Is Youtube Gaming a Career Choice or a Lucky Fall?
March 16, 2016
Markiplier and Pewdiepie. Two very popular and two of my personal favorites on YouTube. Markiplier has nearly 12 million followers [around the current population of Ohio] at the time this article is being written. Whereas, Pewdiepie has nearly 43 million followers [about the population of Argentina]. after
Both fell into YouTube in the early years of horror game let’s play era. Neither intended to have millions of millions of subscribers or make loads of money. Both did and do. This actually upsets a lot of people because they think, “oh I can act stupid on a camera too,” and, “they don’t deserve that much money.”
Those statements are both true and false based on perspective and how you advocate for or against. Yes both are silly and they perhaps are a little stupid from time to time, but sometimes that’s what entertainment is. Funny people making us laugh the way they know best. Yes, the idea to be funny and film it and get money is simple but that’s not their motivations. They do it because they like what they do and others enjoy watching them do let’s plays and challenges.
Markiplier dropped out of college after his dad passed away and had to undergo surgery himself. He bought a camera and began to play. His subscribers grew and grew from one to ten to 100, and so on and so forth. He’s raised charity money, done make a wish for a few children and just plays games and does challenges with his friends.
Pewdiepie was also a university drop out and actually was a hot dog vender for awhile until he bought his camera. He originally was doing videos of him playing shooter games and slowly shifted his genre when he started playing Slenderman. His channel grew and grew into the large following it is today.
I’m not advising to drop out of college and start filming yourself play video games. It’s not for everyone and it actually caters more their personality. It may work out in the end but it takes a lot of time and a lot of effort to get to where they are now. I think it’s always been a lucky break for those making it big on YouTube. Nobody plans to win the lottery or expect to make millions once they quit their hot dog vending job. It just happens and sometimes works out for them.