Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26216430-20150330075700/@comment-26454962-20150610080439

IonMapping wrote: I'm afraid you're still not convinced about my second point, so here's my own experience as a new mapper in Dec 2014 to Feb 2015:

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I just arrived in the wiki and decided to venture into the wikia chat. I talked in chat with other mappers(some of them thought I was an Ethan alt lol), including Sakhs, Ingo, Kavishan, Asdf, Disturbed and many others. Then I got some attention, with some mappers believing that I'm underrated. I got a handful of active subs, which made me very happy. After that, I started to grow slowly, but steadily. More and more mappers heard my name or even knew and kept an eye on my channel. Soon I got 50 subs. That was only the start.

I started to make articles about my series and nations on the wiki, which quite a lot people looked at. VoidViper did the same, and it really gave his videos a big boost in exposure. Soon, some other newer mappers arrived or appeared(Ender, TL etc.), and I got the chance to talk with them. Interacting with new mappers is fun, especially when said mappers are good. I watched their vids, they watched mine and we both gave feedback about each other's vids. Meanwhile, my channel was starting to reach a point where it can self-sustain it's growth.

In this period, I met Nick. (Yes, he started after me) My first impression of him was his high-quality videos. They were just... near-perfect. A lot of other mappers then discovered him and his sub count got crazy.

Everything else after that event is pretty obvious. Nick now has more than 2000 subs (Note: He started off with 140) and I have nearly 500. I wouldn't say I'm very well-known, but I'm pretty sure that most mappers saw my videos. The whole growing experience was marvellous when you look back. It's astonishing how far I've got, and how far I can still go.

So yeah. Nice day to you. I am afraid I don't understand what you're saying. Do you want to join chat?