This S**t Just Got Real, looking for Gaming advice

[Crown]

I've moved this to the planning forum. Good luck.

 

[Capt Jim]

What I am about to say has come from analysing youtube for a long time trying to decide the best way for myself to create a channel. I decided I did not like gaming channels that much and for me it would be a lot of dedication and not really my style of film making.
But please read this, you don't have to agree this is just what I have seen on Youtube.

Personally I don't think the soul reason of having a gaming pc should force you into making videos as I have a GTX 780 Ti in my pc, which was very expensive and I feel no obligation to making videos. I myself am starting out a vlogging channel which is very different but for the past year I have been posting random videos on a kind of gaming channel.

What you need to remember is how big other youtube gamers are and how long they have been going for. It is extremely hard to get a big audience and I feel the gaming community makes it even harder. But if you are looking for a style to do I would suggest watching WoodysGamerTag as I used to watch him a lot and I think that style would suit you, based off what you have said here.

Also the games you should play are the ones you want to, don't feel you must play games you don't like just to please audiences, but saying this I would also say do not play games such as minecraft or call of duty for videos as these are done way too much and big channels for these games have already been established and the type of viewer watching these won't stray far from the channels they already know.

I hope this has helped

Thanks Ed. You make some very good points. I think you need to love gaming and be a true devotee of a specific game to be successful with a gaming channel. I'm going to give a few games a try but, I won't make a video unless I truly enjoy the game and find myself repeatedly playing just to enjoy the game. My daughter loves mine craft but I'm pretty sure it's not for me.[DOUBLEPOST=1419619754,1419617953][/DOUBLEPOST]

I find this entire thread fascinating. I definitely think you should go for it. Going by your channel's content though, it might be in your best interest to start a new channel for it. Maybe try a test run where you do some gaming videos on your current channel and see how your audience reacts.

IsntChrisL, I think you're right. I just don't see how it would integrate well with my current channel. The exception would be if I did something like the old Microsoft Flight Simulator X. It does have a following but I'm looking for something fresh.

I've been working on a quad copter video and I do think I'll do a series and add them to my channel as a playlist. I had the same decision to make and in the end I decided that it would add more to my channel than it would divide my viewership or distract from it.

 

[Conso1727]

Got to agree with IsntChris. Make a test run with Flight Simulator, and then start another channel. And try to keep the games related to your interests, too! Nowadays pc games have a strong modding community behind (in case you don’t know, the term "mod" refers to an addon made by fans of the game) thay make some games almost endless!

 

[chottom]

If I remember correctly you were in the airplanes and storms.
Why don't you buy a good flying simulator and fly the airplanes in the eye of the typhoons. And than just record your reactions and commentaries. In general you must do on YouTube what you really love to do.
This is one of the best advices!

PS. I saw that other people also recommended flight simulator. I hope there is one with good bad weather simulation in it!

 

[roogisan]

Minecraft is a game where the possibilities are endless but there is one HUGE problem with it. It is seriously overdone in terms of videos. One of the reasons for this is that Mojang (the creaters of MInecraft) specifically encourage youtubers to post videos of their game. Luckily for minecraft players there are a huge quantity of mods available that extend the original game into whole new dimensions (literally). An example would be the Tekkit pack which I currently play. This adds machines, quarries, computers and even nuclear reactors to the game which, IMO, pushes Minecraft away from the childlike audience you see on most servers and into the realm of adults.

As far as starting a youtube gaming channel goes, I advise that you don't jump the gun. If gaming content wont mix with the content that's already on your channel then start a new one (even though its hard work). You don't want to scare away your viewers who think that gaming is for kids. Maybe make a few recordings first. I use open broadcast software (which is completely free), spend some time recording and editing your videos and see what you think. You may find that the process bores you or that it turns playing games into a chore.

Maybe start a poll on your channel and see what your subs think about gaming content. Then ask select subs what they think of your first gaming videos and see what the feedback is. Hope this helps and good luck

 

[Harry Of All Trades]

You might want to think about what audience you might want to target. Given your age you might be able cater to a older crowd filling a niche no one else fills. If you plan on catering to an older crowd you might be able to drop some old Johnny Carson, Ed Sullivan, or d**k Van **** references. For these young kids, they might not have any idea what your talking about. There are a lot of older people who are retiring and now forcing themselves to use the computer (probably because they have nothing better to do). You could be an insperation to them showing that games aren't just young people.

As for games, just play stuff something that you might enjoy. I like racing and Zelda games. Simcity is also fun as well.

You could do reviews of games that older people might like. My grandmother-in-law is 90 years old and likes to play on Pogo. She'll never play GTA or Call of Duty, and probably most over the age of 60 won't either. Call of Duty might be a little much for old Vietnam Vets.

 

[flipology]

You might want to think about what audience you might want to target. Given your age you might be able cater to a older crowd filling a niche no one else fills. If you plan on catering to an older crowd you might be able to drop some old Johnny Carson, Ed Sullivan, or d**k Van **** references. For these young kids, they might not have any idea what your talking about. There are a lot of older people who are retiring and now forcing themselves to use the computer (probably because they have nothing better to do). You could be an insperation to them showing that games aren't just young people.

I like this idea. I love it when someone triggers nostalgia for me. I remember as a kid watching d**k Van **** and the like. A lot of what others said is also true, find what you like doing and play off of that. I love dead pan humor and if you're funny in that Ben Stein way I'd definitely give your channel a watch.

 

[SethHeart]

Don't know if you are still taking advice but I have watched this one guy's video on advice for doing Gaming videos on YouTube so I figured I would shorten that and explain it to you here.

First of all, when going into any sort of YouTube, do it only and ONLY if you actually enjoy doing it and it is fun for you to put videos out on YouTube and to make commentaries such as this. Don't go into this side of stuff and say, "Oh, I wanna become famous like Pewdiepie or some other guy!". Many YouTubers can agree with me in saying that shouldn't be your goal.

Secondly, Play games that you enjoy and think that you enjoy making commentaries over. Don't play games that you hate or hate trying to explain or talk about. If you hate FPS games like CoD and or hate doing commentaries over it, then find new games. For example, I love MOBA games, RPG games, and a few other types of games that don't involve FPS games.

Lastly, when going into doing these videos, have your mind set to have NO and I mean NO EXPECTATIONS or standards on a video. Do not think that your video will get even 1 VIEW. Say to yourself that it may get no views and you need to be fine with that because it may or will happen. I set a high standard for one of my videos and let me tell you that I was majorly disappointed, so go into this knowing that you may get 10 views, 0 subs, 10 subs, maybe even 100 subs, but do not think you will become big or even get 10 subs in a week/month.

There ya go. If you want to watch the video of the person that gave me this advice, look up on YouTube: SuperMCGamer How to YouTube

 

[roogisan]

I agree totally with the above poster except on the last point. There are plenty of examples where new channels have gotten many hits on their first videos even though they are totally unknown to begin with. It's all to do with the quality of your content and (some would say even more importantly) how it is marketed. If you take the time going through forums and asking for feedback then there are many people who will watch your videos to help you. Also advertise your channel in every way possible. Social media, word of mouth, forums can all be good for this.

And above all remember that you are on youtube to entertain. If your videos aren't getting the views then your failing at that objective and you may as well spend your time just playing the game rather than recording. I've had a look at your channel and i'm thinking that a special dedicated gaming channel may be best rather than trying to merge it into that one. The only game that would really fit with your current content is flight sim

 

[Harry Of All Trades]

. The only game that would really fit with your current content is flight sim

I looked at his channel too and I agree that a flight sim be a good fit.

What he could do, is talk through how to land and navigate at certain airports and airfield. Some places in the world have some screwy approach patterns.
For example, flying to Gitmo requires special training because of the way Cuban airspace is setup around it. I'm not 100% sure, I guess you have swing hard into approach.

He could do commentary for his pilot audience on how someone would make these approaches. I don't know how useful that would be as a lot of that info is already in the flight pubs.