My channel: http://www.youtube.com/pandacollective
Why hello thar! When GW2 launched I chose to make it the first game I recorded for a brand new Youtube channel. Im two months down the line and the channel is running relatively smoothly but I am lacking in the subs department. A good proportion of my videos have commentary- I figured that with the sheer amount of GW2 videos posted id have more of a chance if I use my winning personality (or lack thereof!) to pull the viewers in.
In the future I hope to cover more than just Guild Wars 2 and BL2. I plan on doing a series called ‘The first few hours of…’ where I will play games that I might not normally play in the hope that I can get some half decent reaction videos. If the videos become ‘popular’ then I might carry on playing the game in question. But being that I’m not sure I should be advertising this fact on the GW2 noticeboard I’ll shut-up and just ask that you watch a few of my videos and give me some pointers!
I know that I’ve got a long way to go and that at times my mic work could be considered poor. Ive noticed that I occasionally sound tired and are trying to rectify this. I have also chosen to avoid making informative videos such as guides and reviews due to the fact that I’m simply not knowledgeable enough about the games industry and the games that I’m playing. I guess my Vista and Jumping Puzzle videos could act as guides by saying ’Don’t do what I do!’
But in all seriousness I’m a dumb gamer and want to market myself as one!
Ok so after that essay we get to the real reason why Ive posted- I’m interested to know ways that I can improve with regards to my role as a ’Let’s Play’ speaker and whether there are any improvements I can make with regards to the production of the videos. Feel free to be brutally honest so long as its part of constructive criticism. Bare in mind however that my earlier videos (especially my very first) were not that great at all. Do you think my channel would benefit making my videos a little more informative or should I stay down the ‘silly route’? I am now two months in and feel its about time I sought advice as to how I can improve and move the channel forward. Thanks in advance guys and gals.
Retired and living in a shack. Relaxing!