Staff picks - 30 Nov 2016

[Dark0ne]

In response to post #45164085. #45177030, #45180970, #45190555, #45193160, #45218770 are all replies on the same post.

MrJohn wrote: I don't know how I feel about these new "staff picks" and "Sunday discussion" posts that you guys are putting up regularly now I guess. Usually, Nexus news have been useful information regarding games that have extensive modding for them or more major changes to the Nexus itself. They are interesting reads often, though at times not always agreeable. For instance Dark0nes information about the page or how he prefers to run his business side of things, which is interesting and insightful. But these more "tabloid" articles really start to clutter.

I can see the trend in later articles about Nexus wanting to expand from just modding side of things to bigger and broader, such as news, articles and the likes, but I feel as if the broader the strokes will get for Nexus, the less will be given to the specific areas. Games are becoming more and more hard to mod, except for a few developers who incorporate the values such as Bethesda, although you could also call it "lack of responsibility" by pushing the doing of fixes to the community in some cases. (I truly believe Bethesda should've contacted the authors of Unofficial Legendary Patch and SKSE to incorporate some of their work, even if for a fee, to make their game even better, but that is just me in my world of dreams I guess).

I understand the want for expansion in a company, to become bigger and better, and offer more services, but that usually comes at a cost to your core services with the broader audience. The content often become "bloated", as I fear with this site. It happens to many YouTubers (Including Gopher, I feel) where they go "all in" on YouTube and their content starts lacking with the increase of content. A quantity over quality. Using Gopher as an example, a quite upstanding internet persona (as I do not know the guy personally), the older series like Fallout 3 Will and earlier seasons of Skyrim with both Richard and Stiv are better than the later seasons of Richard and the New Vegas series Jack. It may not be visible, the technological side is quite better with the recording and the quality of the videos, but the feel of his content became lacking as it wasn't the thing he did with his spare time where he put not just effort, but also some of himself into it. Now it has become a job. Might be joyful, he might enjoy it (and more power to him), but as the viewer I felt a disconnect, a shift. More pushing on ads and Patreon, as he of course needs to feed his family. But that has impact, in my humble opinion.

And so I conclude this post. Personal apology for singling you out Gopher, but you are the one I recall watching and enjoying until the expansion of Twitch and full-time YouTubing, and after the shift in Googles policies to Google+ enforcement I fell off the YouTube wagon. In essence, the work and effort that the Nexus staff puts into it's content is good, but I feel as more effort has become focused on different areas, with the new site design being more oriented for a bigger stroke of content, rather than the simple site of Nexus we have today which is heavily onto modding and basically that.

Anyway, good riddance if you read all this.

fredlaus wrote: This was a thorough comment, MrJohn, which is pinpointing a crucial aspect of today's media - fast but not furious.
I reckon the style of the "Staff Picks" so far is going to develop as they need to dig deeper to keep up the interest.
To me the "Staff Picks" are beautiful reminders of what is still possible to achieve - even after all these years of modding.

MrJohn wrote: Thank you.

Though there are already several outlets that highlight mods, some dig deep and some find the featured. Guides written by the pages. This is like butter on fat really, though the argument for "it isn't hurting anything" comes to mind which is fair enough.

jasminefairyb wrote: I agree with u on this and it seems to get a bit more disconnected each time I watch some of these YouTuber's....that said, I do like the sound of Gopher's voice! And I did read it all the way....lol.

MrJohn wrote: Everybody likes the sound of Gopher's voice.

jet4571 wrote: Ill be honest to me this looks like just another popularity contest prize. I wouldn't be surprised if every mod in staff picks has been in Hotfiles, file of the month, or if not in one of those by a popular mod author. I would much rather never see a well known mod or author in staff picks but obscure and high quality mods. Hidden gems if you will.

Ill be honest to me this looks like just another popularity contest prize. I wouldn't be surprised if every mod in staff picks has been in Hotfiles, file of the month, or if not in one of those by a popular mod author. I would much rather never see a well known mod or author in staff picks but obscure and high quality mods. Hidden gems if you will.

Every week, we feature a few mods that have caught our staff’s attention, as well as some that were submitted by you, the Nexus Mods community. If there is a mod you’d like to see on this list, send the name of the mod along with a brief (less than 200 words) description of why you like it to [email protected] and we’ll consider adding it to the list.

I look forward to seeing your recommendation(s) in our mail box, and in the news next week, jet4571! :)

[MrDave]

In response to post #45164085. #45177030, #45180970, #45190555, #45193160, #45218770, #45220400 are all replies on the same post.

MrJohn wrote: I don't know how I feel about these new "staff picks" and "Sunday discussion" posts that you guys are putting up regularly now I guess. Usually, Nexus news have been useful information regarding games that have extensive modding for them or more major changes to the Nexus itself. They are interesting reads often, though at times not always agreeable. For instance Dark0nes information about the page or how he prefers to run his business side of things, which is interesting and insightful. But these more "tabloid" articles really start to clutter.

I can see the trend in later articles about Nexus wanting to expand from just modding side of things to bigger and broader, such as news, articles and the likes, but I feel as if the broader the strokes will get for Nexus, the less will be given to the specific areas. Games are becoming more and more hard to mod, except for a few developers who incorporate the values such as Bethesda, although you could also call it "lack of responsibility" by pushing the doing of fixes to the community in some cases. (I truly believe Bethesda should've contacted the authors of Unofficial Legendary Patch and SKSE to incorporate some of their work, even if for a fee, to make their game even better, but that is just me in my world of dreams I guess).

I understand the want for expansion in a company, to become bigger and better, and offer more services, but that usually comes at a cost to your core services with the broader audience. The content often become "bloated", as I fear with this site. It happens to many YouTubers (Including Gopher, I feel) where they go "all in" on YouTube and their content starts lacking with the increase of content. A quantity over quality. Using Gopher as an example, a quite upstanding internet persona (as I do not know the guy personally), the older series like Fallout 3 Will and earlier seasons of Skyrim with both Richard and Stiv are better than the later seasons of Richard and the New Vegas series Jack. It may not be visible, the technological side is quite better with the recording and the quality of the videos, but the feel of his content became lacking as it wasn't the thing he did with his spare time where he put not just effort, but also some of himself into it. Now it has become a job. Might be joyful, he might enjoy it (and more power to him), but as the viewer I felt a disconnect, a shift. More pushing on ads and Patreon, as he of course needs to feed his family. But that has impact, in my humble opinion.

And so I conclude this post. Personal apology for singling you out Gopher, but you are the one I recall watching and enjoying until the expansion of Twitch and full-time YouTubing, and after the shift in Googles policies to Google+ enforcement I fell off the YouTube wagon. In essence, the work and effort that the Nexus staff puts into it's content is good, but I feel as more effort has become focused on different areas, with the new site design being more oriented for a bigger stroke of content, rather than the simple site of Nexus we have today which is heavily onto modding and basically that.

Anyway, good riddance if you read all this.

fredlaus wrote: This was a thorough comment, MrJohn, which is pinpointing a crucial aspect of today's media - fast but not furious.
I reckon the style of the "Staff Picks" so far is going to develop as they need to dig deeper to keep up the interest.
To me the "Staff Picks" are beautiful reminders of what is still possible to achieve - even after all these years of modding.

MrJohn wrote: Thank you.

Though there are already several outlets that highlight mods, some dig deep and some find the featured. Guides written by the pages. This is like butter on fat really, though the argument for "it isn't hurting anything" comes to mind which is fair enough.

jasminefairyb wrote: I agree with u on this and it seems to get a bit more disconnected each time I watch some of these YouTuber's....that said, I do like the sound of Gopher's voice! And I did read it all the way....lol.

MrJohn wrote: Everybody likes the sound of Gopher's voice.

jet4571 wrote: Ill be honest to me this looks like just another popularity contest prize. I wouldn't be surprised if every mod in staff picks has been in Hotfiles, file of the month, or if not in one of those by a popular mod author. I would much rather never see a well known mod or author in staff picks but obscure and high quality mods. Hidden gems if you will.

Dark0ne wrote:

Ill be honest to me this looks like just another popularity contest prize. I wouldn't be surprised if every mod in staff picks has been in Hotfiles, file of the month, or if not in one of those by a popular mod author. I would much rather never see a well known mod or author in staff picks but obscure and high quality mods. Hidden gems if you will.

Every week, we feature a few mods that have caught our staff’s attention, as well as some that were submitted by you, the Nexus Mods community. If there is a mod you’d like to see on this list, send the name of the mod along with a brief (less than 200 words) description of why you like it to [email protected] and we’ll consider adding it to the list.

I look forward to seeing your recommendation(s) in our mail box, and in the news next week, jet4571! :)

Dark0ne, I have a recommendation. How about asking those of us who have industry experience, or those with very extensive modding/developing experience to make tutorials for the new folks that could be exclusive to the site, or just showcased? :D

One of the most intimidating things for a new modder can be the first time they open up one of the major pieces of software used. Or even the simpler ones, if they haven't found good documentation. Tutorials such as what I have on my YT page can help them in jump right in without trepidation.

[Adriexdoom]

In response to post #45164085. #45177030, #45180970, #45190555, #45193160, #45218770, #45220400, #45243450 are all replies on the same post.

MrJohn wrote: I don't know how I feel about these new "staff picks" and "Sunday discussion" posts that you guys are putting up regularly now I guess. Usually, Nexus news have been useful information regarding games that have extensive modding for them or more major changes to the Nexus itself. They are interesting reads often, though at times not always agreeable. For instance Dark0nes information about the page or how he prefers to run his business side of things, which is interesting and insightful. But these more "tabloid" articles really start to clutter.

I can see the trend in later articles about Nexus wanting to expand from just modding side of things to bigger and broader, such as news, articles and the likes, but I feel as if the broader the strokes will get for Nexus, the less will be given to the specific areas. Games are becoming more and more hard to mod, except for a few developers who incorporate the values such as Bethesda, although you could also call it "lack of responsibility" by pushing the doing of fixes to the community in some cases. (I truly believe Bethesda should've contacted the authors of Unofficial Legendary Patch and SKSE to incorporate some of their work, even if for a fee, to make their game even better, but that is just me in my world of dreams I guess).

I understand the want for expansion in a company, to become bigger and better, and offer more services, but that usually comes at a cost to your core services with the broader audience. The content often become "bloated", as I fear with this site. It happens to many YouTubers (Including Gopher, I feel) where they go "all in" on YouTube and their content starts lacking with the increase of content. A quantity over quality. Using Gopher as an example, a quite upstanding internet persona (as I do not know the guy personally), the older series like Fallout 3 Will and earlier seasons of Skyrim with both Richard and Stiv are better than the later seasons of Richard and the New Vegas series Jack. It may not be visible, the technological side is quite better with the recording and the quality of the videos, but the feel of his content became lacking as it wasn't the thing he did with his spare time where he put not just effort, but also some of himself into it. Now it has become a job. Might be joyful, he might enjoy it (and more power to him), but as the viewer I felt a disconnect, a shift. More pushing on ads and Patreon, as he of course needs to feed his family. But that has impact, in my humble opinion.

And so I conclude this post. Personal apology for singling you out Gopher, but you are the one I recall watching and enjoying until the expansion of Twitch and full-time YouTubing, and after the shift in Googles policies to Google+ enforcement I fell off the YouTube wagon. In essence, the work and effort that the Nexus staff puts into it's content is good, but I feel as more effort has become focused on different areas, with the new site design being more oriented for a bigger stroke of content, rather than the simple site of Nexus we have today which is heavily onto modding and basically that.

Anyway, good riddance if you read all this.

fredlaus wrote: This was a thorough comment, MrJohn, which is pinpointing a crucial aspect of today's media - fast but not furious.
I reckon the style of the "Staff Picks" so far is going to develop as they need to dig deeper to keep up the interest.
To me the "Staff Picks" are beautiful reminders of what is still possible to achieve - even after all these years of modding.

MrJohn wrote: Thank you.

Though there are already several outlets that highlight mods, some dig deep and some find the featured. Guides written by the pages. This is like butter on fat really, though the argument for "it isn't hurting anything" comes to mind which is fair enough.

jasminefairyb wrote: I agree with u on this and it seems to get a bit more disconnected each time I watch some of these YouTuber's....that said, I do like the sound of Gopher's voice! And I did read it all the way....lol.

MrJohn wrote: Everybody likes the sound of Gopher's voice.

jet4571 wrote: Ill be honest to me this looks like just another popularity contest prize. I wouldn't be surprised if every mod in staff picks has been in Hotfiles, file of the month, or if not in one of those by a popular mod author. I would much rather never see a well known mod or author in staff picks but obscure and high quality mods. Hidden gems if you will.

Dark0ne wrote:

Ill be honest to me this looks like just another popularity contest prize. I wouldn't be surprised if every mod in staff picks has been in Hotfiles, file of the month, or if not in one of those by a popular mod author. I would much rather never see a well known mod or author in staff picks but obscure and high quality mods. Hidden gems if you will.

Every week, we feature a few mods that have caught our staff’s attention, as well as some that were submitted by you, the Nexus Mods community. If there is a mod you’d like to see on this list, send the name of the mod along with a brief (less than 200 words) description of why you like it to [email protected] and we’ll consider adding it to the list.

I look forward to seeing your recommendation(s) in our mail box, and in the news next week, jet4571! :)

Mr. Dave wrote: Dark0ne, I have a recommendation. How about asking those of us who have industry experience, or those with very extensive modding/developing experience to make tutorials for the new folks that could be exclusive to the site, or just showcased? :D

One of the most intimidating things for a new modder can be the first time they open up one of the major pieces of software used. Or even the simpler ones, if they haven't found good documentation. Tutorials such as what I have on my YT page can help them in jump right in without trepidation.

It mostly just sounds like the home page could use a new tab to separate what kind of 'Site News' and updates we're looking for.

[sleepytigereyes]

I am a big fan of Caliente CBBE body. Without this, so many of us small time modders would only have the vanilla forms to work with.

 

Also, appreciated the interview. It was very intuitive and inspiring. I think there are so many of us that would really like to learn more and teach others to be as creative as they can be.

 

Thank you.

[L0tek]

In response to post #45164085. #45177030, #45180970, #45190555, #45193160, #45218770, #45220400, #45243450, #45244265 are all replies on the same post.

MrJohn wrote: I don't know how I feel about these new "staff picks" and "Sunday discussion" posts that you guys are putting up regularly now I guess. Usually, Nexus news have been useful information regarding games that have extensive modding for them or more major changes to the Nexus itself. They are interesting reads often, though at times not always agreeable. For instance Dark0nes information about the page or how he prefers to run his business side of things, which is interesting and insightful. But these more "tabloid" articles really start to clutter.

I can see the trend in later articles about Nexus wanting to expand from just modding side of things to bigger and broader, such as news, articles and the likes, but I feel as if the broader the strokes will get for Nexus, the less will be given to the specific areas. Games are becoming more and more hard to mod, except for a few developers who incorporate the values such as Bethesda, although you could also call it "lack of responsibility" by pushing the doing of fixes to the community in some cases. (I truly believe Bethesda should've contacted the authors of Unofficial Legendary Patch and SKSE to incorporate some of their work, even if for a fee, to make their game even better, but that is just me in my world of dreams I guess).

I understand the want for expansion in a company, to become bigger and better, and offer more services, but that usually comes at a cost to your core services with the broader audience. The content often become "bloated", as I fear with this site. It happens to many YouTubers (Including Gopher, I feel) where they go "all in" on YouTube and their content starts lacking with the increase of content. A quantity over quality. Using Gopher as an example, a quite upstanding internet persona (as I do not know the guy personally), the older series like Fallout 3 Will and earlier seasons of Skyrim with both Richard and Stiv are better than the later seasons of Richard and the New Vegas series Jack. It may not be visible, the technological side is quite better with the recording and the quality of the videos, but the feel of his content became lacking as it wasn't the thing he did with his spare time where he put not just effort, but also some of himself into it. Now it has become a job. Might be joyful, he might enjoy it (and more power to him), but as the viewer I felt a disconnect, a shift. More pushing on ads and Patreon, as he of course needs to feed his family. But that has impact, in my humble opinion.

And so I conclude this post. Personal apology for singling you out Gopher, but you are the one I recall watching and enjoying until the expansion of Twitch and full-time YouTubing, and after the shift in Googles policies to Google+ enforcement I fell off the YouTube wagon. In essence, the work and effort that the Nexus staff puts into it's content is good, but I feel as more effort has become focused on different areas, with the new site design being more oriented for a bigger stroke of content, rather than the simple site of Nexus we have today which is heavily onto modding and basically that.

Anyway, good riddance if you read all this.

fredlaus wrote: This was a thorough comment, MrJohn, which is pinpointing a crucial aspect of today's media - fast but not furious.
I reckon the style of the "Staff Picks" so far is going to develop as they need to dig deeper to keep up the interest.
To me the "Staff Picks" are beautiful reminders of what is still possible to achieve - even after all these years of modding.

MrJohn wrote: Thank you.

Though there are already several outlets that highlight mods, some dig deep and some find the featured. Guides written by the pages. This is like butter on fat really, though the argument for "it isn't hurting anything" comes to mind which is fair enough.

jasminefairyb wrote: I agree with u on this and it seems to get a bit more disconnected each time I watch some of these YouTuber's....that said, I do like the sound of Gopher's voice! And I did read it all the way....lol.

MrJohn wrote: Everybody likes the sound of Gopher's voice.

jet4571 wrote: Ill be honest to me this looks like just another popularity contest prize. I wouldn't be surprised if every mod in staff picks has been in Hotfiles, file of the month, or if not in one of those by a popular mod author. I would much rather never see a well known mod or author in staff picks but obscure and high quality mods. Hidden gems if you will.

Dark0ne wrote:

Ill be honest to me this looks like just another popularity contest prize. I wouldn't be surprised if every mod in staff picks has been in Hotfiles, file of the month, or if not in one of those by a popular mod author. I would much rather never see a well known mod or author in staff picks but obscure and high quality mods. Hidden gems if you will.

Every week, we feature a few mods that have caught our staff’s attention, as well as some that were submitted by you, the Nexus Mods community. If there is a mod you’d like to see on this list, send the name of the mod along with a brief (less than 200 words) description of why you like it to [email protected] and we’ll consider adding it to the list.

I look forward to seeing your recommendation(s) in our mail box, and in the news next week, jet4571! :)

Mr. Dave wrote: Dark0ne, I have a recommendation. How about asking those of us who have industry experience, or those with very extensive modding/developing experience to make tutorials for the new folks that could be exclusive to the site, or just showcased? :D

One of the most intimidating things for a new modder can be the first time they open up one of the major pieces of software used. Or even the simpler ones, if they haven't found good documentation. Tutorials such as what I have on my YT page can help them in jump right in without trepidation.

Adriexdoom wrote: It mostly just sounds like the home page could use a new tab to separate what kind of 'Site News' and updates we're looking for.

That is a very good point MrJohn and extremely well put, you really drive the facts and reasoning home for both points of view. I do agree with everything you stated and your stance on the matter. It seems this whole "expanding of focus" is becoming much too prevalent everywhere. While indeed it can be a good thing for some companies or people to expand their horizon. While in others it just leads to loss of some core values or traits and can leave the original customers or fans disheartened or feeling somewhat forgotten with a sense of everything being diluted. As you said MrJohn there are plenty of other places to get the other tidbits of information or casual reading, but not many for real hardcore specific information on a narrower subject. Anyways thank you for your comment it is really nice to see someone with a similar opinion and feelings towards something, and have them express that opinion in such an intelligent, and respectful way. Kudos to you sir.

[ehf111]

In response to post #45164085. #45177030, #45180970, #45190555, #45193160, #45218770, #45220400, #45243450, #45244265, #45377570 are all replies on the same post.

MrJohn wrote: I don't know how I feel about these new "staff picks" and "Sunday discussion" posts that you guys are putting up regularly now I guess. Usually, Nexus news have been useful information regarding games that have extensive modding for them or more major changes to the Nexus itself. They are interesting reads often, though at times not always agreeable. For instance Dark0nes information about the page or how he prefers to run his business side of things, which is interesting and insightful. But these more "tabloid" articles really start to clutter.

I can see the trend in later articles about Nexus wanting to expand from just modding side of things to bigger and broader, such as news, articles and the likes, but I feel as if the broader the strokes will get for Nexus, the less will be given to the specific areas. Games are becoming more and more hard to mod, except for a few developers who incorporate the values such as Bethesda, although you could also call it "lack of responsibility" by pushing the doing of fixes to the community in some cases. (I truly believe Bethesda should've contacted the authors of Unofficial Legendary Patch and SKSE to incorporate some of their work, even if for a fee, to make their game even better, but that is just me in my world of dreams I guess).

I understand the want for expansion in a company, to become bigger and better, and offer more services, but that usually comes at a cost to your core services with the broader audience. The content often become "bloated", as I fear with this site. It happens to many YouTubers (Including Gopher, I feel) where they go "all in" on YouTube and their content starts lacking with the increase of content. A quantity over quality. Using Gopher as an example, a quite upstanding internet persona (as I do not know the guy personally), the older series like Fallout 3 Will and earlier seasons of Skyrim with both Richard and Stiv are better than the later seasons of Richard and the New Vegas series Jack. It may not be visible, the technological side is quite better with the recording and the quality of the videos, but the feel of his content became lacking as it wasn't the thing he did with his spare time where he put not just effort, but also some of himself into it. Now it has become a job. Might be joyful, he might enjoy it (and more power to him), but as the viewer I felt a disconnect, a shift. More pushing on ads and Patreon, as he of course needs to feed his family. But that has impact, in my humble opinion.

And so I conclude this post. Personal apology for singling you out Gopher, but you are the one I recall watching and enjoying until the expansion of Twitch and full-time YouTubing, and after the shift in Googles policies to Google+ enforcement I fell off the YouTube wagon. In essence, the work and effort that the Nexus staff puts into it's content is good, but I feel as more effort has become focused on different areas, with the new site design being more oriented for a bigger stroke of content, rather than the simple site of Nexus we have today which is heavily onto modding and basically that.

Anyway, good riddance if you read all this.

fredlaus wrote: This was a thorough comment, MrJohn, which is pinpointing a crucial aspect of today's media - fast but not furious.
I reckon the style of the "Staff Picks" so far is going to develop as they need to dig deeper to keep up the interest.
To me the "Staff Picks" are beautiful reminders of what is still possible to achieve - even after all these years of modding.

MrJohn wrote: Thank you.

Though there are already several outlets that highlight mods, some dig deep and some find the featured. Guides written by the pages. This is like butter on fat really, though the argument for "it isn't hurting anything" comes to mind which is fair enough.

jasminefairyb wrote: I agree with u on this and it seems to get a bit more disconnected each time I watch some of these YouTuber's....that said, I do like the sound of Gopher's voice! And I did read it all the way....lol.

MrJohn wrote: Everybody likes the sound of Gopher's voice.

jet4571 wrote: Ill be honest to me this looks like just another popularity contest prize. I wouldn't be surprised if every mod in staff picks has been in Hotfiles, file of the month, or if not in one of those by a popular mod author. I would much rather never see a well known mod or author in staff picks but obscure and high quality mods. Hidden gems if you will.

Dark0ne wrote:

Ill be honest to me this looks like just another popularity contest prize. I wouldn't be surprised if every mod in staff picks has been in Hotfiles, file of the month, or if not in one of those by a popular mod author. I would much rather never see a well known mod or author in staff picks but obscure and high quality mods. Hidden gems if you will.

Every week, we feature a few mods that have caught our staff’s attention, as well as some that were submitted by you, the Nexus Mods community. If there is a mod you’d like to see on this list, send the name of the mod along with a brief (less than 200 words) description of why you like it to [email protected] and we’ll consider adding it to the list.

I look forward to seeing your recommendation(s) in our mail box, and in the news next week, jet4571! :)

Mr. Dave wrote: Dark0ne, I have a recommendation. How about asking those of us who have industry experience, or those with very extensive modding/developing experience to make tutorials for the new folks that could be exclusive to the site, or just showcased? :D

One of the most intimidating things for a new modder can be the first time they open up one of the major pieces of software used. Or even the simpler ones, if they haven't found good documentation. Tutorials such as what I have on my YT page can help them in jump right in without trepidation.

Adriexdoom wrote: It mostly just sounds like the home page could use a new tab to separate what kind of 'Site News' and updates we're looking for.

L0tek wrote: That is a very good point MrJohn and extremely well put, you really drive the facts and reasoning home for both points of view. I do agree with everything you stated and your stance on the matter. It seems this whole "expanding of focus" is becoming much too prevalent everywhere. While indeed it can be a good thing for some companies or people to expand their horizon. While in others it just leads to loss of some core values or traits and can leave the original customers or fans disheartened or feeling somewhat forgotten with a sense of everything being diluted. As you said MrJohn there are plenty of other places to get the other tidbits of information or casual reading, but not many for real hardcore specific information on a narrower subject. Anyways thank you for your comment it is really nice to see someone with a similar opinion and feelings towards something, and have them express that opinion in such an intelligent, and respectful way. Kudos to you sir.

Well done MrJohn for delivering respectful criticism as opposed to the "internet cloak of anonymity" vitriol that is, unfortunately, all too common these days. It actually caused me to completely read and consider your thoughts.

That said, I look at this a little differently. It all strikes me as inevitable evolution with a dash of human resistance to change sprinkled in for good measure ... not necessarily a bad thing.

Considering Nexus, I think the emerging path forward is a good one. More diversification of content, new features etc ... to me signals that Dark0ne and his colleagues are seeking to deepen engagement with a growing audience. I trust that many new content elements will be tried in the future ... some will stick, some will not and hopefully all will consider our input ... all of us. Content forums that stagnate will die while those that try new things will continue to flourish.

As a quick aside to the "new features" discussion, I think Mr. Dave's idea for a "modding 101" content area is a fantastic one. I can even envision "modding university" with basic/beginner, intermediate and advanced content sections.

To the YouTube side of things ... perfect example of "environment shapes behavior". The Titanic shift in the rules of the game imposed by Google has shaped content creator behavior. But wasn't this also completely predictable and inevitable? Google is not a "bad guy" here either. At the end of the day YT is a business and had to be transitioned from the early "Wild West" days into an actual business. No different from Nexus ... the desire to grow membership means ongoing development of new and diverse content, which means more Nexus people needed, which means more mouths to feed, which means it needs to be operated as a business albeit a fun business.

Last, your example of Gopher is interesting ... I was a very early subscriber and he continues to be one of my top (probably #1) favorite YouTuber. His lets play style is the best in the business ... how could anyone not like Gopher. But interesting in the sense that if we focus on one aspect of YouTube behavioral shift ... let's say Patreon ... he illustrates that there is a very wide spectrum of new behavior. On the one hand there is Gopher representing the group that is evolving along a path of robust, up to date content with a respectful, understated Patreon approach all the way to the other side where the is a bunch of sites that have devolved into something that is tantamount to the digital equivalent of sitting on a street corner with a tin cup or worse yet, an out and out hustle.

To me all of the above evokes the image of a shark ... swim or drown