In Your Opinion. What are the basic requirements to be a good Game Based YouTuber?

Would this be a good video? x)



or this? :3

PPP | FlameX wrote:

karlsanada10 wrote:

@FlameX: I know what etc means. He says play good games that AREN'T COD, BF3, etc. So he basically means FPS? :))

Basically every FPS who is on steroids (one man army games)

What exactly isn't agreeable about those games? FPS games are fun, and people have the right to play them. Just because YOU don't like a game doesn't mean someone else is lesser for playing it and enjoying it.

PPP | FlameX wrote:

6. Be original and be yourself - Although you can be influenced by other lets players, try not to copy them. most of the people will accuse you for copying and will rant and dislike your videos , try to come up with something original , which makes your channel stand out (although this can be hard , so I suggest that you just be yourself and don't force emotions etc.)

I was just about to type this. Except instead of typing out all of the fancy stuff I was just going to say "Don't pretend to be PewDiePie".

The most important is:

1. Create a nice relationship with your viewers. The channel is yours, but the channel is also made of it's viewers so you have to listen them. They can suggest nice games or even help you fix some issues in your videos. Also, try to always maintain a conversation with them, answering as much commentaries as possible. If you become famous, it will be very hard to answer all commentaries but try it. Dedicate at least one hour of your daily time to read and answer PMs and commentaries in your videos.

2. Be original when selecting games to play. Everyone is tired of Minecraft videos for example, so play different games that aren't that famous amongst the youtube gamers.

3. Have a nice computer. You don't need a i7 or a GTX 680 but you can't record anything with a onboard graphics card.

That's just my opinion, i'm willing to create my own channel and I'll try to follow those 3 things i just mentioned.

I do make game commentaries, and I got my own opinions according to my public reactions :

- The sound is extremely important. The best your microphone is, the less they'll be whining about it.
- Be energic. If you're slow, if you don't speak a lot or too down, it'll be boring to watch. You must seem very enthousiastic and yelling like a dumb. Little advice : smiling when talking make the voice a bit happier, it seems like it's nothing, but the difference is really huge.
- Be yourself. When you make video commentaries, the public will like the person who is playing, not the game. Show your personnality, show why you're unique.
- You must know what you're doing. By this, I mean that you need to know a bit the game, to be able to talk about it, the background, or some interesting facts. If you only play the game to finish it, it's not a true playthrough.
- Answer to your public comments. I can't count how much times my subscribers thanked me for doing this. It kinda attract and keep them, and they feel less far of the person behind the screen.
- Don't hesitate to make them participate. Ask their opinion, make them suggest you some stuff. They'll feel important, and that the videos are made for them.
- Make a compromise between what you like and what your subscribers would like. It's very important that you keep doing stuff you like, because if you're bored or unhappy, they'll feel it a moment or another.
- Make a comprise between acting crazy and overreacting. People often like crazy Youtubers (Pewdiepie or Smosh are a good example), but you must not overreact, because it can make the viewer feeling uncomfortable.

- And the most important one according to me, being lucky. Your success will only depend about when people are going to hear about to videos, and where. You must try to show your videos at the perfect place, and the perfect moment. Of course, your success will depend a lot of your content, but it's still a huge matter of chance.

Aquasys wrote:

I do make game commentaries, and I got my own opinions according to my public reactions :

- The sound is extremely important. The best your microphone is, the less they'll be whining about it.
- Be energic. If you're slow, if you don't speak a lot or too down, it'll be boring to watch. You must seem very enthousiastic and yelling like a dumb. Little advice : smiling when talking make the voice a bit happier, it seems like it's nothing, but the difference is really huge.
- Be yourself. When you make video commentaries, the public will like the person who is playing, not the game. Show your personnality, show why you're unique.
- You must know what you're doing. By this, I mean that you need to know a bit the game, to be able to talk about it, the background, or some interesting facts. If you only play the game to finish it, it's not a true playthrough.
- Answer to your public comments. I can't count how much times my subscribers thanked me for doing this. It kinda attract and keep them, and they feel less far of the person behind the screen.
- Don't hesitate to make them participate. Ask their opinion, make them suggest you some stuff. They'll feel important, and that the videos are made for them.
- Make a compromise between what you like and what your subscribers would like. It's very important that you keep doing stuff you like, because if you're bored or unhappy, they'll feel it a moment or another.
- Make a comprise between acting crazy and overreacting. People often like crazy Youtubers (Pewdiepie or Smosh are a good example), but you must not overreact, because it can make the viewer feeling uncomfortable.

- And the most important one according to me, being lucky. Your success will only depend about when people are going to hear about to videos, and where. You must try to show your videos at the perfect place, and the perfect moment. Of course, your success will depend a lot of your content, but it's still a huge matter of chance.

I couldn't agree more with everything said here. This goes for livestreams as well.

Also, if I could add one thing to this list, it would be video resolution. 720p along with the nice audio quality makes a huge difference!

Aquasys wrote:

I do make game commentaries, and I got my own opinions according to my public reactions :

- The sound is extremely important. The best your microphone is, the less they'll be whining about it.
- Be energic. If you're slow, if you don't speak a lot or too down, it'll be boring to watch. You must seem very enthousiastic and yelling like a dumb. Little advice : smiling when talking make the voice a bit happier, it seems like it's nothing, but the difference is really huge.
- Be yourself. When you make video commentaries, the public will like the person who is playing, not the game. Show your personnality, show why you're unique.
- You must know what you're doing. By this, I mean that you need to know a bit the game, to be able to talk about it, the background, or some interesting facts. If you only play the game to finish it, it's not a true playthrough.
- Answer to your public comments. I can't count how much times my subscribers thanked me for doing this. It kinda attract and keep them, and they feel less far of the person behind the screen.
- Don't hesitate to make them participate. Ask their opinion, make them suggest you some stuff. They'll feel important, and that the videos are made for them.
- Make a compromise between what you like and what your subscribers would like. It's very important that you keep doing stuff you like, because if you're bored or unhappy, they'll feel it a moment or another.
- Make a comprise between acting crazy and overreacting. People often like crazy Youtubers (Pewdiepie or Smosh are a good example), but you must not overreact, because it can make the viewer feeling uncomfortable.

- And the most important one according to me, being lucky. Your success will only depend about when people are going to hear about to videos, and where. You must try to show your videos at the perfect place, and the perfect moment. Of course, your success will depend a lot of your content, but it's still a huge matter of chance.

You deserve thousands like my sir.xD However, imo, you should start from a game that really works out in Youtube.

Minecraft, Happy Wheels, scary games, COD/BF3(Though I kinda hate these), Diablo III (Saw a channel boomed for like 3K subs in just one wk), some new anticipated games, and some classic games.

I also forgot to say that you can pick indie games too ! I know some Youtubers (french though) who only make videos about Indie games, and it works very well, because Indie games can be an excellent source of inovation and fun gameplay (I'm thinking about Minecraft, Cube World,...)

You can use Desura, the indie games Steam. You'll get a lot of very original game there !

Classic & Old games are hard to score with imo.

C-C-C-C-C-C-Call of D-D-D-D-D-Duty is the the the D-D-D-D-DEVIL of you-you-you-youtube

Playing FPS games is fine , making montages is just plain being a prick with fake skills who likes to brag. I'm getting tired of those FPS montages showing up in the suggested videos , while they are all the same. The majority of them are CoD vids , which explains everything.