Thoughts On

Guys, i touched on this idea briefly on my recent tweets, not like many people pay attention but still.
Im going to be launching a Thoughts On series, and i have several reasons for this.

There seems to be a lack of opinionative videos out there and instead are bias to please their fanbase.
I have nothing against pleading them but im not changing my views to please other people ;D

So im going to be starting a Thoughts On series, its a mixture between a review and personal opinion on games.
Ill be either playing games ive already played through, or ill be playing demos available on the Steam/Playstation Store and ill give my first impressions.

Hopefully this brings out my communities opinions in the comments second.

The Thoughts On series are going to be short snappy videos, hopefully informative, opinionative and every episode will be uploaded here, as i want to start getting traffic to my blog.

I hope you stay tuned in for the series

The channel it'll be uploaded to: http://www.youtube.com/user/wumblr

Ragecomics

Havent laughed at a rage comic in a long time.
They are massively repetitive, but, this one just got me.
I have no idea what it quotes, but i just broke down in tears.

If anyone could tell me what this quotes, if you found this funny.

Comment below, ahaha.

Tips for Commentators and New YouTubers

I have no problem with helping other people off their feet with YouTube, so sure, ill give you some tips, best of luck.

Tips:
1) Try and ensure the best quality
This means video quality AND audio quality
Audio quality is a lot more important than you think.
Dont be afraid to splash out on a better mic for crisp commentary

2) Be original
Try and get a piece of paper or open MSPaint and Mindmap
Try and get creative with your friends,
No one wants to see copies of the same thing 100 times, for example, Road to Commander series.

3) Be energetic
Have a coffee or a chocolate bar before recording

4) Commentary
Get a decent mic.    
Low price: Microsoft LX3000 Headset (£30)
Middle Price: Turtlebeach or Astro Headset
High Price: Blue Yeti or a Consender Mic

If your going to go for the high price ones, if your rich or something, id suggest splashing out on a pop filter and an arm for it too, so it holds it away from your face aswell as holds the pop filter in place.

Make sure you have a sip/glass of water before recording so your throat is clear and not groggy

Have a vague idea on what topics your gonna mention and base the commentary on,  no need for a script, i never do that, i just have 3 vague ideas and then mumble about them..  It seems to work, no? ;D

5) Network
Interact with the community, Checking out my channel/channel comments is a good way to find out whos active in the community. Also, it depends what community your in

FPS guys need to go to these channel's channel comments and then branch off to people who've posted from there;

http://www.youtube.com/user/machinimarespawn
http://www.youtube.com/user/OpticNation
http://www.youtube.com/user/FazeClan
http://www.youtube.com/user/TGN
http://www.youtube.com/user/machinimarespawn


RPG guys should go here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/machinimarealm
http://www.youtube.com/user/HERO
http://www.youtube.com/user/BlueXephos
http://www.youtube.com/user/hybridpanda
http://www.youtube.com/user/AntVenom
http://www.youtube.com/user/ChimneySwift11
http://www.youtube.com/user/TobyGames


Anyone else should just go here, meaning, non-gamers;

http://www.youtube.com/user/CTFxC
http://www.youtube.com/user/Onision
http://www.youtube.com/user/machinima
http://www.youtube.com/user/shanedawsontv
http://www.youtube.com/user/RayWilliamJohnson
http://www.youtube.com/user/Tobuscus

Networking and Social Interaction

Social interaction is one of the most important things known to mankind.
This is no different via the internet, if you want to successfully 'get out there', you're going to have to network.
You have to branch yourself out, like a giant tree, with loads of different offtrails, spreading to unrecognised locations.

If you want to be successful at anything on the internet, a good tip is to involve yourself into communities.
I will once again, use my YouTube channel as an example.
I am signed up for basically every social network imagineable, im also a member of 2-3 forums.
I try and aim for well populated places, which are, of course, on topic for the niche i try to fufill.

Im signed up for a Call of Duty-based forum and the Official Minecraft Forums which are now owned by Curse.  These are brilliant places for me to branch off into, and everywhere i post on the internet, usually refers back to my hub, which is my YouTube channel.    Every website im signed up for has a link to them.

My twitter, tumblr, facebook, last.fm, bebo, myspace, foursquare, flickr, imgur, photobucket and all the forums im signed up for, are linked together and all refer back to my YouTube channel.

This is a clever idea, because it means you direct traffic to that main hub of origin, if all your profiles are linked to it.  Image signatures that have click-through links are amazingly powerful tools for forums.

Meaning you can post in approximately 50 popular forum threads, and if your signature is eyecatching, could catch the attention of all future traffic to that thread, now for example, on average, Minecraft Forum threads get amazingly popular, therefore, say i post in a recently released mod thread, and i get one of the first posts, and i have my signature there, below my post, it could be seen to around 10,000 people, which is amazing.

Social networks are powerful tools, so use them to your advantage.
The only real social network i use for its real purpose is Twitter, as its easy and effective, and its there to update people on the hub, that is, my YouTube channel.


I wish you all success and i hope you enjoyed the post.
Look forward to more.

Back to Basics

So Me and Arran are back to doing a Lets Play series together.
Might be a regulary updated one on my channel.

The videos i used to make with Arran were probably the ones i learnt how to make videos with.
The times we had on moarcast, and yeah, now ive learned new things, and are still learning, the videos have improved.

So hopefully, you guys enjoy it.
Thanks audience.  All feedback is appreciated.

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A Creative Outlet

Creative Outlets.

Most of us have some sort of outlet for our creativity, if that be art or sound or something along those lines.

I find that my creative outlet is YouTube, thats why, even though, i see it as my job, i enjoy doing it.

I of course, arent actually employed yet, but of course, thats an aspiration of mine, to eventually become employed by YouTube.

I have a lot of fun creating a lot of videos, i just love producing media and hearing feedback on how people enjoy it. It just fascinates me, its something i love to do. 

I also have the problem of explaining my hobby to people that dont understand as well, seeing it as a waste of time. I dont exactly think anyone has the right to call my creative outlet 'A waste of time', i mean, what would happen if that wasnt there for me to do? Id sit here, being uncreative, and rotting..  

Perhaps spending more time doing coursework, but what would be the point in the long run?

Id be doing coursework to improve my chance of obvious getting a good grade in my college work, where im studying for a Diploma in IT and Media, now, if i didnt have the good old 'creativity' firing up again and again, i wouldnt put that media diploma to much use, as im looking to become something along the lines of a Game Designer/Programmer, now that wouldnt be possible without creativity, creativity in that job is probably more important than the qualifications.

I have fun with what i do.  Which means im doing it right, and that i should keep on doing it.

You should all see eye-to-eye with what im saying, as our creative outlets should all be kept close to us.

And dont let anyone dishearten you.  Keep being creative.