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I don't mind the political chat so much in the context of discussing Youtube LP's and the like if it's relevant (like how the PewDiePie / Jontron stuff has affected their subscribers/views/other gigs/whatever). Just be civil and calm about it and don't go straying off the topic of this thread.
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At this stage you're better off relying on Patreon or direct donations anyway. Relying on ad revenue is wonky as gently caress considering how god drat chaotic Youtube can be.
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Mar 30, 2017 21:04
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TaurusOxford posted:He claimed in his latest vlog that they MIGHT get married in a year or two under the conditions that his Twitch popularity increases and it becomes a reliable primary source of income. So if I watch the loud inept man fumble around incompetently at video games more, I can encourage him to get married to a woman who clearly has no sense. I hope they stream the wedding like that other couple did (at least I hope it was only the one couple that live-streamed their wedding).
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Apr 10, 2017 21:03
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Jamesman posted:If you think that's something, wait til you hear about the dude who live-streamed his funeral on Twitch. Speaking of funeral streams, Chibi's Iwata funeral stream is a classic, particularly the part where he sings. I'll see if I can find the wedding one tomorrow if no one else posts it first.
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Apr 11, 2017 02:30
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RottenK posted:this is just sad now Only now?
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Apr 17, 2017 01:58
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I remember when Let's Plays meant something, man! Now we got all these corporate Let's Play stooges ruining it for everyone.
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Apr 26, 2017 16:32
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Scaramouche posted:Oh I'm the same way. I usually watch LPs when I'm eating dinner or want something in the background while I do other things. Plus personally most streams don't really do it for me compared to the polish that goes into a Let's Play. I make an exception for the MDC though because their streams are usually top-notch. Occasionally I'll follow a Gaming Garbage stream as well if I have nothing going on.
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May 2, 2017 10:20
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I liked my theory of "became LP bigshots and left" better
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TaurusOxford posted:As it turns out, Laveria Media is owned by a 20-year old that doesn't know what he's doing, who is still in university, and there's heavy evidence that the MCN is a glorified homework assignment. youtube.txt
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May 7, 2017 12:34
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slowbeef wrote another article for Polygon, this time about advertisers pulling out from Youtube and how it affects those who rely on ad revenue for income. Solid read.
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May 12, 2017 23:41
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The best way is probably to laugh it off as not a big deal, and to be fair DSP actually does this when it comes up. It's a shame he's so horrible about everything else though.
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May 30, 2017 01:56
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discworld is all I read posted:I know Men Drinking Coffee just put up some videos where someone made a little game for them and one of the early jokes was about how they don't read text or tutorials. Was about to recommend those videos. bhlaab made a surprisingly adequate game based around the misadventures of the MDC, based partly on their past videos and partly from the dumb games made for other Youtube personalities like the AVGN and PewDiePie. And then the MDC streamed themselves playing it. Definitely worth a watch. One | Two
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Jun 16, 2017 21:11
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Honestly if you registered for these forums to begin with you're probably an rear end in a top hat in some aspect.
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Jul 15, 2017 19:06
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Don't kinkshame~
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Jul 15, 2017 19:40
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GoneRampant posted:Also, I really wouldn't take NeoGAF's word on anything given how they're now 40-odd pages into accusations about Nick while they barely said a word about Amri0x, their mod that was charged for possessing child porn. Might as well also ask why we're not bringing up Aatrek in this thread then.
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Aug 5, 2017 14:11
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judge reinhold posted:drat, Egoraptor, famous for being the first nerd online to explain why game design can be good and thusly became presumed audience-aware knowledge for other nerd-based videos about video game design, has now produced an album, meanwhile today I got excited to use the vacuum I bought at Costco. It really makes you think; if we traded places, would he become well-known for boringly explaining good vacuum design like a huge dork? We may never know. That's a convoluted way to say Egoraptor sucks.
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Aug 6, 2017 00:23
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Jamesman posted:What's this now? Asking for money in general is against the sitewide SA rules, mainly to prevent donation scams and drive-by panhandlers. Basically if you have a Patreon, don't post it on SA. Links to videos with the Patreon in the description or your Twitter account or whatever are fine. Honestly I wonder if this should be changed since several forums beyond LP could benefit and Patreon's reasonable for people part of the community, but I also kinda worry about this becoming a sea of Patreon links.
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Aug 25, 2017 13:00
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Putty posted:The new layout disabled my Video Blocker so I saw minecrafts. I'm so sorry.
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Sep 1, 2017 16:10
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Those coffee men will do anything to make a quick buck!
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Sep 4, 2017 13:10
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judge reinhold posted:I did notice that the Mega Man Maker video about Cut Man being startled and falling in to the toilet made it in to YouTube's suggested video algorithm, so it could be due to that. I'm glad even Youtube's algorithms realize when there's a video that needs to be seen by everyone.
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Sep 4, 2017 18:22
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I'm just happy we're finally getting to the point that we're finally expecting game journalists to have qualities and standards beyond "I'm a game journalist because I call myself a game journalist."
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Sep 6, 2017 21:07
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My concern is it might set precedent for developers stopping people from hosting their games due to negative reviews/feedback or whatever other nonsense. We did have that whole thing between Jim Sterling and those guys who made terrible Steam games rather recently.
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Sep 11, 2017 01:45
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"If you don't like it, don't watch it" is a dumb way to shut down criticism. It's definitely true to a point, i.e. don't needlessly poo poo continuously on something people may enjoy, but at the same time things should be allowed to be critiqued so people can improve, both the people being critiqued and the people who may want to incorporate the advice in their own projects.
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Sep 20, 2017 20:35
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Some of the Patreon-funded channels I follow wait until the end of the video to acknowledge and thank their Patrons. End of a stream may not always work, but at least thanking new subscribers from the last stream at the start of the current stream would include that sense of involvement without distracting during the stream.
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Sep 20, 2017 22:14
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Coolguye posted:heck even pope Francis has pointed out that streamers and YouTube talking heads have a lot of power to make people feel included and joyful in today's society and has further insinuated it's their moral duty to do so (versus act like phil or drop epithets like pewds) because it supports the work of so many people who are working to make the world a better place in other ways That's pretty great honestly, but then I'm wary since this conversation stemmed from people saying donation notifications are good since it encourages community. Encouraging people to donate to feel included seems scummy to me, even though I know most streamers aren't intentionally doing so. People should donate to reward/thank the streamer, not for community.
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Sep 22, 2017 18:29
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KirbyKhan posted:People give money to internet people for so many inexplicable reasons. For instance, a website that predates Twitch, MyFreeCams. There, people give internet people tokens for touching their junk and putting things in a butt. I always thought the two things Cheers was missing were slurs and emote spam.
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Sep 23, 2017 00:14
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Putty posted:Super Mario Run is currently 50% off as Nintendo's first ever discounted game Nintendo's had digital discounts before. You can go to their rewards site and spend rewards currency to buy 30% discounts on 3DS/Wii U Virtual Console games. ...Guys I'm starting to think Nintendo may not know what they're doing in regards to online.
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Sep 30, 2017 00:07
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What about speedrunners? They pull off technically impressive stuff in an entertaining manner, and it's hard to really replicate that outside video games. I kinda relate general game streamers to sitcoms. There's a lot of terrible ones that probably don't deserve the views/money they get, but there's a few that are good that put effort into things and/or have natural charisma and can make anything charming. And of course who is "deserving" is a huge manner of debate depending on one's tastes, and I doubt even this thread would ever come to consensus on which streamers are "good". Streaming's really not my thing, but if people enjoy watching and funding them, then who gives a poo poo what I think?
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Nov 28, 2017 11:00
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judge reinhold posted:And I agree making money on video games feels like it'll inevitably stop/change drastically as companies realize there's additional revenue to be had there. But I dont think it justifies the prevalent hardline attitude this subforum had towards monetization for years because hey why not make $13, everyone here probably uses ad blocker anyway. I think most of those people left SA and now make money on Twitch.
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Nov 28, 2017 17:31
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The other weird thing is how varied LPs can tackle a game. There are LPs that alter/build stories around the games being covered, LPs that are in-depth critiques on the games being covered, LPs that involve modifications to games whether by the LPers themselves or by others, and so on. How do you begin to sort through all that?
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Nov 28, 2017 22:43
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What if you play the game at your local county fair?
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Nov 28, 2017 22:50
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BioEnchanted posted:By that do you mean turn them into a toilet, or put their character model physically in a toilet like the hand in Majora's Mask? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJsSxWFnaQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABiPg1UL9Vg
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Nov 29, 2017 00:27
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Somewhat related since it's the main way Youtube content creators make their money now, Patreon is going to bump up their fees for paying patrons, adding a service fee of 2.9% of a pledge plus 35 cents. So a $1 pledge will now cost a patron $1.38 or so. Patreon says this will help its artists understand how much they'll be making (since before the fees were taken from the artist's monthly sum) while giving them a larger percentage of fees (95% of the pledged money compared to ~90% before). However, many artists are concerned that this will discourage smaller pledges, as many rely on many low-dollar pledges to stay afloat, and those who make many small donations a month will now have to either pay more or cut some of those projects. There's been a lot of people pleading with Patreon to reconsider their case, but honestly I can't see any reason why they would. They're the big game in town, and content creators rely way too much on them at this point to influence their bottom line. So it's basically Youtube all over again. Good luck to those who rely on Patreon, I guess! Better think up a Plan C in case Patreon gets worse in the next couple years.
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Dec 7, 2017 21:46
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judge reinhold posted:rear end Munching Ball Suckers sure got em good sending him one thousand dollars. If you think about it it's really the ultimate troll.
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Dec 31, 2017 15:24
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For all we mock DSP people still keep giving him money, so...
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Jan 9, 2018 11:26
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Money well spent.
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Jan 17, 2018 01:06
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PhazonLink posted:Dude you want to live in the timeline where he runs for prez as a joke and wins. Because that went so well the last time that happened.
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Jan 28, 2018 12:48
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Phil believes in the philosophy of “Stream while you stream.”
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Feb 10, 2018 03:18
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A shame he’s still releasing the same old content.
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Feb 10, 2018 13:37
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Nice meltdown
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Sage Grimm posted:Nah, he's the meter stick on which all other LPers are measured. I thought he was the one playing with the meter stick.
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