Why Minecraft Documentaries Suck Now

As the Minecraft documentary niche becomes more popular, I feel like more people are starting to create this type of content for all the wrong reasons.
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[@Mangomonev]

Are minecraft documentaries bad? *clicks on minecraft documentary*

[@mlemfloppagd6887]

Xd

[@spacebarw]

same energy as for cheese you need cheese as one of the ingredients found this in the comments of a making american cheese video

[@kuyanimaxy]

then this video isnt a minecraft documentary, its a minecraft documentary documentary

[@BytePix_]

I mean, you're not wrong 😂

[@LukeW-cx4vi]

idk

[@TranAran]

I also despise those "Why [KZbinr] Left Their Audience" in red text that reads, "I can't do it anymore." Usually I just read the comments or skip to the end to see that it's just a nothing burger & the people in question are doing fine.

[@agmass]

(OP is most likely talking about Dani)

[@leoboy-du2ot]

What's your pfp

[@miniiore]

sunnyv2 looking ahh content

[@alyasVictorio]

​@@leoboy-du2ot May I'm late to answer that but that's Samus from Metroid series

[@Zyphon]

Definitely agree that passion is important for MC documentaries. Back when I used to dabble in them, the videos with the most passion had the most consistent long-term growth (I.e. Rise & Fall of MC Monday & SMP Earth). Meanwhile, I found it really difficult to get any growth on the more cookie cutter-type vids (like my doc about Hypixel Sports). The character of the MC documentary community has definitely changed from what it used to be in 2019 and 2020. In some ways, I like that the community is more documented than ever, but I also don’t like the backstabbing or the same videos are made 548 times over. At least there are still some pretty high-quality creators around like you and SkyBoi.

[@BursstyPlays]

is that a Zyphon reference?

[@MaffWorld]

skyboi 💀💀💀

[@Scarhawk]

Bro, Zyphon, I used to love your old vids. Will you ever continue making those types of vids?

[@RavenGamingOverLord]

@@DooberTheGooberreal Maybe you should read it. I was able to read all of it

[@mmmcatfish4299]

I feel that KZbin documentaries, but more for criticism and reviews for media, have leaned into describing a topic as inherent. Instead of a KZbinr describing a show or movie as something they *personally* thought was bad, they word their video to describe said media as being *objectively* bad. These videos I feel don’t allow people to come to their own conclusions about topics but rather decide it for them, as a video describing something as “objective” is more eye catching than one’s own individual opinion.

[@ChiffoiMC]

I ran a successful drama channel in another niche of gaming content about 6 years ago. The community I grew craved "ragebait" content praying on others' downfall, and I found myself straying further and further from actual journalistic integrity and instead simply chasing the next story in order to keep my channel alive. The minute somebody turned the heat back around on me, my audience turned on me because they were never watching for my personality, only for their drama fix. And because I'd made so many enemies in the creator community from my videos exposing them, nobody was going to help me pick up the pieces of my channel. I ended up leaving the community with zero marketable skills - none of my videos had skillful storytelling or complex editing, just drama. Drama content is a ticket to a quick few thousand bucks, but it's never going to be able to build these people a career or skills that will help them go forward in life.

[@lightningboat]

It also greatly builds egos, with creators like Keemstar being some of the most hated, yet some of the most delusional and narcissistic on the Internet.

[@Chickennuclear_bombs]

I ran a successful pvz channel in another niche of gaming content about 4 years ago. after there was no more content, i downfalled and got into a black hole (cuz i changed my niche and my subbers don’t like my niche(cuz it was low quality) and yt thinks if subbers don't like it, then new viewers don't like it) so i now make memes

[@TridentTrist]

Im so glad you said that. I was thinking about people’s need for drama and you perfectly articulated my thoughts. I genuinely feel bad, but hey, that was 6 years ago. You’ve most likely grown in marketable abilities since then.

[@Dojafish]

Gurl drop the channel, I need the tea

[@EventideBlackFox]

​@@Dojafish"They never cared about my personality, only their drama fix" "Gurl give me the tea" I hope you appreciate the irony

[@aquires420]

It just occurred to me that, minecraft documentaries are slowly transitioning from "high quality entertainment" to just "oh here's another youtuber expose as a lazy cash grab". But you're still the best though.

[@InfinitySevens]

SunnyV2 and his consequences.

[@aquires420]

@@InfinitySevens true they used to be kinda decent and now they're just the same BS

[@InfinitySevens]

@@aquires420 TBH I think SunnyV2 type drama/gossip vids can be categorized as "highly-polished slop". Literally just shit-talking packaged in a "documentary" form.

[@aquires420]

@@InfinitySevens agreed some of em are sometimes kinda good but like 90% of them are just slop content about the same topic remixed for the 20th time with the laziest commentary on the planet

[@ni__wolf143]

This isn't really a Minecraft thing, the internet is basically just drama these days, I started to notice with the Yandere Dev thing, everyone made a video on every single slight development, Yandere dev could've taken a piss and they'd make a video on it, drama content is just so incredibly lazy most of the time and serves just to make an endless circle of hate, it's dumb.

[@TheMisterEpic]

Very interesting video, I've actually thought about some of this stuff a lot, so long comment inbound. First of all, I think the main reason you see so many of these newer drama/commentary minecraft videos/channels, is because that is the easiest way to grow in a rather saturated niche. Let me explain. Back in early 2020 when I first started doing minecraft video essays/history videos, there were 3 other notable people in the space - AntVenom, FitMC and SalC1. Fit and Sal primarily focussed on 2b2t, and AntVenom tended to explore a lot of the intracacies of the game (his "breaking minecraft" series for example). And what I accidentally realised/stumbled upon, was that outside of 2b2t and some of Ant's history videos, nobody was talking about a large side of the game, that being its multiplayer, servers and history. So I began making videos about minecraft server history, virtually just based on my time spent playing the game back then, I didn't even need to do much research. And because there was nobody making these videos, people just found my channel naturally when a unqiue video I made piqued their interest, or through google/youtube searches (thats how my first mineplex vid blew up believe it or not). This continued in 2020 and even 2021 with minecraft history. For example in late 2020, I had begun making a lot of "the evolution" type minecraft videos, and while sitting in a discord playing minecraft with a friend, he casually and jokingly suggested while we were mining, that I "should make a video about the evolution of mining". And I thought to myself, hey thats a good idea. I checked and nobody had done it, the video was simple and straightforward to make, and 1 week later it was done and uploaded. It got over 1 million views in 1 month. Those kind of "topics" just don't really come up anymore. My point with all this, is that back then there was still a lot of topics and unexplored ideas left, that mean't that anybody making videos, could fill that gap in the niche and have a reasonable chance at growing through that alone. But now, because the niche has become so much more saturated, a large portion of those video topics and ideas have been done to death and are no longer unique. This means for channels making minecraft video essays or videos in a similar format that want to grow, they have to find a new way to stand out. And whats the best way to do that when you don't have an audience yet? Use someone elses name recognition. This happens in the normal commentary space all the time, its much easier to grow and stand out when you can use someone elses name or some sort of recent trending drama to stand out, and thats because people wont be clicking on the video because you yourself convinced them with an interesting/unique topic they might not know about (how the minecraft video essay scene was in 2020/21), but instead people are clicking because they know and are interested in the youtubers or people you are talking about. Now I don't really blame them for doing so, at the end of the day they want to grow on youtube and that is one of the best ways to grow on youtube. The issue begins when lots of people start doing the exact same thing. When that happens, these channels need to continue standing out amongst the crowd of people doing identical to them, so they begin over-dramatizing/sensationalising their videos, or looking for any slither of the situation that makes their video "unique" from the others. This is where people begin making serious reaches in their videos, or finding the smallest and stupidest of things to continue fueling the drama (like blissolics mentioned in his coment below, where people dig up 3 year old drama that really is irrelevant now). I do have empathy for these channels, because I know how much harder it is to grow in this niche now, I mean even I myself over-sensationalise and dramatize videos from time to time, but the issue becomes when the people on the receiving end of these videos, aren't gigantic companies like microsoft, but are other youtubers/creators. If 10 channels made a video about why microsoft is greedy and ruining minecraft, then sure while the content is repetitive and also somewhat done to death, nobody is really harmed. But when 10 channels make a video about some specific youtuber, drama or person, and continue to escalate the situation to stand out from each other, thats where actual harm can come to the individuals involved, and uncessary additional drama is created. At the end of the day though, as long as their is a demand, and people recognise that this is a way to grow their channel, nobody is going to stop, and new channels will keep popping up doing the same thing. My channel blew up not long after SunnyV2's, and I used to watch his videos a lot in 2020 and 2021. And you know what happened? In 2021, he had a small period of time where his videos weren't really drama/downfall related, moreso just nostalgia/informative related (he made a video about why minecraft was so nostalgic around this time as well). And a lot of those videos performed pretty bad, compared to his traditional rise and fall/downfall videos. Sometime later that same year, he "switched" to the more dramatised and negative content he does now and has continued to do so since. And it has been mega-successful. You know what this shows us? Sunnys more positive/upbeat or even neutral videos didnt perform as well. And thats because people love drama. They dont want to see happy upbeat/nostalgia driven stories, as much as they want to see downfalls and drama about some popular youtuber or person. The reason so much of the minecraft commentary content is like a "watered down sunnyv2" is for the same reason. Drama sells, its what people want. Oh and just to clarify 1 thing. It definitely is still possible to grow the way channels like mine did in 2020/21 (as evidenced by your own channel, and many of the other high quality channels doing similar), and there certainly still are unique ideas and topics out there. But is has become so, so much harder now. Great video though, I pretty much agree with the entire thing!

[@regretales]

How does youtube allow this amount of words in a comment

[@Scarhawk]

​@studiobysurf I think they did because one of the developers thought it was funny to just spam a bunch of numbers onto his keyboard and said, "ye no one will ever type that amount of words" This guy enters the chat~

[@sonic176yt7]

I'm not reading allat

[@DanelYaps]

bro just wrote a whole book

[@danny-d0rito]

it's sad so many people don't actually spend time reading comments like this, but just say something like "I ain't readin allat" which is still spending time lol. very good comment though. and nice to see ya again Epic! I watch a good deal of your stuff because of exactly that: I have not seen many people talk about server history besides 2B2T. and I learned a good deal, so thank you.

[@kipcore]

pretty much calling yourself out is a mad big balls move and i highly respect u for that

[@lirilitheva]

Jetstarfish is the perfect example. Bro really made yt documentary’s just to sell a mod that ads 8 things that take away once freedom

[@charlottep315]

My favourite type of Minecraft documentaries are actually uplifting ones. Like the ones on the success of hermitcraft etc.

[@junyaiwase]

2:41 You aren’t supposed to watch rage bait content with the intent to make yourself angry. It is supposed to evoke anger out of you subconsciously

[@itsJanke]

Thanks for making this video, it definitely changed my viewpoint on the niche and how I'm going to make my videos in the future!

[@kz1underscore]

>:)

[@ericadrian0965]

Lets check soon if Its true soon

[@b1ued]

i sent this in the brainrot boys and didnt even realize you wrote this mb

[@ivorycxxxx]

All those ‘Watered down SunnyV2s’ are also probably just as completely dispassionate as he is. You can tell he has no passion in his videos, not to mention his lack of human compassion either. You though, my friend, embody everything that a documentary youtuber should be. Keep up the good work ❤

[@Blasta.]

This is quite the coincidence, I'm working on a video with the exact same type and literally about the same topic (I'm going to mash all of the dramas into one video) but I'll take notes of this video to make my video more straightforward.

[@CalebIsSalty]

oh really? no way haha. hmu when you finish the vid, i would love to watch it! also, thanks for being subbed for over a year man. you're the goat 🐐🐐

[@Blasta.]

@@CalebIsSalty I asked you in twitter about something because I originally planned to make it a YT kids video (and take inspiration from Viprah) but I scrapped it. + thanks man, keep pumping out goated content

[@DiamondDepthYT]

I got into commentary/documentary style videos back in late 2020. All I covered was basically just drama, and I saw some success from it. But I dropped it. Because I felt like I was banking off other's downfalls and I felt like I was developing a community based on obsession over drama. It was like you said, "cashing out on short term success." Now I just do what I enjoy. I play Minecraft survival and I occasionally make videos on advice or sometimes just a topic I'm very interested in. I am so glad I stopped making those videos when I did. I can't imagine having developed a community that is only watching my videos because of the newest twitter drama.

[@Aliumly]

Thank you for speaking out on this!! I absolutely stand by your opinion. It’s really getting annoying when those type of creators doesn’t care about the topic, and only doing it for the sake of views, even I also a victim of this. But really they’re just basically milking on someone’s trauma. And I do not think they’re “documentaries” anymore, rather a drama creators who paints bad light on a certain individual. They don’t really care about like neutral or retrospective of it (if that makes sense).

[@Blissolic]

Glad to have been apart of the video homie- And honestly, I think the main simple point I'm trying to get across and best said is. Don't expose your friends for saying a slur 3 years ago, if it's something that genuinely needs to be brought to light, then you're helping the community in a positive way.

[@Standlers]

True

[@aquires420]

I mean man i've seen people exposing other for hacking while hacking themselves, and I really wanna know where these people even come from.

[@DccToon]

yeah, as a [possibly] documentary youtuber, i agree, exposing someone for something small that happened a while ago isnt something you should do, however, exposing someone for something that a lot of people consider horrible behavior is what you should be doing, and despite my low editing skills, i still managed to tell people about something that they should know about and be aware of, the discord server i exposed is now not gaining much members and people just mention my video and leave, which really makes me motivated to do more research about the topic and genuinely try to do something about it behind the scenes, because i feel like i did a positive impact on the community, so, yeah, your comment couldn't have phrased it any better, sorry for the long essay/paragraph lol.

[@aquires420]

@@DccToon you earned a sub buddy

[@DccToon]

@@aquires420 thanks! appreciate it

[@enr1c039]

Jetstarfish in the description 💀

[@weaboo8141]

I think there's a very visible line that splits between a documentary video and a tea spill or 2016 commentary video with the latter being mostly the negative stuff. Documentaries are usually okay and at best pretty good on their own recapping what has happened surrounding a topic and i don't really call them "expose" videos if the problem at hand threads into the realm of criminality and already has been building up for a while. However tea channels on the other hand just scrapes whatever petty tweets out there to blow it up into something seemingly much larger than what they are, petty and unimportant stuff.

[@xFlxme]

I've never agreed more with a CalebisSalty video. Even if this one won't do as well as your other videos, you're helping the community by bringing attention to these issues and trying to fix them. Good job caleb ❤

[@gloriousgaming518]

yoo flame

[@lightedtwice]

The timing on this vid! Instantly happening before the newest shit Jetstarfish vid LMFAO

[@jayces.]

Around 3:14, definitely agree, instead of pushing out dozens of videos around the same topic, a singular video should be put out once the situation is settled, this adds more information to the single video and can create a longer video.

[@clasycow]

Very well said actually. I agree this form of content that you do is perfect. Gets the point out, while having extensive research and being unbiased. It’s something you’re truly passionate about and I respect it. No “exposing.” I've noticed that some creators, like Blissolic, have previously leaned towards drama content for views, with him even saying that "hate sells." However, I am hopeful and have started to see a positive shift not just in his content style but everyone elses. More content creators are shifting to the value of producing meaningful, well-researched material rather than chasing view-hungry rage bait. While drama might entertain some, it doesn't contribute to the community at all. I'm glad to see this change and believe it will lead to a better content creation platform.

[@vitasomething]

u cant be unbiased. u can account for ur biases but being unbiased is just impossible!! were all humans and our biases form the way we all view the world uniquely. u can ignore the fact that everyone has biases ingrained into them or u can account for them urself :3

[@Topher_disliker]

we love retrogamingnow

[@chronicbackpain6047]

I'll never get over the KZbinrs who KZbin it up with "The most VILE, DISGUSTING, AND EVIL Minetuber ON THE PLATFORM" And it's just- Some guy Content Farming and being a douch on Discord. Meanwhile we have Predators, Killers, Black Mailers, and Harassers that just get like a post or something and maybe a year later someone will recap the drama that happened while everyone was asleep.

[@ToyCollecter]

This is personally my favorite niche. I know that it isnt really somebody playing the game, but the editing on all of them are amazing.

[@jojojoshua_channel]

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[@GamingBren]

I am actively against jetStarfish's exploration video because: - it's basically an ad for a mod he made that's behind a Patreon paywall right now, thus BREAKING THE MINECRAFT EULA (and he's unfortunately winning in the "donation" department because he's baited people) - his ideas sap out all the good stuff that makes Minecraft fun so it's just some soulless voxel RPG - items like the recovery compass are good (I play with Keep Inventory because I die sometimes, even in the late game, so the recovery compass is actually great for someone like myself) I watched some of The Hayze's response and looked through the comments and that's how I realized JS needs to be stopped.

[@mmmcatfish4299]

I feel that KZbin documentaries, but more for criticism and reviews for media, have leaned into describing a topic as inherent. Instead of a KZbinr describing a show or movie as something they *personally* thought was bad, they word their video to describe said media as being *objectively* bad. These videos I feel don’t allow people to come to their own conclusions about topics but rather decide it for them, as a video describing something as “objective” is more eye catching than one’s own individual opinion.

[@IceFireofVoid]

This is a growing trend that has been infesting all aspects of online discourse for a while now when it comes to entertainment, media and fandom culture. People aren't really able to talk about liking or disliking things anymore. What they like has to he some objective morally correct truth, and people with different opinions must, as a result, be objectively wrong and immoral. And because the opponent has been declared immoral, the person then justifies to themselves treating that person terribly. I've seen it a lot in fandom spaces where people would be cyberbullied for having the "wrong" favorite character, the "wrong" art style when doing fanart, the "wrong" headcanons... People seem to have a lot of trouble seeing nuance or understanding that you can be neutral on things too. It's always you either love it or you hate it. Us vs them.

[@JustYourOrdinaryFriend]

"Watered sunnyv2" blud really just describe himself

[@verticalpug2026]

you're using "blud" in 2024. is it safe to assume that you are a youtube shorts kid?

[@JustYourOrdinaryFriend]

@@verticalpug2026 Nah I CAN'T watch a youtube short even if I want to, There something going on in my life that are better than that

[@Max_Svensson]

But he's better though.

[@FrostyyMC_]

Definitely agree with what you are saying. The frustrating thing about being a content creator who occasionally makes drama related content is that is that first of all, drama that actually can be made into good content doesn't happen often, and second, when you make content you ACTUALLY ENJOY, for example my "How Hypixel Can be Saved" video, it is very frustrating when the video doesn't do well at all, and only makes you more desperate for views, forcing you to turn to drastic measures in an attempt to get back on track with gaining views. It's a vicious cycle and I am a victim of it.

[@sufi09853]

I think this also goes for the Minecraft Community as well. In recent years since the Wild Update came out, the Minecraft Community has been getting more and more toxic and negative on every front when it comes down to Minecraft. I recently watched a video called, "We need to talk about the Minecraft Community", made by RetroGamingNow. A Minecraft KZbinr that's been known for making Minecraft Videos. And in this video, he goes over the history on why the Minecraft Community has been so negative in recent years from Caves and Cliffs to wherever we are today. And how people within the community consistently make this toxic culture of anger and negativity + frustration towards other people in the community and at Mojang, the developers of Minecraft. And how that same culture of Toxicity and negativity can lead into a rolling snow ball of a domino effect. Where people create more Toxicity and negativity within this community. Due to Echo Chambers on social media and many other factors involved. I recommend RetroGamingNow's video on this subject. It's not just Minecraft KZbin, it everywhere in this community. Because we created this this mess. And now it's our jobs to dictate where this community goes. Are we going to create a more negative future, or a positive future? That's up to you to decide. Choose wisely my friend...

[@camZx]

I agree with the sentiment with the whole niche usually fitting into 3 categories: current drama(yters or update related), nostalgia or “History of” documentary, or a documentary on an obscure Minecraft related thing (old bugs or servers). As for one of the closing remarks, I just know u from bridge but u make great videos :P

[@viktorvalkov-gu7qr]

Fortunately one sub-type of these documentaries hasn't been affected: Horror documentaries Documentaries on MC Arg's or weird scary stuff found in footage or in the game All the videos I've seen have very well made with maybe sometimes bad audio. Channels like RGN, Wifies, Render have excellent entertaining videos of this type

[@zman1064]

I post some MC Commentary videos from time to time, anytime I do I'm usually doing it to raise awareness about something or to prove a point about something. I definitely agree that some people overdramatize certain topics, however I don't think we can be mad at these people. Generally speaking, this is just how media works, more dramatize things are more interesting to people than just standard things. This is how the Mainstream Media works and this is how Online Content works. Great video.

[@alphatt_1]

W Channel bro keep it up !

[@Bansed]

Just because people can do so, doesn't make it right

[@Bansed]

holy crap your latest post absolutely contradicts everything talked about in this video.

[@ThatOneMajimaDude]

"Because that's how it works" doesn't mean it should be.

[@SixStrikerReal]

I agree and understand with everything you're saying! I personally don't like how Cheetah sounded when he talked about this topic, because it shows lack of understanding and care for the creators who actually do make great documentaries or topic videos. It's a little funny because he made that video achieving the same result with the emotions targeted towards the genre instead of a specific creator. Personally I think content is content and I think everyone has the right to try and express themselves how they want! I do agree that some videos are just for views and to make money, people do this everywhere from youtube to the news. But random drama to harass people is obviously not something I support. But outside of just harassment, Are we trying to just deny what someone wants to do because another person doesn't like it? I hate that mentality it's almost like people are saying you don't belong here. Regardless I love the work you do man. I think you are very special and i'm glad you create videos you are passionate about! Keep working hard, good video and great morals!

[@ChilledBacon]

still insane to see you have 100k since ive been here since youve had 1.5k

[@MCCplayz_YT]

Imagine a minecraft documentary about minecraft documentary about minecraft documentary

[@Jkingnick]

I totally agree with you on how people make content just for content and not because they want to or feel like this content can inspire them and the viewer, and I think of your content very differently because of the talking style and how you present it. You have such a different voice and perspective than other creators that just shows that you care and aren’t just trying to make money off the video. I enjoy your content style and how much effort you put in. Congratulations on 100K

[@SmittieKingMC]

Your editing is actually insane - much respect

[@RyanSoltani]

A Minecraft documentary about Minecraft documentaries, the layers run deep with this one lol

[@atomicskies_]

I agree, absolutely garbage content. It’s not just the Minecraft ones either

[@vizthex]

lol i just realized this guy included himself in that graph at the start.

[@ni__wolf143]

Honestly the brain dead drama content is everywhere on KZbin, I started to notice it with Yandere dev, that dude could've breathed air and people would've made update videos about it.

[@amirnator456]

I’ve found myself checking the comments before watching a drama video first lately. I feel it’s because I don’t want to waste more of my time learning about a random drama I don’t care about.

[@Waterdrinker-w]

I respect you for making content your passionate about, and not doing it for views.

[@apex0836]

The first video I watched of yours I can remember thinking at the end “wow this is a pretty high quality video” so you’ve won me over have fun with the sub

[@SethsNewChannel]

I'm watching a Minecraft documentary explaining why Minecraft documentaries suck, how meta is that?

[@aqwek]

This effect is why I don't try to come up with new ideas any more. If it blows up, copycats always rise.

[@ComputerGirlMae]

did jetstarfish pay you 400$ to make this video like he did with his mod

[@FlushDesert22]

"Unfortunately that's just the meta on KZbin and packaging like this will always get more clicks than a mundane summary of the video like this" Why do people act like getting views is more important than being a good person?

[@FalcoJava]

The fact my name is Caleb too is trippy to me hehe, But I love the content man! Its so fun to listen to in the background and use as a way to catch up with online drama!

[@RayLaxen]

Can’t wait to see a documentary ABOUT this video

[@gusmoment]

i was thinking of this exact idea yesterday, a video documentary on if documentary’s are bad

[@Nokyyyyy]

There is a more specific but very good type of video: "documentary about Jetstarfish breaking EULA" I take the sheer number of it as a running gag

[@IsLetuce]

I think the niche has gotten so dry and boring it feels like they just want to cover drama as someone who is in the niche I aim to stop that because I hate where it's going right now

[@IsLetuce]

honestly this is why I only cover stuff in game and not the community

[@leiocerayt]

Your editing is, and always will be, out of this world.

[@Razoonn]

I find it enjoyable to just dive deep into topics and enjoy the drama that comes from it. As a documentary/commentary content creator I think it's my favorite kind of content to create because I can see how far I can push myself to make my content better. It really is something I enjoy so much.

[@jasperwoodchuck]

As an aspiring Minecraft Documentarian, I'll keep this video in mind

[@ItSparkyOfficial]

I agree. I’ve had little success with this. I think covid is one of the main causes to people dragging on old things. Because people want to go back to the old days. Great video Caleb.

[@Nomi924]

Literally like as u said high quality editing and educational and entertaining

[@NoSkillSweat]

100k for Caleb!!!!! Congrats! Been subbed since you did skywars.

[@Legendarial]

this reminds me of newspapers and journalist articles becoming inaccurate because they're rushed out and often distorting facts simply to shape a clear, dramatic narrative for attention, gains and quotas, which has been going on for....quite the time. I feel like modern "exposal" videos on the internet (and documentaries in general) have similar issues that overlap here, just goes to show how deep rooted of an issue it is

[@tjb3171]

I agree with all this. I'm a (very) small documentary-style short-ish video creator, and ive noticed this a lot recently... documentary-style videos are getting out of hand, im honestly considering pivoting to another video style (AGAIN).

[@SugarRxsh]

I believe Minecraft documentaries are pretty interesting especially your content 😅❤

[@EldritchHorror123]

Personally, I don't really watch the drama-oriented videos, but I do like watching the videos on ARGs, mysteries, that kind of thing.

[@theivyrosesxd1320]

Tbh, i only watch drama videos for entertainment while i work. I never thought of it this way

[@_gerg]

You know what I'm sick of? 'Minecraft videos' That have nothing to do with the video game Minecraft... such as... Oh this video! Why don't you stick some orange text on screen and talk about this KZbin Comment? maybe have a lil' cursor icon animate over and click on it too!

[@arso0628Stuff]

Yea lol

[@masud9049]

Make Greg the center of attention. He, after all told us how to evade the IRS in minecraft!

[@Sapwoh]

Nah greg dont hate on my boy caleb he a g. Rare L take from you

[@masud9049]

@@aToastPoptart my man is joking chill he is like this in his vids

[@aToastPoptart]

@@masud9049 oh mb then LOL

[@Silly3-b7g]

For me it’s been a couple weeks after my ex friends, friend told me to end myself and other things and it went crazy

[@omniscientcommenter3271]

Damn even Minecraft DOCUMENTARIES have gone bad that’s just sad😢

[@Infisrael]

Great music choice as always, I can already tell you watch Nexpo.

[@il0ves4mandcolby]

I like these videos tho bc you make them interesting! :)

[@112VZ]

Why Minecraft Documentaries Suck Now Situation Is Crazy

[@DiamondMaster115]

2:11 "jsut" typo Although that just goes to show that you did it yourself instead of relying on some voice to text tool that all the crappy YT shorts KZbinrs use, so thank you :)

[@eldardb]

Sorry for writing this comment but I really want to say that I understand that audience retention isn't easy and that doing a lot of flickering and animations helps to raise it but at this point the amount of flickering, filters and effects is really becoming annoying to me. In the end I do think that I get your point.

[@TenshiKiller]

very well structured video, I absolutely agree its more of a hate fest then education with KZbin at this point

[@faithy_133]

UR EDITING IS SO GOOD

[@Beebops_Handle]

i love this kind of video if its not about drama and some boring or random history.

[@ventralize]

Something I've realized watching this channel is that CalebIsNOTSalty.

[@dark_kirby_tmclips7411]

Seems like most people just are not really passionate about what they are doing on youtube, and money is just the wrong reason to start a youtube channel and move your content towards different content. Of course that works for a lot of people, but I do appreciate your approach in this situation.

[@codename-limbo]

Honestly, at least you are honest. (KZbinrs overexaggerating titles)

[@McNoob5477]

Nice watching a Minecraft documentary about Minecraft documentaries. Peak content here.

[@thelegend_ary8366]

bro ur editing is so good man, i wish i could edit like u

[@gibbings5534]

Im glad we are in the era of pretentious video essays attacking other pretentious video essays

[@AllanonRune]

Hey Caleb! I dont know if you remember but a couple months back in 2022 or 2023 (i dont remember) you watched a small youtubers video. It was a Hypixel Bedwars video and you even commented on it. I was the owner of it. Since then I have deleted it and started fresh. Because you commented on that video, I was inspired and decided that youtube is something I love and I will never forget what you did. So thank you. (The channel name was “ThatGuyGamez”)

[@user-hm9ik6xq5n]

this is a minecraft documentary btw

[@zeronenine-randomguy]

this is the same reason why theres always rules and regulations or ethics in everything that we are taught. Like scientific research, practical research, etc.

[@AmethystBad]

bro is goated for this. much needed overview of the landscape of this niche, amazing work as always 🤯🤯🤯

[@AmirMuhammedMrAMP]

It's not just Minecraft documentaries It's like everywhere on KZbin like the Mr beast situations

[@Gurtopolis]

jetstarfish's videos i feel like are the better type of minecraft documentarys because he doesnt put others down, or often cover drama, he puts in months of work in and he puts in a ton of effort into those. i don't think he is the same as others you show in the video myself. or even nearly the same as yourself, you 2 are far opposites. you post often, you post cinematic, you post serious. he posts scarcely, he posts more lighthearted content, and its usually for humorous stuff. this is based on your inclusion of him at the start, with no "hey I don't think they are bad for this they just fall into a category of similar content"

[@iujt]

Yessss… A video essay critiquing a video essay critiquing a video essay. Nice.

[@sansiegleen]

Making Minecraft a Documentary while talking about a Minecraft Documentary.

[@koopergtag]

i love this doc type content the editing inspired me to start to do this but for differnt topics, likr mysteries of gorilla tag.

[@sverrikarason3307]

You are the best at doing video essays. I love your editing.

[@00oooorange]

the people i watch i havent seen drama of **insert grian and mombojumbo**

[@endithe3lite]

Great video. I just wished you changed your Thumbnails and Titles too. I agree with a lot actually, but find it a bit weird, that if not for a second look, someone could confusse your content with that kind of Slopp mentioned in the Video...

[@sonicmeerkat]

drama is the scurge of any community and commontary has the unique ability to directly leech from it without being directly involved. i've never heard of a commontary community where people weren't always looking over their backs for the day the pendulem swings their way and the people who left before that'd happen would still be affected by how fake and paranoid their "friends" were. just a feeling of everyone is out for themselves. honestly it's just sad seeing so many video essay niches devolving into the same thing, speedrunner histories spend more and more time talking about upsets, game analysis switching to encompass the community of the game to criticise certain members, and let's not even talk about the cess pit which is political commontators who became the face of the "culture war" sad thing is we are just hard wired to enjoy gossip, we have all been told negative stories about coworkers or talked privately with close friends about mutuals you find annoying, it's just kinda impossible to avoid getting some enjoyment from it, but even with that inherent bias for that negativity, every drama video being an hour plus is just... boring, often people run out of things to say and start making up shit leading to the original targets refuting the laundry list so they can avoid acknowledging the actual bad shit, like when you start seeing exposed thumbnails with the word "gooner" it is really hard to not immediately write it off as spam. do honestly miss the times i could watch an essay about a game someones passionate about and enjoy someone go into much deeper detail than the average review would. that level of passion just isn't there in the copycats like there was for the millions of letsplayers who at least chose to make their content farms on top of playing games they personally enjoy.

[@Sabynationtv]

It is really true, what Caleb is saying in this video, i also pushed myself into this type pf content but now i don't like that much to do documentary videos and it was not my goal afterall.. Nowadays many people are creating such content for more clout

[@dklm2023]

This trend would only grow and I knew it probably not the first one, but definitely not the last one

[@Baldiwp2]

You make some of the best content about this stuff, the editing, the content, and all the stuff in these videos is great.

[@RX-The--Sigma]

i agree with u there r some youtubers which just make the same vids again and again like its janke is milking the content by making kinda clickbait thumbnails and also ducky btw congrats on 100k subs

[@Liamgimigclips]

how is janke creating clickbait theumbnails.... him and this guy are making the same type of thumbnails😭😭😭

[@rationalcommentor]

When creating a documentary (any documentary), there needs to be no sense of bias.