PixlBit

Originality; it’s tough to find, and even harder to expand. That’s been my problem as of lately.

So let me elaborate a bit for those of you who are new to me and what I do. As of November, a great friend of mine and I began a YouTube series called BvsC. In a nutshell; it’s basically just us playing games with a small twist, and that twist is the fact that we set up ‘challenges’ for one another to complete. For example; Crouching B, Hidden C. In this challenge we had to go one on one against one another in a game of Super Mario Bros. Wii, in which we could only crouch-jump our way through the level and whoever had to use a continue first lost. Simple enough right? Wrong, it sucked and was really really hard, but that’s not the point I’m trying to really make.

Regardless though, that’s what we do.

We’ve lost a lot of great videos (Speedy B, Indiana C, MineCraft Olympia, etc.) due to numerous tech issues. Now that they’ve been resolved for the most part, things have been smoothly sailing along.

 Now; fast forward up until two weeks ago.

We were recently offered a partnership on YouTube with a budding game channel. Great news, but it’s also tough at the same time. We’re able to do ‘our thing’, but now that we’re slowly but surely gaining momentum, how do we keep the momentum?

We’ve been racking our brains trying to find a way to stay innovative. Sure, the ‘Challenges’ are a great way to separate us from any other YouTube persona since they’re so unique, but how can we creatively expand without overlapping what has already been done? Sure, we could do Reviews, Let’s Plays, and the usual stuff found on any YouTube gaming channel, but it’s been done; over and over and over again. We can easily bend and mold ourselves to fit the current trend of gaming personalities, but then that defeats the simple purpose of being original.

So how do we go about expanding ourselves so we don’t lose our creative edge? We need something new and fresh so our Challenges don’t grow stale and stagnant, and we need something so we can expand out creative ways without running out of ideas (not that that’s a problem or anything, we just want breathing room for future purposes). We need to expand, yet be original and keep true to ourselves. We need a new idea other than our Challenges that can propel us further head while keeping us as we are; original.