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LurkerJ on 01 August 2021
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ZyroXZ2 said:

LurkerJ said:

Well, stating buying a car is a lot more complex doesn't mean much if you just go ahead and continue comparing them anyway. It's not remotely comparable, and as I mentioned, I am not gonna race to the bottom just to convince you otherwise. 

As for criticising your name, it wasn't an attempt to put you down or anything. As I mentioned, if your infamous review is anything to go by, it's only a matter of time before you're "discovered". Fyi, I thought Xbox 360 and Xbox one were stupid names, I don't mind Xbox series sounds like a step up to me, series S & X can only mean there will be Y & Z sooner than later, a great way to differentiate how powerful Xboxes are without needlessly throwing around the Pro moniker. Can you not change your xbox/PSN name? just wondering. 

Oh I know you weren't, I'm agreeing because you're not only not the first to mention this to me (and I include real life examples in this lol), but I already knew the name was arbitrary because it had to be.  In the old days, it was just "Zyro", but you can imagine that someone beat me to the punch as time went on and I couldn't use it anymore.  Queue not-entirely-but-mostly random add-ons, and THEN queue me also using that for my PSN username which for the longest time could not be changed.  I had a PS3 before an Xbox One, so eventually I just had to keep using it or risk having slightly different usernames here and there.  Eventually it just kept going because there was no point in changing it for Ubisoft Connect, or EA Desktop (called different things before), or Epic Games Launcher, etc. etc.  I'm fully aware it's absolutely garbage to most eyes, a string of nonsense, but the consistency is what I'm currently banking on and changing it now would be... well... kind of rough, no?

And for the record, like in other threads, I'm very open to constructive criticism, it's just that when October hits, I'll have been doing gaming for four years (makes me sad when I realize how small I still am!) and have seen/heard the vast majority of things people tell me about my channel lmao

How old are you? 

Search "Youtube Academy" by Ali Abdaal. I am sure it will change your approach to Youtube videos and open your eyes to how you can improve and increase your chances of success. I can give you detailed feedback but I am no expert, I am sure you'll learn a lot more joining the academy, take it from someone who failed at what they wanted to do for twice as long as you did, don't stop but it's probably do things differently which I hope something like the Youtube Academy can help.

Few things to consider, the visual set up really needs a shake up, so does the sound. My dude, those gunshot effects aren't appealing and distressing in my opinion. I just watched your Ghost review, I think your original sound in the infamous review is a lot better and very commercial actually (didn't realise it was 4 years old!). I am not sure your cowboy persona should be the face of the channel, I get that you like it, it doesn't have to disappear, but maybe cameos or brief appearances instead? In any case, no expert here, but the world is full of media to consume, devices to use, and operating systems to choose from. Chase the "Apple model", go for taste, go for what people perceive as "beautiful presentation". You got the original content excellently already, but you need to work on your presentation, starting with the setup. Marques Brownlee is one of the most popular tech youtubers, yet his content is mostly flat, superficial and just not informative enough compared to someone like Dave2D. Both, however, work very hard on how they present their content. Even someone as tasteless as Linus (from Linus tech tips) work incredibly hard to present their content more tastefully. 

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