Lets see some receipts about this PPP loan, would really love to see if its true

Thought ‘Tina was independently wealthy? Guess not having a job for 2+ years, Trooper not having a job in 5+ years will eat away at whatever savings you have. Was the loan forgiven like so many, or is it still outstanding? Please share the details (especially revealing LadyTrooper’s real name) of the PPP loan if true!

Go for it dude. Follow your heart. I'll give you a watch off of passion alone. GL.

Ok it’s bad…

I did one take “onetimeonly”

I’m huffing and puffing the whole time and the film is grainy despite the video itself being crystal clear before I uploaded. Noob status.

I also totally Noobed it by not filming in landscape.

Guys I suck..

Let me have it.

If I got clear footage and huffed and puffed a little less maybe took a break and sat and did HH is this something that is watchable?

Here’s my pilot. This is what raw unedited vlogging in its truest form looks like. 1 take. 1 time only.

https://youtu.be/wHoqPd9_iD4

Also how do you do thumbnails… I really didn’t plan for this..

I took advice that if I wanted to try it I would just have to jump right in..

Sorry if anyone feels I wasted 8mins of their life.

If this takes off, there will be giveaways.

i made it through about 1 min and turned it off.

I'll give it watch when I get a chance and give you an honest review. Hang tight...

I think a lot of the credit should go to Ryan Feldman. He was the main man behind LATB and I believe responsible for getting 'big name' players there. I know that he's now running the show at Hustler's so just using that, it would seem he's the force behind the surge.

Thx for feedback… I know it sucks but I made part 2 a little better. Still unedited

I made a part 2 more ranting less hh..

And I filmed in landscape.

this is like getting audio message from your buddy bad beat at the $55 daily rebuy

That’s actually a pretty hilarious reaction. Thx for feedback.

I’m looking for more will this concept work?

Or do people need to have cards and graphics and chips and a casino.

I was trying to reinvent the wheel.

Also am I annoying to listen to tell a poker story or if I wrote up a script and did cards do you see potential?

I guess I’ve already gained some introspective of how boring it comes off.

People need cards and table shots to get into it I think.

You’re trying to reinvent the wheel by talking about your session while you’re out of breath on a hike?

Sorry but the format is extremely boring and I had to fast forward after like 20 seconds. It comes off as no (low) effort and you’re not gonna get anyone to sit through a minute let alone 8 with the format you used.

You need to rethink how you position this and put in a lot more effort. Don’t mean to be rude here but you asked for honest feedback


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That’s fair ^^^^^

I agree with that as well. The format is pretty boring and hard to follow with no graphics. And being out of breath on a hike certainly isn't great. But keep going with it and I'm sure you can work towards something people are more engaged with

Ok here’s part 2

It’s twice as good as part 1

Or

Half as bad depending how you view it

https://youtu.be/9jdMn54Y6qo

What’s changed? Still unwatchable.

You seem like you want to put out content for sake of putting out content. If you’re serious about wanting to put out half decent content you need to go back to the drawing board. These videos legit took you 20 mins total to film edit and upload.


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round 1 unwatchable - will not be viewing round 2

I wouldn't want to watch unedited raw footage even from existing content creators I really like, let alone someone brand new. I know that editing is the most time consuming part, but skipping it isn't some kind of content creation timehack; it's a way to guarantee your videos are unwatchable. Not only does editing codify your creation into a purposeful, digestible piece of media, it's also how you show respect for your audience's time.

Yes agree it’s bad..

I explained earlier. Im going more for the poker stories over the nice views. Im also on a time crunch and don’t really know anything about iMovie. It’s really hard I’ve toyed around but it’s a ton of work.

Im not aiming for quality visuals it’s more quality content. There’s no bells and whistles just pure unedited actual vlogs.

I appreciate the feedback and agree and probably wouldn’t watch either if it didn’t have cards and graphics.

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Vlogging is like a high it’s a total trip. Even though I’ve received basically 100% negative feedback I’ve actually enjoyed doing it and want to do more and make it better.

I know it’s low quality but I’m again not doing it for the money. I will try and edit more but I know myself and I’m way more likely to just give up and pay some one to edit over doing myself. Editing is worse than homework and more frustrating too bc whenever I edit I can’t get the outcomes I want. It’s also a time warp I start editing and I have 30 seconds of bad video after 3 hours.

So my idea is to wing it at first and figure it out.

This seems like such a -ev endeavor towards pleasing other people. I kinda feel really bad for trooper bc he probably just enjoys vlogging but legit will never be able to please everyone.

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Do people need to see the casino and cards? Obviously poker players don’t want to go outside duh.. lmao.

I’m not vlogging illegally at these places so basically i can never get table footage. Mohegan Parx and fw are all anti vlogging and those are the only places i frequent.

So in a way I’m painted into a corner….

BUT

Could it work if I showed the drive towards the casino and or had graphics on these videos.

Are graphics alone ok or do you need to have live table footage?

That’s a very fair point. I agree. Editing is so brutal. I’m considering paying an editor but w how boring I come off and my want to stay anonymous I think those might be limiting factors in this endeavor.

I still am having fun talking my thoughts out.

The editing is by in large what leads to quality content. Editing aside the content is not quality. I don’t think you need to worry about money being a factor here.

Again if the goal is to be relatable and get people interested you need to start over.

Take slow poker for example, he put out videos in a new stylistic format that’s both relatable and engaging (and funny). It works really well and as many here have said it’s a new flavor in a saturated market.


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Who is your target audience and is what you are putting out meeting what they are looking for?

With this format, I can't see anyone other than family members / close friends watching it (only watched a couple of minutes).

The main thing is the video does not support the audio. I watch a decent amount of high quality poker vlogs and hiking vlogs. The content in this vlog won't get me to watch. I can get that stuff in better packages.

Second biggest problem is we need an engaging protagonist. It's going to be extremely difficult when we don't see you ever. We only get a quick glimpse of the Slow Poker guy, but his delivery is engaging. Even if we never saw his face, that would be a good vlog because his content is highly polished and delivered in a very engaging manner. Yours is just stream of consciousness delivered in a sort of boring monotone.

Going back to the visuals. Imagine watching the news and the story was about a hurricane hitting a major city but the visuals were from last night's football game. Would you want to watch that? I'd find it jarring and incongruous and switch the station with a quickness.

There are a lot of people creating art out the: music, writing, visual arts, stage and screen acting, etc. Most of them never find an audience. Obviously you are free to give it a go. Just know that unless you are creating content people want to consume, you'll likely never find an audience.

Seems like you are genuinely curious to get feedback so here goes:

I watched the first video (on 2x) and then skipped around the second video (on 2x again) but without hand histories or real poker content there was nothing of interest for me.

The scenary of you walking through the woods or a park is a negative. Your background scenery should be related to what your audience wants to see. If you are talking poker, it should be poker related in some way. Just not online poker as nobody wants to watch online poker

Your voiceover while playing video of something else reminds me on tiktok videos where the people are working a fast food job while telling stories. While that seems to work for shorter videos, not sure that format keeps people engaged over 10 minutes unless it's a compilation of stories and videos/episodes of 1-4 minutes each.

If you can't do any sort of live poker action, think about what your audience (guys who like live poker) would want to see. So girls, cars, or sports probably is a second choice after actual poker to stay on topic.

If you just want to talk, then do a podcast but those usually have some sort of format/plan each episode to them to keep people engaged.

Even if you are going random live poker stuff in the background (stuff that doesn't match up with the actual hand) graphics on the screen will help a ton. You can do light graphics and at least show your whole cards or some sort of funny graphics that assist in the story you are telling. Heck, you can try to draw your story feature where it's just basic drawings to help lead the story but I'm sure there is a specific program you need to do that well and SOME editing will be involved.

Video 2 was better in that it was landscape but the topic of conversation was less interesting for me. Why do I want to hear what you are saying? Video one, I wanted to know the outcome of the hand! Video two, why would I care about your random thoughts unless they are funny or entertaining?

If you do video 2's more, you need some random graphics on the screen to keep me engaged.

Also, for the whole story of the entire channel you need a theme or something to make me come back for the next vlog. How much money did you make (this is an easy way to peak people's curiosity) or did you complete a challenge or how many hours did you play or whatever poker related content.

I give you A++ for just throwing something up and asking for feedback without trying to perfect it. Then video 2 imrpvoed on the big error of portrait vs landscape and again you put something out there. As long as the next vlogs are somewhat different and adjust to the feedback you are given, some people will keep coming back to see if the videos get better. Heck, that could be your hook: what me take my YouTube channel for 0 to something. Each video you add something like light graphics, then a thumbnail, then music, then more graphics, then different graphics, then different background stuff, then a better camera, then a better microphone, then introduce other people, etc.

If you enjoy this, don't care about the money at first, and keep improving even a bit each video, you can't lose. Worse case you have a hobby for a few months. Best case you get a decent channel out of this and some supplimentary income. I think the biggest lesson of YouTube is that you need constant growth/improvement with each video or series of videos. People need something new EVERY video and that is difficult to offer.

Rant over, good luck, keep improving and posting but not sure if you fall into 'Las Vegas' poker vlogger to be honest. Also, maybe use multiquote to answer multiple posts in one post so that people not interested in you can skip just one or two posts and not a whole page of 20 posts.

Thanks ducks i agree with everything you said