Rockotar

Update: I am an idiot, I was overreacting, my Sofia video is doing a lot better now, sorry for sounding the alarm, I'm just used to being screwed over and assumed the worst.

So this is an apology for perhaps being too negative in my last post.

I mean, my financial situation is still pretty poor, but if this video does at least decently, I'll probably be fine for a while longer.

Anyway, you can dump your ideas for names for my second "casual" channel here now if the last post was too negative. I don't want you all to think I'm manipulating you to feel bad for me, so I wanted to apologize if I made it seem like that. You guys owe me nothing, my rants are never your fault, it's the nonsensical state of the world that is the problem and why I find myself constantly frustrated.

1 month ago | [YT] | 392

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Edit: views are getting a little better on my video, so maybe I just panicked too soon. But still, I'd like to hear your suggestions on the second channel idea


ORIGINAL POST: So good news and bad news (mostly bad).

Good news, my Sofia video finally came out.

Bad news, it is currently performing ABYSMALLY in the algorithm (Edit: actually it's picked up now, so I was being too pessimistic). My monthly revenue has also dropped below survivable level again, as in, if it doesn't go back up to at least $2000 a month, I have to quit YouTube (and become homeless because I have literally no idea what else to do) because I literally won't be making enough to pay rent to my Dad.

Despite the size of my channel, my Patreon makes me pennies because no one actually seems to want to support me save the 8 individuals who are actually on there (extra thankful to them despite the fact that I barely make much from their donations combined).

I'm way too poor to pay for editors or assistants, so I can't publish things faster, which is borderline required to make a decent amount of money.

However, there is one slim hope for me. The only way I could be able to get more videos out faster without any help.

I was considering making another channel for lightly (barely) edited videos where I just dump my thoughts on various things that aren't good enough to justify a normal high effort edited video. Think channels like Topic Arlo, Bandy's Bin, or Scott's Stash.

If I did make this channel though, I have no idea what I would call it, so please give suggestions below.

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 251

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If anyone is wondering why I haven't uploaded in a while, that's because my latest video got delayed by TWO WEEKS, part of that was an last minute trip cutting into my time, but that was only for a couple days, and recently, I have lost time because of Christmas. BUT MOSTLY it is YouTube's PURE BULLCRAP copyright system downright BULLYING ME, I have tried uploading my latest video SEVEN TIMES (it takes minimum of 15 HOURS to attempt an upload 3 to export from Premier Pro and 12-16 to upload to YouTube, so every failed try is a full day's delay, and the system keeps telling me it has new problems or that my already INSANE re-edits aren't good enough (I have put clips in boxes, reversed them AND made them black and white, the latter two steps I have NEVER even had to do before, yet apparently that isn't good enough, these are literal 2-3 second clips by the way).

1 month ago | [YT] | 264

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Catastrophic news guys.

Not only did my Sofia song Ranking get delayed by a couple days but some bullcraper is trolling or something and trying to get my Inside Out 2 video taken down, because it was just BLOCKED globally for "CoPyRiGhT" which has NEVER happened to a video AFTER IT WAS ALREADY ON YOUTUBE FOR A YEAR+ with no issues.

I've had bullcrap claims steal my money before, but NEVER FULLY BLOCK a video. This is new levels of BULL BULL.

I will try to fix it, but if I can't restore the video I will have no choice but to completely re-upload it, so FYI if you get notified of the video being uploaded in the future that will be because I had to take drastic measures.

1 month ago | [YT] | 230

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So, I've been working very hard on my next video, and I am not exaggerating when I say "it ended up being longer than I expected", both in terms of time spent making it and actual video length. this will be my longest video yet, BY A SIGNIFICANT MARGIN.

2 months ago | [YT] | 129

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Greetings Iconic Individuals. I wanted to let you all know that I recently revamped my Patreon and Channel Memberships.

Channel Memberships now have custom emoji, if more people join then I will be able to add more Emoji (I am limited to a max of 4 until the number of people who have memberships increases). Additionally, I have submitted a $1 tier (it has to be approved by YouTube before it's available), which is half as expensive as the only available tier previously, and it has all the same benefits.

As for Patreon, I am starting a new Early Access series there, in this series you can see finished segments from a work in progress long term video and better yet, every 3rd Early Access video will be available for FREE, so even if you aren't a paying Patron, you can still see some early content. And if you want to see the rest + exclusives and getting your name in the credits of my videos, then you can sign up for as little as $1 a month.

Channel memberships: youtube.com/channel/UCna3V_nD4YFDFKA2dKNHbVw/join

Patreon: patreon.com/Rockotar?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source…

4 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 185

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Greetings, sorry (once again) for the delay in uploads. I've got another video coming this week, but for now I have another new thing available.

I had previously created a Discord for my Patrons on Patreon, but because I have so few partons (RIP) they have agreed for the sake of the server, to make it public.

So if you wanna join my Discord, its now open to everyone!

discord.gg/FuSkxkZATz

4 months ago | [YT] | 118

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If you're wondering why it's been so long since my last upload, this is why: My next video, which was initially just going to be "another video" ended up ballooning into an hour long video. Also my schedule has been off recently and something something Nintendo.

Anyway, I hope you all have the patience to wait just a little longer, I'm pretty confident I can get the video out by next week at my current pace.

9 months ago | [YT] | 245

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Greetings, I have just updated my channel banner image, what do you guys think?

9 months ago | [YT] | 257

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Greetings. I just uploaded a video reaction to the Switch 2 Direct on my gaming channel. I thought I'd let you guys know in case you were interested.

One of these days I'd like to make some videos talking about video games (especially Nintendo ones). However I've been type casted by YouTube as "The Disney Guy" and videos that are not Disney animation related rarely perform well, and because this is my job, I can't take too many risks, so we'll have to see if I ever get around to talking about my favorite (and least favorite) games.

10 months ago | [YT] | 75