 What's up guys, I'm the man goose you were awesome and I've kind of been going back and forth and whether or not I wanted to do this This particular video a fair warning. I'm probably going to curse a bit in this one I'm beginning to realize that I'm actually considered a major personality in our little community Which is a bit weird for me and cut it does come with some responsibility that I'm not used to having in the past I've always just shut off my mouth without a care in the world as the who I offended But my content is growing into something a bit more respectable than it used to be and people are now looking to me for Info instead of laughs. I was thinking I should maybe tread lightly moving forward And then I said fuck it clean the sand out of my vagina and decided to speak my mind What I want to talk about today is the way alpha keys have been given out both for predecessors alpha and for cores map testing I think many of you know where I'm going with this But you may be surprised by some of the opinions I have on the matter This has been on my mind lately because of a video quality Mike did on his YouTube channel and some conversations I've had with sock app If you don't know what the problem is many streamers who were provided keys to give away did a random drawing for them However, they offered like a plus one to plus ten chance to win if you subscribe to their stream This is twitch. We're talking about here not YouTube subs on twitch costs money So you're effectively buying a better chance at receiving a key, you know, if you weren't already a subscriber My initial gut reaction to this was one of disgust why would anyone feel they have the right to profit from a project? They didn't work on however after giving us some thought I can kind of see several sides of this story I mean the initial impression. I think is very important. We'll get back to that later, but On the surface it seems like they're attempting to make money off someone's intellectual property without putting in the work But if you take a little deeper you see that they did put in work However much we love doing what we do content creation is still work Developing something to the point that is popular enough for a game developer to want to advertise their game by giving you an alpha key Take some blood sweat and tears and I can see why someone would feel they have the right to be rewarded for that Well, I do this myself. No, but that's just me I don't do this with any hopes of turning it into a career like Saitama I'm bald and I do this for fun The story may be different if I were trying to make a living off of this and that's something I feel I need to respect and others Then there is yet another side of this giving subscribers an increased chance at keys isn't just a way to get more subs It's also a way to reward the subscribers You already have as a creator you build friendships with people that have long supported your channel You look for ways to give back beyond just providing content It feels bad when you're allowed to give something back to your community and some random person You've never seen before steps in wins and then you just never see them again Everyone wants to look for no various motors because that shit is more interesting But you need to consider that maybe the creators that are doing this are simply trying to give back to the community They already have as opposed to gaining new members So there you go multiple ways of looking at this while it goes against my morals to charge money for extra chances at a key I can also understand why someone would feel comfortable doing so and I certainly understand wanting to reward longtime supporters However, even if I step back and look at every side of the story I still don't think it's necessarily a good idea Remember the first impression that I had from this the negative Rambifications of offering increased chances at attaining a key and return for a subscription far outweigh the positives People will look at this in a negative light and that stigma is going to stick around You know who isn't going to stick around the guy that sucked only to get a better chance at a key I don't think anyone gains from this system of key giveaways I love the way twitch has set up it allows for people to offer their gratitude for the entertainment provided monetarily But that's what it should be a subscription should be something you give to a creator because you feel they earned it Creators should focus on earning subscriptions based on the merit of the content they provide Side note if you only subscribe to someone because you want something for yourself Then only get mad when you don't get it then you're also a bit grimy People could do whatever they want and I'm not going to take less of them for the choices They make if they feel they've earned the right to make some cash off of a key giveaway I'm not going to disagree. I know how hard this shit is I certainly understand wanting to reward your current sub base But I personally feel the best way to run key drawings is to have it completely random and equal Now there is an exception to this that exception is the plus ones offered by Queen Elvira in her predecessor stream She has not only worked on the product itself in some capacity But she has dealt with months of an absentee husband while he furiously works on the game She's both put in the work as a content creator and as a member of a made of studios She could do whatever the hell she wants with the keys available to her She could have straight up given keys to subscribers without a drawing and I wouldn't care in the least It's not a situation where a company gave her some keys out of kindness She earned those keys and therefore earned the right to do whatever she wants with them If anyone has a problem with that then I'll tell you what go ahead and stand by while your significant Other spends all their free time for months on end developing a game with epics assets Oh, but you also need to devote a shitload of your free time to managing the social outlets of that company Then when you've done all that and the game is out You can give your keys out however the fuck you see fit if you're not willing to do all that then shut the fuck up I'm out of here