Questions for people who follow sims youtubers

1. Do you prefer speed-builds or "let's build"s, and why?
Sorta depends on my mood and what I want to get out of it. I can easily waste a lot of time watching Let's Builds so sometimes I prefer a speed build to just get the ideas/tips I need. But if I've got the time to watch a slower paced video that a lets build is great.

2. What bores you in Let's Play videos?
When the Simmer keeps getting distracted and talking about non-Sims stuff that isn't impacting the sims. Its crazy how common that is.

3. What things are most likely to make you stop watching within the first few minutes?
A Simmer who doesn't present their videos well - this includes what they are talking about and also how they edit the video together.

4. Are you watching more for the game play or more for the personality of the player?
Both in almost equal parts. Obviously its the game play that draws us to these youtubers but when there are so many Simmers doing these videos its the ones who present better that keep me coming back for more.

5. Do you prefer to see the player's face or just hear their voice? Or neither?
Neither preference. Sometimes seeing the face is great. But if you know you aren't super reactive then it's less valuable. Most male Simmers don't show that same level of reaction to what is happening as girls so they don't really need to be on video I find. Female Simmers do go on vid more so and when they do its often great to see their comical reactions. But yeah, if your face isn't adding to the humour/drama/whatever then it doesn need to be there. Just ya voice :)

1. Do you prefer speed-builds or "let's build"s, and why? Speed builds or stop motion build vids because I don't have enough time to watch long videos. I want to make time for several of my favorite simmers, not to mention time for hobbies outside of Sims.

2. What bores you in Let's Play videos? Depends. I could find the sim boring, the story, or the player boring and for a number of reasons.

3. What things are most likely to make you stop watching within the first few minutes? If I'm not in any way attracted to the simmer's personality I exit video.

4. Are you watching more for the game play or more for the personality of the player? Initially for gameplay but stick around if I like the player's personality.

5. Do you prefer to see the player's face or just hear their voice? Or neither? It doesn't matter. I don't have to see their faces.

1.let's build
2. Lack of something happening. Please fast forward and skip through loading screens and sleeping sims.
3. Swearing, killing sims, in game violence, vampire sims, too much cc.
4. Both. I like reaction videos best.
5. Either.

1. I have never watched either. I'm more into LP.
2. What bores me is a lot of rambling that has nothing to do with the sims or the story. I really love a great story so that's what I'm there for. Anything outside that takes me out of the world created and I lose interest.
3. Probably lots of focus on the person instead of the Sims. Like if the player is more focused on recording themselves instead of the LP.
4. Mostly gameplay, but the player personality is also important. If they aren't invested in their LP or tend to be a bit bored it's hard to stick with the channel.
5. Either works for me. Cameras in the corner work and also just voices work.

1. I think speed builds are better because the player focuses less on just the technical build aspects and more on the build theme.
2. Let's plays kind of bore me in general, to be honest, but I think what bores me the most is if the family never leaves the home lot.
3. Definitely attitude. If the video starts with the simmer in a grumpy or dreary mood, I'm likely to click away. As a YouTuber myself, I make sure I'm in a good mood before I record and never force myself to pretend to be cheery.
4. DEFINITELY personality of the player. There's TONS of gameplay out there. The thing that will make your videos special is YOU!
5. I prefer to have some sort of voice-over, but I don't care if there's a facecam. I tend to click away if there's no audio or just music, though.

I hope this helps! Good luck starting your channel!

I love both speed builds and let's builds, but as long as there's a voiceover. I follow some channels that don't have voiceovers but I don't really watch them. I would say the Simmers who talk about the build the inspiration, and personable but not too much off topic chatting are the ones I like best.

1. I am ok with both of them however I stop watching when the same story gets repeated over and over or when they are speaking about random things and not the actually building or when they plug their Twich or mercy every few minutes.
2. Trying to make a overly complicated plot, giving MC Command cheats and pretending the Sims made those choices.
3. If I see Alpha, if the creator is too obnoxious or if they scream too much.
4. The personality of the creator is very important. At the end of the day it's full of creators making literraly the same videos over and over, the thing that makes some of them shine is the personality.
5. It depends on the type of video. I don't mind it in speed builds but I don't care for it in lps.

1. Do you prefer speed-builds or "let's build"s, and why?
I like a mix of both. Speed through the parts that don't require explanation, but slow down for the tricks that might not be obvious and require cheats.

2. What bores you in Let's Play videos?
Too much talking, not enough playing.

3. What things are most likely to make you stop watching within the first few minutes?
Babbling about unrelated things. Videos about what's going on in the YouTubers life, drawn-out explanations of the videos purpose, etc. If YouTubers have a solid fan-base they want to address, they should make a separate video. Having fans and showing your appreciation is okay, but I may not be one yet. Also, the video's purpose should be clear in the first 15 seconds, and shouldn't require a 5 minute explanation.

4. Are you watching more for the game play or more for the personality of the player?
Gameplay mostly. Only rarely do I watch for the personality, and that person has to be extremely entertaining on a professional comedian level. I do appreciate a little splash of the person's personality, but not so much that it distracts from the gameplay.

5. Do you prefer to see the player's face or just hear their voice? Or neither?
It depends on the content and the personality of the player. I don't need to see a face for how-to informational type of videos. But sometimes it's entertaining to see a person's reactions (see comment above).

This wasn't part of your question, but one pet peeve of mine is the way a series gets titled. When viewing a playlist on a phone, or even a pc, the full title doesn't show in the list. Text that indicates which episode should be somewhere at the beginning, so the viewer can quickly find the next episode. For example, "Sims 4 Legacy Challenge Let's Play | Episode 13" would be better as "Ep. 13 | Sims 4 Legacy Challenge Let's Play."

I also appreciate links to resources used, such as mods and CC.

By the way, I subscribed to your channel because I love Upstairs, Downstairs!

Thank you so much, these answers are really helpful, even when they differ from each other. :smiley:

I don't watch many Simtubers myself but between myself and my 12yo Simmer kid, I'll try to answer these and hopefully it'll help you.

1. Do you prefer speed-builds or "let's build"s, and why?
I have a preference for builds while my kid likes LPs more. For both of us, it's because of our personal play preference - while I enjoy live mode, I find myself drawn to building more. The kid is not very confident about her building abilities and she prefers live mode play (and challenges).

2. What bores you in Let's Play videos?
Unnecessary drama. One of my favourite LPs to watch is the Rags to Riches challenge, which already brings its own hardships. The other kind I like is pack-specific LPs. The things that I get easily bored with is typical soap opera style drama created by the player: cheating, relationship machinations, teen pregnancies, etc. Basically things that can be easily found in TV shows, soap operas especially, just to create complications to complicate a storyline.
Kid's comment: repetition of storylines in separate LPs or even within the same LP. Say, various Sim from various generations all having one-night-stands as a pattern.

3. What things are most likely to make you stop watching within the first few minutes?
Too much Alpha CC. I'm not a fan of CC in general but Alpha CC pulls me out of the Sims world almost instantly. (on a personal note, also the reference to MaxisMatch CC as "clay" because I find that derisive. I understand that it's the Simmer terminology, it just rubs me the wrong way.)
Also, completely irrationally, a player's voice. I have no explanation for this one, since it's entirely a "I won't know until I hear it" thing.
Kid's comment: lack of uniqueness. So if an LP is something that's been done over an over on other channels (like a Sim running off with Max Villareal ;))

4. Are you watching more for the game play or more for the personality of the player?
For me it's a little bit of both. A video can have game play I'm really interested in but if the player's personality doesn't sit right with me, I won't watch. On the other side, if I like a player, it doesn't mean I'll watch every video they've done. (Kid agrees on this one)

5. Do you prefer to see the player's face or just hear their voice? Or neither?
Kid: likes seeing face cam in LPs to see their reactions to the game. in builds, she prefers voiceover only.
I slightly prefer no face cams in either LPs or builds but I don't mind it, as long as the focus is more on the game.
(for a bonus, both of us like the commentary to be a mix of game-related stuff and personal anecdotes, as long as it's not only one or the other)

Hope the comments help you and good luck with your channel! :D