Hey guys, its me CriticalCubing and this is an announcement video where I talk about what's
happening currently and what my plans are for future of this channel and what new things
I want to do this year.
Please check the description as I'll have time stamps for the important parts.
Also please read the description as I'll have a summary of what I talk in this video.
Anyway, From the beginning of this year, I have been kind of down and depressed.
Noting severe, I tend to have these months where I feel down for no odd reason.
I am not satisfied with how I am making my videos and I believe that the videos can be
improved further than this.
This has kept me unmotivated for some time now as the current videos are just not good
enough and I have to think of ways to make them better.
Please comment how you think I can make my videos better.
Also, I have been very busy with my university/college stuff and these couple of months will be very
tiring for me, hence I may not spam as many videos as I did in past.
A new realization dawned upon me and I have a new perception now.
Bluntly put, my videos are not exciting and boring.
Lot of it has to do with me doing things half assed.
Unboxing and First Impression videos, I get the cube out of the box and give you my thoughts.
I just basically sit there in front of the cam and talk nonsense about the cube until
I don't feel like talking anymore.
This has to change.
The plan that I have for this is to have an outline of what things people look for in
an unboxing video and talk about those points, instead of just improvising and saying anything
that comes to my head.
Hence I ask this question to you, what do you want me to cover in a first impressions/unboxing
video?
The format for review videos will just need more perfecting and polishing.
Comparison videos are fine as of now according to me.
Just need to get more creative.
I was thinking of completely changing the personality of CriticalCubing and do something
different from now on.
Till now, I have been doing things that most of the other popular cubing channels are also
doing.
Now I want to do something different, from changing my video style, to adding new video
topics and so on.
CriticalCubing as of now is too generic and mainstream and lacks an individuality of its
own and doesn't stand out from the crowd.
Its pathetic.
Another realization that I understood recently is the importance of time as a viewer.
If something can be said in one sentence, then there is no need to elaborate and explain
it in three sentences.
Keep it short and sweet and don't waste the viewers time.
Another thing, I want to completely scrap intro and introduction and directly start
from the video.
An intro wastes 6 to 10 seconds, and then the introduction takes couple more seconds.
You can completely save these first couple of seconds.
Hence, I want to delete the intro and directly start the video to the point, although I will
have to experiment with it a bit.
I previously wanted to make longer elaborate videos, but now that I watch those videos
from this new perception, I repeat myself lots of times.
This is something I need to change.
Next, focusing more on quality rather than quantity.
My goal with this channel till now had been quantity over quality, as long as quality
is nothing too shabby that is unwatchable.
However, due to this, I was doing thigs half assed and was being lazy with newer videos.
The approach that I want to take now is quality over quantity.
There won't be a huge increase in quality as I will be using the same equipment and
stuff, however I'll have more effects, especially text effects.
Got to make them more modern as they are very simple now.
And also just edit better, more consise and to the point video.
I will be using the same camera and same setup, hence from hardware point of view, there won't
be any difference, but I'll use the software better and proof read and proof watch before
uploading.
Some new things that I want to do this year.
Last year around October/November time, I thought that the videos that CriticalCubing
was producing was too generic and predictable.
Most of the other cubing channels were also doing it.
What can I do different?
I thought of doing interview at that time as it would be something out of the ordinary.
I asked one of the top cuber if he would allow me to interview him, but he declined.
I took that rejection hard and scrapped up the entire idea thinking that I was not good
enough.
Now, I want to get back at it and make it into a montly series where I interview 1 new
cuber every month.
However I still have to think how I can pull this off considerin I don't have a mic and
a good audio setup in general.
Another new thing that I want to do is a series where I just talk about my life and surrounding
I guess.
Funny things happen with me from time to time, so I'll just talk about it.
They can be cubing related and non cubing related both.
I was thinking of naming it Adventures of CriticalCubing and making it into once a month
series.
Lastly, Q&A series.
This has been pending from a long time now and I never got around it, however I will
be doing Q&A from now on, and it will be a monthly series.
Please tell me what do you think about it.
Another kind of solving series would be Roux vs CFOP series where I or someone from the
Roux community will solve with Roux, and someone else will solve with CFOP and compare our
average.
While the video is playing, we will have short interview in that, probably around 2 mins.
Next, Tutorials.
I will be doing tutorials so if you need help with anything, feel free to ask me about it
and if I think I know enough to make a good tutorial, then I will, otherwise I'll have
to get good, or not make a video on that.
As of now, I have some pending tutorials, so I'll finish them and then see what other
tutorials I can do.
Next, Upload schedule.
I never actually made an upload schedule.
I would just upload and spam videos whenever I wanted, however I tried to upload atleast
once a week.
Now the current upload schedule won't be anything different.
Once a week videos for sure, and sometimes more than that.
One Interview Video, One Q&A video and One Adventure with CriticalCubing video
and one Roux vs CFOP video are the series I am considering as of now.
If you have any other series idea, then please tell me about it.
Overall, I just think that the way CriticalCubing videos are currently, lack personality, are
too boring and lack certain spice that will make it exciting.
Apart from that, format for unboxing and first impressions need to change, and format for
review needs to be improved.
For Comparison, I think its fine as of now, just needs minor adjustment.
Lastly, don't waste viewers time and just keep my videos short, efficient and to the
point.
Also, concentrate on quality over quantity, and lastly add in some new series to make
criticalcubing a bit more interesting.
With all these new changes, I'll also change my logo and banner to give my channel kind
of a new look.
This is what I have in store for now.
I just want to make CriticalCubing better than it is now, so please help me with any
suggestions you have and give me some feedback in the comments.
Thank you so much for watching.
I have come quite far doing a lazy mans job.
Now I finally want to work a bit harder on my channel.
Also, these couple of months because of my college/university increasing work load, I'll
be very busy hence please forgive me if I cannot upload a video once a week.
Hopefully you will understand.
Thank you for watching and lets aim for 10 thousand subscribers before April haha.
Please make it happen, I Love you all.
Thank you, Regards CriticalCubing.