How helpful are some youtube channels?
Genie4pf
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I find some YT channels very helpful for any level of summoner you may be. They help explain what this is, what it does, how it does what it does etc. The kt1s, seatin, lagacy, richtheman, beroman, the karate dude are all examples of these type of channels.
On the other hand there are particular channels with just absolutely bad videos, zero help, zero insight on the game. Take metal sonic dude for example, dude just does solo videos no one requested for. That is probably the worst youtube page to turn to as a lvl 1 summoner or a lvl 60 valiant. Sweedah l is probably an even worse channel to go for. I’m usually intrigued as to what they expect the majority of comments to be
On the other hand there are particular channels with just absolutely bad videos, zero help, zero insight on the game. Take metal sonic dude for example, dude just does solo videos no one requested for. That is probably the worst youtube page to turn to as a lvl 1 summoner or a lvl 60 valiant. Sweedah l is probably an even worse channel to go for. I’m usually intrigued as to what they expect the majority of comments to be
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Some aim to teach and explain. Some aim to show what is possible. Some do both.
Your views on Swedeah and MSD are kind of like saying “Why does anyone watch professional athletes or Olympic competitors?They are setting unrealistic expectations for a beginner.”
Whenever I get a new champ, I immediately go to her channel and look for any videos about that champ, she explains every champ like to a five year old, way better than reading paragraphs and spotlights.
Your response is actually a classic example of the Dunning–Kruger effect. In short, you're not good enough at this game yet to recognize or understand what you can learn from MSD and Sweedah's videos. Which is why they don't appear instructive to you. This isn't an insult on your abilities, but rather just a factual statement on the natural progress of learning anything.
In reality, their videos have a considerable amount to teach you, much more so than the standard "tutorial" video, which I'd argue is 95% just someone reading the nodes and champion abilities out loud for you and providing some visual examples.
Instead, videos like MSD's solos teach you about spacing, power management, AI patterns, champion timings, and key strategies for difficult nodes/abilities. These are complicated topics that are situationally dependent on the battle state, and nobody can really give you a second-by-second rundown. You have to learn by observation (which requires you to know what to look for) and imitation/practice.
The closest analogy to this that I can think of in real life are people who seriously study an instrument or music as a profession. Once you reach a certain level, there are no longer step-by-step tutorials to learn from. Instead you learn by observing master performances and studying/practicing where you're falling short compared to them.
An example of the dunning Kruger effect is the people who can't get out of victory track and complain about matchmaking and that roster size is the only reason they don't finish in celestial. Yet don't know champion abilities, masteries, draft strategy, or how to bait an opponents champion out because they have no counter if he is placed on defense. All they know is that they have a smaller roster and its the only reason they don't finish as high as someone in the top 100.
even if i can't solo all the necro fight then their videos still give ppl an idea of what is possible and encourage them to try a better play style than just parry and 5 hits combo