I'm Back!

[ShiraNoMai]

Has it really been 3 years since my last log-in? I promise I'll try to pop in more guys!

QUICK, GET THE NET-

I mean, yo yo friendo. What brings you back around these parts? 

[Mr EliteL]

Hoo boy, that Yoshi/Mario swapped avatar, oof.

Hey Frank, how has that last 3 years been? Especially with all the worldwide stuff that's been going on in that time.

[Frank]

Has it really been 3 years since my last log-in? I promise I'll try to pop in more guys!

Likely so. If it ever helps I don't mind poking you once in a while as a reminder if you would like that.

How have things been since we last saw you around these parts?

Yes, please do! The nudge would be appreciated.

I'm doing alright! I'm between jobs at the moment so I've been buckling down on my YouTube ventures. Still not going as well as I'd like, but Rome wasn't built in a day.

[ShiraNoMai]

That's cool! What kind of stuff have you been putting together? The same kind of content or other/varied stuff?

[Frank]

Well, I'm still making scripted video game videos. I've been working on my "Frank's Five" series, which is my take on a Top 5. My latest video dropped on Friday. It's on obscure Mario games.

[Kyng]

Welcome back, Frank!

Good to see you again - and good luck with the YouTube series .

[ShiraNoMai]

I'm checkin' out the channel now and queuing up some stuff to watch later (it's very late for me..). Your pinned video already seems like a great structure, so I look forward to fully watching

You also got a great viewcount on most videos, even new ones, so GG on all that, my dude!

[Frank]

I'm checkin' out the channel now and queuing up some stuff to watch later (it's very late for me..). Your pinned video already seems like a great structure, so I look forward to fully watching

You also got a great viewcount on most videos, even new ones, so GG on all that, my dude!

Hey thank you! I'm honestly a bit discouraged by the low views, but I am seeing progress, which is an important step in the right direction.

[Moonface]

I'm checkin' out the channel now and queuing up some stuff to watch later (it's very late for me..). Your pinned video already seems like a great structure, so I look forward to fully watching

You also got a great viewcount on most videos, even new ones, so GG on all that, my dude!

Hey thank you! I'm honestly a bit discouraged by the low views, but I am seeing progress, which is an important step in the right direction.

What you need is to change your channel banner and logo to that sick FFF stuff I made for you back in the old days.  

Is there a particular threshold you're looking to break with your view counts one day?

[Frank]

Has it really been 3 years since my last log-in? I promise I'll try to pop in more guys!

QUICK, GET THE NET-

I mean, yo yo friendo. What brings you back around these parts? 

I'm checkin' out the channel now and queuing up some stuff to watch later (it's very late for me..). Your pinned video already seems like a great structure, so I look forward to fully watching

You also got a great viewcount on most videos, even new ones, so GG on all that, my dude!

Hey thank you! I'm honestly a bit discouraged by the low views, but I am seeing progress, which is an important step in the right direction.

What you need is to change your channel banner and logo to that sick FFF stuff I made for you back in the old days.  

Is there a particular threshold you're looking to break with your view counts one day?

lol I think I'm good on another rebrand on this channel, but if you're still doing graphics and want to help out, I am looking for a new main logo and have an idea I'd like to run by someone for a logo for the Frank's Five Series.

For now my goal is to hit the 1K subscribers and 4,000 watch time, so I can start monetizing again. I'm still quite a long ways away unfortunately.

[Moonface]

For now my goal is to hit the 1K subscribers and 4,000 watch time, so I can start monetizing again. I'm still quite a long ways away unfortunately.

Again? Did you get demonetized because YouTube changed the requirements or did the channel just fall out of them through declination?

[Frank]

Oh my old channel? Nah, it's technically still monetizable and just kind of floating around in the ether. It would have felt wrong to rebrand that channel as a gaming one, so it's been sitting with like 1.8K subs.

I do have plans to one day possibly repurpose it as my personal channel, or a non-gaming extension of GameFrank.

[Moonface]

Oh my old channel? Nah, it's technically still monetizable and just kind of floating around in the ether. It would have felt wrong to rebrand that channel as a gaming one, so it's been sitting with like 1.8K subs.

I do have plans to one day possibly repurpose it as my personal channel, or a non-gaming extension of GameFrank.

Oh, I didn't realize you were talking about an old channel. I just thought you were still using the same one and that it had stopped generating revenue.

Using it as a non-gaming channel could work well; there's a YouTuber I used to watch years and years ago who did that called NerdCubed.

Did you ever consider going into streaming at any point, or have you always only had an interest in making YouTube style content?

[Frank]

Oh my old channel? Nah, it's technically still monetizable and just kind of floating around in the ether. It would have felt wrong to rebrand that channel as a gaming one, so it's been sitting with like 1.8K subs.

I do have plans to one day possibly repurpose it as my personal channel, or a non-gaming extension of GameFrank.

Oh, I didn't realize you were talking about an old channel. I just thought you were still using the same one and that it had stopped generating revenue.

Using it as a non-gaming channel could work well; there's a YouTuber I used to watch years and years ago who did that called NerdCubed.

Did you ever consider going into streaming at any point, or have you always only had an interest in making YouTube style content?

I've considered streaming, but since it's such an overpopulated avenue, I truly don't know if I would stand out. That's also another situation where, I personally don't watch streams or streamers, so I'm not sure if it would be disingenuous to do streams. 

Maybe not though, since I'm playing the games and not watching other people play. That's my main reason I don't like streams. I've never watched Let's Plays for the same reason. I feel like it ruins whatever game they're playing for yourself. And if it's a game I don't plan to play, I also won't have interest in watching other people play.

I've always wanted to do YouTube. Since 2006, my dream was to make YouTube a full-time gig. I'm still hopeful, but also staying grounded. 

I think I need to figure out additional content to make, inbetween the reviews and episodes of Frank's Five.

If anyone has some suggestions I'm all ears!

[Moonface]

Normally when I watch someone else playing a game it's because I enjoy their personality and want to see their reaction to the game. That or they're doing some sort of challenge run I would never do, or just playing a game I enjoy watching but wouldn't care to play myself. I tend to go for personality first though; the game means nothing to me if I don't care for who's playing it.

As for content suggestions, the one thing I've always noticed a distinct lack of is things for retro games. Like everything is always about being the first to jump on a new game but I feel like finding a way to make content from older stuff, especially niche titles that are known but have little modern content, is a potentially untapped market. No idea if that would work for your channel since most things I'd think of with retro stuff would be Let's Plays since reviews are probably pointless and I can't think of much else that could be done.

If you were to recommend one place to visit for someone passing through your area/state, what would it be?