For me it’s Skallagrim. This is a channel of a guy who specializes in ancient armory and weaponry, he also reviews swords and stuff that’s sold online and tests them. Pretty cool.

But then I started to not like him for some reason and it took me a while to put my finger on it. Until I saw the video where he tried criticizing weapons in video games. Then that was where I found problems with him as a channel.

His personality comes off very pretentious and one of those pseudointellectuals you know, who try sounding smarter than they really are. He even has the voice tone to back that with.

So yeah I really once loved his channel. Though whenever he goes on tirades about things that are meant for fantasy purposes which aren’t supposed to make sense when translated to reality, as well as try to poke at fictitious things that borrow from ancient history, I feel he misses the plot of his entire channel and why people like me once subscribed to it.

We didn’t subscribe to your channel for your stupid takes on - anything. We subscribed because you seem to know your melee weapons and historical backgrounds of said weaponry. Stick to those.

  • w3dd1e@lemmy.zipEnglish
    29·
    12 days ago

    Donut Media. They got bought out by an investment company and then all their videos became Buzzfeed style listicles.

    • Lasherz@lemmy.world
      12·
      12 days ago

      I find Speeed is as close to the original vibes as you can get. They’ve actually got some great videos. I want to like bigtime but I’m starting to wonder if they may have been part of the problem

      • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        12 days ago

        I’ve been enjoying BigTime but I think they’re struggling hard behind the scenes trying to replicate their old, expensive production style in one of the most expensive areas in the country (they employ like a dozen people as a fairly new YouTube channel) as if they still have that funding, along with not having the technical expertise to do all the work they want to do to their projects.

          • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            12 days ago

            Me too. Not even having a ramp into the garage seems like a huge issue but the area seems like a good fit for them since there’s other youtubers/speed shops next door.

        • BurgerBaron@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          11 days ago

          They do seem to be trying to grow too fast, but we’ll see. There were a lot of comments warning them about fire/insurance risk due to the style of roof their old building they bought has.

      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        12 days ago

        I love all of James’ stuff so much when he was with donut, but speeed isn’t hitting that spot for me. He seems to be just reviewing random stuff. Like I’m not watching his channel because of his hiking gear review, I’m watching it because dude has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of car companies and their history.

        • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          11 days ago

          I like what they’re doing with the channel though. I’m kind of tired of channels only doing one thing, and then eventually they run out of content and start producing clickbait and what the algorithm wants. or just high budget stuff that the average person doesn’t have a chance of doing themselves.

          I want them to make videos that they care about, because that is what results in a quality video. and if it’s not a topic I care about, then I just don’t watch the video.

          like that hiking gear video - I’m not interested in watching his opinion on that stuff. I’m not interested in a review from three people who probably know less about that stuff than I do doing a semi-clickbaity comparison. but I did click through the video just to get the vibe, and the vibe did not turn me off. idk, I’d have to watch more to be sure.

          • Lasherz@lemmy.world
            2·
            11 days ago

            I’m in the same boat here. I think that video was great and didn’t read as an attempt to sell me on anything. They talked generally about the technology differences and it was more of a history lesson that I’m sure dispelled some nostalgia for items that I used when I didn’t have aching joints, leaving me to think they were more comfortable.

            • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
              2·
              11 days ago

              glad to hear my impression from skipping through was pretty consistent with how you found it

              it’s not a video I’d sit down to watch, but I probably wouldn’t turn it off if it were in the background while I was working on something

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      11 days ago

      They also lost all their content creators, but BigTime is boring and clearly they have no good ideas for content.