UPDATE: I've seen 2 doctors and gone to Urgent Care since my last update. They no longer believe it's a virus but are unsure exactly what it is. Took a CT scan to eliminate any life threatening/immediate concerns (results were thankfully all normal) and now I need to get an MRI. Hopeful that whatever it is will sort itself out still but I don't have a definitive timetable on this and as long as it keeps flaring up, it completely impedes my ability to work/do anything so forgive me. Just some rotten luck/timing recently - miss and love you all!
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Hate having to update with reasons why I can't make videos but after returning from my family emergency, I came down with a severe cold and was bed ridden for 6 days. Last Wednesday I finally started feeling well enough to sit at my desk and as luck would have it I started feeling off again Friday evening and have apparently caught a virus that's been going around that's left me stuck in bed again. The dizziness and nausea has been so severe that I've been unable to do anything and it keeps coming in and out. I'm seeing a doctor today and hoping I can find some answer/help but currently just playing the waiting game. TL;DR: I'm sick of being sick.
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There was a sudden passing in my family and I’ve been out of state for a few days now. I’ll be back next week but just wanted to give a heads up. Thanks for your consideration and hope you’re all safe and well. Hug your loved ones for me.
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Today marks the 10th Anniversary for the first ever "The Dream Team" video. It's been a wild ride since with both the boys and my solo endeavors. Can't thank you guys enough for watching and supporting us.
For many of you The Dream Team meant more at the time than I (or we for that matter) could've ever imagined and hearing those stories now warms my heart. You might not get the same content/Destiny shenanigans and that's simply because life has taken us on different journeys. Not just Rob, Blue and I but you the viewer. I can't imagine where you were in life when you first watched The Dream Team and where you are now - but I hope you're doing well. As long as one of the thousands of videos I've uploaded helped you out in some small way then it's all been worth it. I'll always be thankful for these chapters of life/content. I appreciate all of you who watched then or now. It definitely doesn't feel like 10 years... it's wild to even think about... how time flies.
Feels like just yesterday I said "In today's Dream Team..." for the first time...
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Been meaning to get a VLOG out updating you all on life for nearly 3 months now. Having a hard time sitting down and putting all my thoughts to words, there's a lot to say and I don't know how to say it all yet. Until then I just wanted to say thanks as always for supporting me and my channel. Variety YouTube gaming channels are much harder to navigate and grow these days and I'm so very thankful I have the community I do. I know a lot of you have been around for a long time and I don't take that for granted. Love you!
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Had a copyright issue with today’s Golf It video and working on getting it back up ASAP!
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My Gaming PC has been giving me a LOT of troubles as of recent. I've finally send it in for diagnostic/repairs because after days of troubleshooting myself I'm at my wit's end. Hopefully won't be too much delay in content (still have a video going up today and a couple more planned) but you might've noticed uploads have slowed down here on the main channel. That's for a couple reasons that I'll be talking about in depth with a sit down video I'll be posting soon.
With that said though there's still daily Mon-Fri uploads over on Mr. Fruit Pokemon and Bazaar uploads over on Mr. Fruit Uncut right now! Hope you've all had a great start to 2025 and thanks for watching and supporting. Will have a lot (maybe too much) to share with that sit down video so to all my core viewers/fans be sure to look out for that. Haven't had an open and honest video/discussion with you all in too long. Love you guys and I apologize on the intermittent content uploads.
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!! Hope you and yours are having a wonderful time - personally I’ll be taking my first full day off in a while. Which means no upload here but there will still be an episode of the Mr. Fruit & Datto Pokémon Nuzlocke over on Mr. Fruit Pokemon!
Wanted to thank you all for everything you guys have done for me. Glad so many of you have been enjoying the content recently and for joining me on this ride for however long you have. I hope you and your friends/family are healthy and well. Should have an update video towards the New Year updating you all on how I’ve been/where I’m at personally as well as updates on the channel.
The greatest gift Santa ever gave me was all of you. Love you ❤️
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Just a heads up that uploads might not be daily on this channel for the time being while I record/edit the brand new Nuzlocke with Datto over on @MrFruitPokemon (Mon-Fri @ 2 PM EST) and additional content like all future The Bazaar content on @MrFruitUncut (just uploaded the first one yesterday). I just don't want to push myself into working all day every day in order to ensure this always has a daily upload (the Nuzlocke is what really eats into the time) BUT with that said it still means there should be daily Mr. Fruit content in 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 form - just not on this channel. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving (to my fellow Americans) and appreciate all the support and kind words on the last community post as well. Couldn't have asked for a better group of viewers! <3
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Just got back from Mexico and don't have any more trips planned for the long foreseeable future (aside from visiting Datto briefly in December for his pack opening stream) and just wanted to say it's good to be back and start to settle in again. Wanted to thank everybody who's been watching and supporting all the random stuff the past few months.
I've seen you all sharing your YouTube recaps on reddit/twitter and it warms my heart (I believe people mentioned you can see it by going to YouTube gaming on the mobile app). To all those that watch and support everything I do I cannot express enough in words what that means to me.
Since returning from surgery I just wanted to focus on one thing - enjoy making content. Not to mention trying to find a healthier work/life balance and I think I've found a sweet spot recently (all the crunching to prepare for my trips aside). And I think I have found the enjoyment again and it's been great hearing so much feedback that recent videos have been highly entertaining/high quality. However, It's no secret looking at the channel that the algorithm doesn't seem to care about that fact and so for now I'm just choosing to largely ignore it and vibe until probably the new year.
Once seasonal ad rate surges are gone I'm not sure our current average views will be sustainable (not to mention it's equating to less sponsors and much lower sponsor rates) so I might look into sorting out different things whether it be trying to juggle several channels again with their own "niche" or "genre", looking to stream more to try to generate more Twitch subs or YouTube memberships or something else entirely... rest assured I won't be going anywhere. I'll keep finding a way to continue doing what I love because I still love what I do and that's possible because of of you.
Speaking of which I'll be testing out streaming to this YouTube channel once I sort all of the technical stuff which will hopefully be soon. Datto and I are working and will begin recording our first ever Pokemon Soul Link Nuzlocke together within the next week most likely which will be uploaded over on @MrFruitPokemon. I'm going to continue recording and uploading The Bazaar because I'm INSANELY addicted and while the next upload will still be here, uploads for the game after that might move over to @MrFruitUncut since it makes more sense.
The truth of the matter is, I'm a guy that has to ride trends/certain games more than I used to think. We haven't had a main staple for the channel in years to tether ourselves around and the proof is in the pudding. If I look back at this September, we were doing REALLY well comparatively and it was because we had Deadlock to consistently hop back to while it was popping and I really was bullish on the game. However interest and views for content dropped way faster than I thought. I still love that game and will continue to cover it (although not full throttle until an official announcement/beta or something along the lines of a 1.0) but it was just more evidence that a high tide raises all ships - variety does better when there's something else to attract viewers to the channel.
I've been meaning to make a VLOG talking about all of this and more, which I will do eventually, but I just wanted to share some thoughts here and also share my appreciation. YouTube is a fickle thing, and like everything else in life/entertainment/business it adapts and changes, and I've been unable to successfully adapt or change because it just simply doesn't line up with how I operate. That's not to say there aren't brighter days on the horizon, in fact I'm confident there are, but it'd be naive to not still prepare and accept the facts as they are now.
ANYWAY that was quite the word soup. I hope you're doing well and have a wonderful holiday season. With my new room configuration I'm not sure I can fit my Christmas tree behind me which is devastating but rest assured I'll still be putting it up and forgetting to take it down until next ~May.
Love you all. I continue to fight for our banner and namesake, House Fruit.
DILLY DILLY o7
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