Youtube Video Trend: Let's Plays.

[Scrustle]

I think Let's Plays, or at least the type you described, started become popular once the Yogscast did. People were basically trying to copy them. Around the same time people found out that doing the same thing while screaming like a lunatic gets a lot of hits too.

I don't really understand the hate all these crappy Let's Play channels get though. Yeah, they are all just jumping on a band wagon because it's a piss easy way to make money, but the poor stuff can be easily avoided. They're not really hurting anyone who doesn't want to see them. You just ignore them. It seems unfair to say people aren't allowed do LPs because they're not good enough, people can do whatever they like. Eventually this fad will die down and the band wagoners will go away, leaving the good stuff left.

 

[DugMachine]

I only got into Let's Plays through The Creatures and actually wish I could cash in myself but so many people do it it's damn near impossible and I don't have a unique enough personality to stand out from the sea of tweens trying to do crappy LP's with their camcorders recording the screen.

And I don't see it lasting for more than another year or two so i'll just sit back and get my daily dose of Uberhaxornova and SSoHPKC

Best way to stick out is through quality.
The people you're referring to, are quite annoying to watch an lp from.
Idk how I did it, but just try and find a gimmick or some quirk that works for you.

Oh yeah I know they're not the greatest and definitely not everyone's cup of tea with all the yelling and what not, anyhow. Thanks for the advice but I already gave up and decided to stick with my studies and work

 

[scorptatious]

I like LP's for the most part. I usually like to watch LP's of games that I've already played so I can compare my thoughts about certain parts of the game to their's.

My personal favorite LPr's are HCBaily, SlimKirby, and Nintendocaprisun.

Someday I'd like to do LP's. Not because I want to be famous or anything, but it's just something I'd really want to do.

 

[Texas Joker 52]

I only got into Let's Plays through The Creatures and actually wish I could cash in myself but so many people do it it's damn near impossible and I don't have a unique enough personality to stand out from the sea of tweens trying to do crappy LP's with their camcorders recording the screen.

And I don't see it lasting for more than another year or two so i'll just sit back and get my daily dose of Uberhaxornova and SSoHPKC

Yes! Another fan of Seamus! It almost seems like hes just a wee-bit overshadowed by Nova, though I shrug that off mainly because Nova tends to be the loudest, craziest, and silliest of the Creatures.

Regardless, I love The Creatures as a whole. Well, except Kootra. After all, that guy smells. And is brown*.



*(Brown being a in-joke replacement word for just about anything in the Creature fandom, and not racist in any way, just to jump ahead of any possible implications.)

 

[DugMachine]

I only got into Let's Plays through The Creatures and actually wish I could cash in myself but so many people do it it's damn near impossible and I don't have a unique enough personality to stand out from the sea of tweens trying to do crappy LP's with their camcorders recording the screen.

And I don't see it lasting for more than another year or two so i'll just sit back and get my daily dose of Uberhaxornova and SSoHPKC

Yes! Another fan of Seamus! It almost seems like hes just a wee-bit overshadowed by Nova, though I shrug that off mainly because Nova tends to be the loudest, craziest, and silliest of the Creatures.

Regardless, I love The Creatures as a whole. Well, except Kootra. After all, that guy smells. And is brown*.



*(Brown being a in-joke replacement word for just about anything in the Creature fandom, and not racist in any way, just to jump ahead of any possible implications.)

Yay! You're the only other Creature Fan i've met here so far.

 

[RJ 17]

I watch all the Let's Play videos made by the Achievement Hunter crew. They're all pretty funny, but the two they did while playing Worms are absolutely hilarious.

Edit:
Eh, why not? I'll post'em. :3

Spoiler: Achievement Hunter crew playing Worms part 1 (strong language should be expected :P)

Spoiler: Achievement Hunter crew playing Worms part 2 (again, be ready for strong language :P)

 

[chadachada123]

I follow a couple of Youtubers, including some 'famous' ones: TotalBiscuit, Game Grumps, and PewdiePie, for example, though I've been shying away from PewdiePie lately. I also follow a couple of smaller, newer channels, if they interest me enough.

I agree completely that the market is over-saturated, though.

Edit: And I watch Achievement Hunter, because they're fucking hilarious. Their 2012 Olympics Let's Plays were incredible.

 

[Texas Joker 52]

Yay! You're the only other Creature Fan i've met here so far.

I don't understand why there aren't more Creature Cats on here. Though, I do remember someone with a James (Nova) Avatar on the forums. Then again, maybe they're too busy, what with SSoH's upload sprees. And Nova taking awhile on his own uploads sometimes.

 

[piinyouri]

I remember when I first encountered LP's.
It seemed like some time ago they seem to be focused more on just playing and showing you the game, and not talking and forcing bad jokes.

Wish they'd go back to that. LP's where invaluable to me when deciding if I wanted a game or not.

 

[In Search of Username]

I've been watching let's plays for ages now, I don't think they're a new thing at all. Could've increased in popularity recently though, I suppose, I doubt I'd notice.

 

[William Dickbringer]

It's obvious that some people only got into it because there's an audience (see: ad revenue) for it, and it's a little sad to see that regular people that do it because they care are overshadowed by Youtube "celebrities".

It's like pop music, really.

I know that feeling all too well.
I did a quality LP of DMC3 and excelled above most Lps of it.

Only problem was that the shitty lp got the spotlight because, A) She was more famous
B) Everyone was going nuts about a girl playing DMC3

and what infuriated me was that her fans were fucking rabid when I was laughing how every boss kicked her ass.

so yeah I'm somewhat bitter I averaged 2000 views when she averaged 30000

yeah them celebrity fans really get rabid I was watching azuritereactions play through ai-oni (or amnesia it was something popular) and every video has someone calling him a pewdie pie rip off and he got called a rip off of mikenuemonic cause he's been doing a LSD dream emulator playthrough too I'm kinda annoyed by it even more so when the celebrity says "we don't like it when you go out attacking people"
also what is your account I am curious to watch someone new

 

[DugMachine]

Yay! You're the only other Creature Fan i've met here so far.

I don't understand why there aren't more Creature Cats on here. Though, I do remember someone with a James (Nova) Avatar on the forums. Then again, maybe they're too busy, what with SSoH's upload sprees. And Nova taking awhile on his own uploads sometimes.

eh could be any number of reasons. They were some of the first LPs I watched so for that reason I like them. I enjoy their personalities although sometimes they get really personal with their 'haters' when I wish they would just ignore them. I like to watch for the games.

Also some people really are just in it for the game but they take it to a whole different level trying to get really hands on with their fans with the Creature Streams and such. I enjoy them but I can see why people would try to avoid them. Anyways it's fine i'll keep watching as long I keep laughing and having new content to watch.

 

[saluraropicrusa]

I do/have followed some Let's Players, and enjoy what they do. I love Game Grumps and Freelance Astronauts (who unfortunately aren't really active on youtube anymore--and I can't stand one of the commentators they have with them on their more recent LPs (irregularhunter)).

I followed Achievement Hunters' LPs for a while but gave up after it became almost nothing but yelling at Gavin. I also used to follow Spoiler Warning, but again sort of gave up after I got sick of one of the commentators (Rutskarn) and how they went off on a fan-gasm tangent over Half-Life 2 (which I didn't find interesting because I don't think HL2 is that great).

 

[Madara XIII]

It's obvious that some people only got into it because there's an audience (see: ad revenue) for it, and it's a little sad to see that regular people that do it because they care are overshadowed by Youtube "celebrities".

It's like pop music, really.

I know that feeling all too well.
I did a quality LP of DMC3 and excelled above most Lps of it.

Only problem was that the shitty lp got the spotlight because, A) She was more famous
B) Everyone was going nuts about a girl playing DMC3

and what infuriated me was that her fans were fucking rabid when I was laughing how every boss kicked her ass.

so yeah I'm somewhat bitter I averaged 2000 views when she averaged 30000

yeah them celebrity fans really get rabid I was watching azuritereactions play through ai-oni (or amnesia it was something popular) and every video has someone calling him a pewdie pie rip off and he got called a rip off of mikenuemonic cause he's been doing a LSD dream emulator playthrough too I'm kinda annoyed by it even more so when the celebrity says "we don't like it when you go out attacking people"
also what is your account I am curious to watch someone new

Preciate it.

It's
Youtube.com/MadaraXIII

The LPs I've done so far are

- Shadow of the Colossus
- DMC3 (One with Dante and one with Vergil)
- Vanquish
- Viewtiful Joe
- Asura's Wrath (A bit of Rage there, just because how Hype the game got me)
- MvC2
- UMVC3
- Skull Girls
- Naruto Generations

Plus Random Parodies on the side to keep my fans entertained between LPS

that and I'm finishing Portal, so there's bound to be an LP you'll particularly like.
Regardless the fans of the celebrities bother me more than the celebrities themselves considering I've talked with NintendoCapriSun and Lancun and those guys are at least down to earth dudes.

 

[ThePS1Fan]

Well, there's a difference between LPers who can provide relevant commentary and be funny and interesting and people who jump on any bandwagon and provide nothing but useless videos en mass to attract the lowest common denominator. Scare cam bullshit being the latest trend, because apparently pretending to be scared at not too scary games and breaking my ear drums with your terrible fake screams is the hot new thing.

 

[Black Arrow Officer]

My little brother does Minecraft lets plays with his friends. He's 12, I think that says enough about the quality of them. If you think you have the stomach, I dare you to watch them without cringing or closing out within 10 seconds. Yes, that's my dad in the background on a work call throughout most of the video. I know he's just having fun, but... good God!

 

[rayman56]

In case you couldn't tell from my avatar, I like the Creatures, particularly Seamus. He was one of the very first Lpers I started watching along with his royal freshness, Vash. I find them both very funny, Seamus for his dry sarcasstic sense of humor and inside jokes, and Vash for being one entertaining fool. I'll also watch people like Diction, Chilled, Dex, Hutch and Seananners.

 

[LordofSquirrels]

Relatively new channel's popped up (and by new, I mean more 'Recently Partnered' than anything else, the guy did rants before,) is ChristopherClever; I've started watching his videos more and more often, in part because he reminds me of a lot the aspects of Pewdiepie that I enjoy, with a similar style to him, but he isn't QUITE as high-strung, and therefore doesn't hurt my ears as much. D: And he even has some pretty good one-liners. xD

If anyone checks it out, and subscribes, totally should tell him ArtorAut sent ya. <.<

Also, sweet Jebas, you guys are ACTIVE. xD Most forums I come back after a couple of days, get three or four replies, but you guys keep picking up my threads and running away giggling with em. I like you guys. Marry me. :3 We'll find a church big enough! <_<

 

[Eddy-16]

I don't mind LP's as long as I get a laugh outta them, so mainly the Yogscast and Toby can't fathom how PewDiePie is so popular though the guy annoys the hell outta me and most of his fan base are annoying rabid douchebags as well.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I like LPs because well with Catherine for example I don't have the game, but I played it through the host.