I'm Rock-aTired of the Rock-afire

I know this is some heavy news for most of my viewers but I'm considering just unlisting some Rock-afire related videos off my channel. 

As I said on my YouTube community posts section:

I've never been all about the views and Subscribers when creating YouTube content but I'm starting to think it's a little ridiculous how I'm trapped in some algorithm bullshit. Of course, I'm talking about Rock-afire Explosion content and how it's just plagued view counts on my original content and the type of audience that I get. I gave up making a bunch of Rock-afire Explosion content years ago by now and those videos still get thousands of views in comparison to my newer videos that sometimes can't even break past 20-30 views. The unluckiest videos are forever stuck at 5 views and never get past it. 

I still do YouTube for fun but I'm just jealous of my own older content getting more attention than ones that I put WAY more effort into! If I can get 45k views on a video, why can't I get the same attention on other videos? How come I have 1,320+ Subscribers and still can't even get more than 20 views on most of my content? Y'all are fake lol. 

I'm just tired of also attracting the wrong audience. I always get people (specifically little kids) who come to my channel and beg on their hands and knees for Rock-afire content. It doesn't happen constantly but it happens way too often and I think I'm ready to take another step in order to move on:

I'm just going to unlist my Rock-afire content. 

This solution might not even do anything, but it would definitely get my message across. I really hope people come to understand why I'm coming to such a huge decision. I'm just beyond the Rock-afire now. 

I just want to get recognized for work that's of my own. With characters that are my own, stories that are my own. I don't want to rely on something made by some 60 year old goofball in Florida anymore. 

Aaron Fechter doesn't even like others making Rock-afire content without his expressed permission anyway! So why shouldn't I just shift the gears? 

As you can see, Aaron Fechter has this dumb knack for needing to put a number on people's Rock-afire content. It was fun to rebel against it but I'm using it as an excuse at this point. It's discouraging when you love something that someone else has created and they don't let you create something inspired by their  idea. 

If Aaron wants to gate-keep something, he should just create something new and original that doesn't have traction already. He is an "inventor" isn't he? Why doesn't he just create something new to put a paywall over?

Don't get me wrong, I've loved the attention and recognition that my Rock-afire Explosion content gained over the years. I get so much love for the Rock-afire stuff, I've been recognized IRL at Billy Bob's Wonderland, and my most viewed stream is a stream I did at Billy Bob's Wonderland! It's all very great but I feel bad that I get so much love in one place when I focus on making other things and no longer wish to work with what my viewers and subscribers want the most.

Even YouTube wants me to make Rock-afire content. EVEN YOUTUBE ITSELF. How is that possible?

A few months ago, YouTube introduced this new Ai idea generator. (Which I do not condone at all in the first place) And upon booting it up, what does it suggest? Rock-afire content...

What a slap to the face...



Obviously, I would never make a video based on Ai prompts but this is just ridiculous...
It won't even give me a prompt anyway if I type in "Can we do something that's not Rock-afire Explosion related?"


I tried messing with this thing to see if it would give me something different than Rock-afire. 

I typed in Legos... it suggested Lego Rock-afire (I already did that on my own)


I typed in 3D Printing, it gave me Rock-afire 3D Printing ideas. 
(Another idea I already had on my own)


I went REALLY far and typed in "Women!"

AND IT GAVE ME ROCK-AFIRE CONTENT IDEAS BASED ON THE PROMPT "WOMEN"

What the actual hell???


This one doesn't even make any sense!

"Rock-afire's Guide to Transformers???" WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN!?

At least the last one's fine... I was sorta getting somewhere...


I finally broke it with one prompt... and that was it... 
Mermaid Melody beats Rock-afire like Rock clocks Scissors.


Seeing this, an Ai suggesting that I do Rock-afire content and NOTHING else, is oddly distressful. It's sad. 

I sometimes feel like I should just move to another platform, start an entirely different channel for my original content. But that's stupid, I built my YouTube channel for 10 years. I'm not going to give up on it, even if the algorithm is fucking things up for me. I'm still going to try and shift the true focus of the channel. Even if it means wiping the problem area away. 

Another thing that's sad and tires me out is the Rock-afire fandom. There's a LOT to unpack in that area but I'd rather not get into it in too much detail. For the most part, the fandom is riddled with kids who shouldn't be on the internet, and really freaking wild and creepy people. The Rock-afire Explosion fandom is just a cesspool of pedophiles and snotty little kids. Both of those obviously shouldn't be around each other. Even the 'cool' millennials that are there to remember their childhood in the 80s get weird. There's some guy in the fandom who left his wife to date someone twice as young as him... that's really fucking weird, Travis. But I don't know the full story on that so take that information with a grain of salt. 

There are so many weirdos in the fandom, a lot of toddlers who are obsessed with Target locations, and the creator is a shitshow of a man who won't let others enjoy his work unless they pay him 7 premiums. 1 for watching, 1 for the privilege, 3 for breathing, and 2 for having the high honor of paying to watch Aaron Fechter film himself sweat in a tanktop and yap about his life for an hour.

I also want to mention that the kids that watch my channel have actually affected my channel analytics. It's really flipping weird. There's this section where it shows me what my viewers also search for and what content they watch in order to 'inspire me.' Last time I went to that section, I got jumpscared by a bunch of content farm shit. I'm talking full on inflation, cocomelon-esque characters, 1 hour Peppa Pig compilations... I'm not pandering to that shit... never, ever. These kids are weird and infect everything. 

But hey, listen, I was 12 at one point too. I used to be a Rock-afire kid. I don't have anything against children in general. A lot of them can be cool little dudes. I'd want my own son or daughter someday. But right now, and when it comes to making content, I'm 23 years old and in god damn college. I've grown up and being in a fandom that could make up a sizable preschool classroom just ain't my vibe. Nor should it be anyway. I don't owe anyone anything.

I don't owe ANYONE Rock-afire Explosion content. 

I don't even owe anyone my own original content! I just make it for fun! 

I just wish the things I put more heart and effort into got as much attention as my Rock-afire stuff does. That's all I wish could be. It's not a requirement, and I don't want to get YouTube famous. I just want my better work to be recognized. What artist doesn't? 

It's like putting my paintings in an exhibit at the local art museum and everyone interacts with an appropriated art piece rather than a really cool interactive experience I've worked 3 years on. 

I'm just tired... I'm a college student at an art school. I got "look at what I can do" brain.

I strive to have my work critiqued so I can improve. I strive to entertain with creations that come from me and not based on something else. 

It might not fix anything but I still wish to unlist most of my Rock-afire content and help change the direction of M-T Creations from here on out.

I don't care if this decision costs me subscribers. If you watch my channel purely for Rock-afire Explosion stuff, you're in the wrong place.

Speaking of subscribers, I made the deal that I would make a CGI Rock-afire Explosion animation if I surpassed 1,000 subs. At this point, finishing that project would cause more harm than good for the channel. I'm sticking to my decision. It's sad, even for me. I was looking forward to making some Rock-afire content that I had in the barrel for a long time but it's not healthy for the new direction and the new reach that I'm trying to gain. 

So all my points stand firmly, here's your TL;DR:

- Too many kids come asking for Rock-afire stuff

- My original content doesn't get enough attention

- I love the Rock-afire but I have no desire to make any more content 

- Aaron Fechter is a roadblock and discourages Rock-afire content creation

- I'll still keep some of my favorite Rock-afire videos unless they also become a problem

- Unlisted videos will still be viewable here on this blog as links

- I love the recognition I got before but I'd rather be known for the newer things that I've done

- The Rock-afire Fandom tires me out

- YouTube Ai thing wants me to only create Rock-afire content


EDIT: MY POINT IS PROVEN!!!

Very shortly after posting my Rock-aTired video, some kid started harassing my channel asking me to make more Rock-afire content... I really thought I was clear enough.



The videos that are going away, but you can still watch them here!



Edit: They've been redacted and all remaining Rock-afire videos that I saw fit to unlist are now no longer viewable on my channel. If you kept any links or archived those videos, you are free to repost them with the proper credit!

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