thanks again for hanging out on my stream. I gave my comments about this issue on wargaming KZfaq in my recent painting update video

I think what you are looking for in a channel requires a lot of commitment and time. So eventually a channel like that would have to become commercialized in order to justify the time commitment and expense. In the meantime, there are still a lot of amateur channels to check out. Just don’t expect too much for free.

Mark’s Game Room is a nice channel. He is a down-to-earth wargamer, even though his channel has IMHO high production values. He is all about wargaming.

Another annoying thing about the big KZfaq channels is that they all do the same content at the same time. GW is releasing a new version of Age of Sigmar? Well now every channel is doing a "first look" or a how to paint your army to get it ready for the table or whatever. We've lost the variety. Anyway, great thought-provoking set of videos sir. I really enjoyed them.

Holydiver is the reason I came over and subscribed. He shouted out the other video and found myself agreeing a lot.

Great video again :). Sorry i bit late on commenting.

Tabletop Engineer and Ash & stone are great channels.

Hey Deano, during these past few videos you mentioned your own published game. I found your other channel and was interested in acquiring a copy. What is the best way to go about this? I went to the Kickstarted page but it was a few years ago. Is it for sale or could you only get it by backing the original campaign? Sorry for posting here about this but I could not find an alternate contact info. Thank you brother.

A good example of what your speaking of is as follows. 10th Edition 40k is broken, rules and products (except models). Me and my crew are brand new to WH 40K 10th edition. The game since it has released was broken, unbalanced, and quite Literally all the products that we bought to play it, books, cards, etc. are obsolete due to errata and constant DAILY rules updates. They are literally releasing books announcing errata before they even hit the market/shelves. Books outdated before they are even released. Only the models remain unchanged (for the most part). Now the point, NOT ONE major KZfaq channel that pimps for Games Workshop has posted consistent outrage, with any dedicated time, how this is horrible for the hobby. It's business as usual because they don't want to bight the hand that feeds them, not caring about the war game community. We no longer play 40k 10th and now use the minis in "other" games. If your new to 40k these big channels still pimp it like it the end all to be all best game. Ridiculous.

Thanks Deano for following up on the comments and clarifying your thoughts. KZfaq is a weird beast, it wants a very particular diet and regurgitates only what conforms to its internal guidelines. Algorithms and AI need to be scrutinised by us all. I for one don't want to be squeezed into its mould. Stay special mate.

JP gotrokkits is one of Uncle atoms pals , so of course he would ride to his defense.

Listen, you were 100 percent spot on in my opinion

I know you are male, but the only comment I could come up with was "You go girl!" lol. Speakin the truth my friend.

Hey, Im not as involved in tabletop gaming like I used to. I have grown away from it due to GW and their treating us as sheep to be fleeced as often as possible. But I have seen the commercialization like others talk about.

Great rant. My objection to the painting channels is that they remind me of my pile of shame 😂

Yeah it’s like my comment on your earlier video suggests. I believe the whole gist of the argument is not about the hobby it’s about influencers in the hobby community being at the top. Other niche interests have influencers and guerrilla marketing but there are still creators who are getting the most eyeballs on their vids and it just isn’t the case with our hobby unfortunately. Good luck I hope you do start up a community event that we can all rally around because that’s what it will take.

There is nothing wrong with gatekeepers. We actually need more of em!

Holy Diver has a renamed his channel "Angrytabletopnerd". His channel and yours plus a handfull of others is all I watch really. I cant stand the channels that try to insert their woke agenda into the hobby. I just want to watch battlereports or hear the latest gaming news. Keep that nonsense out of my hobby 😅

Some of these guys you are mentioning also have a closet political agenda. Which does not belong in the hobby.

The problem is nobody has a hobby for fun anymore. If they can't make money off of it , they don't think it's worth the time.

Putting on a pair of headphones and listening to a SWS rant whilst painting some models has become a bit of favourite pastime. I don't agree with all of your points but I share your annoyance at how a lot of channels are now about making "content" just for the purpose of meeting their monetary targets. I see chanels making videos about niche topics just so they can put out a video and get that sweet sponsorship money. Everybody seems to now be sponsored by the same small pool of companies; like Squarespace, World of Tanks/Warships, Curiosity Stream etc... I think this is the result of Facebook's (Meta) purchase of KZfaq a few years ago. Like everything in our capitalist culture, their platforms are a way to produce revenue in as many ways as possible. It went from a community of like-minded individuals to a commercial entity. I don't necessarily blame KZfaqrs for buying into this obvious Pyramid Scheme. At the end of the day "Social Influencer" and "Social Media Star" are now careers in board games like The Game of Life. It's in all our media streams, so some people must see it as a genuine career rather than an enjoyable hobby. I think if we look back on this time in 20-30 years, the phrase of the decade would be "like, share and subscribe".