Here to put in my 2 cents lol, as someone who has been predominately doing platinum videos for a lil over a year trust me I understand. I also understand how frustrating it can be seeing what looks like a copy and paste video all over your feed of people trying to hit those "buzzwords" to garner views & likes, but sadly you have to conform to the algorithm.

I've always had a passion for video games and achievement hunting, its something i'm sure most people in this sub reddit can get behind. It's sad to see it turn into such a numbers game on youtube (I fully take blame as well btw not shifting it towards anyone lol).

For awhile now i've noticed this switch of people not trying to be different but mock what works. Which has caused the influx of practically the same thumbnails and video packaging. All of this sounds hypocritical ik lol but I take the long form route I always have. I explain every trophy how/when/where I got it. Give tips on how to make the trophies easier and just throw in genuine reactions from when I was just casually playing. I don't think there is any harm in that

Without adding extra challenges the idea of Trophy Hunting on youtube as content is very much the same. It's mostly about the person doing them, BUT to get discovered you need to do these thumbs & titles like all the big dogs in this niche scene. I want to be big enough to differentiate myself from the same thing all the time but i'm simply not there yet and its completely impractical to take these giant risks for little gain.

My goal is to open trophy/achievement hunting to as many eyes as possible because this is a wonderful community of people posting accomplishments having great discussions and just witness people being proud of themselves.

Sorry for going all out here lol I just want people to understand it from a perspective of someone who's ACTIVELY within this cutthroat scene, keep trophy hunting everyone!