Offering my most unbiased, constructive feedback for YOUR channel

LunaNoshi said:
hit up my channel please, id appreciate it! its jsut another generic gaming one, but maybe you could help me :)
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@LunaNoshi

Hey Luna, you know, your channel trailer is genius? I actually listened to the whole thing!

Things I love: Ohhhh the pink cheetah spot flap on your thumbnails is also Genius as is the text on your thumbnails- you are definitely are marketer in the making. You offer vanoss-esque gameplay with your friends that includes in-game chat styled videos which no one ever gets tired of. This also shows you are well received in the gaming community (namely Nexus, based on your well written about me!) You aren't afraid to try new things, ie Omar's house tour, 75 subscriber special (nice drawing lmfao), diverse game choices (but these games are always replayed like Sims, League and Gmods). You are very honest with yourself and others, which is very genuine and a great personality to have on social media. Your channel is very organized which I love! And again, you have an awesome network of supportive gamer friends, which speaks volumes about your character.

Things to improve:
1) Audio: I know a lot of the videos have in-game chat which you can't really improve audio upon. However, your own voice recordings could use a bit of EQ tweaking, getting rid of the background noise and the static.
2) Branding: I have noted that your thumbnails, also your banner (why not put black spots on your banner as well?), icon and even name are well branded. However, your content may come across as confusing to new viewers.
As a first time observer of your page, I clicked VIDEOS and off the bat see 8 branded pink cheetah thumbnails, a gameplay screenshot thumbnail, another pink branded thumbnail, a thumbnail of you, then a bunch of card gameplay screenshot thumbnails and so on. In order to attract the most people, ensure all of your videos have consistent thumbnails so that when people see them, they will say OH that's LUNANOSHI's video! Further, try to focus on the four games you mention in your channel trailer as the audience will be looking for these specifically in your gameplays. But also, if you want to feature games like Sims 4 as well, would you consider updating your channel trailer to include these games as well on the list?
3) Consistency: Uploading videos consistently will keep your channel in people's minds. 2 Months ago you had 6 videos, 3 months ago you had 1 etc. Being more frequent will gain you followers faster, especially if you share it on forums and on social media. People love your personality so why give them more of your awesome content?
4) Organization: I had mentioned that your channel is organized. To make it even better, why not make a playlist for strictly compilations? Right now they kind of just sit in between gameplays, so if I click on a compilation thinking it's a gameplay, I get a compilation instead.

I think you're an honest, genuine YouTuber with diverse tastes and a great attitude. If you keep it up, there is no telling where you will go. Good luck on your journey.
 
Hello,
I would love to get a review. We have been trying to improve as we go. Do you think we are heading in the right direction? And please let me know where we can improve from the smallest detail to any huge problems.
 
Christoverse said:
@Winger94

Hi Winger, I really appreciate those words. I know how difficult it can be on the journey, always nice to have a fresh perspective. Glad to help.

Things I love: Your banner is very bold, and representative of what you are trying to achieve. I love your logo, reminds me of a mix between jurassic park and WWE wrestling- just looks badass.
Facecam, audio and gameplay visuals are great quality
Your personality is genuine, and you look very into your gameplay which is a big plus
I love that you focus on Horror and Indie, and make it blatantly apparent in both your about me and your thumbnails/banner. This makes a big difference and makes you stand out.

Things to improve on:
1) since your channel is newer (a month old), you want to have Much shorter videos. This early on, having videos ranging from 12-23 minutes will make it difficult for your audience to want to continue watching. Now I definitely know how much time you spent on editing so don't delete them!
Solution: If you can make your new videos shorter, and gain your audience's trust, they will DEFINITELY watch your older videos later on because they are good.

2) In addition to shortening videos, your game choices, although GREAT games, they are older now, or not popular. Dead Space has been played thousands of times as has Five Night's at Freddy's or even One Late Night. There is nothing wrong with this, but people won't be searching for these games, so it'll limit attention to your page.
Solution: Either play brand new games, or search for free/indie/app games that have come out on steam, google play, itunes, psn (which ever system you use). This, plus a title of the game and GAMEPLAY will help a lot, esp when you share it on here.

3) Take out Liked videos from your created playlists so that people can focus on your channel for now.

4) It may help to put your popular uploads playlist at the top of your page.

Other than this, you show promise, and a deep interest in the gaming world as well as the gaming community, which will be positively received as you continue on. You have already stayed dedicated for a month, it will only become much better from here. I truly hope this helped, and I wish you good luck on your journey![DOUBLEPOST=1459540937,1459540817][/DOUBLEPOST]
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[DOUBLEPOST=1459585627][/DOUBLEPOST]You really don't know how much I appreciated your words, especially in a moment like this. In fact lately I feel a little bit down because even though my channel is young i'm not obtaining such a big amount of visibility and this makes me think that maybe there is a problem with me....
I know that the games I'm playing are not so popular and I really don't know how i can change it and at the same time staying in the same niche, the Horror/indie one, but I need to think about that.
Thanks again chris your words were so important to me![/QUOTE]
 
Christoverse said:
@Johnny_Seagull

Dude, your content is as eccentric as it gets... and it's BRILLIANT! Your channel trailer, icon, banner and about me reinforce the strange and amazing style 1000% so no complaints at all there. In 2 years, you have put out so much creative content and organized them into different series, that I don't see people ever getting bored. What's more, your work is so diverse and can be so out of the norm, that it will keep people coming back (that sausi in my pants) song was incredible. You have that "I need to share this with my friends" quality to your videos, which is the formula for a viral video. You guys have also improved a crap ton in 2 years video quality wise which is a huge plus.

In the same breath, things to note are:
1) In the new videos, since you film outdoors a lot, especially the LARPing one, you can hear the wind interfering with the sound at times. Do you have a windscreen by any chance? Alternatively, if you have a shotgun mic and a Zoom H1 (or similar), you can search YouTube and see how to make a DIY boom mic. It really works for sketches! Also, when the cameraperson adjusts the lens, you can definitely hear the lens moving. This can also be fixed with the shotgun/boom mic DIY fix. Essentially, your video quality has improved so much, tweaking the audio will do wonders for your productions.
2) If you want to go big on YouTube, as much as I do love your diversity, YouTubers may be a bit confused as to what you guys are trying to achieve. Yes it says "weird/ off kilter sketches every monday", but while some of your subs may love your music videos, others may love your Reviews or other series more. Because of this, your channel style fits that of Rooster Teeth. Having a schedule and putting out a balance of each series you have will give the audience an understanding of your pattern, and will be able to anticipate what is coming out/when. Again, you guys have such hilarious, such awesome content, but it may seem all over to place to people right now. Stabilizing the content will make the channel even more appealing/predictable to people.

Other than that, I see you guys doing really well if you keep it up because trust me when I say I am definitely sharing some of your vids with my friends later- they are so random they're hilarious. Good luck to you guys, hope I helped a bit![DOUBLEPOST=1459538717,1459535297][/DOUBLEPOST]
@Caleb "Caza" Wright

Hey Caleb, I really like the straightforward approach that you're doing.

However, I have quite a few ideas that can help you grow.

1) The quickest way to divert people's attention is to put in the about : I do a bit of everything. Many people on YouTube do many different things. But the problem is, the audience won't be able to fit you to a niche market and thus won't be able to differentiate you from everyone else. I want to know who MegaCaza is. I see you love to draw (nice drawings btw!) and also love gameplay. If you want to focus on those two, I say make a playlist for each and be consistent with those two things. That way, people will say "oh Mega Caza is the YouTuber who plays games but draws amazingly too!"

2) Take Subscriptions, Saved and Liked videos out of your main page so that it gets rid of clutter, and showcases your videos themselves.

3) Your older videos show gaming filmed from the television set while the newer ones are video captured. I would definitely private/delete the older videos so that it shows quality consistency.

4) I am not sure if you want to continue doing videos without commentary, which is fine because MK Fire and Ice does no commentary. But I suggest you write in the title (No Commentary). This will attract more people.

5) Audio in the Halo dialogue is not very easy to hear. I love the idea of using funny dialogue, just ensure it is louder than gameplay.

Basically, I love that you want to showcase your diverse interests, and you definitely can do this. Just ensure you have even a fraction of a plan as to how you want to do it. Once you have that, keep consistent and create that online personality so that people grow to know and love your work/you. Also, keep quality consistent and you'll give others a run for their money. Try even doing those fast sketch videos to show how you draw your cool art work! Keep it going and see your channel grow in no time.[DOUBLEPOST=1459539784][/DOUBLEPOST]

@MrMauriceTL

Hi Maurice- Right away your banner is friggin awesome, as is the cartoon version of yourself. Love the wink pose, represents the badassery/mischeviousness that is to come when watching your content. The welcome video is intriguing- music+visuals kept my eyes peeled. Love how your channel is organized between diverse games, funny moments and in real life videos. This will allow people to go watch videos that appeal to them. Big plus is that you consider "long videos" to be over 8 minutes, which will get you in people's good books (attention span has gone down). Audio and game sound is very balanced, great quality! So is editing and facecam to gaming ratio. Also love your enthusiasm!

Things to improve on:
1) Right away, your new uncharted video seems to freeze randomly (hence why I think you have dislikes on it). No matter how many times I play it it never loads. Make sure you test watch your videos out on YT before making them public.

2) It's great that you play new games ie. Layers of Fear, Walking Dead Michonne etc, since your channel focuses mostly on gaming and you already have a larger following, I suggest you find a series that either people haven't seen before, or haven't played a lot of yet and make that your own. Think PewDiePie's Happy Wheels series or VanossGaming's constant gMod gameplays. Your content is great, very conventional gaming channel that people already love. But to make yourself stand out, you need to have something they remember. Again, PewDiePie had like 200 happy wheels videos, DashieXP rages a lot, Faze play COD. You want something that people will say "okay Mr Maurice does gaming, but his ________ gameplay is SO funny and original) etc. This will get you growth even more rapidly.

Other than that, you really have some great stuff going here, you just want to capitalize on your strengths and make yourself stand out even more. I see you getting where you want to in no time, so I wish you the best of luck! Keep up the good work.
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Thanks a heap, man! I agree with you totally about audio, its 100% the next step in improving the quality. We use a shotgun and occasionally a boom with an external audio recorder, but don't have a proper wind shield.
As for what you said regarding breaking videos up into different series; its something I've thought about before and never really knew how to go about doing it, what with how different all of our videos are. The Rooster Teeth example is really helpful in that regard. Gives me a waaaay better idea of how I could go about it.
Anyway thanks again man, really appreciate it.
 
@Christoverse Hi, Thanks so much for the feedback. it is very descriptive and informative. I would take your feedback on board and hope to improve my channel. I have one last question to ask you. When you say Top Plays/Highlights do you mean my own or other peoples?

Thanks a lot :D
 
Christoverse said:
Hey Yttalk fam.

I know how valuable feedback can be for a channel, therefore, I am more than happy to offer some unbiased, straight to the point, constructive criticism in the hopes that I can assist you on your journey. I may also sub as well.

Let the reviews begin!
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Hey man it is nice to see people that help to the community. I hope you can spare some time to review mine and give some feedback. Cheers
 
Christoverse said:
Your positive, enthusiastic personality is awesome! Love how into the games you get, how passionate you are about your channel and I admire how you try to incorporate English/English subs into your videos even though it is not your native language. Your thumbnails are very gamer like which is wonderful bc you add text, episode numbers and perfect stills of your facial reactions. I also love your game choices (naked granpda, cat mario, egg returns home lmfao!) Even your positioning of everything in videos like clash royale is great (face cam on right, game in middle + overlays). You are also very consistent with videos and are definitely improving each time and finding yourself.

That being said, things to consider are:
1) Video duration: I know as a gamer, we have tons of footage and want to include all of it in there (trust me I know!) But since you are starting out, try to keep your gaming playthrough videos under 10 minutes until you gain more audience engagement (you had a 19 minute video, 13, 14, 14). I made this mistake on my first gaming vid I put it at 14 minutes and people were saying it was too long. For me, this is why I started doing gameplays that were one time gameplays which range from 3-10 minutes to keep the audiences attention. For playthroughs, I only do 10+ minute gameplays if it's my Game Talk Chill series which is more like a podcast than a gameplay. Once your audience learns more about you, trusts you and sees your style, then you can do longer videos as they will watch the whole thing.
2) Playthrough consistency: I see you are doing about 4 playthroughs right now (Cat Mario, Nox Timore, Egg Returns Home and House of Jump Scares). Given attention spans of the YouTube audience, you should keep it to 1-2 games at a time, and try to finish those first. If you play multiple games at once, it will confuse people, and you will not get as much engagement. Also, you will be splitting your focus, which may cause you to not be as into the game because you are going back and forth.
3) As with most others including myself, audio quality is a concern. In your Clash Royale video, your voice is loud and unclear at times. The EQ can be tweaked to make you sound clearer and try to lower the audio volume in post to make your voice softer.
4) Try adding more lighting in production/light in post production to minimize shadows.

That being said, your personality is exactly what YouTube needs. You are genuine, fun to watch and passionate about games. I see you going very far as time goes on and once you figure out your gameplay style. I wish you the best of luck Kevin!!
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Thank you so much :) will finish the game first then ><
about the audio,will buy a new mic soon enough
i realise my self the audio is kinda bad x.x
Thank you so much again
really appreciated
 
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