devtrackers.gg
10 days
ago -
Fortnite
-
Direct link
Transcript (by Youtube)
| 2s | [NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA] |
|---|---|
| 6s | [5:00 AM] |
| 8s | I want people to feel ... |
| 11s | ...motivated. |
| 15s | The classic expression is anything is possible... |
| 18s | ...but I think anything is possible ...if you work hard. Genuinely. |
| 23s | You can do anything, if you set your mind to it and you're passionate about it. |
| 26s | Even if you're feeling doubt, |
| 28s | I felt a little bit of doubt too, there's always a way to flip it around. |
| 31s | If you: Never Back Down, Never Give Up. |
| 36s | Genuinely. |
| 38s | [STORIES FROM THE BATTLE BUS] |
| 40s | [STORIES FROM THE BATTLE BUS] [NICKEH30] |
| 41s | [Intro music begins] Ehhhhh-Mazing! |
| 45s | Never Back Down... Never Give Up... |
| 47s | [Nick] Okay. I'm going to do my intro in 2 seconds when I’m on on the Battle Bus. |
| 50s | and ...3 ...2 .... |
| 53s | Hey everyone! |
| 54s | It is NickEh30 here, and welcome back to a new Fortnite update. |
| 56s | We're going to be checking it out, we're going to give you my- |
| 59s | ...One more time... |
| 60s | Hey, everyone.! |
| 60s | It is NickEh30 here. Welcome back to another Fortnite update.... |
| 63s | There’s a lot more to Fortnite and a lot more to streaming than just: |
| 66s | “Are you good at the game?” |
| 68s | [NICK STREAMING] One more over there. |
| 69s | [NICK STREAMING] Love it. |
| 70s | ...when there’s a story... |
| 71s | ...from start middle to end... |
| 74s | [NICK STREAMING] Nice. |
| 75s | [NICK STREAMING] ...And now it's going to be a 1v1. |
| 76s | Context ... really emphasizes how good that clip is. |
| 82s | [NICK STREAMING] Oh my gosh. |
| 84s | [NICK STREAMING] Oh he is good. |
| 85s | [NICK STREAMING] I love this thrill! |
| 87s | [NICK STREAMING] Tagged him. He's one shot. |
| 89s | [NICK STREAMING] Full box. I coned him! |
| 91s | [NICK STREAMING] Oh ... he got out! |
| 93s | [NICK STREAMING] Full Box. No. |
| 95s | [NICK STREAMING] Ooooohhhhhhhhhh |
| 96s | [NICK STREAMING] GG! |
| 99s | [NICK STREAMING] See you guys. That's why I like Fortnite. |
| 100s | [NICK STREAMING] No matter what... |
| 102s | [NICK STREAMING] ...there’s some great players out there. |
| 103s | I think context is one of the most important things... |
| 106s | ...when you're making a good story. |
| 108s | [A VHS Machine can be heard starting up] |
| 110s | [CHILD’s VOICE] Nicolas! |
| 111s | [MOTHER’S VOICE] Hi Baby! |
| 112s | [NICK] I grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| 113s | [FATHER’S VOICE] Hey, guys. |
| 114s | [NICK] ...kind of out in the ‘Boonies’ ... |
| 116s | ... not a lot of people to hang out with. |
| 117s | You just make your own fun in the backyard. |
| 120s | My parents really didn't have a lot. |
| 122s | My mom moved from Lebanon. |
| 124s | She came here to Nova Scotia. |
| 125s | My parents had a lot of different family businesses. |
| 128s | From a convenience store ... |
| 130s | To a pizza shop... |
| 132s | ... to an automotive shop. |
| 134s | [DAD] In every business they had a role. |
| 135s | They always worked. Nick always worked with us. |
| 137s | Him and his brother. |
| 139s | [NICK] We would be there... |
| 140s | ... doing tire changes, oil changes. |
| 142s | ...putting cars up on the hoist. |
| 143s | [MOM] It's nice to show them how to work. |
| 145s | Because life isn't easy. |
| 146s | Nothing is easy. No. |
| 148s | And they think what we do is easy. |
| 149s | So if they're involved ... they know it. |
| 151s | [NICK] I learned that working hard ... |
| 153s | ...was something you needed to do. |
| 155s | If you want to succeed in life, you need to give it you're 110%. |
| 159s | [BIRDS CHIRPING] |
| 162s | [GARAGE DOOR OPENS] |
| 164s | [DAD] So I remember this... |
| 164s | ... as clear as it was yesterday. |
| 167s | It was grade one. |
| 169s | I was dropping him off at school... |
| 172s | ...and he looks up at me. |
| 173s | He said: “Dad, what should I be when I get older?” |
| 177s | And I said: Well, you want to be... |
| 179s | ...something where you can make good money. |
| 181s | Because, you need money to live. |
| 184s | But, it'd be nice to have a job where you can help people too. |
| 188s | He said: “Do doctors make lots of money?” |
| 190s | I said: “Yeah, they can.” |
| 192s | “And doctors help people?” |
| 193s | I said: “Yeah, doctors help people.” |
| 195s | “Okay, Dad, I'm going to be a doctor.” |
| 197s | I said, “But you need straight A's to be a doctor.” |
| 200s | “Okay, Dad. I'm going to get straight A's.” |
| 202s | [BROTHER] My brother, I want to say, is what I call a perfectionist. |
| 205s | His grades were always perfect. |
| 207s | Like, PERFECT straight A's. |
| 209s | [NICK] Prioritizing school was number one for me. |
| 212s | I want to become a doctor. I want to try to help people. |
| 214s | I want to have the best resume, |
| 216s | to be able to succeed, the best that I could. |
| 218s | So, I was doing taekwondo. |
| 221s | I was doing guitar lessons. |
| 223s | I was in the Mathletes... peer tutoring ... student council. |
| 227s | As you can imagine, it's a lot. |
| 228s | For my first year in university. |
| 230s | I didn't get a single grade below A-plus. |
| 233s | And ... um ... going into my second year ... |
| 236s | ...I started to get a little overwhelmed. |
| 239s | It was nonstop, nonstop, nonstop, study, study, study. |
| 243s | It got to a point where I was so overwhelmed... |
| 245s | ...I can’t ... I can’t do this. |
| 248s | There was a lot of stress on him. |
| 249s | I could see it. |
| 250s | You did say one day he's going to crash. |
| 252s | I mean, you can only handle anything for so long. |
| 254s | I kind of just like lost myself. It was too much. |
| 257s | I guess I got to a point where I was overwhelmed |
| 259s | and I needed something different. |
| 261s | [NICK’S VOICE] This is my room right here... |
| 263s | Along the way, I was just kind of doing a YouTube channel. |
| 266s | [NICK STREAMING] ...3...2...1 |
| 267s | [NICK STREAMING] Hey Everyone! It’s Nick-A-30! |
| 269s | It was Nick-A-30 ... |
| 272s | It wasn't anywhere near popular. |
| 275s | I was embarrassed. I didn't tell anyone. |
| 276s | My friends didn't know. |
| 278s | when I did my channel, I was trying to be the best version of myself |
| 281s | because I was not happy at the time. |
| 282s | it was kind of like... |
| 283s | ...I wouldn't say ‘fake it till you make it’ but, you know... |
| 285s | ...how you can become something... every time I was filming, |
| 286s | Every time I was filming, |
| 288s | I would just: ‘be happy, be happy, be happy.’ |
| 291s | And it came across as very cringey sometimes. |
| 294s | And that's why I was embarrassed. |
| 294s | It was just: way too high energy...way too forced. |
| 298s | And you could tell. For sure you could tell. |
| 300s | I think it had like 30,000 subscribers around that time, which if you think about |
| 305s | if you're really trying to go full time, it really isn't that much. |
| 307s | But it was something I was very passionate about. |
| 309s | {NICK STREAMING] ...things aren't going so well...I'm not very confident... |
| 312s | At that point, I was very burnt out. |
| 315s | I needed to change something. |
| 317s | [NICK STREAMING] YouTube is the one thing I'm good at right now. |
| 321s | [NICK STREAMING] ..I'm confident we can make it far ... |
| 323s | So I came to my Dad... |
| 325s | I printed off all the analytics, all the documents, all the videos that I've done. |
| 330s | “I want to stop university. I want to pursue making content full time.” |
| 335s | I said no. |
| 335s | No. You got to go to school. |
| 338s | At least, if he finished his university degree and then want to try to do something. |
| 341s | But he's stubborn. I'm stubborn. |
| 344s | She's stubborn. |
| 345s | We're all stubborn in his family. |
| 347s | We were looking for a house so we could have my mom and dad... |
| 349s | ...live with us. And as we were looking through it, |
| 353s | I looked at that downstairs garage and I said to Blanca: |
| 356s | “I'm thinking of building him a stream room. And giving him a chance. |
| 360s | I showed him the garage. |
| 362s | I said: Now, what do you think... |
| 365s | ...if I took half of this garage... |
| 368s | We'll set it all up with computers and stuff, and you can stream. |
| 372s | I'll give you one year. |
| 374s | One year to prove me wrong. |
| 375s | He right away, he looked and he was kind of surprised. |
| 377s | I don’t know if he thought I was serious or not. |
| 380s | I really thought he's just going to get it out of the system and go back to school. |
| 385s | [NICK] At the time I remember... |
| 387s | [NICK’S VOICE] Alright Mr. Amyoony... |
| 388s | [NICK] I agreed to his offer... |
| 389s | [NICK’S VOICE] ...say something we'll look back at 10 years from now.... |
| 392s | But I knew dang well I was making it. |
| 395s | I’m going to become a full time creator. I’m not taking ‘no’ for an answer. |
| 398s | [NICK’s VOICE] What do you have to say, once I’m in this room recording? |
| 402s | [DAD] Don’t do it. |
| 403s | [NICK] Why? |
| 403s | [DAD] Just don’t do it. |
| 405s | [NICK’s VOICE] Why? |
| 406s | [NICK’S VOICE] Do you think this is a waste of time? |
| 407s | [BATTLE BUS HORN] |
| 409s | [JUNE 15] |
| 410s | [JUNE 15] [NICK STREAMING] We're going right down; |
| 410s | [ONE YEAR TO MAKE IT] and let's go to Anarchy Acres. |
| 412s | [NICK STREAMING] I want to go guns blazing. |
| 414s | When I was on my come up, I would do a 5am livestream |
| 417s | ... for 5 hours. |
| 419s | Then I'd be editing a video. |
| 422s | I’d post that video. |
| 424s | Then I’d do another five hour stream to appeal... |
| 426s | ...to people in Europe, people in Australia |
| 432s | And I did that ... |
| 433s | [NICK STREAMING] He sees us, He Sees us! Go Go Go! |
| 435s | ...for a year straight. |
| 437s | Non-stop. Every single day. |
| 440s | I think because I edited my own content... |
| 442s | I want to find a nice transition point. |
| 443s | ...I was able to excel at a higher rate than most people. |
| 448s | I was going through and looking at: How I got eliminated... |
| 450s | ...how I was eliminating other players. |
| 452s | I'm always in the learning mindset. |
| 455s | As I continued to stream, I was good in certain... |
| 457s | aspects of Fortnite. |
| 458s | One of them being building and editing. |
| 460s | I was so quick at it. |
| 462s | But there is this clip. I was on top of a ‘1x1’. and I edited it down... |
| 466s | ...I shot at someone... |
| 468s | Jumped up, closed the edit. |
| 471s | Went back down, Edited. Shot. |
| 473s | It was one of the coolest clips ever. |
| 475s | [NICK STREAMING] That is so clean man! |
| 477s | No one had done anything like that. |
| 479s | It was unheard of. |
| 480s | And eventually name that stuck around was the 2017 ‘Edit God.’ |
| 485s | So as I was streaming... |
| 487s | ...viewership was going up and up and up. |
| 491s | Wow. That's huge. |
| 492s | I think within a year we gained 2 or 3 million subscribers. |
| 496s | It was absolutely unheard of. |
| 498s | [DAD] I remember in January 2018... |
| 502s | [DAD] ...I went away to the Police Academy. |
| 503s | I was a squad leader. |
| 505s | and I'm walking through the hall and I would hear... |
| 508s | ...My son’s voice? |
| 510s | Nick’s voice. |
| 511s | And I look into the room. And they’re watching Nick. Live. |
| 515s | [chuckles] |
| 517s | [NICK STREAMING] see how I faked him out there, guys? |
| 519s | [NICK STREAMING] I pre-aimed. I adjusted my sights before I popped out, |
| 521s | And I walked a little further down the hall.. |
| 523s | ...and somebody else is watching him! |
| 524s | That night, there was probably 6 or 7 people watching. |
| 527s | He really started blowing up. He started getting huge. |
| 531s | [NICK] I’d look at my emails ... |
| 534s | ...from my YouTube channel, social media and all that stuff. |
| 537s | I had like 30,000, 40,000 emails there were so many opportunities |
| 540s | There were so many opportunities. |
| 542s | So many brand deals... so much stuff |
| 545s | There was just too much. |
| 547s | [DAD] |
| 548s | [CHECK YOUR EMAIL WHAT DO YOU THINK?] And he kept saying: “Dad, I need your help.” |
| 550s | There's a lot of opportunities here. I don't know what to do. |
| 554s | It got to be real hard for me to help him. |
| 558s | I said to Blanca... |
| 559s | ...”Do you think I'm being selfish?” |
| 562s | He's got once-in-a-lifetime opportunities |
| 565s | ...and I'm ... running around doing ... policing. |
| 570s | So I went to the Chief of Police. |
| 573s | I said: “I need six months off.” |
| 576s | “no pay” |
| 577s | There was a lot going on. |
| 578s | They wouldn't give me six months off. |
| 580s | They said they couldn't. |
| 581s | I said: “I'm going to have to resign then.” |
| 584s | So I resigned. |
| 585s | To manage him and help take care of his business. |
| 590s | And, you know ... |
| 592s | ... The rest is history. |
| 593s | The rest is history. |
| 595s | I have to give credit to my Mom and my Dad. |
| 596s | My Dad as my manager. |
| 598s | He’s my security at events, my Stream Room builder, my mechanic on my car... |
| 602s | ...any kind of problems with the stream; he fixes it. |
| 604s | My mom, she's making sure I have meals cooked. |
| 608s | She's handling the taxes, managing my finances, |
| 612s | I think the reason why |
| 614s | I put so much work into my channel is because I saw how hard my parents worked. |
| 618s | I saw how stressed out they were, and I knew that... |
| 622s | ...this could be a really big thing if I really dedicated... |
| 626s | my mind to it. Itcould really help out and do something good. |
| 631s | [Dad] At the end of the day, I think it all goes back to... |
| 634s | ... hard work...persistence... and put your mind to something. |
| 639s | I'd always tell them: “You don't know how strong you are” |
| 642s | “...that's your problem.” |
| 644s | And he didn't understand what I meant when he was younger. |
| 646s | If you're not trying to be better, |
| 649s | then you're you're you're not living. |
| 652s | {NICK] When I wake up, I'm editing Fortnite. |
| 654s | When I wake up, I'm streaming Fortnite, |
| 656s | When I wake up, I'm talking about Fortnite. |
| 659s | Everything that I've done has led up to this moment |
| 662s | and the fact that I now get to be in the Fortnite ecosystem, |
| 665s | in Fortnite itself, and see myself, play as myself... |
| 670s | ...to be In-Game in Fortnite. |
| 673s | For Nick. |
| 673s | I think it's a dream come true. Really. |
| 675s | [NICK] There's a lot of elements in the Icon outfit... |
| 678s | ... that my community will recognize. |
| 681s | They know me for the ‘Mogul Master’ Fortnite outfit. |
| 684s | So there's a little bit of that. |
| 685s | They know me from the never back down never give up mindset |
| 688s | ...the 100 player customs that we do with our community to get everyone involved. |
| 690s | That references the King and the crown on the outfit. |
| 695s | There's just so much stuff! |
| 697s | I feel like I'm sharing it with my community, but also my family. |
| 700s | If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here with the Icon outfit. |
| 703s | I wouldn't be talking to you guys right now. |
| 706s | You know, |
| 706s | I'm just going to enjoy it. Soak it in ... keep on working hard. |
| 711s | Everything that got me to this point right here... |
| 713s | ...I’m going to keep on doing. |
| 715s | I'm going to be streaming every day. |
| 717s | I'm going to be working hard and... |
| 720s | ...Never Backing Down, Never Giving Up. |
| 723s | [Laughs] |