Youtube + Minecraft = Attention whores.

[Aphtonites]

Before you say "OMG PUT THIS IN ONE THREAD DURRR" just a heads up, this is discussing a lot about Youtube, so i put this in off-topic and in it's own respective thread.

Seen the huge rise of youtube videos and channels that attempt to use BIG BOLD TEXT in their thumbnails to throttle your attention? with EXCITING Thumbnails with BIG BOLD TEXT













It's like Ray William Johnson and the SHAYTARDS all over again, isn't it?







And my problem with these? It's like they deseperately need you to click them, if you do click them, you are greeted with "FAVORITE THIS PLEASE" "LIKE THIS PLEASE" "SUBSCRIBE TO ME PLEASE" and a huge wall of Facebook/twitter links.
Some even don't even try anymore, the favorites system is for when you loved a video, now when the owner told you to use it.



And these are usually the Most popular videos for minecraft, which seems unfair to me since there are a lot of people out there who have talent in making videos, who don't use marketing ploys like these but are left out in the cold.
And for the videos themselves...
They usually fall into these categories.

WOW I'M SO loving GENIUS I MADE A SONG PARODY ABOUT MINECRAFT, NOBODY'S DONE IT BEFORE!

THE ADVENTURES OF[Group name here]IN MINECRAFT

LET'S PLAY MINECRAFT - FOR THE 100TH TIME

GUYS PLAY MINECRAFT TOTALLY NOT EVERYONE PLAYS IT IT'S UNDERRATED AND UNDERHYPED NOW FAVORITE ME PLEASE

A generic music video.

And don't get me wrong, i know there are still the other half of Minecraft videos that don't these at all, but be honest, who ever actually finds that in their front page anymore?

Back in 2009 Minecraft videos were rare to find and were basic but enjoyable.

In 2010, it started getting more popular, more videos turned up and then Robin Walker blew the trigger by putting Minecraft on the TF2 blog, later in the year, everything started getting a bit overhyped.

Now, in 2011, it's like a huge bloated, overhyped pig that has cancer and wants to die, the videos just got more and more unoriginal but tacked on BIG BOLD TEXT , techno music, live action acting, guest starts, and whatever just to milk the views.

tl;dr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFyzadnA79k


So, anyone else with a similar opinion?

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[Sirherg1]

I blame seananners.

[PossesedAngel]

Actually noob adventures in my opinion is pretty great.

[TheArmyGuy]

X's adventures was the stuff in Alpha.
Now everything is just eyeraping viewwhoring stuff.

[Frostbyte]

I blame seananners.

This.

Also I still like Yogscast since they do some different stuff other than Minecraft and can be funny, ans Captian Sparklez is a very good animator and the song parodies IMO are pretty amazing.

[Muzzles56]

I'd rather see those icons than a boring frame of a hand and a life bar

[TheBlackParrot]

I actually like CaptainSparklez and Yogscast.

[cowman]

Yer there is way to many but I like yogscast cus that do stuff in there bids and make it exiting but there are to many tellin you to sub and stuff :/

[Bloxxed]

I watch Seananners because of his general awesomeness and full of humour, and then I watch Yogscast because its different to see British people to be laughing/laughed at.

And they do a WHOLE load of things like stuffting on Trailers, etc.

[Aphtonites]

X's adventures was the stuff in Alpha.
Now everything is just eyeraping viewwhoring stuff.

People are just milking Minecraft since they can get money through partnership.

[Aphtonites]

Bump.

[Zuero]

X's adventures was the stuff in Alpha.
Now everything is just eyeraping viewwhoring stuff.

i remember watching X's adventures before i got alpha

[brickybob]

I don't see anything wrong with asking for rating or favorite, it's not like he's twisting your arm to do it.

[Messes]

I don't see anything wrong with asking for rating or favorite, it's not like he's twisting your arm to do it.

this. he's just asking nicely.

and this:

I'd rather see those icons than a boring frame of a hand and a life bar

[Davy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFyzadnA79k

Oh god I remember this vid lol.