The fighting between fandoms, YouTube's destruction of games, and all the strangeness going on have got me feeling pretty down about role-playing games.
We are undoubtedly in a downturn.
How can I tell? Everyone is fighting more than they usually do. The players of these games feel the need to 'white knight' and destroy other games so theirs can 'reign supreme.' This is about keeping players in our clique and undermining other games to attract people to ours.
What logic are these people using?
And YouTube is filled with people attacking games. Unlike them, I can separate the art from the artist. There are plenty of bands with whom I disagree on many things, but that does not stop me from enjoying their music. Who says I can only appreciate things from people I agree with 100% on every issue? My blogs cover games from every possible angle, as I enjoy playing them. If the music is good, I appreciate it. If the game is fun, I play it. Quality work is quality work.
The whole hobby sucks.
YouTube especially sucks. The platform destroys every hobby and fandom it encounters.
What one company or person does is used as an attack that invalidates decades of work, just because "I don't like something today." Unreasonably high standards are the tools of zealots and agitators.
The anger videos about Hasbro, Wizards, and D&D get exponentially higher views than actual content. Creators will create fake outrage thumbnails and farm them for views. That should be a warning sign. If I want to watch phony anger, I will watch wrestling. Or the news.
Yes, there is free speech. But YouTube is a flawed platform that rewards negativity.
I also see this fake brand of Wall Street-inspired pandering activism as the last gasp of a dying company. Please like us! We are desperate now! We will remove all the humanoid monsters to make you like us! Even if nobody really cares about this, we will do it to appear as though we are on the right side. If there isn't a grandstand to stand on, we will invent one and build it ourselves. One side triggers the other, and it bounces back and forth like a ping-pong ball.
Companies do this since they know it will attract controversy and coverage. They are monetizing the hate directed at them, specifically aimed at YouTube and (anti)social media.
Why do I pay for YouTube Premium again? Would I be happier deleting the app and platform from my televisions? If something is detracting from my enjoyment of the games I love, why not just eliminate it?
Without YouTube, would the entire hobby be a better place?
I wonder.
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