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[Cougar Draven]

Don't feel shitty about it, friend. It's unproductive.

Besides, I have something of a reputation for being acerbic to people. It ain't you.

The simple fact is that there are a lot of good things about the way videos have been done, and a lot of bad. There have been some spectacular failures in my time here, and more than a few actual gems.

I suppose even my reaction is tempered by the fact that the single largest reaction I have heard in regards to EMH is "post videos quicker!", and I happen to know for a fact that the guys all have full-time jobs and lives, and EMH is a hobby, not a career. (That's one thing I have to highlight.)

I mean, it's not like the internet is undergoing anything approximating a content drought. There will always be more things to watch online in between video releases.

For what it's worth, your ideas were very well thought out. I also think that if you have the free time, you should try to do some video work yourself. I've done some, it's quite fun. And who knows, maybe in four years I'll be passing along this knowledge to someone who thinks your series doesn't have enough answers.

[Peppercorn]

Thanks for the response. I was a bit neurotic as I was writing that last post because I've been having a bit of a bad day already, but now I've resolved that real life stuff so I think you're being pretty reasonable. I'll just work on the tone of my posts so that I can avoid my chronic foot-in-the-mouth more often. And really, recent updates (in-character and out) have me convinced that Everyman HYBRID is getting there just as Marble Hornets did after experiencing similar update lags, so I don't really mind it as much now.

(And I have no immediate plans to make a series, but I do have plans to write about the mythos, so...)

[Ristar]

[Lithp]

I know I'm lagging way behind, but well that's because I don't often come around here, since the things I was following either don't update, deleted themselves when I was only halfway in, or whatever.

Sure, I guess you can say I'm "not owed anything," & should just "not watch" if I'm dissatisfied. Personally, I don't see what the point in making a series is if people don't care whether or not they actually have an engaged audience, but if it makes them happy, whatever.

Also, I don't really need to know how to do something to know if it's not quite right. I am fairly mediocre at drawing, but I can still spot things like inaccurate body proportions or poor depth cues. Because perception & production are largely unrelated abilities.

Sure, there's "no shortage of things to watch," but once you account for Sturgeon's Law & find something you actually want to see, it's not really encouraging when we're now wondering whether or a lot of the most successful series ever in the genre are even going to finish, let alone some quirky series with a shoestring budget, half a dozen videos, & a double-digit audience. It certainly doesn't help that there isn't a lot of variety (name me a series without the "Proxy" Trope, for instance).

[punxtr]

The big five will eventually have resolutions, just forget about them and let 'em surprise you when they update. These dudes changed their priorities in life, and vlogs are at the back of the bus. Shit happens.

Also lol CL44 took such a nosedive haha.