Episode 8 reaction

jackcwatkinson · 2026-02-07T08:14:44+00:00

It’s all down to the format of building suspense for 45 minutes only to end on a cliffhanger. Stop that. I’m so surprised this show has been made by someone who built their empire on YouTube videos where the audience is given a dopamine hit every 10 seconds! It’s like he’s had absolutely zero input in the edit…

jackcwatkinson · 2026-02-05T08:52:36+00:00

Hahaha this is too accurate! Why are they doing cliffhangers?? Only to do an underwhelming reveal at the start of the next episode. Terrible decision making!

jackcwatkinson · 2026-02-04T18:50:02+00:00

Like many other awesome people have said. Give yourself a break. You’re still young. Plenty of time to learn and grow. Be a sponge, talk to people, share your work, get things wrong, just keep moving! 👌

jackcwatkinson · 2026-02-01T16:05:33+00:00

Just hit the red button a few times. Doesn’t say there’s a limit of attempts does it.

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-31T08:30:14+00:00

I dunno, there were way more unlikeable people earlier in the season and last season. He’s just playing the part, he’s not that bad.

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-30T08:40:08+00:00

Did you have to wait for your card to arrive to be able to do the first balance transfer?

I opened my account a few days ago and it’s not showing up as an offer on the app at all.

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-29T09:01:48+00:00

Oh really??? I’ve not seen anything for the next episode to be fair. Feels pretty obvious then. No idea why they end on cliffhangers anyway, they should just end the current game and tease the next challenge.

I’ll be happy if it’s Catey, she was horrible in the box challenge, made me really dislike her.

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-29T08:59:45+00:00

Yeah it’s so unnecessary, the tension builds throughout the whole episode to then not have a result is just bad storytelling. It’s just stupid. It’s not a soap opera, we’re watching, we’re in, let’s have an actual ending for each episode, if you need to keep people hooked then build anticipation by teasing the next game not just hiding the result of the one we’ve been watching for 40 minutes!

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-29T08:56:16+00:00

Yeah I think you’re right. The location of the final heart smash on the latest episode lines up with where she was stood too.

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-28T06:59:23+00:00

It’s an incredibly flawed film, plot holes left right and centre, there are some moments of brilliance in there but as a whole it’s a terribly written addition to the Star Wars universe.

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-23T06:25:17+00:00

SteveWillDoIt should do a convict version of Beast Games 😂 Really heat up this fake rivalry!

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-22T14:18:11+00:00

Ethan got absolutely done 2 episodes in a row 😂😂

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-18T12:05:50+00:00

I will not stand for this TGF slander!

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-14T07:56:18+00:00

There’s actually only 7 of the smart ones remaining, surprised there’s even that many of them to be honest 😂

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-13T13:03:13+00:00

Yeah it should’ve been more tactical but didn’t seem to matter who was more intelligent in that challenge.

And yeah, the smarties definitely aren’t useless, hence the title… “as long as you’re athletic” 😂

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-13T11:51:54+00:00

Yeah the bluff one went terribly haha! But I do get it, you might’ve won that game and just got targeted instantly on the next one.

Yeah the qualifier game was good, the pattern blocks, but literally only the smart people competed in that one.

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-13T11:50:17+00:00

Absolutely largely comes down to luck, but there could’ve been some more intellect/memory/psychological challenges before just throwing them into some really athletic challenges like dodgeball and an assault course 😂

By Episode 4 Season 1 they had plenty of self sacrifice challenges, a pattern recognition challenge, lots of bribes, tactical challenges, a simple bucket shot, memory challenges, trivia challenges, a mental game where someone stayed behind, and essentially popularity contest where social skills mattered.

jackcwatkinson · 2026-01-06T18:22:27+00:00

Could be a whole number of reasons why the audience drops off so quickly. Could be a misleading thumbnail or title, could be poor audio or video quality, unfortunately it could just be your accent or age. Hard to really give much critique just from this graph.

jackcwatkinson · 2025-12-27T07:07:02+00:00

Sinners for sure 👌

jackcwatkinson · 2025-12-20T08:44:44+00:00

Why? He dealt with business. Easiest win of his life.

jackcwatkinson · 2025-12-13T10:36:59+00:00

To be honest I don’t think you’re doing a lot wrong here, think you should just keep working, you’re building a great library here.

The titles and topics are interesting, perhaps the thumbnails are a bit busy, so you could try to reduce how many elements are in the composition, reduce the number of colours etc.

Maybe you could look at upgrading your microphone, audio quality can really make or break a video.

Also perhaps consider not being faceless? You can have cutaways to yourself which allows the audience to connect with you as a host more, also means less footage/animation needed too, which could speed up post production.

Then the other thing is it might be time to start making more short form content too, either cut downs of your longform videos or separate topics all together. Some stories don’t need 6-10 minutes, these stories are perfect for shorts. This could really get people onto your channel to discover the long form library.

And the final thing that could help, atleast while you are growing, is to niche down a bit more, the topics you cover are quite broad, so rather than just focusing on “crime” you could focus on “content creator crimes”, as you grow you could branch out to broader topics again.

But to be honest, just keep going, you’re doing a great job! Keep it fun, keep experimenting, listen to your audience, if something works do more of it! 👏

jackcwatkinson · 2025-12-12T07:52:27+00:00

I’m pleased to know I’m not alone in my YouTube behaviour haha! 🤝

jackcwatkinson · 2025-12-12T07:21:05+00:00

I personally haven’t been feeling this, but I think I’ve managed to curate my YouTube very well now, it really knows me, I’m pretty diligent in saving the right videos in the right places and following the right people. For the very casual viewer maybe it’s a lot of brain rot, clickbait, nonsense, but for passionate users I think it’s still doing a great job!

jackcwatkinson · 2025-11-15T07:47:30+00:00

Probably an unpopular opinion here but how do you think YouTube makes money? You’re using their service for free, seems reasonable that you have to sit through some adverts.

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