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The Kanoka Equation
Kanoka disks are a widespread technology within the Matoran Universe, with many different powers and abilities. In this Knowledge Tower investigation, we take a closer look at the Enlarge and Shrink Kanoka and derive brand new equations to predict their effects.
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Climate of Mata Nui
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The island of Mata Nui - a tropical paradise that acted as the main setting for the first three years of the Bionicle story. The island was split up into the six Wahi, with each having very different environmental conditions from the rest. Could such variation really happen on the relatively small scale of a single island? In this video, we find out. New Bionicle Science investigations every mo...
I Messed Up
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All good scientists need to be able to admit when they were wrong; be that in their datasets, methods or conclusions. Ko-Matoran Scholars are no exception to this. In this edition of the Knowledge Tower, we address a couple of my mistakes. New Bionicle Science investigations every month. What part of Bionicle lore do you want to see investigated next? Give your suggestions in the comments below...
The True Size of Voya Nui
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Voya Nui, the home of the Mask of Life and setting of the 2006 storyline. Its an island shrouded in mystery and in today's investigation, we uncover one of them... Just how big is the island anyway? New Bionicle Science investigations every month. What part of Bionicle lore do you want to see investigated next? Give your suggestions in the comments below! If you want to support the Knowledge To...
Bonus Video - Spherus Magna Calendar
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As a final bonus video to finish off the Solis Magna mini-series, I have some fun coming up with a potential calendar for the Magnans, based on the calculated year length of Spherus Magna from earlier videos - I hope you enjoy it! Link to the downloadable version of the calendar: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d44awu22q3uaz8j7wabcw/Spherus-Magna-Calendar.pdf?rlkey=z18ze6cvbvt6uth1wde8hvfkm&dl=0 Links t...
Solis Magna - orbits and the view of the sky
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Solis Magna - the star around which the entire BIONICLE storyline takes place and the subject of our current mini-series on this channel. Last month, we looked the main star of the binary, Solis A, determining is characteristics. In this month's investigation, we take a look at Solis B more closely to try to determine its own features. Then we bring everything together to work out the orbital m...
What type of star is Solis Magna?
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Solis Magna - the star around which the entire BIONICLE storyline takes place and the subject of our current mini-series on this channel. Last month, we looked at if Solis Magna existed as a binary, with two stars, Solis A and Solis B, making up the whole. In this month's investigation, we take a look at Solis A more closely to try to determine just what category of star it falls into. This is ...
Solis Magna - a Binary Star?
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Solis Magna - the star around which the entire BIONICLE storyline takes place. Or, should that be the two stars? In this month's investigation, we take a look at Solis Magna and see how being a binary system would affect life on the planets around it. This is part one of a 3 part series diving deep into the unanswered questions around Solis Magna, be sure to stick around to check out parts 2 an...
Rahkshi, Washed and Chilled (810NICLE Day 2023)
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Happy 810NICLE day everyone! In this month’s video made especially for the 810NICLE day livestream, we investigate the science behind Kopaka Nuva’s battle with the Rahkshi during the events of BIONICLE: Mask of Light. In this scene, Kopaka Nuva is able to trap the Rahkshi in a prison of ice, completely freezing the lake in which they had been submerged. But just how could this feat of freezing ...
Ko-Fi Announcement
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The Knowledge Tower officially has a Ko-Fi account! ko-fi.com/theknowledgetower Just a short announcement video to say that if you fancy throwing a few Widgets towards supporting the channel, you now have a way to do that with the link above. New Bionicle Science investigations every month. What part of Bionicle lore do you want to see investigated next? Give your suggestions in the comments be...
Thornax are real?!
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On the desert world of Bara Magna, an unusual form of ammunition has found prominent use across the wasteland. This ammo is not made, but grows naturally in the sands - the spiky and explosive Thornax Fruit. But what exactly is this fruit, and was it actually inspired by a real plant found in nature? In this investigation, we find out. Want to see a real-life example of exploding fruit? See thi...
Mount Ihu and the Mangai Volcano
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Mount Ihu and the Mangai Volcano - two imposing mountains whose peaks seemed to touch the sky - but how high were those peaks exactly? In this investigation, we find out! New Bionicle Science investigations every month, what part of Bionicle lore do you want to see investigated next? Give your suggestions in the comments below! If you want to support the Knowledge Tower you can donate on Ko-Fi:...
Spherus Magna Timekeeping
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Time! Along with Life and Creation, its one of the 3 fundamental forces of the Bionicle universe, but despite the massive world-building in the Bionicle story, how time is measured in-universe has never been fully defined. In this investigation, we try to figure out just how the beings of the Bionicle world define time in their everyday lives, and see how it is different to the methods we are u...
Bonus Video - Collective Names
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In this short bonus video, we go over some key terms that will be used in upcoming videos, as voted on by you! New Bionicle science investigations every month, what part of Bionicle lore do you want to see investigated next? Give your suggestions in the comments below! If you want to support the Knowledge Tower you can donate on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/theknowledgetower
Lightstones and Heatstones
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The Lightstones and the Heatstones may be everyday items to the inhabitants of the Matoran Universe, but that doesn’t make them any less wondrous. In this investigation we take a closer look at these glowing and warm stones to see just how they might work. New Bionicle Science investigations every month, what part of Bionicle lore do you want to see investigated next? Give your suggestions in t...
Bohrok-Kal Black Hole
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Bohrok-Kal Black Hole
Farshtey Vs Faber - the True Size of the Great Spirit Robot
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Farshtey Vs Faber - the True Size of the Great Spirit Robot
Mass of a Toa
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Mass of a Toa
The Science of Naming Day
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The Science of Naming Day
The Science of Nova Blasts
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The Science of Nova Blasts
The Speed of the Kanohi Kakama
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The Speed of the Kanohi Kakama
Channel Introduction
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Channel Introduction

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Tricolossus
    @Tricolossus 2 дні тому

    I love when people realize that the heat must go somewhere

  • @Tricolossus
    @Tricolossus 2 дні тому

    Awesome video, especialy the interactive part and the aclaration of the x *

  • @TheDocSRKA
    @TheDocSRKA 5 днів тому

    I love that I came for a video on the great discs and also got a lesson in maths notation

  • @raff3486
    @raff3486 5 днів тому

    Great video.

  • @Aranthappyrobot
    @Aranthappyrobot 6 днів тому

    It’s amazing how enjoyable stuff like this is when it’s explained clearly.

  • @ethancameron4962
    @ethancameron4962 8 днів тому

    Ohhhh! Is he doing it?! The combination formula?!

    • @ethancameron4962
      @ethancameron4962 8 днів тому

      Oh, no, different kanoka formula. As always, amazing video!

  • @vrokortac9457
    @vrokortac9457 8 днів тому

    I got about 1.5m cause I did it in my head. Close enough I say

  • @AzureLord707
    @AzureLord707 9 днів тому

    I go onto youtube to watch a specific video. I see a bewildered ko-matoran staring at me. I watch that video instead. --- Jokes aside, this was a great video! Getting into the nitty-gritty of how certain powers and abilities work is always a good time, and everything was very well explained. One thing that could have made it even better would be a more gradual "reveal" of the final equation in the "play along at home" section. Overall tho, that section was very fun, and it did feel great to figure it out for myself and then seeing the correct answer pop up on screen.

  • @yargolocus4853
    @yargolocus4853 9 днів тому

    remember when league of legends changed their ability cooldown reduction stat into ability haste? (flat percentage reduction vs percentage faster cooling down). That reminds me of this problem, and how you could avoid the negative size result. Remind me to try and solve this and I might do it.

  • @yargolocus4853
    @yargolocus4853 9 днів тому

    I did approximate math in my head and got "something under 2 meters, at minimum 1.6m" that's alright for the accuracy Vakama was looking for in the heat of the battle I think.

  • @Bionickpunk
    @Bionickpunk 9 днів тому

    I want a video theorizing why each of the Great Disks have the specific disk power they have and how do those powers factor in the Great Disk of Time. Enlargement could factor in enlarging the effect of the Time distortion for example.

  • @Definitely_a_Fox
    @Definitely_a_Fox 9 днів тому

    Gah, tricking me into doing math by using my childhood nostalgia! Devious!

  • @legodudelol9a
    @legodudelol9a 9 днів тому

    I think there's something wrong with the wiki's shrink disk entry as I clearly recall a matoran having been hit with a level 8 shrink disk and he became so tiny that he was never found again. I found this in one of the novels from the same novel line as Time Trap.

  • @ChrundleKelly
    @ChrundleKelly 9 днів тому

    Great vid again! Well done

  • @bloodstoneore4630
    @bloodstoneore4630 9 днів тому

    I have additional takes on kanoka (mosly the logic of kanoka combinations in maskmaking) if you are interested in hearing them

    • @theknowledgetower208
      @theknowledgetower208 9 днів тому

      Go for it, I'd love to :)

    • @bloodstoneore4630
      @bloodstoneore4630 9 днів тому

      @@theknowledgetower208 I might have figured out the logistics of mask-making through the disk combinations we are provided (admittedly, a small sample size of 13) any mask made with one disk gets a literal translation of the power, while masks made with multiple causes the disks to become less literal reconstitute: blanket alteration of other powers freeze: reduces something involving a select target (am least sure of this one) weakness: reduce external force remove poison: relates to the user's body/abilities enlarge: projection/broadening shrink: focusing regenerate: provides extra force or capacity teleport: relates to distance (namely speed and sight) example: the matatu is shrink+teleport or the focusing of motion on a selected object or the pakari being remove poison+enlarge+regenerate or the user's strength projected and amplified true elemental disks can apparently be used for this as well, but we have no examples of this

    • @bloodstoneore4630
      @bloodstoneore4630 3 дні тому

      ​@@theknowledgetower208another I thought of: mask making has to be a more complex process than just molding the metal given kanohi last seemingly indefinitely (toa Mata masks made at beginning of MU) while kanoka denatured (all depleted between toa metru and toa mata)

  • @heyheyitsjae2475
    @heyheyitsjae2475 9 днів тому

    Of course, this under the assumption that the minimum and maximum heights are the fixed values for a level 8 disk and not an overflow/underflow error failsafe. Say for example an enlarge disk multiplied the size of a target by 0.75 times their default height for each level. If you hit something that was 15 m tall with level 6 disk. Suddenly you'd have something that's 67.5 m tall, and that'd be *too* big for the Great Beings' various security measures, so the disk deactivates and stops feeding its "enlarging power" when the target reaches 18.29 m. On the flipside if you used a level 8 disk with that same 0.75 multiplier on something that's only 2 m tall. They'd hid 12 m and then stop growing because the ran out of "enlarging power" before they even hit the upper limit.

  • @prcervi
    @prcervi 9 днів тому

    power level 9 shrink disk sounds like it's either a disk of implosion or disk of miniature black hole

  • @Yan_Alkovic
    @Yan_Alkovic 9 днів тому

    1.63 m, that's just a little shorter than me lol

  • @matthewbooth8487
    @matthewbooth8487 9 днів тому

    Perhaps you could examine how much antidermis is in one Makuta... if we go by the tank the piraka used, it looks like a lot, but Teridax's models (and the fact he presumably staffed all of his gas into Matoro to possess him) implies that antidermis is very compressible. Perhaps too conpressible?

  • @sebastianthomsen2225
    @sebastianthomsen2225 9 днів тому

    😊👍

  • @ajerjavec4723
    @ajerjavec4723 9 днів тому

    What is the maximum power of? Tahu and kopaka nuva fire and ice powers so we can figure out what The resistance of those respectful elements, Makuta have after all official sources say they can resist their respective toa tools of the 2003 storyline aren’t those just to channel their powers

  • @danielbickford3458
    @danielbickford3458 9 днів тому

    Could have used an exponential growth / Decay function to describe the growth rates instead. Not sure exactly how this would have changed the math but it would have been an option.

    • @Yan_Alkovic
      @Yan_Alkovic 9 днів тому

      I'm not sure it would make much sense to use that model. For one, an exponential function always goes to 0, unless you add a minimum value, but the equation would become h(P) = hmin+(h0-hmin)*e^-P, which just looks inelegant. Plus it would mean that you are gonna have a huge size drop from 1 to 2, and then tiers 5-8 will be practically indistinguishable. That would call into question why have all these tiers. I think the linear model is more appropriate so that each tier makes a difference.

    • @Korohpu
      @Korohpu 9 днів тому

      ​@@Yan_Alkovic I attempted a different approach, namely a simple power law. The formula I devised is: h[P] = h0^(1-Abs[P]/8) * c[P]^Abs[P] where P is the disc's power (negative values refer to shrinking, and positive to enlarging; P = 0 is not getting hit by a disc lmao) and c[P] is hMax^(1/8) for P > 0 and hMin^(1/8) for P < 0. For hMax = 18.29 m and hMin = 0.15 m this works out to be: c+ = 1.438 m^(1/8) ; c- = 0.790 m^(1/8) I tried finding a constant factor that would work for both positive and negative values, but couldn't find one that reproduces both given min/max sizes. All resulting sizes of a Toa getting hit by each power level are then (in meters and feet): LVL m feet -9 0.11 0.36 -8 0.15 0.50 -7 0.21 0.70 -6 0.30 0.97 -5 0.41 1.36 -4 0.58 1.90 -3 0.81 2.64 -2 1.12 3.69 -1 1.57 5.15 0 2.19 7.19 1 2.86 9.37 2 3.72 12.21 3 4.85 15.92 4 6.33 20.76 5 8.25 27.07 6 10.76 35.30 7 14.03 46.02 8 18.29 60.00 9 23.84 78.23 I think the size differences between each level are still reasonable enough. The only problem I can see is that the resulting sizes you get for power level 9 are dependant on the original size, e.g. a Toa getting hit by a level 9 enlarge disc would become 23.84 m (see above), but a Tahtorak (~12 m) would become 19.28 m, and similarly for shrinking. This could be resolved by setting the max/min sizes to be the result of getting hit by a lvl 9 disc instead of a lvl 8, in which case you'd have to replace all 8s in my equation with 9s.

  • @akumaking1
    @akumaking1 9 днів тому

    Could you explore what exactly the webs of the Visorak are composed of?

    • @prcervi
      @prcervi 9 днів тому

      plot device material~* but realistically i'd guess something of a spider silk fiberglass type mixture, can't really say why, it just feels right to me

    • @yargolocus4853
      @yargolocus4853 9 днів тому

      @@prcervi I was thinking some polymer plastic, but the way they release a puff of dust as they are broken looks more life micro fibers that break into very small particles

    • @milokiss8276
      @milokiss8276 2 дні тому

      Agreed entirely.

  • @accessgranted4026
    @accessgranted4026 20 днів тому

    Xxx

  • @Mindanomalia
    @Mindanomalia 27 днів тому

    I always love seeing videos from this channel. Scratches an itch in my brain

  • @VainerCactus0
    @VainerCactus0 Місяць тому

    This is pretty cool.

  • @VainerCactus0
    @VainerCactus0 Місяць тому

    This is assuming the video was made with the true scale in mind. Maybe an optical illusion of some sort made the height seem greater than it actually is?

  • @VainerCactus0
    @VainerCactus0 Місяць тому

    Time is a circle. Thats why clocks are round.

  • @Anton-de5vu
    @Anton-de5vu Місяць тому

    The kanoka Ross example really makes this feel like a class being taught in universe, I love it

  • @VainerCactus0
    @VainerCactus0 Місяць тому

    So Heatstones are an RTG of sorts. Neat. I guess with all that armour they wear plus the shielding on the Heatstone you won't have to worry if it produces a few Gamma rays.

  • @VainerCactus0
    @VainerCactus0 Місяць тому

    The only way this works is if the black hole is dealt with by some kind of automated defence system built into the GSR. It would make sense if you're going to have gravity based elemental powers to have some way to prevent them from going rouge and damaging the GSR.

  • @alpal4245
    @alpal4245 Місяць тому

    I think one other thing I'm considering about the climate is how the island is located relative to the ITCZ (the band of low pressure around the equator) the ITCZ can fluxuate throughout the year (which results in the monsoonal climate in a lot of places in Asia). Based on the lack of evidence for this on the island, I would believe the island to be a decent distance away from the equator (maybe like 10 degrees south or so). With that being said I'm just a novice worldbuilder and I'm could be very wrong

  • @VainerCactus0
    @VainerCactus0 Місяць тому

    Is there enough room in the smaller GSR for all the known domes?

    • @theknowledgetower208
      @theknowledgetower208 Місяць тому

      That is a very good question, one that I am in fact currently working on an answer to as a follow up to this video ;)

    • @VainerCactus0
      @VainerCactus0 Місяць тому

      @@theknowledgetower208 Nice, looking forward to it. :)

  • @VainerCactus0
    @VainerCactus0 Місяць тому

    Archimedes didn't cut his bathtime short for you to forget something like that 2000 years later!

  • @tentimestay9181
    @tentimestay9181 Місяць тому

    Until 4:20 I was worried it'd work out as like 60kph but I think the figure you got sounds about right for how fast Pohatu was/is in my imagination.

  • @matthewbooth8487
    @matthewbooth8487 Місяць тому

    Season names: Aftsun (after sun, when Solis B is trailing after/catching up to A) Onsun (One Sun, when B is eclipsed by A) Forsun (before sun, when B is moving away from A) Nitsun (when B is opposite A, turning night into day)

  • @VainerCactus0
    @VainerCactus0 Місяць тому

    Whats that? You like your name? Tough, we're giving you a new one!

  • @VainerCactus0
    @VainerCactus0 Місяць тому

    Waaaaaaay over powered. You have to wonder why the Toa don't just ask for volunteers to go on a one way mission to any enemy island/base and explode it. Unleashing the power of the sun would end any threat. Makes you wonder why anyone goes against the Toa if they have that much power they can tap into.

  • @matthewbooth8487
    @matthewbooth8487 Місяць тому

    This is massive worldbuilding, I love it and am gonna use it in my post-Reformations canon.

  • @VainerCactus0
    @VainerCactus0 Місяць тому

    So Pohatu is OP. I know the US air force has restrictions on where you are allowed to go super sonic, I expect hyper sonic would have similar restrictions. People tend to file complaints when their windows all get broken. Just by running near his enemies Pohatu can inflict a lot of damage, in my opinion it would be more than his elemental powers could manage unless he was very creative and lucky with the terrain the fight took place on. If he runs at them from a short range and stops just in front of them, the shockwave could be fatal for a lot of enemy types. If your mask is that powerful, I have to imagine it's way more powerful than any other tool your team has, even just from the perspective that your mask has to accelerate you to that speed and keep you alive, cool, breathing and in control enough to not ram into anything. Any tool that can manage that should be able to do a lot of other things too. Twice the speed of the SR-71 is impressive, I have heard some rumours that Lockheed Martin might be working on a SR-72 that can go mach 5, so still slower than this mask. I think the Nuva version is probably a bit faster too. If they had written 10 minutes or 30 minutes nobody would have to explain away ram heating lol.

  • @VainerCactus0
    @VainerCactus0 Місяць тому

    Now I have to wonder if this all lines up nicely by coincidence or if every detail was meticulously planned when the creatives behind the Bionicle team were setting all the details down whenever these decisions were made.

  • @matthewbooth8487
    @matthewbooth8487 Місяць тому

    Compared to Chixculub, AKA the dinosaur-killer? That might be an interesting comparison to draw here. ...I suggest a whole year later.

  • @christosgiannopoulos828
    @christosgiannopoulos828 Місяць тому

    That was a very good educational video

  • @M0rtunodos
    @M0rtunodos Місяць тому

    I thought this video was going to be about the geography of a random pacific island. Interesting to see the thought put into a lego setting.

  • @ajerjavec4723
    @ajerjavec4723 Місяць тому

    Get the video that is interesting one could Voya nui being bad place climate for wise and the second, considering that it’s been confirmed that most of the plant was created by energize pro dermis which made it habitable for the Matrin maybe you can determine what the island looks like under normal circumstances before Mata nui leaves to go to another planet

  • @mysioreu4843
    @mysioreu4843 Місяць тому

    Given the opposite rotation of the planet both west and east should've been swapped on the compass

    • @theknowledgetower208
      @theknowledgetower208 Місяць тому

      While I can see your point, that’s not the case here. Historically, east and west were defined by where the sun rose, with east being where it rose and west being where it set. So, if we were purely using that definition, then what you say would be true and I should’ve swapped them around. But the definitions of east and west have been refined for when talking about astronomical bodies other than just the Earth. According to modern definitions, east and west are defined not by where the sun rises on a planet, but by their related orientation to north and south. If you are facing north, then east is always to the right, and west is always to the left - and vice versa if you are facing south. This means that the real question becomes how do you define north and south? There are two different schools of thought of this, the method that compares north and south against the invariable plane of the planets solar system (which is the currently accepted method used by the International Astronomical Union), or the “right hand” rule which uses the planet and its rotation independent of the rest of the solar system to define north and south (which is an older method, but still used in some places). I’d recommend these links if you want to know more about both methods, they can explain it better than I can in a comment (and you can see how north and south can be different in both definitions for the same planet depending upon how the planet is rotating compared to the rest of its solar system - it’s a pretty cool read) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poles_of_astronomical_bodies www.astronomy.com/science/ask-astro-how-do-we-distinguish-north-and-south-poles-on-other-planets/ But for Aqua Magna, we know it has to be in the orientation given in the video at 12:09. As the video explains, the island has to be in the orientation that is depicted in that image, otherwise the prevailing winds wouldn’t match up to where they needed to be for the rain shadow explanation of the islands geography to work. Also, in order for that to work, then the planet needs to be spinning in the opposite direction to the Earth, again as explained in the video. But we know from canon that Po-Wahi needs to be facing roughly north. So, if we take all of this into account alongside the fact that east and west should be defined in relation to their position relative to north and south rather than where the sun rises or sets, then east and west have to be in the direction they were given on the map in the video and therefore Solis Magna has to rise in the west and set in the east. Hope that makes sense.

  • @bucketslash11
    @bucketslash11 Місяць тому

    here's a good question, does the non-humanoid Bionicle have accurate bio-mechanical movement? big fan of Bionicle when i was young, had the Mask of Light on VHS and Mask of Light Toa (?) figure along with a few others

  • @Litchert
    @Litchert Місяць тому

    Proud of you for finding and owning up to mistakes. Also holy crap I *love* the Nuva masks.

  • @Litchert
    @Litchert Місяць тому

    Got me in the olds with this one, haha! I love seeing these scales come to light. I'd always envisioned the islands as approximately the same size but this all makes way more sense in context in some ways. (The depth/height of the island, though, craaazy.)

  • @Litchert
    @Litchert Місяць тому

    Heya! Old school Bionicle fan here just finding our channel. I love what I'm seeing so far <3 I can't imagine the speed boost he got when he got the Nuva upgrade :D

    • @theknowledgetower208
      @theknowledgetower208 Місяць тому

      Hey! Glad to have you :) You may want to check out the "I messed up" video uploaded recently. It covers some corrections to this video, and you might just get your answer for the Nuva upgrade too ;)