Today is MarkusTegelane day!

Hello people! Today, 9 years ago, I stopped using my own name on my YouTube channel in favor of a more creative name - MarkusTegelane (a.k.a. TheMarkusGuy). The name itself had existed for at least a month, but outside of Google Play Games profile, I didn't use it.

If I'm very honest, I already wanted to use this name in October, but due to technical difficulties, the rebrand got postoned to November. More specific info about the rebrand is documented on this info and news video published on the 5th November:

 
 


The name change marked the end of the first transitionary period on my channel and the beginning of MarkusTegelane era. After changing the name, I uploaded 10 new videos (with lower quality) and the tip november got cancelled.

In addition to the rebrand, the layout of this blog also got updated (archive here).

Have a nice MarkusTegelane day!
Markus Maal

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