What do you like to see in a YouTube video?

[xExterminate]

People not complaining about lag every 3 seconds.

 

[Miner9823]

I like videos that have the audio just about right to make it enjoyable to watch, maybe having a good microphone as well as a good commentary, without hesitation or lack of self-confidence. I like it when people just say what's in their heads, without making it look staged or simply a personal trend to say the same thing in the beginning and probably after the video. Something like this: "Hey, what's up guys, [Player] here, coming in with another [Game] video!", or "So please rate, comment and 4get to subscrieb". Intentional grammar mistake.

It just doesn't bring in the mood for making me feel like as if I'm playing the game. But overall, it does have good commentary and all that, but nowadays I see a lot of young, ambitious Minecraft Youtubers who usually follow a video cliche that doesn't show the best of quality. Few out of many people actually grow successful through Youtube videos, and it's not really that fun having people to say the same thing as well, or simply provide repetitive series and so many similar videos that aren't usually original or the same. Of course series should provide in a way, a repetitive atmosphere, but it does not seem to bring it to my tastes.

I think that Pewdiepie does, in a way have originality and content in his videos. Not fully agreed towards this term, however the way he portrays his humor does usually bring a lot of laughter to me and his some of his content truly is enjoyable to view, and he does bring the best of his potential when he does a series, and he usually takes some time away to even cut the unnecessary scenes in the video we don't need to watch, hence letting us view something entertaining throughout most of the video.

Overall, I think that Gaming shouldn't really be such a common aspect towards Youtube, although some commentary within gaming is really enjoyable to view, it should remain less overfilled with them, because it does not really show the real potential of what people are most willing to show within recordings and videos. I have noticed that when a successful youtuber reaches the top and has the most subscribers in the whole Youtube website, a lot of people would tend to follow the genre of the channel, and would be inspired to make videos within the same category because they have that belief to thinking that they could be successful in Youtube, but that is highly unlikely.

To conclusion, I think I like videos with good quality, but most of all, a lot of original content and the purpose of the video is not to aim for success and money, but to enjoy themselves on screen while they let others view their content, bringing people closer together and heck, even making communities as well. This is sort of similar to what the MCGamer network is like, despite its success, I think the main focus, the purpose of this is to make people get closer together, to help express similar interests to others as well as forming friendships and overall, making a good community. That's what I look for in Youtube, if I were to aspire to making videos, I would think on what I would like to post, only for what I wish to post, not what is trending or what is seemingly most successful. And if I were to make videos, I'd take dedication to letting my viewers enjoy, as well as keeping things peaceful, and if it ever comes to the seriously unlikely case of success, I would probably do something useful with it, instead of just focusing on just success. But to focus on what I enjoy posting. c:

 

[KorStonesword]

Barely watch MCSG videos anymore (too busy watching anime ) but from when I watched tons of them I would say:

- Commentary (What type?): More broad range. Don't just talk about what you're doing "Oh I'm opening this chest, and look here's a diamond that's sweet!" but branch out. Get comfortable and talk like a human being. If you're doing tutorial-style videos, still do your best to keep it engaging.
- Humor: Keep it loose. The funniest jokes are often the most natural and unexpected ones, the ones that you blurt out and think "oh crap that was probably a stupid thing to say". Humor works much better if you're either doing a structured scripted video or doing a video with friends. When playing with friends (especially IRL ones), I find that humor comes quite naturally.
- Deeper or higher voices?: No big preference, but I tend to prefer deeper voices, as they can be both soothing or humorous. You can deliver spectacular dry humor with a nice deep voice as well. As long as a higher voice isn't too high, it's fine as well.
- With or without a facecam?: Makes no difference in my opinion. 99% of the time you're paying attention to the gaming footage. Your face for the most part is going to stay the same, it really doesn't have much effect unless you're playing a horror game.
- Focusing on tips/tricks, commentary, or skill?: Commentary. Commentary. Look at the Game Grumps. They are one of the most popular and fastest growing gaming YouTubers at the moment. While this is partially due to their already having a fairly large following, their style of commentary is brilliant. They're really honestly hilarious, and you get the feeling this is just their personality. It feels like 2 guys having a humor-based podcast that happen to be playing a game at the same time. When you don't need to watch the gaming footage to enjoy the video, then you've succeeded at making good commentary.

- With or without music?: With music. But you can't just throw music on there and be done with it. Carefully select fitting music for the areas, and know when to cut it out. Music can add to but also take away from comedic effect, so be careful. It's useful particularly for moments when there's less to talk about as it helps keep the video engaging despite less talking actually happening.

People not complaining about lag every 3 seconds.

Similar reason to why I unsubscribed from PrivateFearless (after being subbed to him from something like 200 subs, too...) Every video of his became nothing but complaining about lag, hackers, and most of all, targeters. Someone punches him on his way to his route? "F**king targeters!" Plus it felt like he started just giving up. He would lose tons of games, and then the game he'd upload would be like his 10th one and by then you could tell he wasn't really into it any more and just wanted to get it over with.

 

[Bae]

I'm personally not one who cares much about the gameplay but more about the commentary. I can't stand sitting and watching something, I much rather do my own thing while hearing the video in a another tab. As for the voice I really don't care if you have a high pitched voice, as long as you bring good content to the table you did your job. I do however prefer a deep voice but along with a nice mic or with some pretty bawlin' audio settings but that's just a preference. Lastly as for music it's great but it must go along with whatever you're talking about. Not just some random techno music while you're ranting about something, that's a nono. But all you really need to satisfy me is a good mic.

 

[Xystz]

someone who doesn't complain about ping, teams, hackers or lag.

 

[BitoBain]

The #1 thing that I look for in a Youtuber is someone with a genuine and charismatic personality. They need to show that they have something new to show people and that they are going to keep you awake. I don't care if their commentary sucks or their mic sounds like it has been through a blender and a toaster; I just want something entertaining and unique.

This is why my favorite Youtubers have been Lovelights and Egrodo. Egrodo rarely commentated, but he had a phenomenal selection of music in many of his videos that said a lot about his personality. Lovelights was very sincere and interesting to listen to; he commentated with ease and never got into cliche habits. He also talked a fair amount about his personal life, which is something that actually contributes a lot to one's channel. Both also had very distinct and successful playing styles.

Other things that ruin channels:

• The person is too young and immature to make interesting commentary and form their own opinion
• The person complains too much
• The person is awful at PvP (At least be good enough that your viewers won't cringe as they watch you PvP)
• The person is constantly talking about how they plan to make the channel grow, including subscribers, views, likes, comments, specials, etc... This gets very old very quickly. (I hate to say this but GoldEllipse is the biggest offender of this.)
• The person is just doing it for money and popularity. There should be a fun factor for both the viewer and Youtuber.
• The channel is not centered around any one thing (Around here, you should make at least 1/3 of your videos MCSG)

 

[Danny]

- Commentary (What type?) Topic videos (recording while you are playing the game, not recording the game and talking over it, I think that's called past-tense)
- Humor Yes, I do like some humor on the videos, but not a ton
- Deeper or higher voices? Doesn't really matter to me, but I want them to be mature.
- With or without a facecam? Doesn't really matter to me
- Focusing on tips/tricks, commentary, or skill? I like Youtubers that can commentate while playing the game and in some videos, showing off some tricks that they learned, I don't really like videos, such as MCSG videos showing off a texture pack, I like it when after the game the person goes onto a survival world and shows it off there
- With or without music? I do like background music when it's not that loud so it's louder than their voice.

 

[BoredCactus]

Typically with any gaming commentator, I like seeing the person happy. Happy in the sense that they love what they're doing by making people laugh, and entertaining others is their main goal in the end, with each video they produce. When someone emits a feeling like that in their videos, I can't help but crack a smile, and feel glad to be watching them. It shows heart and loyalty to the audience. Of course, good quality recording equipment is always a plus as well.

 

[KorStonesword]

• The person is awful at PvP (At least be good enough that your viewers won't cringe as they watch you PvP)

There can be exceptions to this imo. One of my #1 favorite MCSG YouTubers (who rarely uploads T_T) is terrible at PvP. Like absolutely terrible. But you know what? It's okay, because he is utterly hilarious. If he dies, he'll simply hop into another game, or spectate his friend who he often plays with. He also tries to learn from suggestions in the comments.

 

[WookiePack101]

- Commentary (What type?) Anything, really. I like people who commentate as if they were talking to another person. Funny. NO topic videos, that is overused. I'm sure most can agree this.
- Humor Yes! Humor is my life!
- Deeper or higher voices? Deeper but high if the person rages. A lot.
- With or without a facecam? Without. I still don't see how people like it. Although it's cool to see what you look like, I tend to find a lot of YouTubers ugly, and I don't really like that. Nothing against anyone specific though.
- Focusing on tips/tricks, commentary, or skill? I like skill. People like BajanCanadian can commentate professionally, but he's terrible and immature. However, I do watch two YouTubers who suck at PvP but are great with YouTube.
- With or without music? Maybe some background music.

 

[Dexcom]

People not calling hacks every time cough cough creeperfarts cough cough

 

[1qw3er5t6y]

when they upload a loss, and not like thatonetomahawk..