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I don't follow his channel for the impression you had about him. I like the other gamers (Van--s, H-0, etc). I think you nailed it that stress is so bad that m

by yeukhon 10y ago

I don't follow his channel for the impression you had about him. I like the other gamers (Van--s, H-0, etc). I think you nailed it that stress is so bad that many have lost appetite to release new videos on a regular basis, and I've seen this in many youtubers I was following for years. Some gamers I know just don't want to edit anymore and instead release most of the gameplay or switch to Twitch completely and depends on just donation. While the top youtubers can make over a million a year, it can become a no-life job in the end. There's also an impression at least from my PoV that many YouTubers are now in LA making LA their "Silicon Valley" (yes, after all LA is the SV for entertainment industry) but since the living standard there is pricey and different some YTers might be under unhealthy stress. There was a YouTuber who committed suicide last year. We don't know exactly why, but it was very unexpected for fans and friends, and while I really don't want to speculate, I just can't help but think career might contributed to the cause regardless.

hkmurakami 10y ago
I think one of the smartest moves Day9 did was to hire production staff.
- yeukhon 10y ago
  Depends. I am going to name names now. Ray William Johnson was a comedian on YouTube and his channel was a big hit about 7-8 years ago. At some point he signed up with an agency and started having a production crew instead of making them off of his own room, but for me the quality had gone down dramatically. I am not sure if there's even a correlation, perhaps just timing that there weren't that many funny videos on YouTube worth reviewing or perhas is the script the crew was producing just wasn't the right fit for me. I was very displeased with the new videos he was releasing. Later he ended relationship with the agency after some dispute and ran with his own production team, but the quality has continued to suck and so I am no longer a subscriber. Sorry. WongFu Production ran from a channel of three college students making videos about Asian life in America to a production company of its own (their made shorts, movies, and even a YouTube original series recently, and also making films for others). Their production quality is amazing. My favorite gamers on YouTubes just record from their computer and have no production crew whatsoever. I think Smosh Brothers is behind a production team at this point, and their videos are pretty fun to watch. It depends, there are good and bad ones.

by yeukhon 10y ago

hkmurakami 10y ago

I think one of the smartest moves Day9 did was to hire production staff.

yeukhon 10y ago
Depends. I am going to name names now. Ray William Johnson was a comedian on YouTube and his channel was a big hit about 7-8 years ago. At some point he signed up with an agency and started having a production crew instead of making them off of his own room, but for me the quality had gone down dramatically. I am not sure if there's even a correlation, perhaps just timing that there weren't that many funny videos on YouTube worth reviewing or perhas is the script the crew was producing just wasn't the right fit for me. I was very displeased with the new videos he was releasing. Later he ended relationship with the agency after some dispute and ran with his own production team, but the quality has continued to suck and so I am no longer a subscriber. Sorry. WongFu Production ran from a channel of three college students making videos about Asian life in America to a production company of its own (their made shorts, movies, and even a YouTube original series recently, and also making films for others). Their production quality is amazing. My favorite gamers on YouTubes just record from their computer and have no production crew whatsoever. I think Smosh Brothers is behind a production team at this point, and their videos are pretty fun to watch. It depends, there are good and bad ones.