Okay, breaking radio silence here for a bit of a rant/update - or something along those lines (wall of text incoming, you’ve been warned).
As I discussed in my latest video, Part II was a bit of a turn off- actually, more of a substantial turn off for me. And as those of you who watched it will know: as a result, I’ve felt completely out of it when it comes to anything tlou-related the past 6 months. To be quite honest, I don’t think I’ve been this detached from the fandom since before I actually played remastered for the first time almost 6 years ago.
My point is not to mope about the game not being up my alley. Already did that enough during my playthrough and subsequent discussion video. Rather, it is to voice my frustration on what to do next. Because regardless of part II being a letdown (for me personally), I still love making videos. I’m itching to make more content - but I’ve painted myself into a corner both creatively and audience-wise by pretty much exclusively doing tlou content for 3 years.
Let me explain:
Yes, everyone on YouTube says the only videos you should make are the ones you *want* to make. Even I’ve said that on several occasions. And it is indeed the truth, one that I still believe in. But it’s not the whole truth, YT is also a social experience. Not just a creative outlet. The audience is important too. There has to be a compromise, even if personal passions have priority. That’s why (alongside other factors like university studies too ofc) I’ve only published a single video since the end of summer.
Could I have made regular tlou content with part II material since then? Absolutely. But, as mentioned with the whole “do what you want thing” it would’ve become increasingly inauthentic since I wouldn’t have enjoyed it.
Could I have experimented with other content? Absolutely. But here’s where the audience thing comes in. I’m so incredibly grateful for everyone who’s supported the channel all this time, even when I’ve been completely absent for long periods like this several times. Which is why I don’t want to feel like I let all you guys down by not providing what you came here for - what you supported me for. I know how much it sucks when someone you follow just up and completely changes their whole thing. It leaves me at an impasse: can’t make tlou content (or at least part II) cause it’s not what I want, and can’t not make it cause it’s my entire “thing”, and surely what pretty much all of you came here for.
So my question to you is: what would you like to see from me in the future? It could be anything, playthroughs of other games, lore/discussion videos on other games or even something different altogether. No suggestion is dumb and I appreciate all of them!
P.S This doesn’t mean I’ll never make any tlou content, I do have some ideas I still wanna do that I’ve been sitting on for a long time - but that’ve been too huge of a task to actually go through with so far.
TheiPadCat
Okay, breaking radio silence here for a bit of a rant/update - or something along those lines (wall of text incoming, you’ve been warned).
As I discussed in my latest video, Part II was a bit of a turn off- actually, more of a substantial turn off for me. And as those of you who watched it will know: as a result, I’ve felt completely out of it when it comes to anything tlou-related the past 6 months.
To be quite honest, I don’t think I’ve been this detached from the fandom since before I actually played remastered for the first time almost 6 years ago.
My point is not to mope about the game not being up my alley. Already did that enough during my playthrough and subsequent discussion video. Rather, it is to voice my frustration on what to do next. Because regardless of part II being a letdown (for me personally), I still love making videos. I’m itching to make more content - but I’ve painted myself into a corner both creatively and audience-wise by pretty much exclusively doing tlou content for 3 years.
Let me explain:
Yes, everyone on YouTube says the only videos you should make are the ones you *want* to make. Even I’ve said that on several occasions. And it is indeed the truth, one that I still believe in. But it’s not the whole truth, YT is also a social experience. Not just a creative outlet. The audience is important too. There has to be a compromise, even if personal passions have priority. That’s why (alongside other factors like university studies too ofc) I’ve only published a single video since the end of summer.
Could I have made regular tlou content with part II material since then? Absolutely.
But, as mentioned with the whole “do what you want thing” it would’ve become increasingly inauthentic since I wouldn’t have enjoyed it.
Could I have experimented with other content? Absolutely.
But here’s where the audience thing comes in. I’m so incredibly grateful for everyone who’s supported the channel all this time, even when I’ve been completely absent for long periods like this several times. Which is why I don’t want to feel like I let all you guys down by not providing what you came here for - what you supported me for.
I know how much it sucks when someone you follow just up and completely changes their whole thing.
It leaves me at an impasse: can’t make tlou content (or at least part II) cause it’s not what I want, and can’t not make it cause it’s my entire “thing”, and surely what pretty much all of you came here for.
So my question to you is: what would you like to see from me in the future? It could be anything, playthroughs of other games, lore/discussion videos on other games or even something different altogether. No suggestion is dumb and I appreciate all of them!
P.S
This doesn’t mean I’ll never make any tlou content, I do have some ideas I still wanna do that I’ve been sitting on for a long time - but that’ve been too huge of a task to actually go through with so far.
<3
//TheiPadCat
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