The last type of lets play I can think that's worked was the 100 days format which is close to being beaten to death

This is not me trying to find a type of video to rip off this is merely a discussion

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I recently been watching survival island videos, ethos survival series from the beginning, syndicate, captainsparklez, the whole nine yards from between 5 and 13 years ago. I am tired of the mrbeastification of EVERY GAME especially minecraft. With all of them being hardcore this or I spent 100 days that and it isnt that I don’t like those videos, but its a lot of them now. Which I also understand minecraft is an old game and popular and people want to make videos and be a youtuber, it makes sense.

I guess my question is, would you watch a minecraft series that doesnt feel new age? Like a chill survival series like etho or even captainsparklez hexxit was a vibe for me. I’m curious on other peoples thoughts of all of this. Do you there there is an audience for people who want to make more chill lets play content or do you think those days are over? And what do you enjoy watching now? And things you wish people did.

Hi,

I'm working on a project with a developer friend for a conversational roleplaying AI chatbot, similar to character.ai
We have integrated this AI into the chat on Twitch, allowing viewers to type prompts in to chat, that get fed to the AI, in order to create stories in real-time, much like "Twitch Plays Pokémon," but with narratives generated by the viewers/AI.
One idea was to hire a streamer to bring these stories to life through improv acting. Though given the somewhat new territory, there are a lot of things to figure out, and experimentation needed.

I was curious what this community thought about this?
Do you think this is something viewers might be interested in...like having a streamer dressing up as particular characters, maybe using cheap props, doing accents, adding some flair, and guiding the story line?
Or maybe there are better ideas?

Thanks

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Hi. I'm thinking about doing Let's Plays for my YouTube channel, which right now, mostly consist of content related to old game shows and a couple of videos where I played the SNES and Genesis Power Ranger games using an emulator on my laptop. However, I also have older systems such as N64, GameCube, Wii, PS2(which doubles as a PS1) as well as PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Anyway, I have some questions about a video capture card. I want to know if there is a capture card that records the gameplay video to the device itself and saves it there a la a DVR and if there's a way to transfer the video to my laptop for editing and if it can be done similar to a USB Flash Drive. I'm still not 100% sure of the mechanics. Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated for this lifelong gamer/newbie Tuber.

Youtube algo gave me a huge boost in impressions during my 8th hour after posting but the problem is that my target language demographic were all asleep during the time of the push. This caused my CTR to be 2% and now youtube isnt giving me new impressions anymore which sucks because my language demographic are now awake. Will the algo give me another push or is my video dead at this point? If its dead, should i delete it and reupload at a better time of day? Thanks y’all.

Was it a new game ? Older game? Which one got you the most views and subs?

So I’ve been editing footage for one game so far, Nightingale specifically, still have to record and edit several other games.

I realized yesterday that I’ve been exporting the final version of those recordings as 1080p, though I am capable of exporting as 4k as well.

So I was wondering, what would be best for uploading to YouTube? Would 1080p be fine for other videos, or should I actually go full 4k? Would people even notice the difference?

Finding myself in a slight conundrum. I am considering adding commentary and other stuff to my videos. Problem is I’ve been uploading raw gameplay for a while.

So do I go back and edit those old videos or just leave them as is and implement new stuff going forward?

Seems kind of awkward to suddenly add commentary 4 videos into a playthrough. I’m not above the tedium of jazzing up the old videos, just wondering if it’s worth the time investment.

So my buddy and I started a gaming channel at the beginning of February and so far it's been a blast. We are growing steadily but its pretty modest growth, I've seen varied success with different thumbnail styles and have tried various editing techniques to make the content more interesting or really just cut the lulls out. My primary concern here is that we do a video every day and it has been a lot of work with us both working full time jobs. I do feel we are a ways out from really needing to worry about something like an editor or an artist, though the latter of which I've already hired once to make characters for our channel art.

So my question is really at what point would you consider hiring somebody for these jobs and when you do what are the average wages you would pay someone for the work. I'm sure that the amount of editing required for the content plays a factor and the detail of the images asked for as well. Just trying to gather some info because the moment I can I plan on making this move for my sanity and the growth of the channel. If I could outsource some of this work I could focus on other types of content that I want to make without putting all of my time into making sure we are getting the episodes out with the quality I desire.

I have started streaming recently and I quickly realised that everytime I want to play any game with progression I need to now decide if I want to progress on my own time OR play it on stream, and if I choose the latter I can not play it unless I am recording which locks it to only set days and times where I can play it. How do I decide whether to make it a series or not? I like showing what types of games I like but I also like playing games while listening to spotify where I can be silent for an hour.

with simulator games and sports titles like wwe2k24 this is not an issue but for games you save and load progress on, the decision is very hard.

So, I was curious to know from other smaller channels, when is the right time to start reaching out for sponsors? I'm currently almost to 550 subs, but I personally don't think i'm worthy of getting sponsored right now. Plus, one of my fav youtubers accounts keep getting hacked even on twitch becuz of a 'sponsorship'. (crypto, ofcourse)

So. I'm also a little on edge about that (I know it's common sense to spot fraud, but you just never know) should we reach out to them, or they should reach out to us? I do gaming, so maybe gaming related sponsors. If you've been sponsored before as a small channel, what was your experience? how much did they offer/pay, what were your rates? and was it an easy job?

I wouldn't want to be ALL in your personal business, I'm just very curious. I feel like it's time for me to start reaching out. what are your thoughts?

Recently started a let’s play channel in anticipation for a new a game. Looking for some advice on what I can do better to improve the content. I’ve only played a 3 games on the channel so far, the latest 2 are blind Playthroughs. I feel like it’s more fun for the audience that way but unsure? I usually have a small theme/ RP with the let’s play as well.

Typically my videos are broken into episodes around 30min-1hour but have run over occasionally. Is this too long? Do I need to do more of an intro/outro?

I try to keep the commentary up and engaging but audio issues have been a bit of a recurring theme which I’m actively working to improve.

Haven’t tried streaming yet as I’m not sure if I can manage chat and game at the same time lol.

Any advice is appreciated.

Title. Has anyone started a channel recently and has seen "success"?

First of all, I am a fan of learning your craft about video editing and I am glad everything I have learned since the past 2 years.

Nevertheless, I am in a period of my life that I need to be methodical about how I spent my limited free time as recently, my family has resented how much of it are spend it on gaming, content creation and the mix of both and had to pause because of that, health and some weeks ago, offline world has left me with LITTLE free time.

TLDR, I have been considering all this video editors that have AI integrated to automate most of the cuts/improvements/subtitles/<insert proper helpful thing about producing a video> and currently (besides not discarding DaVinci Resolve's paid version) trying Capcut or the paid lifetime license of Filmora.

YES, I understand about the Capcut almost great deal of almost EVERYTHING for free is a implicit catch that in mobile you need some marketing data mining and probably the same applies on PC Desktop, but if I am able to limit that on my Desktop, is it a great alternative of them all for my scenario?

Context*: AI automation is for editing purposes, not trying to have AI to be the EVERYTHING of my content BTW!*

Hello, was trying to get some microphone recommendation, i am eyeing the Shure MV7X XLR but heard mixed review on it. I do like its appearance aswell so something that looks like it would be nice. My budget is around 200$ mainly used for Discord and Streaming but i assumed this subreddit would know best about mic! Thank you all for helping <3

Just as the title reads, what was the first thing you purchased/upgraded once you were able to save up enough money for new item(s)? I have alot of things I would like to upgrade like, my webcam, desk, chair, headphones, monitors, pc etc or if you haven't yet, what are some equipment you're planning on upgrading first?

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I've kind of already made my self a variety gaming channel, but my 2k videos get a lot of views and most of my subs is from 2k videos, but I had enough of 2k I dislike playing the game I dislike editing the game, every other game I have in my channel I LOVE but get barley any views.

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how deeply would it be if I stopped posting 2k and just focus on my lets plays, am I to deep with 1400 subs to actually just quit 2k videos?

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feel free to check out my channel as well ty so much.

How do I record my mic as a separate audio track from the game sound in OBS? Do I need a separate program like Audacity to record the separate track? Is syncing a nightmare like I assume? I've always had 1 audio track, but I can see that causing issues in the future...Thank you in advance for your help!

Should I delete them or keep the comments.

Hello, I recently heard about YouTube catering to TV Users a while back, and I was curious to see what my channel page looked like on TV compared to mobile and desktop/laptops, and It looks a mess lol every video and shorts are all in 1 section/category.

I did notice we're able to see our channel's banner now which is kinda cool, (unless it's always been there) the sections I have on my channel page are: channel trailer, for you, videos, popular videos, created playlists, shorts, past livestreams, and featured channels (in that order) all organized.

I was confused that it doesn't look like that on my TV so I assume it will look like that on other TV users that would like to watch my videos on TV instead of a mobile device. I did check other youtubers i'm subbed to and their channel pages looks organized. I was wondering if anyone knows how to organize their channel page for TV users?

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So I haven’t exactly hit this wall yet, but how do you guys find your next game to play?

Do you focus on games that are popular and new?

Or do you stick to what you’re interested in, regardless of popularity?

I’m currently at a crossroads where I’m reaching the end of a couple let’s plays, and I don’t know what to play next. Should I take a break until a game comes out I’m truly interested in? Or should I just tackle some random popular game?

Would love to hear all your thoughts on this!

I know let's plays are an extremely saturated market on youtube, but I love playing games and it feels natural for me to create them. I've been at it consistently for a year and still have fun playing and commenting. I've noticed recently my reach is horrible, but my watch time and click is decent enough.

I'll get a random video pop off, then nothing more in the series. I have a new episode a day. My thumbnails are decent. My editing is okay, and I do an intro.

I'm struggling with this big question. Am I just not entertaining or am I just not discovered? Is there a turning point where momentum happens, or is it a grind for years?

Wondering if I should get into editing a bit. I never edit videos, I just upload them straight from PlayStation after clipping them to a reasonable length.

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