#Inspiration, #rcgypsy, #TBT, Other Stories, Thoughts on Work

THEQuagraine NOW

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It’s been a while! I haven’t posted all year. For two years I posted something every single day, and got 300k views or so for the 2nd year. Not bad I thought, for only word of mouth “Have you read the blog?” marketing. Somehow it is still getting hits! People are still reading through 2 years worth of blogs!

I stopped the blog because I had “better” things to do. Back then I just made mention of the fact that you will see what I’m working on in the future. Well some things you can see now. Others you still don’t know about, maybe never will.

I still write some blogs, you can read them on RCMXONLINE

I’m planning to create a podcast, a much better guide, and setup app. Support that here.

As you may know, I am involved in creating RCGP. Check that out here.

And finally, I am doing Facebook Live’s now instead of the blog, add a notification so you know when I go live, or check the archive on Facebook here, or on youtube here. (They improve in the later episodes)

Finally finally about to release JQThreads this month! Already put a roof on one school in Mozambique, and supporting 10 students there each month. And we don’t even have a webshop yet. A lot going on, and closer than ever for it all paying off.

May God beLess!

Jan 01 2018

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#TBT, Other Stories

2017 Top 5 Posts! 1st Place – To Win at Any Cost – Try Traction

Well, you probably guessed it! The nr 1 most popular post of 2017 was indeed, the divine intervention that happened at NEO17, where Ty Tessmann introduced the world to Pro Concepts! It didn’t go very well, unlike this blog post.

1st Place – Try Traction Scandal

Happy New Year to you all. Stay tuned for 2018, the year of THE JQ.

Dec 30 2017

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#TBT, People, Top 10 Thoughts

2017 TOP 5 POSTS! 2nd PLACE – Who gets canned first?

One day, these guys called Cody.

Cody looked at his phone, and he knew. JQ was right again….

2nd Place: Who Gets Canned 1st – Poll

This one was surprisingly popular. I actually didn’t think that much of it, I thought it was an interesting one to do. I got some hate for this, how dare I. I dare because I was right. That’s why. So all you haters can piss off.

Dec 29 2017

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#TBT, rant, Thoughts on Work, Top 10 Thoughts

2017 TOP 5 POSTS! 3rd Place – The RC Racing Market is Broken and it’s my Fault

This one was a bit surprising. The post was originally made in August of 2016, but somehow it was still relevant and on the surface, enough to become the 3rd most popular post on the blog in 2017!

3rd Place – The RC Racing Market is Broken and it’s my Fault

Dec 27 2017

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#TBT, I Hate Stupid People, Race Reports, rant

2017, Top 5 Posts! 4th Place – #Watergate

Well, we all knew this one would make the list! WATERGATE! The biggest news in RC in 2017 right? Oh my lord was this a big one. Weeks of FB fights thanks to Degani’s water fuel. People seemed to get really passionate about this debacle.

5th Place: #Watergate

This blog post was also when the fued between #spamadamdrake and yours truly began. A couple of blog posts about “Operation Richard Saxton”, a couple of others making fun of the fact that I beat him with a borrowed AE, and egos got hurt. Well now it’s just the gift that keeps on giving.

Dec 27 2017

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#TBT, 10th Scale Stuff

2017, TOP 5 POSTS! 5th Place – EOS Commentary

THE BLOG IS BACK! With only 5 days left of 2017, I want to share with you THE most popular blog posts of 2017. Here goes!

5th Place: EOS Slovakia Rd3 – 4wd Main 2 Commentary by JQ

This may actually be my personal favourite of the year. I made myself have a minor seizure due to laughing too hard at this silly race. This blog post also ignited passionate Facebook posting for DAYS after. It was an epic time. I want to personally thank the entire Xray team for this absolute blast we had back in February.

This blog post also introduced to the world the term “CTO” which has been adopted by racers worldwide. Much like the more recent “Maifielding”, I am proud to have contributed some linguistic genius to the world of RC.

Mar 08 2017

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#Inspiration, #rcgypsy, #TBT, Thoughts on Work

Unreasonable Blog Post

So you want to know how I really feel? Ever since I started racing RC Cars my goal was always to win. I started late, I was 16 already, so I had some catching up to do. I practiced as much as I could. When I first went to America I entered the Pro class, because I wanted to see how far off I was from the best. Anything less than the best didn’t interest me.

Just before I started my company I was getting fast, I qualified 2nd at the Euros, I had the best lap in a Euros A main, I checked out in a Worlds semi final by 7 seconds (yes worlds) before flaming out. I was a paid driver traveling the world, and I was about to have a breakthrough race. That’s when I had the brilliant idea of making my own car.

6 years into my super idea, and things just were not going to plan. An insane amount of dedication and work, and no financial success, quite the opposite, and no good results at the races either. I spent the next 2-3 years or so rather depressed and mad. Life wasn’t fun at all because I gave up my dream of winning for this brilliant idea I had of making my own car.

And then things began falling in place. I realised that the best thing about what I am doing, is the journey, I need to enjoy it. Regardless of if I achieve my goals or not, the journey is what matters. At the same time I figured out my car and I began enjoying driving and racing. You remember the “Japanese Magic”? Well the BLACK Edition has “Finnish Magic”, I look forward to going to the track, because the car isn’t limiting me, I run out of talent first. I could start working on my driving. I kissed my girlfriend good bye, and began re-virginising myself. It took me 9 years, but for the 10th year anniversary of my fabulous idea, I’m back where I was, only not as fast as before, in relation to the others.

But now I am happy again, because I have an awesome car, and my company is at a point where I can focus more on my driving and my racing, and one day I will kick everyone’s ass. At some race, some day. That’s why I am writing this at 1:30am, and I am going to get up at 8am tomorrow, drive 1h20min to the track and practice.