Dear Rudy: You are the Problem.
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We need to start a GoFundMe for a second whiteboard for Rudy.
And a neon green visor for +1 luck.
More importantly can we find him one below MAP pricing?
Haha yes millions of dollars of product in the background, refuses to buy another white board.
+ return of the pink visor plz
@@AZNCIess Ok, I will start a second gofundme for the visor.
Hypothesis on why people cycle from TCGs: Honeymoon phase ends and…
For those who thought they could make money in cardboard :turns out it’s work to sell things at a profit.
For those who love the cards: turns out it’s work to find a place to play/consistently show up to play in person.
I feel that. Didn't buy last set of fab just cause of finances. Planning on this next set, but i havent played in like a year because my place nearby stopped and I live in an active hub. But that shop worked with my schedule, and now I need to work around my schedule again. I love the game. But it is work to participate in something that means showing up and dedicating several hours.
True except it's easier than ever to find people to play with. Things like spell table exist so even if you live in the middle of Alaska with no LGS and no other MTG players you can still, play.
@@blaze556922 true, there is talishar and such. i've done some games on there in the past. but I guess i've always viewed that as practice and testing builds before going out to play with friends or against locals.
@@blaze556922 Part of playing the game at a shop is the in person socialization.
Its like drinking at a bar,
or drinking at home on your couch
and texting with your friends.
Two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT experiences.
Kids for me. Two girls and I can't in good conscience leave my wife alone with them for several hours.
Honestly, I don't think most people can afford to carry on with the hobby. People watch these youtubers opening box after box and pulling crazy hits, they think it's that easy. Until they realize you "OH FUCK, I JUST SPENT $1000 ON A CASE AND DIDN'T PULL SHIT."
If you donate/sell a pint a blood a week,
you get enough money to buy a box of TCG a month.
That’s why TH-camrs get freebies from WotC and/or paid lots of money to make it look easy. Don’t drink the kool-aid!
@@matthewollar9842 I highly doubt that is the case for rudy
@@matthewollar9842that’s the big thing people are realizing. Regular players and investors alike. Wotc and hasbro has been sending free or very discounted boxes to certain people for social media traction.
@@matthewollar9842 what "free tendies" really means.
MTG = Money That's Gone
😂😂😂 good one friend
@@chesterfieldthe3rd929 Thank you 😁
I find it odd that people buy TCG product with the sole intention of making money.
You never lose when you’re buying items because you genuinely like the product and want it for yourself.
Rudy is a unique. He was passionate about Magic/art etc, before turning it into what he has today. If people took a step back and just enjoyed the TCGs and weren’t looking for “the next big thing”, they’d save themselves a lot of headache.
It’s just so weird hearing about people who decided Magic and Pokemon were going to somehow make them a millionaire.
Rudy is an outlier. Enjoy the damn hobby people.
Tourists be looking for easy big bucks.
This.
I’ll upvote this. Too much truth in here.
Never get emotionally attached to the assets in your investment portfolio, it will hurt your returns.
Yeah, its ridiculous.
Its extra ridiculous that the people that do this are so insular that they don't realize that the game needs to be a game first in order to have any value later, so they push against having product available for people to play with.
Rudy keeping on shilling his patreon the past few videos now is the most telling thing of all I think.
On the subject of your analytics, I'll tell you when I found your channel and why I've stuck around so far (it isn't because I'm invested in cardboard). I found your channel during the D&D OGL drama back in January because you did touch on the subject a few times. I've stuck around for two (two and a half?) reasons.
1. Because you are an excellent source of news about what's going on with Hasbro/Wizards and I'm low-key hate watching to see if Cox and/or Williams get their comeuppance.
2. Because I used to play a lot of MtG back in the day and your content triggers some nostalgia for days gone by. Yes, you talk about collecting and finance as opposed to actual play, but I find the finance dynamics surrounding the industry fascinating. Your take on it all is both entertaining and educational and (who knows?) maybe I'll put that education to use one day.
I appreciate what you're doing here, Rudy. I'll probably never be a patron because I'm such a casual viewer, but I might buy some t-shirts some day. Keep it up.
Hey Rudy, about the thing where collectors seem to leave after 2-3 years.
I haven't seen it in data, but I've noticed it over and over.
TH-camrs give up about 2 years and allot of people who sell their entire collections have only been collecting for about 2 years. I have figured over the years that the average collectors simply loses interest after 2 years and gives up.
Infact I thought after 2 years I would be done with both Rudy and Pokemon, but it's been over 7 years now!
@@shermhart7617 just like your holding umu’s with your lips on your knees
The line "You gotta be pretty fuckin stupid to do what I do." felt personal 🤣
Love this industry 😂
PS: Missed out on the XXL shirts. I'll buy one if you got a spare. 🧡
Rudy single handedly holding up his own career and MTG Lions. If he didnt make videos, MTG Lion wouldn't have anything to bitch about.
MTG Lion and MTG Mox man. 😅 The TCG you tubers are like a damn echó chamber.
Uwu
Umu is a little bitch…can’t come up with his own content so he has to piggy back off of Rudy. It’s the same thing day after day after day.
Haha, so true.
It's even more sad when some "creators" out there use pictures of Rudy in their thumbnails...grown ass men, too 💀🤣
Rudy sees Sabrina, “I’ll take her to TacoBell”
Ah, a fellow man of culture.
😂😂😂
The Sorcery playmats will eventually wash up on a beach like those Garfield phones in France
20:43 I’m one of the guys who listened to your suggestion on the SP500 and I’m really glad I did!
The best thing about Rudy videos is that its useful to learn how to understand finance news
Buying 2000 ravnica remastered collector boxes was a huge mistake tiny tim
Did I not buy enough!? I only preordered 1,000 boxes. You think I should order more?
@@MichaelSuperbacker Yes buy them all....when they're at $100 a box
"Has anyone seen Metazoo Mike?" gave me a good chuckle.
That's what the undercover agents scouring New Jersey are asking at every cardboard joint they enter.
@@fsmourahe's probably cosplaying as a bum acting like he's some cryptid while sleeping in a cardboard hut made from metazoo x hello kitty boxes.
Gone… he paid himself millions from all the over printed and pre sold products they haven’t delivered on yet
Rudy I’ve been a silent viewer for years now. Not even a tcg collector. Just love your views on the world and enjoy watching you open boxes. This video is gold. I’ll never leave. Oh and I’ll buy a damn shirt.😂
It took me 14 min to realize Rudy was actually agreeing with the guy from the letter. He just gave me a sarcastic vibe at the beginning.
I'm just a little fish in this pond, but in my time collecting/"investing" I've noticed trends among people who get turnt and burnt from the hobby, usually the following:
-They had mismanaged expectations about their ability to monetize the hobby, whether it be flipping singles and/or sealed product and/or content creation
-They were not realistic about the demand for capital when starting a sustainable business
-They simply were not patient, and entertained too many dreams and anecdotes of folks getting rich overnight or even becoming profitable in the first 2-3 years.
-They don't actually enjoy the product or collecting it. Taking a 50% loss on that one shitty set doesn't feel so bad if you still get that warm fuzzy feeling when you pick it up and hold it.
I'm not a proprietor of a small business, nor do I "flip" any product, but what little come-ups I've had throughout my long term buy-and-hold pattern have been products of grabbing hot items at retail price and simply sitting and waiting. You know what the difference is between that Gym Challenge box back then and the same box now? 23 years. Time is the multiplier that I feel is chronically understated among new collectors and investors in the hobby.
As a 30year+ patreon supporter, Rudy has ruined my wife.. sorry life
My dryer is still broken
Rudy has ruined my wife is my favorite shirt 😮
for $999 Rudy will provide his DNA on that shirt@@SDCISHERE
I'm still stuck in the dryer
🤣🤣🤣👏👏
In the end as it turns out Rudy is the Timmy. Makes you think
Financial stability, or a lack of, is why people come and go.
As a long term Patron, this is my favorite era yet
Hey Rudy, I just received my shirt and I love it!!! Thanks man.
About time for Rudy to do another whiteboard video, educating the TCG head honchos about how to prevent their games from turning into collections of worthless game pieces. Pink visor not optional👍
Pink Visor is NOT Optional!
🤫
What makes you think heads of TCG are truly concerned with the value of their product on the secondary market, of which they earn $0 from?
I wonder who taught you to think that.
@@theboringchannel2027Sarcasm impaired😂
@@MTGUnpacked I guess you missed mine. sorry.
Rudy You Are The Danger , You Are Not In Danger
I'm never unsubscribing from your patreon Rudy!
@@tamsmolen1388 look at this poor Timmy
My only problem with Rudy is that he took down part 1!
He took it down. It's on his patreon.
Rudy's lawyers advised him to take it down after giving him a vivid description of the reach arounds he'd be getting in prison daily after getting convicted.
Not a brand new viewer Rudy dude bro sir. Been here since 2018 and going strong
8:20 Well, on my last Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday I was at the table and they said _"So, what you've been up to, Tim?"_ And I said _"I-I . . . have been cardboard investing."_ _"What? Are you buying those Magic the Gathering cards? I've seen it in the news."_ They asked. _"No, not really, I've been investing in Flesh & Blood and Metazoo . . ."_ _"What the f- is that, son?"_ They demanded. _"Well, it's like Magic, except it was created only a couple of years ago, through a Kickstarter campaign . . ."_ At this point I was overwhelmed by a barrage of whistling, forceful exhaling, rapping of fingers on the table: _"A Huwat? Sounds a lot like a scam to me, sonny." "What the hell were you thinking?" "Were you born yesterday??" "Why on Earth would you do that?!?"_ . . . at which point my recoiling, shrunken figure could manage only, looking at the floor, to blurt out in a tiny voice _". . . a popular cardboard influencer on the internet convinced me it was a good idea to go all in . . ."_ - then I retreated to a corner, and everyone spent the rest of the evening just pointing at me and laughing. (" -.-)
Lol
What they are indirectly saying is that there isnt any liquidity at all in those products.
So you never should take a chance and invest in anything? And dude, the way you stalk Rudy is kinda creepy. I see your sh8tty comments on every post, sometimes five or more posts. You need to focus on your energy on something else…maybe start collecting Metazoo(if you can afford it). And btw, those Metazoo kickstarter boxes are still selling for $1500+ on eBay…. Bet you wish you would have invested and got some of them huh?
Had a similar experience but instead of cardboard it was bitcoin.... in 2016.
Rudy, I was one of the patreon members staying up late hitting refresh to become a member. I stopped my patreon this year not because of anything you did, but because I wanted to contribute more to my stock portfolio. Will be back to buy when all the TCG's are 10c on the dollar. Even though I am looking at finishing my playset of Cradles.
Exactly. Rudy said it himself didnt he? Why invest in card board (including investing in him via the Patreon) when there are the Money Markets and Stock Markets?
15 bucks really breaks the bank
@@ryanlewis4919 nah but when you cancel 90% of your streaming services and memberships. Stop almost all consumer spending. You realize how much you don’t need it and how much you can save a month to put into the stock market. Roughly $25,000 for me this year and I still enjoyed myself.
@@ryanlewis4919 15, plus the money spent on cardboard.
@@therat3028 Yeah, thats like telling the drunk to stop drinking as you show him the latest case of liquor you got for sale.
Rudy throwing a jab a METAZOO Mike. That I never thought I would see. When’s the knockout punch coming Rudy??
Rudy, people get old and move on to other things in life. New youngsters replace them, rinse and repeat.
I havent played magic in like 6 years, still enjoy ur content. Always get me a laugh!
Thank you Rudy!
What rudy doesn't tell you about flesh and blood is that he has a special relationship between LSS the company and himself where he gets Boxes directly bypassing normal distribution, he gets boxes cheaper than all other LGSs while getting exclusive special promos. Selling the Bundles mat + box + promo card he is making more 30-50% profit than your local store. The reason the fab boxes are so cheap in North America is because he is undercutting all other stores. He is complaining about a problem he caused. All other stores are forced to lower there prices to be able to move the product of their shelves because he his other assets including stocks and real estate are tanking and he needs more cash flow. be greedy when other are fearful. what a joke lmao
He discloses all of what you said. He talks about everything. Watch more then 3 videos
As long as MAP is maintained/honored I think there is nothing wrong in this. It's a legal contract all around if this is a case and you have evidence of this?
3 hundred and 69k subscribers, congrats rudy!
That thumbnail is spectacular
Oh Billy, say it ain't so
Ska doo she doooooooshhhhhh.
Dang, Rudy's view count is getting poor
a sign that tcg popularity is going down, just keep an eye on average views on top channels te determine when we are in an upswing
Shirts sold out wanted some…can’t give you money if you have no product
Been around since the start. Scarlet Violet 2024 is like XY in 2017.... everyone sees it as toxic.
Hope your doing good today Rudy!
I can't abandon my position. Id rather let it collect dust than take a loss, im in for the long term. Stay the course 💪👌
Printed to oblivion, Printed to oblivion, Printed to oblivion, Printed to oblivion
😂 I remember that video from years ago
I wish Rudy did monthly rankings of all the tcgs like how they do it for the nfl
Cardboard Power Rankings - great idea
would be depressing to see prices going lower each month and that would turn people off from buying product from Rudy.
How do we get him to see this? Legit great idea.
Kind of emotional watching this. Everything you say is right. I stopped watching your channel years ago and got a notification today. I usually ignore them. I ignore the truth, but it's all true. Rudy. Don't fall for taco Tuesdays
Get Rudy'D .
Dear rudy, can you explain why sol ring was $44 last month?
I’ve tried to join your Patreon, but it shows everything is full.
Boondocks did a great episode on news media manipulating viewers
Rudy with several basements of product he is selling, would NEVER do something like that.
We need part 1 back taco man
Hows those Metazoo investments?
Dear Rudy. I'm addicted to tacos because of you and I need help. Litterally wearing a sombrero my wifes father got me while eating tacos campechanos 🤤
Bought a t-shirt !!!
Enjoy the videos man !!
The monopoly man doesn't have a monacle
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH I AM TO THINK ANYONEIS GOIN TO HARM . I BEG SOMEONE TO TRY
Ruby! I didn't have time to watch the whole thing. I left a thumbs down and left when you mentioned Meta Zoo.
Dear Rudy, can you add a double chin cam please. thanks
Almost time to buy even Ruby is close to capitulation
I think they crossed the land in reprinting that Alex land art
Rudy, I've been watching you since 2017, and I never owned a single MTG product. I don't have any piece in the CCG world, I just sit back and watch the shenanigans from the sideline.
I miss the whiteboard. This was the best video you've done in a while. Enjoyed it.
Rudy, your Emotions are EXTREME!!!!!!!!!!!
HYPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You will always be Rudy to me Bro...........
2023 end of year love.... Bring it on..........
Was watching a streamer open a box, he ranted for 10 minutes about the state of magic and how to save it; the rant ended with ‘and someone needs to take out Rudy’
Didn’t Rudy go on a diet? What happened
An investor is never late, nor are they late. They arrive precisely when they mean to.
lol, you got it so wrong dude, its beyond comical.
You can have the right idea and plan,
and it all comes down to TIMING,
whether you make or lose on it.
Why Rudy loves the Timmies like yourself,
and trump loves the poorly educated.
Both take money from their supporters,
strange coincidence there.
Worst part was dude caped his Patreon when everything was going crazy... Should have taken everyone who was willing. Made more money at the peak.
I see your logic, but he has limits on how much product he can get, and if he had more patrons, everyone would have been cut back on what they could buy. Without knowing his reasons, (or anything about his patreon) I would assume he set the caps based on quantity of product divided by prospective customers. If you remember, a few years back, there was a product he sold, but got cut short on supply, and had to hustle deals with distributors to cover his orders, and created a severe ripple in the market.
I started buying Bitcoin in 2015, and even I say 'I wish I bought sooner'
Quick note, The Monopoly man never had a monocle. Mandela effect. Great video though.
I feel what’s different now vs past bear markets is Magic has printed the hell outta the cards post-pandemic more than ever. Thats the wild card in all of this. Will be interesting once a bull market returns.
One of your best.
I hope people paid attention.
Im actually going to share this one.
Get out, or get on board because it's all around the world on the Crazy Train.
We're just here cause you're cute. Happy new year homie! Love the hair
The only validation I ever get from anyone is from rudy, confirming that i'm still a dumbass.
I want to support on patreon but don't really want to buy stuff. I wish there were more $5 slots, but none are available. 😕
15 years ago, the Rudy of the Pez collectors
was saying the same thing.
35 years ago, the Rudy's were on TV shopping shows,
selling the same dream with boxes of baseball cards.
Except those people didn't hold huge, personal positions themselves. They wanted to sell as much of their inventory as possible
@@jasonjanisewski78 Yes, they were very smart people. A basement full of Pez might have seemed smart at the time to Timiies, but it was a bad idea.
Same with a basement full of junk wax, great idea to the Timmies, smart money sold iit, Timmy money bought it.
BUT, a basement full of MTG is different of course.
Why Rudy loves the Timmies,
and trump loves the poorly educated.
PS> you will never know, until after the fact,
that Rudy sold most of his basement stock.
He will never tell you its time to get out,
BEFORE he does so himself.
Wake up Timmy.
Long term hold on everything my motto
You have to have tons of From the Vault TH-cam subscribers!! Thanks for the video Rudy!!
I am not going anywhere
The insistence that Chilling Reign is somehow a special set that will outperform other sets is hilarious. Where did this theory come from? There are two middlingly-desirable alt arts in Moltres and Blaziken, and the gold Snorlax. Other than that, the set is good but not better than all the other average sets, and the later sets in the SWSH era are much more fun to open and have bigger chase cards. Am I missing something about Chilling Reign? Why has it become such a meme?
I wish I started collecting MTG in 1987.
It wasn’t around then dude
Rudy if you see this, Happy new year brother.
Bought a fucking shirt! Wish I had subbed to this channel back in 2012 when I first started playing MTG. I love my game pieces and will hold till zero because your whiteboard videos helped me make adult investments. Keep up the good work Rudy and thank you for being the guy to tell it like it is.
21:18 Please get more larger sizes 3X and 4X! 🙏 Thank you!
Chilling reign sucks evolving skies to the moon. Let’s go!!!!!
I bought a shirt 👔 🤷🏻♂️
I think some people are more in touch with their touchy feely side and when they first start out in something they're passionate about it, obsessed, creepy attached to it. Eventually up to 3 years later it doesn't do a something they wanted, they get angry, they get toxic, they make a huge stink and they leave for the next thing. With algorithms tweaking your recommended section based on a one off video you watched eventually your video doesn't show up anymore it helps make a smoother transition into the next thing. Some people are sticks in the mud that downloaded newpipe get your content in their feed chronologically and tune in every so often for years. Those people short of actually dying are in it for the long haul there might have been some passion at one point, they might be upset some times but they for the most part are stable... personality wise anyways speaking from experience life has been a rollercoaster of ups and crushing downs.
You gotta admit one thing whether you like or hate him, dude's pretty funny
Hey Ruby, just stop with all of the so called hate you get. Your terribly insecure, we get it. At least you haven't mentioned death threats in a while.
I sold all my MTG and invested it all in
Pickle Ball cards.
Dear Taco's: Fillings are the Problem.
the fuck, im still here
Rudy. You are the Rudy, Ruby.
i want an alpha investement tshirt with Condemn the asset written on the back and a bear at the flee market art or something
This is messed up Rudy! Ive been around before2020. Been around since you did that one video of where you sat down in front of a camera and ate tacos. No talking. No cards. You just sat there and ate tacos in silence.
Oh no! Plz stop Rudy! Making money for the family and your self is, NOT OKAY
he really did write it himself
I was around when Rudy said "My girlfriend keeps saying I talk to her about all this and I should just make a channel"
Don't know if that is entirely accurate line, but I do remember him wearing the blue nice dress shirt and bowtie....
These are by far my favorite TH-cam videos. Angry Rudy makes a happy viewer.
_Florida Man Writes Letter to Himself Admitting to His Financial Transgressions So He Can Do a Self-Exposé in His Basement-Hopes to God His Mom Doesn't Walk in During the Process_
You sabotaging yourself by telling some stories is the reason i keep watching, i really had doubts but over time i saw theres so many things any youtuber trying to make money would not have said or kept hidden i'm pretty sure you speak from the hearth and i love your videos for it.
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Rudy has made videos from his basement, the porch, storehouses and all kinds of rooms with paintings in them. But to the best of my knowledge he has not yet spoken to us from a hearth. Being in Florida, his house probably doesn' have one...
@Volkbrecht- If he has one it’s where he keeps the Black Lotus’s so he keeps it secret 🤫😁
@@shermhart7617 how’s umu vienna sausage taste buddy
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Always carry a spare washing machine, never get caught without one in need of repair, thank me later
I’m a patron because Rudy is good at coming over and fixing my washer machine. My wife is always super appreciative of his prompt repairs.