Pewdiepie talks about money - General

I like this guy, he's straight to the point and honest. His humor sucks, though. He should be more like cr1tikal and donate more money to charity to get more internet love points. Everyone loves cr1tikal

[QUOTE=mr apple;48148199]"Money doesn't buy happiness" Fuck that, 99% of my problems are from money. If I had money to fix those problems, that'd make me pretty fuckin happy. Tis always easy for rich people to be humble about cash[/QUOTE] I heard Pewdiepie gives a good chunk of what he makes to charity. Did I hear wrong?

[QUOTE=MrJazzy;48149546]Which is a stupid point of view, anyone who thinks like that can go and try it for themselves and stop bieng assholes.[/QUOTE] Also tried it. Harder than it looks. Editing content aside; it takes having a lovable personality to get by, also helps to actually have a good (maybe rapid-fire?) sense of humor. A video of just you going "uhm... yeah.. so" "err.." "ow" and complete silences in between isn't gonna cut it.

[QUOTE=ehheh;48149595]Also tried it. Harder than it looks. Editing content aside; it takes having a lovable personality to get by, also helps to actually have a good (maybe rapid-fire?) sense of humor. A video of just you going "uhm... yeah.. so" "err.." "ow" and complete silences in between isn't going to be pretty.[/QUOTE] I stream (relatively) regularly and most people will be surprised how exhausting it is to be in a cheery and interesting mood for hours on end. That and then editing recordings for video parts, it's a pain in the ass, not to mention editing videos of yourself talking is so insanely [I]boring[/I] - and to the level Felix does it is insane, even removing sniffling and stuff to keep the audio cleaner.

[QUOTE=ehheh;48149595]Also tried it. Harder than it looks. Editing content aside; it takes having a lovable personality to get by, also helps to actually have a good (maybe rapid-fire?) sense of humor. A video of just you going "uhm... yeah.. so" "err.." "ow" and complete silences in between isn't gonna cut it.[/QUOTE] First of all you probably gotta do it for a couple of years, making videos atleast a few times a week, to be able to make any money on it, unless you're really lucky and blow up immediately. Then you gotta make sure you're playing the right games, when to put up videos and when to move on from a formula or game. When your community grows from being less than 100 views per video to upwards 1000, you gotta start managing that aspect aswell as deal with people being dicks because it's the internet. On top of that you need a personality and resources to produce videos of good quality. [editline]8th July 2015[/editline] It's not that much different than making music or comics or what have you.

[QUOTE=autodesknoob;48149285][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdS7GeJ52_w[/media][/QUOTE] This guys is annoying as fuck, Why even given him the satisfaction of views?

PewDiePie always seemed like a swell guy, I just don't enjoy his content and his fanbase is horrible. No biggie, I just won't watch him, I never understood why people actively seek out this guy and guys similar to be angry at them.

[QUOTE=Buck.;48148291]Because he got millions doing something most of us perceive as easy and we didn't. That's just the way it is.[/QUOTE] To be fair, he was just in the right place at the right time.

[QUOTE=Mio Akiyama;48149777]This guys is annoying as fuck, Why even given him the satisfaction of views?[/QUOTE] This. Something about the way AlphaOmegaSin talks drives me crazy.

Am I the only one that gets really sad whenever I hear about others making a lot of money? Makes me feel like such shit that I'm struggling to get myself through college and even then I probably won't make shit from my degree.

[QUOTE=ColdWave;48151002]Am I the only one that gets really sad whenever I hear about others making a lot of money? Makes me feel like such shit that I'm struggling to get myself through college and even then I probably won't make shit from my degree.[/QUOTE] You're not an alien, I betcha every non rich person wishes to be rich

[QUOTE=Buck.;48148291]Because he got millions doing something most of us perceive as easy and we didn't. That's just the way it is.[/QUOTE] He just got lucky, much like most big names out there. They're no better or worse than most of their competitors, they were just in the right place, riding the right craze, with the right tags at the right time.

[QUOTE=autodesknoob;48149285][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdS7GeJ52_w[/media][/QUOTE] Those are a lot of curse words in one video

[QUOTE=ColdWave;48151002]Am I the only one that gets really sad whenever I hear about others making a lot of money? Makes me feel like such shit that I'm struggling to get myself through college and even then I probably won't make shit from my degree.[/QUOTE] I've never bought the work hard to get somewhere good routine: it's always one step after another, much like how when you say you hate school people say GCSEs will be better, you hate them, people say A Levels will be better and you hate them too, and I have yet to see about uni. Look at all the big names, the mega rich dudes, most of them haven't worked properly in forever, most huge success stories are about kids coming out of school and accidentally filling a hole in a market that made them an overnight millionaire or trust fund babies that were paid through the best unis/colleges in the world to become CEOs of big businesses for a quarter before retiring at 35 as near billionaires. Everything else is just weird, sure my parents worked hard and still do, sure they're pretty wealthy, but they're miserable and awaiting retirement eagerly and begging that I move out. My grandparents aren't [I]that[/I] happy in retirement, because somehow they still manage to keep themselves busy enough to effectively have working hours or if they don't they're just bored anyway and on top of the health problems that come from being old enough to retire. I can't really offer a valid solution, you're even worse off opting to be voluntarily unemployed, we have no choice, but it still gets me down now and then.

I wish I could remember the post on here about how he filled a niche on youtube. Does anybody remember what it was specifically?

[QUOTE=Treznor;48148076]Too bad his gameplay videos and humor are shit, because he is actually a pretty great guy. I can't take his screaming, yelling and crappy jokes about rape.[/QUOTE] To be fair he has drastically reduced his use of rape jokes after Retsupurae made a video on him, although I don't know if he's kept it that way since then. He dug up a very specific vein and he's exploiting it, makes sense to me.

Pewdiepie is a cool guy who knows hwt to please and expand his target audience. I, too would scream like a faggot on video if it would earn me money

[QUOTE=nomad1;48151435]I wish I could remember the post on here about how he filled a niche on youtube. Does anybody remember what it was specifically?[/QUOTE] The wacky friend niche. A lot of the people who watch pewdiepie are kids who don't necessarily have enough social interactions or who don't know or have a wacky amusing friend to hang out with, so they watch a guy overreact on youtube because it fills that gap. Pewdiepie is basically a surrogate friend. At least that's what the post you mention said.

The thing about PewDiePie, or anyone else on YouTube's success is that they're using the same system available to everyone, and it's completely free to use and there's no middleman who decides if or how much you get paid Anybody can get successful on YouTube with the right strategy, work ethic and content. Having that is just really rare.

[QUOTE=Elfy;48148654]Money doesn't make that much of a difference when you actually have it. I'm happier because I don't need to worry about rent and stuff any more because I work from home and make nice money from it. It only makes it easier to do things, I'm still sad a lot etc. A nice watch and a sweet car is cool to have, but everything seems so bland when you are there. [editline]8th July 2015[/editline] It's almost as if it removes the spice of an awesome place etc.[/QUOTE] It buys happiness and it allows happiness to persist. If you're worried about whether or not you have a next meal, then trust me, money buys happiness. And just because people lose perspective of their wealth and what that wealth affords them [B]doesn't mean money doesn't buy happiness.[/B] It just means happiness isn't a simple concept that is black and white. But by no means does it not buy happiness. [editline]8th July 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Eric95;48151523]The thing about PewDiePie, or anyone else on YouTube's success is that they're using the same system available to everyone, and it's completely free to use and there's no middleman who decides if or how much you get paid Anybody can get successful on YouTube with the right strategy, work ethic and content. Having that is just really rare.[/QUOTE] It's called being lucky. Any business person of any note will tell you they're only successful because they were ready at the right time. They were prepared for a lucky chance to come along. Pewdiepie got lucky, and he realized what he had and he didn't take it for granted. That's it. No one should hate him for that. I'm jealous of the guy, but I don't dislike him at all. He gets to make videos of gameplay and commentary for a living. I want to do that, of course i'm jealous but I respect him all the same because of what I said a moment ago. He didn't take his success for granted.

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;48151476]The wacky friend niche. A lot of the people who watch pewdiepie are kids who don't necessarily have enough social interactions or who don't know or have a wacky amusing friend to hang out with, so they watch a guy overreact on youtube because it fills that gap. Pewdiepie is basically a surrogate friend. At least that's what the post you mention said.[/QUOTE] This is it, as harshly worded as you've put it. At some point TV stations started pushing to cater to lonely peeps too. Ever wonder why cooking shows and travel shows are all about the host and 10% about the subject? They're built, now, around emulating a social experience with a charismatic and fun person. I think we'll see more of this type of thing as technology makes us less reliant on face-to-face interaction. More simulated sociality.

[QUOTE=hrak;48151706]This is it, as harshly worded as you've put it. At some point TV stations started pushing to cater to lonely peeps too. Ever wonder why cooking shows and travel shows are all about the host and 10% about the subject? They're built, now, around emulating a social experience with a charismatic and fun person. I think we'll see more of this type of thing as technology makes us less reliant on face-to-face interaction. More simulated sociality.[/QUOTE] I'd argue it's because no one will watch cooking tutorials on tv when they can do the same on youtube.

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[QUOTE=Ganerumo;48151458]To be fair he has drastically reduced his use of rape jokes after Retsupurae made a video on him, although I don't know if he's kept it that way since then. He dug up a very specific vein and he's exploiting it, makes sense to me.[/QUOTE] If that's the case, then good on him. Still, I can't stand his humor and screaming, doesn't appeal to me at all. The community surrounding him is a downside too in my opinion, I actually used to watch some of his stuff back in the days when he had like 500 000 subs or so. Then I grew up, and now his content and humor doesn't appeal at all. But as said, he is a great guy overall, doing what he loves and also donating a shitload of money to charity if I am not mistaken.

[QUOTE=Jimesu_Evil;48149005]You say that, but wait until 75% of your free time is taken up by editing and rendering videos and then waiting for them to upload to Youtube. People have this idea that being a Let's Player is just their usual gaming but with Fraps on. It's not that simple.[/QUOTE] Actually playing the game is like 5-10% of the time spent on an active YT channel.

Years ago he promised to stop the rape jokes I watched his latest agar io video and not even under 40 seconds he yells "RAPE"

[QUOTE=elowin;48149127]you do realize you're literally saying yourself that you need money to be happy, right you're just reformulating it slightly :v:[/QUOTE] I'm trying to make the point that if you have your basic needs being met (including financial security) then money doesn't buy you happiness. If you aren't financially secure getting money can make you happy but you are happy because your basic needs to survive are being met, not because you have more money. If money straight up bought happiness then having loads of it guarantees a really happy life. On the contrary I would argue that some of the happiest people in life achieve that state without money being the cause of their happiness at all. Of course a lot of that has to do with perspective - generally speaking the more value you put on your time, relations with others, achievements, etc the happier you are regardless of your financial status. Living paycheck to paycheck will make you unhappy and stress you out even if you don't value money as much as a lot of the world does, but that is because you aren't getting a basic need met. I suppose this is hard to understand if you've never achieved financial security despite not having a lot of money, and if you've never personally known people who have moved up financially from humble beginnings.

[QUOTE=MasterFen006;48148172]calling bullshit that he didn't know you could make money off screaming into a webcam[/QUOTE] It's not bullshit, he really might not have. I mean...who the fuck was there before him anyway? Nobody had that kind of pull at all in the let's play scene, depending on how much of a scene there even was back then. Yeah, let's plays are everywhere now, but it wasn't so long ago that people like Smosh and Shaycarl and whoever the fuck else from California were number 1. Not to mention you still don't know how much money you can make off Youtube since the numbers are kept secret. People act like he thinks he deserves 7 million dollars a year for making Youtube videos, or that he knew that he was going to be there. He didn't. He just did it and then it happened. It didn't even happen all at once, it grew and grew over years of time. Nobody walked up and said "Want 7 million dollars a year for screaming at a video game?" They offered him probably below minimum wage to do it, then his channel grew and so did his salary over time. He didn't choose this, he wasn't even offered it, it just fuckin' happened. And what's he supposed to do, say no? Go "Sorry, some people on the internet don't see the value in what I do, so I'll just have to turn you down?" I can't be rich because some people aren't? People also imagine his job is easy. Not to say his job is super hard, but people think you just play a game for 10 minutes and bam, 8 billion dollars. As someone who's done video projects, I assure you, it takes hours and hours and hours to set up cameras, record, make sure everything's working right (which it never is), and then you've got hours of editing to look forward to before uploading and scheduling everything properly. Not the hardest thing in the world, but it's not a breeze either. I invite you to edit 4 hours of video footage if you don't think so. As he said, the world isn't fair, and effort [I]does not[/I] necessarily equal wealth. That sucks. But it's not his fuckin' fault, and it's not his responsibility. When you get right down to it, it's pure jealousy, plain and simple. And he's done some good things with his wealth too. He mentions in the video that they raised 3 million dollars for charity. How much money have you given?

Money can buy you happiness Just not the way you think [sp] Give money/buy food for the homeless Buy a present for someone else Donate to charity[/sp] These will all bring both a smile to you and somebody else.

[QUOTE=usaokay;48152010]He still got famous for it. He built his fame off of that controversy (and other things) until enough people watched his vids and complained. It's kinda like a Streisand Effect; someone does something not a lot of people like, people criticize someone's work in various areas around the internet, more people get involved in that person's work for curiosity or it fits their bill. Granted, there are some people who already liked PDP and recommended to their buds, but most of the comments I've seen about him in the past 2-3 years (which is mainly about him) involve his immature screaming and rape jokes.[/QUOTE] There's not even anything wrong with rape jokes in the first place. The only problem I can see is that his rape jokes aren't funny. Not to me anyway.