Being a Pokemon YouTuber is a Trap...

The secret TRUTH behind being a "PokeTuber". Being a Pokemon KZbinr is a Trap if don't wanna do what's necessary to grow and even then it's not a guarantee... + mental health challenges.
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[@uptownpokemon6511]

Please keep these talks coming. Gives us some good insights in the community.

[@SacredAlmighty]

i barely have any topics 😭 but ill see what i come up with

[@uptownpokemon6511]

@@SacredAlmighty The ones you have came up with are very informative 💯

[@bigguccimilli6186]

@@SacredAlmighty nick you know you be talkin ya shit

[@ArcaneCris]

@@SacredAlmighty if we can come up with something and you like it would that be something

[@jakempls]

@@SacredAlmighty you’re insights are great. KZbin is literally trying to destroy independent streamers so it’s not surprising channels are declining. I’m definitely here for whatever great content you can put out whether it’s Pokémon or just real life.

[@staticsoul69]

"You're a slave to the algorithm" I think this summarizes the video well, unfortunately it's a sad reality that we have to accept

[@secondcite3840]

I remember when youtube home page had all kinds of videos, now its just this n that and most of my subscriptions arent anywhere in the feed

[@truegreen7]

I'm definitely interested in your opinion when it comes to challenge playthroughs, scripted content (speculative videos, long essays and theories) and fakemon videos. I guess I wonder whether or not this type of content falls under what you're saying, in your opinion, since things like Pokémon challenges and fanmade Pokémon regions have become relatively big over the last few years... other than TCG stuff. (As well as general scripted content staying relevant) Perhaps you're only talking about Pokemon gameplay content. But yeah, you're not saying anything wrong.

[@SacredAlmighty]

So I think challenge playthroughs, scripted content, and fakemon videos are ideally the quick way to grow. Challenge videos are really just playthroughs dumbed down to like 20-30 minute video essays which makes sense cause people don't HAVE the time to watch a LONG series. Scripted videos/Video essays are just think pieces and we live in a time where differing opinion on something like Pokemon can have anybody interested whether they agree or not so just having a couple of those under the belt or even have a channel devoted to that feature different parts of pokemon as a franchise is really dope. Fakemon are a hit or miss tho cause some people have this bias towards them but they're REALLY fun to make videos of and even come up with ideas since we have so many Pokemon but not all based on animals that have existed prior. All in all Pokemon content is just what you make it out to be but if anything this is more for those that want to GROW in 2021 where everything unique has kinda been done to an extent & seeing people quit and not get anywhere but blame pokemon for their lack of success is mad disheartening imo.

[@PkmnMasterHolly]

PREACH. Pokémon fans are so fickle. They only like what's trending in Pokémon, and if you can't provide what's trending, they don't care about you as a content creator.

[@collectorgoot]

i'm doing research on starting a channel, hence why im commenting on a 3 year old comment...but that seems alarming because people say "do what you want, do what YOU love...but when you do exactly that, and it happens to not be anything trending as you said, they don't care. Hard making decisions from that

[@JasonPlaysPokemon]

This was a really great video man. Sums up a lot of my thoughts on how being a creator in this space has left me feeling over the last few years. Over saturation kills any market, but true passion will always shine through. Def make more videos like this, dawg.

[@54hb56e5drtgfhntdgdv]

I'm glad you made this video. "You're a slave to the algorithm" is so true and it's hard trying to explain that to people who don't upload lol. People always asking "what's with the clickbait thumbnails" or "clickbait titles" but let's be honest what's getting the clicks? KZbin has CHANGED and you gotta adapt to said change to grow. Yeah some people do it for fun but some people gotta put food on the table too. I enjoy uploading pokemon content myself but sometimes I get burnout playing pokemom constantly so I retreat to my anime channel. These constant health problems I've had for the past year don't help either lol.

[@ashvinmohan6576]

What the anime channel called?

[@saiyon4773]

@@ashvinmohan6576 demonic shrine

[@54hb56e5drtgfhntdgdv]

@@saiyon4773 ^

[@matthewterwilliger4287]

Love these talks man. Love when people do things that aren’t their niche.

[@RaspyCh]

I feel like if someone has their channel just about 1 thing, your trapped to that one thing and pray the algorithm stays with you until you try something different. Also I used to watch some poketubers back in the day and now knowing they stopped uploading out of nowhere is kinda sad to think about

[@mitsushinigami2144]

💯 bro. Speaking the truth. I came to watch you for Pokemon, but I like these talks man. Cant wait to see more content from you, not just pokemon

[@storm_1784]

After being a fan for a couple of years, topics like these float around in the back of my head, so thanks for discussing and talking abt them, because they really need to be addressed

[@alanw9620]

Came here from a Shady Tweet and really cool video, Honestly I could just listen to you talk :P Yeah I think the game/scene is def changing, as you have said, Randomized Nuzlockes just aren't new anymore :P That being said i have seen a resurgence in some cases, Like Patterrz you mentioned, Wolfey VGC is taking off which I love as he seems such a great guy and has become one of my favouurite creators, Shady my personal favourite while not growing on Yotube, surpassed 4k subs on Twitch for the first time which is great to see, Its always good to see him doing well. You also, Like we will never interact and i will only know you from your content but there can be bonds in that, Im sure you have some big time fans and supporters and you can be proud of that, most importantly I just hope you are doing well and wish you the best going forward :)

[@Hmaz]

I have only recently started committing to making consistent Pokémon content so watching this video was very insightful. From my limited knowledge I can definitely notice the delicate balance between uploading what you want to upload and uploading videos to be used as growth mechanisms. Personally I try to do a bit of both, I’ll only upload Pokémon videos that I myself find interesting or funny to talk about and hope other people feel the same as me! Hope you can continue to find success and hit that 200k by the end of the year!

[@elsuen]

It’s sad i used to be on that hive mind mindset of strictly watching “ poketubers “ for Pokémon but throughout the years there’s idk watching some one playing variations of the same game over and over is insane lol

[@SunfishV]

See it's weird. I've effectively dropped off the Pokemon community (been on and off since OG sprite videos using Windows movie maker were a thing) And I've been to this channel if not at least seen you before, just could never stick. But just hearing you speak, It strikes a chord with me. Hearing from creators who understand the struggle from experience, how the game has changed, how creators change, and moving forward. That's pure goodness, it shows so much growth. You got me hooked my guy.

[@AudaciousForest]

I'm going to hit on the comment KingArtorious said and expand on it. Pokemon as a franchise has changed a lot over the past decade and a lot of people have not been too keen on those changes - fans and content creators alike. There are certain creators who are forcing themselves down this pinhole of a community because that's what their entire channel has been built around. Some refuse to adapt and it's sad watching them force themselves like a franchise that they've clearly grown out of. That being said, those same creators have also aged horribly. There's one person in particular who's just grown more and more bitter/toxic over the years. It's like they're stuck in adolescence and refuse to grow up. It's honestly really embarrassing.

[@Midnight_Ruby]

Who's that one person??

[@iWill_]

“You have to find a way to make what you like doing, into something that people like seeing.” - Sir Sacred Damn this it for me🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kay-go-crazyyt6259]

nick personally in my opinion I feel you should just do what you love, the real are gonna support regardless, I would love for you to play other games and start different series on the main channel

[@SacredAlmighty]

I do what I love and make money off it regardless so.. I'm doing what you're talking about lol

[@kay-go-crazyyt6259]

@@SacredAlmighty nice

[@vond0tta]

Bro im just getting back into your vids bc algorithm dont promote the poketubers to me anymore but i remember that time with naruto and all that, keep going Nick, been a supporter since 2013

[@joshuawilliams8310]

For real, support who you can when you can. It’s hard out here and if you like someone, and enjoy their subject specific content, explore whatever else they have to offer. The more you can help them become a well rounded creator the more they get to have fun with and mess around with the formula of what you watched them for in the beginning. Watch the vids, check out the socials, donate/join when you can; no ones asking you to put yourself out of house and home, but think of it as paying for and investing into the future of your favorite content creator.

[@jennatolls7424]

A nexus+sacred collabs is what I need nowadays although its understandable if that won't happen anytime soon

[@kaisolomon5187]

What's been going on?

[@jennatolls7424]

@@kaisolomon5187 nothing really, its just tedious to record, find a good time to record that works for all 3 of them, send all the footage to 1 person to edit. Its just time consuming really which is probably why they bulk recorded the last 3 way

[@RealTrachta]

They gotta do a podcast fr

[@DJSpinda]

I love just making pokemon content for fun and for the community and just being entertaining! 👍😁

[@animedolfan8072]

trust me its not just pokemon. When I started my channel i wanted to do a bunch of different things. However, I realized that the videos that did the best were the football-related videos so I started doing more of them. the problem is that anything else that I try to do gets no views at all, and then it causes my next video to do bad. What I ended up doing was I've recently started doing only football videos on my main channel, and made a second channel for everything else, because I really don't care if that channel does good or not.

[@attackonsamurott4418]

My motivation for uploading goes up and down sometimes. For someone like me who does almost exclusively competitive Pokemon content, it was a lot of fun recording Showdown Lives and even going back further, Pokemon Wifi Battles. One of the most recent changes I made to my channel was posting past Gen Pokemon Showdown Lives from Gen 1-5, but even that feels like its dropping. Now it feels like competitive Pokemon is dead sometimes and the views aren't really there for me. I started KZbin around the time XY/ORAS came out and it felt good recording then. The algorithm definitely sucks though. Don't know how long I'll keep posting Pokemon content or just post in general on KZbin. It's cool that you posted your thoughts about this though, Nick. Been watching you for years but I don't often comment. Hope you can keep on growing my guy.

[@xo_DarkShadow]

Talking with sacred this should be a series highkey

[@TheBrasem]

Love watching you just ramble man, I'd love to see you just talking about whatever comes to your mind. albeit concerning youtube, pokemon, personal experiences, specific aspects of the things I just mentioned, anything really

[@godpodval8273]

It's sad to see/hear that. Not only is pokemon in a sorry state right now, but being stuck to an algorithm has to got to suck. I never experienced it myself, but just hearing all this now makes me sad. The worst part about it too is that the viewers can tell. I certainly noticed when I was watching. What happened to pokemon man? Pokemon used to be enjoyable, like you would play it because you want to. I took a break from pokemon, and I'm now just recently coming back to it, but I still knew what I was coming back to. Personally, I left because of the pokemon community, but also part of it was because of that said algorithm you mentioned. Like I noticed that pokemon creators started uploading pokemon videos less and less frequently. I feel bad for what the pokemon creators have to go through, so I hope for the best for all you guys out there! Ngl I'm really loving these talks, they're so interesting! I always have topics like these in my thoughts, but it's hard to find people interested in these topics.

[@KaiBloodEdge]

This is big facts, for one I was a Xenoverse 2 KZbinr, I got bored of the game, but if I TRY to upload anything different, it'd get less views despite it being more edited Its painful

[@KingArtoriusTV]

You made a lot of good points. But I will also like to say, a large majority of your PokeTubers didn't age well. And not talking about channel, talking about personal growth and character. From teens to young adults and adults.. A lot of you didn't transit too well and it became hard to watch.

[@mfjrdn]

Nick. I love you fam BUT you can't say " I'm not gonna name drop..." Then run off a quarter of the community 🤣😂. Keep at it 💪🏾👏🏾

[@jameslongoria00]

"uploading to a void" I felt that.

[@kingovhartz1148]

No whole time bro I’ve been saying no cap.😂 These videos are nice and gets you thinking on how to improve and what’s going on.🤔Be safe yall

[@LewtwoYT]

this will forever be a super fascinating topic, glad to hear you talk about this

[@usmntboredom4822]

your outlast series buss

[@georgeellis924]

Your titles not having pt1 or ep1 on them erks me some but I still watch

[@MegaSpark24]

The format of this video is HEAT, now all you need to do is find some catchy title to label this style of video and the bag will be chasing you. In regards to the video itself, I think that during the "Voldemort era" Pokemon KZbin was establishing its niche. There was a certain group of creators who were at the forefront of the community's innovation while others imitated to recreate their success. But once it ended, it seemed people didn't know what to do and started rehashing the same types of videos and content to stay afloat. Pokemon content in general stagnated, viewership declined and people burned out. But not only that, you're mega right about the Pokemon viewership being basically glued to Pokemon and not allowing for their content creators to branch out and grow. I've caught myself doing it multiple times too, which I've been working on stopping.

[@dyrtiredd4906]

These Sacred Insides is nice bro! To be real, the Pokémon content keeps me around, but you being one my favorite creators, got me itchin' to only watch your BoTW, FF7 and maybe RE play throughs. #blessings #peace #love

[@frogguycomics9095]

As a pokemon creator with 24 subs I agree with you, Nick, I thought we was doing all this because we all loved and respected this comunnity/games, not the money.

[@Jasminfips]

Commenting to support Nick

[@nadioo]

ngl i love these rants keep em coming lol

[@Simpistotle]

Yooooo Brother, I'm fresh into becoming a Poketuber and I think i'm gettin somewhere wit it! But I peeped how good your thumbnails are, how do you make your thumbnails if you don't mind tellin me?? I can never get the sprites to look crisp

[@ModestNeko]

This is the case for most KZbin niches. Not everyone like pokemon and something else. Some do. Some support the creator in whatever they make. But most don't care about certain things. Like I used to make pokemon content but now make south park. I'm trying to transition to that but make another channel for pokemon. But if people don't like both, they won't watch some videos. If I watch someone who plays South Park Phone Destroyer, I don't care to watch Fortnite content for example. As I'm not into it. And even with pokemon, if I'm only in it for the shiny hunting, I don't care for nuzlockes let's say for example. Outside of Pokemon, the best way to look at this is to think of subscribing to a cooking channel who also uploads gardening videos. Not everyone is into both and so only half your subs may watch half your videos. If you wanna get into something else, you can try it but mostly people sub for the one thing. If you wanna really do another niche, you may just wanna make another channel instead of dividing your audience.

[@AllanDatGuy]

I really feel for youtubers because the amount of factors you have to consider is ridiculous for something that may or may not be successful/sustainable. It's the trends, fall guys/among us and in pokemon the tcg. I think the tcg trend will die down because there's only so many times you can see a person pull x card. It would be dope to turn the card pull videos into actual tcg games with different formats and such but I also play the tcg so I'm biased. I can only speak about myself but I can't only watch pokemon. Maybe one way to not fall into the algorithm trap is to keep changing it up like how chuggaconroy finishes one game then goes onto a different one of a different series.

[@ricardobarron2592]

I like your rants dude kinda makes me feel like i get to know more of you because you are just speaking your mind doing you i feel it bro love your channel

[@ppixxxels4159]

Keep these discussions going, man. I enjoy all your videos and I definitely enjoy these too.

[@mr.monster91666]

I seen a lot of the most popular KZbinrs and I would like to get started making my own gaming and Pokemon KZbin channel. Do you have any advice? There are many other popular poketubers that I follow but none of them are like you. I definitely like your content

[@vsboolean]

Mr Beast started off playing Pokemon Showdown...

[@CraigOrangeSoda]

I don't really like aDrive just for the fact he just becomes the typical "CONSUMER" and only does it because it's the only thing he can do, he does not question the flaws of SwSh and encourages people to be one. Not only that but he also compared his MARRIAGE of all things to how bad SWSH is, that's both a red flag and a yikes to me. You can still see it to this day of him reading the critics for SwSh. If shiny hunting is the "META" then good for him. I just feel bad for the people who do not think for themselves when they watch him and don't know any flawed details about him especially with the recent incident of him buying all the TCGs on Happy Meals. I like Hoodlumcallum for his romhack content but he does post bad takes on twitter with the recent one saying the new Snap doesn't look any better than SwSh which is clearly not true if you have functioning eyes. It just makes me reconsider if I should stop watching him but I still do with the recent Xenoverse content.

[@zerantula6815]

I love these rants you need to do more

[@BigNation1]

Can relate to this a lot. Hard trying to figure out how to branch to new people to become regulars.

[@cwvc16]

i mean if you take into consideration how big the pokemon community is i would imagine anything else would be hard to direct others to cause your totally right its most def a gamble. i usually come through for the person, the content is only as good as the vibes that the player gives.

[@PoijzYT]

Yes agree! Been uploading Pokémon content for over 7-8 years shiny hunting and streaming it almost every day. I am having more fun with anime atm. Great convo though

[@DKen2021]

Oh ya, it most definitely is a trap, and its not just a Pokétuber related problem. Any content creator that got popular from one thing, and try to move onto another thing, they will see a significant decrease of views and/or ratings because your initial audience watched you for that one thing and will tie you to that until their interests change. KZbin is very fickle like that.

[@luxking]

yo im ngl i forgot razzbowski ever was a poketuber i vaguely remember watching pokemon content of his but not much i remember when i was bored a few years ago and was into danganronpa i found his yt channel and subbed to him after i saw the lps of those games

[@SharpiePlays]

you the realest Pokemon Content creator ever. You one of the realest content creators ever period

[@bigtent4726]

But See Sacred Almighty If You Love Pokemon Gaming So Much Ya Shouldn't Care. You Just Be Happy That You Have A Platform That Changed Yo Life. Plus You Can Always Try Other Types Of Content.

[@whodatchris1873]

I try to watch everything. Sometimes I can't. Im forgetful when it comes to liking and comment. But will always watch enjoyable content cause yall youtubers deserve it.

[@ArcaneCris]

I know everyone isn't like me but I wish people stayed for the person more than the content, I enjoyed the ff7 remake and it was probably my favorite series from you in 2020. Honestly if people are reading this who only watch pokemon, do me a favor and watch some other games he's played too, you'll enjoy it if you give it a chance.

[@jaxxtheking8989]

1. I enjoy these talks that address things in the Pokémon community 2. I honestly want to see u play a horror game

[@ItsGreasy-qf6yw]

keep doing what you feel is right for your channel to grow, but stay true to your fans! love your content always

[@Midnight_Ruby]

The "I lied" 1 minute in had me dead😂nah talk yo shi tho sacred don't listen to ppl

[@windalchemist1611]

Love these vids, they might be spontaneously out of boredom but they’re easily becoming some of my favorite content rn

[@irfaniqbal7805]

Love u buddy sometimes it feels a pain watchin u sayin as a fan as it's just too much pokemon hope this comment was fair. You always do kill it though u a beast keep up these talks.

[@RemedyOnWii]

I hate this because I don't watch for the pokemon content I'm here for the content creator if I wanted to see a game is just buy it. I'm here for you king whatever you do I'll watch like and share

[@light8123]

Really loving these types of videos very informative and very nice to listen to while doing work

[@noellesato311]

I'm not all too aware of Pokémon content and producers, the last Pokémon I ever played was Sun and Moon and the last things I know about Pokémon are Niel Cicierega's "Pokémon" song and "GEN 5 MUSIC HITS DIFFERENT" However, the algorithm chose to show me your "Racism in the Pokémon community" and my interest was piqued. I'm far outside this odd sphere, like I've just walked into a room full of Renaissance fair dudes doing their thing in spandex and I'm just here looking confused. How long has this place existed, so far from my perception? Either way, this was quite informative. Don't let yourself be stuck here, there are plenty of things to do in this life.

[@Psycoma72]

Keep speaking truths

[@BeccaFaye]

yes

[@electro6202]

Im willing to watch anything from you. Your commentary is always entertaining in my opinion

[@behumboldt]

These videos are so honest and informative. Keep it up!

[@revolationgaming]

I really vibe with this video been doing pokemon content for a few years and everything you stated is true i wish i could just upload other stuff and not have to only do what the algorithm needs but it its what it is just gotta keep the grind going and hope that something will eventually change (even though it wont) great vid man

[@user-fi5dd8fh6u]

Ye

[@josephbrecheen7690]

Dude GZ u made it

[@caseysbye]

I love these videos, we get to see what goes on in your mind and you may even educate people on these topics you talk about it's great

[@Brent22]

I’d just either go hard on your second channel or switch this channel. I love ur content I just can only watch so much Pokémon

[@CaronaCc]

For me I definitely want to do pokemon videos soon but I also know that before I started my channel I wanted to do a whole selection of games. Right now its just primarily horror games but that's okay. If you get bored doing something then that's the bad thing right? If you like your job you don't work a day but burnout or repetition can be tiring

[@HollowiiMarz]

Ty for mentioning your ff7 stuff. Now I'm watching the whole series lol didn't even know it existed til you brought it up

[@angelrodriguez3893]

I've been so uninterested in the Pokemon challenge craze for a year.

[@thomaskretz7888]

Good vid Nick, learned a lot from this. I'm subbed now.

[@himubeats6268]

I mean you can move the non pokemon content towards the sacred channel and it'll blow a lot quicker than on a primary pokemon channel

[@hristianzdr5408]

Nick bro im not even gonna front as a fan of you i feel as tho i feel a obligation to tell you that if you made more content that was focused on your personality i feel as though it could pull through and make videos mora enjoyable and funny, but either way keep grinding ❤️🙏

[@SacredAlmighty]

This video isn’t a cry for help, just the mind at the moment. Lol. I have a while other channel based off my personality I couldn’t care less about this one in regards to that. Now this is just a fun channel that pays the bills. This is more giving insight of someone thats been here for years, talked to various people about it, and have seen the business side of it all. just banter :)

[@hristianzdr5408]

@@SacredAlmighty thx for the clarity bro ❤️ PS:Didn't really see it as a cry for help more as a expression of thoughts

[@deshawnryder4002]

Cats in a pokemon ball

[@BlazeStar1109]

Love these style of videos, makes us feel more personal with you my G

[@gustavorodriguez5643]

1:01 Nicholas boutta go WILD.

[@bigguccimilli6186]

😭😭😭

[@The_Game_Doctor_93]

@Patterz

[@GuardianDiancie]

😂💀

[@MitchJustChill]

It's always the facts that don't make it into the algorithm and even if it does it won't matter since KZbin is a crap place hell they didn't even tell us cursing in the comment she could get you demonetized.

[@kingberis2743]

Keep your head up bro much love

[@mcclintick]

there are alot of monster taming games that i'd like to see ya play.

[@joshuawilliams71]

There is nothing better than a nuzlocce randomizer bro. Specially epesode 1's 😊

[@VantaJay]

IT'S A FUCKING TRAP BRO!

[@stefahnkhalid6801]

I like how he literally touched on all the other poketubers I watch 😂 “not everyone can be the next adrive and blow up over a shiny hunting video” and no disrespect he was my favorite until he kept making shiny reactions, I’m not into the constant shiny hunting vids I’d have to watch him when streams them on twitch otherwise it’s just eh, and even now I barely watch him because of that it’s weird to say it but he definitely went mainstream for pokemon I enjoyed when he played Roms and doing competitive batting but maybe he’s tired of that sooo 🤷🏽‍♂️. but he’s still my fav when it comes to certain videos he does

[@ashvinmohan6576]

The problem with twitch is that twitch mobile SUCKS whilst KZbin mobile is way better

[@PatTyploosion]

I HAVE NEVER AGREED WITH SOMETHING SO MUCH

[@theicongib8072]

I feel like the Pokemon community has been oversaturated. It has been a lot of the same stuff. Like shiny hunting, a nuzlocke play through.Its a shame that once everything is done, whats next?

[@epicmr.l7962]

I'm indecisive so I just follow the recommended page on anything interesting. That's bad and good obviously.

[@dsgpiccolo]

At this point being a Pokémon youtuber is like being a kpop reaction channel. Less views though because knop caught fire in recent years. But if you don't show people "what they came for" they won't watch. Which is sad because it just means you do not truly support. Just like Nick said.

[@stevenjones8343]

If you ever want to try some other games like destiny 2 on the Xbox X|S etc then feel free to reply to this. We’re mostly 19 so may be a tad young, but there’s always fun to try if needed :)

[@Srtscho]

love these vids

[@HollowiiMarz]

You talking bout shiny hunting stuff 😂😂 "OMG"

[@OriginaI151]

This makes a lot of sense nice insight

[@mechadracula3193]

Bruh I can't listen to this dude say "pokeymon" over and over