Changes to the End Credits (Patreon)
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I really appreciate all of you. I love creating these videos so thank you so much. I wanted to give you a heads up regarding some changes you'll notice in the credits starting today.
Up until now I have included everyone in each credit sequence. For awhile that made sense, but over the last year the number of supporters has started to regularly hit 700 (Patreon + YouTube members) and that makes the credits sequence run for roughly 8 minutes. Either each person is recognized on screen for a split second or I have to pad the ending of all my videos.
YouTube's algorithm does not look kindly on videos where people click off with time remaining. Because of that I don't want to just pad the endings of all my videos with credits where I don't speak. I also don't want to artificially bloat the ending of each video with 5-6 minutes of me rambling. I want to keep each video as concise as is possible while still going into detail about everything that occurs within the run.
I experimented with placing the credits at the beginning - there isn't enough time or space there either. I also experimented with removing / condensing the special thanks portion; but this has little impact on the credits overall. Of course, I could re-invent the sequence entirely, but that would take significant time and I don't have that available to me right now. Also, I really like the current aesthetic. I think you do too.
For the next cycle of releases I will be including the Pokedex from the region the video took place in. That means in Kanto we will see supporters with dex number 1-151, Johto we will see 152-251 etc. There will be a long outro at some point and that will give me creative space to include other supporters so that all 700~ are included at least once a month.
This solution feels like the best balance between: YouTube's algorithm, on screen recognition, and aesthetics. If you feel this isn't sufficient recognition of your contributions, please let me know - if that is the case then I will seriously consider revising the entire structure of the credits so that everyone can be included in each video.
Thanks for being a great community, you're all incredible.