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PostPosted: 14:28 - 28 Aug 2014    Post subject: Careful if you play Call of Duty with your headphones on! Reply with quote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz8yLIOb2pU

So SWATting is now a thing? fuck that!


Also an added bonus

https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/game-developer-branded-as-a-terrorist-by-letting-agent/
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PostPosted: 15:31 - 28 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I believe that's CS:GO, not CoD.
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PostPosted: 15:50 - 28 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
'kin hell, things have escalated a bit since we used to pull each other's network cables out while playing GTA 1 deathmatch.
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PostPosted: 19:56 - 28 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fuckin' CS players man... Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 20:12 - 28 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
MC wrote:
Why do people stream themselves playing a game? Eh?
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Because if you get enough viewers you can make considerable amounts of money from it enough to be able to stop working.

You see it through youtube all the time, extremely popular channels.

Epicmealtime, FPSRussia, prankvsprank.

Look at their first videos they were normal working people like you and me, after the ad revenue started rolling in most of them stopped their day jobs and did the odd video here and there.

Even if they aren't super popular they might be picked for TVadverts like Rehat the guy who dresses up as a car seat and pranks fast food drive through workers. There are some channels which are so popular they can hand out $1000 in a 5 min video and still make a profit.

There are some youtubers on here who complain they get a couple of pennies per 1000 views. Some videos have upwards of 6million views. Even if youtube pays 10p per 1000 views or 1p per 1000 views and you get 6 million views = profit.


Hell I even remember a story about an Eastern European brothel, it was completely free to punters, except every session was streamed to internet voyeurs and they made piles of money.
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PostPosted: 20:38 - 28 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Itchy wrote:
There are some youtubers on here who complain they get a couple of pennies per 1000 views. Some videos have upwards of 6million views. Even if youtube pays 10p per 1000 views or 1p per 1000 views and you get 6 million views = profit.


No one was complaining, we were just having a conversation about youtube monetisation. There are threads on here where some members of this forum just assume that anyone with a youtube account is either raking it in with ad revenue or is trying to rake it in with ad revenue when in actual fact the youtuber in question is not making much at all, if anything and is just making videos for fun.

"Youtubing" is a legitimate way to earn a living these days but you still have to treat it like a full time job if you are in any way serious about it. Ad revenue is just one small consideration when it comes to monetising a youtube account. R1 Jay went into detail in the thread I linked to above, it's quite interesting I think.
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PostPosted: 06:51 - 29 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
MC wrote:

I guess I see it as say watching a live stream of someone riding a motorbike, I'd much rather be doing it myself. Actually that could be an idea...


There's a whole industry built around watching other people play games like this. Amazon just bought Twitch for $1billion - sure they're after the users but there's a lot of them

I don't understand the fun of it either , but there's clearly a market for it.
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PostPosted: 08:16 - 29 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm confused. I don't have sound mind.

Why are the cops after him? Confused
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PostPosted: 08:18 - 29 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
bikertomm wrote:
I'm confused. I don't have sound mind.

Why are the cops after him? Confused
Because someone thought that calling in a SWAT-mobilising hoax was funny.

This is how far humour has fallen.
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PostPosted: 09:23 - 29 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh right, cheers.

That's pathetic.. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 09:35 - 29 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
KLR600 wrote:
There are threads on here where some members of this forum just assume that anyone with a youtube account is either raking it in with ad revenue or is trying to rake it in with ad revenue when in actual fact the youtuber in question is not making much at all, if anything and is just making videos for fun.


As far as I see it, if they have turned on monetisation then they are trying to earn revenue, and the videos should be treated and viewed as such. If it was just for fun then they wouldn't turn monetisation on.

There's a guy I watch "Barnacules Nerdgasm" he did loads of very high quality videos about nerdy stuff, and never once was ad revenue turned on, over 100k subscribers and no revenue, as he was doing it for fun.

However, he got made redundant from his job at Microsoft, and has now turned it on, and I assume will be getting a fair chunk of money.

The point is that for those youtubers who really are just doing it for fun have no monetisation turned on, those who turn it on are trying to pull ad revenue.
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PostPosted: 09:34 - 30 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
PhilDawson8270 wrote:


The point is that for those youtubers who really are just doing it for fun have no monetisation turned on, those who turn it on are trying to pull ad revenue.



I dunno, no matter how much you earn a little bit extra is always a nice thing.
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PostPosted: 09:36 - 30 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Itchy wrote:
PhilDawson8270 wrote:


The point is that for those youtubers who really are just doing it for fun have no monetisation turned on, those who turn it on are trying to pull ad revenue.



I dunno, no matter how much you earn a little bit extra is always a nice thing.


Yes, but the channel should be viewed as a commercial interest, and I judge it's quality on that merit too.

If you monentise it, then doing it for fun is not a justification for a shit video.
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PostPosted: 01:00 - 31 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
25 to life for swatting.

https://nationalreport.net/15-year-old-swatted-domestic-terrorism/

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PostPosted: 02:51 - 31 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeap, actually saw this happen live. My luck.

Younger brother plays CS,go all the time. He was watching this particular stream.

Didn't know about this phenomenon and was quite surprised.

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PostPosted: 04:16 - 31 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
CaNsA wrote:
25 to life for swatting.

https://nationalreport.net/15-year-old-swatted-domestic-terrorism/

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PostPosted: 08:12 - 31 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
That article is a fake, the site it's from is nominally a satire site, although it's had allthe humour removed.
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PostPosted: 09:23 - 31 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
nowhere.elysium wrote:
That article is a fake, the site it's from is nominally a satire site, although it's had all the humour removed.


I quite like nationalreport, the satire is subtle enough to perform excellently as a liberal-tears extraction device.

I find that usually if you have proper knowledge of the topic (whatever that happens to be) you can spot the little clues that something is off; yet it reads seriously enough that the layman will go along with it. I find peoples reactions to it, more so that the actual content on the site, more entertaining than onion and dailymash etc etc
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PostPosted: 22:40 - 31 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
MC wrote:
Why do people stream themselves playing a game? Eh?

And aren't the police normally meant to tell you why they're there, not the other way around Smile


It's actually a spectator sport now. One of my friends is one of the top casters from the UK for DOTA 2. He recently went to Germany where they sold enough tickets to hold the gaming event in Frankfurt's football stadium Shocked
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PostPosted: 19:20 - 01 Sep 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
PhilDawson8270 wrote:

As far as I see it, if they have turned on monetisation then they are trying to earn revenue, and the videos should be treated and viewed as such. If it was just for fun then they wouldn't turn monetisation on.

There's a guy I watch "Barnacules Nerdgasm" he did loads of very high quality videos about nerdy stuff, and never once was ad revenue turned on, over 100k subscribers and no revenue, as he was doing it for fun.

However, he got made redundant from his job at Microsoft, and has now turned it on, and I assume will be getting a fair chunk of money.

The point is that for those youtubers who really are just doing it for fun have no monetisation turned on, those who turn it on are trying to pull ad revenue.


Sorry but most people who say shit like this don't have a clue.

It's like DJs who play because of the passion of doing it but when you can turn a hobby/passion in to a paid profession, you're not going to say no because of your personal morals.

Who the hell doesn't want to get paid for something they consider a hobby/fun?

Unless you're already rich Phil?
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PostPosted: 16:27 - 02 Sep 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
PhilDawson8270 wrote:
The point is that for those youtubers who really are just doing it for fun have no monetisation turned on, those who turn it on are trying to pull ad revenue.


There are a million shades of grey here for sure and it's not just a case of black and white as you've laid out above. I make videos for fun, don't get paid for them but do have my youtube account monetised. I'm not trying to pull in loads of ad revenue but:

R1 Jay wrote:
It's like DJs who play because of the passion of doing it but when you can turn a hobby/passion in to a paid profession, you're not going to say no because of your personal morals.

Who the hell doesn't want to get paid for something they consider a hobby/fun?


This ^

I used to play bass guitar in a few bands. We'd often play for free just because we liked playing. We never intended to get signed to a record label or become rock stars or anything like that, we just wanted to party with our mates. When someone offered us a paying gig we definitely took it though as it was a nice bonus.

I still haven't been paid any money from youtube and doubt that I will for some time but if I somehow manage to make a video that gets loads of hits I'll definitely be glad I monetised my account. I'm not chasing that though and know full well that the chances of getting a viral video are very slim. Either way, I'll be glad of what little money I do eventually get from youtube ad revenue but it's not my main source of income, just something for fun on the side.
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PostPosted: 16:29 - 02 Sep 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
KLR600 wrote:
I make videos for fun, don't get paid for them but do have my youtube account monetised. I'm not trying to pull in loads of ad revenue but:


Why have it monetised if you're not trying to pull in revenue?
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