tower defense where you refute accusations of being alt-right

So people actually came forward to promo Mobile games? Well I guess its not uncommon in this day and age.

The marketing budgets for some of them rival aaa companies.

There are some mobile games that aren't money vacuums.

They're just rare, and even more rarely are they actually good or interesting.

the difference between mobile game and aaa game is getting smaller every day

yea the vpn stuff has no script or anything

particularly with Mr. "Games as a Service" Ea head.

none of the proposed sponsors have any script other than teach people about it

Actually, so then, how hard would it be to get a sponsor?

Though I am assuming you got some.

the other issue is that if I just did commercials for myself would I end up making more?

theres something about getting a service that people are more into than dontaing to me

the popular mobile games are 100% exploiting psycology, IIRC there was a Y combinator talk about how they attach triggers to anxiety to improve user engagement

So, doing ads for products or services that you like vs ones that you think your audience would like?

all games exploit psychology

What is your perspective of you current audience tim? Just curious.

in fact, when Destiny was coming out, the bragged about actually hiring a psychologist to make the game addicting

I'd say just do whatever interests you. There seems to be at least *some* crossover between what you like and your audience likes.

Besides hearthstone?

what do you mean commercials for yourself? your patreon etc.?

yea do a 30 second promo for my own donations instead

you could try a hybrid approach, do one ad for yourself on one video, a paid ad for the next, see how things work. If you see enough increase from just doing an ad yourself, then you can cut the paid content. if not, then you can start putting in paid content in place of your own ad

Is it a good idea to experient here though?

hmm... depends of how it is integrated i guess... but i would combine it i guess...

We are talking someine career here. And I have no clue about what the average timcast viewer is like

It's best to keep it simple and easy, and not overcomplicate it with any kind of back-and-forth or trying anything fancy.

i think the best place to promote your own donations would be after super engaging content like when you were talking about cars on fire in sweden

though that's also when sponsors want their spots

@GingaBomber i think tim will decide for himself and just wants input...?

This aint some radioshow unfortunately

Vids may be daily, but are too short for inbetweener commercials

And cant be at the end, not everyone finishes the vids.

sponsored ads seem to be fine as long as the company has absolutely nothing to do with the content, hard to make that line clear

That avatar, hah

I watched that video too. lol

well, a "self ad" might work at the end...

@Timcast start selling beanies and rapping about merch

what could go wrong

i'd buy a timcast beanie

but in general the idea of doing sponsored videos on sundays is not wrong, i would only be concerned about the implementation of it... (self-ads would not bring in "outside money")