Seedyneighbour's first MCSG Gameplay video!

[Sylencis]

Hey guys,

Im new on youtube and im sort of new to survival games but have been playing minecraft for about 3 months , if you could give the video a watch and tell me what you think it would be great , even give me a sub ! ill be posting part 2 tomorrow some time ! also ill be doing commentary versions on game plays in the future !
hope you enjoy!

 

[TheUnchainedArtist]

You shouldn't use a gold sword. It deals as much damage as wood swords.

Anyway, nice video! Hope I see some more of your videos in the future.

 

[toby22]

Nice video! But that mininmap is not allowed. You have to remove that

 

[Saza]

Just ignore me getting killed at the start.. What was I doing!?!

 

[Sylencis]

oh okay well in my next video there wont be a minimap! haha , thanks for the feedback !
and sorry saza you had no weapon haha D:

 

[Blamph]

Pretty solid, but you're going to need commentary if you want to set yourself apart from the many other people who post MCSG videos.

 

[kaiomann]

Whats this in the down right corner?

 

[nate252]

Review of...

the first 30 seconds:
Ok well to start of I am already losing interest. There was no introduction to speak of and like Blamphe said I would strongly recommend doing a commentary.

To make a good MCSG you need to have 1 of the following
1. be the best SG player ever
2. have a witty, good, special commentary, something that stands out and people want to see.
Right off the bat here I see nothing special, it could have been from anyones viewpoint and it would have looked the same, so number 1 from the list doesn't apply that early. And number two.. you dont have any commentary.
So for those who are skimming videos looking for a fun game to watch, I am sorry but I think they would pass your video by based on the first 30 seconds. Which are important to grab the watcher so they stay to watch the whole thing.

2 minuets in:
Again its just... so lacking without a commentary. In my opinion it is essential. My interest level peaked a bit when fighting of course. And skill wise you seem to know what you are doing which in itself would make me want to watch a bit more. Or at least skip to the end.

3:12
oh.. apparently you are teamed with someone? Had no idea. Its like since there is not communication to the viewer I had to assume you were on your own and kind of built it up that way in my mind, so it was... surprising and almost disappointing to learn you were teamed all of the sudden. If for no other reason besides the fact that the situation I created in my head was a lie. Just another thing, at the very least on screen text, could fix.

I eventually skip to certain parts of the video.

Ok so overall if you are trying to make a good series, that people will watch and subscribe to you and all of that, then I would strongly suggest a commentary. For now at least give us some info, some emotion, anything through text. What makes most SG videos good is hearing the players thoughts and reactions to things, and not having a dull moment.
One way to ensure there isnt a dull moment is talking when the moment is dull in game. I myself do a commentary and when I am not talking and its a dull time in game, I edit that out. So it may be worth it to edit out dull moments. Normally I would say moments where there is no talking or action. But in your case, I guess just no action since thats all we have to go off of. Cuz who wants to just see characters run around? The action and commentary is what brings us here.

Anyway sorry if I came across rude. Im just trying to give my advice/opinion. Which thats all it really is, my opinion.

Thanks for the upload and if you improve/change around your next video at all I would be interested to see how it turns out!

ps. as stated above mini-maps are not allowed. Ide nix that

edit: I noticed you said you were going to add commentary to later videos. Neat! Ide like to watch that and see how it is/differs from this one. I didnt really notice that till after I typed all this to be honest... lol I feel kinda silly. What I said still stands for this video though

 

[G33ke]

A commentary, as said above twice, would be more interesting. However, I have to disagree with nate on one thing: I actually watched it all the way through. Honestly, I sometimes actually like music in the background, but he may prefer commentary...which is something I want to mention.

You don't have to get rid of the music entirely. You could have commentary and music, as long as the music is quiet enough. Sometimes, if you want to spend a lot of time on it, you could even do some more atmospheric music - set a scene with the music and times where its needed - for example you could have no music and commentary until you enter a battle, then you put in the "intense" music in the background at a low volume with your commentary. It's something I see done very little, but it really makes a video a lot more enjoyable. It allows us to "feel" the epic moment and how much is at stake even though we aren't you.

 

[Sylencis]

Whats this in the down right corner?

Me and my friend made a personal mod pack and what is shown in the bottom right is an armour HUD mod it shows you how many hits you have left in your armour!

 

[Sylencis]

Thanks heaps for the feedback nate and g33ke, I'll start recording a new video with commentary tonight or tomorrow when I have time , I'll also add in some light dramatic music when a fight is about to happen for more of an intense fight

Thanks heaps guys , it would be awesome to get atleast 100 subs after I start posting more and ill be playing adventure maps with a few friends and recording commentary for that too! So I can't wait

 

[Blamph]

Me and my friend made a personal mod pack and what is shown in the bottom right is an armour HUD mod it shows you how many hits you have left in your armour!

That's probably also not allowed. Might want to double check that with a moderator though.