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Suppose I were to do like Phoenixmaster/Akariss/DireThunder/etc.

1. How helpful do you think I would be to the FEH community?
2. Can I get it done with text and images, or would it be much easier for people if I delivered most of my content verbally in videos? I've been thinking to work from Wordpress actually.
3. Do you think I have enough to offer that those others haven't already covered?

And I suppose the last question would be: do you, as a FEH player, want me to?

Candour and frankness above all else please! If you're ever going to flame me now's the time lol

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fehtubers are garbage and will always be garbage, spreadsheets are better.

Clickbait/long intros are the worst.

If you want to show something, the best way to do it is getting to the point. That's why I don't like watching FEHtubers or just any Youtubers in general.

3 minutes in and they're talking about what the video is gonna be about instead of just showing it.

But you like watching Nogitsune, right!?!? I hear he has some weird shit!

He hasn't posted a video ever since he was banned and moved to discord.

He will come back.

That's actually one reason I'm thinking of doing most of my content in text form. If people want they can skim or jump through it or read just some part, also really easy to reread little parts or refer back to it in the future or quote specific bits.

Videos have their own advantages, like, if I'm trying to explain tactical play in GC (which is probably my absolute strongest suit) it's going to be so clumsy in text and even images are nowhere near as good as video with voice annotation.

I like Akariss and Fearless Jay, in particular Jay, he makes very long videos and talks a lot, but always about relevant insight.

Hearing you in a video? Hell yeah, dude. Personally, I don't really care about in what format it is. Whether it'd be over a gameplay video of your's or a bunch of text, images in boxes. On one hand, the latter feels pretty formal and more "professional". But on the other, speaking over a gameplay video has a nice casual touch that isn't necessarily better or worse. I find people like Strategistmaster, Sagesmaster and ChazAriaLLC to do this pretty well.

Do I feel you have something different to offer? Absolutely. We've shared a lot of similiar views in the past. A lot of which happen to be less-known and appeal to players beyond simply Arena. You can even eventually weigh in on how you really feel about this new Arena system, which might me something people haven't entirely touched up on.

What are your and others' thoughts on multiple media?

More casual things and things that are really visual or best with voice I could do over video, and maybe eventually something like live Q&A

The theoretical, analytical stuff as well as most Q&A could be done via text. It's even easier to prepare graphs and stuff that way

1. What exactly do you mean by helpful? It kinda depends on what content you wanna create. But helpful to the community is a big goal, and I don't really see a way you could do that that hasn't already been done by others.
2. While I do think that verbally delivered content is more accessible to a wider audience, I wouldn't per se rule out the possibility of text and images.
3.Again, depends on what kinda content you wanna create really. Most likely a question nobody but you can answer.
4. Sure thing man, do your thing! If you want to create content, I would surely watch/read. Hope this helps a bit. :)

You really should check out the kind of things he posts. He's definitely helpful, and even touches up on smaller details others would miss. That's what he means. He'll give you more than a cookie-cutter of what might've already been said.

1: This is fairly subjective/"The value is in the eye of the beholder". Many people enjoy Liu Bu's "Evil Dr. Sakura" videos, and while entertaining, I don't find them helpful for strategies relevant to me. So, it's all about finding your niche.

2: In this case, "more is more". Use whatever you like or whatever you feel is most helpful to you. "What's good for the goose is good for the gander". Share what you have found to be helpful for you and it will benefit others like you be it in text, videos, etc.

3: Again, subjective. Is there anything you see not currently being addressed/fulfilled by current content provider? Then, yes, you have found something worth contributing. The quantity will mostly be about giving your own perspective, analysis, and breakdown.

Finally, just go for it. Arakiss, Brotel, Pheonixmaster, Sages, Lucky Crit, etc. each have their own take on things and each one covers a different angle, so it's certainly more than okay to try and find your own and provide whatever you feel the others might have missed.

Just remember to ask people "why they feel a certain way" if they start complaining about things instead of dismissing them out of hand/telling them the are "just wrong". It lets people have a chance to feel like they were heard and allowed to explain their concerns free from judgement and prevents flamewars before they start.

Thanks for bringing up the "different viewpoints" argument

About Lu Bu specifically though, he does have the "Let's Analyze" series, plus, the stuff he does with healer emblem is actually quite unique despite how long he's been at it, how big his reputation has gotten for it, and how many people have seen it so that they could actually copy it if they cared to and knew how to use ward cavalry. I think there's actually a lot people could learn from him and maybe don't, and even I'm guilty of it. I just tried dazzling (no wrathful) pain+ double sb for the first time, and even though I have Jaffar with the refine, this is really one level above, easily.

youve been an undoubted asset to the FEH GP community, Id certainly be interested to see what kind of content you can bring to the table

Its already saturated for the most part.
The only niche that you can cover is making builds with bad ivs.

I'm sure majority can agree how helpful you've been on the forums! Your biggest help to me was advocating for speed Nowi haha, I love how she's working with the Hone Dragons/Speed wave buffs. Thanks for that! If you ever do a FEH channel, I'll subscribe :) making a channel sure looks like a lot of commitment tho.

As for qn 2, I think people like clear, informative visuals for guides, and a lot of verbal input when it comes to discussion topics like newly announced FEH news. A WordPress sounds interesting tho.

Qn 3: I've liked your awesome math (how does anyone math at all? it's so hard) and your in-depth thoughts to 'IV-salvaging'. IV-salvaging meaning recommending diff ways to build a unit based on their IVs (esp. for not-so-ideal IVs).

If you're starting on this, good luck and hope you love what you do!

1. I think you'd do pretty good. Keeping in touch with other players especially by talking about game mechanics, new units etc. on Gamepress is a good thing but on YouTube you might help more people.
2. It depends on what you feel comfortable with. If you think you'll feel uncomfortable with editing/uploading videos with your voice on it, try text based videos first, you can change your way of making videos later on. As long as you make simple and not over-the-top fonts/text boxes most things are easier to comprehend for your viewers especially if you're for example comparing two units. Sometimes it might be helpful to make some annotations by recording your voice while showing stats or something similar.
3. You shouldn't feel intimidated by the big amount of FEHtubers, if you feel like you have to say something about certain topics, do so! Often people have different opinions on certain aspects of games and especially when it comes to explaining specific game mechanics it's always great to have several perspectives on them. If people come to think of your ideas as something new, even better.
4. Personally, I'd like to see what your videos look like, I play FEH very much and I always love seeing new content on YouTube, this also helps keeping this game and its community alive after all!

I've been making some videos myself and even though barely anyone watches them I like making them, it's a great way to spend some time on something you can improve at.
And you can always alter the style of your videos, so don't feel forced to keep them the way they are if you're not content.

If you decide on doing videos, good luck and most importantly, have fun making them!

Thanks for your ideas and support.

I'm not especially shy about using my voice; in fact, a rambly thing like Lu Bu sometimes makes is easily the lazy way out which will actually work some of the time. (Come to think of it, it would probably work better too for people who prefer videos over compact, info-dense presentation whether written or spoken.) And it also isn't that I'm intimidated by how many FEHtubers there are. If I have something unique to bring, I'll find a place no matter how many or how big the others.

Since I don't plan to have more than a tablet anytime soon, might you be interested in doing the video editing if I end up going for it?

I'm sure you'd do great then.
Well I wouldn't say I'm specifically talented at video editing to be honest, most videos I make need some hours put into them and sadly I don't have time to make them regularly. But I would really be interested in seeing where this would go. Maybe we could try some things out and see where it goes. You should keep in mind though that there are things to work on outside of video editing as well, making thumbnails and art for your channel to be more precise. Do you have an idea on these things for your channel (if you choose to make one)?

EDIT: I saw your follow-up question and commented on there so feel free to continue there if you like to.

Dude I’m down! You know your stuff for sure, and I’ve cinsidered up there for a while now. Would love to see that.

Just read this and I think you are much more knowledgeable of the game than the other youtubers. If you take a more informative slant to the fehtuber idea I think you could be very successful. Becoming popular for most people means you have to provide a service and there's not really many big fehtubers that explain and teach with the game. Most of them just give a general idea of things that anyone can do. I support it

First off, thanks for the reply and your unique perspective.

But becoming popular really isn't my goal. I used to want to be popular via classical music, and my conclusion at this point is that people have all kinds of reasons good and bad for liking or not liking me and it's really such a toss. I think what I'm trying to figure out is whether there are enough people who would benefit significantly from my own way of seeing the matter that I could launch into this "market" where there are already giants like Akariss and Phoenixmaster and I wouldn't be making poor use of my time.

That is being popular. You want some kind of following where people will listen to you, not necessarily big. I don't mean to be as big but I think with what you've shown you'd probably be good for unit analysis. And since you are already established on a forum it'd be easier. And you have people to ask questions when you get stumped as well. I'd say your biggest obstacle wouldn't be outside competition, but figuring out how it all works. The other youtubers don't go nearly as in depth as you. Learning from youtube videos are what helped me get started so that's where I'd start.

EDIT: I also highly recommend using a mic. Writing it out on the screen will help too, but I think the benefits of using and learning how to use a mic are great. it also just helps overall quality.

Could you elaborate on what you meant by "figuring out how it all works?"

How to put together a video with the best quality possible with your available resources. If you can get or have that down I think you're set.

If your going for some sort of an big viewer base and that sweet sweet YouTube revenue (until you get demonitized) you’d fail, it’s as simple as that most people are too lazy to read, especially when they can’t just watch another go the many other FEH YouTubers that already exist and probably spend their days making consistent FEH videos (Phoenixmaster is the one that comes to mind)

If you are just trying to help others (noble cause) then even then it’d probably be best to use some sort of verbal commentary (text to speech even) it’s just easier than reading. However you could probably get away with text and images.

TLDR: You want the cha Ching? Lol use Audio. You want to teach/guide others on certain activities? You should have verbal commentary if possible, though images and text may work.

Though even if you aren’t trying to become popular, I can only imagine you are atleast trying to make some money off of YouTube, in which case I’d say that there are way too many established YouTubers. FEH in general really wouldn’t allow for a good income (unless your phoenixmaster, who has been on the site for a while) but if you do it, I’d certainly subscribe, you’ve answered quite a few of my questions.

EDIT: btw, sorry if I might come off negative, I’m certain you could become popular if you put out a video that catches attention

Sounds to me like you're just trying to be realistic, and frankly I think you're probably on point.

I wasn't actually thinking of trying for much money, actually. My style is more than a little abstract, theoretical, and methodical and I don't think that's mainstream, as you suggested. We live in a culture of 140 character limit and 6 second vines. Right now what I want to focus my attention on is being myself, and once that gets rolling I can consider whether (and how) I want to try to get some income out of it, and in that line the first thought was actually not the ads but accepting donations if people felt like giving.

Best boi Seeker... on YT... with informative videos... HECK YEAAAAAH!
Ahem.. okay let's be serious here for a second (and I'm mainly talking about me being serious.)

1. How helpful do you think I would be to the FEH community?

I, personally think, that you would be a great addition to the FEH Youtubers. Your overall knowlage and thinking way about the game would make a unique personality on YT.
But I PERSONALLY, even though I think you're one of the coolest guys in the FEH Community, wouldn't watch the videos, because I'm more of a reading guy. I think that writing a paragraph about a game instead of talking into a mic is more flavorful.
When someone starts talking into a mic on YT (saw that on some people) sometimes their personality changes. You can lie on the mic and pretend to be someone else. (even though I know you wouldn't do that for sure) Writing is more honest and shows what kind of guy you're. When someone has a theme that they're passionate about someones writing style shows that.
So even though I think that you would be great as a FEH YTer I PROBABLY wouldn't watch the videos (I probably would still watch them...)

2. Can I get it done with text and images, or would it be much easier for people if I delivered most of my content verbally in videos? I've been thinking to work from Wordpress actually.

I personally think (even though I'm a reading guy) that expressing contant verbally is the way to go.
People aren't watching videos so they can read text, they watch contant because someone talks to it besides watching gameplay or other stuff. BUT I would recommend a healthy boundary between talking and written information, since only talking can become lackluster (same goes to written contant).

3. Do you think I have enough to offer that those others haven't already covered?

I think you have enough to offer.
Most of the FEH YTers are into comedic aspect, but not much of them have really informative themes like you're post about the different builds for Grima or the IV posts. Those are unique enough (atleast for me) to watch them because those are themes that people would want to watch (atleast I think that).

And I suppose the last question would be: do you, as a FEH player, want me to?

I would want to. Having more people talking about the game maybe helps getting more players into it when they see that they've contant that can help them or giving them more insights about it.

For the last sentence I would like to thank you for all your posts and answers you've giving us and me since I'm in the community.
If I can say so you're a big pile in the FEH Community, providing us with information and giving us tips.

Thank you best boi Mr. Hide and Seek.
(Jesus, I need to stop writing so much..lol.)