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[Ethorbit]

Please delete this thread.

 

[ViRGE]

Honestly, yes, you should give up. You are competing in a field with an absurd number of other participants, and you clearly aren't succeeding at it.

There's no shame in trying something, failing at it, and moving on. Not everyone can be a YouTube personality.

 

[MongGrel]

I have no idea what you mean on give up on it actually.

If you mean trying to make a living out of subbing stuff, GL.

Taking Pictures of yourself isn't work, a few people pull it off I guess.

 

[Murloc]

no need to delete your channel, just leave it as is. 200 subs after 3 years just mean you're not good enough at this, given the competition there's no need to take this as a personal defeat.

It's simply extremely competitive, only few people who are particularly witty or good manage to pull this off and get a following.

Also from what I've seen you're not really reviewing games like many successful channels do, you're playing them. There's thousands of people who do that on twitch already, only a few pull it off.

 

[MongGrel]

I should have been doing that years ago, there were so any epic things really here and there over the last couple of decades, but twitch wasn't even up at the time.

Hell I haven't gamed at all really in a few years, wish I had a lot of footage of things in the past.

Some where pretty Epic and a few still on YouTube I think in various spots, I've a few other names in my past also.

 

[MongGrel]

The first time I hit a Mong Grel in WOW a long time ago when it came out I almost died laughing, until I ran into several of them when I was a low level.

Felt like a compliment after even years of things prior to that.

 

[Ethorbit]

Thanks for the reply. And for including details and why I should do a such thing. Being a "Famous YouTuber" is definitely a dream job quote.
I won't give up, but I also won't produce videos as often.

 

[Ethorbit]

You're absolutely right. With this many people, even if some do find me, they won't think I am nearly as good as the other game commentators.
---Thanks for your post---

 

[Red Squirrel]

I would just keep doing it, but as a hobby. In fact generally this IS a hobby, it's just that some get lucky and manage to make it big. The internet can be weird as to what makes it big and what does not. You might eventually make one video that for whatever reason will strike it big and bring lot of focus to your channel.

 

[Ethorbit]

I would just keep doing it, but as a hobby. In fact generally this IS a hobby, it's just that some get lucky and manage to make it big. The internet can be weird as to what makes it big and what does not. You might eventually make one video that for whatever reason will strike it big and bring lot of focus to your channel.

I sure hope that video comes. Thanks for the hope and the reply.

 

[KB]

You need to get a Swedish accent and say stupid things like that other famous video game commentor on YouTube pewdpie.

It also helps to be one of the first to build your audience when there is less competition.

 

[Blanky]

I have a blog I occasionally post to, but although I actually made a pathetically tiny amount of money with amazon associates, I've given up on it getting big because it will take huge amounts of effort for a long time, and even then it probably won't do it. I do keep it alive and occasionally post to it, though, basically so that if somebody googles me they will see it; it's kind of a weird resume builder. Might put it on linkedin at some point, for example.

The key is to try and do things others haven't; if you want a gaming channel, play games nobody else has up there (difficult to do). The only post on my blog that has ever gotten any real hits is now top on google search because strangely enough nobody else ever posted about this apparently fairly obvious to me question.

What I'm saying is: Before you post something google it. If it's already got tons of results, yours probably won't ever get much visibility, at least not until you're a huge ranked site.

 

[sandorski]

You don't really need to be good at games and there's no real sure fire technical/artistic/dialogue to it. Timing seems to be important, but often that's just playing the right game when interest in it is heightened. That's why so many Youtubers made a career from Minecraft, it was just something everyone wanted to see. That's waning now and many have been moving away from it, such as the Mindcrackers who most still do it, but some have stopped outright, almost all of them have been doing other games far more.

One guy, Quill18, is someone I found while looking for Banished gameplay around the time it was released. That game pushed Subs to him enough that <6 months later he was able to go Full time into Youtube.

Some people may actually like your videos, if they saw them. That's a big problem with so much competition. It's really hard to get noticed and find those people. I think playing the latest games is probably the best way to try and get some exposure. I suspect that a small channel would have difficulty Monetizing many of those games, I really don't know though, but even if you couldn't do that you could maybe grow your Subs.

That said, I think some people are just good fits with this type of thing and some people are not. Some people have limited shelf life, some are good under certain circumstances etc etc.

I know of the 20-30 Gaming channels I have subbed to over the years, some I really liked for awhile, then eventually unsubbed because I lost interest for various reasons. Even the ones I have stayed with I am inconsistent in watching them, they stop playing games I am interested in or their personality/persona just starts to annoy me. Even many very successful Youtubers are fully aware that their career is likely to be time limited.

I watched one of your vids for 10 minutes or so and thought I'd mention one thing: I don't think Face Cams really work for Youtube. There are some Youtubers who use it, but usually because their audience has requested it. Of the ones I watch a few of them occasionally use a webcam, one of them only because he uploads some of his Twitch Streams(where Face cams are more common and IMO natural). I usually find face cams on Youtube to be awkward though, they are distracting and unless the person is really naturally expressive in their face(even on Twitch) it makes it difficult to watch. Most people playing games usually have a blank stare that just detracts from what is happening. Like reading a book, it's usually better to let the viewer fill in the blanks and let the Game and player dialogue be the foundation the viewer builds upon.

I'm no expert, just some know it all on the Internets. So take with salt.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Be like Scampy Cat, my kids watch that crap all of the time.

 

[HeXen]

You need a niche, like that guy that does shows like WTF is Windows 10 in 5 minutes or whatever. He makes a niche by providing a quick and to the point low down on new tech and games in a short enough time span for those that don't care to listen to dragged out overviews. Although I think he's probably been copied by a lot of similar quick reviewers.
So think of what your target audience is and how they may prefer to absorb media. Some do it through comedy, speed, insight or character.

There is a very large guy that reviews some audio stuff but he got more popular from his character and personality in doing his reviews and fits of rage at his roomy's constant pranks on him while doing so, like when they put something in his 7 up can whilst doing a review. Posters like to make fun of him but he sure has a lot of subscribers.

 

[master_shake_]

you should open stupid dollar store toys like some other tubers.

 

[Mai72]

You need to stand out in a crowded market.

Maybe you can wear a dress while you game? Play your video games in the hot tub?

 

[ImpulsE69]

Also, you need bewbs.

 

[MongGrel]

Also, you need bewbs.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Mai72]

Also, you need bewbs.

A man with bewbs...

D:

 

[88keys]

You need to do something different. Something that nobody else is doing (or doing very well) in order to succeed on YT.

There are a bazillion game reviewers and commentators on YT and it would be extraordinarily difficult to stand out in such a crowd.

Perhaps you could try a more obscure segment of video gaming.

There are lots of retro gamers out there, but there some consoles and systems that don't get much attention. The Commodore 64 and Amiga systems are great examples.

 

[MongGrel]

Jammin' a Hammock - [Walk off the Earth] - Gianni

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J4tAzpBrPM

 

[MongGrel]

Shake It Off - Walk off the Earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ6rv2ZC3Kc

 

[BeeBoop]

You need to stand out in a crowded market.

Maybe you can wear a dress while you game? Play your video games in the hot tub?

Agreed. His channel is boring. Do something different.

 

[zCypher]

Yep. You have to stand out. Learn from the competition and learn from your failures. But if what you're doing doesn't stand out, then it won't gain traction.