The Work You're Most Proud of is Often Not Going to be Your Most Popular, That's Life ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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- streamed Dec. 22, 2020
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The FACTS are strong with this one.
Trueunderdawg pog pog love your vids btw
great advice for people to remember
I'm friends with a few different artists of varying degrees of success. Often the most successful drawing they'll make isn't the one they put the most effort into, but just some random quick thing that appeals to whatever fad is popular at the time.
It can be heartbreaking to put days/weeks/months into something only to have it be overshadowed by your legacy of being "that guy who spent 5 mins drawing that meme comic"
Ultimately the best thing you can do is accept it, be nice to your new influx of viewers, and hope that whatever you're actually passionate about will manage to keep them around after your 5 mins of fame dies.
I don't know if Sajam is ever going to read this, but I wonder if he ever considered also uploading some short clips of his D&D sessions. Most people may be afraid of getting into hour long videos without knowing that much about D&D. A monthly/weekly highlight reel may pique the interest of these people.
I thought the same exact thing. I don't have the attention span for dnd sessions but I'll totally watch shorter highlight vids.
I think this would be a great idea, I've never watched Sajam's DnD videos before. Not because they're too long individually, but I just feel like I"d have to go back and watch sooooo many. I love the small videos he puts out.
My problem with the DnD is that I really like it, but I take really long to get through the sessions. So I'm like 23 episodes behind at this point, and because of that I can't even really watch the live sessions.
fuk ye pls. That would be sick and I would finally watch it.
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Same can be said about Among Us, most people did not care about the game or knew it even existed for over two years before it became extremely popular. I think the developers for Among Us did not set out to make one of the most popular games of the decade when they set out to make it but with time it did become that.
I think the main reason why this happens is because of the net being cast by a piece of work, the more resonant it is with people, the more niche it is usually. The video you make that will resonate with the most people possible won’t be as perfect because people’s interests are different. Your interests are very specific so the thing you’re most proud of will have the largest impact on the few people who are most like you.
One of the sudden recomended videos CZcams showrd me was a Sajam Assassins Creed 3 guide from like 10 years ago and some others, it answered the question of what sajam did in the past.
I keep getting that video recommendation for some reason too lol
“Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny” is one of my favorite comedies it’s so fuckin underrated
I relate to this video SO hard... I'll spend days working on a piece of art that I'm really proud of, showing off characters or stories that are important to me and trying really hard to get the lighting and colors just right. I post it up online and I get basically crickets. Then, conversely, I'll do a quick color drawing that appeals to a baser audience and is literally nothing more than a silly idea that takes me a couple of hours from start to finish, and it'll get SO much more attention. It can be disheartening if I think about it too hard.
Why is this Assassin's Creed youtuber talks about fighting games?
max's video about Modern Warfare 2 being his most popular is so funny to me
I think this has to be the most relatable thing for anyone who has tried creating things for an audience of some sort
the name of the movie is "the pick of destiny" btw. Tenacious D is the name of the band
I actually thought it was called tenacious d and the pick of destiny lol
Make an D&D campaign about saving Rollbackia.
Hey! Your cereal tierlist is the pinnacle of your content and don't you ever forget it
You should have named this video: Talking about the project L phenomenon, will riots fighting game FLOP?!!!!!!!
it won't it's a riot thing, it'll be just like Valorant.
poki won't know what's a wake up DP and it'll be funny to cringe seeing Tyler1 do Tyler1 things with it.
@@M4TTYN ＞it'll be just like Valorant
so it will flop?
@@third-ratedude4234 valorant cannibalized NA CS and the dev team has better transparency than valve. The only people that play CS are CIS players, brazilians, HvH players, and Team Liquid
@@DjVisarki yeah, i'm gonna need some citation for that, maybe a couple of player count graphs you can thrown to me
@@third-ratedude4234 9k EN viewers vs 20k EN viewers rn. Cope
Nothing but facts. It became much more noticeable as time went on but I'm still proud of everything I've worked on.
This resonates a lot 👌. Really appreciate your insight Sajam 👏
He really was in a bubble suit rolling around over to the Riot studios to play Project L.
Just a barrier to entry, more in-depth videos are sweet to the people into the subject matter but that's just a smaller number than people who have eaten cereal.
I mean, sometimes it comes down to "I like you, and I like this one thing you do but I have absolutely no interest in this other topic" IE Sajam is rad and insightful and handsome but God damn do I have negative interest in D&D sessions
I dont know what its like to be proud of your work, nothing i do is good
"Yeah, popularity isn't everything" -Marina of Splatoon 2
Ive wanted to try making videos and have always thought “what if it gets 10 views and its a waste of time” and ended up not bothering
Honestly i might just try it and see if i enjoy it regardless after watching this
You should do something because you want to do it and/or enjoy doing it. Don’t go into it expecting to get something out of it.
You never know until you try
Being mentally prepared for your work to flop is probably one of the most challenging parts of content creation at least for me anyways. It's so hard not to get hyped up on your own stuff that you believe it's going to do great only for rubber to hit the road and no one looks at it. It's hard not to get in your own head and try to figure out why and eventually work yourself into a point where talk yourself out of making more content but you just got to push through because eventually something will work.
For sure, as a photographer, I'm always reminded of that fact based on the reaction to my work.
Jesus i need this hammered into my mind weekly. The topic shows up once in a while and im thankful for it
Agree. I've made Pokemon TCG videos for more than half a decade and while they're getting next to zero views they're exactly what I want them to be. I'm unburdened though because it's purely a hobby I enjoy.
My understanding of fighting games has always informed my thoughts towards TCGs so I really enjoy your content and others like CoreAGaming.
My favorite video Gerald has ever done was his Need for Community video
great advice for creators to remember
Funny, your third most viewed video is reacting to Core-A’s “Why Button Mashing Doesn’t Work.”
You could be 100 people’s 9th favorite thing or you can be 10 people’s most favorite thing
absolutely love Magic Pixel
Video I spent hours on = 6 views.
Random gacha pull straight off phone = hundreds! 😞
The D&D show is one of my favorite things on your channel. I don't watch the videos right when they drop (I think I'm on Ep.14 atm), but it's my go-to when I need some background noise!
It's a shame that video of Gerald's isn't one of his best in terms of viewcount, as it is my personal favorite video (alongside "Why button mashing doesn't work") and the one I come back to the most from his channel.
Markiplier's channel is like this concept epitomized 😂
I have a video on my channel that has 20k views that was literally me making fun of a dude in a discord call for not knowing how to mute his mic and leaving it on when he left the room.
It is now the first video that appears if you google "How to Mute Mic on Discord".
Its not like theres much else on my channel, but I somehow doubt I will find that same level of success again.
Wow, I’m in the middle of making a tutorial, so this is relevant to me.
the obvious takeaway from this is... more tier lists plz
As an editor, the work you put your heart and soul into is normally beat in popularity by "lol low quality meme video go BRRRRRRR"
That's why you do both 💪 💯 👊
Magic Pixel is sick, thanks for doing it.
I love your your match analysis videos
Definitely the ones with tokido
I am so glad to see Sajam getting into Speedrunning #EZscape
I dunno why you'd be excited about rising thunder yet, we don't know anything about it. It could be total trash. Save yourself the worry and forget about it until they actually reveal anything about it.
I really really hope it's nice cause it will attract so many people who play league and that can really help the fgc of those people decide to stick around.
You can already play Rising Thunder lol. It's Project L that hasn't been released yet, but it's being built off of Rising Thunder.
Im actually very interested in the dnd sessions but I want to wait until theres a good backlog or until its over so I can binge watch it, I don’t like waiting for cliffhangers and stuff, idk if alot of other people are like that but I hope it isn’t discouraging you to make more.
i feel like if u focus too much on the numbers u just lose all ethics and morals and become jiyuna
To this day, my most successful video isn't a Tekken match/tutorial/combo vid, it isn't one of my SFV or USFIV vids, it's non of my SFxT vids that I worked hard on collabs with people - my most successful vid is a 30 sec clip from DOOM 2016 where the Doom guy bro fists a figurine.
I try to test this out countless times and same results, even on my channel the most getto thing I uploaded got the most views and the things that I put a bit of care too when to the shadow realm. I know the game but at what cost, I need to hit that point where I do what it takes
dude i went to the grocery store not too long ago and there was a cereal based on crayola crayons
Sajam or man who is sajam on youtube I think that it might be a cool and good idea to make the DND show more visible on the channel page as a featured playlist or something, namely because me and my dumb rock brain (which im sure many people on here have similar levels of do think good) cant find it without searching for it explicitly, which the kids these days just dont wanna do!
itll be sick
Magic Pixel is my favorite thing on youtube. Just sucks that its D&D campaigns are long and most people don't have the attention span or time required to watch them. Everyone who plays has a good personality, Rynge is a godlike DM, and its well put together. I hope I can keep watching Magic Pixel for years or at least watch whatever campaign comes after.
It’s the Deeee!
I love that movie! I know every line in it lol
Speaking of which, are there plans for any more episodes of Jam Radio? I really enjoyed em.
crazy that need for community ain't do well, when literally were all in endless amounts of communities to just funny a video on that didn't do well.
whats this legend of runeterra player doing talking about content creation?
THANK YOU! I'VE HATED ALL THOSE VIDEOS! IT'S ALL THE SAME STUFF ABOUT PROJECT L!
Still salty about Riot acquiring Radiant but hey.
lol sometimes, i make videos that i think are bangers, and i get bored watching my own content halfway. it's the highest form of embarrassment. but hey, i'mma keep trying. thanks, say jam.
Lol I remember seeing pick of destiny in theaters and it was dead lol
I call that shit the scar face effect
So true. My "how to make a bracket in challonge" video was rushed for a class assignment and it is the only video of mine with over 1k views lol.
To be fair, that’s something that many people who want to organize a tournament would want to watch, which is very different from making some video based on the newest internet fad.
@@snick7340 You are probably thinking of evergreen content, and to be fair, I guess you are right.
slimecicle has complained about his most viewed video being some fortnite video multiple times
CRAZY COOKY CARBIDE BABY
Radiohead good zero recognition for Creep, their most proud and greatest song. Despite their love for it most fans don't even know its in their discography.
For those who dont know its the exact opposite
@@dj_koen1265 lmao, I don't even remember this video
Water Sausage.
Wish you told me this like 4 days ago. Or 4 years ago if you're really feeling like saving me some time lol
"2 years out"
Try 4-5 years minimum ;~;
It’s definitely a motivation breaker. I’ve spent so many weeks making a single video and that thing will get like 3 views. Content creation is a strange and volatile experience.
This is true. My most viewed video was just some stupid Smash 4 match I uploaded lmfaoooooo
So the moral it story is find a balance between shitty algorithm content and content you wanna make?