HotS: Sonya In A Nutshell

[@Akhi_Furqan]

Hello When the video popped into my feed it was a nice surprise to see my request come true! Love watching your gameplays and I'm looking forward to more of it, thank you.

[@ThingWub]

Awesome!! Thank you again for the request. They help a lot when I'm not sure who to play

[@MrHandol]

try maiev she is really hard

[@ThingWub]

I'd love to do a Maiev video!! I was just playing her the other day and thought about doing a video for her. Thank you for the request

[@sisez7820]

Nice game. I play sonya a lot, what is your bruiser to go usually?

[@ThingWub]

I can play almost any bruiser, but if I am really trying to win I'd say I go Leoric, Rag, or Samuro depending on the situation. Dehaka is an honorable mention but I don't like his kit as much as the others

[@дигл_лайв]

Hello! Got this video randomly suggested by the algorithm, wanted to give some pointers on how to improve the content, maybe one of those you haven't thought about yet, and it may help. Be sure to not pay me any attention, as I don't appreciate unwanted advice myself, but can't stop giving it to others :D The mic's gotta improve. It's easily clipping when you get a little louder, and it immediately gives low quality vibe. It's not the worst I've heard, I can definitely get used to it if the content is good, but it is certainly something to consider improving in the future. Long intro to the video in the start is not advisable, I don't think. Either you should edit some gameplay footage to be there, or it shouldn't be there, or maybe shorten it a lot. If a new viewer comes, and the first thing they get to see is 2 minutes of explanation about the gameplay, they might get tired of it before the game even starts. Again, your intro's aren't insanely long, but they just seem to be a bit redundant, considering you talk about most of the points there through out the video again. Same goes for the outro that goes for 5 minutes after all the action ends. I think people would just click away a bit after the game's over, and it will hurt the overall engagement of the video. You can make those interesting by adding relevant footage in the editing, but that's more time and effort for each video which you might not have. So shortening stuff like that might be a good solution, put more viewers focus on the meat of the video. You should get rid of all the "umm"'s from your commentary. Overall I think you sound pretty good and engaging, you talk often, don't take long pauses, have clear pronunciations, and your voice is nice. However those "umm" every few words really ruin the quality of the commentary. This is not an easy thing to get rid of, especially while trying to commentate and play at the same time, but that's just one of the things that makes you a better commentator. Maybe it usually happens less, and you're just a bit out of practice here, so I got a bad look at your average commentating skills, but I'm just judging by what I saw in this video. I am not interested in HotS whatsoever, haven't played since the year it came out probably, so I can't say anything about the gameplay, you might be the best gamer in the world, I wouldn't be able to tell :D Actually clicked on a video expecting some sort of an essay about the character or something like that :D Anyways, I did watch quite a bit of the video, and it's not an easy task to get a new viewers attention to the point they would write a comment, so good job on achieving it :D I don't believe there's a big market for new letsplayers that just upload unedited gameplay. But you have something going on for you here, I'm sure it's possible to get a few thousand views per video consistently doing this kinda stuff, you just need to improve a few things in order to get there. And if you don't agree with anything I said, that's completely understandable, and you will get better with practice regardless of what I think. After all, i never had a letsplay channel, nevermind a successful one, just spent a bunch of time on KZbin in the last decade, so my advice is probably not even relevant. Gotta give something always relevant though! Keep doing what you like, keep improving, good luck to you and your family, being a dad at 20 is definitely not easy! I wish you all the best!

[@ThingWub]

Welcome to the channel man! I'm always happy for suggestions. My mic has been a concern of mine since day one of making content. Playing games is my hobby, besides spending time with the family, gaming is my favorite thing to do. I figured I'd be gaming anyway and I shouldn't let a bad mic ruin making videos for me. I totally agree with you on the intros, in fact I was just talking to my buddy about how I wasn't doing a great job of keeping them short in my most recent videos. I aim to have no more than 1 minute intros, but sometimes that's just not enough time, or I'm just not focused enough. I do however want to make up for the quick intros with a longer outro. The video you watched here was one of my "Showcase" videos where I try to teach people everything I know about the hero in the Showcase game. Because of this I do take my time at the end and give people the option to learn a little extra if they want. Don't get me wrong, I want people to watch my full video, but if they stayed for a full game (average game is 20 minutes) then I would be happy. As for my "ahh'" and "umm"s I never really noticed I did that as much as I do until I went back and listened for them. While I've been recording I noticed it happens when I'm trying to focus on my gameplay while caught in a sentence. I agree with you on the fact that they need to go or at least happen less. I'll do my best to break the habit. I currently don't have the means to get a new mic or use proper editing tools, so I'm making do with what I have and I've been enjoying it thoroughly. If I ever get enough views to make money off of my channel I'll be putting a lot of that money back into it. Thank you again for the suggestions and for taking the time out of your day to leave such a well thought out comment