Historic Screenshots of Mabeanie2 channel

Mabeanie2:
Launched 17th September, 2013.
Not very old, but for a YouTube channel it is. A lot can happen in a year, but that can also apply to anything really. I guess that, along with anything online, a YouTube channel can change a lot in only a few years. But here are the screenshots of my third personal channel.

September 25, 2013

January 6, 2014

January 2, 2017

August 14, 2017

Channel art probably changed on the 22nd of February 2017.

October 27, 2017

Today: November 10, 2017

Okay, that's the lot! Hopefully you enjoyed looking at my screenshots. Maybe you have some of your own that you'd like to share with me. Go ahead!

See Ya!

Historic Screenshots of TheMabeanie channel

TheMabeanie:
Launched 21st April 2010.

September 25, 2013

I have one earlier screenshot, from 2011, but I can't be bothered going to all the effort to scan it in just for a blog post. If the computer breaks down, I won't have lost it.

January 6, 2014

January 2, 2017

The icon is circled because it still hadn't changed to the one that I had made for 2017.

August 14, 2017

Again, I think that I changed the channel art on the same day that I made it, the 22nd of February 2017.

October 27, 2017

Today: November 10, 2017

Big question is, will it grow when I come back?

See Ya!

Historic Screenshots of my YouTube channels

Hey guys,

So I'm 10 days away from relaunching all three of my personal channels, and just caught myself looking at some screenshots of them over the years. I thought that maybe you'd like to see them. So, here you go:

MrMabeanie:
Launched 17 April 2010.

April 26, 2010

March 11, 2011

March 28, 2011

September 25, 2013

January 6, 2014

January 2, 2017

I made the 'Returning 20th November 2017' channel art on the 22nd of February 2017. Not sure when I applied it to the channel. Probably that day.

August 14th, 2017

October 27th, 2017

Sub count shot up since I changed the channel art. Also could relate to the growth of AIM Industries and Ihasnotomato at the same time.

Today: November 10, 2017

I will make a separate blog post for my two other channels. Maybe I'll do Pickle-Shaped Peanuts, but it isn't very historic. We launched it at the end of last year.

See Ya!

Everything so far... Part 2

Hey guys,

Today I've been working on my YouTube Return schedule, which involves uploading, scheduling, and editing videos.
 
My biggest concern is being able to manage my time effectively. I have a major assignment due the week that I come back, and some videos cannot be prepared in advance. The videos that I refer to are my "I'm Back" video, which will be the first video that I make public, and the Ihasnotomato history video. For those who have been reading, the Ihasnotomato history video is the Ihasnochille history video. It's just that the channel name has changed.

The reason that I can't record the "I'm Back" video in advance is because I plan to discuss my YouTube career history. Because I am still uploading videos onto AIM Industries, I don't want to miss mentioning any changes in my "I'm Back" video. I don't know what to call the video, which is why I'm calling it "I'm Back" using quotation marks.

The reason that I can't have the Ihasnotomato history video ready in advance is pretty obvious. The channel is currently growing very quickly, and Ihasnotomato has told me that he will make a video celebrating 10,000 subscribers. I anticipate that he will reach this milestone before I return to my personal channels, so I will simply have to be as ready as possible. I don't want to make a second part if I can help it. If I did make a second part, it would not include any of the videos used in the first part.

Another video that I will be making on the day is the first Friday Night Fun (FNF) since February 2014. The reason that I won't make this video in advance is because I try to make every FNF video on the day that it is uploaded. This should be relatively easy, as I do very little editing in Friday Night Fun. I simply add the intro, slap all of the footage and voice recordings together, and make any small edits that I wish to before putting it up on the internet. Render time is usually quite short, despite how long the video is time-wise, because I render it in low quality (360p). I have had requests in the past for a HD render of the recording, so if such a thing is requested again I will be able to do it.

Good Game (YouTube Red)

I will continue my criticism of this, quite frankly, over-hyped YouTube Red show. Since my previous post, the show has finished. There were only six episodes, which is why the writers felt that they had to cram character establishment into the first two episodes. While this may have been the case, I still think that it could have been done less forcefully. The basic idea of each character was explained to us through dialogue, which is a lazy way of explaining what a person is like. I tweeted the blog post of my concerns using the appropriate hashtag, and was generally disappointed with the reception of the show. By this, I mean that I was disappointed that nobody noticed the problems that it had. The comments that people were making about the show were in praise of its Easter eggs, and bravery when it comes to the basic idea. When it comes to Easter eggs, you should only include them if you think that you have just shat out pure gold, and not because you think that it's a fun idea. My thoughts on the basic idea are not particularly critical. It's a generic idea for a gamer to create a show about gaming being mainstream and important in the greater world. Obviously, despite considering myself a gamer, I'm not a fan of the praise and support received by mainstream gaming. Despite my lack of interest in the idea, I don't hold it against the writers for going with the idea. I believe that any idea can be good if it is delivered well. For the most part, Good Game delivered well on its basic idea. However, the narrative that drove the basic idea was flawed. It felt like it had several little ideas that the writers had stringed together, but didn't explain well enough to draw me into the world of the show. It often felt self-contained and unrealistic. In some instances it did suggest that there was a bigger world outside of the team, characters, and environment that they tended to be in. Perhaps it was because most of the scenes were filmed inside rather than outside buildings. If it showed more shots of characters moving between outside and inside, with a view of the outside being shown, then the idea of the outside world would be better delivered.

By the time that the finale came around, the writers had managed to surprise me with interesting ideas and funny jokes. I would definitely consider giving the team behind Good Game a chance at making a second season. My belief is that they were bogged down in establishing characters and writing the first two episodes of this season, and they decided to refrain from fixing it.

That's all that I have to say.

See Ya!

Reviews on two YouTube Red productions

The Thinning (Film)

by Logan Paul

I like the basic concept of this movie. The idea of having to cull a percentage of your population every year because of there being too many people and not enough resources. To be honest, I would have been more interested in the film if they explored exactly why America decided to make it based on a test that school kids have to take. The characters were alright. The two blonde girls I confused for one another, as they had been established but not distinguished from one another. One of them, Logan Paul's in-film girlfriend, dies due to the test and so that makes Logan angry. I can't remember what Logan's character's name is. Or any of them for that matter. Also I didn't understand why a woman, who is supposed to be a close friend of smart blonde girl's family, is so important to the whole thing. It's just jammed down your throat and you're expected to understand and care about it.
I liked the idea of Logan's character being the son of the Governor and being followed everywhere, and also the difficulties faced by his father. The backstory is more interesting than the story told by the film.

I gotta be honest about YouTube Red. It hasn't turned out much content that I would actually tell my friends about. Oh, except for Sing It. That's well written and a funny parody of typical singing competition shows.

Good Game (Show)

by Arin Hanson, Dan Avidan, and Starburns Industries (Dan Harmon's company)

As much as I love Game Grumps and everything that they've built, I don't like Good Game. Maybe I'm harsh, but everything in the trailer is literally the best parts of the whole first episode. It reminded me of Deadpool, and that was well-received. Maybe "best parts" is giving it too much positivity. I didn't like any of the parts of the trailer, as they were loaded with extra stuff. Each line is a line and there are no simple conversations. Every line is loaded with heaps of information, and I feel like I needed time to connect with the characters. Maybe that should have been the first episode. I got the gist of what each character is supposed to be like, but it's so underdeveloped for each of them that they feel like pieces of paper with words on them. Arin's character Ryland is the bored one who is supposed to be awesome at esports and is very supportive of his friend Alex (played by Dan Avidan), who spends all of his time in pubs to pursue his dream of being a rock star and make some easy money. They are supposed to be stereotypes of the way Dan and Arin are in Game Grumps, but they are so paper-thin that they don't present enough for me to connect with. Again, I felt that the wrong story was being told. Too much information being provided in dialogue rather than actions.

I watched the second episode, as I'm a YouTube Red subscriber (why else would I be reviewing YT Red things?), and didn't like it much more than the first episode. I like how they're supposed to be exploring one another's traits more, but it's just hammered in too much. I could blame the amount of time given to each episode, but if the writing was done more carefully, it could have been better. I know a lot of criticism is dumped on writers for not writing the best stuff ever, but with two writers from Dan Harmon's own company, with experience in writing Rick and Morty episodes (which were all well-received), it's pretty disappointing. My hopes weren't very high. I love the idea of Game Grumps doing their own YouTube Red show because of their iBurgieBurgie  commercials, but I don't think Arin got much of a say in how the whole thing panned out. Also, there is a big list of executive producers, and apparently Dan Harmon is supposed to be the main one. Another reason that my hopes weren't high for this show is because I haven't seen anything that Dan Harmon has done. I know that loads of people love Rick and Morty and that Community was very successful, but I haven't seen either of them.The only stuff of Harmon's that I've looked at is the Guest Grumps episode where they play Cat in the Hat, and a bunch of YouTube clips of him talking about various topics. I haven't seen anything made by Harmon himself.

Overall, I'm not expecting it to get much better, and I'm sure that there'll be a few good moments in episodes, but the writing is of pieces of paper talking to one another and what they say gets put into the trailers.  I hope Game Grumps get another shot at a YouTube Red show, because I know that they can make quality content, however iBurgieBurgie is the only good example that I can think of.

So those are my reviews of The Thinning and Good Game. I didn't talk very much about The Thinning because I had a few main points. Good Game, I just love Game Grumps and it's fresh in my mind. I watched The Thinning a couple of nights ago.

Bye!

My Goodness I am tired

Hey guys,

I just finished dinner, but I might have some more if I finish digesting it before bed.

Anyway, yesterday I had a recording session for Pickle-Shaped Peanuts with Mickell Pickell and Angrove. We will continue for the next 6 months and Angrove has decided that he will edit some episodes now that he doesn't have Uni for the next few weeks.
We played Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4 and it was hysterical. I had to disappear at the end though, because I had to clean up a mess. We chose to play Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4 because we couldn't get the PlayStation to preview on the computer, so we reverted to my Steam games list. We didn't want to play more Crash Bandicoot because Crash N. Sanity Trilogy has come out and Mickell Pickell is doing videos on it. Also it's just a nice change for the channel.

I am tired because I didn't get much sleep last night, but also on a psychological level I am tired because I spent a short amount of time working hard to finish and release Hale Kane #16. So I'm exhausted like that.

So that's the update.
See Ya!

Hale Kane #16 out now!

Hale Kane Comics #16 Battle of Quadrant C (PDF) by Mabeanie on DeviantArt

Everything in General

I'm not having a great time.
This semester at Uni has sucked tremendously for me.
I will cut down the number of courses that I will do next semester so that I can do better work.

I just wrote a DeviantART journal talking about all of the things that I want to publish there. I've also got to finish my novel. I want to get a film project rolling. I want to spend time with friends, maybe design some games. Maybe write a story.

Now that I am out of the clutches of University study (for now), I hope to get cracking on my creative efforts. I need some time to relax a bit, because diving into so much work will probably burn me out quickly.

I also have to do more recording sessions for Pickle-Shaped Peanuts and IM Industries (one is planned for tomorrow). Pickle-Shaped Peanuts is in a strange position right now. We haven't officially decided to continue for a further six months yet. Angrove doesn't want to do any editing, so it will limit the amount of content that we can make. We'll go from three editors and styles of editing to two, as both myself and Mickell Pickell are perfectly happy to continue contributing to the channel. When we organise a recording session we'll probably come to some conclusion.

See Ya!

About Settlers song by Axis of Awesome

I haven't seen much information out there about this song, so I did my own research.

The song "Settlers of Catan" by The Axis of Awesome is a parody of "Children of the damned" by Iron Maiden, which can be found on the "Number of the Beast" album.
Axis of Awesome's song is about the board game of the same name and features the same sounds found in Iron Maiden's song.

I hope this helps you.

Pickle-Shaped Peanuts to continue

Hey guys,

Maybe you didn't know this, but PSP (Pickle-Shaped Peanuts) is a demo which will face decisions for the first ten months of its operation.

Today, I casually spoke with Angrove about continuing the channel. He's up for it. I'm up for it. I asked Mickell Pickell and he said he's up for it. In fact, he has put in place plans to upload episode 6 of Crash Bandiboop on Friday and publish it on Saturday. The good thing is that he's in charge of the thumbnails and artwork, so it will be easier for him to throw it all together.

On May 8th, 2017, we will make another decision. We will decide whether to continue the channel for another six months. This one will bigger than our first decision. It will not be the last one, however. After that six months is over, we will decide whether to continue the channel indefinitely.

Typically, YouTube channels are made indefinitely, but to make a formal decision about it makes things a little tense. It's a formal commitment to work on the channel.

So far, PSP has seen growth. We have 9 subscribers, but four of those are our own channels and include two of my own. So technically we have 5 subscribers. We have seen lots of views on each video in comparison to the number of subscribers. This is not unusual for a new channel. As far as I'm concerned, new channels and new series do well at the start. It's if we continue this success that will be a determining factor. I'm starting to worry that I might not be able to commit to running so many channels at the end of the year. We'll see. For now, I'm in it for the ride.

See Ya!

I worked it out

Hey guys,

yesterday and today I have looked at the stuff I've made for my return and I've worked my way to February 2018. Trust me, there is tons of stuff recorded. I feel a bit bad that Seedscribers won't be uploaded very often.

Anyway, because I'm tired and it isn't all worked out, I will write more another time.

See Ya!

My YouTube Conundrum

Hey guys,

Coming back to my personal channels is a big deal for me.

I realise that a 6-day schedule on AIM Industries would make things even more difficult for me. I would be uploading at least 9 videos per week on every channel I'm a part of.

If my upload speed continues to be this good, uploading videos won't be a problem. I will probably have to work out exactly when my personal videos are going to be uploaded so that all I have to do is upload and write descriptions, tags, titles and messages as well as end cards or annotations.

It sounds like a lot, which is why I don't think it's a bad idea to get a replacement for Akirasora, but that's not suitable for discussion here. It's best suited for the AIM blog as it's more relevant there.

I feel that a lot of videos will be prepared in advance, and a lot of them already are, and that it will be a busy period until I start to run a little drier in my personal channels when it comes to content.

I'll investigate deeper and let you know!

See Ya!

What's the plan for coming back?

Hey guys,

For the past year, I've thought occasionally that it may be complicated to be running a network of channel when I come back.

My personal channels will be scheduled as if they were all one daily-upload channel. AIM will remain the way it is for the foreseeable future, with Ihasnotomato and myself balancing the workload evenly so that each of us uploads 3-4 videos per week. Seriously, with an additional person it would be easier to deal with.

So, potentially I'd be uploading 9 videos a week on all of my channels. That's not including Pickle-shaped Peanuts. Peanuts is a demo, as I've explained before, which may not last until the end of this year. It depends on how things go. If Peanuts succeeds, and we decide to run the channel for an indefinite amount of time, I would only be uploading one more video per week. I would be reaching roughly 10 videos per week. That's if I had an equal portion of the video uploads on AIM Industries. The maximum is 11 videos per week if Tomato maintains a healthy portion of the uploads.

So, I would be uploading a lot of videos each week. MrMabeanie is the most difficult channel to prepare videos for. I have a handful of history videos. Half of them need updating, but ChimneySwift11 is the one I finished today. Mickell Pickell and Ihasnochille (now known as Ihasnotomato) need updating a lot. I've started editing some Mabeanie Talks videos. One of them is about all of my Minecraft series on TheMabeanie, so I will upload that one onto that channel. The other is about me, so it will just go on MrMabeanie. Old MrMabeanie stuff will go up at some point. Minecraft Seedscribers is one of my proudest series because of all of the things I talk about. That will definitely go up on MrMabeanie. I don't know what to do about Cities without Skylines. I'm not that interested in playing the game, so there isn't much motivation for me to make the series. Of course, Friday Night Fun will be uploaded every Friday that I can manage to record on. So far the videos for MrMabeanie are quite a good list. The concern is where to fit everything.

TheMabeanie is easy. There are a bunch of Let's Play episodes which, because of the way the videos are edited, will all have to be uploaded in the same week. E.g. Assassin's Creed 2 episode two will go up in the same week as Bioshock episode two and Mine Craft Building Stuff: Colossal Conclusion episode two. It's a mess to explain, but it makes each series advertise the others. That is except for MCBS:CC.

Mabeanie2 will, as always, be a bonus content and raw footage channel where things will be uploaded when there is something to upload. I do not intend for it to have programmed shows like the other channels.

So, I do have a plan. It's not entirely thought out, but I think it will be enjoyable content when I come back. I've had the time to make sure of that. It's not like I make money out of YouTube, so quality can come first.

Thanks for reading and See Ya!

Pickle-shaped Peanuts is a demo YouTube Channel

We will upload a new video every Saturday until the 1-month anniversary of our first video.

At that point, we will decide whether or not to continue the channel. If we decide to continue, we continue longer.

We will upload a new video every Saturday until 3 months have lapsed since the first decision.

Then, we will decide to continue running the channel. If we decide to continue, we continue for 6 months.

By the end of this, we will have been running the channel for 10 months. At that point, we will have to decide whether or not to continue the channel for an indefinite amount of time. Because it is a three-man channel, we can discuss other methods of dealing with this situation. We may want to run the channel for another year, but seriously, 10 months says a lot about where your channel is going. A year is not much to compare.

So that's what's up with Pickle-shaped Peanuts.

Thanks for reading!

Things I was doing on my YouTube anniversaries

I'm an anniversary man, ladies. *wink*

I like to be doing something special when that special day comes around. I've recognised that some things I've done are worth noting, so I'm about to run through the stuff I did on my YouTube anniversary. If there was another anniversary to be happy about, I would probably be talking about it as well. Unfortunately, there is not.

17th of April 2011 - One year of YouTube anniversary
It was a Sunday, so I couldn't use the computer. Off to a great start. Later that year I remember comparing my success to Chuggaaconroy's when he reached his one-year anniversary that year. I thought it wasn't a big deal. That isn't to say that I disagree with that now.

17th of April 2012 - Two years a YouTuber
Three videos were at least rendered. Each from different Minecraft series. One was about my custom maps. One was the Bathroom episode of Mine Craft Building Stuff. The third was the Minecraft Seedscribers episode in which I look at the seed "ihasnotomato", which is the alias of my best friend. I guess that more than makes up for 2011's day of nothing. It was a Tuesday, usually a day of great progress for me.

17th of April 2013 - Three years of Tubing
I did a recording session for my Let's Play of Assassin's Creed. The last episode of that recording session was also the last done on my previous computer, which slowed down and died.


17th of April 2014 - Four years of now-greatness
In February I left my channels to work only on AIM Industries. I did nothing on this anniversary on my blog, AIM's blog or even in making videos.

17th of April 2015 - Half a decade of looking to the stars
So this was a big one. I recorded some episodes of my yet-to-be-released Let's Play of Bioshock, there was an AIM Industries recording session of Sonic Adventure DX, and I rendered episode 24 of that series. I also took a picture of the recording setup on that day.

we is reerding som mor sanic advento today :DDDD pic.twitter.com/OPfXrdfWTk

— A.I.M. Industries (@AIMindustries) April 17, 2015

17th of April 2016 - Six years doing YouTube
On my six-year anniversary of making videos for YouTube, I announced to the world that I was discussing the creation of a new collaboration channel with Mickell Pickell and Angrove. This would become Pickle-shaped Peanuts, which has recently been launched.

Thinking about starting a group channel with @MickellPickell and @theangrove.

— Mabeanie Beanie (@MrMabeanie) April 17, 2016

I should remember to do something special this year on my seven years anniversary.

Fun facts about Pickle-Shaped Peanuts

Man, I've been working hard. I'll take it from Ihasnotomato. I don't need a job right now because of how much work I have to do. At least for now.

Anyway, onto the Peanuts!

• I started organising the unnamed project on my 6-year anniversary on YouTube. 17th of April 2016.

Thinking about starting a group channel with @MickellPickell and @theangrove.

— Mabeanie Beanie (@MrMabeanie) April 17, 2016

• The first video would have gone public the day after New Years, but Angrove didn't upload it.

First video on Pickle-Shaped Peanuts is about to go live! pic.twitter.com/WeBGP6RzuN

— Mabeanie Beanie (@MrMabeanie) January 3, 2017

• There were two attempts at a meeting before the channel was established the third time lucky. The first attempt was Friday the 2nd of December, but I couldn't do it because I had to drive someone around. The next attempt was for Thursday the 15th of December, but Mickell Pickell cancelled because he got sick.
• The actual meeting took place on Tuesday the 20th of December 2016. The channel was established that day and we recorded Crash Bandicoot. We also recorded Gran Turismo 3, but our voices didn't get recorded. 
• Mickell Pickell made the channel profile picture, channel art and thumbnails for the first two parts of Crash.

There. Now wasn't that fun?
Thanks for reading.
See Ya!

YouTubers I'll be watching out for in 2017

I don't know about you, but there are some channels that will probably be taking some turns this year for better or for worse and I think it's best to keep an eye out for what they do next.

KSic Games:
Struggling for the gain he'd drawn in 2014, KSic has started 2017 with a different approach to running a gaming channel. Since the 'I quit YouTube' video began the newly replenished KSic channel's year, KSic's videos are all connected as part of a big storyline about KSic being forced to play all sorts of virtual reality games by his nemesis, Patricia. At one point, KSic was my favourite YouTuber and, after years of helping others gain subscribers and views, he's focussing only on himself. He's being "the dick [he's] always wanted to be". It's a very emotional song at the end that delivers the message that he is going to be very committed this year so, if you're like me, ignore the click-baity titles and watch the videos because that's where it's counting.

DangyDood:
KSic's younger brother Shady has risen and fallen by the influence of his sibling, but because of KSic's new plan for the year, Shady will be striking out on his own for 2017. He'll be using all of the knowledge he's gained from his brother as well as his own experience to bring about the channel he thinks will best them all. This is a guy who has rebooted his YouTube career several times, but he's hoping for a fresh start this year. Whatever he produces will be interesting to see and will determine whether he makes it or not as a YouTuber. The content already on his channel shows promise that the content this time around will be different and perhaps higher quality than what he's done in the past.

ChimneySwift11:
I've always hoped that Chimney would find a way to make his channel more disconnected from its old Minecraft days and I think that time has come. He's faced a lot of decline in subscribers and views in recent years, but things may be lightening up. His 'Santa answers your questions' video suggests that things will be different this year and that he's ready to change. His 'annoying astronaut' video shows a lot of promise and I'm looking forward to seeing what he produces next. It's for his sake that everyone who's supported him for so long is hoping he'll restore the strength the channel used to have.

Game Theorists:
Has anyone else noticed that the videos MatPat has put out have been less thoughtful than in previous years? I've noticed videos have been uploaded covering topics that have already been touched upon on both Game Theorists and on Film Theorists. Maybe not as ambitious as my other watches, I think there will be some change in MatPat's YouTube Empire this year.

Ihasnotomato:
Maybe it's a bit obvious for me to support my best friend this year and claim that he's somebody to watch out for, but last year's end-year changes have shown that 2017 will be a big year for his revitalised YouTube career. Ihasnoleek on the Ihasnotomato blog has said that while some changes are not completely explained yet, there is much to look forward to in the ways of Let's Plays and series such as TF2 Update History and Ihasnotomato's story telling series. Because the channel hierarchy has changed, it will also be interesting to see what happens with IhasnotomatoMk2, as no videos have been released on that channel concerning the new changes. It will be interesting to see what happens.

Channels I didn't mention:
My own projects on YouTube maybe don't show as much excitement for 2017 as the YouTubers I've mentioned so far. AIM Industries is showing more vision of a foggy year, because for the first time we're striking out on our own, with no clear vision of where things are going to end up. This could be because we haven't recorded much for this year yet, but so far we can only make our own year.
Obviously my promises of returning to my personal channels in 2017 suggest that my return will be dramatic, but as the man behind the channels I have more skepticism about my own return. Will my return flop massively? Will I be able to reclaim what I had at the beginning of 2014? I don't know, but I can only hope that it will happen.
This year I have begun another group channel with Angrove and Mickell Pickell. It's very experimental and a careful venture because we don't know what will come of it. Mickell Pickell's dedicated audience and Angrove's absence for the best part of the previous year suggest that we're jumping into a rocky boat. Uploading our first video has proven a thing that Angrove is not very interested in. It's in publishing limbo.

I hope this list of YouTubers I'll be watching this year will peak your interest.
See Ya!

YouTube Email notifications aren't effective

I just watched John Green's video talking about 10 years on YouTube and he said to press the bell icon to be notified when new videos come out. This got me thinking about whether the email notification service is effective.

In my experience it is not.

When it started, I chose to be notified by a bunch of the channels I was subscribed to at the time and was interested in seeing their next videos. Over the months of having this enabled, I got sick of seeing the same people uploading new videos that I didn't want to watch. If a channel is so good that you might consider being notified by email, why would you need to be notified at all? If it's such a good channel, you would be checking that channel occasionally and looking at your subscription feed periodically for new videos.

The worst thing about the notification by email update service is that you end up not watching specific channels because you were notified so often of what sort of stuff they were uploading. If their content was often more of the same, you'd get bored of it and eventually disable the notifications. Then you wouldn't even know if their channel had improved or that the stuff you actually wanted to watch had started being uploaded to that channel again. Do you see what I mean?

It's just like when you subscribe to a newsletter and it gets sent frequently, you eventually get sick of it and unsubscribe. Maybe you lost interest in that newsletter's content. Maybe your reason for subscribing in the first place had changed. My point is that if the information keeps being force-fed to you, you will probably end up intentionally avoiding it just because it was streamlined to you for so long.

If it's really good and you love it to pieces, there's no reason to ask for updates because you update yourself.