Update Part 2: Turns out Ludwig leaked the video early th-cam.com/video/44FnFP0vlBE/w-d-xo.html 19:02 It was confirmed the video was leaked, by Ludwig. Comments and upload dates of his podcast confirm that Ludwig leaked the channel three seperate times, so the algorithmic pop off had nothing to do with the reaction, but everything to do with him using his already existent fan base to advertise the video. th-cam.com/video/44FnFP0vlBE/w-d-xo.html
I'd say that i'm surprised, but it would be a lie. So much for not using his face, voice and brand, then saying later that he did the video. Probably noticed how insignificant the " bump " from Mizkif's reaction was and how his experiment had failed miserably.
it's the section starting at 33:35 ("ludwig's project"). He starts talking about it at 34:42 exactly: th-cam.com/video/tlhvttW6JGA/w-d-xo.html. PS: Considering you took significant chunks of Tom Scott's video, it might be nice to link to that video in your description. Practice what you preach and such. I really appreciate the series though, great work!
I don't think most people believe world class tennis players (or at least top level) are good because of luck. So you are arguing that his experiment showed it isn't luck. Having experience is the opposite of luck. The point Darkviper made about needing luck to get the experience stands, but to consider having the experience completely luck is wierd.
Thank you for putting Tom Scott in there. Listening to someone who is actually rational, smart and well meaning in this series helped me gain some hope back.
Yes, I totally disagree with his video on eletronic ballots (in some parts, ignorance of the population on how they work is a valid criticism and I seeing this in pratice now in Brazil... GOOD GOD I SEEING SH** ON THIS ELECTION, CAN'T WAIT FOR THE COUP, SEND HELP) but It was based upon the shi*** ones in England and USA (?, don't remember correctly), where, apparently, It has little to no difference from a normal computer (Jesus, invest in technology, our counting here only takes a day and in the USA took almost a month [or more, wouldn't be surprised], what the hell, either that or get gud in counting) so It's overral a good video that pass the points very well.
Someone already said here, but a good analogy to Ludwig's " experiment " is to start a game in New Game +. Start from scratch, but you already carry over all the levels, money, upgrades, resources, weapons and armor from a previously high level account.
@@ryanstamps6 Lol yeah, at least most games's New Game + have a slight bump in difficulty in order to accomodate your now very OP character. In TH-cam terms, it's the equivalent of using cheats 😂
Dead Space 2 NG+ Lmaoo, you honestly tear through the game after unlocking all of those, heck the beginning which is the most difficult part when you start out (lack of resources, and limited weaponry, among learning how the game functions), but on NG+ it becomes such an anticlimactic section that is just funny as hell. Sorry for the long comment but I had to mention this :P
Not just the equipment and skills that carry over, but also all the knowledge of the game. Knowing what's going to happen ahead of time so you can prepare for it ahead of time rather than being blindsided by the unexpected. You already know where all the pitfalls are so you can easily avoid them.
A better example of a new content creator came from Ludwig funny enough Some years ago he did a block where he would slide into streamers anonymously and ask them to do tricks. One of these people with an unknown Super Mario 64 speedrunner named Jacktheali3n. This young kid in a dimly lit room with pretty mediocre capture equipment succeeds and Ludwig donates him $1000 (Good on him, that's a very charitable donation) and Jack begins to break down with happiness. Not only that 1000, but he also gets a fat boom of viewers, one time breaking 8900 at once thanks to that exposure, and it got noticed by several publications giving him even more publicity. Good on the kid, he even did some videos with Ludwig and his circle, so it was far from a one off Nowadays he can barely break 100 views on YT, his peak is usually in the 30s-40s on Twitch, and so forth. Jack got a great moment to remember and again, props to Ludwig for giving this young kid a chance to grab the brass ring. However if we're looking at growth, he fell off after only a week, and he flatlined. Jack's just an average and pleasant kid who did speedrunning. He wasn't an editor, he wasn't a booming personality, and he wasn't a marketer and it shows in the aftermath. I've been around on this site since 2006 and while I see trends, thumbnails, editing, and presentation that may garner an audience, it's nothing if you can't put it into practice. A kid like Jack starting 5 days before Ludwig gave him his big chance isn't just ill-equipped, he's a first time dishwasher being put on Hell's Kitchen and expected to just catch that lightning in a bottle and run
even if he had blown up and stayed consistent, that initial boost was absolutely luck lol, ludwig just happened to find him when he was doing a very specific thing. yes there's skill involved in keeping it going, but it's not just that
Literally he proved that you can do good by, hiring a writer on fiver, hiring a voice actor on fiver, and hiring an editor on fiver and paying for advertisement. It's same as a rich person telling a poor person to go and buy a business instead of working...
That ending line is so true in so many levels. Saw people with horrible mindsets in previous videos of this series saying how they admitedly know that react content is bad and lazy, but because because it's popular, it'll never change, there's no point of complaining about it. This is not about making a change. It's about spreading awareness and simply standing by what's right. Yes, it's possible that nothing will change in 10, 15, 20 years in the future, but it will never stop being wrong or scummy, no matter how many people support it. In short, you can't hope to make any big changes in the world if you're not willing to try and change the small things first.
I get it. But I'm in agreement with that mindset because by now you are already in agreement or against this kind of content and darkviper really didn't need to tell you that. That's why the videos get less and less views. Nothing will change because youtubers still react to content more then twitch streamers. And we will have this conversation again when people stop wanting it
My favourite "recurring bit" from this series is "Streamer says something completely contradictory to something they've said previously about this topic and here's the clip to prove it" Ludwig : "I never said give money to streamers" Flashback Ludwig : "admittedly, you might have to give a Streamer $50"
"Also, admittedly, a SMART way to get it in front of people who are interested in this type of content" (SMART was not capitalized in the original video, emphasis mine)
Let alone hardware needed to record sound and edit video. I can't edit high quality videos on my home PC. And a good enough PC can easily cost a $1000.
yeah the whole point is that if you were doing it yourself you wouldn’t have to spend the money on fiverr and you could just do it yourself with some free software
@@i0x37 Yeah, but it would be insanely lucky for a new player to be at that level as a brand new player (with no gaming background) which would be the same as with the new youtube thing ludwig is trying to go for. As he has all the skill and expertise of being a successful youtuber that he doesn't need as much luck to make a new channel, as he can create good content that will reach the algorithm.. So yeah for a brand new player to reach highest rank in a game would be very lucky compared to a smurf going back and doing it again (again with no prior background in gaming as new youtubers wont have prior background in youtubing) Also sorry for replying to an older post
I honestly find this series incredibly depressing. I didn’t know jack shit about any of these people DarkViper mentioned until now, and it baffles me how THESE are the most popular people on Twitch.
Easily digestible content that snowballed into "greatness". I don't think it's difficult to understand why people gravitate towards the most popular and get absorbed into the fanbase. Most unfortunate and frustrating, yet easy to understand why imo
Honestly, it doesnt surprise me. Laziness always wins. Oh I have to choose the videos I want to watch??? Nah lets get someone to choose the videos for me and we can collectively give him all the profit. Wait what thats bad? Meh whatever its not like laziness and leeching every led anywhere bad..
I knew about Charlie, I was already getting tired of his content beginning around when he started plugging his twitch non stop. His stuff was getting notably lazier around that time and i was at a point where i wouldn't click on like most of his stuff unless there was something crazy looking about it (I used to watch every upload). I actually missed his initial response to DVAU cause of that, but yeah his reaction to this has been the last straw that got me to leave his channel. His streams are easy free money and he's making that more and more the focus to the point where a video that would have been something original is just a twitch stream clip of him watching other shit now.
To say it’s 99% skill is insane. Even race car drivers, some of the most egotistical people on the planet can admit you can’t be successful with out luck
LuL I neeva seen a Person use race car drivers as an example for a people group with an egotistical Character... How do you came up with that? Like seriously? Most normal people just Name a politician they don't like when you ask them which type of person is the most full of themselfs.
Same for ice hockey, the most expensive organized team sport in the world. Most players in the NHL have upper-middle class backgrounds, so even poor elite talent can't reach the top level because they can't afford it.
@@greggreg5189 Not quite true, there are a lot of orgs in Canada that actually help people throughout the process, you just have to be good enough. (My ex was in that system and might have been drafted if it hadn't of been for injury.) F1, on the other hand, is 100% rich kids.
@@minidanielx5208 yeah Like As someone with experience with a failed TH-cam channel, I can’t imagine what it’s be like to have tried taking ludwigs advice for it to fail
Sounds like you are just jealous cuz your youtube channel didn't work out so someone teaching you how to do it is in the fault, grow and learn your shit man
@@airrider-jk9ik Not to mention that you CAN'T get monetized with less than 1k subscribers. So you would have wasted THOUSANDS of dollars to get any return at all. And the video itself so niche that it wouldn't work long-term whatsoever.
Ludwig is just like those “don’t draw bad, draw good” drawing tutorials. They don’t take into consideration that drawing takes years of learning and development of one’s own skill in order to create good pieces of art.
What sucks is that most drawing/art tutorials are the opposite and tell you that it takes practice, practice and more practice. And it sucks because it’s true. The best art advice isn’t in my opinion just to keep practicing but to have that practice guided, i.e. the whole learning the principles instead of just drawing for fun thing.
24:39 genuinely made me upset, the fact that people like this ACTUALLY exist and not only that but having that personality belong to one of the biggest influencers on the internet just says so much about the state of things
Same. That and the f***ing arrogance of him in his "with only $50, you can become successful on this platform" line. The look on his face and the intonation - like he's dispersing some sort of great wisdom - when he essentially just said "spend $600 on making a good video using skills you don't have." Implies that anyone who can't gain success is just stupid or something.
I actually ended up making a video on Ludwig back when this video came out but recieved a load of hate because i'm a smaller youtuber. I'm glad someone of your size is able to call him out on it without being hate bombed
@@thebananagamer56 all good bro, i just felt like i was going insane cause i didn't see anyone else post videos on it. but at least darkviper can get the point across that i couldn't and show it to the people i wish i could :)
The worse part is, Ludwig's experiment idea was a good one. The execution however was done poorly. Too little of a timeframe to see significant results, too much direct manipulation and too much backlog knowledge.
Direct manipulation? That’s called advertising. You know how much people spend on advertising right? That’s what Ludwig did with miskif. You ever see ads on TH-cam? That the EXACT same thing. Ludwig didn’t make the video as a guide for people with 5 dollars in their bank account. He did it as an experiment
@@vibesmagma8451 an experiment that proved nothing, except for: if you have money, experience, people to do quality work for you and a streamer who watches your video live in front of 50k viewers, your video will get 11k views
@@37racso + ludwig himself mentioned the video multiple times on podcasts! lol. if this experiment proved anything, it is that making high quality content is extremely unsustainable for a new creator, even if they somehow have all the skills and experience needed.
@@vibesmagma8451 the goal of that video was to check if luck is involved in setting up a well doing channel not to determine can you reach 1k views in a day easily. Those views he got might have destroyed his watch time on his first video instantly killing potential future growth but still having a positive experiment. That's why that experiment comes out as disingenuous.
Literally everything requires lucks. Everything. Eminem, widely recognized as one of the best rappers, could have fucking missed a plane for rap olympics and never become who he is today. Dre could have overlooked him. He could have been born in a happy, healthy normal family, never seen drugs in his life. Literally million factors that shaped his life.
@@The_Viktor_Reznov your last point kinda implies that Eminem got lucky to be born in a bad household which made him a great rapper 😅. But I get what you mean. It's all about chance.
@@artemkatelnytskyi I know how bad it sounds but because his music is so heavily based on his shitty life (abuse, bullying, drugs, shitty family, discrimination, constant uphill battle and struggle), it's simply true. I am heavily into Eminem community and it's one of criticism he gets from the fanbase - that he has nothing to sing about nowadays because he has a normal, standard, boring (for a millionaire of course) life. No drama, no parties, no drugs, no death, no problems.
Incredibly well reasoned and presented. I was never really react contents biggest fan but you have really put into perspective just how harmful it is. I know I’m just one drop in an ocean of billions but you have definitely swayed my views on it considerably. It’s anyone’s guess if the algorithm will put these videos in front of those who watch react content more religiously than I but hopefully it can reach them too. Have been watching you for the last 3/4 years and you are without a doubt in my mind one of the best creators on this platform and I hope you keep doing you. I am a big speedrunning fan but your more informative and philosophical videos are just as captivating. Wishing you well.
although the ending is kinda a let down. The other videos were valid critisims, but this here seems a little petty and witchhunt-like, the series could've done without it
@@TimeeeTimeeeTimeee no? ludwigs video could convince people to pay *insert* ammount of money for a video, thinking it's good quality, only to make utter dog shit, or they could see this and realise you need actual skill and a fuck ton of luck, maybe it isn't *AS* important to the series but still.
@@TheInsideVideo it is not just his accent. It is the ability to speak in a clear and easy manner. His voice is also something he deliberately practiced and trained when he was doing radio.
I’ve always heard about Ludwig and was under the impression that he was cool, but watching these videos has enlightened me that he’s just another smug and arrogant internet celebrity.
@Kallgon Matt didn’t say that when his fans ask him “What would you do if you made your channel now” he thinks they just want to copy what he’s doing for their own economic gain, did he?
What Ludwig in his "I dont know man, Im seeing different numbers" bit at the end failed to mention, is his one singular video on his fake channel got 900k views, while your videos are getting 100-300k constantly. If its a special series like Pacifist or Rainbomizer it is more than that.
That was so freaking entitled, "yeah nice opinion mate, sad that you have less views on 2 videos soooo you know, I am not saying you dont matter but *wink* *wink*"
And if it's a special one-off video by Matt like the playthroughs of Henry Stickman or Bully, that's a million views off the cuff, over time even two million and counting. All without being artifically promoted by another creator. That's btw. also a great argument against those "he's criticising them for clout"-people. If he'd be doing this for the views, Matt would have a much easier time just playing through some classic like Ocarina of Time and upload a 1-3 hours video of that.
Yeah most people in my country started with 300$ a month (minimum wage) or 500$ if you have a degree and lucky enough to find a place that's willing to pay more than the minimum wage
Ludwig being one of those youtubers who got into making content with their first video being a gameplay commentary over CoD Black Ops 1 (a whole kinda year after that type of thing became somewhat overdone) feels like it explains a lot of things that are hard to put into words.
Everyone's first video is something they're embarrassed about, and usually for good reason. Hell, even I've had a huge improvement in my quality over the last year, which itself was a massive improvement over the complete garbage which I purged from my channel. That's just how content creation goes, you start out trying whatever stupid idea pops into your head, until you eventually figure out what you're doing and what sort of content you really want to make
Ludwig be like: Let's take 1 data point that I pumped $600 into and also talked about on stream to justify my luck based gain. People hate luck. People don't like to think everything they have is randomly generated with little interaction involved
It's such a bad experiment for so many reasons. The conflicting conclusions the same person draws from it, the small sample size, the fact it was rigged from the start, literally paying to give his experiment the best chances of success... I'm happy this moron's a leech on Twitch and not some kind of scientist.
Literally he proved that you can do good by, hiring a writer on fiver, hiring a voice actor on fiver, and hiring an editor on fiver and paying for advertisement. It's same as a rich person telling a poor person to go and buy a business instead of working...
Pewdiepie: I got lucky guys, I was just in the right place at the right time. Ludwig: 100% skill, oh hold on let me just dump 650 dollars on this video...
After having watched this whole series, I have to say, it contains some of the most well argued video I have ever seen on this platform. Keep it up Matto!
Ludwig: "Is success on youtube based on luck or skill" Also Ludwig: *Pays for exposure* Honestly, how dumb can someone be to come to the conclusion that PAYING for exposre is a skill?
Further more, the "Exposure" he paid for didn't do much of anything as the 600 dollars he spent to create a quality video made it feasible for the algorithm to pick up, I really fell for this (Ludwing's video) because I didn't know how little I know about youtube and how it works. I just got misguided and with false dreams... I won't quit, but I received my reality check.
I think even if you accept the idea that react content is positive or neutral, them discovering or being recommended your channel is heavily based on statistical improbabilities that it's not even worth holding your breath over. If you view reactions as wholly negative, like a lot of people should, you pray that statistical improbability never comes to fruition because that means that they're going to steal your content.
Unironically, Dream is a good example of the point being made that if you have expirenece you can succeed, he states himself that he took long period of time off so that he could study how youtube worked and when he came back with all his new found knowledge be blew up.
The Tom Scott bit at the end really gave me the push I needed to start making youtube videos again. I'm glad we have people like you around to point out all the bullshit advice we see. Would love to see what you cut out from this video.
I am a senior software engineer, this is like can I get a job without showing any of my experience to get it? Yes, I can, I just go ahead and build a portfolio but the thing is a newcomer wouldn't be able to build a portfolio that would impress a decent company.
Too bad this series is over. I found it really enjoayable to see Matt give his views in such a detailed, well formulated, and well edited way. It really shines through that he studied philosophy before because he builds his arguments up so logically and coherently, step by step and always reconnecting to the last point. I'd be a lot more happy with drama if it always was this well structured and not just "Dude didn't shave his arm pits" or "lmao, his pupils are wide. He probably takes drugs. That druggie. Drugtaker."
Successful people refuse to admit that 'luck' is a big factor. Being mediocre for years then becoming 'successful' isn't because you improved, it's also because the circumstances & audience evolved to where your content is relevant, liked by the algorithm and good enough to retain viewers at that time.
As Matt said in Rambles, it's literally being in the right place at the right time. Because of the pandemic thousand of good barbers had to close down shops and mask makers got super rich. And it had nothing to do with skill. It was pure, unfiltered luck that the world has changed.
To be fair it isnt entirely their fault. This is a human bias where we see our own success as being much more because of our own skill set and labor. Its been studied in psychology for decades too.
@@mikoi7472 Why's the bias so strong? I guess the successful want to be seen as normal/relatable, admitting they're lucky makes their success unobtainable (not relatable) or they can't ignorantly signal about the importance of hard work.
@@Anonymous-ks8el its more that people really only see their own efforts and dont see the efforts of others truly. Its a bias born from ignorance of others, but one that likely cant be solved because we cant watch another persons life 24/7 to understand the effort they out in. Luck is seen as a bad explanation for a lot of people too because it diminishes their own perception of the effort they put in.
@@Smirving he said he only made 9 videos on this and potentially will make a response if needed then he'll go back to normal. Don't worry this one is 8.
literally, he basically created a new account but retained all the knowledge and skill, goes to decimate other players despite being on a new account then wonders why the account is doing so well so fast. for the first like 6 months of me playing fps games I sucked.
The worst thing about the video Ludwig made is that at a glance, it might seem like a great thing. Telling new TH-camrs that they just need skill to succeed on TH-cam?! Awesome!! Inspiring!! But the truth is, when these folks sit down and really apply themselves into a video, not realizing its short-comings, and then don't see success, it's going to be devastating. They're going to assume that they just don't have what it takes, and likely get disinterested and unmotivated regarding TH-cam. I think Tom Scott's advice was a lot more responsible. Basically stating that TH-cam is something you need to put your heart and soul into to become successful, and even when you do that, there's no guarantee. So you need to be appreciative and value all the success you get, because it's something most creators never experience. That makes me feel that if I have a video get 100, a 1000, or even 2000 views, that's an awesome achievement, and something I should value and push for. And that's a way better mindset than thinking that I can get 1k views in 24 hours with $50 bucks--something that is, for new creators, just not possible.
As Hasan would say, if he were honest with himself, you cumstered and dumpstered all of the top react Andrews. It's all airtight, and only bad faith acting would allow a competent individual to dispute any of this. As you've shown, that sort of response seems to be the first and only line of defense that these leeches have. Much like a persistent weed in a yard, one of them gets lucky and roots deeply into the ground. They grow way faster than the millions of little blades of grass because they steal the water, nutrients, and root space that would have otherwise gone to the grass. The grass will slowly die as the weed happily starves out the competition, and all you're left with in the end is a yard full of weeds. You should feel good knowing that you have probably flipped the viewpoint of a good number of people that were on the fence about this topic. Definitely feel free to take a break, because you've obviously worked very hard on this.
Yes, no new content creator can't do what Ludwig did. My own brother wanted to try and create a very niche type of content. Then again, he's only in it for the money and not the passion. He truly doesn't have the time or the patience to do it. He still tried. My brother looked to me as like a "expert" in TH-cam. Watching and creating are two different things entirely. The only thing I did to help with my brother, even though I knew it won't go anywhere. Was help with a Thumbnail through Photoshop. Because of my skills carried over from Photography class. And thats just it. Releases the video with a bad mic, not so good voice acting type of voice. Then unedited gamplay of him playing a certain game. It was god awful. Luckly, he did quit when I told him he needs the editing skills, better mic, more time, passion, etc... And of course I am not a creator. He really thought that making one video will do numbers. In actuality, it really wasn't the case. This video of Ludwig's did rub me the wrong way. It is good you brought this to light. Because literally no new creator could do what Ludwig did. Even my first hand experience proves that point.
its cause like in youtube you only see the big people doing the thing you are trying to do and you dont see the other hundreds of people doing the thing you are trying to do and failing just like yourself
@@marlon.8051 It's like any other entertainment industry. People who give up their life to move to LA, hoping to become big name movie stars living in a mansion in Hollywood Hills think of other people who did the same. Nobody sees some extra who got paid 20 bucks to stand and look at a building for 5 seconds and expects to make a career of that. They see Chris Hemsworth being paid more for a minute long ad than they'll ever see in their life and expect that to be the reality of the entertainment business. Nobody sees xXx_eatA55SmOkEgRazz_xXx who's been pumping out daily content for 12 years without ever getting more than 100 views.
back in 9th grade during lockdown i used to make gaming videos and trust me when i say this, its just passion. you need to have passion for making videos like i knew back then that no one was interested in my videos, yet i made them, no matter how trash my mic was, how trash my commentary was, how trash my editing was, in the end, when i saw the completed and exported video, i felt happy and content that i did something from the scratch and wow its good. its a painfully slow process, and i was still in school and wasn't too serious abt it so it took my about 3 years to get really good at making content, i made a well edited video with a good microphone and spent many hours editing it, the final product was very professional and i used photoshop to make the thumbnail and I've gotten good at it because of those 3 years of trash i made, the video hit a few k views, i abandoned that channel later because I'm busy but i might go back to it. point being, for me to make a fantastic video it took my 3 years of slowly acquired skills, now i know abt transitions, background music audio levels, trimming properly, zooms an keying in effects, how to write a script that is appealing cause UK u need to make a script that latches ppl in or else they'll just click off, etc etc. and when i see ludwing just yapping abt how easy it is, it hurt me somewhere lol anyways, I'm happy those skills didn't go to waste, i currently help out an ngo with graphic designing of their announcements and editing of their events but i might just go back to content creation this year. but yeah, its all about the passion to make videos and you need to embrace and learn a lot of shit in production and post production.
I like him but he's too smug. I know its part of a character he plays; an overexaggerrated pompous version of himself. However it feels like over the years he doesn't know how to turn that off and instead thats just the way he is now and he's lost my view because of it.
@@therubycaptain9895 That's most people on social media these days. At this point, I'm pretty sure the whole "it's a persona" excuse is just flat out lying so people don't realize he's just as insufferable offline.
I absolutely love your channel. Between your gta content and your documentary-style videos I’m having a great time watching. Hope he ends up seeing this!
Couldn't agree more with the arguments, had pretty much the same feelings when I first encountered Ludwigs video though to be fair somebody saying "have you tried making good content instead?" is kinda funny advice, feel like he could easily have made a video around that premise and still gotten away with feeling good about himself.
I've always hated that Ludwig video of him donating to a streamer and being all: "It's not all luck. You can get promoted by a big twitch streamer and spend millions to get your video recommended and have that streamer watch the video too"
Great series. Reacters got me seething, and everyone’s just gonna pretend they don’t understand what the problem is. “But I like reacr content! And the original creater gets extra views!” Life is suffering 😔
I honestly thought we all agreed on the conclusion reactors are cancerous leeches all the way back in 2016. The fact this was ever a debate is baffling enough, but that it's still going on is just crazy. I hope these videos blow up like crazy.
This is sad for 1 reason. All these big streamers are gonna look at you, see you have 900m subs, laugh at that, then invalidate all of your points due to your relevance. You're gonna get ignored and that shit fucking sucks.
literally, if he's a small streamer he's just a leech looking for clout, but if he's a big streamer, he is just shitting on other people. You just cant win with some people
DarkViper - I first found your channel after the FriendlyBaron hitpiece back in the day, so it's fair to say that I first watched your content with an unfair prejudice against you. It wasn't too long before I realized his claims were unfounded, and I became a casual viewer of pacifist/hitless and your other gta content. However, to me, this is the best series of videos you've created, and it has grown my respect for you immensely. I came to the series having viewed and believed this Ludwig video, and also holding the opinion that "high quality" reactions were not harmful or even beneficial. This series absolutely changed that. You've done a great job of structuring these arguments to change minds, and I particularly appreciate that you dismantled Hasan while still endorsing anticapitalist ideals (something I've eseen "more political" leftist content creators fail to do). Obviously, you've got a great career ahead of you in GTA content, but personally, I would love to see you engage more as a commentator or hear more of your thoughts political issues (perhaps on a second channel). Whatever you do, I appreciate you making this series and I'm here to see more!
Sad that this series is over. Well worth all of the time and hard work that you sunk into making it. Hats off to you and everyone else that worked on it.
everything matt has said about the algorithm checks out completely. i got several videos that got over 30k views in the first month, and they're just game clips i recorded. the most effort i've put into any of them is a custom thumbnail sometimes. that's it. the algorithm just happened to find a niche audience that would watch them. so when guys like Ludwig say luck doesn't play a big part, all i see is some dude smelling his own farts like "damn look how good i am" like eugh
I've made various videos on various channels with various levels of effort over the 15-ish years I've been on this site, the first video I've uploaded to break 1000 views was some Halo clip I took on my Xbox by pure accident and uploaded for the lulz. It's the most random shit they pick up lol.
Thanks you so much for this video series Matto! It was really well done, entertaining, informative but also very infuriating to watch, seeing how ignorant, childish and /or aggressive almost all of these reactors behave. Props to you for believing in your position and not backing down because of any criticism. Well done!
Mr Viper going full ham on Ludwig got me worried first but now that I've seen it it's justified. Nice to see someone fighting for content creators this open and I can't help but to support it. Thanks DarkviperAU for this series and I hope more people will be aware of this ❤️
When Ludwig said you could just "get editing tools" I burst out in laughter because my Laptop is so horrible that I sometimes cant even run premiere pro without having that laptop crash.
Just want to say thanks for having the script up so we can see the part of the video that did not make it into the final cut. Keep up the good work Matto
this series has been incredibly informative, very clear, precise, and cleverly organized in a way that has completely impressed me. excellent work, matto, and never give up being firey for what you believe in, and never back down just from bullying or pressure.
So wait, instead of proving TH-cam is skill based. The guy instead showed that if a shitty TH-camr or streamer rightfully loses support, they will have an easier time getting back to success by using their already gained knowledge and operate under a new persona. That's a bit depressing and disheartening.
Depends on the nature of the backlash, the audience, and the people in power. While most scumbags in Hollywood get away with horrible crimes, Joss Whedon is now essentially persona non grata after the sexual abuse allegations came to light, which is incredibly rare for the entertainment industry.
I'd honestly like to see a tutorial series headed by you, in terms of editing, creating thumbnails as well as what advice you have on various tools and programs. It's a few months off funding wise, but I plan on editing for a friend who streams on twitch, and porting their content to TH-cam to try and give them a hand when I've the pc to do it. And given how you tend to approach, research and analyze things I'm sure it'd be a fun series to learn to. As always, thank you for all the time and hard work you put into these videos.
Ludwig : *compares a video posted 12 hours ago with 135k views with his 3 month old video he paid a millionaire to advertise "I'm seeing a little something here" uh, what?
@DarkviperAU, I commend you for taking your status as a popular streamer/TH-camr and using your platform to talk about these issues. There is a lot of courage to come out and speak about topics such as these that would understandably cause severe backlash. You are speaking out against them and because of it, a new perspective has now opened that many of us might have not been aware of. Once again, I thank you for these videos and I hope you keep up the good work.
I really don't know what to say. Spending ~$600 on a single TH-cam video that may not even be succesfull. and what do you do for the next video? Spending $600 again?! So basically Ludwig is saying while gaining no experience from the first video in how to make videos you should do it again and again? Imagine not being wealthy, having no experience whatsoever in making TH-cam video and spending ~$600 per video. Sounds like finacial ruin to me.
Hats off to Matto that he is going through so much to bring light into the darkness and explain things correctly and truthfully!!! Aswell this react series is so good and it's incredible that multiple content creators agree with you and support you, I hope that this react series (if this video is also part of the react content series XD ^^") will turn good out for Matto as well for the other content creators who wanted to stay in the shadows, watching Matto do the work and bring justice, honesty, and light into this place so that every small TH-camr has more and better luck for a better life and create more content what they love or for what they're passionate about!!! Thanks Matto hats off to you!
I’ve been struggling learning how to make TH-cam videos. The ONLY way I’ve been able to figure out what works for my channel is by slow, tedious trial and error. I’m still not sure if I would characterize this as “luck” either as YT takes a lot of determination and planning, but luck is 100% needed. I still have no clue how the algorithm works sometimes but I’m slowly learning :)
I would appreciate if you made a follow up video talking about the interplay between luck and skill The general advice would also pay benefit to tiny creators like myself that want to improve their content as much as possible. Keep up the amazing work, big fan
I don’t comment very often, but Matt I would love to see you make a video about general advice to succeed. As someone who wants to break into TH-cam it’d be greatly appreciated and I’m sure it would be appreciated by many others too
Thank you for making these videos... They were really interesting and I really enjoyed watching them. And yes 24:08 I'd be interested to see those vids
Crazy that the Australian man I found 2 and a half years ago because I liked the funny chaos mod videos is now as far as I know one of TH-cam’s greatest creators
It's been almost the 6th time I've seen your thumbnail from your video about react content and I must say It's really well done and I cant have enough of it!
Thank you for making this series, it was very informative. Can't wait to see all of them react in a sane way and make valid arguments and come up with counterpoints so it generates a cool, level headed discussion about this topic. And by that I of course mean they will ignore all the data and valid points and just attack you, lie and misrepresent stuff, pretend they are the victims and you're only doing this for views and of course, that they know better than anyone and everyone else. Close enough I guess....
I found this video so perfectly fitting for matto... It takes speedrunners thousands of days and resets to hone their skills to perfection, only to be f-ed by rng 😂 Luck is not only a factor, but the inevitable nature of probability Good video matto!! Looking forward for the rest to come
Thank you for making this series Matt it was incredible eye opening to how reactors are the lowest of the low by taking other peoples hard work and reaping the rewards I watched every video in This series and enjoyed all of it . Somebody had to come out against these scumbags and I’m glad you did people need to see how reactors really are stealing money and viewers from original content creators. You should also make more essay style videos because these videos especially the second have been some of the best work you’ve put out but I also do love your gta speed runs keep up the amazing work Matt!
You have SO MANY examples of the people in question disproving or arguing against themselves. I swear its happened in every single video so far. I just want to say that I really appreciate the effort and time you put into these videos, and while it sucks you cant get rewarded proportionate to the effort you put into them, im willing to bet lot of your fans agree. Also, the script reading wasn’t bad:)
This video is very relatable to artists and music producers like me as well. The pool of talent is so huge and definite success is a very long road that many drop out of at the first signs of failure or inconvenience. Your words about being lucky enough to do something for 10+ years before being able to get by rang very true to me. It is indeed a strange feeling of luck and privilege to be able to chase my dreams and hope for the best even if my current life doesn’t reflect that vision. Thank you for the motivation.
I'm gonna be honest, first time I saw you was with mutahar from someordinarygamers, your points where exposed with a lot of yelling (unnecessary) and felt more like an agressive person trying to intimidate me into siding with them, after that u checked your response and your channel, Matto you are a great person, even with some mistakes made during this series your points stand strong and you have kept your chill unlike these streamers knowing damn well they where just screaming and throwing insults around you still debated their points and let the clips of their streams who they really are. A lot of people are saying it's for clout, that you are victimizing yourself etc. but im pretty sure that a lot of creators are thanking what you did in here. Congratulations and thank you
If Ludwig did this experiment for a few weeks and posted more videos on the online lore channel, that would have actually proven your point that no one would watch the other videos .
Only as long as people didn't know it was his content. By day 3, it was out that Online Lore was Ludwig. That's why him bragging about the 800k views is so disingenuous.
When he makes a video with 3 million views talking about it and multiple people, youtubers, streamers, talk about it and he streams it the channel will become somewhat successful. Someone with none of these options will have to be lucky.
7:02 I feel like Ludwig is implying that the end video will be free to watch as in ad free. Even though this take on what Ludwig said makes less sense, it was still my impression and this made this section a bit confusing. Otherwise great videos and this is the only “major” nitpick I have in the 7 or so videos so far
This will sit with me forever as someone who has an off and on difficulty to speak sometimes 7:34 "But that what makes us great" the moment where you pause reflect how I feel before I say something after having the courage to finally spit it out
I mean that video is the exact same thing as players in ranked videogames that make a new account to shit on the new players and then say "You can do that too"
Update Part 2: Turns out Ludwig leaked the video early th-cam.com/video/44FnFP0vlBE/w-d-xo.html
19:02 It was confirmed the video was leaked, by Ludwig. Comments and upload dates of his podcast confirm that Ludwig leaked the channel three seperate times, so the algorithmic pop off had nothing to do with the reaction, but everything to do with him using his already existent fan base to advertise the video. th-cam.com/video/44FnFP0vlBE/w-d-xo.html
wowzers!
I'd say that i'm surprised, but it would be a lie. So much for not using his face, voice and brand, then saying later that he did the video. Probably noticed how insignificant the " bump " from Mizkif's reaction was and how his experiment had failed miserably.
It’s @34:40 if I’m not mistaken
it's the section starting at 33:35 ("ludwig's project"). He starts talking about it at 34:42 exactly: th-cam.com/video/tlhvttW6JGA/w-d-xo.html.
PS: Considering you took significant chunks of Tom Scott's video, it might be nice to link to that video in your description. Practice what you preach and such. I really appreciate the series though, great work!
@@joeytje50 The link to to Tom Scott's video is already in the Script document with all the others.
His experiment is like taking a world class tennis player and restarting their career from scratch
then wondering why they rise so fast
And like getting some other top tennis player to recommend him to everyone in the tennis scene
so you would say its not luck then
@@bizw it's not luck, you just have decades of expirience
@@burduprod more like to invite him to the world cup as a wildcard
I don't think most people believe world class tennis players (or at least top level) are good because of luck. So you are arguing that his experiment showed it isn't luck. Having experience is the opposite of luck. The point Darkviper made about needing luck to get the experience stands, but to consider having the experience completely luck is wierd.
Thank you for putting Tom Scott in there. Listening to someone who is actually rational, smart and well meaning in this series helped me gain some hope back.
Yes, I totally disagree with his video on eletronic ballots (in some parts, ignorance of the population on how they work is a valid criticism and I seeing this in pratice now in Brazil... GOOD GOD I SEEING SH** ON THIS ELECTION, CAN'T WAIT FOR THE COUP, SEND HELP) but It was based upon the shi*** ones in England and USA (?, don't remember correctly), where, apparently, It has little to no difference from a normal computer (Jesus, invest in technology, our counting here only takes a day and in the USA took almost a month [or more, wouldn't be surprised], what the hell, either that or get gud in counting) so It's overral a good video that pass the points very well.
Tom Scott is a legend! His videos are always worth watching
Tom scott is the man
@@heliosilver yeah philip is the best
@@heliosilver That 2kliksphillip guy is pretty weird though.
Someone already said here, but a good analogy to Ludwig's " experiment " is to start a game in New Game +. Start from scratch, but you already carry over all the levels, money, upgrades, resources, weapons and armor from a previously high level account.
finally someone explained it in elden ring terms so i can understand
@@ryanstamps6 Lol yeah, at least most games's New Game + have a slight bump in difficulty in order to accomodate your now very OP character. In TH-cam terms, it's the equivalent of using cheats 😂
Dead Space 2 NG+ Lmaoo, you honestly tear through the game after unlocking all of those, heck the beginning which is the most difficult part when you start out (lack of resources, and limited weaponry, among learning how the game functions), but on NG+ it becomes such an anticlimactic section that is just funny as hell. Sorry for the long comment but I had to mention this :P
agreed
Not just the equipment and skills that carry over, but also all the knowledge of the game. Knowing what's going to happen ahead of time so you can prepare for it ahead of time rather than being blindsided by the unexpected. You already know where all the pitfalls are so you can easily avoid them.
A better example of a new content creator came from Ludwig funny enough
Some years ago he did a block where he would slide into streamers anonymously and ask them to do tricks. One of these people with an unknown Super Mario 64 speedrunner named Jacktheali3n. This young kid in a dimly lit room with pretty mediocre capture equipment succeeds and Ludwig donates him $1000 (Good on him, that's a very charitable donation) and Jack begins to break down with happiness. Not only that 1000, but he also gets a fat boom of viewers, one time breaking 8900 at once thanks to that exposure, and it got noticed by several publications giving him even more publicity. Good on the kid, he even did some videos with Ludwig and his circle, so it was far from a one off
Nowadays he can barely break 100 views on YT, his peak is usually in the 30s-40s on Twitch, and so forth. Jack got a great moment to remember and again, props to Ludwig for giving this young kid a chance to grab the brass ring. However if we're looking at growth, he fell off after only a week, and he flatlined. Jack's just an average and pleasant kid who did speedrunning. He wasn't an editor, he wasn't a booming personality, and he wasn't a marketer and it shows in the aftermath.
I've been around on this site since 2006 and while I see trends, thumbnails, editing, and presentation that may garner an audience, it's nothing if you can't put it into practice. A kid like Jack starting 5 days before Ludwig gave him his big chance isn't just ill-equipped, he's a first time dishwasher being put on Hell's Kitchen and expected to just catch that lightning in a bottle and run
even if he had blown up and stayed consistent, that initial boost was absolutely luck lol, ludwig just happened to find him when he was doing a very specific thing. yes there's skill involved in keeping it going, but it's not just that
Ludwig: "If you have 50 dollars or less you can do this easily"
Also Ludwig: "I spent roughly 600 dollars making this video"
Hey don't undersell Ludwig. He said 600 dollars or perfect voiceover+editing skills and 50 dollars.
@@Dunhaibee but still that's not skill, he paid for an editor, a voiceover and exposure. Literally all he did was write the script
@@Dunhaibee also, like dviper said, not many people can just write a perfect script that makes sense like that without years of experience
@@karande75 Ludwig is an English Major by the way. So he probably has done more writing and reading analysis than a couple of people.
Literally he proved that you can do good by, hiring a writer on fiver, hiring a voice actor on fiver, and hiring an editor on fiver and paying for advertisement. It's same as a rich person telling a poor person to go and buy a business instead of working...
That ending line is so true in so many levels. Saw people with horrible mindsets in previous videos of this series saying how they admitedly know that react content is bad and lazy, but because because it's popular, it'll never change, there's no point of complaining about it.
This is not about making a change. It's about spreading awareness and simply standing by what's right. Yes, it's possible that nothing will change in 10, 15, 20 years in the future, but it will never stop being wrong or scummy, no matter how many people support it.
In short, you can't hope to make any big changes in the world if you're not willing to try and change the small things first.
good comment
Yeah, I agree
Your comment speaks volumes
I get it. But I'm in agreement with that mindset because by now you are already in agreement or against this kind of content and darkviper really didn't need to tell you that. That's why the videos get less and less views.
Nothing will change because youtubers still react to content more then twitch streamers. And we will have this conversation again when people stop wanting it
Why did I read that in Tom's voice? Lol
My favourite "recurring bit" from this series is "Streamer says something completely contradictory to something they've said previously about this topic and here's the clip to prove it"
Ludwig : "I never said give money to streamers"
Flashback Ludwig : "admittedly, you might have to give a Streamer $50"
"Also, admittedly, a SMART way to get it in front of people who are interested in this type of content" (SMART was not capitalized in the original video, emphasis mine)
@@flyerton9958 and who doesnt want to be seen as smart in eyes of their favourite streamer, epsecially since they went to him for advice
@@flyerton9958 Lmao, then afterwards gaslighting them and calling them DUMB for actually trying to do what he did.
But he has a expensive set up and all the free time in the whole world, and no new creator has $600 to just spare on ONE video
Let alone hardware needed to record sound and edit video. I can't edit high quality videos on my home PC. And a good enough PC can easily cost a $1000.
@@artemkatelnytskyi Yeah and that’s being generous with the component shortage that is fking everyone in the behind at the moment.
This could easily be done by anyone at home with just $50
@@ehlowgovna Yes, but it would not even be nearly the same level of quality lmao.
yeah the whole point is that if you were doing it yourself you wouldn’t have to spend the money on fiverr and you could just do it yourself with some free software
Ludwig's next video:
"I created a smurf account for [insert online game] to prove that it's not luck"
well, it isn't luck at all, it is skill!
@@i0x37 Yeah, but it would be insanely lucky for a new player to be at that level as a brand new player (with no gaming background) which would be the same as with the new youtube thing ludwig is trying to go for. As he has all the skill and expertise of being a successful youtuber that he doesn't need as much luck to make a new channel, as he can create good content that will reach the algorithm.. So yeah for a brand new player to reach highest rank in a game would be very lucky compared to a smurf going back and doing it again (again with no prior background in gaming as new youtubers wont have prior background in youtubing) Also sorry for replying to an older post
I honestly find this series incredibly depressing. I didn’t know jack shit about any of these people DarkViper mentioned until now, and it baffles me how THESE are the most popular people on Twitch.
Easily digestible content that snowballed into "greatness".
I don't think it's difficult to understand why people gravitate towards the most popular and get absorbed into the fanbase.
Most unfortunate and frustrating, yet easy to understand why imo
Same dude, but i guess noone is perfect
Yeah because all his other content is now somewhere in the shadows. It’s almost June and we haven’t got Reddit recap for the month of APRIL
Honestly, it doesnt surprise me. Laziness always wins. Oh I have to choose the videos I want to watch??? Nah lets get someone to choose the videos for me and we can collectively give him all the profit.
Wait what thats bad? Meh whatever its not like laziness and leeching every led anywhere bad..
I knew about Charlie, I was already getting tired of his content beginning around when he started plugging his twitch non stop. His stuff was getting notably lazier around that time and i was at a point where i wouldn't click on like most of his stuff unless there was something crazy looking about it (I used to watch every upload).
I actually missed his initial response to DVAU cause of that, but yeah his reaction to this has been the last straw that got me to leave his channel.
His streams are easy free money and he's making that more and more the focus to the point where a video that would have been something original is just a twitch stream clip of him watching other shit now.
To say it’s 99% skill is insane. Even race car drivers, some of the most egotistical people on the planet can admit you can’t be successful with out luck
And, at least in F1, lots and lots of money, aka being born into wealth, aka complete luck
LuL
I neeva seen a Person use race car drivers as an example for a people group with an egotistical Character...
How do you came up with that?
Like seriously? Most normal people just Name a politician they don't like when you ask them which type of person is the most full of themselfs.
@@antjeeismann4684 i guess they like race cars
Same for ice hockey, the most expensive organized team sport in the world. Most players in the NHL have upper-middle class backgrounds, so even poor elite talent can't reach the top level because they can't afford it.
@@greggreg5189 Not quite true, there are a lot of orgs in Canada that actually help people throughout the process, you just have to be good enough. (My ex was in that system and might have been drafted if it hadn't of been for injury.)
F1, on the other hand, is 100% rich kids.
i’m so glad you do these because they are needed
Ludwig is the most dangerous kind of content creator, a guy who got lucky and his ego made him think it was pure skill
yeah i honestly feel bad for all of the kids that thought its legit and wasted money on streamers just for them to not get shit out of it
@@minidanielx5208 yeah
Like
As someone with experience with a failed TH-cam channel, I can’t imagine what it’s be like to have tried taking ludwigs advice for it to fail
Sounds like you are just jealous cuz your youtube channel didn't work out so someone teaching you how to do it is in the fault, grow and learn your shit man
@@airrider-jk9ik Not to mention that you CAN'T get monetized with less than 1k subscribers. So you would have wasted THOUSANDS of dollars to get any return at all. And the video itself so niche that it wouldn't work long-term whatsoever.
@@Joem2648 luck is ALWAYS required to make it in the entertainment space. Not completely, but luck always plays some role.
Ludwig is just like those “don’t draw bad, draw good” drawing tutorials. They don’t take into consideration that drawing takes years of learning and development of one’s own skill in order to create good pieces of art.
Oh, you’re homeless? Just grab 500k from an ATM and buy a house (thats what happens when people are so out of touch with reality)
it’s also not lost on me that the literal first thing he does when making his new youtube channel is call mr fucking beast on his phone
What sucks is that most drawing/art tutorials are the opposite and tell you that it takes practice, practice and more practice. And it sucks because it’s true. The best art advice isn’t in my opinion just to keep practicing but to have that practice guided, i.e. the whole learning the principles instead of just drawing for fun thing.
24:39 genuinely made me upset, the fact that people like this ACTUALLY exist and not only that but having that personality belong to one of the biggest influencers on the internet just says so much about the state of things
I thought I was the only one
Yeah, terrible attitude.
Same. That and the f***ing arrogance of him in his "with only $50, you can become successful on this platform" line. The look on his face and the intonation - like he's dispersing some sort of great wisdom - when he essentially just said "spend $600 on making a good video using skills you don't have." Implies that anyone who can't gain success is just stupid or something.
And the fact that he promoted his video THREE times and compares that to Matt’s life-long work makes it even worse.
@@hawkmoon9140 Yeah, I mean ludwig might have well just searched his TH-cam channel afterwards, and it would have exactly the same point
I actually ended up making a video on Ludwig back when this video came out but recieved a load of hate because i'm a smaller youtuber. I'm glad someone of your size is able to call him out on it without being hate bombed
Sorry for being hated on. They definitely won't apologize
@@thebananagamer56 all good bro, i just felt like i was going insane cause i didn't see anyone else post videos on it. but at least darkviper can get the point across that i couldn't and show it to the people i wish i could :)
if anyone is interested, this is what i'm referring to: th-cam.com/video/J9XcrX7fQxA/w-d-xo.html
@@Lacha1 just saw your vid
Keep going, it was very good
@@rdude309 thanks man appreciate it! only issue is everytime i upload i get spammed with dislikes with no good reason
The worse part is, Ludwig's experiment idea was a good one. The execution however was done poorly. Too little of a timeframe to see significant results, too much direct manipulation and too much backlog knowledge.
Direct manipulation? That’s called advertising. You know how much people spend on advertising right? That’s what Ludwig did with miskif. You ever see ads on TH-cam? That the EXACT same thing. Ludwig didn’t make the video as a guide for people with 5 dollars in their bank account. He did it as an experiment
@@vibesmagma8451 Still a flawed experiment nonetheless
@@vibesmagma8451 an experiment that proved nothing, except for: if you have money, experience, people to do quality work for you and a streamer who watches your video live in front of 50k viewers, your video will get 11k views
@@37racso + ludwig himself mentioned the video multiple times on podcasts! lol. if this experiment proved anything, it is that making high quality content is extremely unsustainable for a new creator, even if they somehow have all the skills and experience needed.
@@vibesmagma8451 the goal of that video was to check if luck is involved in setting up a well doing channel not to determine can you reach 1k views in a day easily.
Those views he got might have destroyed his watch time on his first video instantly killing potential future growth but still having a positive experiment.
That's why that experiment comes out as disingenuous.
To believe its theres no factor of luck, like genuinely believe its not a factor shows major ignorance
Literally everything requires lucks. Everything. Eminem, widely recognized as one of the best rappers, could have fucking missed a plane for rap olympics and never become who he is today. Dre could have overlooked him. He could have been born in a happy, healthy normal family, never seen drugs in his life. Literally million factors that shaped his life.
@@The_Viktor_Reznov your last point kinda implies that Eminem got lucky to be born in a bad household which made him a great rapper 😅. But I get what you mean. It's all about chance.
@@artemkatelnytskyi imagine he was born in a good household.... you can't because there would be no eminem.
@Grip My Clips 😉 You litterally just post other peoples clips and have 280 subs
@@artemkatelnytskyi I know how bad it sounds but because his music is so heavily based on his shitty life (abuse, bullying, drugs, shitty family, discrimination, constant uphill battle and struggle), it's simply true. I am heavily into Eminem community and it's one of criticism he gets from the fanbase - that he has nothing to sing about nowadays because he has a normal, standard, boring (for a millionaire of course) life. No drama, no parties, no drugs, no death, no problems.
Incredibly well reasoned and presented. I was never really react contents biggest fan but you have really put into perspective just how harmful it is. I know I’m just one drop in an ocean of billions but you have definitely swayed my views on it considerably. It’s anyone’s guess if the algorithm will put these videos in front of those who watch react content more religiously than I but hopefully it can reach them too.
Have been watching you for the last 3/4 years and you are without a doubt in my mind one of the best creators on this platform and I hope you keep doing you. I am a big speedrunning fan but your more informative and philosophical videos are just as captivating. Wishing you well.
I'm dead ass melancholy about this series ending. This was really great content Matto.
Maybe the real react content was the friends we made along the way
@@holierthanu1 LMAO
although the ending is kinda a let down. The other videos were valid critisims, but this here seems a little petty and witchhunt-like, the series could've done without it
@@TimeeeTimeeeTimeee no? ludwigs video could convince people to pay *insert* ammount of money for a video, thinking it's good quality, only to make utter dog shit, or they could see this and realise you need actual skill and a fuck ton of luck, maybe it isn't *AS* important to the series but still.
@@mistergoutman I agree. Some of these "creators" convince people you can be successful even though it's not as easy as it seems.
For me Tom Scott is the gold standard of youtube, his videos are all extremely well researched.
It helps having an amazing voice. Tom Scott could one day replace David Attenborough due to how good his voice is.
I watch his videos to stare at his face while he commentates, it's actually kinda funny sometimes
@@jamesleedham1093 he had a pretty standard English accent. I'm guessing you're American? Lol
@@TheInsideVideo Yeah, Americans fetishize English accents tbh, coming from an American
@@TheInsideVideo it is not just his accent. It is the ability to speak in a clear and easy manner. His voice is also something he deliberately practiced and trained when he was doing radio.
I’ve always heard about Ludwig and was under the impression that he was cool, but watching these videos has enlightened me that he’s just another smug and arrogant internet celebrity.
ive hated ludwig for so long now ive found my people
@Kallgon yeah, he isnt.
@Kallgon Even if Darkviper is those things that doesn't invalidate any of his arguements.
and the worst part is that, for me, he looks off
@Kallgon Matt didn’t say that when his fans ask him “What would you do if you made your channel now” he thinks they just want to copy what he’s doing for their own economic gain, did he?
What Ludwig in his "I dont know man, Im seeing different numbers" bit at the end failed to mention, is his one singular video on his fake channel got 900k views, while your videos are getting 100-300k constantly. If its a special series like Pacifist or Rainbomizer it is more than that.
That was so freaking entitled, "yeah nice opinion mate, sad that you have less views on 2 videos soooo you know, I am not saying you dont matter but *wink* *wink*"
And if it's a special one-off video by Matt like the playthroughs of Henry Stickman or Bully, that's a million views off the cuff, over time even two million and counting. All without being artifically promoted by another creator.
That's btw. also a great argument against those "he's criticising them for clout"-people. If he'd be doing this for the views, Matt would have a much easier time just playing through some classic like Ocarina of Time and upload a 1-3 hours video of that.
Exactly. Funny how cherry picked certain videos but Matt's pacifist % consistently got 800K+ views with certain videos reaching in 2M+
Not to mention the vipers video was only out for 12 hours and Ludwigs was out for more than 3 months so obviously it’s going to have more views
In some countries $600 is literally WHOLE MONTH OF WORK and he just spent it to get like 1/15th of this back
So true lol
Yeah most people in my country started with 300$ a month (minimum wage) or 500$ if you have a degree and lucky enough to find a place that's willing to pay more than the minimum wage
In some countries that the wage of almost half a year on average salary, not minimum
I know I'm over a year late but remember 4000 hours of watchtime for making money
@@ariamh823 Ludwig wouldn't get back even half of the money he spent either way
I've been using the "don't recommend channel" option on react videos so you've definitely made a difference for me
Ludwig being one of those youtubers who got into making content with their first video being a gameplay commentary over CoD Black Ops 1 (a whole kinda year after that type of thing became somewhat overdone) feels like it explains a lot of things that are hard to put into words.
I laughed really hard at this Lol
Everyone's first video is something they're embarrassed about, and usually for good reason. Hell, even I've had a huge improvement in my quality over the last year, which itself was a massive improvement over the complete garbage which I purged from my channel. That's just how content creation goes, you start out trying whatever stupid idea pops into your head, until you eventually figure out what you're doing and what sort of content you really want to make
Ludwig be like: Let's take 1 data point that I pumped $600 into and also talked about on stream to justify my luck based gain.
People hate luck. People don't like to think everything they have is randomly generated with little interaction involved
It's such a bad experiment for so many reasons. The conflicting conclusions the same person draws from it, the small sample size, the fact it was rigged from the start, literally paying to give his experiment the best chances of success... I'm happy this moron's a leech on Twitch and not some kind of scientist.
Literally he proved that you can do good by, hiring a writer on fiver, hiring a voice actor on fiver, and hiring an editor on fiver and paying for advertisement. It's same as a rich person telling a poor person to go and buy a business instead of working...
Pewdiepie: I got lucky guys, I was just in the right place at the right time.
Ludwig: 100% skill, oh hold on let me just dump 650 dollars on this video...
After having watched this whole series, I have to say, it contains some of the most well argued video I have ever seen on this platform. Keep it up Matto!
Ludwig: "Is success on youtube based on luck or skill"
Also Ludwig: *Pays for exposure*
Honestly, how dumb can someone be to come to the conclusion that PAYING for exposre is a skill?
Further more, the "Exposure" he paid for didn't do much of anything as the 600 dollars he spent to create a quality video made it feasible for the algorithm to pick up, I really fell for this (Ludwing's video) because I didn't know how little I know about youtube and how it works.
I just got misguided and with false dreams... I won't quit, but I received my reality check.
People who don't know effort.
I think even if you accept the idea that react content is positive or neutral, them discovering or being recommended your channel is heavily based on statistical improbabilities that it's not even worth holding your breath over. If you view reactions as wholly negative, like a lot of people should, you pray that statistical improbability never comes to fruition because that means that they're going to steal your content.
@@waifusmine6871 Don't worry, you'll get there eventually.
@@waifusmine6871 this video is a blessing to you lol
This whole anti-react arc you've been on has made me realize how incredibly based you are. Big brain time.
Unironically, Dream is a good example of the point being made that if you have expirenece you can succeed, he states himself that he took long period of time off so that he could study how youtube worked and when he came back with all his new found knowledge be blew up.
too bad he's brought terrible people to TH-cam
@@3dirt516 Most of his audience has spent pretty much their entire lives on the internet. He didn't bring them to TH-cam, they were already here
There was still luck. The algorithm is random
The Tom Scott bit at the end really gave me the push I needed to start making youtube videos again. I'm glad we have people like you around to point out all the bullshit advice we see. Would love to see what you cut out from this video.
even young matto was wearing a black tanktop.
at this point matt is just a cartoon character who wears the exact same clothes every episode
i just had the time to start getting through all of these and now we get another, this is great i love watching matto own people with facts.
I am a senior software engineer, this is like can I get a job without showing any of my experience to get it? Yes, I can, I just go ahead and build a portfolio but the thing is a newcomer wouldn't be able to build a portfolio that would impress a decent company.
Too bad this series is over. I found it really enjoayable to see Matt give his views in such a detailed, well formulated, and well edited way. It really shines through that he studied philosophy before because he builds his arguments up so logically and coherently, step by step and always reconnecting to the last point. I'd be a lot more happy with drama if it always was this well structured and not just "Dude didn't shave his arm pits" or "lmao, his pupils are wide. He probably takes drugs. That druggie. Drugtaker."
Successful people refuse to admit that 'luck' is a big factor.
Being mediocre for years then becoming 'successful' isn't because you improved, it's also because the circumstances & audience evolved to where your content is relevant, liked by the algorithm and good enough to retain viewers at that time.
As Matt said in Rambles, it's literally being in the right place at the right time. Because of the pandemic thousand of good barbers had to close down shops and mask makers got super rich. And it had nothing to do with skill. It was pure, unfiltered luck that the world has changed.
To be fair it isnt entirely their fault. This is a human bias where we see our own success as being much more because of our own skill set and labor. Its been studied in psychology for decades too.
@@mikoi7472 Why's the bias so strong? I guess the successful want to be seen as normal/relatable, admitting they're lucky makes their success unobtainable (not relatable) or they can't ignorantly signal about the importance of hard work.
@@Anonymous-ks8el its more that people really only see their own efforts and dont see the efforts of others truly. Its a bias born from ignorance of others, but one that likely cant be solved because we cant watch another persons life 24/7 to understand the effort they out in.
Luck is seen as a bad explanation for a lot of people too because it diminishes their own perception of the effort they put in.
This series is so good. I feel like Matto has finally been unleashed in his true form.
Nah i miss his old vids
@@Smirving he said he only made 9 videos on this and potentially will make a response if needed then he'll go back to normal. Don't worry this one is 8.
What Ludwig did was literally what multiplayer gamers will do, smurfing.
literally, he basically created a new account but retained all the knowledge and skill, goes to decimate other players despite being on a new account then wonders why the account is doing so well so fast. for the first like 6 months of me playing fps games I sucked.
The worst thing about the video Ludwig made is that at a glance, it might seem like a great thing. Telling new TH-camrs that they just need skill to succeed on TH-cam?! Awesome!! Inspiring!!
But the truth is, when these folks sit down and really apply themselves into a video, not realizing its short-comings, and then don't see success, it's going to be devastating. They're going to assume that they just don't have what it takes, and likely get disinterested and unmotivated regarding TH-cam.
I think Tom Scott's advice was a lot more responsible. Basically stating that TH-cam is something you need to put your heart and soul into to become successful, and even when you do that, there's no guarantee. So you need to be appreciative and value all the success you get, because it's something most creators never experience. That makes me feel that if I have a video get 100, a 1000, or even 2000 views, that's an awesome achievement, and something I should value and push for. And that's a way better mindset than thinking that I can get 1k views in 24 hours with $50 bucks--something that is, for new creators, just not possible.
As Hasan would say, if he were honest with himself, you cumstered and dumpstered all of the top react Andrews. It's all airtight, and only bad faith acting would allow a competent individual to dispute any of this. As you've shown, that sort of response seems to be the first and only line of defense that these leeches have. Much like a persistent weed in a yard, one of them gets lucky and roots deeply into the ground. They grow way faster than the millions of little blades of grass because they steal the water, nutrients, and root space that would have otherwise gone to the grass. The grass will slowly die as the weed happily starves out the competition, and all you're left with in the end is a yard full of weeds. You should feel good knowing that you have probably flipped the viewpoint of a good number of people that were on the fence about this topic. Definitely feel free to take a break, because you've obviously worked very hard on this.
Damn. That's a really good analogy
I can definitely say Hes flipped mine and ever since all I've done is say not to recommend react channels and I'm honestly happier for it
They'd be better off ignoring him tbh but they are so cocky about it they will see their own fall.
Wonderfully written
@@abhishekanil99 you can thank my pot lol
You know he’s smart when he says ‘thus’
Yes, no new content creator can't do what Ludwig did.
My own brother wanted to try and create a very niche type of content. Then again, he's only in it for the money and not the passion. He truly doesn't have the time or the patience to do it. He still tried. My brother looked to me as like a "expert" in TH-cam. Watching and creating are two different things entirely.
The only thing I did to help with my brother, even though I knew it won't go anywhere. Was help with a Thumbnail through Photoshop. Because of my skills carried over from Photography class. And thats just it. Releases the video with a bad mic, not so good voice acting type of voice. Then unedited gamplay of him playing a certain game. It was god awful. Luckly, he did quit when I told him he needs the editing skills, better mic, more time, passion, etc... And of course I am not a creator.
He really thought that making one video will do numbers. In actuality, it really wasn't the case.
This video of Ludwig's did rub me the wrong way. It is good you brought this to light. Because literally no new creator could do what Ludwig did. Even my first hand experience proves that point.
its cause like in youtube you only see the big people doing the thing you are trying to do and you dont see the other hundreds of people doing the thing you are trying to do and failing just like yourself
@@marlon.8051 It's like any other entertainment industry. People who give up their life to move to LA, hoping to become big name movie stars living in a mansion in Hollywood Hills think of other people who did the same. Nobody sees some extra who got paid 20 bucks to stand and look at a building for 5 seconds and expects to make a career of that. They see Chris Hemsworth being paid more for a minute long ad than they'll ever see in their life and expect that to be the reality of the entertainment business. Nobody sees xXx_eatA55SmOkEgRazz_xXx who's been pumping out daily content for 12 years without ever getting more than 100 views.
back in 9th grade during lockdown i used to make gaming videos and trust me when i say this, its just passion. you need to have passion for making videos like i knew back then that no one was interested in my videos, yet i made them, no matter how trash my mic was, how trash my commentary was, how trash my editing was, in the end, when i saw the completed and exported video, i felt happy and content that i did something from the scratch and wow its good.
its a painfully slow process, and i was still in school and wasn't too serious abt it so it took my about 3 years to get really good at making content, i made a well edited video with a good microphone and spent many hours editing it, the final product was very professional and i used photoshop to make the thumbnail and I've gotten good at it because of those 3 years of trash i made, the video hit a few k views, i abandoned that channel later because I'm busy but i might go back to it.
point being, for me to make a fantastic video it took my 3 years of slowly acquired skills, now i know abt transitions, background music audio levels, trimming properly, zooms an keying in effects, how to write a script that is appealing cause UK u need to make a script that latches ppl in or else they'll just click off, etc etc. and when i see ludwing just yapping abt how easy it is, it hurt me somewhere lol
anyways, I'm happy those skills didn't go to waste, i currently help out an ngo with graphic designing of their announcements and editing of their events but i might just go back to content creation this year.
but yeah, its all about the passion to make videos and you need to embrace and learn a lot of shit in production and post production.
i don’t understand why anyone would watch ludwig, he’s so unsympathetic
I like him but he's too smug. I know its part of a character he plays; an overexaggerrated pompous version of himself. However it feels like over the years he doesn't know how to turn that off and instead thats just the way he is now and he's lost my view because of it.
@@therubycaptain9895 Why would anyone want to watch that. He sounds insufferable.
@@therubycaptain9895 That's most people on social media these days. At this point, I'm pretty sure the whole "it's a persona" excuse is just flat out lying so people don't realize he's just as insufferable offline.
I absolutely love your channel. Between your gta content and your documentary-style videos I’m having a great time watching. Hope he ends up seeing this!
Couldn't agree more with the arguments, had pretty much the same feelings when I first encountered Ludwigs video though to be fair somebody saying "have you tried making good content instead?" is kinda funny advice, feel like he could easily have made a video around that premise and still gotten away with feeling good about himself.
Thank you for making this series. I really needed a reality check about streamers.
I've always hated that Ludwig video of him donating to a streamer and being all: "It's not all luck. You can get promoted by a big twitch streamer and spend millions to get your video recommended and have that streamer watch the video too"
Great series. Reacters got me seething, and everyone’s just gonna pretend they don’t understand what the problem is. “But I like reacr content! And the original creater gets extra views!” Life is suffering 😔
I honestly thought we all agreed on the conclusion reactors are cancerous leeches all the way back in 2016. The fact this was ever a debate is baffling enough, but that it's still going on is just crazy. I hope these videos blow up like crazy.
@@plebisMaximus never underestimate how streamers and other influencers can influence the idiotic masses.
I personally am not one to defend or debate the morals of it. I know its lazy, scummy, whatever you want to call it. I just dont care
@@plebisMaximus yeah but then twitch happened, that's probably what revived react content
he went into youtube in New Game+ mode lol
*I remember in that stream which you did last time about Ludwig reaction,you were shock to hear the "600 Dollars" thing*
This is sad for 1 reason. All these big streamers are gonna look at you, see you have 900m subs, laugh at that, then invalidate all of your points due to your relevance. You're gonna get ignored and that shit fucking sucks.
literally, if he's a small streamer he's just a leech looking for clout, but if he's a big streamer, he is just shitting on other people. You just cant win with some people
900k correction haha
DarkViper - I first found your channel after the FriendlyBaron hitpiece back in the day, so it's fair to say that I first watched your content with an unfair prejudice against you. It wasn't too long before I realized his claims were unfounded, and I became a casual viewer of pacifist/hitless and your other gta content.
However, to me, this is the best series of videos you've created, and it has grown my respect for you immensely. I came to the series having viewed and believed this Ludwig video, and also holding the opinion that "high quality" reactions were not harmful or even beneficial. This series absolutely changed that.
You've done a great job of structuring these arguments to change minds, and I particularly appreciate that you dismantled Hasan while still endorsing anticapitalist ideals (something I've eseen "more political" leftist content creators fail to do).
Obviously, you've got a great career ahead of you in GTA content, but personally, I would love to see you engage more as a commentator or hear more of your thoughts political issues (perhaps on a second channel).
Whatever you do, I appreciate you making this series and I'm here to see more!
Sad that this series is over. Well worth all of the time and hard work that you sunk into making it. Hats off to you and everyone else that worked on it.
everything matt has said about the algorithm checks out completely. i got several videos that got over 30k views in the first month, and they're just game clips i recorded. the most effort i've put into any of them is a custom thumbnail sometimes. that's it. the algorithm just happened to find a niche audience that would watch them. so when guys like Ludwig say luck doesn't play a big part, all i see is some dude smelling his own farts like "damn look how good i am" like eugh
I've made various videos on various channels with various levels of effort over the 15-ish years I've been on this site, the first video I've uploaded to break 1000 views was some Halo clip I took on my Xbox by pure accident and uploaded for the lulz. It's the most random shit they pick up lol.
Thanks you so much for this video series Matto! It was really well done, entertaining, informative but also very infuriating to watch, seeing how ignorant, childish and /or aggressive almost all of these reactors behave. Props to you for believing in your position and not backing down because of any criticism. Well done!
Mr Viper going full ham on Ludwig got me worried first but now that I've seen it it's justified. Nice to see someone fighting for content creators this open and I can't help but to support it. Thanks DarkviperAU for this series and I hope more people will be aware of this ❤️
When Ludwig said you could just "get editing tools" I burst out in laughter because my Laptop is so horrible that I sometimes cant even run premiere pro without having that laptop crash.
Please release another video about this situation, I am LOVING this series!
Just want to say thanks for having the script up so we can see the part of the video that did not make it into the final cut. Keep up the good work Matto
I’m sad to see this series end. I’m a huge fan of all these videos. Great job dvau
Nice use of tom scott, truly a wise man
this series has been incredibly informative, very clear, precise, and cleverly organized in a way that has completely impressed me. excellent work, matto, and never give up being firey for what you believe in, and never back down just from bullying or pressure.
So wait, instead of proving TH-cam is skill based. The guy instead showed that if a shitty TH-camr or streamer rightfully loses support, they will have an easier time getting back to success by using their already gained knowledge and operate under a new persona. That's a bit depressing and disheartening.
Well yes and no, if someone loses support badly they won't be able to do react content or other bad stuff and will be forced to make valuable content.
Depends on the nature of the backlash, the audience, and the people in power. While most scumbags in Hollywood get away with horrible crimes, Joss Whedon is now essentially persona non grata after the sexual abuse allegations came to light, which is incredibly rare for the entertainment industry.
I'd honestly like to see a tutorial series headed by you, in terms of editing, creating thumbnails as well as what advice you have on various tools and programs.
It's a few months off funding wise, but I plan on editing for a friend who streams on twitch, and porting their content to TH-cam to try and give them a hand when I've the pc to do it. And given how you tend to approach, research and analyze things I'm sure it'd be a fun series to learn to.
As always, thank you for all the time and hard work you put into these videos.
This whole series has been very interesting to watch. Thank you for your time putting all of this together.
Ludwig : *compares a video posted 12 hours ago with 135k views with his 3 month old video he paid a millionaire to advertise "I'm seeing a little something here"
uh, what?
@DarkviperAU,
I commend you for taking your status as a popular streamer/TH-camr and using your platform to talk about these issues. There is a lot of courage to come out and speak about topics such as these that would understandably cause severe backlash. You are speaking out against them and because of it, a new perspective has now opened that many of us might have not been aware of.
Once again, I thank you for these videos and I hope you keep up the good work.
I really don't know what to say. Spending ~$600 on a single TH-cam video that may not even be succesfull. and what do you do for the next video? Spending $600 again?! So basically Ludwig is saying while gaining no experience from the first video in how to make videos you should do it again and again? Imagine not being wealthy, having no experience whatsoever in making TH-cam video and spending ~$600 per video. Sounds like finacial ruin to me.
ludwig probably doesn't even realize that 600 bucks is a huge sum of money to spend on a single 3 minute video for someone who isn't rich
@@advakart4208 true
Hats off to Matto that he is going through so much to bring light into the darkness and explain things correctly and truthfully!!!
Aswell this react series is so good and it's incredible that multiple content creators agree with you and support you, I hope that this react series (if this video is also part of the react content series XD ^^") will turn good out for Matto as well for the other content creators who wanted to stay in the shadows, watching Matto do the work and bring justice, honesty, and light into this place so that every small TH-camr has more and better luck for a better life and create more content what they love or for what they're passionate about!!! Thanks Matto hats off to you!
I’ve been struggling learning how to make TH-cam videos. The ONLY way I’ve been able to figure out what works for my channel is by slow, tedious trial and error. I’m still not sure if I would characterize this as “luck” either as YT takes a lot of determination and planning, but luck is 100% needed. I still have no clue how the algorithm works sometimes but I’m slowly learning :)
Yeah, I'd like that advice video very please Matt! Would really appreciate that!
I would appreciate if you made a follow up video talking about the interplay between luck and skill
The general advice would also pay benefit to tiny creators like myself that want to improve their content as much as possible.
Keep up the amazing work, big fan
The fact he says he's best friends with mizkif tells me all I need to know
I don’t comment very often, but Matt I would love to see you make a video about general advice to succeed. As someone who wants to break into TH-cam it’d be greatly appreciated and I’m sure it would be appreciated by many others too
This is why I love Matt, his crushing honesty and incredible thoroughness in research as well as the ability to convey the information to us.
You wouldn't even make $33 on that video, because such a new channel can't be monetized, right?
Yes
Yeh, which is why I said hypothetically.
Thanks for this series. It was very much needed.
Its New Game+, not a new game.
Thank you for making these videos... They were really interesting and I really enjoyed watching them.
And yes
24:08
I'd be interested to see those vids
Crazy that the Australian man I found 2 and a half years ago because I liked the funny chaos mod videos is now as far as I know one of TH-cam’s greatest creators
It's been almost the 6th time I've seen your thumbnail from your video about react content and I must say It's really well done and I cant have enough of it!
Bruh, Ludwig didn’t hit New Game, he hit New Game+/Prestige
Thank you for making this series, it was very informative.
Can't wait to see all of them react in a sane way and make valid arguments and come up with counterpoints so it generates a cool, level headed discussion about this topic. And by that I of course mean they will ignore all the data and valid points and just attack you, lie and misrepresent stuff, pretend they are the victims and you're only doing this for views and of course, that they know better than anyone and everyone else. Close enough I guess....
I found this video so perfectly fitting for matto... It takes speedrunners thousands of days and resets to hone their skills to perfection, only to be f-ed by rng 😂
Luck is not only a factor, but the inevitable nature of probability
Good video matto!! Looking forward for the rest to come
Another part of the least controversial series you have ever made!
Then in 3 weeks they will be friends. Moist Critical is a prime example
So original
@Ranger Danger true
@@Fusion05 Considering how Matt speaks of Cr1tikal in the first video, I imagine they're not "friends"
@Ranger Danger yes it is
Thank you for making this series Matt it was incredible eye opening to how reactors are the lowest of the low by taking other peoples hard work and reaping the rewards I watched every video in This series and enjoyed all of it . Somebody had to come out against these scumbags and I’m glad you did people need to see how reactors really are stealing money and viewers from original content creators. You should also make more essay style videos because these videos especially the second have been some of the best work you’ve put out but I also do love your gta speed runs keep up the amazing work Matt!
Damn, Matt's hit list just doesn't stop lol
Theres like 20 big streamers he didn't talk about thats like 50% react content
You have SO MANY examples of the people in question disproving or arguing against themselves. I swear its happened in every single video so far. I just want to say that I really appreciate the effort and time you put into these videos, and while it sucks you cant get rewarded proportionate to the effort you put into them, im willing to bet lot of your fans agree. Also, the script reading wasn’t bad:)
This video is very relatable to artists and music producers like me as well. The pool of talent is so huge and definite success is a very long road that many drop out of at the first signs of failure or inconvenience.
Your words about being lucky enough to do something for 10+ years before being able to get by rang very true to me. It is indeed a strange feeling of luck and privilege to be able to chase my dreams and hope for the best even if my current life doesn’t reflect that vision. Thank you for the motivation.
I'm gonna be honest, first time I saw you was with mutahar from someordinarygamers, your points where exposed with a lot of yelling (unnecessary) and felt more like an agressive person trying to intimidate me into siding with them, after that u checked your response and your channel, Matto you are a great person, even with some mistakes made during this series your points stand strong and you have kept your chill unlike these streamers knowing damn well they where just screaming and throwing insults around you still debated their points and let the clips of their streams who they really are.
A lot of people are saying it's for clout, that you are victimizing yourself etc. but im pretty sure that a lot of creators are thanking what you did in here. Congratulations and thank you
If Ludwig did this experiment for a few weeks and posted more videos on the online lore channel, that would have actually proven your point that no one would watch the other videos .
Only as long as people didn't know it was his content. By day 3, it was out that Online Lore was Ludwig. That's why him bragging about the 800k views is so disingenuous.
When he makes a video with 3 million views talking about it and multiple people, youtubers, streamers, talk about it and he streams it the channel will become somewhat successful. Someone with none of these options will have to be lucky.
The whole experiment was poisoned once people knew that the second channel was actually Ludwig.
@@GeirGunnarss Thats what I meant. He should have kept it a secret and more videos on the channel
7:02 I feel like Ludwig is implying that the end video will be free to watch as in ad free. Even though this take on what Ludwig said makes less sense, it was still my impression and this made this section a bit confusing. Otherwise great videos and this is the only “major” nitpick I have in the 7 or so videos so far
Matt is so based it’s scary. No one man should have that much logic.
Thank you for making this series. It’s been really eye-opening.
This will sit with me forever as someone who has an off and on difficulty to speak sometimes 7:34 "But that what makes us great" the moment where you pause reflect how I feel before I say something after having the courage to finally spit it out
I mean that video is the exact same thing as players in ranked videogames that make a new account to shit on the new players and then say "You can do that too"