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4 years ago

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LevelCap on BF2042: I've never been so clueless about a Battlefield game...

Some of the leading paid franchise YouTubers speaking up today:

Have enjoyed many of the great objective insights from LevelCap across the years and his segment here today definitely hits home with me.

The the initial bragging from EA head honcho's about being way ahead of plan for BF2042 certainly raised my expectations. Then to the total closed EA BF shop at GamesCom and similar with all their BF tech partners. Then the last minute launch delay decision and near zero factual info or live gameplay demo at length has been a brutally poor showing from EA over past recent many months.

LevelCap on BF2042: I've never been so clueless about a Battlefield game...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZJv5IGZoFY

JackFrags has stopped playing BFV for now, in anticipation of BF2042...

Don't know what he really thinks about BFV but obviously he had enough of it for now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqS9t7Q1v7w

Kept a little positive note here for last, as Westie also posted new insights on BF2042 today.

Some great little gold nuggets Westie and team picked up in details from latest reveal trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPCq4bldERY

We can say what we want about these professional YouTubers (they live of their YouTube income), but their market influence does play a role with 6 million plus combined subscribers and the many more on top watching their videos. LevelCap's new vid on BF2042 commanded 200,000+ views just first day when posting it here today.

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CyberDyme
4 years ago
@ragnarok013 wrote:
@R1ckyDaMan19 wrote:
It was the gamechanger program that started some mess, they all had their input in the games and of course tried to change it for what would be good content, EA basically made these guys community ambassadors without the communities consent.
Nothing personal against them BTW, they seem like really cool guys.
@R1ckyDaMan19the Community overestimates the GC's overall influence on the game. I've always stated that they should have been called "Community Marketing" as that's really what they do.
Really nice way to phrase it @ragnarok013 , as that is really what they are!
Now on this dedicated EA BF2042 forum we are all grownups with our own opinions (for the most part) so don't think either that any of these YouTuber 'influencers' can be considered important to how we make up our minds on this next game and its current state of affairs. They do however have a large global reach, which cannot be denied. And indirectly then EA is paying them money to spread their messages out, as EA advertise through Google and YouTube, who pay the YouTubers for every single view they get.
Also reason why we can call the integrity and objectivity of those YouTubers into question...

49 Replies

ChugKendall
4 years ago
@R1ckyDaMan19 LOL
ChugKendall
4 years ago
@R1ckyDaMan19 I'm the type of person who would probably notice--and then get mad that I paid a bunch of money for irritating stuff in the game lol--so I would want to see that, beforehand.
Trokey66
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@ragnarok013and @ElliotLH, don't expect too much mind but cheers.
ElliotLH
Hero+
4 years ago
@Trokey66 Doesn't bother me at all - the 'quality' of mine are testament to that 😆
ragnarok013
Hero+
4 years ago
@ElliotLH wrote:
@Trokey66 Doesn't bother me at all - the 'quality' of mine are testament to that 😆

@ElliotLH @Trokey66 You're both ahead of me, so far I've neither streamed nor uploaded despite toying with the concept. I figured nobody wants to listen to me wax poetically about Battlefield with a mediocre K/D ;-)
Trokey66
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@ragnarok013 That's me!
R1ckyDaMan19
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_w_abeUw6w
As close as Ive come to youtube fame lol
ElliotLH
Hero+
4 years ago
@ragnarok013 wrote:

@ElliotLH wrote:
@Trokey66 Doesn't bother me at all - the 'quality' of mine are testament to that 😆

@ElliotLH @Trokey66 You're both ahead of me, so far I've neither streamed nor uploaded despite toying with the concept. I figured nobody wants to listen to me wax poetically about Battlefield with a mediocre K/D ;-)

@ragnarok013 I don't upload often either as, like you, I doubt anyone wants to see my mediocre play. Same for streaming too. Most of my videos really are little ones I've found funny or showing bugs (with some old band stuff mixed in too).
TrasteTh
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@ElliotLH @Trokey66 @Ragnarok
The thing is, that "the internets" needs the raw unpolished, down to earth stuff as well. There are enough people to gain a following by just doing your thing, if you are persistent enough. Sure I enjoy watching someone kill 15 people in a row with headshots, because there is a skill to it and seeing such skill in action is appealing. Stodeh is the soloist in a grand orchestra, and he is amazing at times.
I am still proud of my 0.46K/D rate, because I support my squad and team in other ways, like if we are flanking, i will akt like a decoy and flank the other way, open fire like a * from the other end to get the attention and allow my team to take out the enemy, it works, i get good scores, not top scores, but good scores and most of all, we have fun.... There is space for other types of skill on youtube, because there are so many more in the "average with aspirations" category than the awesomé categoRy.