Channel update: There is something I need to have fully decided BEFORE I try growing the side channel.
And that thing is: quantity or quality?
Do I do a couple of videos a week with S-tier editing, where I spend hours trying to get the perfect run/match, designed to get maximum views? (quality - more appealing to casual viewers but doesn't make enough content for the superfans who want more)
Or do I do 7+ videos a week where I just make every run/match I do into a video, use lazy screenshots for thumbnails, do the bare minimum for editing, etc. (quantity - unappealing to casual viewers but makes plenty of content for the superfans)
From a creative perspective I don't like the mental pressure that comes with expectations for quality but I also tend to burnout when I go the quantity route.
So I need to do some more experimenting to find out which works right for me. I think the main thing I need to test is: if I go the quantity route, how many videos a week can I do sustainably long-term without burning out?
So that's what I'm going to do for now on the main channel: just do some personal limit testing to see where my burnout threshold is and then once I know where it is, make sure to always stay under that threshold. And once I do that, if I'm able to make enough videos to go the quantity route (and enough of you guys like it), then I can start doing it over on the variety side channel (unless the variety content on the main channel all of a sudden starts doing well by then, in which case swapping to the side channel for algorithm reasons wouldn't be necessary).
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Channel update: There is something I need to have fully decided BEFORE I try growing the side channel.
And that thing is: quantity or quality?
Do I do a couple of videos a week with S-tier editing, where I spend hours trying to get the perfect run/match, designed to get maximum views? (quality - more appealing to casual viewers but doesn't make enough content for the superfans who want more)
Or do I do 7+ videos a week where I just make every run/match I do into a video, use lazy screenshots for thumbnails, do the bare minimum for editing, etc. (quantity - unappealing to casual viewers but makes plenty of content for the superfans)
From a creative perspective I don't like the mental pressure that comes with expectations for quality but I also tend to burnout when I go the quantity route.
So I need to do some more experimenting to find out which works right for me. I think the main thing I need to test is: if I go the quantity route, how many videos a week can I do sustainably long-term without burning out?
So that's what I'm going to do for now on the main channel: just do some personal limit testing to see where my burnout threshold is and then once I know where it is, make sure to always stay under that threshold. And once I do that, if I'm able to make enough videos to go the quantity route (and enough of you guys like it), then I can start doing it over on the variety side channel (unless the variety content on the main channel all of a sudden starts doing well by then, in which case swapping to the side channel for algorithm reasons wouldn't be necessary).
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