MLPAnimationIsMagic

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You're welcome!

Woah woah, where's this come from? Are you actually mad? Such unnecessary hostility for a small channel that has literally done nothing wrong. Lemme go over your points, though.

1) Clickbait thumbnails - No...? I mean, I will guess you saw my most recent upload and immediately assumed that's how they all look. I have a structure for all my videos, and gameplay videos take a character or moment as the highlight, alongside the episode number and title. Very formulaic, very safe, and not very interesting. My vlog isn't clickbait either, the title clearly shows there's a new direction for the channel - how exactly do you convey that in a thumbnail when it's still a gaming-related focus? If I was clickbaiting, don't you think people would actually be watching my videos like all the other clickbait channels out there? I've worked my ass off nearly 5 years on that channel and hold myself to very high standards, which leads me to point...

2) Forced sub messages - Where? I mean, every channel on the site is in a state now of "Welcome to the video, before we begin, make sure to like, also hit sub, also hit that bell for daily notifications, also buy my merch, also follow my Twitter and Twitch, also join my Discord, also..." and so on, well before the video even begins, and then again at the end. I pride myself on not begging for that shit like everyone else, I see it as petty. In my gameplay videos, the only time subscribe is mentioned really, is at the end when the animation shows in the final 20 seconds - which is simply a bit of text, so I'm not even asking. A call to action is what it's called, and it's perfectly fine to do on an end card, but I assure you it is not forced. Again, you might have watched the recent vlog - in vlogs, as it's a more personal video and not gameplay, I tend to remind folks I do have a Twitch I work on weekly, and have a Discord and Twitter - because folks watching my vlogs might be interested to know that, they must want to know something about me if they watch the vlog to begin with. And again, I maybe mention subscribing once in vlogs, but never at the start of the video like every other desperate start-up channel out there. If anything, I do so little calls to action, it's arguable I need to do more to actually help my channel to grow.

And 3) Cheesy gameplay that everyone has already done - I mean... So what? The stuff I enjoy watching is gameplay-centred, as is many other peoples type of content. I make the type of content I want to make. It's not really my fault if you consider it cheesy due to your own personal distastes, and furthermore, the gaming market is thoroughly over saturated - I'm well aware of that. I don't really care, though. I'm very happy with the videos I make, hence why I've made them for almost 5 years, and why comments like this ultimately aren't going to make me stop or feel bad for having fun doing what I enjoy. Being part of the MLP fandom, you should know personally how it feels to have someone shit all over something you care about and call it stupid or make fun of you for it, so why do it to me? I understand if I WAS as bad as the claims you're accusing me of, but I REALLY think you're grossly over-exaggerating how bad you think my Channel is. I know my videos aren't that great, maybe not at all, but don't you dare try and tell me I'm something I'm not with the content I put out. I have too much pride in my work for that.

Leading me to point 4) 1000 subs & spam ads - Nope. I already had monetization way back in the day, and I made - once again - a personal promise to myself not to force ads, not to put long ads, not to put mid-roll ads, I put the bog standard minimum ads that YT let me put on. And I made ZILCH. I was totally happy to make nothing, my focus was on growth over money - and still is today. I see people stream on Twitch constantly talking about money in a way to guilt their audience into donating or subbing, and I promise you now you can ask all the 2 people who come to my stream every Sunday and they could tell you how little money means to me, and how I never pressure them to do ANYTHING for me. And how all those other assumptions of yours are based on nothing but an unfair dislike over something you probably haven't even given a real chance. At the rate I'm going, I may never reach 1000 subs. Even if I did, I need 4000hrs watch time to get partnered. Do I expect it to happen? It's taken 5 years for 730+ subscribers, I highly doubt I'll NOT hit it, but I'll certainly not hit it any time soon. And when I do, yes, I'll make money from my videos where possible, but you can bet your sweet ass I will stick to my word and not plaster them with ads. I already berate channels I find that do that - 10 min video, 7 ads. Bullshit. I find that kind of video creating soulless and exploitative.

You'll probably not take what I've said and consider it sincere, you'll probably think I'm just another internet douche looking to make money - but I really think you're misjudging me quite unjustly, and would thank you to maybe not go around blindly criticising someone you haven't even taken the time to learn about.