Why Do Minecraft Youtubers Keep Making the Same Content?
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2024
- Minecraft content is becoming more repetitive every single day. Are we reaching a tipping point with modern minecraft content? Will unoriginal minecraft content go away? Let's talk about the money machine, the minecraft creative restrictions, and the messy state of modern minecraft content. So why, why do minecraft youtubers keep making the SAME content?
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I love how quickly the civilization simulations stopped being actual experiments and just became glorified team deathmatches
yeah, i really love civilization experiments, lucky we have some gems out here lol
don’t forget to mention 90% of them are clearly rigged
Stoneworks is the only server that does it right by actually doing worldbuilding rp
I hated it, at least Ish doesn’t really seem to force people to go to war and just lets people do what they want
@@nojorooney i love civillization simulations, one thing i wished is that more of them would show how the society functions and its civillians, and the political dramas
I've been extremely burnt out this year when it comes to making content. I always wanted to be a UA-camr having fun like the Yogscast or Stampy but to be a proper UA-camr now, you need to be a CEO who hires loads of people to automate production and doesn't actually make the content themselves. I don't want to make clickbait kids videos that feel like they're made by a content farm, but the young audience don't care.
Of course whenever something new does well there will be many copycats who just want money, however I hope that the people who are genuinely passionate about making good honest content will rise to the top as they will be able to innovate and stay ahead of their clones.
i see, no wonder why you stopped making content sometime
Excellent perspective. I didn’t cover the fact that big channels are mostly entire teams now, which makes things even more discouraging for up and coming creators!
This. This reminds me of when JackSepticeye basically said that being a UA-camr nowadays feel like a job or a business instead of someone who does it because they genuinely enjoy it.
Also MrBeast is easily to blame for the corporatization (not sure how to describe it but you get what I mean) of UA-cam content. Sure he's a good guy doing charity stuff, but he's definitely a major cause in the current shift of UA-cam content.
Why not just make UA-cam videos as a hobby rather than to make money? Then you can make whatever kind of videos you like without having to worry about manipulating the algorithm.
A guy pointing out the issues with minecraft youtube. I can respect that.
Like that hasn’t been done
@@Markm8 It needs to be done more.........
@@luis-sophus-8227 true that
I was thinking about doing that myself because I was getting a little impatient
indeed.
This isn't just a problem with the content creators; it is a problem with servers too. People will join a server and then complain if there is anything different about it, pushing server owners into installing the same plugins and having similar formats.
Every time I join a server and see it has tiers of chest things to buy, I promptly leave and delete it from my server list. Also if it's an SMP, there's never any free space to build because it's been played on a lot already. Or people just aren't welcoming.
Kind of a weird phenomenon. If you're joining a new server wouldn't you want something new from it?
It feels kind of like leaving an Italian restaurant to go eat at a Taco Bell then being upset at the lack of pasta.
@@nohandlesplease Hm, I don't know. It's just that I want things to be less "vote"-y with all these keys and chests. I sort of get why they do it though.
@@nohandlespleaseit’s the same as people who start a new minecraft world and do the exact same things as their previous world
I once launched a server with Minehut and I kid you not, every random person who joined harassed me for not installing Lifesteal, when the server was literally named something along the lines of Vanilla Survival
I recently really got into Mr Beardstone's Create series because it's a traditional let's play, with a modpack to spice things up. And he actually shows his mistakes, his thought processes, how he plans projects and is in general just pleasant to listen tonand watch. Like i said, his videos are mostly traditional but nowadays it actually feels fresh because it's honest gameplay
+1 to this. I've been watching Beardstone's LP as well and it's some really good MC gameplay with one of the game's best mods. Kinda got a similar genuine vibe to things like Hermitcraft, just minus the multiplayer aspect and plus a modded aspect. Great series.
SAME! He’s such a breath of fresh air, and I LOOOOVVVEEE the mod packs making things so different from vanilla.
And yes, he is so soothing to listen to
yea he's a W
I haven’t heard of the UA-camr, but that mod is quite punishing lmao
pretty funny how it happens, i also just maybe about a week ago saw one of his videos in my home page and he does make geniuenly cool stuff without the neuron overload feel that's basically 80 or 90% of all minecraft content right now
Its crazy how narrow the popular content is for how broad minecraft is. Where are the story driven lets plays? Where are friends just playing around with games they made? (thats why you should continue the Evolution series, very entertaining.
I would totally make a lore driven LP/RP hybrid (think DSMP but less cringe)
Especially now that stampys lovely world has ended
Just gotta look. Loving cscopps minecraft vids rn.
One of my friends called Yumimi Gaming got a story-driven Survival Let's Play series going on her channel right now. It even got its own original soundtrack, the production is above anything else I see on UA-cam. It's still on Episode 2 but she uploads quite regularly every 2 weeks.
Yeah
Recommendation; The Librarian's From The Fog series. It's basically survival with a twist, but he starts off having not played the game in a long time and discovering things from updates he missed, as well as inventing his own narrative as he goes. It's refreshing and really feels like a good old let's play from 2011 despite being in Modern minecraft.
I was watching it some week ago . A true masterpiece that looks like it's from years ago .
Yess! The Librarian is great. And his forays into Minecraft even greater
I'm not a big horror fan so it's insane how fast he became one of my favorite youtubers when he is a horror channel.
Oh my god I’m not the only one who’s discovered his channel recently and fell in love with it.
I just simply can’t believe how much of a breath of fresh air his channel is compared to other channels nowadays.
Calv1ns from the fog is really entertaining too
I totally agree with a lot of this, However I will say those old style fun Minecraft videos do still exist out there. Unfortunately its never pushed by youtube and is fairly hard to find.
minecraft but im chased by things is a good one, new mods with silent early 2010s styled footage, only interruption is small pngs of meme reaction faces whenever something scary or frustrating happens
I’d recommend Etho’s Lab! He’s been making Minecraft videos for a very long time now, and he’s still making them in a great old-school style. The pacing in his videos especially is very well-done; nice and slow-paced but not with a lot of useless filler.
Any recommendations? Ignoring Hermitcraft lol
@@magma_fire_bagwan I hate to plug my own channel so instead I'm gonna write a list of youtubers I watch and drop me in it randomly lol.
BoxBlair
CaptnCat1
Dialko
Devitus Dynasty
Greffen
Hell0w0rld
Mongster
Pepper
Me
The Last Block
Wammy
Eggfing
LordMace
Gregrs
DocSpot
Kellphone
Tess
Sneakythief
GensoCity
Bound to be loads I'm forgetting, Especially more in the modern scene but I'm sure atleast some of these you will like lol.
@@magma_fire_bagwan Pythonator, formerly known as PythonMC (he used to be on Hermitcraft but not anymore)
This is why i love ForgeLabs' content. He sticks to the boring 100 days in hardcore formula, except he truns them all into two hour documentaries where each and every important event, such as him dying, saying "nope you never saw that yup" and then loading into a backup of the world, aswell as an instance where he disintegrated 8 diamonds cause of the fact the footage was corrupted. He uses the 100 days format but makes it very clear that the challenges turn his life into a living hell.
saw a clip of it and this is something that i miss people actually just talking instead of doing a summarization of all the stuff theyve been doing it seems like a lot of newer minecraft creators have been doing that lately
And I think he probably has fun with most of the videos (Except the trailer and realistic looking ones, those were kinda sad), I'm glad he doesn't cave in when people tell him to make shorter ones or stop repeating the same mod packs.
With anything that's gotten bland and state there's going to be someone keeping the original spark that made it successful.
His personality and storytelling is the reason why I'm so entertained watching him
W!!! I love ForgeLabs but I knew him back in the day years ago when he did halo content he made forge maps and it was mostly infection mode maps which were great, his first and most passionate project was The Abandoned Mill based on a real one near his home he used to map out the halo reach infection map it was so Kool and creative I loved it.
But yeah that’s why he is called forgelabs he used to do forge and he still works a bit on maps in Minecraft he used and others help him too, he’s a great guy even tho he’s humble yet he’s not a pro so he messes up and struggles and works hard to survive every time so it’s that much more authentic.
He also gets a bit creative with situations that he does like with types of zombies or what mods he uses in survival, and he’s the man, mans one of the few Kool fun Canadians I know.
Man gotta love how etho has stayed true to himself, I’ve been watching the guy for like 10 years or something and still no “make sure to like and subscribe “ from him, no sponsor ads, no over the top reactions, no ads at all actually now that I think of it. Crazy to think that after all this time it’s like im still in 2013 watching my favorite creator push the bounds of Minecraft and continue to innovate and blow my mind
technoblade was really good and didn't use these cringe overhyped editting styles or anything, it was actually fun just warching him talk with minimal edits. it's sad he had to die.
I absolutely agree with this, it's extremely heartening to see somebody not leeching off of generic short-run trends and instead to what they *like* to do, and get rewarded for that. This point applies to basically every Hermitcraft member too, since most of them are OGs and have deep attachment to the game, they aren't using Minecraft as a content machine and are simply having fun, which is definitely the sincere simplicity that this community desperately needs more of.
What I have noticed is content like this “why ‘such and such repetitive viral videos’ are popular and why they should stop” getting more viral themselves, maybe this will become the next trend lol
I'm not even paying attention to this video because I already know what it's gonna say. I'm just going through the comments
It's not just minecraft youtubers, It's every community ever. It's pretty sad seeing youtube like this but I think we wouldn't see anything original in awhile.
we need more youtubers like Ryan or Dahomey, interesting topics and original content
Same, Forge Labs I enjoy also.
Conclusion: One cannot bring down capitalism by just pointing out its flaws because the capitalist won't latch onto this and change whatever he ought.
As someone who has done some video editing work in the past. People really dont realize how much time actually goes into edoting a video. It can and often is the longer part of the process, as polishing and making sure everything works and flows well is very time consuming
Also that stock video at 9:07 hurts my soul seeing him type an essay in a video and color editor
I can confirm this. My videos are shot in a day or two and take about a week of neurotic editing to get it right. It’s tough.
the irony is, we all collectively have the power to dictate what youtube pushes. i got bored of the copypaste videos a while back, and so ive only been watching smaller creators with original ideas (and hermitcraft, of course). as a result, youtube just doesnt push copypaste videos to me anymore, cus it knows i wont watch them. the change has been a breath of fresh air.
I feel like the UA-cam algorithm could definitely use a reprogramming in order to avoid these types of problems, not just for Minecraft content, but for content all across the platform. Instead of prioritizing only a few good trends until they aren't in style anymore, they should basically do the opposite. Send out videos that are unique to more people than videos that follow similar styles. Only linger on certain type of video trends for short time before phasing them out, even if they would be super successful anyways. This way people are forced to keep reimagining what they create, putting their heart and soul into what they make because it will be rewarded to them 10-fold. Maybe the algorithm could also push out videos that were popular a long time ago on a person's channel so good ideas aren't forgotten.
UA-cam would never do this since it wouldn't make them more money. They would've changed this long ago if they really wanted to foster creativity.
@@hexakon The way I see it it's never too late for UA-cam to change things. According to this video creators are becoming burnt out from this current model.
The algorithm as it is is definitely awarding UA-cam a lot of money, but people getting tired of making/watching the videos made with it mind will only grow more and more.
Eventually viewers will stop watching the videos that are made, and/or creators will stop producing them because they aren't interested in them anymore, and no amount of algorithm programming would fix that.
At some point there HAS to be a change because the current way the algorithm is will not prove useful in the long run. Sure, my idea may not earn as much revenue as it, but it would have a long shelf life.
As a small (and I mean Small) creator myself, I would love it if they changed the algorithm a little. Everything is just so repetitive, clickbait rules supreme, every idea seems to have already been done, and the only real way to grow a following is by copying what works-and that doesn’t just apply to gaming content. It’s insane; if UA-cam wants to change it, now would be the time too. And that’s not even talking about how popularity plays into everything. But let’s be real UA-cam nowadays is very out of touch with it’s issues.
Look I could go on and on about this, but then this comment would take like an hour to read.
So TLDR:
The algorithm pushes what’s popular, so the only way to get Any money is through copying. If you don’t use clickbait/trending topics you’ll never have any success, and it’s as bad as it seems.
It kind of makes me sick that UA-cam creators basically have to rely on RNG to even make money, unless they go out of their way to basically "cheat" and use the methods that trick the algorithm into suggesting it more, like clickbait and rapid fast-paced trend videos.
I don't make Minecraft content anymore and this is a huge part of what pushed me away. I tried my best to make fresh content with the cinematic angles inspired from people like lowresbones, but at the end of the day people just don't watch that content as much.
There was some viewership, maybe 30-40k on average for a survival video I would do, and while they were fun to make that is straight up impossible to live on. I saw the writing on the wall and knew I had to jump ship eventually, if for no other reason then my personal sanity of wanting to build a brand independent of the success of a game.
That being said, I'm glad you mentioned some of the OG creators like Ethos and people still pushing the envelope outside of the traditional hyper edited MC styles we all love to hate. And I hope for the sake of the game, because I do still love Minecraft, that there is a resurgence of fresh content and that there can be a new generation of creators that are excited to make content, while also making lots of money. After all, we all love to make a good living!
Great video, keep up the good work.
This is the main reason that i slowly started watching less and less minecraft, it became all the same thing, and this is the reason that i absolutly love your content its new and passionate, Hi Ryan
yeah same, its not as interesting as before
Getting paid for what you love doing is truly a beautiful thing, but you can always lose the soul in your art if money becomes the priority. I am so glad you brought this up Ryan! You truly are an inspiration my guy! I hope we get a renaissance of better things soon.
To be fair, video essays like the ones you make are just as prevalent and mass produced as the other videos.
That’s like saying too many people are making books
Their overdone! Books peaked with George orewell >:(
@@Sooparch what
@@SooparchRight?
That's completely glossing over the point of this video by saying that somehow this video talking about a blatant and annoying issue among bad minecraft youtubers is just as bad as those issues among minecraft youtubers.
Yes, video essays are common, that doesn't somehow negate the point that all these mass produced videos are nearly indistinguishable from one another. All literally with the exact same thumbnail, title and video premise.
The difference between that and video essays is massive.
Video essays can be about any topic someone wants and aren't made for children, meanwhile these trash minecraft videos are just ad revenue farmers all copy and pasting the exact same video over and over again to make 6 year Olds watch the same video 20 times. It's gross.
@@tysontaggart7246 video essays are not excempt (i think that's how you spell that word) from the problem. just look at sunnyv2 and his lazily made, poorly researched videos. he pumps those out in like a week or so.
that's not to say this video is lazy, just saying that any kind of video can be mass produced with the right technique.
Minecraft UA-cam in the past: Dosens of "Let's Play", "Custom Map", "Mod Showcase" videos. Different by their content - participants, mods, visuals and editing, etc., but following the same core format.
Minecraft UA-cam now: Hundreds of "100 Days", "Civilizations", "Manhunt" videos. Different by their content - participants, mods, visuals and editing, etc., but following the same core format.
What changed, really?
Personallity and passion I guess. The stuff they made felt more like they were only trying to have fun and were super entertaining by accident. While the stuff now is the high end opposite.
@@rapidrush6033 Depends, really. Both now and in the past there are people who are just trying something new, having fun, testing ideas and by proxy exporting their fun unto the viewers, and there are people who just had seen something popular (be it a Let's Play, 100 Days video, or anything) and want a piece of the pie.
The only two points of difference are influx of people and passing of time, I think. In the 'olden days', there were much less UA-camrs - both good and not-so-much, than now. And with the passage of time, most of the not-so-much ones are forgotten. While such UA-camrs that exist now aren't quite yet.
In my opinion, in the end there's no good or bad Minecraft content, really. What video to watch while procrastinating is up to you and whatever your choice would be - it doesn't make your decision better or worse. It's just some game videos and you're just watching them to pass time. If you're having fun - that's enough. You can't say someone who made a different decision "aren't having fun", or "aren't having the right kind of fun".
@@makipom okay thats a good way of looking at it. I dont really have any reason to argue about it. you gave your opinion and i agreed. have a good day... or night whatever it is for you.
What changed was that now people know how to maximize viewer retention, Those old videos felt more like everyone was specialized on one specific thing: BajanCanadian did mostly PVP, PopularMMOs did semi scripted moded survivals, SkyDoesMinecraft did mini games, Others mostly did Mod reviews, Multiplayer Crazycraft, Redstone Builds and reviews, or Adventure Maps
Sure there were trends everyone did like Lucky Blocks, But that came later
@@jesusramirezromo2037 Yeah, perhaps. People now know more about UA-cam and some use that knowledge to "game" the system. But that's not really a change with the Minecraft content, but with UA-cam creators as a whole.
There were and are still creators that pursue the everchanging trend, and there were and are still people who expand their own niche. LukeTheNotable, who creatred 100 Days, doesn't really do Civilizations and stuff, as you can see. That applies to others also. Mostly those, who became famous because of their perfection of one of the formats. And that is the same for people who became famous for their Let's Plays, Redstone videos, and such in the past. Of course, there are some people who just chase the views. There were such people 10 years ago. Would be 10 years later also. But most of the people who do it now, who just jump between genres and such, are the older channels who try to be related again, or newer channels who don't know what're they doing.
In the end, the only thing that really changed are the genres themselves. Newer trends that came to replace or banish the old ones. Depending on what you thought about older ones - that might be a bad thing for you. But it's not that video quality has dropped (if anything - it's the opposite), and it's not like those newer ones are inherently and objectively intellectually inferior to the prior ones (I mean, we're talking about gaming videos, there's not much to gain from them except for entertainment anyway).
When speaking about formats, the main point after all is whether you consider the old ones or the new ones to be more fun, more entertaining for yourself. And there are no rights and wrongs in it.
Personally, I don't mind people doing challenges in Minecraft. It helps spice up the game and can be interesting to watch; however, I do agree that it is definitely time for different content. I miss the days of old Yogscast and sometimes get a hit of it when I watch them play different modpacks, but you don't see people just playing Minecraft to play and have fun anymore. I'm hoping that new types of content is coming sooner rather than later.
Ethoslab is still out there, if any of you are interested in og let's play content, he's your guy.
Comes up with his own stuff, had the longest running LP World, and is still kicking to this day. Nice guy, too.
did you grab your snacks?
It's all supply and demand. People's decreased attention span leads to a lot of views on fast paced editing, while social media algorithms promote this type of content. Every time I decide to click on one of those videos, I feel like I'm watching a tv show for a 5 year olds. I prefer seeing actual personality in someone's videos, to keep watching more for the person and less for his content (although I obviously still prefer themes I like watching). And that tends to be the case for a lot of smaller content creators, cuz they don't do this as their job. Myself included, I keep making what I want and not what gets me high views. And I really appreciate that in others, don't think this issue will come to an end soon though.
attention spans of people are decreasing alot ever since tiktok, yt shorts, fb reels, etc. it's sad how a billion people use tiktok, and that it's normal to constantly watch tiktok. i rarely see anyone disliking or talking about it.
I remember when I first came across the civilization format. It was simple, what if the world changed into Minecraft? It was a really fun idea, but now it’s devolved into… just bigger smps where each smp is a different island.
Honestly the sheer amount of hardcore and civilization videos means that even the good ones may be overshadowed by the same old videos.
Look at it this way, if these content farms didn’t exist, then we wouldn’t have parody videos hilariously making fun of them.
Real talk though, I miss the old days where most UA-camrs showcased other people’s mods. We need more of that community support back.
i somewhat recently found a channel called yorkmouse (or is it yorkmouseModz? i can't tell, they changed the username system on here i think) and I've been very happy seeing mod showcases in my recommended again :D
@@puncrafter349 I know and watch similar channels too, but I remember when even big names like PopularMMOS and DanTDM covered mods. It’s just not as popular is all I’m saying.
I pointed this out on my own channel around a year ago but I limited it to the png tuber side of Minecraft and their community but back then this problem wasn’t as big as it was now. But I feel like the same points I made then still exist here. So thank you for bringing this up it’s genuinely bad for other Minecraft UA-camrs who wanna do their own thing but aren’t getting enough traction as such and have to resort to these types of videos to get views. Thank you for bringing this up.
I think a small part of it might be the rise in popularity of livestreaming. People who just want to hang out and play Minecraft will stream it instead of recording and uploading a UA-cam video.
The Civilisation Video Formula:
- 100-1000 players
- 5 nations
- watch them be peaceful
- instigate a war
- make the thumbnail have the overdone peace/war style
Ah, ye. That's why I actually went back to old minecraft, because the modern game doesn't feel the same. Not out of nostalgia, I just had enough. May be, sure, indirectly related but I think it ties into it all.
Going through every update like this is I think still relatively niche. I've seen more people take it on, sure, but it's still quite small.
At least, in the sense that it hasn't been done as often. Unfortunately, more often than not, it's all applied within a 100 days format. There's nothing necessarily bad about that, I just think that by doing that they're not taking the time to appreciate these updates.
Sorry if I sound like im rambling im just putting my thoughts down i just like old version minecraft content
But I haven't seen anyone play on Indev... (Yes, there's a way to convert an Indev world to Infdev.)
When I started making content in 2021, my goal was to make content that wasn't like the current state of UA-cam. No big arrows and price tags in thumbnails, no constantly screaming at the camera for retention rate. What I quickly realised was that I was sort of restricting my channel's growth. I don't do trends, clickbait metas or anything resembling trying to catch people's attention. I think the mindset stems from my daytime hobby as a photographer. Either you're gonna like my art or you're not. I take photos that I like the look of, even if it might not appeal to others. In that sense, my videos are a reflection of me. They aren't structured or framed to appeal to as many people as possible, and I feel that''s the charm in content creation.
So many people trying to all cash in on the same format to the point where the medium becomes oversaturated and interest dwindles. I reckon Minecraft could start to decline again soon, before perhaps having another revival after. The frequent argument of "nothing gets added to Minecraft anymore"/"Minecraft is boring" can be largely explained by the community oversaturating itself with content, to the point where nothing sparks joy anymore. It's something I've noticed in playing Minecraft for a year solid in my spare time. You look at the game and go "what now?" but don't actually have an answer.
The entire point of UA-cam was to be a place where you could express yourself, so it's a shame to see people make videos just to get money.
imo video making should simply be a hobby that you enjoy and put passion into.
@@kelly_timesUA-cam was originally designed with the purpose to let people express themselves, but it lost any and all credibility and soul after Google obtained the rights. Google absolutely does NOT care about people expressing their opinions and takes on things. If it got them money this platform would have more restrictions and censorship than Azerbaijan, it just doesn't because Google wouldn't get money from that.
Its mostly History repeating itself, we are at the point at which we were around 2016/17. Content Ideas run out, Formats get recycled, scandals start showing up. I think it wont be that long until UA-cam Minecraft will return into the state of slumber it was in before 2020. Maybe in a few years, new content will arise and a new wave of Creators will come. And maybe that is what we need currently. A bit of rest to combat the oversaturation and to rekindle the fun.
I don't understand how the frequent fast edits, subtitles, extended replays, sound effects, music, and extra graphics are so popular. It's almost like Minecraft has just become the backdrop for all these different content providers to show off their production and editing abilities. Just watching 10 minutes of a typical Minecraft Let's Play is dizzying. The game is just secondary at this point.
its not just minecraft videos that suffer from zero attention span editing, i've noticed it in many different kinds of videos to the point where if I watch a video that has annoying sound effects or extra bs I just click the broken dislike button and watch something else.
New Minecraft video trend: talking about formulaic minecraft videos
Modern youtube content always has this trend were text appears on the screen in a very flashy way and just disapears before you even have a chance to read it , so you need to pause the video to see whats that text . It's really annoying because it makes these torture-like videos even longer . Plus UA-cam already has a toggleable subtitles button that can be turned on and off thats most of the time pretty accurate . So putting in those flashy subtitles that CAN NOT be turned off completle invalidates the use of that feature and also makes the video feel more cringe and repetative .
As a guy who made a Minecraft video back in 2015, I was never in it for the money. I only made my stuff for fun.
It makes me so mad how everything in Minecraft since 2019 is just Hypixel Skyblock/Bedwars, SMPs, and various challenges. They were fun at first, but all these things have definitely worn on me the past few years. I really appreciate the modders, builders, and other people who are still keeping this game and the UA-cam content about it interesting.
That being said, I do miss mod/minigame showcases and other such videos. But who knows, maybe I'll be able to bring some of these great ideas back myself someday :)
This kinda reminded me of a random information i've learned in college: Innovations mean risks, therefore civilisations (ergo people) innovated only when they were well off, or desperate. No strong incentives to innovate when you're just fine.
So it goes with these youtubers. They either need to become "secure" (rich? satisfied? whatever) enough, or to lose badly to actually change their ways. Current state suits status quo, because it's easiest and it allows them to keep going.
Ah tis the cycle of life! The new springs up and that which is best usually rises up to the top to become big! From there trends are set and followed until things become to bland and turn to rot thus leading to a downfall of the generic in favor of the new and creative! The cycle begins anew.
I'm glad I ended up where I did with UA-cam tbh. I tried for years to be a Minecraft UA-camr, but in that time the scene has just become so dull. They're objectively good videos - but nothing about the videos have any form of personality, I just can't get attached to any of it. Even the projects are just transforming the end or collecting every mob, almost 0 creative effort. Really sad how it's all ended up ngl
it's the gd guy!
I miss the days watching two-four friends just playing Minecraft survival or modded survival and just enjoying the game. I always just enjoyed watching those and miss those kinds of videos.
I've had an idea for a minecraft video for quite a while which ive personally never seen anyone do. After watching this I think I might just make it.
What was that idea?
One of the worst things about this all is that its affecting how people play the game and assume all these "collecting and doing literally everything manhunt smp mega speedrun build" has affected how people play just casually.
I tried doing a playthrough with people but they all kept trying to do this same stuff, speedrun and build megafarms and try and do all this stuff that all the big youtubers are doing. Nothing inherently wrong with that but the game just cannot be played like that regularly for fun.
These copy and paste videos take a long time to do, and are often just fake anyway. Doing these kinds of insane things look cool at the end, but actually doing them just is not fun at all. Anything we did try and do was cut off midway since it was taking too long and wasnt fun, then everyone wanted to move onto the next big cool epic thing all these youtubers were doing, and again we cut early since it wasnt fun.
Its sad people just cant really play the game how they truly want to anymore, and assume they need all this.
Minecraft 1.5 (the update which added hoppers) came out over a decade ago. Megafarms and megabases were already a thing back then. SMP servers trying to do crazy projects has been a thing since around multiplayer even came out.
I swear that at least 80% of all current and recent Minecraft UA-camrs and Creators in 2023 just do not know how to come up with and make their own style and forms of videos like in any way. One of the biggest draws of Minecraft as a game to begin with is the insane level of creative freedom you really have inside of the block world. It feels like almost all the modern generic UA-camrs do the same format over and over again. I feel like the reason the first few years of Minecraft on UA-cam was so Fun nd Enjoyable at the time and looked back on so fondly today was because almost every tuber did their own thing, had their own style of editing and video. Most actually had their own REAL personality along with all of that, it was just Authentic Genuine gamers who all loved a game and made it even better for the community by expressing that love for Minecraft.
Yes I was thinking about how worse the Algorithm gets every year on UA-cam while typing and watching this entire video. But this is more than Minecraft, this is an issue with the current world we live in with inflation, the way money is now and how terrible UA-cam has become. It’s really nothing whatsoever like it was before and I’m sad to say it but never will be that way EVER again……….
Atleast we still have some creators who create above the care of algorithm and do it all for the love of the topic and creation as a whole, and all the Old content from decades past. Again thanks Ryan this really needed to be spoken on all the way around.
Thank you for finally covering this subject, it was a necesary topic to cover
I've been waiting SOOOOO long for someone else to agree with me when it comes to how the Minecraft community does their content. They are all so much the same, some people (SMPs specifically) push and pressure you to do VERY almost perfect when it comes to editing and just... I wish the Minecraft community wasn't like this. It's great to finally have a video to prove that I am not alone in these thoughts. Thanks and I really do support you for making the video, it helps give evidence and suggestions that what I've said about Minecraft and it's community in the past, be supported.
Lately I have come to the realization that if making the same content over and over again is what it takes to make a living as a content creator, then it's not something to strive for.
As a hobbyist, I have the freedom to make whatever content I feel like making, talk about whatever I want to talk about, and perhaps form a small, but tight community that way. Additionally, while it may not pay the bills, a hobby has no right to stress me out and should, if anything, help me escape the daily grind. Turning it into a job, especially an unstable one if basically infinite hours, flies in the face of that idea.
I do enjoy the civilization experiments, but none of them come anywhere close to the level of quality or organically developed stories in ish's videos. Whenever one of his gets posted (which is not often) I legit make snacks and settle in like it's a movie night.
Lol i rememner the airplane video, it was something like "i built a moving airplane in minecraft" but he didnvt even build one, he commissioned someone for a hefty price.
I also have a problem with the civilization simulation videos and that problem is how realistic they are, I like my content to be somewhat realistic with a topic, but there’s nearly none of that for minecraft civilization videos, they always need something stupidly unrealistic to happen or the development of a civilization gets stupidly fast especially for ages like the bronze or iron ages
man I love this vid, it makes me have the motivation to keep making my nostalgia based serie. I didnt continue bcs no one watched my vids and bcs i dont have a good microphone and stuff. but i will keep trying :)
hey man, youve quickly become my favorite youtuber, and its only been 5 days. never had a favorite ytber before, but your videos and personality are just a perfect fit for what i love to see in a person and their content. i hope you never let yourself get caught in the clickbait, video formula side of youtube, your content is amazing for a relatively smaller youtuber
I am glad you called this out, and I think that you made the perfect video doing so. I deeply appreciate how you didn't try to tear down creators who are really putting genuine passion and hard work into their videos. You really did a perfect job with this video.
I didn't watch any other minecraft youtuber when I was younger, but what I loved about the yogscast videos was that there was always an underlying storyline, even with the modpack videos. It kept your attention.
Thanks for speaking on this as a creator yourself, i know there are many of us out there that feel this way too who can’t really voice it as viewers and players. Always great content from you Ryan, all love ☮️
I've kinda given up on watching minecraft youtube content recently. I grew up with minecraft in the 2010s and was addicted to the old style youtube videos. Chimneyswift, PopularMMOs, Yogs Cast (Shadow of Israphel was addicting), Captain Sparklez, Sky, Tru Moo, Antvenom, all of them. I remember that content being fun, entertaining and not lifeless. I had good memories with it and it is what led me to getting minecraft in about 2013 and I've still been playing it ever since. I mostly play modded because I played vanilla for so long mixing mods in every once in a while. Things with old minecraft youtube ended around 2016 for me, but I still find it. After watching this video makes me want to just bring back my channel as just a hobby and foucs on modded minecraft let's plays (even though I'm 99% certain let's plays are dead).
You know, it seems it's a rule that Minecraft videos are like...
• Have text popping up the screen everytime.
• Build something spectacular.
• Do some random challenge.
• Be in hardcore mode.
• Videos ending out of nowhere without any outro.
• Do the peace sign and punch the air in your intro.
• Collect some random rare items
• Use memes
• Do everything before 24 hours
THERE YOU GO.
I've legitimately have had a hard time trying finding good minecraft let's plays, it all seemes to be 100 day videos with a premise of being fast pace.
Fr... I miss the old days of Minecraft letsplays
Great video. always good to have another perspective on repetitive minecraft content
also I'm involved with some youtubers in the remaining community for manhunt so I'm glad you covered manhunt
because 95% of minecraft audience and player base is 6-15 year olds,not 12-20 year olds like back in the good old times when i played,no dumb updates,no dumb children and pedos,just people enjoying a game together playing high as a friend group,oh what a time to be alive so sad to see what gen z made of this historic game
This is the best video I’ve seen on this topic. It definitely needs a change something to make it feel more alive and interesting.
The first few years of Roosterteeth's MC Let'sPlays is what made me fall in love with their group and content as a whole. But that slowly died when it just became the same old... bland thing, with half of the team that actually made it funny and fun to watch left. I can understand things change, but sometimes it's not for the better.
Thank you for talking about this Ryan, I'm so sick of the popular MC "content" that's found it's way into every corner on this website.
Immediately got one of the thumbnail videos in my recommended, great vid
I love LTN because he does his 100 days differently, especially considering he created and pioneered the “genre”. You see the entire process, if not in an edited form. LTN did it best, and most authentically since he also live streams it all before condensing it into a video
I have huge respect for people who try to start up a normal, traditional let's play today instead of some overly gimmicked SMP with the world's most unfunny people
Yo this video really helped me feel better about making a video. I have restarted my Minecraft server at least 10 times and deleted all the footage I took of it bc I didn’t think it would be good enough. I think I’m gonna finally just make a video and stick to my modded play through. This video was amazing! Thank you
You brought up some good points I hadn’t thought about before in this video
Adventure maps no longer being popular broke something in me.
Maps in general are so absent not just in youtube but also in minecraft, which is such a big shame, maps are the main reason i used to watch mc content myself
I loved Ish's video and i never cared for any others, the high production and storylines (despite missing other stories and also being changed to better fit a high impact and drama filled story) were so well done i can't really fault it for being a part of the trend - it just was super good
While yes, its true many are making the same content, that has been the case for a very long time, its just different videos they were doing in the past but alot of them were the same format, some things change, but others stay the same. I believe that the difference now is that way more people are participating making alot of content oversaturated.
This just reinforces my thought on making my own Minecraft content that's intended to be like the old days. I've always been a big fan of The Yogscast. So much so I've been playing on a world generated via Modern Beta on Fabric to generate a world that resembles what The Shadow of Israphel terrain looked like.
Ultimately, I tried, but resorted to WorldEdit for bringing in the cities because of how daunting it all seemed to be long term.
I still have that world copied over to other modpacks, and i've been treasuring it as something to start on each time, retracing the steps of Simon and Lewis.
Good video but i think that you also forgot to mention the fact that with minecraft it's hard to original content since the game is 12 years old so most creators have to try and make something new from an existing content thats why really like the hermicraft gang (like you said), because they are all diferent and you are watching them interact with eachother, they also try to be diferent every season that also helps, but regardless great video (sorry for my english it's not my language).
It's a result of monetisation + popularity. But it's also a non-issue.
Repetitive and easy-to-digest content get views which get money, so full-time youtubers go for such content. Minecraft is more popular than ever, so it's no different. ANYTHING that is mainstream enough will end up like this.
That said, I don't understand why anyone would complain. *On the internet you choose the media you consume*. If you don't like the average youtuber, just ignore the slurry of mainstream content and look for more "soulful" creators. The algorithm might not recommend them to you but your friend might. Actually the algorithm can recommend you such content but you have to start watching such creators first while saying "not interested" to clickbait.
No one is forcing you to watch those impossible build/100 days/whatever videos.
This is not just happening with Minecraft content, this is actually happening site-wide across just about any type of video. MatPat made a theory about it called “Why UA-cam Feels Boring”.
Nice to see someone else using Davinci Resolve for editing 😉Great video and great points!
this video is the perfect way to wrap this off, bc bro not only criticized the current spectrum, but he also defended it at some extend, giving both sides from one person
I subscribed because you made a video series going through every Minecraft update which hasn't finished yet. Not many are doing something like that, with two I can think of right now being bugmancx and KalCM. So if I were to guess, the next big trend will be a "Minecraft through the updates" series from creators who see their numbers start to tank and are looking for an alternative. The similarities would disappear as each creator takes the changes in different ways and styles. Then again, what do I know? I'm just a trollfacing Wario.
Same! Bugmancx's Journey is my favourite minecraft series atm, and I'll check KalCM too! Thanks :)
Grian actually did an Evolution series around 5 years ago, and I never got around to watching it while it was coming out, but eventually I did around the start of this year and it was really entertaining, especially since it was right before he joined Hermitcraft, so the way he makes videos today began through that series. Give it a watch maybe and see if you like it.
Also I think a "Minecraft through the updates" trend is a very possible soon enough, older versions have been trending recently. I hope it does trend, I'm so sick of seeing such fast paced epileptic attack enducing videos and it'd be great to watch more slower paced videos that go back to the basics
@@christhebear2003 Found a playlist of the Minecraft Evolution series. Not only did it start around 6 years ago but it's also an SMP server. Will have to watch it at some point. You were close though.
@@wariodude128 Yes it’s the first SMP he had done at the time (excluding a failed attempt called Arkus SMP) which makes it more fun to watch in my opinion. If you do watch it, I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Yeah, i've been dealing with those showing up in my reccs for ages now, it feels.
Been feeling this way for along time❤ good video
I feel bad for LukeTheNotable, the guy who originally made the HC 100 days video. He really accidentally unleashed Pandoras Box upon Minecraft on youtube. His og series is great, and you can tell with his commentary that hes ENJOYING it. So many others sound borderline corporate on how they talk, fake enthusiasm and all.
Edit: Made that comment before watching the video, glad you brought him up
Yeah, plus what makes the original more entertaining is that LTN isn’t experienced,. Makes it more authentic
only 7 views? your underated.
As a person who wants to try to break into the content creating field albeit at a much slower pace (cuz uni), this really makes me a bit demotivated to start a hardcore world series cause I don't want to be in that trap where I have to keep making the same series and be unable to branch out to other parts of minecraft. I feel bad for those content creators who are stuck in that endless loop of making the same content until they get burnt out or fall into irrelevancy. Plus, it also sucks that unless I have a team to automate my video making and consistently upload videos I'll have to do all the dirty work of learning how to edit and make thumbnails just to keep up with the higher ups who are already well established and monetized.
This is a universal video regarding other platforms/creators too. I make music full time and have to promote my songs every day on TikTok, and I have to either create or follow trends of how music is being marketed to gain streams and perform well. It’s brutal when I just want to focus on making the music, but to make it a full time job, I have to be a full time content creator too & most of it comes from whatever is working well instead of genuinely creative ideas
This seems like rose tinted glasses
I honestly miss the older style lets play videos, not much editing and it was at a much slower pace.
some light finally, emerald tier video 👍👍 (additionally I agree with the mad fast pace editing, it just puts you off)
Man remember when UA-cam was about broadcasting yourself and going viral via actually good content and not copying the same cookie cutter templates over and over again for the brain rotting masses
aw man. "UA-cam: Broadcast Yourself." now THAT's nostalgic.
@@PaladinRyan I legit remember I reposted some random 1 minute BeamNG video from Reddit because I was bored and it got 200k views. Most viewed video of all time for me. Completely eclipsing the content I actually put my blood sweat and tears into. Needless to say I deleted it out of shame and anger that the algorithm and people can be so stupid
This is probably one of the biggest reasons for Minecraft players thinking the game is boring nowadays. I miss the good old days where you could record whatever you wanted in Minecraft and it would get views.
Such a good video, i personally am completely on your side, something has to change.
Important thing to note: The Manhunt idea was made first by Wilbur Soot, not Dream
Oh man, Flowstate! I've seen a few of his videos, and he's inspired me to try my own hand at content creation!
Yaknow, as soon as I can get a pc that'll run Minecraft at more than a solid 30 fps on absolute minimum settings WITH performance mods...
Honestly, when I found your Minecraft Evolution series I was like: Ooh, this is an interesting concept. Yeah, I will definitely give it a shot. And it's GREAT!
agree with you my friend ryan , i hope a day someone make a new idea
you deserve more than that (i talk about subs and views)
i miss old days of minecraft where everthing was simple and fun and everyone want just make fun and good videos
as a person who loves ( i mean LOVES) civillization experiments, yeah.. its very sad we don't have much unique stuff but theres always gems like some of the star wars and stuff etc but we need more orignal content, have one with a lot of disasters or make it where people can only go out at day otherwise a vampire player controlled civillization will descend upon them, look into the affects of the mind, the fear, or the happy part of it, look into how their society works there army there citizens everything.
THATS SO TRUE an effect or transisition is great and all but having to pull that off that's a
[heck] to deal with (mainly speaking from an art pov)
minecraft youtuber discovers capitalism, hijinks ensues