There's not really a lot of operating costs

in regards to, we have a bunch of stuff

that doesn't necessarily make money, but we need to do it

anyways, as in we kind of need to buy supplies for everyone.

We need to have a monthly expense, 'cause we are

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We just get to work in places

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we need to hit certain milestones, and we can't really

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we're just able to kind of cut costs by just focusing

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that we go through when we create videos for people.

It helps to keep our cost down in that sense.

- Yeah, so basically, you keep the clients happy,

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It's not some cheap template stuff.

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There's coworking.

There's the delivery process that's kind of a process,

not just, oh, let's just keep going back and forth forever

and have 7,000 revisions are completely not necessary.

So, I guess the reduction

in the 17,000 revisions is also a process.

So what type of process do you have for that,

so that the clients don't need

to ask you to change stuff all the time?

Like, how do you do that?

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at the very beginning is very important.

- Yeah, that makes sense.

And I guess, you're also not charging cheap, right?

So I don't wanna make it seem like you guys are doing

some kind of cheap work, obviously,

'cause you are charging at premium.

You are doing high-ticket sales,

as we mentioned before as well.

So, how come you don't build a business

that's just, here's a bunch of $500 videos?

Like, here, buy $500 videos from us,

as many as you want, and get thousands of sales?

Why don't you do that?

- That's a big headache.

You have to make a lot more transactions with people,

and you have to balance a lot more stuff.

It's not that we wanna make a bunch of videos, you know?

We don't really care to make just a bunch

of cheap stuff that's gonna be template-based,

that they provide the script.

We want to make stuff where it's not so much a cost to them,

like it's not like you're spending $500.

It's like you're investing into something that's going

to bring more return than the investment that you put in.

We also don't wanna make stuff that's boring, you know?

I wanna make something that we're proud

of and the team's all proud of, so we get excited

by being able to make new stuff every time.

Like, I don't want to just do the same thing over

and over again on repeat, 'cause I get bored pretty easily.

- Right, right.

So you're also working with bigger clients

than before, if I'm not mistaken?

Did you make that decision last year, or when did you decide

to also focus on these big projects, like the 50k one,

or how did you make that decision?

- Yeah, that one was just sort of, it came about.

We had the capacity to do it.

We have a team in place to make stuff like that.

But then yeah, some of our bigger clients,

a lot of our biggest clients that we've worked with,

they have kind of came out.

They reached out to us through referrals.

They've reached out to other companies and said like, hey,

who'd you get to do your video, and then they just

suggest us, and then we go from there.

They just reach out, like hey, you were recommended to us.

Let's talk about what we're looking to have done,

and then we can talk from there.

- Right.

And you mentioned before you were traveling.

You said this is Cancun?

That looks quite nice, actually.

(coach laughs)

- Yeah, this is Mexico.

This is where I live most of the time.

- Right, right.

So how come you're able to travel while doing all this?

I guess most people wanna meet up

for sales meetings or something, I don't know.

How come you don't do that, or you don't prefer to do it?

- I wouldn't be against it, like, even just flying out,

kinda shaking hands, meeting people.

I'd be open to doing that, but people are busy, man!

We're sitting here talking through Zoom right now,

and most of my communication with people is through Zoom.

There's not too much benefit to kind of staying in one spot

to make sure that you can sit down

and have a lunch with someone.

When I'm back in Canada, where I'm from,

I'll meet up with people every once in a while,

but it's not as much as you'd think.

So there's not really any benefit

to even living in sort of where you're doing business.

We have a bunch of clients in Canada,

and I very rarely see them. - Right.

And what's the process for sales?

So, people will think, this is not possible.

You can't close big deals if you don't meet people.

You need to sign there with a lawyer present or I don't

know, all kinds of weird stuff people think about sales.

So, what are some ways that you use to actually

close people on a call, even with bigger deals?

Like, how come you're able to do that?

What is the process, more or less?

- Hmm, I feel it's just trust, you know?

When people speak to me, they can hear my voice.

I've been doing this for a while.

I think another big thing is we have a lot of clients.

We have a lot of social proof,

so people know we're been in this industry for a while.

If they send me money over the internet, there's a pretty

good chance that it's not going to disappear, you know?

They know that, because we have a proven track record.

We've worked with a lot of people before.

We have a lot of good publicity, and we've kind of developed

that over the last couple years we've been in business.

So, yeah, I think it would just come down to trust.

People know we've been in business.

They know we make what we say we make, and if they work

with us, they're going to get pretty much exactly

what we discuss over the phone when we're talking.

- Yeah, and what is the consultative selling process?

Like, in what used to be Businessmen Insiders,

we used a process where we kind of instruct people

on how to make a decision.

So, do you do this, or do you use just proof,

or what do you do exactly?

- Yeah, well, you just get on the phone with people,

and you just talk to them.

Like, what is it that they're involved with?

What is it that their goals are?

What is it that their strategy is,

and then you just kind of figure out.

You just kind of game plan with them and for them, in a way,

just hey, like, here's what I think would work.

Here's what I think you guys

could start implementing in your business,

and then, you're pretty much just there to help out.

I wouldn't even say it's closing the deals.

You're just kind of having a conversation,

and people wanna work with you, and then if you

can help them, then you guys work together.

- Right, so what if they say

they need to talk to their boss?

- Then you reschedule, and you talk to the boss with them,

or you kind of send them a message after the call,

like hey, it was great to speak with you.

Looking forward to it, lemme now what your boss says.

Here's a quick summary of what we discussed,

and then they show that to their boss as well.

- Right, and what if they say that this project,

that they're in the discovery phase?

It's not really a project yet; they're just discovering.

So what would you tell them early in the call

if you find out about this?

- Yeah, early in the call, I would just

kind of see what their game plan is.

They're probably not ready to work with us just yet.

I would just give them some advice and speak with them

about what they're looking to have done and what they're

looking to do, and then just help out the way I can,

and down the line, they would, sometimes they'll come back

if they realize, hey, it's time to need this,

and then you just kind of keep the relationship going.

Just keep talking to them every month, every two months,

something like that, and just speak with 'em then.

- Yeah, interesting.

I guess we call this the deposit funnel.

We just get a deposit from them, and we set a date

for later on so that we know they'll show up,

'cause they paid the deposit

to hold the spot to work with us.

That's the standard process.

Your variation is, well, it's almost the same,

but just follow up, follow up, follow up, basically.

It definitely, definitely works.

I guess we've also noticed that 75% of sales

comes from this and not from sales on the first call,

because not everyone's ready to buy immediately.

Some companies are just not ready yet.

They're figuring out what they're gonna do

in three months, or sometimes even six months,

and sometimes even two years.

(coach laughs) Sounds ridiculous,

but if they end up buying, it's worth following up

for a couple of hours over a period of a few months or even

a year or something like that, for a big enough sale.

And people don't realize this.

People just throw away leads for no reason whatsoever

instead of just developing relationships, getting referrals.

From your current sales that you're getting on a monthly

basis, how many of those are referrals, as a percentage?

Like 50%, 40, 12%, or what are we talking about here?

- Yeah, I would say like 50 to 60%

are just referrals right now.

Just people we worked with before, they just

kind of either need more stuff that we make,

or they have people that they're communicating

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Does In-House Underwriting Really Matter? - Mortgage Myths 101 - Duration: 2:00.

Hello and welcome to Mortgage Myths 101!

Today's topic is: In-House Underwriting.

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Guided Meditation for Inner Peace and Calmness | Visiting the Tree of Peace - Duration: 14:17.

Welcome to this guided meditation for inner peace and calmness.

This is your time to take a relaxing moment just for yourself.

Today, we are going on a wonderful journey.

We are going to visit the Tree of Peace.

This is the perfect trip if your life has been a bit hectic lately,

and you need a moment to relax.

So, let's begin.

Take a moment to find a secluded place or quiet area where you won't be distracted

or interrupted for the next 20 minutes or so.

If possible, dim the lights.

Sit or lie down and make yourself comfortable.

Don't forget to loosen any tight clothing.

If you want to, close your eyes.

Or you can watch the relaxing images on this video.

Allow your body to relax.

Feel your body sink into the chair or bed or whatever you are resting on.

Let your hands rest loosely by your side.

Put aside the thoughts of any tasks waiting for you.

Give yourself permission to enjoy this guided meditation.

If you feel your mind begin to wander during the meditation, just gently bring it back

to the sound of my voice.

Remember, you are in control at all times during this journey.

So, if at any time you need to stop, simply open your eyes.

Now, take a deep breath in and let it out.

Take another breath in, and let it out.

As you breathe in, feel the air fill your lungs.

And as you breathe out, allow the air leaving your body to take the tension with it.

Let the tension drain away with each breath.

As you continue breathing in and out, the outside world beings to fade away from

your awareness.

Little noises and everyday sounds just don't seem to matter.

Let them float away.

As you continue to breath gently in and out, you may notice your body starting to relax.

That's wonderful.

Let it relax.

You may notice your breathing is getting a little slower,

a little deeper,

a little calmer.

You start to notice a comfortable warmth in your chest.

It spreads from your chest to your stomach.

This warmth radiates out to your shoulders and arms,

and your legs and feet.

Every muscle it touches beings to relax.

Enjoy the peaceful warm feelings as they spread to your fingers and your toes,

to your neck and your jaw.

Let the warmth spread to you eyelids and to your forehead.

Your entire body is relaxed.

You feel safe and comfortable.

You are now in a deep state of relaxation,

And it's time to enjoy your guided meditation journey.

As I speak, allow your imagination to form images.

If you have trouble seeing the images inside your mind,

that's okay.

Just listen to my voice.

Imagine you are standing on the edge of a forest.

It is a beautiful day.

Not too cold, not too warm.

The sky is a deep clear blue.

You can feel a gentle breeze blowing against your skin.

Birds chirp and sing to one another.

In the distance, you can hear the trickling water of a brook.

You feel warm and safe in this beautiful forest.

Looking at the colors and shapes of the trees and other plants,

you become more and more relaxed.

Ahead of you, you notice a path leading into the forest.

You start to walk along it.

Every step you take fills you with happiness and relaxation.

As you go deeper into the forest, you are completely surrounded by the beautiful trees.

The sunlight filters through higher up branches and travels down to the leaves and bushes

and dances along the path.

Up ahead, you see a clearing.

In the center of the clearing is a tree.

This is not an ordinary tree.

This is a special tree.

It is much larger than any of the other trees you have seen in the forest.

Its trunk is thick and sturdy, and it has many branches.

You can tell that it's an ancient tree.

You can see its strong roots winding away from the base as they enter the rich dark

earth surrounding it.

The trees leaves seem to glow.

The trunk is covered in a beautiful bark that has an iridescent shimmer to it.

It's almost magical.

This is the Tree of Peace.

Standing beneath this tree, you feel protected and secure.

There is nothing to fear here.

And you have no worries.

You realize that you have an overwhelming urge to touch the tree.

That's okay.

The tree is welcoming you.

Reach out to touch the bark.

Feel its texture under your fingers.

As you touch it, you begin to feel a wave of soothing energy flow out from the tree

and into your hands.

The energy flows into your body.

It spreads through your body and calms your mind.

You feel filled with a sense of tranquility.

Savor these feelings.

There is no need to rush.

Let them linger.

Stand by the tree, or even sit by it

and let its peaceful energy continue to fill you.

Allow that energy to become a part of you.

And as the trees peaceful energy fills you,

repeat these self affirmations to yourself:

I am safe, and all is well.

All I need to do right now is breathe.

A peaceful energy surrounds me.

I send peace from myself out into the world.

What a wonderful gift this Tree of Peace has given you.

These feelings will stay with you long after the end of this journey.

It's time to leave the forest now.

Remember that you can return within your mind at any time to the Tree of Peace.

Or you can always watch this meditation again if you wish to be guided on this journey.

I'm going to count from 5 to 1.

When I reach 1, you are going to be awake and refreshed and filled with peace.

5...

4...

3... you're feeling more alert

2..

1.

I hope you enjoyed your journey to the Tree of Peace.

If you want to hear more meditations and relaxing music, feel free to subscribe.

Have a wonderful and peaceful day!

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Episode 7 - Duration: 14:03.

Hey guys we're back in the vault episode 7 you know I have some artillery in

front of us and what this is is my Nike ID collection and from like a week back

I don't know if you guys checked out my insta post I made these Kyrie's for my

nephew for Christmas basically he wanted me to design him a pair of shoes he's 10

years old so check out my insta post but here's a look at them so basically

if anyone hasn't ever used the Nike ID system let me just walk you through it

quickly basically you go to their site Nike.com you go to the Nike ID section

and basically they have a mill not a million let's call it I bet a hundred

shoes of all their different types that they offer for you to create put your

different flavor onto it your initials your collar patterns whatever you want I

highly suggest that you go check this out if you're a shoeie or a sneaker head

it's a great experience so basically what I did was I went online he wanted

a pair of Kyrie's he loves Kyrie and I'll tell you Kyriei's had one of the

most options I've ever seen when it comes to Nike ID I was very impressed so

basically let's just start here it comes in this beautiful box this is a step up

from when I haven't done Nike ID in about a year this is a new thing so it

comes Nike by You comes with your name so Nike by Elliot because I did it for

him I made it for him so it says Nike by Elliot awesome cool box that it comes

in definitely something you can keep your shoes in. My nephew hasn't seen

these yet we're actually going in a couple days to give them to him I can't

wait for him to see them awesome awesome thing his favorite number on the back

number two his name's Tyler at last name C so Tyler C you know he got his

name inside Tyler like there are such touches and I'm not telling you guys

this is not an expensive thing this is a very cheap thing for a pair of sneakers

you can design yourself basically maybe for 20-30 dollars more than you would

spend in the store it's a really good option so now that I've spoken on these

and you've seen my insta video on these I wanted you to run you through some of

the ones that I've created in the past let's start with the first pair I ever

created on Nike ID where the Soldier Tens

the Lebrons I'm not such a actual fan of the whole original design but when I

found out what details you could put it in it yourself I was all on board so

basically you all these are options I went with 23 days on the front I don't

know if you can see but in there is my actual initials around the front thing

there I'll open it up and we'll show you on the pictures in the back you have the

Canadian flags you can choose from a million different flies so these are

basically a personalized pair for myself has my initials has my favorite number 23

Canadian flag on the back so this was what got me started when I saw these

came I was like wow they are really what they say they're gonna be so let's go

with the second pair I created it was I'm a Jordan guy now Jordan doesn't

really offer very many selections on their site which is kind of

disappointing I would love for them to throw it a pair of fours on Nike ID and

let me go nuts but maybe there's an idea for Nike.com so these are a pair of

Jordan's Superfly's they're what I refer to as like an off-brand type of

thing where they're not an actual Jordan numbered but they are what Jordan puts

out during the year so this was a Superfly from way back I designed everything

I'll show you a closer look on the closer photos but I was able to put my

initials inside I went with all-white it's got the zoom flavor the cement just

a cool shoe and because they're Jordan and I designed them even cooler the

third pair I went with and this was probably a year later where the Air

Force Ones now again these had super amount of things that you could do to

them I went with the army grey the army camouflage grey and black patterns again

my initials inside just a crazy crazy pair and like the cool I made them

so they're like kind of winter eyes because up here in the North gets kind

of slippery so I went with a heavy gum bottom cool pair let's go with the next

ones I created were the Kobe's now these I really really dig these are these

again a million different options I went with I'm a gold guy so I want some gold

and some salt and pepper on the flyknit and again I'll show you a closer

look but inside you know it's got my 23 and my nickname Cookie Cooks in there

you got on the other one is 23 rose my last name just like the detail and the

touches I also made it up there for my wife at the same time will actually show

those in a later episode but they kind of look exactly like this with some

feminine touches on it alright let's talk about then the next pair I got was

the Nike Cortez now I like these shoes to be not everyone's a fan of the Cortez

but the fact that I was able to put some gold touches and my favorite things that

really stand out is again my nickname on the back Cooks in black and then my

initials on the other one in black now I wore these a couple times

and I'm telling you they're not the most like flashy pair but I do get a lot of

attention with them and they are one of my favorite Nike IDs and my most recent

ones where I went with the Blazers they just added these the Blazers to the

collection now these I kind of went all out they remind me of like I kind

of call them the Archie's they got that like old-school feel to them you know

you again my initial on the side my under initial on the other side you have

your Chanel Nike symbol just a crazy crazy pair of shoes that I was able to

choose everything on so again if you guys haven't had the Nike ID

experience I highly suggest you go check it out.

What's up out there so back in

October it's your boys cooks birthday you know I have a wonderful wife who

appreciates but not necessarily understands my shoe passion or my shoe

collection let's say but I'm very tough to get a gift for I think my wife might

have got this one right on the head so about a month after my birthday she

tells me go outside there's something in the garage for you so I go outside in

the garage and on this skid all boxed up packaged up is this huge

thing that was just delivered to my house I've never got a package the size of my

life so I'm opening you know but it took me a good 15 minutes to open anyways

when I opened it it was this and maybe one of the greatest gifts I've ever

received for a shoe guy you know she really put her thought into this I've

always wanted one I've hinted at it but they're very expensive to be shipped

from the States to Canada so it was always a no-go for me because the shipping

almost outweighed the cost of the box anyways I'm not sure where she got

this from but you can you can definitely find it on Etsy or you can go on EBay

people are selling these boxes all different sizes so she got me this one

for my birthday Jordan on the top with the Jumpman logo

Jumpman logo and also on the other end which you can't see now but I will show

you is the full sign that's not usually on the side of a shoebox so well done

whoever built this let me open this for you guys ready so yeah there she is in

all her glory it's like that scene from Pulp Fiction right like you know anyways

so I put some heat in here for you today I haven't fully decked her out yet or

done anything I want completely to this but what a great idea it also opens up

like this I'm just gonna move out of the way quickly so you can see again we'll

show you better clips you know also opens up on the bottom you can store

more shoes down there when it comes to birthday gifts for shoe guy this might

be the ultimate and again what a great thing to add to the vault

thanks again babe I love you. We The Kicks check this out

what's up welcome back you know your boy cooks loves a good collab so I also love

a good rapper and you know what that guys name is Kendrick Lamar man that guy

is ill ill and sick dope whatever you want to call him he's got the rhymes

these days I don't care what anyone says hip-hop died in my mind but that guy's

keeping it alive anyway that's another discussion for another day let's talk

about Kendrick Lamar's collabs that he's done his shoes that he's done

I have every single one that he's done with any company so let's start talking

about where he started he started with Reebok this is going back to July 2015

his first pair released was the Ventilator

Kendrick Lamar Reebok Ventilator this goes back takes you way back if you can

see the style of a shoe so listen he's all about his message is all about

anti-gang and neutral red blue Crips Bloods he's neutral and he really comes

across with that true basically one is blue one and the other one is red you

can see that he's got this Kendrick Lamar TDE Top Dawg entertainment

there and and every shoe he's got the word neutral inside the tongue there so

that was where he started with Reebok the ventilator now a year later January

2016 he released the same let's call the same design but in the Reebok

classic leather design so this is a bit of a less chunkier

shoe let's call it let's just take a look

you have the red and then the blue on the back of these one's a little and

same same neutral details so yeah I've really cool this is like a grey soft

leather type thing where the other one I showed you was more of a beigy soft

leather but really cool shoes to open up his is start with Reeboks

and then in 2016 he teamed up with Ian Paley who

is a designer and they came up with what's called now the Split Personality

so these are basically a Reebok classic leather design but he's basically split

him down the middle it's like an inside-out kind of shoe very cool design

on the previous two released the Reebok just with the K and then again you got

your blue your blue style half blue half not blue just a very cool design with

Ian Paley teamed up so now in through July of 2016 they also released

the Split Personality or Perfect Split Pack they released four different

colorways this being my favorite of the bunch

it's your grey and your black very simple shoe you've gone away from the

gang thing and nothing blue red blue on these but just really a cool simple

classic gray white shoe very well done one of my favorites he's released and

then later on released in November 2016 the classic leather Reeboks Lux so

these are the luxury they did these were delivered in the fall so they got kind

of like a fall color theme to them they did bring back the red blue but

very subtly in the back of the shoes another great colorway released very

cool the pair of jeans and you know just a simple pair of shoes but very cool and

then the last one that he did with Reeboks is actually maybe my second

favorite released he did a collab with clubs with the Club C Reebok and they

did the acid wash dead denim just a very cool shoe again they brought back the

red for the gang signs or whatever you want to call that they brought some

color back into them for this one again the very mute Reebok sign on the side

there the other one looks pretty much the same so yeah so I really did what he

did with with Reebok shout out to Kendrick coming up in episode 8 I'm

gonna show you everything one that he did with Nike so look out

for it We The Kicks army

What's up out there We The Kicks army

you know your boy Cooks loves giving shit away right so here we go we're

gonna give away a fresh Jays Jersey not sure if you saw this I was wearing it

last segment it's got legend 23 on the back it really is a really cool Jersey

everything stitched on what a cool it's Jersey it's bright it's actually made by

Million Dollar Motive you can find them on Instagram I've got an extra one to

give away but here's the deal guys and listen closely you need to subscribe to

YouTube follow us on Instagram follow us on Facebook and then once you've done

all three leave a comment under this post Instagram saying all three names

for your platforms Instagram YouTube and Facebook we will verify them put all the

people that did that into a bowl we'll draw it out and maybe you can win this

an extra large fresh Jays legend 23 Jersey for Motive Million Dollar or

Million Dollar Motive anyways look out for more contests coming your way

episode 10 we're giving away a pair of shoes so

look out for that Cooks loves contests