Well he has young fans and they get upset easy especially when they miss out on fan meetups. I was at pax east when jack went and they cut his line and saw all those girls just bawl there eyes out. It was hell and many ran from them
@@Choji2011 So many good fandoms and media have such horrible communities. It’s like being a fan of Rick & Morty or anime, in a lot of cases it’s better to just enjoy those things in silence because the loud and crazy bunch damn near represent the entire community even when it shouldn’t.
@@Choji2011 except head right lmfao I used to watch his 100 episodes of happy wheels in middle school and now I’m 18 😢 he’s 100% right I miss how I felt watching my old favorite RU-vidrs and now when I watch them I have no energy to even react
@@UrobourosZero Yup, I like watching Rick and Morty every once in a while and if there's good anime Ill watch it, but I sure as hell wont talk about it because it has a bad name. Just saying "Oh yeah rick and morty is pretty funny" instantly has negative connotations or saying "yeah I like anime" makes people think "ah yes weeb who only wathces mainstream shit".
I love how he acknowledges that most of his fans were still in grade school around his early/peak era while he was already grown up and in his 20s. He's so real for this.
Hate to admit but I accept the cold hard truth, I'm an adult now, looking back, I just don't feel the same excitement back then especially these famous yuotubers. Life kind of changed me. I feel less joy and stressed
he has stated in some vids where he just cant reach that level anymore,the guy does have health issues so it wouldent really be benificial for him to keep doing that,its also due to age too
I actually started to watch old jacksepticeye videos recently, and hes right to an extent. The nostalgia hits har, but at the same time I miss that bubbly energy
Absolutely! The nostalgia hits hard but I feel like his 2017/18 content was prime (at least for me). His recent videos are kinda eh... I personally dont like the random scary games and reaction videos he does nowadays so whenever I watch him I always watch one of his older series. Also yeah, it feels like his energy and personality (to some extent) changed. At the same time I'm glad he is in a better place mentally.
@@gamingtv2841for me his 2014-2016 content was prime. Subbed to him back during his skate 3 playthrough. Idk why i just kinda liked his just having fun vibes. His green hair stage was the worst bc he was clearly forcing himself to continue to act the same way, when that just wasn't him anymore and i could tell it was forced. Ever since he came back to reality around 2021 when he had his viking hair he's become fun and genuine again.
@@gamingtv2841 yeah i've been watching his podcast and it's just that now he has so many new issues as well, i'm starting to understand why he changed. adhd and autism symptoms, health issues such as migraines that give him afasia, being depressed about his family situation (obviously dad's death but also in his own words "didn't visit family for christmas cause he doesn't like them), he lives far from a lot of his friends, and also he's admitted that over the years he's lost confidence in himself due to various reasons, some of which are youtube-related and probably related to other creator(s) since he said he can never talk about them publicly. doesn't mean i don't miss the energy and confidence on him though, i wish him all the best on his journey of finding himself again
I do miss some of the content he’d put out or the high energy things and sometimes Sean does feel like a completely different person from back then but he’s not completely right. I don’t miss being in school I hated high school, it was absolutely hell for me. Bullied, abused, abandoned, hated, etc and his high energy, loud and boisterous Egbert are what made me smile and laugh until I cried. He brought out so much joy and helped me keep going. But the fact of being in school no, the fact that I missed how his videos made me smile and laugh yes. But I’m so glad Sean has grown just like the rest of us into a really great person. His videos still make me laugh every time and still scare the pants off me too! Thank you Sean!!
Wow, I like his older content for sure but the new content just feels like he and his channel grew up just like me. Was in school when I started watching and now I'm in the last year of my college. He changed and so did I. His content matured and so did his audience with him.
@@rvvinayak2243 Get what you mean but I don’t get how you get that feeling from Sean’s channel. The editing and the humour…? And he had so much stronger morals before too. No it just feels like a completely different person’s channel.
@@jaybeanzx yeah I see myself as a completely different person compared to 10-13 years ago. I like Sean and Felix's new type of content, not much editing and just their chill vibe. I guess I'm an exception?
@@rvvinayak2243 What? Since Sean hired an editor his videos are quite edited. In the past they were almost not edited at all. Did I misunderstand you or wdym?
it is tho. people change and some can not accept it so they say they miss the old (you) etc…i guess an example would be scrim from the suicideboys. hella people are saying they miss how he used to rap and the way his voice was, but they dont give two flying fucks that he was off basically every drug in the book back then so they are flat out saying they miss the fucked up depressed and suicidal scrim:/
@@morganb673 I thought the same thing about Joji/Filthy Frank, from what you can tell it seems like he's doing better but instead of being happy for him some fans hate on him because they miss the old videos, which I understand but if we're honest what Sean said here is probably a big reason why we miss them so much. People grow, things change and we need to accept that
@@letizialorusso1950 Thing with Filthy Frank is Joji always wanted to make music and felt it was time to end Filthy Frank. He wasn't really forced to do it like some say. If he hated it he would've stopped a long time ago. He made music as Filthy Frank, so it's not out of left field. Also, honestly, I feel it's mostly immature edge lords who want him back. As funnt as some of those vids are, I personally don't mind the channel being over. The vids are still there after all.
The older content WAS different, that's pretty obvious when you watch it, but I guarentee nostalgia is a big factor in why most people say they prefer it.
No it's nostalgia. I seen youtubers who refused to change their style of content, and they fell off. If your content doesn't evolve you loose your followers. If you change it, you'll still lose some, but gain new followers. it's a hard truth but that's how it works
Not really ._. After a good long look in hindsight, I can definitely say that I do miss the old Anthony and it has nothing to do with my feelings. With Sean? I mean maybe, but I guess it also had to do with the fact that he was playing more games that I like back then. But no this video isn’t correct
@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 I think it hits home for many people. Of course it isn't going to be the case for everyone (like you) but the main reason I believe he's right is because of the age of his fans complaining. A lot of fans started watching him nearly a decade ago when they were 11 or 12. Now they're in adult life and is finding out that watching certain youtubers aren't as exciting as it was when they were younger. It's kind of like being excited for Christmas when you were a child but now you don't feel the "magic" anymore. I somewhat feel the same. I loved jacks older videos when they came out but looking back, they weren't as well made as they are now and I'm just looking back fondly.
@@ManiacalBlueberry hmm benign well made still wasn’t in my thought process. However I do think that this time we are in has a greater missing for the past more than the entire 20th century combined. Just noticed that
@@adonaiyah2196 yeah. I feel like people needed to hear that for those who still cling to the old times. Thankful that i got out of that bubble right before college too.
And he should've. Here's why. I was raised without a dad. I was raised by my mom, grandma, grandpa, and aunt in a house where everyone was constantly screaming, sometimes people threw things at me, and I was hospitalized for aggression and self-harm at the age of 12. I suffered from acute PTSD from that hospitalization, and, little did I know it at the time, but I was suffering from CPTSD from all of the screaming and fighting I'd witnessed. I escaped through video games, roleplaying, and talking to the very few people who I ever could've called "friend". It was fine at the time. It was fine because it always is when that's what you're used to. I was happy then, when I was younger, because I was innocent. I was happy. I grew up, and I started to feel the consequences of actions not just my own, but of my family and my state as well. I realized that everyone around me was happy, my family was happy... and if they weren't happy, they were at least not suffering as much as I was. I felt rage. I was so upset that they'd traumatized me permanently and just left me to suffer. Break out of that cycle. Don't let the past define you, and, regardless of severity (having full-blown flashbacks and dissociative episodes or just feeling sad for a few weeks), DO NOT sweep it all under the rug and dismiss your feelings as unimportant. Learn to break out of cycles now... no, it won't prepare you in the case that you witness something that traumatizes you forever, but it might make you happier of a person.
No kidding, those old Smosh days were my end-of-group-home, stint-in-Detention"Home"-jail, GED-aquiring and eventually college-attending days when that Zelda song was dropped. Ended up severely depressed, suicidal, so did hard drugs and dropped out of college after two years. I still owe the college money for failing English.
Same thing here. I was 14 years old when I discovered Jacksepticeye, in 2013. Life was so easy during that time, no major responsibilities and I still lived with my parents. Now I'm a 23 year old engineering student, living alone in a different city and dealing with a lot of stress. But I'm going to be completely honest, I prefer the "new" and more calm Jacksepticeye. I feel like Séan screamed a lot more in his older videos, which I didn't really like. So with that being said, I was never a big fan of him at first. It's actually much later when I started to appreciate Séan's content.
Eh see I go back and forth on that one. I think they lost a lot of the people that made the content enjoyable. In general I agree with his point but this is one case I don't think I do. That said I don't complain they get to do their thing and it's just fine.
@@NoThankUBeQuiet It's not 100% for sure. Losing Ross, Barry and most of the cast really hurt the channel. Plus, you can feel that energy they had for the first few years. Where it was a new exciting thing.
As someone who has only watched game grumps for the last year I haven’t entirely understood the “they have gotten worse thing”. I fully believe people have just changed while the game grumps have stayed exactly the same for a long time, I go between 2014 and 2022 episodes and they feel like the exact same thing besides for the length of the videos and the quality of the mics.
I love to go back and watch theor old and dumb one-off series like Kendo Rage for this reason. I'm in a much better place now, mentally and such, but the feeling of not having all the added responsibilities makes rewatching a wonderful time. My favorite series is Ross and Dan playing Kings Quest 6
I can say i miss the old jacksepticeye, but i'm incredibly happy everytime he posts a new video, for the fact his still giving out videos, he's still breathing. I'm happy to see all of jack/sean :3
The nostalgia is amazing and still makes me feel great. But growing up alongside Jack was an experience in it's own right. We've all changed but we're still here together after all this time. It's insane that the Internet has given us this kind of gift
I do still like Sean as an individual, and that will probably never change. I’m glad that he is happy where he is now. He deserves to be happy after all these years of hard work to keep his fans entertained. I’m not upset that he has changed as a person. Everyone does over time. But, I must admit that while it is true that I am more mature than I was years ago by a long shot, I still honestly prefer the style of his older videos more. Maybe nostalgia does have at least a small involvement in it, but overall, it’s just my personal taste. Thanks to everyone who read this!
@@rockyblumbleHonestly? They say mindset is not everything. But as someone who was really self-destructive, hated everyone and everything, couldn't enjoy anything at all... It's this change in mindset that sometimes it's just about how I think about things. I realized that I don't need to have any opinion about anything. I'm free to do whatever I want. And if that's the case, then I'd choose the perspectives that can make me love life as much as possible, while also staying realistic of course. Sometimes I'd still feel bad, but that's life. I don't have to self-sabotage just because of that. Maybe it's just because I haven't been taking care of myself enough (not sleeping well, not eating well, not working out, etc.) or because I procrastinate or something. If so, then I'm going to do my best to take care of that then just move on. Because life is all about learning to move forward and learning to acknowledge your role in life. Imo anyway. So I'd put my energy on the things I know I have control over and accept that I really need to do my honest best in there so I can live the best possible good life I can get for myself. That's really just it. I just need to hold to my standards in every moment (even after experiencing failures, I don't need to give up this moment) and remember that my actual needs are small, and that a little discomfort over disciplining myself won't unalive me. This is just what we do now.
I got passionate about this topic here 😅 I put this here because I hope it can help someone even for a bit. I feel like social media these days loves to give messages that convey hopelessness. There are definitely some things that are out of our control, but putting all the focus on that makes us forget all the other things that are in our control. And it makes me so sad to see this on other people. So yeah... This is me hoping that I can help other people realize they have so much power over their life, even when life constantly throws curveballs at them. There are definitely painful things out there, but no one can take away from you what you do in this moment so you can contrast that bad thing you're experiencing with good things. Good luck!
i dont dislike the change, i think growing with the youtubers i grew up with is more connecting to me. i watched mark and sean when i was probably 8 or so and im 17 now and i still watch both of them. i still go back and watch some of the old vidoes that comforted me when i was younger but growing with the channels i loved as a kid feels comforting to me
With that logic I don’t miss old simpsons I just didn’t have any responsibilities. It’s not that the simpsons was a better written show back then it was just because of nostalgia
You know, the more Sean changes the more I like him. I'm currently rewatching him play The Walking Dead and I'm on season 2. I cannot tell you how excited I am to see Sean playing season 3, not to mention 4. It's just so cool to see the people who I look up to also change with time, along with myself. It shows that my idols are real humans, and real humans change
and to kinda add to this, it's a lot harder going back and watching those videos from early Jack days, not because you didn't enjoy those videos at one point, you did, you've just grown out of what you used to like, and that's a good thing. It's like going back and reading your old Facebook posts or something. Current you cringes, past you was like "bro I'm so rad posting my chemical romance lyrics at 3am 8)"
@@DudeMcGuybro Seems like we're all trying to agree with the 'changing' and 'growing' message. Anyway, I disagree. I believe there are people out there like myself who know what we mean when we say they are not the same. Sometimes they were at their best In certain things like "humor, perspective, focus, authenticity". People jumping pretty quick with the nostalgia fallacy. People do change, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worst. Then there's acceptance for either of them.. Then the older you get, the less likely you are to change what you have accepted, better or worse.
I remember when I first started watching Jack I would get a notification that he posted a video when I was in school and I was so excited to go home and watch it, I'd get home from school and watch what jack posted, then mark, the the game grumps while doing my homework. Miss those times❤️
I was an older gamer fan in my 40s in classic Sean years. It's not nostalgia. It's just the sadness that people lose the exuberance and pure charisma that comes with success of humble good guys
That's exactly it though. I cannot enjoy the things i loved back in the day the same way anymore. Those magical moments i had watching my favourite movies for the first time in the middle of the night, not having to worry about anythinf in life.
You cant experience things the way you did in the past, but you are at least able to experience things the way only the you of the present can. Welcome to life, one day you will say goodbye, so have fun while it lasts.
It has nothing to dl with that, it’s because back then they were all NEW. You can’t go back and watch something for the first time again when you know every joke that’s coming. He’s pissing off every commentor that says he’s washed because he knows it’s true. We’re old, but so is he!
I started watching Sean back in 2016 when i was about 10,and tbh i do miss the old Sean because of how energetic and chaotic he was. But as i grow,i appriciate the maturity that Sean adopted as he got older
I say this too about those saying "first love never die", what you miss is the feeling of not knowing what hurt or losing love felt like, it's like seeing fire for the first time, feeling it's warmth without knowing it can burn you
The problem for me is that, for my first love (that I can remember**), I only realised it when I felt the hurt and the loss. I knew a lot of children 'dated' and stuff, and I watched a lot of PG movies/dramas a lot as a kid, but I just never rly associated myself with the feeling of love?? (Honestly, a part of me still doesn't rly know whether it was actually love) So for me, it's more like the opposite: my first love never died because I knew how much it started to hurt;; that mixed with a lot of regret about what I could've done with my friends but didn't.....I feel like it rly messed me up - esp. since, I was given a false sense of hope, I was told I had a choice in the decision when it didn't even matter, I had to move. As much as I do love some of the experiences and ppl after moving, I would give all that away just to have a chance to stay, maybe just a little longer (like I asked, maybe until the end of the yr) ** Apparently I said I wanted to marry someone when I was even younger, and I am the only one who doesn't remember that or the feelings attached to it; And tbh, I think it's more like looking up to an older person (parent/sibling) and saying that (y'know what I mean right?);; More meaning was probably put into it because we weren't related -- kinda don't know why I looked up to him, but that's probably because he kinda bullied me (it was light teasing/bullying, that I exaggerated in my head, but I swear I heard him admitting to bullying me last yr)
Me at 22 who comes home from uni and watches videos all day with little responsibilities and never watched the old Anthony or Sean: "I like current Anthony and Sean" 😂
@@victorkaranja1420 I do digital media in on my 2nd year, so Ive studied journalism, filmography, photography, marketing, app design. And this year I'll go on to do 3d design, design for mobile, social media and tv/studio work
I'll always love jacks channel and videos no matter how old i ever get no matter if his channel or me but mostly me grow up or change I'll never get sick of jacksepticeye🥺💚
No, I realised this a while ago. I love the "new sean" we have had similar growths throughout the years and it helps me to know he's on a similar journey and I'm not alone. Although hearing sean say my thoughts but from his own brain does blow my mind.
For me its very much the opposite. My life in between 12-21 were absolutely awful. I had undiagnosed autism and ADD, suffered from an awful depression that never gave me a break, had anxiety so often I forgot what it was like not to be scared and nervous about everything except my own bedroom...and now I just can’t look at the content I used to enjoy back then. Yes, I have also grown and changed, but I have left entire hobbies behind just because they make me feel bad today. I am so happy to have put that part of my life mostly behind me. I just wish I could have enjoyed any of my teen years at all.
See I was kinda the same but likr I saw Mark and Jack and some other youtubers as friends who loved playing these games and I loved watching it cause It felt like I had friends. Now I watch it and im bored not cause of the content but cause I feel like its almost the same tbing and as I grow older the more I want different things
I like both the old and the new, honestly. You can tell over time, the slight changes in accent, the energy, the gradual maturity, and the journeys of life. I found comfort in knowing that as I grew up, so too, did the sean I always loved watching after coming home from school. And as I grew to sometimes prefer the more genuine sean who wholeheartedly LOVES the games he plays and talks about why, I often would go back and watch the high energy antics of a sean who enjoys the moment over the idea, or even the most chill version of sean, prop hunt sean, who always was just super laid back. Top of the mornin to you all. And I’ll see you dudes… next time.
Growing up and watching Jack also grow up has been such a privilege. There have been many laughs, deep thoughts and sometimes sad moments. It's okay to miss the old days but don't forget what's right in front of you right now.
i remember in grade 4 when i first discovered jacksepticeye and coming back to watch his happy wheels videos and subnautica videos and infamous second son videos. now im in grade 12 about to apply for university. Thank you jack for a wonderful childhood.
The sad thing is, it is mostly true. Part of it is because we’re not gonna have that same feeling again when we first watched them, the other part is that RU-vid has changed because of new management. But the thing is as well, while the world changes, we change with it. RU-vid is definitely different from what it was before, but we all grow older and have different interests over time. Something that you loved a year ago, you would rewatch it and think “why did I get so much enjoyment out of this?” Nothing lasts forever. Sometimes you lose interest in someone’s channel because you’ve changed, other times it’s the content creator that changed. Regardless of what it is, everything changes. Nothing stays forever, so cherish those moments of when you did enjoy them because chances are it’s not gonna stay that way
Seán is right about this. Sometimes I go back to older videos from people I've watched for AGES and I realize how poor their mic quality is, how inexperienced they seem, overall just sometimes feels like a lower quality experience. These days a lot of the YTers I watch are doing more of the things they want to do and are more mature. We shouldn't take them for granted!
So you’re basing your argument that RU-vidrs from when they posted good content only made good content because of the quality of their equipment? That’s pretty low of you to go 😂 so basically you think people who are trying to make entertaining content for others aren’t worth watching because they haven’t spent thousands upon thousands of dollars? That’s some pretty childish thinking 😂
better quality equipment =/= better content... a lot of the time, way better production value makes it worse, because it feels more detached and less personal.
I realized that i was not nostalgic over events or the past in general, i was just looking for the feeling of satisfaction i had in the past. But it wasnt tied to the past itself. Its just the feeling that i liked and that feeling will come again.
So he did change. It's not always about nostalgia as he was putting It. Sometimes people do lose a fun or deep part of themselves overtime. For me, It's the quality of the person, not the time or feeling.
I always did question those people I see go and say 'i miss the old ___' and I think this summed it up pretty well. Change happens, it's normal, not everything's gonna stay the same forever, you can either accept those changes and take them in stride, or you can go around in circles just stuck in the past
Some ppl just generally miss the old content. Change isn't always good and many utube channels have evolved so much you can't compare them to the how they were at the start.
Right. I always roll my eyes when I see the “I miss the old Smosh😭” because I just kinda feel like… would you really think those were funny now? I watched them when I was a teenager so they were, but now you’re a grown adult. Would you still enjoy that content without the nostalgia bomb or would you swipe it away because it’s more aimed at younger audiences?
