 Right, I always use this in-game, so I always forget So says restraining to matter of we actually are you you pick the things Mike if anything stands Hey, I'll grab it. Okay Are we live? Yes, we are live All right. Hi Hi, how's it going? I screwed up and getting a proper stance How's everyone doing? You're doing good. Good. Hey, cool All right, so Christmas ad we are doing our video critiques And we have derpy thunder with this as well as our friend Steven. You are using the wrong microphone. I'm gonna tell you that now Oh, great Thanks for letting me know yeah, I do that all the time and nobody ever tells me so I just reformatted so that's No, that's yeah, that's my go-to Mike man fly have on now Give it a second. Oh wait. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello testing audio does not even sound like garbage or doesn't sound normal Is it this Mike or this Mike? I'm waiting Get up Mike. I'm trying to hear the mic Speak I don't think it changed. Okay. I'm gonna stop streaming and start back up real quick. No, okay And we're back. All right. Oh, we're back. Anyways, or this Mike well this Mike or this Mike I It's decent ish. Yeah, if that's your response that means garbage. There we go. It's fixed. Okay, cool So I don't sound like a fish underwater. Yes That's not right that's not supposed to sound All right, so we have derpy thunder with this and we have Steven with this you guys can say hi And then second question is are the levels accurate, can you hear both of us equally? Three of us I feel left out. Oh Yes, no, maybe so I think so Yes Okay, I can I can hear. All right. Cool. Well, okay get started All right, so if you guys are new here you leave your you leave in the comments the title to the video You want us to check out and then we'll feature it on here and talk about it live critique it So we think give you what improvements we have or just hit the subscribe button because we like because we love it live it Live it. We're live right now. Well, we're we live in it, too. Yeah We have to love it while live in it. Yeah Sounds like a a romance. They go hand-in-hand. Yeah All right, I think I read that in a book somewhere 50 50 shades and 50 sheds of gray actually I read that fantastic All right, I'm not seeing any comments Well, I mean I've seen comments just not a lot of cat shop Just nothing and relevance to video leave your video title in the comments and we'll critique it There you go. You got it like I really be forceful with it, you know, if that ever gonna start critiquing derpy's channel, okay? You know, I actually wouldn't be opposed to that because people don't critique me very often so But I don't think I don't think the audience would very much appreciate that so step one improve your audience not good enough Wow, this is the guy who just used his webcam to start the stream. Come on. That's not my fault I don't know All right. I'm actually seeing no one saying anything. Okay. There's one. Yay There we go. Maybe check out my videos Maybe we will if you guys do speak English you guys do speak English It would probably be preferable if you left your comment in English I'm seeing a lot of Spanish and Portuguese and I'm not fluent enough to try and handle that one Yeah, I English works quite literally failed high school Spanish. So Yeah Anyway, so we're doing maybe check out one of my videos. Yeah. All right. Oh Well Which one should maybe pick I Linked it maybe in the chat the maybe oh, I got the channel, but oh, which may be video. I'll maybe let you pick okay, well, I Like prank videos, okay, so I see this chase pranks grants girlfriend I don't what is this? I'm not really sure what this channel is about. I think this looks like a vlogging A little confused by this intro as well. It looks more like an outro or Just kind of confused like the first couple seconds in this video Looks like he filmed it in verticals, so he just put sidebars on it Take the time to not Yeah, it's a simple fix you just turn your video or your camera from this to this and it makes it more All right So this one seems like more of a personal video. Let's check out a different one Yeah, like if you're like if you're not friends with them, then you might not understand that Yeah How about ranting about drive-thru because we can all relate. Okay. Yeah Yeah, I just moved here apparently everything is drive-thru so I've had a lot of thoughts about this recently. I Would I like suit? Yeah So Video quality wise it looks nice. I'd recommend doing something with audio though So you can get a microphone closer to you so it sounds more crisp and clear and it feels close So it sounds like you're using on camera audio. We can understand you But it'd be easier to understand if it was like, you know off to the side or hanging from the ceiling or Something to even a shotgun mic directing in your way Yeah, I'm guessing that's probably the camera microphone I really though like how the first thing that we see in this video is you wearing this amazing little suit here It actually like I felt like it adds a lot to it like the first thing I noticed about the video is like All right, this guy really like he's trying. He's being professional. He has a lot of etiquette Most people like they really they don't appreciate the value of that initial like first glance. What are you wearing on this? Yeah, it's not like a super serious formal video But you just look really really clean and I appreciate that makes me want to listen to you Yeah, I mean look at me. It looks like I just rolled out of bed. No one wants to listen to me You did roll out of bed. I did Hey, I'm sitting here my pajamas so Not necessary, but yeah, yeah, I completely agree with Steven. It looks very presentable and it's It draws your attention to you instead of the rest of the background Because it says a lot that you bothered to take the time to care how you look in the yeah I will point out though because with the camera you're using it is clear But you don't have a lens that provides that shallow depth of field to direct your focus to where you want it to It's everything is in focus So it's up to you to use your set to use your clothes use your stuff like that to direct your audience's attention So with this bright contrasty outfit, you're not blending into the background. You're not You know, you're actually drawing the focus where you want it to and the rest of the set isn't distracting So you're able to work with the equipment you have and make it work for you. So that's a really nice addition there I do actually want to say one more thing about the clothing is because you you know it you have a very casual Background you're in either your room or just like a casual room in your home The fact that you're wearing the clothing it like adds this whole another level of professionalism to the video And I think it's just a great point any time you're in a casual setting like that If you bother to take the time to make yourself look appealing It does provide a contrast and makes people want to focus on you and almost it's like it's almost like Focusing the camera without adjusting any of the settings. Mm-hmm. So that's definitely a huge piece of it Mm-hmm. One other thing in regards to video and audio that I see you're sitting Rather far away from the the camera and there's a lot of headroom That's wasted space if you would scoot up to the camera So it's a little bit closer to you and you have less headroom You'll be closer to the audio or to the microphone and you'll hear that And I think personally will look a little bit better, too Like when you see a lot of the bigger youtubers that do these sit-down talk stuff It's normally framed from like here to here just above your head and just below or right above like maybe their belly button area And it's a lot tighter But a lot of that comes with being comfortable in Front of the camera because I know what I first started I was like this tiny little dot in the corner screen the more comfortable I got the bigger I scaled myself up So you need to get past that and kind of just frame yourself up closer with the camera so you feel more Up-front and then the audio will sound better too since you don't have the professional audio with it I'm kind of I'm coming I'm filming through a few of the other videos here and he's actually he's got like a completely different get-up and everyone like That one he's he's of course dressed up in in sort of a suit here He's got like a pink stripe shirt with a sweatband and he's got a he's just in a casual t-shirt And he's wearing like a beanie It all looks good too though. Yeah, it's like each one the outfit is is completely different. I like that Yeah, no as a presenter as someone talking as someone You know speaking to the camera I think you're doing a really good job and there's just little things he could do to improve Quality-wise so it's just easier for the viewer as not quite as noticeable. I Think if you solidify those things it'd be a really solid channel I I think a shotgun mic is definitely worth investing in Not a shotgun but you know, yeah Different types of microphones are some that capture everything around there's some that capture only straight in front of it There's some that capture just the general area that's in front of it. You have to you can you can tell I'm tired That's the worst joke. I've made all week Yeah, I didn't laugh at all it was You know, you know very nice the last thing like you're taking the time You're taking the time to get all dressed up and like look presentable for the video Don't be afraid to kind of get up and close like personal with the camera Don't be afraid to get focus it right on your upper body I mean you look clean like if you're taking all the time to do that you might as well make the most of it And also the last thing I notice is on your outro slate You had one which is awesome and you had some like my previous video my previous rant or hey check out this video Which is awesome. You definitely want that but they weren't linked like I tried to click on one Oh, I noticed that there was no actual link there And that's kind of important because the whole point of an outro slate is to redirect the viewer toward another video or to subscribe Or you want to redirect them somewhere? So if they have to go search for that video after seeing it It kind of defeats the purpose and if you're already doing it you might as well just quickly add that link because that's super important Yeah, last thing to say about that I know first-hand outro slate annotations are really annoying and tedious to have to do that each and every video To buddy. I've done plenty of videos about that. They have templates now for after you publish your video You could actually click an annotation button. It will just put the annotations on it So it makes your life a lot easier so you could have it like playlist oriented So it goes to all your rants or goes to all your vlogs It's that way you don't have to change the links each and every time you just do it once and you're good So that's a good thing for everyone All right, I think we're done with that one Yeah overall good channel nice clothes by the way clothes by the way If we didn't say it enough nice clothes man. I appreciate your style. I like your face Yeah, you have a very YouTube face You tube face sure be like for it. Is that exists? I'd say so what did I do now totally does what happened? What it absolutely you went for it you complimented his face. Oh, yeah. Well, I mean somebody had to say yeah Yeah, there's no, but I mean you do have a very YouTube personality Yeah, you do I mean don't be afraid. That's what whole point like don't be afraid to use it Don't be afraid to get up close to no purse. I said close and I'll keep doing that close and personal I keep meaning to say With the camera, don't be afraid to do so All right, let's do it. All right, so we got the next one here Oh, all right. This one says Oh, I looked away and it's gone promote wait. Oh Oh, I read that wrong Okay, anyways, he said something honest review so I clicked it All right. Oh, okay So we have the links craft legacy Hmm and One second while we take a look at that. I forgot we do the description stuff Links craft legacy. I don't know. I like that name The first thing I notice is that the last video that you liked was our live stream. So thank you very much. I appreciate that Oh, this is in Spanish. I'm not gonna be able to Understand anything I got an A in Spanish. Did you okay? As I said, I failed Spanish. So everything Yeah, everything I uh, I say here don't don't take it to heart because I have no idea You can just look at overall quality. Yeah. Yeah What I mean like an overall quality Okay, it's now in the description So first and foremost you have your channel set to feed view instead of browse views So when we go we see all the stuff you like instead of Your videos and if you are wanting to promote your work, you're not doing so you're only promoting other people's stuff So we have to do a second click to even see that you create content So without that being there, we would have never seen that some people are You know, they don't know how to click the second button They only see what's directed right in front of them. And if it's not there, then they might click off that and go to someone else's channel So that's very important right All right, so another thing I see just an overall quality thing is that the thumbnails here. They are very very very scattered Um When I went to your videos, I'm kind of seeing just like an overall view of all of them And I have no idea what I'm looking at. Yeah, there doesn't seem to be any sort of consistency I mean, even if I understood all of the titles, um, I still don't think I'd be able to understand Everything that's going on here. So I can I can identify the occasional sort of scattered Yeah, I can identify the occasional minecraft and then geometry dash, but Um Other than that, it's just it's not very clear what the actual video is about Um, you want the thumbnail to direct your audience to what the video is about as much as the title does All right, so let's pick a video to take a look at okay Want something a little bit of length so we can have something to look at for the most part How about it looks it looks like a lot of these are trolling videos. How about imitando a Natsuki sale It's like the sixth video. Sorry what seventh video this this got it. Yeah, it looks like gameplay Okay, got it Mike you failed that so hard. You're welcome I don't think you would survive in latin america mike. I wouldn't survive anywhere Let's be honest. All right, so Why did it be easier to understand what's going on if I could understand? Um First off you have a watermark on here Um, it looks like you might be playing mobile. Maybe Because you have a lot of mobile stuff on your On your sorry distracted That's singing what is going on I have no clue but it made me laugh All right, oh my god, this is hilarious. Yeah Is this actually you because the intro sound like a different voice Yeah, the intro was fine and then I got really confused because you just stopped talking and then Someone else sounding like they're in the background behind you started talking. Yeah I'm not too sure there, but it's actually funny. Uh, there's someone linked in the cards up at the top I maybe was part of that person or something You know what I do like about this video though that I'm noticing I like the background music When the singing dies down, I like the singing it's actually very entertaining like you have a very energetic voice And that's really important especially for gameplay videos Like it keeps me entertained even though I don't understand what you're saying to be honest It keeps me entertained and involved Because I'm like I'm hearing you sing like you have so much energy You have a lot of passion like as you're streaming and as you're commenting But also I think the background music works really well Um, normally honestly, I'd probably say it's a tad bit loud if I was like really focusing on your every word But I'd like the choice of background music and kind of how that's involved But yeah, um when I was saying earlier before I had a coughing fit Um, there is a watermark on the video and it is a little bit distracting Typically you can get away with that by either purchasing it or finding an app that doesn't Watermark your videos if you're doing it on pc which actually now it looks like you might because there's actual cursor Um, there's plenty of free Options out there, so you don't have to have watermarks on your videos I will say the Actual video and video recording it's kind of difficult to follow what's happening Um, it's not a steady frame rate by any means. There's a lot of dropping. There is a lot of um I hope you know what I mean by dropping it a lot a lot a lot of frame drops Um, and it's it's just kind of difficult to follow what's going on here Yeah, two minutes there's another voice thing comes in Yeah So one thing I will say something we always talked about in film school I was there you should be able to mute a video And watch it silent and still understand what's going on And you should be able to follow It's because like the imagery and the video also tells a story So right now, you know, we're foreign viewers. We don't understand what's going on And we legitimately don't understand what's going on because we can't follow all we're saying is just some gameplay So there should be something that helps kind of guide us through and uh Something to help you know help us understand a little bit more Yeah, I think the main problem is it's not linear There's a lot of weird cuts it goes from this person talking to this gameplay to that person talking to this gameplay There's not like a any smooth transition So it doesn't like start from beginning to end it feels like there are just a bunch of clips kind of thrown in there Without smooth transition So it's like just as I feel like I'm trying to understand or beginning to understand what's happening in this clip Bam it transitions to the next one. I get confused again. Yeah And then lastly and very very important. There's no tags So in order for your video to be found you have to have tags amongst description amongst catchy title and the description has One word and a bunch of lines Yeah, so I wasn't real sure about the description or what that was going on. So everything comes into play when you want your videos to be seen Oh It means open. Yeah, that's right. I learned something in school. It was open. Yes. Well, but why tell us now What's there to look at I have no idea why it's there Yeah, I opened the description, but there's just more lines. So It's like fool's gold. What have you done? But yeah, um I think you're on the right track. I need a little bit confused as to who's who but uh Over that I did enjoy parts of the video. That's for sure cool. All right. Well Let's find an english one so we can Understand a little bit more no offense to any non english speakers. It's just we're we're dumb americans Actually, I did find it kind of interesting. Yeah, how like watching I mean you had a good point about the whole imagery tells a story too because I've never really tried to critique a channel that I didn't understand the language And watching it in Spanish not understanding it you do tend to well, of course you pay much more attention to the overall image and what's going on So yeah, I actually found that kind of interesting to try and critique but Just just so you know saying that you speak hella english is probably not going to encourage us to pick your channel Great what Someone was like, uh, I speak hella english review my channel and I was like well hella english about that I don't know about you guys, but I love hella english Is it like northern english? Where's hella english? I don't know But we got a next channel. All right. Well, all right. Oh some Wii U gameplay. Yeah first off the channel name is Sarah katako There are a taco. Is that right? There. Sarah katako. Sarah ko tako. All I know is there's kako tako. That's it. Sorako tako Yeah, okay Maybe a space would help that there for Yeah But then again, that was fun. I like that. I like that name though, but yeah, it took me a second For some uh, okay, honestly, I'm not really too short You guys seen that intro before because last time I was on one of these I was like, oh that intro is cool So I realized everyone had it was that a was that a template because it seems like a template But I really like it. I haven't looked at it yet. I mean, I yeah First off real quick. I wanted to point out the thumbnails if you go to the overall channel real quick I was like actually thoroughly enjoying it. I was surprised to see there wasn't more subscribers Just by looking at the content here Like it's very like Christmas themed and all like the thumbnails are consistent They look like those catchy thumbnails that yeah, everyone clicks on I love the artwork. It's very well laid out Oh, wow I seriously I'm impressed all these thumbnails are practically perfect. Like I see it. I'm intrigued by it. It's colorful I can read all of it clearly. It tells you what the video is about Um, the only ones that like stand out are like, you know the channel update and stuff like that's something that looks kind of more I don't know not as intriguing, but it's again. It's not a game. It's just a channel update. That's silly I'm kind of laughing I'm laughing at the irony how the video on how to make a thumbnail in photoshop is less impressive than all your other thumbnails Yeah It's just being a black full like black Yeah, but uh, yeah, I really like the thumbnails. I thought that was cool Really also like your channel or like it seems like you put a lot a lot a lot of effort into the just overall layout And design of your channel and it's honestly something that I don't see too often in channels I don't already have thousands of subscribers, you know But starting out this way now is really really important because it'll help people like when they come to your channel It's inviting. I feel like it will really help you grow If you put the time and effort to do this now And evolve with it rather than wait till you already have a following of you know, 10 000 people to do it Definitely All right All right, I'll watch the video now regarding in regards to the intro It might may or may not be a template, but I know for a fact I have that stock footage So uh, yeah, I I start the video and the first thing goes through my head is oh, I'm starting an episode of doctor who so Yeah, I was like, oh here we go. Where's the TARDIS? Oh not there. All right. Yeah, but no, I do have that stock footage I don't know if that's an actual template or not, but There's stuff I recognized in it Yeah, let's go I will say though like as a hoovy and I seriously appreciated the intro again I have a weird feeling that yes, you're not the only one that has it But you had me at the intro because it did feel I'm not sure if it doctor who inspired that intro if it did like hit me Up, what's up? But I liked it All right So 1080p 60 frames a second First thing I'm noticing music way too loud Wait, which one are you watching? The one I'm hearing I barely hear music Well, just right in the beginning Yeah Yeah, no, no it stops I'm just saying like that was kind of your intro and I could barely hear it Gotcha I was down being and it came out so we you is not That's something you'd have to have an external recorder for correct Like a capture card or something I think so So that's impressive to see 1080p 60 frames a second and going this smoothly I didn't think a we you could do that. I didn't think so either. So I'm kind of intrigued We're very similar characters, but have key differences like their peaky fire Yeah, I actually really like the video quality here is awesome Also, you're using the background music from the game, but it's at a super like it's very very low I like that actually I feel like most gaming channels we end up reviewing It's like they rely too heavily on background music The only thing I think that I would want more of is a little bit more commenting Because you're you're doing the right thing by relying more on your voice and less on the background music But try and practice it takes time and effort and it's actually like much harder than people realize to talk the entire time But try not to leave any dry spells even as you're playing Yeah, if you need some help do what I do and just grab an energy drink before recording So then you're just non-stop talking and you're like, oh my god. I never talk this much But it actually helps because it fills in all those dry gaps and uh Yeah, there's just talking throughout and you might ignore annoying people in person but when you're talking to One person by yourself. It's kind of more important to talk the whole time But yeah, your audio equipment is really good like your voice is coming through crisp and clear when you actually do speak I feel like the actual equipment here is pretty awesome I would just again want to hear more of you talking because it's like you're spending all this energy on And time on your channel the layout the templates that like everything that you're using Plus the quality of your recording like don't be afraid to even like brag about it in your video I'm just kidding. Don't actually do that. But you know Don't be afraid to like talk a lot and engage people with your voice Uh, one thing I like to point out at 308 you have that call to action. Can we smash 10 likes? That's awesome. Um, yeah for one what he is at nine likes one like away The video is or is in the description. So if you're fresh you guys could check it out And if you like it help them get to that 10 he's one like away And uh, just got easy one. Is he one like away because I see 10. Oh, it's 10 now. Yes, because I just liked it. Yeah, I just liked it Is that 11 now actually? Oh, oh, wow. Heck. Yeah, you might need to change that graphic That's one definitely deserves a like. Yeah I definitely like how you're doing the video because there's natural breaks in it You decided to keep like a longer video nine minutes in length with several fights Um the call to action coming out right at the end of that fight I'm pretty sure there's going to be another one or something coming up at the end of this one In the natural segments of the video. I do think that that's really important and that was a really good idea But then the question right here. What video do you guys want to see next at five minutes? Um, I like these graphic utilizing them Uh, don't forget it doesn't hurt to to actually ask your viewers directly What you want to see so that way, um You're actually involving the audience and you're asking them directly You will get some responses from that But if you physically one-on-one ask someone to do something or ask someone their opinion on something You'll have a better result than just relying on a graphic overlay, but those do help though. Nonetheless It's better than doing nothing at all. That's for sure And also, I think you could even use some more of them Like you don't want to overkill it. You don't want to have one come up every minute But because of the style of game that smash is Um, it's very repetitive. The fights are pretty straightforward. People can follow what's happening even if things are popping up to the side Um, which is why the call to actions worked so well in the first place But I think that you could even like involve some more even just like maybe a little animation that came up Like there was a really good ko or something like that happened Hasling pop up. I mean, I find that when I'm watching gameplay that is repetitive like smashing And I'm watching it because I want to watch it But if there are additions to the actual gameplay like every minute or something or something happens that like You know draws my attention and even further it helps a lot to keep my attention to keep me engaged and keep me watching Especially because this is a nine minute video Then lastly, I am actually a fan of the outros late as well So I think graphic wise you're set Did Mike just say he was a fan of the outro slate? I have to see it now. What is this? What is this? I mean, it's like never a fan of the outro slate. It's because he actually did something on his own He's not relying on a template. It's this is all made from himself like the thumbnails are his the outros his It's simple, but it's nice I think the audio is a little bit too high in the outro slate I'm not even listening to audio. It was a little bit I turned on the audio the audio came in a little too strong like the audio I just it definitely came in. I was not expecting it to be that loud. I don't even have it turned up all the way Yeah, because it was like nothing just your voice and then bam it hit me with that same with the intro Actually, it was the same problem That very first part of the intro like the first 10 seconds just yeah, you don't need the audio that loud Yeah, cool Um, all right guys, so we need a new channel any closing thoughts on this channel. I'm picking a new one I like it that a lot. No, I see I can honestly just from looking at it I can see the effort that you put in I can see the passion that you have for it Your equipment your setup your quality. It's all there Just keep going for it and I think just get like get even better at actually recording like your voice on gameplay Talking through it that just comes with time Um and practice, but yeah, honestly just minor things. I really like the channel All right, maybe Okay I got our next one I don't have a video, but I have a channel Okay It's I nylix nylix I nylix nylix nylix I nylix you sound like you went full robot. I need shish All right, let's pick a video real quick so I can throw it in the description Real quick though. I do like the minecraft achievement and the banner achievement 6 000 subs All right. Oh, yeah, that's cool. Yeah, actually going on 7 000 there getting pretty close. Yeah Also, I'm like tempted because your name is almost nylix that star trek voyager I'm tempted to make quotes. I'm not gonna lie, but I won't but I like your name All right, what video should we do? This looks like a minecraft channel. So let's judge them on minecraft All right Pick one mic. I think you should pick the video then why? You're the minecraft person here We are all equally as minecraft I'm No, I don't know how long it's been some I've played minecraft exactly same here last time I played I think was it to you Oh, yeah, right, okay And you've asked me to play more than I have I asked you like once I'm noticing Okay, sorry, what good noticing a couple things. I just want to look at the overall videos Um, I was not expecting this to be honest with you Okay Not expecting what? Hello Am I all alone? No, I'm sorry. No, um, I forgot Push the talk push the talk my finger came off the button. I'm not used to using it. Don't judge me um Anyways, what I was saying was that um, I was not expecting that there was like the Amount of times that you post there's a post I see here for one month ago Two months ago and then four months ago. Those are like the last three uploads that you have It's not horrible to upload on like a monthly schedule necessarily But when I went to your home page my thought like minecraft channel That's exactly what I thought what we all thought but I'm looking at your last videos over the last year you have made more Counter strike videos and minecraft videos like you're not actually a minecraft channel Or if you were it was a very long time ago That you were so I was just kind of misled by your channel intro and trailer The first thing I saw here and the minecraft factions. I didn't notice originally that they were all from over a year. Oh, wow. I didn't notice that either That in the last year pretty much all your videos are actually counter strike. Yeah Okay, well we could watch the counter strike one. Then how about that? Okay Well, I'm just real quick to point out. I did click on a minecraft video here. I am watching factions the beginning uh factions number nine And your tags consist of advanced warfare call of duty gameplay Call of duty tips how to Not a single thing in here except for pc commentary and gameplay have to do with minecraft. Yeah, so That's very true. Yeah, be careful about your tags because that's incredibly misleading. You don't uh If people search call of duty, they're gonna want call of duty if people search minecraft. They're gonna want minecraft so Yeah A little bit of changing on that. But all right, so we're watching. What is it counter strike this video hacker versus potato? Okay, so First off before we dive into the video. I want to acknowledge the subscriber to view ratio Um 7 000 subscribers nearly in 300 views That's very very low return rate and you need to start wondering like what's going on with your channel And why is that happening? And I took a look at your videos overall and you have a few videos carrying your channel Uh, there's one video with five million views another one with four and a half million views another video with half a million views What? And they're all Harlem shake related So So chances are a lot of your subscribers are coming from these videos Which you know, it's not a bad thing to get subscribers But when you start posting stuff that isn't relevant to your channel It actually hurts because then people don't watch and you have unfair statistics And uh, it hurts in the long run. So keep that in mind as you continue to grow All right. Yeah, you want to balance it out? So hacker versus potato First episode of bottom frag versus hacker here. We have our bottom frag versus uh an enemy hacker Which coming up rampage you I can prove he's a hacker If I replay this match, but anyways bottom frag versus hacker here we go guys. Oh, oh, doesn't know where he is. Oh, we got shot at This guy scouts so I mean, I'm noticing that your audio quality is pretty sound and I like I appreciate that Yeah, it's not distracting in any way. That's good That's how it always is in the day and the life of counter strike global offensive is uh Is jew an insult now? I'm not familiar with that Because it depends on What your personal opinions are Like I I just heard badminton confused anything's an insult. Right It's it's okay It's an fps derby everything's an insult at an fps if you say it the right way Still think the mobile community is worse, but fair point Um, so yeah, I don't really see anything that stands out as being You know, oh god. I can't watch this. Mm-hmm audio quality seems fine. You've got I mean you have 720p, but it is 60 fps. So that's very nice, especially for gameplay footage such as this Definitely. It doesn't look like a bad recording at smooth Sometimes the people they ramp up to 60 just because that's what they think they're supposed to do And then uh, yeah, their computer can't handle it So it's quite evident when people do that But uh Yeah, this one the tags are more relative The only thing I noticed about this video, um There was one part where you were talking about how like you're gonna prove this guy's a hacker and you're like Well, you know, if I actually just showed you guys the replay I would do that too, but oh well I'm just gonna do it here Yeah, you can acknowledge things like that in the video, but it kind of takes away from me enjoying the video because it's like Well, why don't you just show me the replay then? I don't know. What are you hiding from me when people mention Yeah, when people mention that they could they could just do this and it would be so much better But they end up doing something else instead. It's like well, what about that other thing? Generally speaking, it's not a good idea to kind of say like well, I could do this and that would be better But instead I'm going to do this for you guys. Yeah, it just doesn't sound right It's either ignore that fact completely and cover that up because what the viewers don't know won't hurt them Or you incorporate them. You don't like show them something and then take it away before they could look at it You know, it's like so there's this really cool thing, but you guys can't see it It's like, you know, you you want to incorporate them with as much as possible and stuff You don't want to don't acknowledge it because that way you're not uh You know Doing that or actually just add the replay in, you know, if you're gonna say give it to them. Um, so either one But yeah, final thoughts on the channel. Yeah, I Well, I don't really have many comments. I don't play counter strikes. So good. Good job Yeah, that's that's an interesting type of video. It's one of those things personally I feel like there should be more to it and instead of just like Calling someone out on being a hacker and using the youtube platform as that Yeah, because well, I noticed this also has a lot of This has a lot of downvotes to it And I think that's kind of the main reason is a lot of people were coming here to watch some counter strike gameplay and They got really confused as to what the hell was going on and what the point of the video was So like if this was me for instance I even feel like derpy if we were playing this game and there was someone hacking We would still post like a full gameplay But then title it like see us go like hacker or something, you know, and how I'd hack right back Yeah, and then use that to your advantage to make a funny video or just something ridiculous And then that would be more shareable than just like You know a quick clip of someone hacking you just do a whole gameplay of someone hacking and either you getting wrecked Or you wrecking them or You know the whole game goes by and you kill them once and then the game's over and you're like, yes, I won Like that was my goal for the whole entire game is to kill the hacker once and I'm so happy It's like, you know, you could have played off of that and made a really Fun video with it because right now it's interesting But not being in that situation. It's kind of uh hard to relate to as a viewer so Kind of like you have to give every video a mission like treat it like it's a book you have to have a plot You have to have a climax like there has to be a purpose to the video If you're gonna put it up like people aren't just gonna like they're not gonna click on it and watch it Simply as a pastime. There's got to be something Whether it's a comedy aspect a serious aspect There's just got to be some sort of purpose or mission And I find that a lot with gameplay videos. It's like well, I just post my gameplay then Obviously people are gonna watch it not really they need a reason to watch it Yeah, if you're gonna take a channel seriously, that's really good advice there You also have uploaded a a total of nine videos in the span of one year so I would uh You know focus a little bit more on frequency. You obviously have a couple hundred people that do enjoy watching this stuff. So Yeah, it's kind of a matter of managing your time finding how to do stuff and like You know, it doesn't matter who you are if you care about something you'll make time for it Doesn't matter what situation if you're a full-time student or work full time If you are passionate about something you'll make the time to do it whether that's cutting into your sleeping schedule or Your oh, yeah, you know, you'll you'll do it. Oh, yeah so Um, even if it's once a week, that's still a schedule you can maintain and work towards and it gives you something to Start thinking about throughout your week something to start planning your week out for And then you can make one really good video that week. So you have all that extra time to work on it You don't have to be the guy that uploads every single day But don't upload if you're serious about a channel Don't do that infrequently So, yeah, I mean, I think you have a good direction a good idea good quality just a matter of doing those little things to turn your channel into a hobby into An actual channel people are passionate about and keep on coming back to for more Okay, yeah All right, so now we are ready for a new channel I've seen a quite a few people that have been here the whole time If you want to pick someone do it because I really don't It's okay. I haven't been looking at it. So I'm trying to focus on the video Well, neither of I I've seen a couple. What are you guys here for then? Yeah I I am a single time I've been here Oh my god. Oh my god. It's guppy has come at like the very last minute and was like, yeah, he made it in time But so I just wanted to point that out. Thank you. Thank you for coming back. I appreciate it So dragon plays says screw this you guys will never You guys I will never get a review. So good luck to you guys and sub to me Obviously, we can't say that the whole time. Yeah, he might be but regardless We can't get to every single channel And you know a small time block Even if we did this for days on end, we still want to get to every single channel So we do what we can when we can And regardless even if we don't pick your channel, you could still apply the things we talk about to your channel so Yeah All right, I like Hmm So I was gonna select OMG, it's guppy about the new parody, but we did him what two weeks ago It's like a couple weeks ago. Yeah, let's try and find some we haven't done yet to be honest Yeah, watch that. Honestly, I'm gonna go watch it afterward. Yeah, you go find some some uh, You go find a channel meanwhile. I'm just actually gonna go over here and watch this All right, so this guy wants an honest review by the way I mean, you know it might maybe a little bit All right You got the link? Yeah Oh All right, I'm adding him to the description All right So first off it doesn't look like you have photoshop or anything like that because you might I don't know but What I'm trying to get at is This thumbnails aren't bad for This level of thumbnails typically when you see people that do text and fonts and thumbnails like this they They're just like, you know, they're hard to look at in my opinion But I don't think they're too awfully bad. I they definitely have some improvement but I think it's a good start. I think you have the right idea It's just a matter of learning photoshop or learning your Photo editor to make it pop a little bit more But you're heading in the right direction with them. That's for sure. Well, there's no stylization done to the font itself It's just a solid color and then a font. Mm-hmm. So I definitely think there needs to be a bit more style put in there. Yeah um, but like the size and relevance to everything the Uh extra figures the images put in there the character rigs of his minecraft character With the subtle background. I I think it's in the right direction You just have some little improvements to do like try and find a text that will pop from the background instead of blend in and then find something else to separate it whether that's like a stroke or something to Make it pop like this one down here in the bottom left. It's purple on green. That really is Kind of blends in a little bit too much in my opinion, but this one above it with the white really stands out more so Right, which video do you want to check out? That's really quick. I just like the points out I like how it's obvious that you just started your channel And I appreciate the fact that you are spending the effort in trying to make good thumbnails because that says a lot Especially about someone who has only had their channel for a month The fact that you're trying and actually making the energy You know spending all the time trying to make those custom thumbnails It's important. It says a lot. There are definitely ways you can improve, but I appreciate that Oh, yeah Well, I mean make no mistake the more thumbnails you make you'll just by default get better and better at it. So Just just keep up. What are you doing keep practicing? Well, um, how about funny moments with fluffy tacos? Luffy tacos two three four All right Luffy tacos are my favorite. I've been sneezing this whole stream. I'm sorry guys if that's obnoxiously loud All right, you had a coughing fit when we started apparently, but yeah, I didn't hear that so Okay All right Okay, I want to take the first crack Um, I'd like to just point out real quick. Yo, who wants to party your mom Um Beautiful shout out to iron man m75 for the amazing comeback there Seriously, that's some genius work right there Oh, yeah, so Personally this intro I like the fact that you tried to make something on your own But I think you might have You might be better off without it Um It's it's obvious that you don't know like how to make like the super exciting elaborate intros and Honestly intros aren't needed Don't feel like you have to have an intro just because everyone else does So, you know, you could have easily just had like a swipe to the next cut You have your intro funny clip, which is a good idea and then cut to the gameplay But you could have swiped to that like hey guys and welcome back to funny moments with me and mr. Fluffy tacos And then start up your gameplay Um, so you have the one intro clip that hooks up And it keeps on going from there Yeah, I think intros are kind of a rough field because what we see a lot of are people trying too hard With their intros and getting stock or paying someone else to make these really high fidelity Introductions to their videos and then it completely dwarfs their content And I think this is actually the first instance that I've seen Personally in a while of kind of the exact opposite end of that spectrum Where it's just it's really an underwhelming start to the video and it definitely would I think served a lot better to just not have that pause that break in it I appreciate it though Yeah, because no one else they take the easy way out and they use the template or Right Yeah, no, it's awesome that that you're trying to make something yourself But I still think I mean, I don't know a bit of moving parts or a bit of music or something Would have done a bit more justice than just a solid picture and then yeah complete silence Yeah, because he says in the comments that apparently That's not his actual intro. He has intros on other videos But yeah, this has happened to be the video that we clicked on So if you have that intro like make sure that you're putting it on all your videos Yeah, he actually has a video here called my intro. So I'm just gonna go kind of Another thing I noticed they're at like around two minutes through this video the frame just like shifts all of a sudden It's only for a period of about 15 seconds But everything shifts like there's just a whole bunch of black at like the actual gameplay shift Yeah, I wasn't really sure what was going on there. I I don't really know what was happening either I was expecting some kind of joke like that. Oh Yeah, if like if that happens in your recording or for some reason the gameplay ends up being like that for just cut that part out Um, you don't need it in there necessarily It's probably not a good idea to have that in there because it really disrupts the flow of things I will also say though Yeah, I will also say that um Your commentary is actually like aside from your I mean Everyone's got their own version of how to speak and what content to use and whatnot But you're actually talking and being pretty entertaining the entire way through Which is important and your background music isn't like incredibly overwhelming or anything like that Um, but the the number one thing is it would set it would be twice as good with a good quality mic For both for anyone commenting you and your friend is what I keep hearing Um, the graininess and the the cheap quality of the recording definitely takes away from me being able to enjoy it One thing that I do notice though Let me get to a spot where he's talking So his microphone is not too awfully bad really Considering Um, but it's really really hindered by your friend And you have to keep in mind that when you record your overall quality is not justified by just you It's justified by everyone that's involved like actually like 10 minutes before this We were all just playing with their audio trying to get everything to sound perfect So we can have a bearable stream for everyone to enjoy and if you know Derpy would have hopped on on his You know webcam mic like I did at the beginning, you know, he tried to mute me in the beginning. I wouldn't let him Yeah You know, we we need to make sure everyone is equal in quality so that everyone can enjoy it And if that means only playing with said person in your free time You know, maybe that's something or helping them get a better microphone setup or doing something so it doesn't sound Unbearable Because like I said your microphone I can listen to I can enjoy that but the other one Honestly, I would not watch a video with that audio. So that takes away from your overall video which stinks for you so If I'm if I'm being perfectly honest, probably the worst audio quality I've heard in a very long time. Yeah Um Yeah, no from from the friend. Yes, definitely, but It's just it sounds like he's speaking. I don't want to really bad mic But like through skype or like through some like like skype on your phone that's on your desk away from your mic Yeah, um, I'm not sure if that was the actual setup there, but it definitely takes away because like actually your commentary and you're Yeah, you're really not that bad. It's definitely it's a team effort though. Um, yeah You can't just like it's one of those things. It's like you can't just put something up and expect people to like it You really gotta think about what's in your video What people are gonna look at what people actually going to be listening to but I mean again I just got to your outro outro slate You're a brand new channel And it you know, it's not like you it doesn't seem at the very least if I may say so that you're not like an expert in Photoshop or video editing or anything like that. That's fine. I'm not either Um, but I do like how you actually try to make your own outro slate. Oh, yeah, I do actually like the outro. Yeah Um, I think it's awesome and that you actually you customize the happy holidays. It's winter. It's awesome I really like the graphics. I mean like obviously it could be a little bit better But the fact that you bothered to make one this kind of early on and that you spent this time doing it I think is really important. Um, the only thing I'll say again is like I wanted to click on one of these But they're not actually linked the buttons the last video random video subscribe They're not actually linked to where you want them to go Um, I would figure out how to do that and definitely kind of make use of that each video because again Someone may watch this and be like I want to subscribe to this person. They try and click the button It doesn't work. They say oh well never mind Um, and you don't want that to happen Yeah, then they freak out and don't realize that if they go about Two inches below the video they just click subscribe anyways. Yeah Yeah, but no honestly like I think you yourself you're doing really well. You're trying really hard Uh, you may not have like the top tier quality graphics and everything like that But I could see your heads in the game and you're heading in the right direction and you're trying Which is really really important because that's something that's a lot of people don't do they don't try They just expect results without trying And I know me I was really fighting to learn because I started Doing youtube with zero knowledge and I worked from the ground up and I started You know learning and teaching myself different things I think that is the direction you need to start heading is whether it's spend like Half hour a night and just do photoshop tutorials or do something where you can learn And you could take this knowledge of how it's supposed to look and then apply it with the technical aspect and just make something amazing Because you have the format and the layout of everything the way it should be There's just some graphical aspects. I think you could do to really improve upon that No, um Overall you I think you have a really solid channel your description everything is linked properly your music's credited Everything's on there. That's something most people don't do either Um just some little stuff to work on here and there. All right. Well, I think we have time for a couple more In the meantime, we got a question. What software do I use for good intros? I'll let you guys talk about that while I find someone Software intros power point Yeah, I mean I don't really know if there's like a standard software that I Using it kind of depends what you have as a source material what you what type of intro you want to make I mean you could potentially make something on something very very simple You know like a microsoft program or you can actually use like a video editor like premier or like um Oh my god, it's just got to be said like vega. Um anything like any sort of uh video editing software Would be able to make you like a simple Simple intro at least Yeah, what do I use after effects, uh After effects I find to be quite good. It does have a bit of a steep learning curve to it, but It does make some pretty cool stuff Yep, there's not really a set answer to it. It's a matter of what can you apply To make yourself an intro because like I've done photoshop on intros before just made like a little bottom third that came in or A graphic that I could swipe in and out or you could have done the same thing in paint or the same thing in gimp Or even powerpoint to be honest. You can build it in powerpoint Um, it's a matter of taking your resources and learning it, but if you want the best Um without being the 3d dub step step that we don't like and encourage on here. I'd recommend after effects Don't get into cinema 4d. That's not needed The cinema 4d is super easy. I learned that overnight Yeah, but that's what everyone uses to do those 3d intros that yeah, but Oh, I see what you're saying. Okay. Yeah, I was being sarcastic. I took one look at cinema 4d and Exit out of it and deleted it. Yeah, I've used that a fair amount But you can find a lot of those how there's so many buttons How do you do anything? You could do the templates of that though There's so many templates and all you do is change the text and it gives you this big elaborate crazy 3d dub step intro that takes nine to ten hours to render a three second intro And you feel so cool when it's done, but then you're like wait 90 of youtubers already have this Yeah, I need something different All right, so I linked you guys with the new video also channel the last thing actually it's funny I was actually just about to link that channel as well The last thing I'll say on the topic of intros is that it might if you are not really confident in your ability to make your own intro Check out fiver Like there are a lot of opportunities to get intros like for their mean they're five bucks But they're not like super standard dub step ones. They're there are a lot of really cool opportunities I mean I've gotten some where I was just like I kind of want this or I'm feeling this today Yeah, no, there's a lot of opportunity there as well Um And it's pretty cheap to get one even try out a couple you might not that's probably good That would be my main suggestion if you're not confident making your right. Maybe I should do that I will say go on fiverr and make outros or Make intros for five bucks I will say that a lot of those are based off templates because no one's gonna spend hours upon their day working for five dollars. So Yeah So keep that in mind that anyone that's bought that has the same intro as you But um, all right So we have I don't know what I did. I just mindlessly clicked a few things and uh lost the channel. All right The crayons melts. Yes. Wait say that crayons melt Everyone say crayons Quit cram What How does everyone say crayon? crayon Why are you pronouncing it crayon? Me Oh, Mike. He says crayon Yeah, yeah, why how do you say it steven? Cran what is it not? So is it not like hey, man? I grew up in a different part of the country Yeah, the midwestern side of the world. It's crayon You pronounce the why I see. Yeah, I grew up in I grew up in LA. That's one of those weird words that everyone says differently I'm so freaking confused Are you gonna review the youtube channel now? Yep, I'd say to point that out. I scroll back Um, okay. Sorry. I didn't realize that that was going to be one of those words Um, I'm just gonna go drink some soda now. You know sit on my couch. Um, anyway, he's uh, you're gonna have some cool whip Try some cool. Um, okay. So he said he gave two suggestions for videos Uh, okay, mike. You might want to check out giant player or amari cooper stepped up The only reason I know the amari cooper name is from the recent movie train wreck. I'm pretty sure he's mentioned at one point Okay, which one are we watching then? I'm looking at I'm trying to find which video he's referring to. I see giant player right here One week ago new high score madden 16 Oh, okay Let's do it. Oh giant player. Okay. Yeah. All right first thing. Do you guys have it or should I link it? I got it. I see one two three four five six seven ads So that's that's the thing Keep that in mind when you're doing that you want the viewing experience to Be the best for the creator for the viewer And uh, you may not want to overwhelm them with ads See i'm already having to watch another ad Music way too seriously Oh, I only had to watch one Wait, why did the video start and then there's an ad you can put mid break ads if it's longer than 10 minutes It's up to you to go back and assign what spots you want ads to be Yeah, so you'll see another ad later in the video in another ad at the end Um, I understand anyone wants more money for the amount of time they put into video creation, but You might actually be hurting yourself by doing that because if you didn't do that You might get those extra views to result in those extra earnings So keep that in mind when you're building The only time I could really understand it is like let's say there's a creator that is So close to full time like they're right here And they need that extra push to keep on creating content full time for the viewers If you need that extra tiny little bit and your viewer base is okay with that you approach them say hey guys look I'm like a hundred dollars a month away from doing this full time Do you care if I put one more ad to justify my career in this so I can start building this and once I get financially stable Then I'll take that off I can understand that I've seen a few creators do that. I don't enjoy it, but uh I'll support them if I support that content I've actually stopped watching videos before even watching if I notice that there are several ads throughout the video I mean I feel like the ad at the end is sort of optional like I wouldn't encourage it But if you want to put that there that's one thing you're already done with the video But like if it's right in the middle, I mean maybe I don't I haven't gotten to this point yet But it doesn't look like there's a natural break there or anything Um, but if there was like, you know a natural segue perhaps But even so like there's a reason I pay for hulu or I don't want to watch ads Um, oh hulu is the worst if you don't pay for it. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. There's no way you can watch hulu without You know what I mean? So it's up to you if you want to still in how you incorporate those ads. Yeah now ads aside content First off that uh giant player was ridiculous at a minute and a half I thought this was supposed to be like a realistic Oh, that's not realistic I thought football players are naturally huge. That's called steroids. That's called something else than steroids, man That's called go consult your doctor Um Your your audio is not bad It sounds good. It looks good. No, I like the way you commentate it. You actually you sound Like a sports shotcaster Yeah, it's matching. It's really interesting. Yeah I think it's because you actually really like sports. I'm going to go out on a limb and Say that you actually watch football on a regular basis. Um, I may not but that's okay Um, but the whole thing is I think you're really passionate about football so that I can hear as you're commentating on this It's like you're doing what you seem to be successful and you're actually like you have a certain knowledge Even though yes, you're playing a game But like I actually do watch football and like the the types of comments are making are 100 accurate I hear nor talk in the back the door is shut to football I like football Let me get the ball But like, you know, you're actually giving accurate information You're talking about the plays you're doing and actually just talking about overall gameplay experience and like I like that because you're not doing random commentary. You're not just talking for the sake of talking You're talking on point on subject the mic's good. There's solid background music I mean, I feel like the video is very kind of casual It doesn't scream at you in the face at the same time. It's there and it keeps you engaged Um, my only thing is as someone who is not very very passionate about Watching any sort of like, uh, sports games I might try and make it a little bit more engaging like it's a longer video. This is just my this is a very specific like, um Criticism, but I feel like a lot of people if they're going to watch a longer gaming video There's got to be more reason than just the actual game in good commentary to stay If you could give them that extra boost you are this video is awesome Like it's solid the quality in the content It's great But if you wanted to really take it to that next level put something in your video I haven't heard I'm only I've only watched three minutes of it so far But I haven't heard a something in your video that is unique to you That is like that really is amazing and that really drags people in and I don't know Like it seems like you're very serious about doing this. You upload all the time You have a very active channel And you've been like working on this you have good thumbnails good layout So in that case like really spend the extra time thinking about the video before you actually make it Like think about what could I include? What could I say? What could I do to make this to like take this to the next level? I mean your channels at 10k subs your videos are all getting over a thousand views Um, you're right about that kind of area right now where you're trying to figure out what's the next thing I need to do Yeah Definitely it's like when it comes to sports oriented channels If that's all you're going to do there has to be some reason for people to come to your channel whether it's your vast knowledge or you're super good at the game Or there's something you make it more fun to watch Or you know something that would stand out from the other top People because right now you just have a solid channel um I I don't have the other channels to compare it to but Um, I feel like if you start Differentialing yourself from the rest then your channel is going to grow a lot faster Um, he just mentioned he has the comment club at the beginning I actually just went back and kind of re-looked at that. Yeah, the comment club is actually kind of a cool idea I like the way you start the video and you know, there's a comment about um Tom Brady's favorite number. He'll probably pick six like already then I don't understand that reference to be honest to not sure if it's referring to like a draft or if there's an inside joke I'm not getting but like that was that's a good idea You know, you're really building engagement with your audience whoever that comment whoever that person is I'm sure he appreciates being mentioned in your video and most likely stick around for more videos Like that's awesome, but something even more than that the comment club what lasts like seven seconds here It's just one thing I would strongly recommend keeping that up, you know doing that every video, but like I'm looking at your channel I see a really great channel That's why I was offering that advice like because you probably could take it to the next level And get even more exposure getting like and really start snowballing here Um, if you could figure out like something unique to you a comment club Not entirely unique to you to be honest, but it's a good idea. Yeah. No, it's a great idea because I did A featured comment section in our outro and before it, you know We were getting x amount of comments and then once they started featuring comments I noticed about three times the amount of comments in every video because people Saw that I was reading it. They saw I was acknowledging the comments and not only that But I was featuring the comments and they had a chance to be featured in the vlog So we got about three times the amount of comments in every video And that's huge just for something as simple as adding one thing to your video That they can make that much of a difference And uh, you could definitely tell you're thinking about it and you're trying to incorporate the viewers and that's a good thing And you're definitely heading in the right path. You just need to keep on thinking in that route to see what can separate yourself Yeah, remember people are needy and love attention and they're actually really lonely too So that when you give them that attention and recognition They appreciate it and they will like they will all of a sudden start loving you They're like puppies after this. I'm gonna need a doughnut and a hug Dude, I mean cookies right now That's why you've been so quiet, uh-huh it makes sense now No, honestly, I'm trying to understand how the hell to play football. So Yeah, you're like, wait, this isn't basketball Yeah, I'm like, why are they throwing it? I don't get it Yeah, why don't we just pass it just walk it over there and give it to the guy He obviously wants it pretty bad Yeah, I hope he was really really into sports in high school Oh, he couldn't sell into sports. Yeah, now he loved football. He was actually the quarterback star quarterback. I was yeah and hockey Unless they want to take a look at the outro I have to sit through the ads to get there though I thought you bought youtube red I'm signed into a different account right now. I didn't want to have to buy it on all my different emails Gotcha. I'm signing into my work email right now and I did not buy it on my work email I sure thought that one through man But yeah, I just I have another email that I use Lastly, um, last thing to point out with all that work that you did on the video the annotations aren't clickable again So it says click to check out my last video, but I can't So it's one thing just leave information in your outro, but if you're doing a call to action asking the viewers to do something And they can't do it That's gonna hurt your viewers feelings I'm already crying like I I can't stop But yeah, no, I think you have a pretty solid channel there definitely and One what one thing I will say though on the outro slate I like it because it's very simple and straightforward and like I feel like there's a certain advantage to only having one like clickable button where it's like Subscribe click to check out my last video There are a lot of outro slates have like three different buttons where it's like my last video Then there's this video where hey check out this playlist. I say something I feel like a lot of times it can oh no, no I don't have nine buttons what you're going for um It all depends on what you're going for like a lot of times I feel like having that many buttons having that many options for someone is a good thing However, um, I feel like what you're doing here is you're really targeting them And like the only thing they can click on at the end of this is this subscribe button or click to check out my last video Which has its pros and its cons like they may end up clicking I think there's a higher chance of them clicking on it But there's a lower chance of them seeing what your other what your channel has to offer So I feel like you have to it's a kind of a toss up But the way that you've laid out your your outro slate here is that there's only room for that one thing And I just I just noticed it. Um, I'm not saying this bad or good I'm just saying that you have to kind of decide what what works best for you here But definitely make it clickable and I do actually like it when there's a video playing instead of click to check out My last video you can actually just click on the video that's playing because it draws people's attention Yeah All right one last thing to point out the instagram button does not take you to instagram it takes you To instagram.com slash your name slash hashtag Not too sure about that the heck. I don't know. It doesn't take you to any page So make sure you fix that. I noticed that the link was broken on the banner. So I was really confused. Yeah Um, so yeah, check that out. So that way we're directing people to your instagram. Um, but no overall good channel Uh, do we have time for one more guys? I I mean, I I'm here all day really want to yeah, I don't have a life. So I don't care All right, we're a little bit over our time slot But I think we'll do one more because uh kind of snuck up on me the holiday spirit Yeah, because the holidays we'll do one more Hey, by the way, it is December 22nd I have both my windows open right now and it feels wonderful in here I hate you so warm, you know, like it's so it's like 60 degrees I've moved here so that it could be like colder, you know, like where's the snow? Where's the guys who are new here steven move from california and uh To ohio the land of bitter bitter cold nasty dark and dreary winters And the windows open it is awful like negative 20 um around this time typically and uh It's it's beautiful out right now. I'm about to set up a campfire and just hang out out back tonight Sleep in the hammock look at the stars. I was so I was so excited to quote frozen build snowman I was so I was so ready. You know, it's colder in LA than it is here It's not right All right, so I think we've had some time to uh have people comment some videos So we need some video titles. We've been uh dilly dallying it up now um Anyone have any that stand out to them? I Anyone steven you said you've seen people comment from the beginning We that was sort of an overstatement or not necessarily seeing the same people right now. Um Um, let me see here. All right, let me pick one. Actually, there's this guy. He's been He's been here for a little bit and he seemed like a different sort of channel okay Link us up So again guys, this is the last channel and if you didn't get picked blame steven so No, uh, I see how it is. We'll be back next week So you guys can have a better chance of getting in again next week So we're here every week doing this. We love helping and talking and getting to know you guys. So We'll be back again So this one is miq designs I thought it was interesting because normally I haven't seen I don't think I've seen a design channel show up before Uh, we were talking about intros and all this other sorts of uh designs I am getting so much hate on the on these comments right now mic. I blame you. Um Um He's the one that says it. Uh, yeah I just like noticed it really quick. Um, but I was kind of curious to see what this design channel is all about. So Um, are we just going to watch the show reel? It seems like a good place to start Uh real quick all introsync Um Someone said what time next week typically we try and do mondays which obviously today is monday And it's normally around like five p.m. Eastern standard time because we like to get the most out of our day So it might be late for some of you guys, but it might be early for some other people There's not really a good time to fix for everyone unfortunately But we try and uh get as much as we can done during this stream. So All right, and eat cookies sometimes Yeah So you said the demo show reel. That was All right, let's do it. Oh So I feel like i've seen a fair amount of parts of these Yeah, is this original work? It looks like it's not Personally, it looks a hundred percent not a hundred percent original It looks like it takes work from other people and incorporates it into his own Um So I have seen some of these assets like for instance the background little splashes from videocopilot um So I want to say it's a hundred percent him, but the actual animation and stuff is Him if I had to guess Right does that qualify as being his content like is that technically copyright or you know does he I'm not sure because I haven't seen enough. I don't know where that falls Considering I'm considering it is a design channel. I don't know how much free reign you get there Now if you were showing this as your Like to get hired showing work That isn't a hundred percent yours. God. Yeah, that would be Wrong, but if it's just trying to show your Talent I guess because like I can see that these have been Changed It's not a hundred percent what you download, but I've seen some of these Uh, even if it's just taken an idea from a template and recreating that that's still not a hundred percent yours, you know What? Uh, nothing. Sorry But um Yeah, he did acknowledge that he used co-pilot. Um, he's saying that it is his um Even so like Even if you take a source material and then you manipulate it There's still a bunch of gray area there Like even if you manipulate it quite a bit if technically your material was made by someone else There's a lot of different like the world of youtube is quite quite quite serious about this Um any sort of copyright any sort of infringement upon that any sort of using someone else's material It can just get you in a lot of trouble Um, I don't know the requirements. I honestly don't know enough about intros and design work But that was my first thought when I was watching that. Um, I could just be that good You know That's something that draws to your attention, but like the video co-pilot stuff. It's royalty-free. You're allowed to use it your own way Like right now i'm watching a speed art where He builds someone's text and stuff like that And you can definitely tell that the dude's talented and knows what he's doing That's cool to build a business off of talent So there's too many I mean if those if those mean you're If those show real or those demo reel if that was all yours that i'm severely impressed one reason I think it like one reason I immediately thought that it might be like You know using someone else's material or not entirely yours is because of how good it was In terms of like for what it was like you're trying to make a specific type of intro there and you like nailed it That's how good maybe that's actually if it's all yours and like that could just be my interpretation Um, it seemed like it was too good to be yours to be quite honest with you Um Because it like it lined up with the music perfectly like everything worked out perfectly for the way it was In fairness, I may not be personally a huge fan of these types of intros, but a lot of people are Um, I did think it was interesting. I mean Apparently you're saying that it is mostly yours. I haven't watched any of your tutorials But apparently i'm seeing there's a lot of like um photoshop tutorials and um It seems like you do actually know what you're doing and if you're making all these from like with your own work and whatnot um He said I only use explosions from video copilot Um, I honestly don't know enough, but it seems actually as we're talking about this more that it does seem more like It's your original content And I I think it's awesome in that case and I think that the way this video is structured too Um, it's very simple. I like how it's under a minute long. It showcases exactly what you want it to I feel like it inspires the exact feeling that you want it to in people People come to see your demo reel your show reel You give them exactly what they're looking for in a very short concise video that I think works very well So what I would recommend Is a lot of these I can tell that you made them because they do Look different than I've I've looked at every single template on youtube. Let's be honest I was one of those people that downloaded templates and Used them a fair enough, but that being said They do reflect a lot of youtube templates that I've seen So what I'd recommend is try and find your own style that looks completely different from the rest Because the fact that you can recreate something that good Is awesome, but at the same time you want to find something like like this one here I haven't seen anything like that You know, that's cool, but there's also some like this where It animates and flips in I've seen similar motions to that with logos So you want to find something that defines you as a graphics design artist And that says this is your content. For instance, when you see someone that's like a painter They have a specific style or something I see you have a lot of videos that are like outro for someone intro for someone I don't exactly see I go to your about section. I don't see anything about like Much contact info or commission rates or anything like that. So If you are running any kind of commission rates or if you are actively doing intros and outros for people I would try to make that a bit more accessible and provide a bit more information as to how people can contact you. Yeah Even I'm not seeing anything in the portfolio area actually So he has a portfolio linked in his banner But it's just images But yeah, um I'd say work on getting your website more set up because if you're working on building this business You need to work on building this business There is a contact email under the about section, but looks like you have to contact him for more info Oh the I think honestly that the biggest thing I have to say is work on your layout and your structure of your youtube page because obviously I mean your skill is quite high and your intros are awesome um, but you want it to you want your whole channel to Show that you don't want just you they don't you don't want to have you don't want someone to have to click on a specific video to understand What your video is about like you want your whole the moment they go to your channel you want them to see like every like what they want to see essentially like that so um You're gonna want to structure your channel like I go to videos here. It seems a little scattered I don't immediately notice that like all you do is these sorts of intros or outros or things like that But I would just work on structuring it like work on structuring the about page work on getting your portfolio up because your skill level is there Work on developing your own style like yes, those are all things you need to work on But I think that you have the skill to do so I was just thinking more like how do you grow a youtube following? Based upon doing videos like this Because I don't think you can just put up random intros. I want to think it would be building a YouTube following for so I think it'd be more so building a business Because that something like this this is more so just using it as an e-portfolio to showcase your work Yeah I think that's also a great and also like look I see some people in the comments right now saying hey I'm like you do you charge for these stuff like yeah, I see some people already interested They like yeah, that's kind of why I was asking you're like I did see quite a few people questioning about that so I know and intros and altros always in high demand. Oh, yeah, definitely another thing you could always offer up like You know go to bigger youtubers that have Generic intros and altros that just aren't good and providing with something awesome that they can't choose anything but to use You know and then hopefully in return you'll get credit you'll get shout out you get a bunch of work from it There's a lot of plus of having talent in the graphical field Definitely, I mean you kind of heard us analyze intros this entire time if you've been on any other stream You heard us analyze intros so you kind of know what to look for and I mean if you just spent 30 minutes And I was more successful channels looking at their intros kind of studying it the way your mind works I mean you have the skill and the talent to break it down You'll I guarantee you'll understand. Yeah, definitely Oh, cool. I think this is a good work in the comments. Yeah, I have to say. Yeah, I think this is a good channel to end on Definitely All right. Well, cool overall good channel. I think you have a nice business model here You just kind of have to build off of that and turn that into A successful business now that you have all the skills set and the platform to share on So props to you for seeking something working towards it Indeed All right. Well guys, that'd be it. Thank you for hanging out with us If you want to see any of the people featured they're in the description down below if you want to see derpy He's in the description as well as the cards at the top as well as steven And I were on my channel because he hangs out with me occasionally Then he was guys I just go up and steal food. Yeah, it's true All right guys, we'll see you next week. See ya Time to watch the parody video for oh my god, it's got to be And stop