I kept the guides specifically to help. Everything else I removed because it was not making the world a better place. Although, I never felt like my personal achievements were thrown away, because if anybody wanted to see my skill or accomplishments in the game, the guides already show that to those who are interested, even if mentioned in passing. The iceberg video is an hour long summary of both the game in it’s entirety, and my skills too without being too intrusive. The main reason for deletion was for the channel to look cleaner, and more appealing. With less videos, there are more chances the viewer will watch the important/best stuff and understand more from there.
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Sometimes I wonder why the hell I go and pull things off in games when nobody's going to see it and the save data is never going to be backed up
It's just a bloody waste of time, what's the point in doing anything in games if you're never gonna get anything out of it
There is the experience provided by the main game, but pulling off obscure, difficult and somewhat arbitrary challenges without anything to show for it is just not really worth it
Try to think less and just enjoy it, at the end the entertainment industry is just to have fun. YouTube videos are a good way to document your achievements for others to see but if you don’t, that’s fine too, it’s not like you will get a world record or anything. I have done some crazy game things (e.g Ludwig’s God Gamer Gauntlet) I never uploaded, just for fun, just to feel better.
Consider optimistic absurdism in regards to this and just laugh it off
I mean it is and probably would be a world record. It's just that any history of it would be more obscure or easily destroyed. Things are just more worthwhile when they aren't so pointless.
A lot of people don't have a lot of fun playing the same thing over and over just for the sake of it. They want to be accomplished, show their skill and have the exhilaration of achievement. There's no point developing arbitrary and specific skills for a really long time that amount to mostly nothing.
If you like to play really hard games, that's great! But if you do a lot of specific challenges that take a long time to master, I do recommend making the most of them, or just playing different games so you have a more diverse set of experiences and skills.
Sure, just set your priorities as you want and have fun while playing. I do prioritize world records in obscure games and hope to continue my ex-itch.io “making most out of obscure titles” career on YouTube.
But about the first paragraph of your message, personally I believe a spectacular record in an obscure game is more remarkable for history than let’s say, a decent casual non-wr play in fortnite or among us, because less people do it you are more likely to be the best. Which is why if you try to wr speedrun minecraft for example, all chances are against you, but something less known you can get a wr if you try hard enough. But if you do manage to get a fantastic achievement in a popular game (e.g sans no hit or 20/20/20/20 in FNAF) that’s great! This paragraph is just my opinion