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RareAcumen posted:“Haha, I’m just cosplaying, so it’s fine,” you say, slipping on your Nazi “cosplay” armband. “It’s just a fantasy world where I dress up like genocidal monsters.” You slip on your NSDAP Officer’s cap, with silver swastika, and admire yourself in the mirror. “Yeah, my replica Nazi uniform cost about a hundred-fifty bucks, but it’s just a joke, it’s not serious.” Slipping some actual late-1930s eagle-with-swastika reichspfennig coins into your pocket, you turn off the light, grab your 40s-era German national flag, and head out the door. You’re just a regular guy who likes history, and irony, and like the manufacturer said, the flag can be hung either inside, or outside on a flagpole, as one does with a five-foot-wide Nazi flag, just to have fun.
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HGH posted:He once made this attempt at "gamer satire", which is so bad he keeps copyright claiming it. Video is definitely NSFW. Oh my God, that poo poo's disgusting. Like, that's worse than most of the crap people accuse Chan boards of doing. Putting aside my disgust, it's not even good under the guise of comedy that seeks to provoke or be edgy, it's just... pathetic. Anyway, onto a more positive thing- yeah, I've watched some SFDebris in my time. Loved his game playthroughs, especially Dragon Age. I think I have his rant about Jowan memorized.
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I've recently been enjoying watching a top ranking Age of Empires 2 player go through the old singleplayer campaigns blind and with only his multiplayer sensibilities while knowing nothing of rts campaign internal logic. Separate playlist for each campaign: Tutorial Franks Saracens(ongoing)
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Markiplier put out a pretty serious video, partially in relation to the PDP issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBMkrXG8KMY
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Max Wilco posted:Markiplier put out a pretty serious video, partially in relation to the PDP issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBMkrXG8KMY I've never seen this guy before but man is he goofy looking. Also cut your drat hair Markpliers.
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Lunethex posted:J.K Rowling has been having the biggest bitchy, hysterical melt down on social media for the past day or two. You'll say "that's not outside SA LP!" but after ranting about Piers Morgan she's set her sights on PewDiePie, labeling him a Gee, I wonder why you chose to use these words in particular. 
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GoneRampant posted:it's hypocritical of him to complain about Jon dressing as a Nazi when he dressed up as Alex from Clockwork Orange- who's a rapist. Uh...Not defending the guy because he seems like human garbage, but this is a bizarre argument. Can you really not tell the difference between dressing up as an iconic character from a popular work of fiction and dressing in a Nazi uniform?
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Feb 19, 2017 06:23
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People will always find excuses to dehumanize.
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Feb 19, 2017 08:08
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Without Nazis, we would never have had the joy of Der Untergang. Where does playing a character dressed as a Nazi begin and actually subscribing to their ideals end? Whatever, I bet Prince Harry and every actor ever is secretly a Nazi or something.
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Considering the context was Jon saying he wanted to be the bad guy because he was going to play as the empire in a star wars game, followed by him saying "wait, no, too far, this is too evil", it's dumb to use that against him. There are many reasons to call him a nazi, but the joke where the punchline is that he doesn't want to be a nazi isn't a good one.
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I 'm sure there are many reasons why the popular video game guy is literally a genocidal ideologue of racial purity and aggressive geopolitics.
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Danaru posted:Considering the context was Jon saying he wanted to be the bad guy because he was going to play as the empire in a star wars game, followed by him saying "wait, no, too far, this is too evil", it's dumb to use that against him. There are many reasons to call him a nazi, but the joke where the punchline is that he doesn't want to be a nazi isn't a good one. And if stupid people could be stopped by basic logic, the world would be paradise on earth. Too bad, though.
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Slowbeef wrote a guest article for Polygon that is not just about Death To All Pewds Gate but about what it takes and what it means to be successful on youtube nowdays. You should read it, it's good and provides some perspective that I think a lot of people probably could use.
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Feb 21, 2017 20:27
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Jim Sterling v Digital Homicide: Dawn of Slaughtering has finally come to an end http://www.thejimquisition.com/a-statement-regarding-romine-v-stantons-dismissal-with-prejudice/
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Serves digital homicide right. They had it coming.
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Jamesman posted:Jim Sterling v Digital Homicide: Dawn of Slaughtering has finally come to an end Thank God for Jim.
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CJacobs posted:Slowbeef wrote a guest article for Polygon that is not just about Death To All Pewds Gate but about what it takes and what it means to be successful on youtube nowdays. You should read it, it's good and provides some perspective that I think a lot of people probably could use. This is a very good article.
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Jamesman posted:Jim Sterling v Digital Homicide: Dawn of Slaughtering has finally come to an end Nice. Get fuckin owned, losers.
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CJacobs posted:Slowbeef wrote a guest article for Polygon that is not just about Death To All Pewds Gate but about what it takes and what it means to be successful on youtube nowdays. You should read it, it's good and provides some perspective that I think a lot of people probably could use. It's definitely an excellent article and very illuminating about the business but I think the connection to Pewdgate is kind of damaging and IMO he probably should have held off on releasing for a week or two. The first section is kind of weirdly complimentary towards Pew and the remainder mostly downplays his actions, and while he doesn't actually approve of it either in the current climate it's kind of iffy.
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CJacobs posted:Slowbeef wrote a guest article for Polygon that is not just about Death To All Pewds Gate but about what it takes and what it means to be successful on youtube nowdays. You should read it, it's good and provides some perspective that I think a lot of people probably could use. The funny thing is, if you're like most SA LPers, here to make some fun videos with friends and upload them, not to make big youtube bucks or be the most famous youtube superstar, none of this article applies. Who cares what kind of weird subscriber settings they have if you make LPs for fun. Especially if SA is your main base of operations.
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It still applies, just in different ways. In slowbeef's words, posting on SA (in general, and in the Sandcastle in particular) is the same as trying out jokes in small venues and talking to other comedians about comedy. You get feedback about your commentary, from your audience and your fellow LPers. And so you improve as a funnyperson, see what works and what doesn't.
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Just look at past posts on here, discussing how a lot of Youtube LPers make what we consider "rookie mistakes" because this forum -- for better or worse -- tends towards a cluster of critics willing to offer advice whether they want it or not.
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Tasteful Dickpic posted:It still applies, just in different ways. In addition to this, "I'm just doing it for fun" doesn't hold very much weight. Even if you are, you wouldn't be doing it if people weren't watching what you made. And you can be satisfied with the audience you have on SA (I know I am!) but new people join SA and new people watch your videos every day and the only way to keep them watching is by continuing to entertain them. Even if it's what you already were doing anyway, it's the same cycle, just on a smaller scale. edit: I agree with The Beef's comment about Patreon et al. Youtube's revenue system is terrible and has absolutely no benefit to you, barely any benefit to a network, and only slight benefits to Google. Seeking outside sources for more stable income is almost a necessity unless you make it real big like our boy Pewds. I think people shouldn't be afraid of going to those sites because they are a major improvement on the scummy system that's set in place on Youtube. If you wanna do LPs for a living, you almost need that kind of stability. CJacobs fucked around with this message at 08:44 on Feb 22, 2017 |
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Has the rise of adblockers reduced the amount of ad revenue you get per video as well?
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Tasteful Dickpic posted:Has the rise of adblockers reduced the amount of ad revenue you get per video as well? Oh, no doubt about that. Adblockers have basically killed ad revenue as a way to keep yourself financially afloat for all online walks of life- LPers, media websites and even content critics like TGWTG all used to rely on adds before blockers became more prevalent.
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GoneRampant posted:Oh, no doubt about that. Adblockers have basically killed ad revenue as a way to keep yourself financially afloat for all online walks of life- LPers, media websites and even content critics like TGWTG all used to rely on adds before blockers became more prevalent. Now I'm curious. How much better is external donation systems like Patreon or Paypal income-wise compared to Youtube ads?
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I think the people with established bases will have notable improvements at the very least. You could luck out and get that crazy Probait guy who donates tens of thousands upon thousands of dollars to random LPers.
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Mega64 posted:Now I'm curious. How much better is external donation systems like Patreon or Paypal income-wise compared to Youtube ads? Youtube income is practically pocket change, unless you are consistently pulling in some crazy high numbers on multiple videos. I can make more off of a single good day of twitch casting than I do off an entire month of Youtube, not even counting paypal tips, with a reasonably sized audience on both. Patreon is a huge help as well; there's not really any comparison between the two. Getting yourself a hundred dedicated Patreon fans is worth ten-fold what 15k youtube followers are. All of that without talking about how much harder, slower it is to work with Youtube than the other avenues, like how hard it is to fight false claims on your videos. Smite fucked around with this message at 00:15 on Feb 23, 2017 |
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And I thought slowbeef couldn't do better than that article. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xauBe5letmk 
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Genocyber posted:And I thought slowbeef couldn't do better than that article. Haha he's trying so hard to be wooden and robotic but then the Anthony Bordain anecdote starts and then a little of the old bosleef sneaks through
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Another month, another DSP "i'm hosed, help me" Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2I6WjbBxlM (skip to 25:50) TL:DW - his ad revenue for February is the lowest it has ever been. At this point, even he knows these vlogs are getting annoying cause he disabled ratings and comments.
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HGH posted:You could luck out and get that crazy Probait guy who donates tens of thousands upon thousands of dollars to random LPers. I don't know about LPs but there are a surprising amount of people who will spend absolutely boggling amounts of money on streamers. Anyone with even a blip of a presence seems to get a pretty steady influx of cash on a daily basis. I can imagine the big dogs on YouTube wouldn't have a ton of trouble tapping into that wealth.
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Yeah, the guy I'm referring to is special in that he does both crazy patreon donations and crazy stream donations. Example below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wJ5nl9vguQ Skip to 9:45 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCq8ad2XdjY
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TaurusOxford posted:Another month, another DSP "i'm hosed, help me" Vlog: I'm honestly impressed by DSP's ability to record these hour long videos while maintaining the demeanor of someone arguing with a small child. Also get a job Phil. Nothing short of a miracle will get you out of this hole.
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DSP should do Guest Grumps. He and Arin would get along so well and he'd get a whole new audience.
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Roman Reigns posted:I'm honestly impressed by DSP's ability to record these hour long videos while maintaining the demeanor of someone arguing with a small child. I said it before, and I'll say it again- how anyone can actually be like this outside of putting on a skit I'll never know.
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TaurusOxford posted:Another month, another DSP "i'm hosed, help me" Vlog: quote:I REFUSE To Give Up! He isn't going to have that choice anymore. He needs to do something that he isn't gonna like, like getting a job or moving back to his condo and selling his house. The guy raves about how he'll make less money getting a job but really... the guy doesn't edit stuff, he doesn't put in any quality control, its not like he has to sit down after recording footage and doing cuts before doing commentary then editing that before uploading it. Its not like he'll be strained for time uploading raw footage. Not only that but he's throwing out so much stuff its not all going to be watched at once, I'm sure he has some insane diminishing returns in videos uploaded:ad revenue. If anything I'd think slowing down on uploads while getting a 9 to 5 would be an improvement for him. Then again, not eating crab, buying a new car after 2 years, keeping a condo he wont rent out cause that requires responsibility and not buying a big rear end house in a gated community for 2 people are also options and he isn't going to do those things so....
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Jamesman posted:DSP should do Guest Grumps. He and Arin would get along so well and he'd get a whole new audience. I really doubt it, with how bent out of shape he already can get over random faceless people in a chatroom, he comes off like someone who'd blow up if he had to put up with heckling, playful or otherwise, from someone actually in the room.
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