Happy Gregorian new year, and if you go out to eat or drink today remember that everyone working there is not having a relaxing holiday even if they’re pretending to be happy! And until something is done federally to fix the tipping problem, tip those people well when appropriate.

@sunshine_tidings6983

5 ай бұрын

based

@Alexander_Alexander

5 ай бұрын

incredibly based

@djungelskog132

5 ай бұрын

Whoaaaaaa🎉🎉😂😂❤❤😂😢😮😅😊😂

@ennou1236

5 ай бұрын

As I see it, they are doomed, as long as you tip "well" they will never fix it but if you dont tip, they will not meet ends meet, any attempt to fix it will just become a "communist" propaganda

@Bionickpunk

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for accurately marking this as the Gregorian New Year, too many forget that many cultures also celebrate the Julian New Year, not even counting the East Asian New Years.

I love how the surveyor seemingly has a very loose grasp on ES lore. Like Austin is RPing as a real world surveyor teleported into Skyrim who just decided to do his surveys.

@delmattia96

5 ай бұрын

It's like one of those asian novels where the protagonist has no idea he plane-shifts from time to time

@sharky1213

5 ай бұрын

@@delmattia96 Do you have any examples? Sounds like a fun concept

@drakem4816

5 ай бұрын

@@sharky1213it’s a genre called isekai, I don’t have any recs though. A lot of it is kind of cheesy/pervy

@grawlix-man463

5 ай бұрын

​@@drakem4816I don't think that's what they're talking about, Isekai usually has the character realize they're in a different world, and is probably stuck there. They're implying the character is completely unaware that they're in a different world, and after a bit then casually shifts either back home or to a new reality.

@apollo_2953

5 ай бұрын

​@@grawlix-man463 austin knows he's in a different world though

what pisses me off about winterhold is that its been a hundred years since half the city fell into the sea and nothing has been fixed.

@emeraldkoala2543

5 ай бұрын

I wish there had been a side quest to help restore Winterhold. Like Tarrey Town in Breath Of The Wild.

@UngodlyFreak

5 ай бұрын

That sounds a lot like the entire Fallout universe.

@nicolasduhaut7331

4 ай бұрын

Thats Bethesda for you. People are still living in junk houses 300 years after the nukes dropped in Fallout

@dethmaul

3 ай бұрын

That's at LEAST three jarls ago. I wonder if nepotism keeps the place unfixed, to keep the people helpless and dependent

@KingSyilver

3 ай бұрын

I agree. If it helps though, my head-cannon is that after the collapse, much of the city was evacuated and the city was essentially abandoned, save the college perhaps, and people are only now starting to return or recently returned after there were no more disasters. But still, even if it's been only 25 years instead of 100, you'd expect more emergent infrastructure.

The 'warming hands by the fire' animation becoming a shoulder rub is 10/10.

@lanceuppercut6168

5 ай бұрын

Omg, I didn't even realize it was the warming hands animation til just now 😂🤣

@jotun.616

5 ай бұрын

Ikr! The odds lol

@rylanasher4756

Ай бұрын

This video is a gem of dry comedy and lazy game design 😂

Imagine if he found the Augur of Dunlain: "Well, being in between death and nonexistence probably counts as being retired."

@pyromasteralex

2 ай бұрын

I mean, The augur was a working mage, then he decided to stop working and now just spends his time giving people advice and messing with them, sounds retired to me.

Austin is so dedicated to his job, he is working on a holiday.

@spacerwoman.

5 ай бұрын

That's sad

@GavinSpace

5 ай бұрын

respect

@dougamolina

5 ай бұрын

✔️ Employed

@mitwhitgaming7722

5 ай бұрын

​@@dougamolinagolden comment.

@maxhay9098

5 ай бұрын

I feel like Skyrim probably doesn't follow our calendar system precisely. While they have a similar period comprising their year, I imagine they probably celebrate the ringing of a new year on a different date than the Western Civilizations of Earth, kind of like how China and a couple other countries celebrate their new year on a different day. TL;DR technically New Year's is a regional holiday, and Austin is working outside the regions that celebrate it. For the folk of Skyrim it's just another Morndas.

There is a mine down the road under the jurisdiction of Winterhold, some of the citys guards will walk and patrol the mine. All of the miners there are Winterhold citizens

@PowerSynopsis

5 ай бұрын

We're going to have to send our enumerator back out into the cold to gather more accurate data.

@kevin.malone

5 ай бұрын

Maybe they're not granted citizenship, but are forced labor.

@unclesam326

5 ай бұрын

Still doesn’t change the employment of the guards

@lucillavonpfote2180

5 ай бұрын

There also is a creepy basment underneith the college,with a.....retired mage ;)

@dogdog357

5 ай бұрын

​@@lucillavonpfote2180Does it really count if he's barely in this plane of existence?

"Drevis is mostly selling crystal meth" Thanks for my new head Cannon of how the illusion School works in elder scrolls.

@htspencer9084

5 ай бұрын

Ah yes... "Illusions".

@emeraldkoala2543

5 ай бұрын

As someone who has done an illusion build, yes, that is entirely accurate. Don't tell the guards...

@moist1700

5 ай бұрын

Wait, so casting illusion magic is just giving people drugs? Do you know how expensive drugs are? 😂

@salemfae

3 ай бұрын

​@@moist1700yeah not really a good source of income if you're just giving them away, must be a passion project 🥰

@Khadharphak

3 ай бұрын

"Ya wanna buy some 'soul gems,' kid?"

"Unemployment is on the street" Clearly SOMEONE has never been to the unemployment office

i like how the title actually tells the outcome of the video, it really feels like you're in it for the ride unlike with some clickbait title like "YOU WONT BELIEVE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF WINTERHOLD."

@htspencer9084

5 ай бұрын

Totally agree. We're here for the process, not the result 😊

@gemstonegynoid7475

5 ай бұрын

Its like rct youtuber marcel vos with accurate thumbnails. Title: "how much money to beat this scenario?" With the amount in the image

I love the idea of the surveyor accidentally becoming a mage in the pursuit of a more clinical survey.

"...in the not-so-distant past, more than half the city fell off of a cliff into the sea, which likely had a negative effect on the local economy". Yeah that seems like an astute assumption one might make🤣🤣

@Ellisepha

5 ай бұрын

It caused some slight alterations in the local trout population :(

@-tera-3345

5 ай бұрын

It gets even more dire when you consider "the not-so-distant past" was actually 80 years ago. It's been a full three generations and they're still obsessing over it, haven't bothered trying to rebuild the city, heck haven't even cleared the rubble of the damaged buildings. They've been doing nothing but complaining about it for 80 years straight.

@twinzzlers

5 ай бұрын

​@@-tera-3345Of course they are, not only did the ENTIRE city plummet down into the ocean, but they're nords, and nords remember these kinds of things

@-tera-3345

5 ай бұрын

@@twinzzlers Remember? Pretty much nobody currently living there was even ALIVE when it happened. But I'm more concerned by the fact that they're still worrying about how to rebuild nearly a full century later, yet apparently haven't taken any action toward doing so. Even cities completely flattened by WWII were mostly rebuilt within a decade or two. This is like if, say, Hiroshima was still to this day mostly empty of people, and hadn't bothered even cleaning the rubble from the wrecked buildings, much less building new houses, while people who were born decades after the war complained about how the war wrecked their city.

@twinzzlers

5 ай бұрын

@-tera-3345 I mean, ITS WINTERHOLD! WHO CARES ABOUT WINTERHOLD? AM I RIGHT?

"Does anybody know what the best way to get a sense of the local unemployment rate is, any guess?' Direct survey! I answered out loud and it made me feel like when I used to answer Dora when I was little lol Happy to see another of these videos! Always such fun watching

@TribouleT9748

5 ай бұрын

i did the exact same thing and then after blurting it out sat in anticipation as he paused before saying it himself

@htspencer9084

5 ай бұрын

Swiper no swiping! Only surveying!

@marysmith8277

5 ай бұрын

Says as he walks by a resident (according to the game) whom he didn't survey.

Any Austin genius moment: marking the professor at the college softly with "Employed", but also adding a reverb echo to the noise appropriate for the EXACT distance the professor is from the Enumerator. Peak brilliance.

it'd be cool if austin actually did the final calculations so we can know the employment rate of the entirety of skyrim

@any_austin

5 ай бұрын

That’s the plan

@Halibut878

5 ай бұрын

Need to also survey the little towns like rokistead, kynesgrove and maybe some of the random inns and farms that are just all around. See what all of Skyrim is looking like employment wise. Obviously bandits and stuff shouldn’t really count

@arcanedoughnut2016

5 ай бұрын

​@@Halibut878Could argue banditry is self employment

@hazeltree7738

5 ай бұрын

​@@arcanedoughnut2016It wouldn't be legal employment though right?

@htspencer9084

5 ай бұрын

​@@any_austin 🙏 good work, you're are a shining example of civil service!

"He's green--" And today we've learned our majestic enumerator is, in fact, colorblind. Or needs to adjust some settings on his display. All the high elves are hella yellow, but the college is looking mighty green and hazy inside today... I wonder if that dark elf lady has been throwing around her experimental 'turns everything green for ten horrible minutes' spell. The surprised little "--guard!" when he walked into the jarl's hall really just summarizes Winterhold to a T, I think.

@SarahSyna

Ай бұрын

I think it might be because the lighting is so blue? Because Ancano's yellow, he's showing up as green in the blue light.

i genuinely think youre my favorite channel on youtube right now, something about dryly going over logistics of video game towns and critiquing woodworking and shit is just the kind of content i want to watch

Man's got a point on the 5% sounding nice until you look at the actual situation of the town

I like how these legit show how employment isn't necessarily an indicator of how well a town is doing.

this episode in particular made me realize just how many characters i've never questioned the logistics on how they get by. like where DOES nelacar get the money to pay for the room in his inn? why DOES kraldar have a manservant named thonjolf that gives him massages and keeps him company in the cold, cold winter nights?

@kawadashogo8258

5 ай бұрын

Nelacar's research must be earning him some money. Kraldar's servant, I mean they could be gay (and nothing wrong with that), but probably it's mostly just that he's old and needs help around the house and has the money to afford a servant.

@hazeltree7738

5 ай бұрын

Nelacar probably makes money using his talents as a freelance mage. As for Kraldar and Thonjolf... They're roommates

@-tera-3345

5 ай бұрын

As Thonjolf says, Kraldar's family used to be powerful. So he probably inherited some amount of wealth. While they may not be among the wealthy elites anymore, it doesn't seem out of the question for him to have enough left over to not have to worry about working and be able to house a single, uh, "servant."

@obamabiden

5 ай бұрын

Skyrim has a bunch of "old jobless rich guy and his lifelong platonic friend and housemate" households, which out of game is because these guys are potential jarl and housecarl replacements, but i feel does actually fit with the culture of the province for this to be a not hugely common, but entirely unremarkable living situation among mostly old warriors and noblemen

@NATIK001

5 ай бұрын

Nelacar is a merchant selling magical enchanted goods. He is also a former teacher at the college and would probably have saved up to go freelance. So he both has a current income from selling wares (he even has a store set up in the backroom) and he probably has a nest egg from prior employment.

It’s so funny watching the game desperately trying to pull you into questlines like “please just be an adventurer or something!”

I don’t usually care about about unemployment surveys, but these are really addictive

@any_austin

5 ай бұрын

I like this comment because it implies that there’s a wealth of unemployment survey content that many people consume but it’s just not really your thing

@fireflocs

5 ай бұрын

@@any_austinYeah, you started a whole genre called surveycore.

@htspencer9084

5 ай бұрын

​@@fireflocsI may prefer surveywave, sounds more chill :p

@fireflocs

5 ай бұрын

​@@htspencer9084 Surveycore is the entire aesthetic and scene; surveywave is the musical component.

I was thinking that doing a series like this breaking down demographics of the different areas would be interesting too, like I don't really want this to end bc it's my comfort videos

@any_austin

5 ай бұрын

Yea I’m not sure what we’ll do after Skyrim. The Pokémon series is good in a similar but different way. I haven’t decided if next will just be more Bethesda or what.

@PredictableEnigma

5 ай бұрын

I enjoyed the Mario Sunshine one the most personally ❤

@zazzyboy8592

5 ай бұрын

@@any_austinplease do it for Fallout New Vegas

@AlexWolfLikesPie

5 ай бұрын

@@any_austinFallout towns!!!!

I've always thought there's a ripe market to establish a blacksmith's forge in Winterhold. There's plenty of ore in the hold in general, and there's a mine just down the road which is essentially part of the town. Seems like it would be a boon to the local economy to set up a blacksmith there. Also, since magic and alchemy rub shoulders a lot (and mages need lots of restore magicka potions), an alchemist's shop ought to find a ready-made clientele with the college right there. Get those things going and then you have more taxes going to the local government (which can then do things like, for example, hire more guards, who can patrol the town and its outskirts and make it safe enough that farms can be set up in the environs of the town), and perhaps you attract the khajiit merchants to make the town part of their trade routes since there will be more to buy and sell there. There's room for Winterhold to rebuild itself, there just doesn't seem to be the will to make it happen.

@SorowFame

5 ай бұрын

Maybe they do it specifically so Khajiit don’t show up, Nords can get pretty racist, especially to the north-east, and frankly given Winterhold’s Jarl I wouldn’t put it past him to sabotage his own economy because he thinks it the cats show up they somehow collapse what’s left of Winterhold.

I have paid more attention to the Skyrim Employment Situation Summaries of this series than I have at the vast majority of my high school classes.

@htspencer9084

5 ай бұрын

Agreed. I cant really tell you what an oxbow lake is but I can break down the different jobs in skyrim off the top of my head lol!

@WC3fanatic997

5 ай бұрын

I always find it strange when I see another KZreadr I watch in a comment section of an unrelated video for some reason

"You better cut that out or your taxes are gonna get audited sooner rather than later, buddy" is my new favorite threat

If Nirya ever finds out she was considered a broke college kid for the puropse of this survery while Drevis Neloren the sticky fingered black market dealer is considered as empolyed she'll have a mental breakdown. I hope Winterhold will survive another disaster...

Wonderful survey once agsin. In the Middens under the College of Wunterhold is the Augur of Dunlain. This is a former teacher at the College that due to a freak accident turned himself into a ball of energy. He's probably not unemployed because he has a disability that prevents him from working. Also in his state he appears not to requite food or water to survive and seems to not take up any resoureses for his existence.

I can't believe he missed the ILLEGAL DRUG DEALER hiding in the college! It's so so unfortunate he got lost in the college.

@SunflowerLilypad

5 ай бұрын

Enthir! Ikr??? I was waiting for him coming across him.

The whole time i was thinking "theyre relying too heavily on one income source" and then you pointed it out at the end and it made me feel smart 😂 like im learning something from these vids. I like that your final report is well thought out and informative and comes to a conclusion instead of just summerizing what we already saw. It makes it the best part of the vid to me and makes me look forward to it. Keep up the great work 😊

@any_austin have you considered looking at participation rates and the percentage of the population in the workforce? Might be interesting to know considering that towns like Dawnstar might have a 100% employment rate but might not have a lot of people in training/education to replace those workers in the future. Might be applicable considering the high number of students living in Winterhold

I was surprised Farelda let you into the college without being able to cast a spell but i guess it makes sense since youre from the bureau

Probably already suggested: It would be interesting to see this done with Red Dead Redemption 2. The logistics of surveying the larger cities might make it too much of a chore however.

@soapymargherita

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I'd also like to see that, but there are so many NPCs and they mostly don't have names displayed or any way to talk to them, so I think it would be a massive chore. I really want him to do the woodworking survey in RDR2 though.

@j-skullz

5 ай бұрын

I could see this maybe for like Valentine or Rhodes but somewhere like Saint Denis would be next to impossible lol. I would love a restaurant review video tho, every saloon in the game is completely unique with a different vibe

@FinnishJager

5 ай бұрын

@@j-skullz Restaurant reviews are a really good idea

@FinnishJager

5 ай бұрын

@@soapymargherita A woodworking video for RDR2 is a good suggestion

i will never get tired of "3, 2, 1, press co-"

I love these so much Humor is top notch, legitimately educational without being too direct, all in all a great series

I could literally listen to this man analyze anything about this (and other!) games for HOURS. He's got a nice voice and a cracking sense of humor. I also love how it add another layer of thought to the game. I just ran around all willy nilly when I played. This is thorough. Here's to hopefully many more vids in the new year! ❤🎉

Found this channel like 5 minutes ago and I already want to watch this man just dryly surveying Skyrim's cities, towns and their residents to make reports on their employment rates.

Absolutely sold by the personality and tasteful editing. Been putting off this series for too long.

Missed enthir, he's the reagent salesman in the college. Also black market dealer. Definitely employed.

Ya know, you should try this for morrowind. You have a button to ask them if they have a job and what it is in it

@wiggy009

20 күн бұрын

I’m interested in that

Its impressive how the title of the video already spoils the conclusion of the video but im still excited to see it

You didnt count the floating orb of consciousness in the basement, hes specifically unemployed

Winterhold also only has a 5% rate of city that didn't fall into the ocean.

@starrysock

5 ай бұрын

Too soon..

These videos bring me so much joy. I don't want them to end, actually. Two more holds left, though.

@kkarawei

5 ай бұрын

same!! he can move backwards to oblivion! 😅

5:19 i love that the "EMPLOYED" sound echoed and reverberated in the walls

Great report from my favorite government employee, have you considered moving down to Cyrodiil? Warmer weather, even more whacky residents. Imperial City would be a daunting survey though.

Your videos have been my comfort for 10 years.

Suddenly seeing Argonian hands come up right after the kid said that "people like you are the reason no one lives here anymore" gave me a real chuckle.

I asked myself yesterday: "Self, tomorrow is the New Year, and we gotta start the year off right...so, what's the first thing we should do on the morning of 2024?" and I said: "Economic surveys" "...and job applications..."

Imagine the challenge surveys. Animal Crossing towns, Shadows of Doubt cities, so on and so forth.

I think Nelacar kind of counts as self-employed. The two retired guys, I think only one of them is actually retired and the other is his servant, so employed. Also you missed Phinis Gestor, one of the teachers in the college. Also Enthir, who's... I mean he seems to be part of the faculty, who just happens to do some shady stuff on the side.

@simplyixia3683

5 ай бұрын

I feel like Enthir’s the equivalent of a phd student employed by the college.

You missed a couple of professors, a few guards and the nearby mine.

I would LOVE to see this series carry over into Oblivion once you wrap up your findings with Skyrim. Maybe don't jump straight into the Imperial City (unless you're REALLY ambitious), but instead start off with a smaller town like Leyawiin or Cheydinhal (or even Bruma, which would actually make the most geographical sense coming from Skyrim) to get a sense of the regional populace and attitudes. The way NPCs behave and interact in that game makes them feel like prime targets for a direct survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

this is the most surreal kind of video to run across and I'm all for it. There's creative ideas, and then there's bringing the day to day grind of the real world to video creation and making money off of it. Not bad. You're Employed.

This series is so great, it scratches an itch every time

Thank you for doing these. This is precisely the distraction that I need now.

@htspencer9084

5 ай бұрын

I hope the things you need distracting from become resolved soon, friend!

love that hes an argonian character during these videos. Hes literally a lizard person working for the government...

“More than half of the city physically fell off of a cliff and into the sea which likely had a negative effect on the local economy.” Ah yes, most likely. It’s highly probable that that is the case. 🧐

If you were to do this to the entire province of Skyrim, would you count bandits as employed or would they bring the rate down?

@bujustic

5 ай бұрын

Banditry is not taxed, it does not contribute to the local economy and isn't employment in the traditional sense

@Th1sIsMyLegacy

5 ай бұрын

@@bujusticRidiculous, I’m a bandit and file my taxes like a good citizen.

Winterhold seems like it has 5% of people compared to the other towns

It would've been cool if there had been some sort of side quest to restore Winterhold. Something like the Tarrey Town quests in Breath Of The Wild. I hope someone's made a mod like that.

Can't wait to hear "It's not like that" in its entirety at some point!! 😮

I am loving these. You’ve made me think it’s possible for me to do this sort of gaming mockumentary. Thank you!

Hearing Austin say "it's giving sus" knocked me tf out.

Perfect for today, it looks like Winterhold outside

5% is surprising considering how abandoned the city is

@pikapuffin368

5 ай бұрын

The rest gotta work that much harder I guess

@lred1383

5 ай бұрын

there is a difference between a slowly withering city, which is where unemployment is usually at its highest, and tiny villages, where the population is so small the residents have to basically do everything themselves. Winterhold is firmly in the latter, and in that situation it's less about employment and more about just working for survival

@pelinalwhitestrake3367

5 ай бұрын

Probably because most unemployed people fell into the sea.

I have such a soft spot for winterhold. Mainly because I love the snowy atmosphere

I really like the vibe of your channel, this philosophy of enjoying the small mundane things in life (or video games I suppose). I really need more of this positivity in my life

The disaster in the “not too distant past,” happened almost 80 years prior to the direct survey done this past week. Most of the present residents of Winterhold were born after the disaster. With nearly a century to clear debris and rebuild, I’m not all that sympathetic when I see abandoned, damaged structures being left to decay instead of being demolished for reconstruction.

Really good series. Thanks for doing these!

the questline trying to happen in the background of the survey is really funny

When I read the title I didn't expect it to be as interesting, especially the breakdown of the situation at the end.

I will click on an AnyAustin unemployment video before my brain has time to recognize how excited it is

Really love your videos man. I found you on the $2 game video after having already played Fatum Betula. It was so great finding another person who felt the same way about such a weird little hidden gem. I'd love to see more videos of strange yet moving games sometime. There's a wealth of great stuff on steam. Keep killing it.

Excellent video, glad to catch more funky tunes. Good stuff.

Super excited for this analysis video! Thanks so much for uploading! Might comment more later! & Happy New Year! Here's looking forward to more great content like this from you, Austin!

Thanks for being one of my favorite channels. Happy New Year

I dunno why, but I always get such a visceral sense of anticipation before the big reveal that the best way to enumerate the populace is, of course, via direct survey.

It’s weird how much these videos emotionally comfort me.

I enjoyed this video a lot, please keep making videos like this

I get so excited for the press conferences. lol. I multi task as I watch KZread (cook dinner, clean, etc) but the moment I hear that countdown I run back to my tablet to watch.

You should make a mod for Skyrim once you’re done that makes the Jarls tell the player the unemployment rate when asked.

Solid way to start the new year. Thanks for the great content!

happy new year any austin may you have more surveys to do this year! we all need jobs and yours is necessary

I love this series,I am so grateful for your channel. You got some of the best vids on the tube!

Great vidya, great music piece, waiting for full release. Thanks

My mom works as an auditor in the Danish Tax Bureau, so I KNOW that "your taxes will be audited sooner rather than later" is a very real threat 😂 it was said often in my childhood home!

Yo, you were my top artist on spotify wrapped this year! Thanks again for some good listening.

I enjoy this series thank you so much!

I finally decided to check out your music cause you keep plugging it and holy shit?? Why is it so freaking good??? Like for no reason?? 😂 Everyone should go check it out. It's so underrated. You deserve so much attention for it ❤

This might be my favorite one yet. Happy New Year and thanks for the great survey!

the true fantasy element of this game is the stable economy.

'tis a truly blessed new year to be met with this already

As someone who works in surveys and data analysis.I would like to point out that a survey done to every respondent of a give demographic (in this case, resident of Winterhold) is technically called a census!

my favorite series on youtube rn!!

Been binging your vids all day, both because of the content and because you have a very nice voice

I absolutely love these videos.

im loving this series. you're effortlessly funny

I greatly appreciated that one animation lead to two people being marked as retired gay lovers

I love this series so much