Tips would defend on what your goal with the YouTube series is. For me, I'm drawn to a youtuber like Mr. Hurriicane because of his vocal energy. In the video you posted, it's too relaxed, which doesn't make me want to stay engaged in the video. Within 90 seconds, unfortunately, I was in another tab formulating this response because I didn't feel sucked into the video.
Also, I think post-commentary works best for sports games instead of live commentary. Again, someone like Mr. Hurriicane excels at this. He has had years of practice making these types of videos, but his broadcast style helps give an authentic, non-video-game feel to what is just a bunch of people watching a recorded game of NCAA 14 that a stranger played. Making it feel like you're watching a real game and team with story lines, a broadcast feel and post-commentary instead of live commentary are integral.
I think that the best youtube sports guys -- at least the ones that I watch -- produce content that I think would work well as a written Operation Sports Dynasty thread, like some of the best ones here (
Cheese, for instance) and vice-versa. The written dynasties on here do what Mr. Hurriicane or someone like
StraitOuttaBoston (used to) do.
That doesn't mean that live commentary couldn't work, because there's examples of that, too.
Johnny on the 2bcproductions channel does great NHL dynasties which are live com's, but his are also sim dynasties and not gameplay -- though he does gameplay with his Be A Pro series on NHL. I just feel that with live com's you have to be mega entertaining because if you aren't a gregarious personality, it can feel unstructured and rambling.
I've been thinking a lot about what I like in a youtuber recently, so these are just the first things that come to mind.
Now, all that said, if you're just posting it on youtube to have fun, then the video was just fine. I always enjoy watching some NCAA 14. Just run the youtube account the way that gives you the best enjoyment, and that might be by not following any of my advice, haha.
12-28-2016, 06:24 AM
