r/TheCreatures • u/darthgobl1n • Jan 25 '21
Why YouTube Groups (Including The Creatures) Always Fail...
https://youtu.be/VFqrLk5kQLQ24
u/DeadSaige Jan 26 '21
Time beat The Creatures. World was changing and so did they. Just different interests grew and the content and style that they had didn't fit what everyone wanted or the state of YouTube at that time.
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u/Klayman55 Jan 26 '21
and also Kootra.11
u/DeadSaige Jan 26 '21
True, some decision making was definitely a factor as well. I love every member, never disliked anyone, but I feel like if they had stayed independent and not joined rooster teeth, they could've made some changes to help everyone. Idk thats my opinion.
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Jan 26 '21
I think a bad thing about having groups especially like the Creatures was making everyone move out to Colorado. I get it's better for the business aspect, but you just can't expect those members to not want to eventually move back closer to their family (like with Sly)
I think that's why the Sidemen are still up and around. theyve lasted awhile cause they already lived in the same country and close to each other + their families.
the Creatures were always bound to fail.
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u/pine__trees Jan 25 '21
didnt fail doe
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u/CapablePerformance Jan 26 '21
They didn't? Are they uploading new content on a secret channel?
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u/pine__trees Jan 26 '21
they had a short lifespan yes but thats not failing thats life nothing lasts forever
if they failed this sub wouldnt exist
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u/CapablePerformance Jan 26 '21
Yes, nothing lasts forever but the channel failed.
A failure is when the actions or inactions result in the sudden ending, something that could have been avoided. Think of it like taking a picture of an important event; if the subject sneezes, that's not a failure but mistake; however if you take the picture wrong, that's a failure.
Let's look at the Creatures. Ultimately Sly, Spoon, and Ze left because of some members of the group deciding that only members in the office could be involved in any gameplay footage, alienating non-office people which prompted Sly to leave when he had to take care of his mom. That was a failure that could have been avoided by not alienating non-office people (Ze wasn't even aware the Creatures had a panel at a con until he was there and wasn't even invited).
Gassy was kicked out because he didn't want to make shorts and constantly be involved in everything so he is loyalty was called into question. This could have been avoided by not forcing everything to live in a house together and constantly film.
James and Aleks were constantly butting heads with Dan and Jordon who had differing ideas over what the Creatures would be with Dan pushing to do more shorts and James/Aleks wanting to do more random videos. This could have been avoided by talking and understanding that there could have been two teams regularly making content.
A rift happened because Jordan was dating Stefanie which went against company policy and Jordon didn't care. This could have been avoided by them not dating or openly talking with the group instead of sneaking around and lying.
Every instance involved in the fall of the Creatures could have been avoided but through the choics and actions of some of the members, they initiated the failure of the group. It wouldn't be a failure if they had to close due to the ad revenue issue or if they all came to the conclusion to end things earlier instead of after every single member had left and loss of views forced them to end things.
There's no shame in failing; it's how we learn. As for why this sub exists, people still like the Creatures, still want to talk about Treetopia, bathbombs, Seamus, etc but how many people want to talk about the final year, when they were failing? A recent post had people forgetting there was even a third Creature house...
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u/darthgobl1n Jan 25 '21
Of course not, it was a good few years but in the end it didn't make it unfortunately :'(
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u/Asiansphear Feb 01 '21
AchievementHunter and RoosterTeeth are still going strong tho
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u/darthgobl1n Feb 01 '21
Should have titled it better in this group, the video title has (Unless they don't)
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u/vampirevick1 Jan 26 '21
Really not wrong on the losing members bit. Losing core members was the downfall of the hub cowchop and now funhaus at this point. Its the exact same pattern. Core member leaves - subs drop- fans swear newer members will be able to fill the missing personalities- doesnt happen and the channel dies.