The Changing Landscape of YouTube Gaming Content

YouTube has undergone significant changes in recent times, particularly when it comes to advertising and gaming content. The platform's algorithm has become increasingly complex, making it challenging for creators to produce high-quality content that resonates with their audience. As a result, many gamers have been affected by the rise of ad revenue issues, leading to frustration and uncertainty about the future of their channels.

In this article, we'll explore the impact of these changes on gaming content creators, including the author's own experiences with YouTube's Content ID system. We'll also discuss how supporters can play a crucial role in helping creators maintain their independence and produce quality content for their audience.

The Importance of Patreon Support

As a gamer and content creator, I've seen firsthand the impact that ad revenue issues can have on channels. For me, this has meant that my Pokémon X&Y series was nearly ruined by Content ID claims from Nintendo. However, with the support of our community, we were able to find an alternative solution. That's why I'm excited to announce our Patreon campaign, which will allow us to continue producing high-quality content without relying on ad revenue.

For as little as $1 per month, you can help us maintain our independence and create more videos for your enjoyment. This not only ensures that we can continue to produce content that meets your expectations but also provides a safe and sustainable way for us to do so. In return, we'll provide you with exclusive updates, behind-the-scenes insights into our content creation process, and access to special giveaways and rewards.

Better Equipment for Better Quality Content

One of the main benefits of Patreon support is that it will allow us to invest in better equipment and software, which will ultimately lead to higher-quality videos. With more time and resources available to us, we'll be able to create content that is more engaging, informative, and entertaining. This includes things like better lighting, sound design, and editing, all of which will contribute to a more polished final product.

A New Direction for Our Channel

This Patreon campaign represents a new direction for our channel, one that prioritizes community engagement and support over ad revenue. We'll be able to focus on producing content that resonates with you, our audience, rather than trying to appease the algorithm or chase after every possible clickbait title. This means more in-depth analysis, more exclusive features, and more behind-the-scenes insights into our content creation process.

Feedback is Crucial

As a community-driven channel, we value your feedback and input above all else. With Patreon support, you'll be able to provide us with real-time feedback on our content, helping us identify areas for improvement and suggesting new topics or themes that align with your interests. This will enable us to create content that truly reflects the needs and desires of our audience.

A Better Future for Gaming Content Creators

By supporting our Patreon campaign, you'll be contributing to a more sustainable future for gaming content creators like myself. We'll be able to maintain our independence and continue producing high-quality content without relying on ad revenue or external pressures. This means that we can focus on what matters most – creating engaging, entertaining, and informative content that resonates with our audience.

A Thank You from the Author

I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you who will be supporting us through Patreon. Your contribution will not only ensure that we can continue producing quality content but also provide us with the freedom to pursue new ideas and projects. I'm truly humbled by your support and look forward to sharing our journey with you in the coming months.

Behind-the-Scenes Updates

As a Patreon supporter, you'll receive exclusive behind-the-scenes updates on our content creation process, including insights into our research, planning, and production stages. This will give you a unique perspective on how we work and help you appreciate the hard work that goes into creating each and every video.

Personalized Thank You Videos

For those who contribute $10 or more per month, I'll be creating personalized thank you videos, tailored specifically to your name and interests. These videos will feature exclusive content, behind-the-scenes footage, and a heartfelt message of appreciation from me to you. It's my way of saying thank you for your support and commitment to our channel.

Personalized Thank You Letters

For those who contribute $5 or more per month, I'll be sending out personalized thank you letters, featuring a handwritten message and a special gift. These letters will serve as a tangible reminder of your contribution and help us stay connected with the community that matters most.

Exclusive Content and Giveaways

As a Patreon supporter, you'll gain access to exclusive content and giveaways, including early access to new videos, behind-the-scenes footage, and limited-edition merchandise. This is our way of saying thank you for your loyalty and commitment to our channel.

In conclusion, our Patreon campaign represents a new chapter in the history of our channel, one that prioritizes community engagement and support over ad revenue. By supporting us through Patreon, you'll be contributing to a more sustainable future for gaming content creators like myself. Thank you for your trust, your loyalty, and your unwavering commitment to our channel.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello my name is Adam or you might know me as equals box I run a youtube channel at youtube com /c pills box with my partner shoe and we make gaming content gaming news of coop let's plays random just goofy videos and reviews so if you like our content like our videos at all or subscribe to our channel then you should pledge to my patreon the patreon is hopefully going to allow us to create better content for you YouTube is no longer really a sustainable form of doing the kinds of things that we want to do with the channel and doing them comfortably without sacrificing essentially everything else we need to do in life our patreon campaign is going to be a way for you guys to help us by sacrificing very little of your own to help us create better content for you guys I have a lot of big goals in mind a lot of aspirations a lot of dreams and I know all of them will never necessarily come to light but with this channel there is a lot that I want to do there is just such a step higher than I want to take it and we can't really do that without your all sport the great thing about the patreon campaign versus just standard donations which we do accept it epost calm / donate is it's a monthly pledge it's almost like a Kickstarter but for just creative startups not for companies and so for as little as literally a dollar a month pretty much everybody has a dollar month as well for as little as a dollar month you can be a huge part in making sure that we get to continue to create amazing content for you guys YouTube is a changing landscape advertising is becoming really a gray area and just kind of a journal fuzzy situation at the moment on YouTube and a lot of people are getting thrown under the bus for it and it like I said before it's not really a sustainable way of doing things at the moment at least for anybody involved in games media as a brief exam my pokemon X&Y series which was kind of going to be a different direction this channel is going to take ninety percent of the videos for it got claimed by Nintendo there are similar situations of other videos and there's entire youtubers who their entire channel is basically ruined by these Content ID claims or got temporarily ruined by just simply Content ID trolls pledging to the patreon ensures that we can sustainably create the videos you want to see without worry about ad revenue affecting it at all I'm not saying videos are going to be ad free per se but in the case that monetization does not work out we're still able to make videos we're still able to do this as much as we can without compromise without happy to be one of those sellouts everybody complains about or without having to take shady money from game developers or anything like that which I'm not going to do but there's always that risk in games media when the actual support that we're supposed to have to do what we do crumbles away and that is exactly what's happening right now so like I said for as little as one dollar a month up to however much you want to donate a month you can keep us afloat and keep us doing what you want to see this also means you get to have a much higher level of feedback into what you want to see from us so sure it may sound great that this does these things for me but what does it do for you well by reaching the goal on the patreon campaign that would be better equipment for producing videos which means better quality videos for you guys we honestly get to justify more time spent working on videos because the biggest thing about ad revenue not being enough and stuff is real life is still very important and I still gotta you know if YouTube and games media isn't panning out at the moment or financial just comfortability I'm not looking to be you know seananners or PewDiePie and be flooding and riches from YouTube money just enough to be comfortable to continue doing what I do and justify it adrianna campaign helps that so I mean more consistent videos assuming we reach the goal or go beyond that means more content the more we make essentially the more you know you guys contribute the more equipment we can get the more time we can put into it the more content you get we can launch extra channels we can start the podcast back up and have time for it I can put more time into the website all of these things feeds directly back to you guys I can do more giveaways I since day one since before the white boy seventh Street giveaway scandal I've always wanted to do more giveaways for example I have a GF you'll give away going on for when I reached 10,000 subscribers I can do more things like that because I can be like hey we made a huge milestone today let's go get a couple things and give them back to the community and lastly as I mentioned before feedback you guys matter a lot to us and those of you who are contributing to our platform to us certainly deserve to know what the heck we are doing with this campaign so you will receive behind-the-scenes updates you will receive exclusive feedback contribution to what we do on the channel you'll get to you know I'm not gonna say you get to tell us what to do but you you know if there's something you want to see and we haven't made it and there's no good reason we haven't made it we're gonna make a video those of you who contribute a dollar or more I'm going to personally create a thank you letter and send it out to you if you wish to submit your address for that thanking you for your participation in tribute five to ten dollars or more and i will create a personalized thank you video just for you to go on the channel and send to you which you could of course repost on your channel if you like all in all this is all about us being able to make better content for you if you would like to see that happen if you would like to support our work if you would like to contribute to us doing this sustainably please contribute to our patreon I really appreciate you watching I really appreciate you taking your time out of the day to even consider supporting us and I will see you all next time my name is vini balls box thank you so much for watching Ihello my name is Adam or you might know me as equals box I run a youtube channel at youtube com /c pills box with my partner shoe and we make gaming content gaming news of coop let's plays random just goofy videos and reviews so if you like our content like our videos at all or subscribe to our channel then you should pledge to my patreon the patreon is hopefully going to allow us to create better content for you YouTube is no longer really a sustainable form of doing the kinds of things that we want to do with the channel and doing them comfortably without sacrificing essentially everything else we need to do in life our patreon campaign is going to be a way for you guys to help us by sacrificing very little of your own to help us create better content for you guys I have a lot of big goals in mind a lot of aspirations a lot of dreams and I know all of them will never necessarily come to light but with this channel there is a lot that I want to do there is just such a step higher than I want to take it and we can't really do that without your all sport the great thing about the patreon campaign versus just standard donations which we do accept it epost calm / donate is it's a monthly pledge it's almost like a Kickstarter but for just creative startups not for companies and so for as little as literally a dollar a month pretty much everybody has a dollar month as well for as little as a dollar month you can be a huge part in making sure that we get to continue to create amazing content for you guys YouTube is a changing landscape advertising is becoming really a gray area and just kind of a journal fuzzy situation at the moment on YouTube and a lot of people are getting thrown under the bus for it and it like I said before it's not really a sustainable way of doing things at the moment at least for anybody involved in games media as a brief exam my pokemon X&Y series which was kind of going to be a different direction this channel is going to take ninety percent of the videos for it got claimed by Nintendo there are similar situations of other videos and there's entire youtubers who their entire channel is basically ruined by these Content ID claims or got temporarily ruined by just simply Content ID trolls pledging to the patreon ensures that we can sustainably create the videos you want to see without worry about ad revenue affecting it at all I'm not saying videos are going to be ad free per se but in the case that monetization does not work out we're still able to make videos we're still able to do this as much as we can without compromise without happy to be one of those sellouts everybody complains about or without having to take shady money from game developers or anything like that which I'm not going to do but there's always that risk in games media when the actual support that we're supposed to have to do what we do crumbles away and that is exactly what's happening right now so like I said for as little as one dollar a month up to however much you want to donate a month you can keep us afloat and keep us doing what you want to see this also means you get to have a much higher level of feedback into what you want to see from us so sure it may sound great that this does these things for me but what does it do for you well by reaching the goal on the patreon campaign that would be better equipment for producing videos which means better quality videos for you guys we honestly get to justify more time spent working on videos because the biggest thing about ad revenue not being enough and stuff is real life is still very important and I still gotta you know if YouTube and games media isn't panning out at the moment or financial just comfortability I'm not looking to be you know seananners or PewDiePie and be flooding and riches from YouTube money just enough to be comfortable to continue doing what I do and justify it adrianna campaign helps that so I mean more consistent videos assuming we reach the goal or go beyond that means more content the more we make essentially the more you know you guys contribute the more equipment we can get the more time we can put into it the more content you get we can launch extra channels we can start the podcast back up and have time for it I can put more time into the website all of these things feeds directly back to you guys I can do more giveaways I since day one since before the white boy seventh Street giveaway scandal I've always wanted to do more giveaways for example I have a GF you'll give away going on for when I reached 10,000 subscribers I can do more things like that because I can be like hey we made a huge milestone today let's go get a couple things and give them back to the community and lastly as I mentioned before feedback you guys matter a lot to us and those of you who are contributing to our platform to us certainly deserve to know what the heck we are doing with this campaign so you will receive behind-the-scenes updates you will receive exclusive feedback contribution to what we do on the channel you'll get to you know I'm not gonna say you get to tell us what to do but you you know if there's something you want to see and we haven't made it and there's no good reason we haven't made it we're gonna make a video those of you who contribute a dollar or more I'm going to personally create a thank you letter and send it out to you if you wish to submit your address for that thanking you for your participation in tribute five to ten dollars or more and i will create a personalized thank you video just for you to go on the channel and send to you which you could of course repost on your channel if you like all in all this is all about us being able to make better content for you if you would like to see that happen if you would like to support our work if you would like to contribute to us doing this sustainably please contribute to our patreon I really appreciate you watching I really appreciate you taking your time out of the day to even consider supporting us and I will see you all next time my name is vini balls box thank you so much for watching I\n"