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Just over a year ago, I announced an indefinite break from this channel. "Never say never" is the message I wanted to go out on. Unfortunately, today I'm going to confirm what some of you likely knew or suspected: Halo Canon will not be returning. The channel will always remain, but no additional content will ever be posted here. If I ever do return to YouTube, it'll be on a different channel. If that should ever come to pass, I'll share it here at that time.

For now however, this goodbye from Halo Canon.

May the wisdom of the Forerunners guide you all, canonites! 

Hello once again, Canonites. I've been fairly inactive as of late, and it is finally time to reveal what's been going on.

Back in March, I took a break from the channel for a week due to what I can only describe as a mental breakdown. Work was increasingly frustrating atop other issues including my insurance and recent flooding in my apartment. Returning to work after that, I found myself increasingly depressed whenever I worked on Halo-related anything; and while the Halo TV series and its marketing were a fun distraction from that, things have gotten to a point where I can't work on anything Halo related without inducing severe anxiety. Even typing this out has my hands shaking and my heart pounding.

This isn't the only point of stress in my life at the moment of course. I'm in the process of seeking help to sort through my issues, and as part of that process, I'm cutting out as many triggers for anxiety as possible. One step will be taking a break from this channel. I know I'm leaving some projects unfinished, and I'm truly sorry for that. However, as I said, producing content for this channel just isn't in the cards for me at the moment.

I hope y'all can understand, and thank you to all who do. While "Halo Canon" isn't in the cards for a while, I don't like sitting around with nothing to do. I've had a lot of ideas for non Halo videos over the years, and now might be a good time to explore that. We'll see.

Regardless, I do plan to return when I'm in a better place, mentally. I don't know how long that will be.

Sorry, and thank you.

Sincerely,
Ian 

Hey Canonites, I wanted to give y'all a quick update about the episode 9 breakdown. Long story short, I'm currently on a wee vacation that unfortunately coincides with the season finale. And while I had intended to bring the files along and edit on-the-go, it seems I didn't grab everything I needed. So, the breakdown is delayed a few days, as is any additional content.

Thank you all for your understanding.

- Ian 

Hey canonites. Hope everyone is having a good morning, afternoon, evening, or whatever time of day it is for you.

For my own mental health, I'll be stepping away from YouTube, Discord, and even Twitter for much of the rest of the week. January and February have been tough months for me, a combination of upcoming projects here on the channel and personal issues in the real world.

I wish everyone a happy week and weekend! I'll see you next week for some more Canon goodness! 

I'm facing down against HiddenXperia in about 15 minutes over on  http://twitch.tv/fletchUH 

Well canonites, HiddenXperia and I are going to facing off in a gameshow style stream, putting both wits and reflexes to the test! Round 1 is a quiz, round 2 is a 1v1 in Halo Infinite, and round 3 is Achievement Horse. Tune in tomorrow at 11AM PT/7PM BST over at Fletch from Ultimate Halo's Twitch:  http://twitch.tv/fletchUH 

Hey there canonites, I need to sit down for a moment and give y'all a quick update. Unfortunately, a heating pipe burst in my room today, soaking it.

Luckily it seems that no major damage has occurred, but this is going to eat up a lot of time these next few days. I'll let y'all know when everything is back to normal. Until then, stay awesome! 

Hey there fellow canonites! It's been a pretty slow week, but I hope that have that changed for next week. I've been working on a few special videos following up on the Halo Infinite tech preview. Some of this is feedback, much more is lore! And that's not all that awaits next week.

As always, I deeply appreciate your patience and support. Keep on being awesome canonites, and I hope y'all have a great weekend! 

Hey there, canonites! As I'm currently in Seattle for PAX, I won't be able to get a video for the latest Halo Infinite article from Halo Waypoint out right away. I have a script together, so you can expect a video by Monday evening, I'm thinking. Sooner if possible.

But if you don't want to wait, here's the article:  https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/technical-preview-outcomes 

Lots of good stuff and some mixed stuff. 

Should have shared this here yesterday, but I CASE YOU MISSED IT, here was my half of the recent collab with Covenant Canon!