Anchors-Away
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- May 9, 2019
I don't know if it was his idea but he moderators them all, forces rules down everybody's throat, is the announcer and I've seen him meaningfully add to a discussion maybe once or twice despite being in every video.
I agree he's fucked because he doesn't seem to even really like videogames but works on multiple videogame channels.
He was brought in as the "Brand Manager" prior to working with Austin Eruption on his channel for a year and runs the optional Did You Know content. I have no clue if anyone here watched that stuff with Eruption? Most of those videos are unlisted now but you can find it if you look hard enough! I don't want to repeat myself, just find my prior commentary on his fuck ups.
Do we know if he spent much money on that whole thing, or was it just time he and his guys put in? Honestly, it seems like a group like NB is kind of outdated in today's YouTube landscape, maybe they all might be better off pulling the pin now and just taking the hit, though you're right that Continue? is fucked, but with those numbers they probably shouldn't be doing this full time anyway.
Website hosting is handled by ScreenWave, coded by El Cid and branding by Satch. So that's a fair bit of cash saved there. Studio space was already paid for in-advance as explained prior. Props and design of the set... Maybe you are right there? But it's mostly LED lighting and seating which can be re-used. Especially as Jirard love's his live action skits.
Group projects like this can work. Yogscast and RoosterTeeth prove they can work. Hell recent start up "Minus Worlds" is a testament that the format is still alive. Alas NB are out of touch with modern YouTube or rather, modern YouTube does not know most of them. Who would you realistically have join them? Do you merge them with Hidden Block? Do you host a contest to try and groom new stars? ProJared's bullshit maybe a blessing!