Beast breaks down why a PewDiePie shoutout could explode a channel's growth, citing examples like Markiplier's endorsement of Shod Leech. He entered the contest with a joke about throwing his computer out the window if he wins, and argues his Worst Intros series and production quality set him apart from generic Call of Duty and Minecraft submissions.
I'm pretty sure you guys are all aware that PewDiePie is hosting a contest and the winners get a shoutout on their YouTube channel. So of course I'd be stupid not to submit a response, even though, you know, 30,000 other YouTubers did. And I just wanted to say this: PewDiePie, if you somehow click on my channel and end up watching this video, I was being dead serious when I wrote in my response that if you pick me, I'm gonna I'm gonna literally grab my computer and throw it out my window. Now I might take a second to, you know, set up my phone on a tripod, I might have my mom go grab her phone and record my window from outside, but I'm not joking. I will pick up my computer, the— just the box, and I will throw it out my window if you pick me. And then I'd get like super excited and not sleep for a week and then drop out of high school. Nah, I'm just kidding. I would— I would never drop out of high school. You'd have to be stupid to do that. Unless you're as big as FaZe Rain. I mean, FaZe Rain— And I think someone else in FaZe actually dropped out of high school, but of course they're making, you know, hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. They don't really need high school. It's kinda honestly a waste of their time. But back on track, honestly guys, whoever wins PewDiePie's shoutout contest, their lives are gonna be forever changed. YouTube will instantly become their job. It's just, it's going to be ridiculous just to see their channel shoot up, and literally whatever job they have, whatever they're doing, they're gonna drop it, they're gonna quit their job. I mean, YouTube will become their life from now on. I mean, they could easily turn that into a career, like, no doubt. It's just gonna be ridiculous how much PewDiePie shoutouts are gonna change a couple people's lives. And I know if you're listening to this, you're probably like, "Yeah, Beast, that's super obvious, we already know." But you don't really understand. It really is going to change their lives. I mean, it's gonna change some of their family members' lives, if they have kids, it's really gonna change their lives. It's gonna have a huge impact on people, and even if I don't win, I'm actually really excited just to see how it's gonna affect these 3 people, or however many people he chooses. I'm really excited just to see how awesome their lives are going to become once they get that shoutout from PewDiePie. It's going to be ridiculous. I mean, let's think about it realistically, okay? PewDiePie has 39 million subscribers. If just 1% of his subscribers subscribed to you, you'd have 390,000 subscribers, okay? That's a ridiculous amount of subscribers. I think about a month ago, Markiplier gave a shoutout to Shod Leech because of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Shod Leech actually gained a quarter of a million subscribers, 250,000. Now, Markiplier Markiplier has 8 million subscribers, gave a shoutout, that person gained 250,000. Imagine if PewDiePie gave someone a shoutout, 5 times the size of Markiplier, how many subscribers they'd gain. It's going to be ridiculous, and it's just going to be really awesome. Now to move away from that, I was also looking through some of the submissions, because you know, literally thousands upon thousands of people are applying to this, and, uh, the couple of pages I saw are just the most generic YouTubers. If you scroll through there, everyone's either a Call of Duty commentator or Minecraft YouTuber, I know you're like, "Beast, well that's what you do." Yeah, but you know, I have a really funny and different intro to make me stand out. I do really, really interesting topics, I have good audio quality, I do tons of cuts, I don't just— I mean, this isn't my first cut. I've done this commentary you're listening to now for at least the past 30 minutes. I really like— wow, stutter, I don't feel— I'm not starting over, this is gonna— yeah, okay, pie, I like pie. I have a really unique outro, and I do a lot of things to make my videos stand out, make you remember my videos. And if you scroll through these submissions, they're all the same. A lot of these people are not the slightest bit original. Like, there's Call of Duty commentaries just talking about the game, like talking about Call of Duty in 2015 and all this other stuff. And so, uh, I definitely would say I'm in the top at least 5% of all the people that applied. Not saying I'm in the top 3, I'm not saying I'm gonna win, I'm just saying I'm definitely in the top couple of percents, especially because I submitted my Worst Intros series. That's probably the most original video I've ever done. And I think when PewDiePie sees that, He's, uh, he's gonna be really impressed. I don't think I'll win, but I think he'll really be impressed by my Worst Intros series because that's really original. And if he watches the whole video, he's really gonna enjoy it. But anyways, that's pretty much the video. I'd love to hear what you guys think about this topic. Let me know if you think I have a chance of winning. And remember, meth equals death, don't touch poisonous steaks— steaks— steaks are poisonous? What? Poisonous snakes! Uh, play your PS4 on your Xbox One, don't forget to unplug your power source in a lightning storm, pour water on yourself. When you have duct tape. Don't forget to wear glasses when you're staring at the sun. And that's everything. See you later.
