What exactly is content you make yourself? If you make a vlog talking about, say walmart, does that mean you founded the company? If you talk about a movie, did you direct that movie or write the script? It's no different, gamers vs non gamers, only difference is source material.
Whoa what do you guys make let's plays with? I never felt like investing any money or real effort into mine since it was just a side hobby to the music and comedy so I'd just record the audio with my camera and the video with quicktime screen capture. There's no editing that.[DOUBLEPOST=1399413818,1399413696][/DOUBLEPOST]
Depends on the vlogger or gamer really. Some gamers DO write scripts, and in that case yeah it's not that different. But if you're just pressing play and talking, there's no creative process, more a process of quick improv, or in some cases just saying whatever funny crap pops into your head. Which indeed can be entertaining, but only as entertaining as the person who's doing it is.[DOUBLEPOST=1399414097][/DOUBLEPOST]Oh and also I think by "completely make yourself" he's talking about how the visual aspect is creative as well. You must think of a backdrop for each scene, decide what you want in the shot, decide what outfits/costumes work best. If you're playing a game you know what's gonna be on the screen. The game. And I'm not trying to downplay LP's it's a legitimate form of vlogging I'm just saying I think I know where Rouge is coming from.
Well it all depends on the content creator . Let's take a random CoD/Minecraft gamer doing nothing but talking over some Minecraft/CoD footage ( which is really easy to record ) . All he does is to record a few scenes where he kills unlimited enemies or where he's building his house . Pretty easy stuff to do and it takes you maybe 20 minutes to get that footage .
Did you even read my post? I made the same point you did without the attitude or name calling. I actually said "Some gamers go the extra mile and work really hard on their stuff" the only thing you are adding to is that for some LPers perhaps the time and effort involved is just as much as it is for some vloggers. But I wasn't trying to say the EFFORT can't be the same, the amount of CREATIVITY involved is not going to be the same. But that's a nuance difference, either way I'm not sure why my post was the quote for this little rant.
There can be quite a bit creativity in a gaming video too, just in a different way than you expect. Take for example, minecraft, easily the most youtubed game ever. The creation is in the game itself, whatever the YouTuber may have created within the game and is sharing. Of course, again back to the first point, this doesn't necessarily apply to every minecraft video and not every game lends itself well to the creative process, some of them are just games on rails and need little to no thinking from the person playing. And some let your imagination run wild and cause you to come up with lots of different approaches to the same problem. Not trying to create an argument but presenting facts from another viewpoint.[DOUBLEPOST=1399415404,1399415143][/DOUBLEPOST]
People watch gaming videos for many reasons. Some watch it to learn how to accomplish something they want but don't know how. Some enjoy the commentary. Some may feel too alone and wish they had a friend to play these games together, and fill in this gap with videos. Some may try to find out if others are playing this game better than themselves, and if so, how. Unless you go and ask, you'll never know why they do it. The analytics show us that they do.
I'm not calling you names or anything . I did read your post and that's why I quoted you . We said the same thing but I said it from the gamer's prospective . I have to disagree on the creativity . Yes , you are limited by the game but there are no limits to the usage of the footage . There are no limits to the video editing and 3D/4D animated scenes . I know people working on a 10 minutes long montage for 2 months ( And they already have all the footage ) .
As I said , it took me 76 hours of game time to get that game done perfectly .I agree Symph, it's just never a good idea to generalize too much. I've said it before, there's good and bad and mediocre at each category but many prefer to think grass is greener on the other side. I don't think any different about a low effort gaming channel than a low effort vlog, both categories can be tough depending on what you're trying to accomplish, or stupid easy if you won't put any effort into it.[DOUBLEPOST=1399414476,1399414234][/DOUBLEPOST]Doing a walk through isn't easy either, takes a lot of attempts just to get it right for yourself. You need the old thief videos in there Patrick! Nice job