Coxy_99 Posted June 18, 2023 Posted June 18, 2023 Youtube and twitch is just a platform to get subs and viewers to pump out as much content as possible for money thats it. More you watch them the more they make, And thats the reality of it.
Beirut Posted June 18, 2023 Posted June 18, 2023 5 hours ago, Coxy_99 said: Youtube and twitch is just a platform to get subs and viewers to pump out as much content as possible for money thats it. More you watch them the more they make, And thats the reality of it. But the content has to have some kind of value/interest. Whether it's a kitten eating Jello, a bodacious beauty belly dancing, or an hour long video on the intricacies of the TWS radar on the F-18, the content has to have something to it, otherwise it disappears like a fart in the mist. And notwithstanding the vast ocean of mindless garbage on Youtube, there is also a yuuuuuge amount of really excellent content. And tons of it is at least as much for the pleasure of artistic expression as for profit. Some of the planes, but all of the maps!
BitMaster Posted June 19, 2023 Posted June 19, 2023 YouTube is mostly what you make out of it. Similar to Google Search in some sense. If a channel lifts off and sails from 5k towards 50k and then 500k subs it is not hard to imagine how that may change some peoples life and ultimately change the videos they make one or the other way. It depends on how that is handled, sudden success, and if the viewer survives the transition from a casual YouTuber to a semi or full professional YouTuber that then makes his most income with those videos, permanently ( best daily ), etc etc. to obey the Youtube algorithm and stay on top of the wave. Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Sapphire Nitro+ 7800XT - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus XG27ACG QHD 180Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X
cordite Posted June 19, 2023 Posted June 19, 2023 On 6/3/2023 at 7:00 PM, 1BRAVO9 said: First of all isn't Grim Reapers a Squadron of players. I think more than one person post under the GR moniker. ... Yes, but the buck stops with Cap. Most of the content is produced by him.
Beirut Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 12 hours ago, cordite said: Yes, but the buck stops with Cap. Most of the content is produced by him. He has mentioned that making DCS videos was his "job". Whatever that really means. But making videos like the one below must have taken some time. Some people have said GR videos are superficial, and some are. But they also make great in-depth tutorials. Who else is doing 45-minute tutorials on just one aspect of the systems? Cap definitely deserves acknowledgment as a serious DCS content creator. I think he's one of the best. 3 Some of the planes, but all of the maps!
BitMaster Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 I love'em ! No other channel has such a wide spectrum and also enough skilled Pilots at hand to make such things happen. The quality of video editing, as Beirut says, presented in such a pace is astonishing. There are things DCS can do that I only know form their videos and I wouldn't be surprised if not one or the other setting/bug/feature got tuned or fixed by ED because of that. 1 Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Sapphire Nitro+ 7800XT - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus XG27ACG QHD 180Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X
Beirut Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 54 minutes ago, BitMaster said: I love'em ! No other channel has such a wide spectrum and also enough skilled Pilots at hand to make such things happen. The quality of video editing, as Beirut says, presented in such a pace is astonishing. There are things DCS can do that I only know form their videos and I wouldn't be surprised if not one or the other setting/bug/feature got tuned or fixed by ED because of that. Amen! No one has covered as many planes in as much depth as the GR. The top shelf jets have 50 to 100 tutorial videos each. Even the Christen Eagle got some attention. They also have 50+ tutorials on the Mission Editor and another 50+ on Combined Arms. ED should definitely show the GR some love. Their tutorials are part of the reason I bought some of the fancy jets; because I know I have somewhere to go for a series of tutorials to lean on and figure everything out. Or at least as much as I require to have fun. 3 Some of the planes, but all of the maps!
GrEaSeLiTeNiN Posted June 21, 2023 Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Beirut said: No one has covered as many planes in as much depth as the GR. The top shelf jets have 50 to 100 tutorial videos each. Even the Christen Eagle got some attention. They also have 50+ tutorials on the Mission Editor and another 50+ on Combined Arms. Agreed. His tutorials have helped a lot of ppl. Sure some vids may not be accurate but even ED's vids lack clarity occasionally, and some 3rd party developers tutorial vids are half done. Some others lack indicators and zoom in like Razbam's F-15E earlier tutorials. I usually watch from a few sources to get the full picture. Edited June 21, 2023 by GrEaSeLiTeNiN 1 AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | Gigabyte RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8GB | 64GB G.SKILL TRIDENT Z4 neo DDR4 3600Mhz | Asus B550 TUF Plus Gaming | 2TB Aorus Gen4 TM Warthog HOTAS | TrackIR 5 | Windows 10 Home x64 | My HOTAS Profiles
1BRAVO9 Posted June 21, 2023 Posted June 21, 2023 Someone that I have found recently and really enjoy is Tricker. I think he has some great tutorials as well. 2
Raisuli Posted June 21, 2023 Posted June 21, 2023 Wow. Can 'o worms here... Laobi: We need more Laobi. Hope he's okay, even if not producing content anymore. The guy is brilliant. Ralfidude. Never fail to watch a new release, and because of him I learned how to pronounce Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz. Even if the video isn't DCS I'll watch it. He's pretty much good at whatever he does, and the instructional videos are all referenced. A-10 is on my short list, and the Zero to Hero videos are A-10 101. Nothing on the channel in a while; apparently he's been working long hours, but in my best Yenta voice: "So you have to work, why should I suffer?" He's near the top of my 'love to fly with someday' list. GVad. Even higher on my 'love to fly with' list, because he's pretty good at demonstrating what I'm worst at. Actually, I'm exceptionally talented at intercepting air-to-air missiles and even bullets, but apparently that's not the point of the exercise. Wish he did more, wish he did some specific match-ups that are kicking my butt. Jabbers: His Case 1 and Case 3 videos deserve the Pulitzer for DCS content, but he doesn't seem to do much DCS anymore. BogyDope/Tricker/Casmo/PSS: These are relatively new discoveries, and get checked frequently, particularly Casmo's AH-64 stuff. That's on my short list, too (played with trim last night). PHH did a plug for Inherent Resolve as a campaign for non-real-pilots, and it's in my shopping cart waiting for the next purchase (probably the F-4, maybe, hopefully). Reflected Simulations: Not a real pilot, so that level of realism is over my head. I have most of his campaigns on a shelf for the day I have time to learn the basics. From what I've seen actually being a pilot and understanding all that pilot sh...tuff is a prerequisite. Watched Tricker get an unsat in Speed and Angels, thinking all the things Paco would say to me... Air Combat Tutorial: This is the YouTube video library that covers some of Shaw's text descriptions, and worth the time Enigma: Yeah. My thing with online is I last just long enough to intercept the first air to air missile (or bullet). I'm just there to boost scores, so I don't bother. If I ever get out of the suck phase it's something I'd like to try, but so far I'm stuck at suck. Phil Style: Love the WWII stuff, but this is entertainment. I'm not up to the level of participation. 104th Mav: The reason I'm reasonably good with the F/A-18 radar, among other things. Love his content, and the beret... Redkite: Great tutorials, but some Redbull, please. That voice can get hypnotic! Grim Reapers: My court of last resort for training; some days it seems like Cap knows less than me, but he always manages to teach me something along the way. Their scenarios and war games run the gamut; you like them or don't, but in that case watch them or not. How can you not like Cap? The guy is a much better pilot than his commentary might make you think, and he can do that in pretty much every module on DCS. Some days he reminds me of a two year old who got into a bag of chocolate covered espresso beans. For someone who appears to be a professional game player he's guileless and has almost no ego; smack talking someone one second, dying the next and never gets upset about it. As opposed to... Growling Sidewinder: DCS celebrity, it would seem, with all the baggage celebrity implies. I know nothing about the guy, so I'll leave it at that. I'd love to get some GS time to get out of the suck phase, and if I wanted to donate a kidney I could buy it, I guess. I come and go on his channel, and have learned which videos to avoid. Tactical Blaise (Pascal): I run into this stuff now and then. Should bookmark it. Kortana: How can you not like someone who jumps out of airplanes and manages to fly them well in a game? Watching her level of focus and discipline with Cap, who is pretty much the opposite, makes me wonder what's going through her head some days... Spudknocker: At the risk of being negative despite his obvious knowledge I can't watch this, which has everything to do with the scripts and delivery and nothing to do with production or content. Dialog is one of my quirks. Content Providers: Wags/DCS/HB are all given. I've pre-ordered the -15 but don't watch the Mudhen videos because I have no intention of dropping everything to fly it when it comes out. Probably set up a few controls and cloud surf, then back to my normal stuff. I have every aircraft, but don't have the time to fly them all. Some of the others need to be checked out now that I know about them. Some I've seen and not terribly interested, which is true of most professional gamer channels. 1
Rudel_chw Posted July 2, 2023 Author Posted July 2, 2023 On 6/21/2023 at 11:02 AM, Raisuli said: I have every aircraft, but don't have the time to fly them all. Same, but I have flown all of them for a lapse of 1-6 months each … for me, flying just a single aircraft at a time has been the tool that allows me to truly learn each module … my prior attempt at flying DCS jumping from one aircraft to the next did not work for me. 3 For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
SCHiZO Posted July 2, 2023 Posted July 2, 2023 back in the day i relied on Bunyap for the A10C almost exclusively. after awhile i switched to Wags then found the Grim Reapers. Grim Reapers are a real tool and entertaining at the same time. not sure why someone would dislike them. nowadays i generally watch Tricker as he spits out the information really fast and effectively. still watch Wags too.
timjulius1122 Posted July 13, 2023 Posted July 13, 2023 Discovering trustworthy and enjoyable content creators such as Bunyap, Wags, Grim Reapers, and Tricker can greatly enrich your flight simulation experience. Each of them offers their own distinctive approach and knowledge, delivering valuable insights and entertainment. By exploring a variety of sources, you can ensure that you stay well-informed and fully enjoy your flight simming adventures. 1
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