Don't Give Up!

I know it has been a couple weeks since I last added an entry, but don't worry, I'm still here! This is actually something I've had on my mind for quite a while, but I'm really starting to notice it more and more, now that I'm part of a network. 
A lot of the people that were active in the fullscreen forums when I was active were people that had just recently joined the network, and they were stretching their legs, just like me. Most of the people that joined around the same time, especially the gamers, had actually just started to hang out on YouTube. Their channels were new, and they had all the vigor in the world! Then, slowly but surely, just about everyone I talked to lost their will to continue. Most of the contacts I had made through fullscreen have already pretty much just given up on YouTube. 
The majority of the people joining the network are actually new to YouTubing, especially with video games. It's the kind of thing where they follow some famous YouTuber and think they can just start right from the top. A HUGE problem I've noticed is that for the most part, there are only three types of gamers on YouTube. There's the 'dudebro,' who plays ONLY Call of Duty, Battlefield, Counter Strike and now Titanfall. Then there are the minecrafters, who add hour after hour after hour of footage daily to YouTube just of what you can do in MineCraft. Then there are the horror gamers, who basically use PewDiePie as a bible, and only play horror games he has played. That is basically ALL there is.
The amount of people that do games on Fullscreen that are not one of these three types of gamers could actually probably fit in a single fast food establishment's restroom. This fact is kind of disturbing (Though not because the few of us that don't fall into one or more of these three categories are now stepping in piss), but there's also the fact that there are thousands, if not, hundreds of thousands of brand new YouTubers entering the fray daily, putting the exact same content up. The sheer amount of competition each of these newbies (and I'm not using that as a derogatory term here, they are simply new) faces is incredible. To stand up and be seen/heard above this quivering mass of uniformity is quite the daunting task. 
I'm not necessarily saying that everyone should do it differently, as there is clearly an audience for those types of content, but... The odds of them succeeding are incredibly slim. I've been on YouTube for something like 7 years now, and I'm still not like... a worldwide name, but... I'm still here! Becoming an overnight celebrity really isn't something that 9/10 people, or even 999/1000 people is going to experience. I think it's time the majority of the people hopping on the YouTube bandwagon sample is just being themselves.
I see a ton of YouTubers that fit into one of those three categories just imitating a more widely known YouTuber thinking that that is how they will rise in the ranks. Unfortunately for all of us, just copying someone else is not a viable strategy when it comes to YouTube. Not only that, but even the biggest YouTubers change over time. Take PewDiePie for example, not even the grand subscription king himself still puts up only horror games. What makes you think that just doing the same thing day after day will let you succeed when it hasn't let anyone else? 
I'm not writing this entry to tell you that you can't succeed though! I'm just trying to give some of you a better idea of what you can do to succeed! If most of you spent a bit of time being yourselves, maybe it'd work out better for you. There's also the fact that after you have a great start, you need to use that momentum! I see plenty of newbies to YouTube put in hours and hours of work every single day and pester every person they pass by into subscribing/commenting/liking/favoriting/sharing their videos. While networking and spreading the word through social media is great, sometimes it can be a little much. I had a friend that jumped on YouTube and for I dunno, a month or so, and he sent me multiple messages every single day to tell me about his videos and subscribing and all of that. That can be a little much. 
Like anything else, there has to be a balance. If you keep things up like that for too long, it's pretty much inevitable that you will burn out. The thing with YouTube is that you're allowed to burn out, but only if you come back. You may not be walking into the same environment when you return, but, that may not be such a bad thing. I myself am not looking to become something akin to PewD's or even Robbaz, but I know that I can succeed, and I can expand, and I plan to do just that! If you're not famous overnight, don't sweat it, 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% aren't either. That in itself isn't a justifiable reason for you to give up!