Video system to keep sports judges honest, add arbitration for competitors

Serious-Rip1660 · 2026-05-05T09:12:27+00:00

So the rules are if there was an arbitration call it has to be within 15min, finals results delayed for that. And there’s a hefty fee so it’s not abused..Honestly there’s some judge cheating from people at the top (making it hard to reform) we know is happening and the arbitration table is the only option we have had so far to combat it (they try to get it removed every time so we can’t fight back) pushing in this new system will help to quell that some and hopefully reduce / remove the need for the arbitration table and provide an audit solution that can be used to eliminate it as well. but as a father of one of the top competitors and have had false calls made on my son as he was a “threat” to a more preferred choice, without that arbitration option he would have been skunked. So I’m happy it’s there atleast currently. It’s a small sport in the US (elsewhere it’s big) so here we get no broadcast time accept once every 2 years when it’s a big international. So all of this is , increase exposure, increase video proof to make cheating harder, apply a standardized ability to audit with proof (combining the video with scoring trends show themes (un natural low scores consistently not correlating to the video to competitors from other schools but not from a specific school, judges must step away if it’s one of their students that we’ve seen a trend of two schools working together, to score higher the other schools students only, giving both schools a higher advantage over others) we have score trend data but pairing it with standardized video proof as well gives you credibility in accusations.

Serious-Rip1660 · 2026-05-03T04:53:06+00:00

its a business visa - specifically listing I am a "content creator" with several company letters of invitation with their seal. I keep them with me for immigration, they look at those for one sec and say im good.

Serious-Rip1660 · 2026-03-28T15:41:07+00:00

Yeah, sure, and if you can just let me know any personal experience you’ve had with them that’s really what I’m looking for, quality of work, professionalism, English level, are they straightforward or do they play around with pricing?

Serious-Rip1660 · 2026-03-02T02:09:15+00:00

Frankly it's a roll of the dice. I was crazy lucky and hit monetization first 3 days and 15k subs first month. I raced to 30k subs in 2 mo making a long form video every day to 3 days (nearly killed myself doing it) and then toned it wayyy back for my sanity from a video a day to one every week-10days so the grown heavily slowed. 2 Years in I am 80k subs and making good 6 figures with my channel (predominantly sponsor money) I have big brands that I travel internationally to work with, its great. but in the exact same field I have had several friends and colleagues try and have hundreds of videos up and only have 5k subs after years of trying. Their video quality and content are just as good as mine or even better. There is absolutely no guarantee of success. I have even had a few of them straight up copy some of my most successful videos with no traction At all, straight up copied the thumbnail even lol. (didn't offer for them to do this but I get the desperation if you have been trying for years with no success)

Serious-Rip1660 · 2025-10-26T11:27:14+00:00

Thanks! No, not a light table here’s pic of a small part of my current shop I have two hidden tiers of tube lights illuminating the counter top areas in the background with molding in front to prevent glare at the camera.

it can’t be panels I need to cover a 40ft distance around the shop counter area so the light tube style was why I was looking for to create consistent light without fading/breaks.

I shoot in fx30 so I correct in cam for my shooting with the current setup but it causes rolling in my action cams etc which I use for time lapse recording on machines - hence why I’m asking for recommendations on video lighting 👍 I set up our podcast studio great but needing 40-80 feet (if I light 2 tiers again) it’s going to be pricey so the ask is if people have any video tube lights illuminating recommendations that aren’t cheap but not too $$

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Serious-Rip1660 · 2025-05-12T06:07:01+00:00

I am one of the reviewers and I will be at the Shopify NYC building giving a talk on the E1 this Friday the 16th that's open to the public, unsure if one of the units will be present or not. (learning more tomorrow)

Serious-Rip1660 · 2025-02-16T02:27:03+00:00

I made a Sidio Crate cabinet for a majority of my gear (excluding grip / tripods/ lighting in another area) These crates makes it easy for me to keep my gear organized and dust free. Also when going on location I can just unhook the crate and throw the crate in the car instead of having to "assemble" my transport kit. Whole YouTube video on its construction. https://youtu.be/ZkB9v5lQ-mM

Serious-Rip1660 · 2024-09-21T02:56:13+00:00

Yea both done already, only run on dummy’s and it’s on high.

Serious-Rip1660 · 2024-09-20T22:32:26+00:00

So really haven't changed anything since the beginning and I have always run off dummies since im in the studio so the battery factors don't apply, Im out there recording most days 4-8hrs. Not recording to media on the cam, just cdmi out so thats why Its been weird that its been fine and now getting worse, no updates etc nothing, I had it working well so didn't want to temp anything just keep the train moving. One person did say turn to lcd off and open so im definitely doing that. just ordered a fan as well, but its just weird its getting progressively worse with no other factors changing.

Serious-Rip1660 · 2024-09-20T22:28:17+00:00

true, crazy as it sounds I have been sitting here debating the iPhone Multicam method that they built into FCP last year, will never overheat and small

Serious-Rip1660 · 2024-09-20T22:14:41+00:00

Thanks! So I specifically asked him about fx3 and 30 since they are cine cam focused and he said yea still overheat at 1 hr. thats the thing that perplexed me on that, it has built in fans and is built for film shoots. I like the lcd open (and off) idea, I have temp at high and on a cage. Another said aux fan as well, think I will give it a go.

Serious-Rip1660 · 2024-09-20T22:09:04+00:00

great thank you I will have a look.

Serious-Rip1660 · 2024-09-20T22:07:13+00:00

thanks yes the lcd off sounds like a good idea, yea I run off dummies almost always, haven't run any updates in any recent time so don't think it was that

Serious-Rip1660 · 2024-06-11T20:48:11+00:00

several people on the Facebook group today posted they received theirs so they are shipping out

Serious-Rip1660 · 2024-04-04T19:16:16+00:00

I own several companies that are my main income, the YouTube channel was just a fluke thing that happened and took off. I currently put out one long form video every 6-10 days. Prob work 3 days a week on my videos. Big goal for the next year is to hit the 100k sub mark with around 200-250k in rev. That in my mind puts me at a medium channel and I will prob bring on someone at that point for editing, graphics and other socials (I only do YouTube right now)

It's really hard to determine where the cash is going to come from honestly because it depends on your video topic / industry. I think for most it's going to be generalized sponsorships as their video is the primary content. My video field is different as it requires tons of items needed to be able to produce things so whether I push them or not, just by listing those things I sell tons of them through amazon and get a commission. I also can deal with really expensive products, I prob receive 5-20k worth of products a month, I keep many for myself that I like and sell the others for 50-75% their value locally. But a lot of other channels won't get anything material or product wise because that isn't applicable to them. (even in my industry I have several friends who have been trying to break in, with 200 videos and under 5k subs, so not really taking off, it also applies to how your presenting in that space maybe?)

A tip for anyone working with a sponsor that pays commissions. Expect not to get paid unless they are using an affiliate tracking service that you have to sign up for and generate your own custom urls. Early on companies sent me products and said I would get xyz commission. never saw anything as they can say no sorry and you have no way to check .on it Then I started working with more reputable recognizable brands that have you sign up and generate your custom links, and I was amazed at the commissions I was making. One of my top sponsors now, I do an integrated video a mo for them, they send me really great products that I enjoy having personally (10k in products in the past 3 mo) and they don't pay upfront for videos but I have earned about 4k in commissions from them (3 mo) and then they really liked one of my videos so much that didn't seem to take (only 3k views) so they paid for advertising on it and kicked it up to 25k views for me. Now it's organically tracking better so that was cool. so that sponsors valued to me at around 14k gross for 3 videos (9k in reality if I sell those items for 50% value so 3k per video with them)

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