Shocking Truth About Modern Minecraft Videos

I don’t know about you guys but over the past 3 years Minecraft content has become extremely unappealing to me and I don’t think the problem is Minecraft I absolutely love the game and I play it all the time daily probably in fact I fell in love with the game probably

Because of the content I used to watch as a kid I think something has happened with Minecraft videos on YouTube that have caused me to stop engaging with them almost entirely after a lot of thinking and scrolling through the popular Minecraft content on YouTube I think I focused my concerns on several

Aspects of this content that I believe to have caused it to not only blend together stylistically but also just become so stale and repetitive one of the biggest things I have noticed is the constant Push by creators to make Minecraft content more and more extreme the goal of such

Content never seems to be to tell a story or convey some sort of theory it always seems to be aimed at generating the largest dopamine Rush there was never a dull moment in these videos and let me be clear making exciting content is not a bad thing however it becomes

Very overdone very fast exciting content is only exciting when it has something to be compared to you cannot know the exciting without the mundane that’s what so much of this content is missing Minecraft content is converging into a very very specific genre of video Mr Beast Style videos shows where people get like

Trapped inside of a dome and literally just have to survive there forever first everyone The Mr beastify of content is something that I personally cannot get behind I’m not dissing Mr Beast himself he may be like the origin point of these types of videos but his content works because it’s his brand and it’s his style trying to emulate that style just comes off as

Very corporate and manufactured you see this kind of content everywhere things like I trapped a 100 players in Minecraft Ikea or I trapped 100 kids on a yacht I didn’t even make up that last one that’s a real video on YouTube I found it on a Google search all of these

Videos follow the same formula some wacky premise some competition of sorts usually who can live the longest and some flashy editing meant to generate a constant stream of highs one of the best ways I can describe this is akin to YouTube shorts or Tik toks I don’t use

Tik Tok I don’t like it personally I think it’s a harmful platform especially for young kids to be on I I will be one of those Zoomer parents who refuses to raise an iPad baby I swear unless their attention spans turn to Mush Minecraft videos are starting to feel like it was

Made for Tik Tok and shorts first and then making a longer form piece was just like a constant Mash of these things like an afterthought almost as if it was little Clips put together to be as entertaining as possible constantly it all feels designed to keep the attention

Of 9-year-olds what’s one way to get your videos boosted in the algorithm watch time and it was most likely to click on a video with a flashy crazy title kids content creators know this if people are watching your videos for long periods of time that tells YouTube that

If must be worth watching so it pushes it forward so viewers can find it you couple this Tik Tok style of video with this Mr beastify dopamine driven content these videos don’t allow you to think for yourself you’re not thinking about what you’re watching you don’t have the time

Your brain cannot process the constant barrage of stimuli you can engage and I’m using this term lightly with content like this for hours without even realizing when anyone watches my videos I want them to be able to just sit relax listen to my voice while maybe watching

The gameplay you don’t have to watch but it’d be cool if you did but I also want my viewers to be thinking about what I’m trying to convey have I provided you the audience enough evidence to support my claims am I getting through to you I

Want my content to start a discussion to engage people’s ideas if you’re a viewer of my channel and you’ve watched my video about a potential end update you know exactly what I mean at least I hope so there are hundreds of comments on that video from people discussing their

Own ideas about what they want in an end update or whether they don’t want one or not my video was a Launchpad for discussion and discourse and for thought that’s good content to me I love seeing that kind of thing and don’t get me wrong there’s a place for that goofy

Fast-paced content on YouTube I think it’s fine I think it’s great I think it’s funny I get it to a degree I cannot blame creators for the most part who make this type of Minecraft content you YouTube has done nothing but promote shorts and content like it and more on

That in a little bit but when it’s 90% of what gets pushed in the algorithm it’s hard to break that mold it forces creators down a very narrow path I will not do it I refuse to do it the content I’ve always enjoyed on YouTube the most

Is long forign content that leaves me with a new appreciation for something or teaches me something new I want this to be reflected in my content I want to try to educate while also conveying my ideas alongside relevant visual and audio the intro to the end update video is a

Perfect example of this the music I compose and the shots of different parts of the end all convey something to the audience there’s a very specific Vibe however what you get out of that is also up to you not to toot my own horn here but I think that my content stands in

Stark contrast to the Modern Wave of Minecraft content that doesn’t mean my content is better just different let’s shift our Focus to the subject of content creators themselves what’s something that stands out for Minecraft content back in say I don’t know 2012 they were kind of lightly edit videos

With some funny moments some suspense but Above All Else above all of that personality you got to know the individual creators quirks via their commentary there was a sort of kinship that formed you know for better for worse depending on some of them that’s what YouTube is all about though being a

Platform where you can express you many of these modern videos don’t feel nearly as personal to me and I that could just be a me thing I don’t know but I see a lot of people uh preaching that sentiment online and and don’t get me wrong there are also still plenty of

Creators out there who make really good content who make content that is personal and they are very passionate about it and they don’t follow these trends that the other content creators make don’t get me wrong there’s still plenty of content creators out there that make really passionate and

Personalized projects and I love it I love seeing it but so many of these feel like they are shielded behind some very manufactured Persona to appeal to the most kids channels have become more about trying to one up each other and try to grab as many kids as possible

That sounds bad uh and pump out the most content rather than the person running the channel when I watch other small creators I see a lot of personality in their videos I can appreciate when they edit how they edit there’s something much more down toe behind it it makes a

Huge difference when somebody has a unique editing style like I don’t think my editing is great or even really good but contrasted against the typical editing style of Minecraft content today it stands out there are things that I do that are unique to me I have my own

Little quirks things that I do that are very specific to me think of it like this here this is the best way I think I can describe it I want you to picture 30 chefs all cooking the same dish sure it’s the same dish but there are ways in

Which you can tell they added their own personal twist to their work today’s Minecraft content is like every Chef making the dish looked up the recipe on on a website the same website by the way and just made tons of money off selling it to kids and simultaneously trapped

Those kids in the restaurant to make a Wy YouTube video but is extremely copy and paste over and over you are inundated with the same subtitles flashing in and out with every other word flamboy edits and Camera zooms that come out of nowhere there was something always happening to keep your brain busy

While watching the video again you are not supposed to think you react you are meant to consume and then move on to the next product the worst part is is I can’t even like blame these content creators like I mentioned previously they’re doing what works they’re doing

What makes them money this is how YouTube is designed this is how the world is designed we are enamored by constant highs with no real substance there is a reason why you can begin watching YouTube shorts and then without realizing it’s been 2 hours and you’ve done nothing you are not supposed to

Think you react I keep reiterating this because I want to drive at home again I can’t blame these content creators for it they’re just doing what works and what makes them money I just feel like this trend of like a 100 days in Minecraf or Mr Beast Style Minecraft

Videos just taking the character and personality out of Minecraft videos on YouTube it’s very hard for me to conceptualize a solution to this issue I can sit here and talk about how bad it is all day long and I’m sure others have done the same I think the harder task is

To come up with a solution how do we shift the ecosystem of online content away from this fast-paced iny yourface style I don’t mean totally riding off this style but I do want to Shi the attention away from it as the only Avenue of making money on YouTube what

Can you as the viewer do to push back against this stop watching it encourage others to stop start looking for more meaningful content find content that speaks to you I’m not just talking about me find content that feels genuine and was made out of a place of love for

Something find content that leaves you feeling something instead of just mindlessly wasting your time with dopamine highs and flashy edits look for Content that has a real lasting effect on you a lot of modern Minecraft videos are just made to make money find the ones that a Creator made because they’re

Passionate about whatever subject it is whether it’s mod packs Redstone or simply role playing find the people who are truly invested in this community not the creators who are just using it to grab money from advertisers and children at the end of the day this is just my

Opinion some of you probably watch this and thought well what makes you think you could do it better and I don’t think I can there is no objectively better way to make content obviously besides like oh your audio and your video Don’t sync up or something’s off or there’s continuity errors like content

Creation’s art what someone finds appealing about art is highly subjective I may enjoy a laid-back long for Content you know more than most but perhaps younger people feel it’s boring everything I’ve said here is simply how I feel I do feel like a lot of Mo modern Minecraft videos aren’t worth watching

But Garrett I see you typing in the comments this content wasn’t made for you it was made for kids just watch something else sure I do watch other things my issue here is not that this type of content exists it’s just that it’s the only viable way for people to

Make Minecraft content on this platform if you are trying to come up on this platform it’s extremely difficult to do so without following these Trends and YouTube is kind of like that in general but it’s very hard to make Minecraft content and not Market it with that fast

Flashy editing style directed at kids and that being said it’s probably difficult in general to run a channel marketed toward kids you know we saw the death of Minecraft content around like 2016 to 2018 a lot of OG Minecraft youtubers quit or just moved on because

The kids moved on maybe moved on to like fortnite or something who knows then the dream era happened and the Mr Beast era is starting to happen where it has been happening and it’s just getting bigger and bigger and I think that people are getting tired of these 100 days Trends

Or the fake Hardcore Minecraft content and if you still enjoy that kind of content you know good for you I’m happy you like it all I want is for people to start opening up to other styles of content more variety in this space cannot hurt these modern Minecraft

Videos should still exist I don’t want to see any of these creators die out I just want people to appreciate and start engaging with other sty of content more often perhaps then the Minecraft YouTube scene wouldn’t feel so Overdone