A candid video explaining what the future of Beta64 will hold after the latest release of Beta64 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and the future is bright! :)
Many creators will ignore the feedback and will get worse over time because of it. But you actually took the feedback and improved because of it. This is why you’re one of my favorite creators. Thanks Andrew!
Those same RUclipsrs ignore feedback simply because they only care about money. Beta64 is not like that, so soon or late he would have acknowledged the criticism anyway.
@@thebiggy2014 What is and isn't brave is cultural. There is a lot of peer pressure to just hate criticism and get defensive without even thinking to prove your strength. Not just online, and it's taking over politics as well. So yes, having a measured response is brave.
Very mature way of handling it, really proud of ya. I think that the humor and incorporating yourself in your videos isn't a bad thing at all, but it might be best to slowly transition into that style. I'm looking forwards to how you manage it, take care my dude.
Yeah! Unlike Junichi Masuda, who listened to the Pokémon fans and knew what they wanted, yet instead responded by telling them that the issue won't be fixed!
I have never seen this level of transparency from a RUclipsr. Massive props for moving forward and taking the time to think what would work for your channel. I can't wait to see what you have in store!
Maaaaan, now THIS proves your channel Is pure gold man! Taking critizism and own it Is something not everyone can do, yet here you are and open your heart to the fans :D It's not about the humor at all man, humor Is good, but in small quantities and less forced ;) maybe you can introduce it gradually so it doesn't clash with your fanbase 😊
I also want to add that seeing you like my comment in a matter of minutes shows that you truly care. After watching the whole video, I do hope you are successful on adapting your true soul to your content. I know that your True heart fans will eventually not only enjoy it, but also anxiously jump out of their seats when thet a notification (just like I did when I saw this one, for real 😂) Anyway, congrats on your graduation! and I hope to see your content evolve even more and hopefully become a huuuuge channel. Greetings from Nicaragua to you😊
Bro the fact that you are taking criticisms with such grace and moving forward and taking it into consideration is so cool I personally didnt mind the ultimate vid but certain parts did feel like they didnt exactly fit but hey man ya gotta experiment. Cheers! Keep up the good work!
I appreciate your take on this and I can understand to some degree wanting to put yourself in your videos - after all, it is your content, and your desire which shouldn’t be influenced by anyone else. That being said, I’m excited to see the future videos, been a very passive fan and I think you’re cool and will figure out something. +1 on taking the criticisms :)
I remember hearing about some of the stuff you were going through months ago, and I 100% give you props for working through all that and coming back with a refreshed aesthetic. As long as you keep the dichotomy you talked about at the front of your video, with having different series for your different "personas" as I'll call them, you'll be completely fine. I also appreciate the honest look at the feedback you've received, and your outwardness on the steps you'll take to fix it. Much love, here to talk if needed
Your genuine attitude honestly puts a smile on my face, it takes guts and maturity to be this upfront about things like these and find a middle ground that works for everyone. For the care you put into your work and how well you listen to your fanbase..Consider me apart of that fanbase. =D
This realization will keep your channel alive, the branching out into new series is a much smarter way of handling it rather than simply forcing them all together. Good luck with the future
I feel bad now that Beta64 has fully explained the reasons for the changes made to his most recent video. Trying new things doesn't always seem to work out but, if he didn't try new things, how would he know how to improve(if he needed to at all)?
I don't mind that you tried something new! The humor felt way too forced and did not feel like you were being yourself! We will keep supporting you, you will figure it out! ;)
I can understand what people were saying in the comments of your Ultimate video but I want to say I'm really sorry for how rough it was. Reading through the comments was painful and I couldn't help but think about how you would feel about it. I hope your new series ideas' work out well for you because you deserve it and I can see how much work you put in the previous video. You've got this!
There was straight up backlash?! Damn, I guess I was just glad to see a new beta64. But, it is really cool that you are able to take criticism so well, and I gotta say I do like the ideas you have for where you want to take your channel, with your audiences tastes in mind. It's soul crushing to hear critiques about your work, and most people either resist it completely or sacrifice their artistic integrity and just give everyone everything they want, no matter how it effects their product (I'm into the former). But you're listening to your audience and making changes, while still doing those changed aspects YOUR way without compromising the things that drive your creativity and inspired you to make videos in the first place. I'm Looking forward to your new stuff!
Derek Brou yep people were starting to call him a Scott the Woz rip-off and they wanted Beta to go back to the old video format. I personally enjoy the new style, youtubers need to adapt over time, it’s one of the ways they can survive on this platform for such a long time
There was backlash?! Jeezus! Look, I think beta adding in too much humor can kinda...muck up an episode, and having him on screen with a skit was weird too....but I felt no reason to lash out. I still found the episode enjoyable.
@@alexjustalexyt1144 well I read comments sometimes but I subscribe to a lot of shiz so I was just kind of knocking them out. After I watched it I just thought "oh, he's changin' it up" but I didn't know it was a big deal until I got home and saw this new upload basically titled "I SORELY APOLOGIZE" and I was like whooooaaaaa
You know what I love so much? The fact that you took a risk and tried something new. That isn't easy to do. Maybe it didn't work out--that's ok. You tried and you learned and you're awesome.
Skimming through a few recent videos of yours after I saw the NSMB video linked on Twitter. While this video is over a year old, I wanted to say I did like those couple of videos so far. I could feel the kind of personal and chill vibe you mentioned here, not to sound weird but I enjoyed you yourself being in the video explaining things. I also liked that most of the gags weren't too drawn out. They often ran while you were explaining things(the chase response to DSi camera pranking), didn't derail the video for several minutes or serve as an excuse to bash on something unrelated, and I never thought I'd see a physical gag based on the subject of unused Mario tilesets. My life is complete now after that one. Also huge props for taking people's criticisms into account genuinely, it would have been easy to see the flood of what I assume was a lot of hate/disappointment/vitrol in response to your video and misunderstandings, and decide to hide away, ignore it, or overcompensate and never try out things. Instead, you listened, explained, conversed, and seem to have ended up in a better result for it. Anyway, you've earned a new watcher. Now to deal with this sudden craving for cheese nips.
Dude, I have the fullest trust in you. It's awesome that you made this video and that you're working to make everyone happy. It would have been very easy for you to just blame it on us and make no compromise. Thank you and good luck!
Dude, I'm really impressed with you. The fact that you didn't let negative comments kill your willingness to experiment & be yourself is honestly an inspiration! I actually loved the last video and I'm looking forward to new content!
I enjoy you being more IN your videos. I get that the teaching/chill factors are sort of what you set your channel on. I will say that, having seen you live at PAX East last year, you have a great sense of humor. I think you should nourish that for sure, and I'd love to see more of it! Having multiple series (or channels? do people even do that anymore?) is a great way to separate it out! Definitely do NOT give up on the humor side (and any other side) that you want to develop!
For sure! The humor will be developed in many different ways! Also, I'm so glad you got to see us at PAX!! Don't tell anyone, but we might be going back!
Wow. Never clicked on a video so fast... Anyways, if you want to put humor into your videos, at least go with the style of your kirby's adventure/dreamland video. As how that video surely did had jokes, but most of the jokes were just small, quick gags and short laughs. Yeah, make it that way. As I feel that style of humor fits more other than just random jokes that drag. Just a little feedback. *(Wow. Never expected much likes from this comment.)*
The Protagonist Bro, I made these replies almost a year ago, when I was the almighty cringelord. Come to think of it, I still am. Anyway, I deleted the replies
Just finished the vid, and I am pleased with the direction your taking. Even though I was not a fan of the humor, I am still looking forward to what you put out!
I think the multiple series idea would work really well if you still wanted to be funny but still feel real when talking about the beta of video games. I did appreciate you trying new things for your series though and you’ve done a good job!
5:27 I was literally thinking that he was talking about wanting the same format of video as Scott and then he said that he didn’t want to be a Scott rip off. This guy can read minds.
Try not to overwork yourself with multiple different series. If you think you can do it, then go for it, but don’t put too much on your plate. Love your content dude, and whatever you choose, you’ll get my support!
Okay so I doubt you'll see this, but I just want to say that I respect how aware you are about your criticisms and how you're willing to move forward. With that said, I will always watch and I know many others will and I really enjoyed seeing this side of you. Thank you for all the work you do, it doesn't go unappreciated.
Thank you for the realtalk, i think its good to do different series. I understand that you want to do what you want to do and i really appreciate how you try to make everyone happy ^~^
I was among the group of people that didn't like the video overall. I am happy to hear that the critiques that were brought forth are being considered as well as including pieces of the new format (overall, I thought it had promise, and I don't mind listening to the dev story and sometimes that's half of the fun, but, like you went over, the jokes were forced, I processed the front half of the dev story as "the intro" and it made it feel waaaaay longer than it needed to be while including not that much content (which you explained, and I think most of us get that)). I'm starting to ramble, so I'll try to rap this comment up by saying that I was always a fan of your content, was a little disappointed with the new video, but I'm looking forward to the new videos that are upcoming that'll be almost a hybrid of the old and new style.
Hey Andrew, I think you're handling this very well. Thanks for taking criticism like a champ. What's remarkable is you didn't just cave to all of the criticism, you actually identified what the problem was and you clearly articulated what it with your own words. Few can do that well. Thanks for the shout out and I'll always be here to support you no matter what kind of video style you go with!
If theres one thing we all know about RUclips, it's people dont like change, and you definitely learned it the hard way. You've got a lot of talent and your past videos are proof of that. Unlike other fans so easy to give up, I will be sticking around, looking forward to your next video. Hope to see more of the old format back!
I redact my statement. Don't stick with only the old format, as I feel that may hold you back from the type of content you truly want to do. Do what you want and I will eagerly wait for it. Keep trying new things! Just gotta find that happy medium between old and new.
Looking forward to what you'll be doing in the future! I think you dealt with all this in a really great way and i'm glad to see people seem to be taking all this pretty well now.
Beta64 I'm glad you can take very well and that you seem like an awesome guy I would like to meet eventually and I hope the future of this channel is bright the thing I like about your content was in your star fox videos it was not only informational but also the fact it felt more realistic if you know what I mean and the personality reflect that which felt right at home but also I welcome more of the face cam but anyway I hope the best for you Andrew
I think the change caused whiplash. Format changes and expansion can be good, but the severe change up when you hadn't posted a video for eight months was just incredibly sudden. If you want to make separate projects that incorporate skits and humor, that's great! I fully support doing so. If you want to include these in your Beta64 videos, though, then I suggest small changes so the main content doesn't change and you can see how the audience is interested. Try putting a skit at the end of the video, with a nice segue from the beta content, and make beta changes from the video relevant to it.
When I watched the video I was thinking "did Beta64 get different people behind it?" since the style of video was so drastically changed. I think there's a place for comedy based videos, like in game reviews, looking over older topics (like Scott The Woz does a ton), etc. but for a video that's designed to give the maximum amount of information to a viewer, a "no camera" video works the best as Did You Know Gaming and the previous Beta 64 videos demonstrated. I didn't come to the video specifically for the personality of the presenter (even though DykG does that with guest stars a lot), but mainly for the information.
It's important to talk about what you love, and it's important to make videos you love making. Just be careful that you don't overwhelm yourself or your audience. Also, maybe try to slowly introduce your new series. Don't just drop them in and immediately make them a weekly thing but introduce a single "beta" episode, gain some feedback, tweak some things, and put out another "beta". Not only will this prep your audience for a different brand of content, but it'll also prep your videos to be as good as possible.
ya know I sincerely respect you for this. Rarely creators now and days actually listen when they fuck up and instead rather only listen to praise, well done on rising above all
While I discovered you for the history of games, and now I am excited to see how you evolve now! This channel is yours to do with what you want so keep going!
Your videos have gotten me thru such hard times. Thank you for being so inspiring and accepting criticism so well and immediately instead of deflecting it onto the audience for not enjoying “your true art”. It’s awesome seeing your face and you are hilarious, but comedy doesn’t fit into this history style. Hope you bounce back better than ever because you’ve earned it!
I know this is old as hell. But I wanna say something. Many youtubers would be content to make a new direction and call everyone who doesn't like it a non-fan. But you learned that not everyone wanted memes thrown in for no reasons. And you're using it to build a more diverse and interesting channel. That's something I can respect.
I like the fact that you experimented and tried something new, even if it didn't work out as you expected, it takes balls to get out of the comfort zone. I'm glad you're coming back to the old games, since I've been expecting you to do GoldenEye, it's a game which beta version was extremely interesting, it would make a great video! Looking forward for what you're gonna do next, and thanks for listening to the feedback and actually coming forward and talking about it, it says a lot about how much you care about your channel and us, your fans.
I'm so glad to see this, thank you for listening and addressing it! It's really interesting to see things for your side, I'm one of the people who subscribed for the Beta/Final comparisons and I'd never even considered that you didn't realise that was a draw to the channel! I agree that the jokes don't work as well in these types of video, but I also feel humor can have a place in them. The way I've always seen Beta64 is professional, well put-together documentaries of a video game's changes and I feel they work best with "humor, not comedy". For example, your "Turns out this test room generated enough money in the box office to finalize a sequel called EneTest2" joke in your Kirby 64 video actually cracked me up. It naturally flowed in the conversation, was still on topic and was a genuinely great joke. I also want to add that your voice is just PERFECT for these types of video and they wouldn't be the same if someone else voiced them. I know you won't see it the same as "being in" a video, but please remember that your voice is part of you too and it really helps make the videos what they are. Anyway, thank you for listening to us. It's nice to see a creator who takes their fan's criticism to heart. I'm looking forward to seeing what you have in store in the coming future!
Dear Beta 64: I've grown up with your channel. My first video I watched was about Super mario 64. You really changed in a good way. You should do what makes you happy.
You're all good man. I liked your smash video but did feel that it felt off from the last ones. I watch basically all of your videos and I look forward to new stuff!
Taking criticisms is now being brave? That's one of the basic things one can do. Has being hostile and not being able to handle anything that goes against your view point become so normal that taking criticism is something amazing and brave? Good thing that he did it but that how everyone should behave to better them selfes in the first place.
Welp this is the new world we live in where everyone gets offended and throws a fit so of course something as simple as accepting criticism is a crazy concept
It is brave. It's hard to make massive changes to your channel and admit wrongdoing. BE GLAD HE LISTENED TO OUR FEEDBACK AND ISN'T GOING TO MAKE GAG-FILLED LOLRANDOM VIDS.
Even though you’ve changed quite a bit, I still love your videos. Especially the Super Mario 64 video. That was the first video of Beta 64 I saw, and I was immediately a fan. And two years later, (I think) I’m still rewatching your videos! Good job!
Your channel holds a lot of potential and it is obvious that people enjoy what you are doing. I would love to see what you do with something that is easier to incorporate your humor into it. Keep up the good work!
I really enjoyed your latest video and I totally agree with your ideas. You had basically already reached the limit of enjoyment of your last video style. With the new style you can go a lot further and make way more enjoying videos.
Wow, I’m surprised you’re actually taking feedback. That’s actually surprising, considering many huge channels don’t take any feedback and try to improve. Glad you’re acknowledging your fan’s opinions.
And man, this video where you are apologizing for so many things that most people would just push aside (and I can't blame them for it) really gets you my respect. It really shows being grounded and understanding. Tbh, I was also kinda thrown off by the "I'm not reading YT comments" thing, but the way you explained it, it makes a lot of sense. Sooo, my respect to you, man :3
You are one of the very few people who actually pay attention to what your viewers want and you try to improve to make everyone happy. Not many RUclipsrs do that. Thank you.
There's no problem man! All that happen was you misidentified you audience. Your audience isn't preteen kids, but probably more late teens to twenties. Your fans are the type of people to watch documentaries rather than comedy shows. Thanks for listening to the fans and not taking it too hard!!
I totally agree! Beta64, please read these comments, even the ones that just don't perfectly align with your views on the matter. That's how good change can happen. We're not here to attack you (the majority isn't, and the critiquing viewers, not just the ones that give you praise and that's it, have a lot of good points without trying to slander or trash talk you), we are giving good advice.
This is the best way to respond to this. This is exactly what I was looking for in this video! I'm ecstatic that you listened to your viewers' criticism and concerns. In all honesty, you are who you are and this is *your* channel. The idea of having separate series for each aspect you want to go for is a fantastic idea! The Smash Ultimate episode was great, and the development story was wicked interesting, albeit all over the place with the tone of the video. But again, you addressed this situation with grace and I applaud you for that. It's not very often that you see the same level of genuineness from another RUclipsr. I'm sticking around to see how this goes, but I think this will turn out in mostly everyone's favor.
Amidst the shitstorm that went down, I wanna congratulate you on 300k subscribers! You deserve it, especially after seeing how you handled this situation.
Was surprised to hear that people didn't like your video honestly really big of you to try and please everyone, so glad to hear you plan to keep enjoying yourself when you create videos really is so important!
Yes! I 100% agree on everything you covered here. I think seeing your face and adding some personality to Beta64 videos is perfect when it serves to directly enhance and fit into the informational aspects of the video. I'm almost imagining something more in the direction of ProJared's review style, with a heavy emphasis on face-to-face segments where he gives his own thoughts in a very personable, relaxed style. I think that could work perfectly for this format. I'm also looking forward to seeing what direction you take with the new series, whatever that may be. MAJOR respect for being so upfront about the harsh criticism on your last video. That takes a level head and some strong self awareness.
Totally agree with wanting to be like, a person in your videos. Just being a voice telling only facts kinda limits a lot of your creativity and potential
I think it's safe to say that we've all taken missteps before but we don't all recover from it quite as cleanly as you have here. This is exactly the conclusion I hoped you would be able to reach after recent events. I'm hyped for Beta64 Season 2
At the end of the day man, It’s your channel. Your videos. Personally I wasn’t into the new style, but I’d still watch for the info. Good on you for trying new things. Keep up the awesome work!
I was in the boat where I felt bad for how attacking some of that feedback was, but I really respect the approach you took in this video and am excited for the channels future!
I really hope you just keep making the content that YOU want to make. While I admit the humor from the last video could be improved upon, you still provided a lot of insight and knowledge as always and I think this new format could be made to work over time. People are making a mountain out of a molehill with this.
@@fixedfunshow "Research comprises "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humans, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications."[1] It is used to establish or confirm facts, reaffirm the results of previous work, solve new or existing problems, support theorems, or develop new theories. A research project may also be an expansion on past work in the field. Research projects can be used to develop further knowledge on a topic, or in the example of a school research project, they can be used to further a student's research prowess to prepare them for future jobs or reports" Yes I know this is copied straight from Wikipedia but you do realise that research by definition requires you looking up or building upon others work right? Also since you said this on another post and are the same person. Prove to me with some video evidence that Scot and Andrew humour are the same. Cause I really don't see any similarities. Feels like wishful thinking....
@@fixedfunshow I can see why you feel like it's a Scott rip-off, but I don't really get why it's a bad thing. Just like some games rip of other games but are still good, I don't see why Beta can't emulate a certain style but still have it be good.
@@fixedfunshow So basically you have no counter argument and you only just said that statement originally to sound smarter than you actually are? Also the fact that you just repeated it shows you are just out of options :P
understandable, I am also trying to do several series on my channel too, and I am still trying to create the right kind of intro and outro as well, and I've heard many opinions on whether or not to read the comments, it's all up to the RUclipsr though, and it's nice that ya read the comments, I do too
I definitely understand the feeling of coming back to something after a long hiatus and trying to make up for lost time by overcompensating in the short term, and it feels like that's what happened with the last video. It's okay, we all do stuff we regret sometimes. And, at the end of the day, don't beat yourself up too much over it, because, remember that random people over the internet are just that: random people over the internet who don't know you personally and only know you for the persona that you put forth online. Basically, obviously you can take criticism and change, and, I'm not saying you're necessarily doing this, but in case you are, don't take it too personally. Here's to a wonderful 2019!
Man this channel is just the best! The creator listens to his fans and the fans are also very mature with criticizing the content creator! I hope more people will find your channel. I myself don't know anyone who's as dedicated with what you do as you are!
Really glad you are listening to feedback and try to improve! The idea of having your personalities in different shows is really the perfect balance between all styles Greetings from Peru, South America
i've been a viewer for a long time but never really commented, i think different series is a great idea. cramming it all into one video might make things difficult, and especially since people don't like change. i'll always support anything you do man, thanks for taking all the criticism you got.
Dude, I’ve been watching your videos for years now, and I’m now realizing how caring you are for your fans, and what they want. Whatever you change in your videos doesn’t affect the fact that YOU’RE Beta64, and your fans still appreciate it either way! Thanks for making this channel. I’ve learned so much about the games I play, thanks to you!
It's just we gotten use to the very informal version of you.. I've watched damn near all ya videos.. i loved them from what you did how you initially did it.. to see what was done im smash ultimate was just outta place is all
Many creators will ignore the feedback and will get worse over time because of it. But you actually took the feedback and improved because of it. This is why you’re one of my favorite creators. Thanks Andrew!
Aidan YEHA his name s Andrew?
Those same RUclipsrs ignore feedback simply because they only care about money.
Beta64 is not like that, so soon or late he would have acknowledged the criticism anyway.
He’s definitely acknowlegded the feedback, but we’ll have to wait to see if he improves because of it.
He looks more like an Adam.
Well done on taking criticisms in a good way man, very brave. Congrats
Ignacio I agree with you
Taking criticism isn’t brave the only reason you don’t see this stuff much is because most you tubers are special snowflakes
@@thebiggy2014 That's exactly the reason it's brave.
I disagree I think most people should be capable of facing criticism wether they accept it or defend themselves
@@thebiggy2014 What is and isn't brave is cultural. There is a lot of peer pressure to just hate criticism and get defensive without even thinking to prove your strength. Not just online, and it's taking over politics as well. So yes, having a measured response is brave.
I'm not a super avid viewer here, but taking criticism so well and handling it so professionally is really brave. I look forward to the future here!
Very mature way of handling it, really proud of ya. I think that the humor and incorporating yourself in your videos isn't a bad thing at all, but it might be best to slowly transition into that style. I'm looking forwards to how you manage it, take care my dude.
Yeah boy!!!!
That Trav Guy I couldn’t agree more
I agree.
Yeah! Unlike Junichi Masuda, who listened to the Pokémon fans and knew what they wanted, yet instead responded by telling them that the issue won't be fixed!
I have never seen this level of transparency from a RUclipsr. Massive props for moving forward and taking the time to think what would work for your channel. I can't wait to see what you have in store!
MatPat could learn a lesson or two from Beta
If you haven't seen this level of transparency you should go watch the Dr disrespect when he came out on cheating on his wife. TRANSPARENT AF.
Maaaaan, now THIS proves your channel Is pure gold man! Taking critizism and own it Is something not everyone can do, yet here you are and open your heart to the fans :D
It's not about the humor at all man, humor Is good, but in small quantities and less forced ;) maybe you can introduce it gradually so it doesn't clash with your fanbase 😊
I also want to add that seeing you like my comment in a matter of minutes shows that you truly care. After watching the whole video, I do hope you are successful on adapting your true soul to your content. I know that your True heart fans will eventually not only enjoy it, but also anxiously jump out of their seats when thet a notification (just like I did when I saw this one, for real 😂)
Anyway, congrats on your graduation! and I hope to see your content evolve even more and hopefully become a huuuuge channel. Greetings from Nicaragua to you😊
I'm impressed. Not only did you listen to criticism, you listened to extremely rude criticism. Props, my guy.
Those who do criticism just to insult the creator, are not real critics, critizising is not meant to hurt people, is to help them improve...
Bro the fact that you are taking criticisms with such grace and moving forward and taking it into consideration is so cool I personally didnt mind the ultimate vid but certain parts did feel like they didnt exactly fit but hey man ya gotta experiment. Cheers! Keep up the good work!
Your creativity really shines through you, we missed you. It’s amazing to have you back! Your a huge inspiration for sooo many people!
REALLY REALLY SORRY to be *THAT* guy, but.....
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Scooby got waves
How little of your power would you use to speed up his video-making process?
@@dajosh42069 This needed to be said. Thank you.
@@dajosh42069 really
Development history of the cheesenip industry when? The story of a man, the story - of rags to riches.
I like that you’re not giving up, and you’re adding more/new ideas to your channel. Opening new experiences to yourself will always keep things fresh!
I appreciate your take on this and I can understand to some degree wanting to put yourself in your videos - after all, it is your content, and your desire which shouldn’t be influenced by anyone else.
That being said, I’m excited to see the future videos, been a very passive fan and I think you’re cool and will figure out something.
+1 on taking the criticisms :)
I remember hearing about some of the stuff you were going through months ago, and I 100% give you props for working through all that and coming back with a refreshed aesthetic. As long as you keep the dichotomy you talked about at the front of your video, with having different series for your different "personas" as I'll call them, you'll be completely fine. I also appreciate the honest look at the feedback you've received, and your outwardness on the steps you'll take to fix it. Much love, here to talk if needed
Your genuine attitude honestly puts a smile on my face, it takes guts and maturity to be this upfront about things like these and find a middle ground that works for everyone. For the care you put into your work and how well you listen to your fanbase..Consider me apart of that fanbase. =D
I'm so glad that you are reading and accepting all this feedback, you're really amazing, hi from Colombia Latin America
Actuó como payaso en su vídeo anterior, también me alegra que tomó la crítica y volvió a la normalidad
This realization will keep your channel alive, the branching out into new series is a much smarter way of handling it rather than simply forcing them all together. Good luck with the future
I feel bad now that Beta64 has fully explained the reasons for the changes made to his most recent video. Trying new things doesn't always seem to work out but, if he didn't try new things, how would he know how to improve(if he needed to at all)?
You improve with feedback which you either take or leave. Nature of the beast in media.
Yeah but at least He'll take action of what the audience wants instead ignoring and focusing on quantity more than quality. Good for him.
I don't mind that you tried something new! The humor felt way too forced and did not feel like you were being yourself! We will keep supporting you, you will figure it out! ;)
Exactly! I'd love if you kept little humour sections in it, but this time it just felt a biiiiit too forced.
*slides extra criticism that he's been told numerous times and has fixed.
I can understand what people were saying in the comments of your Ultimate video but I want to say I'm really sorry for how rough it was. Reading through the comments was painful and I couldn't help but think about how you would feel about it. I hope your new series ideas' work out well for you because you deserve it and I can see how much work you put in the previous video. You've got this!
There was straight up backlash?! Damn, I guess I was just glad to see a new beta64. But, it is really cool that you are able to take criticism so well, and I gotta say I do like the ideas you have for where you want to take your channel, with your audiences tastes in mind. It's soul crushing to hear critiques about your work, and most people either resist it completely or sacrifice their artistic integrity and just give everyone everything they want, no matter how it effects their product (I'm into the former). But you're listening to your audience and making changes, while still doing those changed aspects YOUR way without compromising the things that drive your creativity and inspired you to make videos in the first place. I'm Looking forward to your new stuff!
Derek Brou yep people were starting to call him a Scott the Woz rip-off and they wanted Beta to go back to the old video format. I personally enjoy the new style, youtubers need to adapt over time, it’s one of the ways they can survive on this platform for such a long time
Yeah EVERY comment was people ripping on him. I think they were a bit harsh
There was backlash?! Jeezus! Look, I think beta adding in too much humor can kinda...muck up an episode, and having him on screen with a skit was weird too....but I felt no reason to lash out. I still found the episode enjoyable.
Wait. Are you actually surprised? EVERY GOD DAMN comment was on how they didn't like the video.
@@alexjustalexyt1144 well I read comments sometimes but I subscribe to a lot of shiz so I was just kind of knocking them out. After I watched it I just thought "oh, he's changin' it up" but I didn't know it was a big deal until I got home and saw this new upload basically titled "I SORELY APOLOGIZE" and I was like whooooaaaaa
Wow this is actually one of the most aware youtubers I've seen
Chuggaconroy is another good example.
@Daniel Callahan ?
What do you mean no? 😂
You know what I love so much? The fact that you took a risk and tried something new. That isn't easy to do. Maybe it didn't work out--that's ok. You tried and you learned and you're awesome.
Finally, a youtuber who takes criticism more mature than youtubers who always go "yOU ARe JuST A hATer. I JuST dAb oN tHEm."
*fat dab*
Skimming through a few recent videos of yours after I saw the NSMB video linked on Twitter. While this video is over a year old, I wanted to say I did like those couple of videos so far. I could feel the kind of personal and chill vibe you mentioned here, not to sound weird but I enjoyed you yourself being in the video explaining things.
I also liked that most of the gags weren't too drawn out. They often ran while you were explaining things(the chase response to DSi camera pranking), didn't derail the video for several minutes or serve as an excuse to bash on something unrelated, and I never thought I'd see a physical gag based on the subject of unused Mario tilesets. My life is complete now after that one.
Also huge props for taking people's criticisms into account genuinely, it would have been easy to see the flood of what I assume was a lot of hate/disappointment/vitrol in response to your video and misunderstandings, and decide to hide away, ignore it, or overcompensate and never try out things. Instead, you listened, explained, conversed, and seem to have ended up in a better result for it.
Anyway, you've earned a new watcher. Now to deal with this sudden craving for cheese nips.
Dude, I have the fullest trust in you. It's awesome that you made this video and that you're working to make everyone happy. It would have been very easy for you to just blame it on us and make no compromise. Thank you and good luck!
Dude, I'm really impressed with you. The fact that you didn't let negative comments kill your willingness to experiment & be yourself is honestly an inspiration! I actually loved the last video and I'm looking forward to new content!
I actually enjoyed the last video. I just feel like the humor was partly forced. Just have the humor light and chill.
I liked the link bit tho XD
I enjoy you being more IN your videos. I get that the teaching/chill factors are sort of what you set your channel on.
I will say that, having seen you live at PAX East last year, you have a great sense of humor. I think you should nourish that for sure, and I'd love to see more of it! Having multiple series (or channels? do people even do that anymore?) is a great way to separate it out! Definitely do NOT give up on the humor side (and any other side) that you want to develop!
For sure! The humor will be developed in many different ways!
Also, I'm so glad you got to see us at PAX!! Don't tell anyone, but we might be going back!
Beta64 ^ very sick
Wow. Never clicked on a video so fast...
Anyways, if you want to put humor into your videos, at least go with the style of your kirby's adventure/dreamland video. As how that video surely did had jokes, but most of the jokes were just small, quick gags and short laughs. Yeah, make it that way. As I feel that style of humor fits more other than just random jokes that drag.
Just a little feedback.
*(Wow. Never expected much likes from this comment.)*
ThePundertaler did u rlly just cinemasins a comment
ThePundertaler ok
@@methis9345 Sin counter: 1
Referencing cinema sins randomly in a comment thread?
The Protagonist
Bro, I made these replies almost a year ago, when I was the almighty cringelord.
Come to think of it, I still am.
Anyway, I deleted the replies
"if you want to out comedy in your channel, do it the way I LIKE IT"
Fucking Christ man
Just finished the vid, and I am pleased with the direction your taking. Even though I was not a fan of the humor, I am still looking forward to what you put out!
I think the multiple series idea would work really well if you still wanted to be funny but still feel real when talking about the beta of video games. I did appreciate you trying new things for your series though and you’ve done a good job!
By the way, thanks for the heart!
5:27 I was literally thinking that he was talking about wanting the same format of video as Scott and then he said that he didn’t want to be a Scott rip off. This guy can read minds.
Alexa many of the comments said it too.
Try not to overwork yourself with multiple different series. If you think you can do it, then go for it, but don’t put too much on your plate. Love your content dude, and whatever you choose, you’ll get my support!
I appreciate that so much! Your support is amazing :)
Okay so I doubt you'll see this, but I just want to say that I respect how aware you are about your criticisms and how you're willing to move forward. With that said, I will always watch and I know many others will and I really enjoyed seeing this side of you. Thank you for all the work you do, it doesn't go unappreciated.
ItzNiekoyo He did see it. Don’t have doubts.
Thank you for the realtalk, i think its good to do different series. I understand that you want to do what you want to do and i really appreciate how you try to make everyone happy ^~^
It's nice to see such a great creator taking their fan's feedback to try and better the future of their content
I was among the group of people that didn't like the video overall. I am happy to hear that the critiques that were brought forth are being considered as well as including pieces of the new format (overall, I thought it had promise, and I don't mind listening to the dev story and sometimes that's half of the fun, but, like you went over, the jokes were forced, I processed the front half of the dev story as "the intro" and it made it feel waaaaay longer than it needed to be while including not that much content (which you explained, and I think most of us get that)).
I'm starting to ramble, so I'll try to rap this comment up by saying that I was always a fan of your content, was a little disappointed with the new video, but I'm looking forward to the new videos that are upcoming that'll be almost a hybrid of the old and new style.
Hey Andrew, I think you're handling this very well. Thanks for taking criticism like a champ. What's remarkable is you didn't just cave to all of the criticism, you actually identified what the problem was and you clearly articulated what it with your own words. Few can do that well. Thanks for the shout out and I'll always be here to support you no matter what kind of video style you go with!
Man, you take feedback SO well. Subscribed.
If theres one thing we all know about RUclips, it's people dont like change, and you definitely learned it the hard way. You've got a lot of talent and your past videos are proof of that. Unlike other fans so easy to give up, I will be sticking around, looking forward to your next video. Hope to see more of the old format back!
I redact my statement. Don't stick with only the old format, as I feel that may hold you back from the type of content you truly want to do. Do what you want and I will eagerly wait for it. Keep trying new things! Just gotta find that happy medium between old and new.
Looking forward to what you'll be doing in the future! I think you dealt with all this in a really great way and i'm glad to see people seem to be taking all this pretty well now.
Beta64 I'm glad you can take very well and that you seem like an awesome guy I would like to meet eventually and I hope the future of this channel is bright the thing I like about your content was in your star fox videos it was not only informational but also the fact it felt more realistic if you know what I mean and the personality reflect that which felt right at home but also I welcome more of the face cam but anyway I hope the best for you Andrew
I forgot about this channel and I found it again just now and I'm so glad you had a lot of personal growth dude!
This should be mandatory watching on how to handle critique 101. You did it brilliantly and conveyed your points and rationale with aplomb.
I think the change caused whiplash. Format changes and expansion can be good, but the severe change up when you hadn't posted a video for eight months was just incredibly sudden. If you want to make separate projects that incorporate skits and humor, that's great! I fully support doing so. If you want to include these in your Beta64 videos, though, then I suggest small changes so the main content doesn't change and you can see how the audience is interested. Try putting a skit at the end of the video, with a nice segue from the beta content, and make beta changes from the video relevant to it.
When I watched the video I was thinking "did Beta64 get different people behind it?" since the style of video was so drastically changed. I think there's a place for comedy based videos, like in game reviews, looking over older topics (like Scott The Woz does a ton), etc. but for a video that's designed to give the maximum amount of information to a viewer, a "no camera" video works the best as Did You Know Gaming and the previous Beta 64 videos demonstrated. I didn't come to the video specifically for the personality of the presenter (even though DykG does that with guest stars a lot), but mainly for the information.
It's important to talk about what you love, and it's important to make videos you love making. Just be careful that you don't overwhelm yourself or your audience.
Also, maybe try to slowly introduce your new series. Don't just drop them in and immediately make them a weekly thing but introduce a single "beta" episode, gain some feedback, tweak some things, and put out another "beta". Not only will this prep your audience for a different brand of content, but it'll also prep your videos to be as good as possible.
We always look forward to your uploads
So sweet! Thank you :)
So do I. I love watching your videos. Thanks for all these videos Beta64.
ya know I sincerely respect you for this. Rarely creators now and days actually listen when they fuck up and instead rather only listen to praise, well done on rising above all
Ur videos are freaking awesome dude. Thanks for the update, will stay engaged!!
I enjoy your humor. Keep up the great work man, you do what you want with your channel, I won’t leave
While I discovered you for the history of games, and now I am excited to see how you evolve now! This channel is yours to do with what you want so keep going!
Your videos have gotten me thru such hard times. Thank you for being so inspiring and accepting criticism so well and immediately instead of deflecting it onto the audience for not enjoying “your true art”. It’s awesome seeing your face and you are hilarious, but comedy doesn’t fit into this history style. Hope you bounce back better than ever because you’ve earned it!
I know this is old as hell. But I wanna say something. Many youtubers would be content to make a new direction and call everyone who doesn't like it a non-fan. But you learned that not everyone wanted memes thrown in for no reasons. And you're using it to build a more diverse and interesting channel. That's something I can respect.
I like the fact that you experimented and tried something new, even if it didn't work out as you expected, it takes balls to get out of the comfort zone. I'm glad you're coming back to the old games, since I've been expecting you to do GoldenEye, it's a game which beta version was extremely interesting, it would make a great video! Looking forward for what you're gonna do next, and thanks for listening to the feedback and actually coming forward and talking about it, it says a lot about how much you care about your channel and us, your fans.
Love you Andrew! ❤️
I'm so glad to see this, thank you for listening and addressing it!
It's really interesting to see things for your side, I'm one of the people who subscribed for the Beta/Final comparisons and I'd never even considered that you didn't realise that was a draw to the channel!
I agree that the jokes don't work as well in these types of video, but I also feel humor can have a place in them.
The way I've always seen Beta64 is professional, well put-together documentaries of a video game's changes and I feel they work best with "humor, not comedy".
For example, your "Turns out this test room generated enough money in the box office to finalize a sequel called EneTest2" joke in your Kirby 64 video actually cracked me up.
It naturally flowed in the conversation, was still on topic and was a genuinely great joke.
I also want to add that your voice is just PERFECT for these types of video and they wouldn't be the same if someone else voiced them.
I know you won't see it the same as "being in" a video, but please remember that your voice is part of you too and it really helps make the videos what they are.
Anyway, thank you for listening to us. It's nice to see a creator who takes their fan's criticism to heart.
I'm looking forward to seeing what you have in store in the coming future!
Dear Beta 64: I've grown up with your channel. My first video I watched was about Super mario 64. You really changed in a good way. You should do what makes you happy.
I liked your comedy, but I’m glad to see you going back to basics. Good luck man 💜
Thanks for being transparent on this situation.
You're all good man. I liked your smash video but did feel that it felt off from the last ones. I watch basically all of your videos and I look forward to new stuff!
Taking criticisms is now being brave? That's one of the basic things one can do. Has being hostile and not being able to handle anything that goes against your view point become so normal that taking criticism is something amazing and brave? Good thing that he did it but that how everyone should behave to better them selfes in the first place.
Welp this is the new world we live in where everyone gets offended and throws a fit so of course something as simple as accepting criticism is a crazy concept
It is brave.
It's hard to make massive changes to your channel and admit wrongdoing.
BE GLAD HE LISTENED TO OUR FEEDBACK AND ISN'T GOING TO MAKE GAG-FILLED LOLRANDOM VIDS.
This totally felt like something a mom would say
"Well? It was nothing nothing morw than your obligation" type of thing
@@herivelton1973 Yeah honestly it's pretty obnoxious to devalue someone's gesture of kindness.
It's EXACTLY the thing an entitled parent would say.
Even though you’ve changed quite a bit, I still love your videos. Especially the Super Mario 64 video. That was the first video of Beta 64 I saw, and I was immediately a fan. And two years later, (I think) I’m still rewatching your videos! Good job!
Now we need Game Club Podcast back! But seriously good job on accepting the feedback!
Your channel holds a lot of potential and it is obvious that people enjoy what you are doing. I would love to see what you do with something that is easier to incorporate your humor into it. Keep up the good work!
Appreciate you taking criticisms and trying to build on it. Keep pushing!
I really enjoyed your latest video and I totally agree with your ideas. You had basically already reached the limit of enjoyment of your last video style. With the new style you can go a lot further and make way more enjoying videos.
Thank you! Really I appreciate what you try and this is the best way to do it.
Wow, I’m surprised you’re actually taking feedback.
That’s actually surprising, considering many huge channels don’t take any feedback and try to improve. Glad you’re acknowledging your fan’s opinions.
You don’t have to be funny for us. I love your older videos where it was calm.
And man, this video where you are apologizing for so many things that most people would just push aside (and I can't blame them for it) really gets you my respect. It really shows being grounded and understanding. Tbh, I was also kinda thrown off by the "I'm not reading YT comments" thing, but the way you explained it, it makes a lot of sense.
Sooo, my respect to you, man :3
Oh my dude, you actually read the feedback? And you're taking it into account too? You've officially become the best RUclipsr ever.
I know this video is old but I like seeing you in your videos! that's why I watch - you are funny and tell a great story about how the game came to be
I thought this title was a comment response for a second.
Me too
You are one of the very few people who actually pay attention to what your viewers want and you try to improve to make everyone happy. Not many RUclipsrs do that. Thank you.
There's no problem man! All that happen was you misidentified you audience. Your audience isn't preteen kids, but probably more late teens to twenties. Your fans are the type of people to watch documentaries rather than comedy shows. Thanks for listening to the fans and not taking it too hard!!
Watch the Gaming Historian. I think that is the type of content you can create with cut aways to yourself.
I totally agree! Beta64, please read these comments, even the ones that just don't perfectly align with your views on the matter. That's how good change can happen. We're not here to attack you (the majority isn't, and the critiquing viewers, not just the ones that give you praise and that's it, have a lot of good points without trying to slander or trash talk you), we are giving good advice.
This is the best way to respond to this. This is exactly what I was looking for in this video! I'm ecstatic that you listened to your viewers' criticism and concerns. In all honesty, you are who you are and this is *your* channel. The idea of having separate series for each aspect you want to go for is a fantastic idea! The Smash Ultimate episode was great, and the development story was wicked interesting, albeit all over the place with the tone of the video. But again, you addressed this situation with grace and I applaud you for that. It's not very often that you see the same level of genuineness from another RUclipsr. I'm sticking around to see how this goes, but I think this will turn out in mostly everyone's favor.
Wow,
Beta64...
Glad to have you back!
(We all Missed you!)
Amidst the shitstorm that went down, I wanna congratulate you on 300k subscribers! You deserve it, especially after seeing how you handled this situation.
Thanks for ur understanding
Was surprised to hear that people didn't like your video honestly really big of you to try and please everyone, so glad to hear you plan to keep enjoying yourself when you create videos really is so important!
To everyone on youtube
There's a difference between constructive criticism and just unwarranted hate.
Yes! I 100% agree on everything you covered here. I think seeing your face and adding some personality to Beta64 videos is perfect when it serves to directly enhance and fit into the informational aspects of the video. I'm almost imagining something more in the direction of ProJared's review style, with a heavy emphasis on face-to-face segments where he gives his own thoughts in a very personable, relaxed style. I think that could work perfectly for this format. I'm also looking forward to seeing what direction you take with the new series, whatever that may be. MAJOR respect for being so upfront about the harsh criticism on your last video. That takes a level head and some strong self awareness.
Totally agree with wanting to be like, a person in your videos. Just being a voice telling only facts kinda limits a lot of your creativity and potential
I think it's safe to say that we've all taken missteps before but we don't all recover from it quite as cleanly as you have here. This is exactly the conclusion I hoped you would be able to reach after recent events.
I'm hyped for Beta64 Season 2
Shesez style content is what you are looking for. He is both personal and informational. Thank you for understanding your viewers.
At the end of the day man, It’s your channel. Your videos. Personally I wasn’t into the new style, but I’d still watch for the info. Good on you for trying new things. Keep up the awesome work!
thank you andrew!
I was in the boat where I felt bad for how attacking some of that feedback was, but I really respect the approach you took in this video and am excited for the channels future!
I really hope you just keep making the content that YOU want to make. While I admit the humor from the last video could be improved upon, you still provided a lot of insight and knowledge as always and I think this new format could be made to work over time. People are making a mountain out of a molehill with this.
@@fixedfunshow He also has his own site for Mario Odyssey's beta stuff you got a problem with that?
@@fixedfunshow
"Research comprises "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humans, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications."[1] It is used to establish or confirm facts, reaffirm the results of previous work, solve new or existing problems, support theorems, or develop new theories. A research project may also be an expansion on past work in the field. Research projects can be used to develop further knowledge on a topic, or in the example of a school research project, they can be used to further a student's research prowess to prepare them for future jobs or reports"
Yes I know this is copied straight from Wikipedia but you do realise that research by definition requires you looking up or building upon others work right?
Also since you said this on another post and are the same person. Prove to me with some video evidence that Scot and Andrew humour are the same. Cause I really don't see any similarities. Feels like wishful thinking....
@@fixedfunshow I can see why you feel like it's a Scott rip-off, but I don't really get why it's a bad thing. Just like some games rip of other games but are still good, I don't see why Beta can't emulate a certain style but still have it be good.
@@fixedfunshow Ya I kinda thought so....
Also not gonna give an answer on the research thing are you? :P
@@fixedfunshow So basically you have no counter argument and you only just said that statement originally to sound smarter than you actually are? Also the fact that you just repeated it shows you are just out of options :P
understandable, I am also trying to do several series on my channel too, and I am still trying to create the right kind of intro and outro as well, and I've heard many opinions on whether or not to read the comments, it's all up to the RUclipsr though, and it's nice that ya read the comments, I do too
You handled this a million times better than anyone else in your position would. Very respectable actions. Goodonya
I definitely understand the feeling of coming back to something after a long hiatus and trying to make up for lost time by overcompensating in the short term, and it feels like that's what happened with the last video. It's okay, we all do stuff we regret sometimes. And, at the end of the day, don't beat yourself up too much over it, because, remember that random people over the internet are just that: random people over the internet who don't know you personally and only know you for the persona that you put forth online. Basically, obviously you can take criticism and change, and, I'm not saying you're necessarily doing this, but in case you are, don't take it too personally. Here's to a wonderful 2019!
Man this channel is just the best! The creator listens to his fans and the fans are also very mature with criticizing the content creator! I hope more people will find your channel. I myself don't know anyone who's as dedicated with what you do as you are!
Really glad you are listening to feedback and try to improve!
The idea of having your personalities in different shows is really the perfect balance between all styles
Greetings from Peru, South America
The future does sound bright, good luck
i've been a viewer for a long time but never really commented, i think different series is a great idea. cramming it all into one video might make things difficult, and especially since people don't like change. i'll always support anything you do man, thanks for taking all the criticism you got.
"wow"
-- Owen Wilson
"A lot of feedback, guys"
@@MishKoz iceberg
Dude, I’ve been watching your videos for years now, and I’m now realizing how caring you are for your fans, and what they want. Whatever you change in your videos doesn’t affect the fact that YOU’RE Beta64, and your fans still appreciate it either way! Thanks for making this channel. I’ve learned so much about the games I play, thanks to you!
It's just we gotten use to the very informal version of you.. I've watched damn near all ya videos.. i loved them from what you did how you initially did it.. to see what was done im smash ultimate was just outta place is all
I think all your videos are great, man. I like watching your Beta videos over lunch break or when i'm trying to chill at home.