Technoblade Achieved the Impossible
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Four years ago, a YouTuber by the name of Technoblade achieved the impossible.
Technoblade participated in a hide-and-seek tournament run by MrBeast, the largest YouTuber on the planet.
Both of them posted their videos on April 4th, 2021, but something strange happened.
Technoblade, despite only having 6.8 million subscribers, managed to get 47 million views.
Mr. Beast, of course, gained more views than Technoblade at 124 million, but Technoblade
managed to engage almost 7 views per subscriber, while Mr. Beast couldn't even get 1.5 views
per subscriber.
Technoblade had somehow managed to overcome a corporation of 60 billion subscribers.
people tirelessly working for Mr. Beast. Millions of dollars he had to spend. 85 million less
subscribers. The question then remains, how is this possible? How could a YouTuber who
played a block game be such an influence that Mr. Beast uses him in his own thumbnail? How
did Technoblade manage to get better statistics on a video than a multi-million dollar corporation
who obsesses over the smallest details of everything they do? How did Technoblade beat
Mr. Beast? Well, it's because Technoblade understood that a good story will never go
out of style. There is no greater power on this earth than story.
The YouTube intro has taken many forms over the last few years, but they always have a
few things in common. There is always a hook and a reinforcement of what the video is about,
but there are a few differences in just the first 10 seconds. Mr. Beast decides to spend
that time developing the stakes of the video. He explains the youtubers are hiding on this
massive earth build, they are competing for a $10,000 fridge, and he shows a few reactions.
Technoblade decides instead of hide stakes or reactions from other youtubers that he
needs personal motivation for his video. If you think about it, MrBeast has no real reason
to be there other than the fact that this is what MrBeast does. The problems with the
storytelling go beyond the first 10 seconds and have to do with the stakes of the video.
Mr. Beast doesn't really have any challenges and there's no difficulty to what he faces in his video.
Compare this to Technoblade who develops his first problem as soon as the intro ends.
Not only that, but every action Technoblade makes has consequences and has issues that result because of the choice he made.
Technoblade tried to cross the world border into Antarctica, so he got caught.
Problems are always coming up for Technoblade to solve, making his story more engaging and interesting to follow.
Certain jokes are always funny. Others get old. Then there are those that aren't funny anymore,
not because of the joke itself, but because the person who hears it has changed.
MrBeast has a habit of using popular memes and jokes in his videos to make them more relatable.
In theory, this works really well, but the issue comes with age. MrBeast videos are funny
when they release, but quickly become corny and cringe after a few months.
If you look at not only the memes MrBeast
Beast uses, but also how much Mr. Beast expects the viewer to know, it becomes very culture
and time specific. To fully enjoy Mr. Beast's video, you need to know about two outdated
memes and the ten people he is hunting. Technoblade does not rely on jokes like this, making his
videos more palatable for a general audience.
Appearances make impressions, but it is the personality that makes an impact. There aren't
many places where their videos overlap, but when they do, we get a glimpse of each creator's
editing style.
One good example of this is when Technoblade bargains for a $5,000 bonus fridge.
Mr. Beast shows this moment, but doesn't show all of the details.
Mr. Beast asks for the information, Technoblade makes a joke about the double fridge, and
then Technoblade tells him what he wants to hear.
Technoblade's video reveals that much more information was left out.
First of all, there was another person in that voice call, and it wasn't even the
person Mr. Beast cuts to, and the second point isn't something Mr. Beast left out, but
rather something Technoblade adds in.
