The hunt for a famous youtuber!
I can´t help but think that whenever a famous youtuber enters a multiplayer match that all guns are aimed at him or her, even his or her team mates will probably try to be around that person hoping to be in a video or perhaps just to annoy the crap out of that person. Just watch the videos of a popular youtuber where he or she plays with random people in a multiplayer match, there is almost a guarantee that this person isn´t left alone. It can be quite annoying but the real question is why do people behave like this?
When you see a famous movie star do you go to that person and ask for an autograph and/or maybe even a picture? It´s nothing new really, thousands of years ago people behaved like this towards certain people and they´ll probably keep doing that long after we´re gone. Heroes in the old times like Achilles were living legends, but later the people that worshipped them (for example Alexander the Great) became living legends themselves, of course that´s quite rare but it happens. In Roman times you had gladiators that got respect, well not all of them of course but some, and some even entered the arena by choice hoping to get fame and fortune.
So what has that to do with the hunt on famous youtubers? Well this comes a bit closer to our own time, I think the Wild West is a good example how things often are for youtubers. Because in the Wild West you had famous gunslingers that often got a lot of fame for their skill, but there would always be people ready to challenge them and that could sometimes be fatal. As Billy the Kid said in the movie Young Guns: " I can make you famous!" I think the same counts for youtubers in online multiplayer matches, whenever they enter and someone recognizes him or her then they´ll probably try to be around them when they´re on the same team or try to take him or her down when their on the opposite team. Not that it really brings you fame if you beat a famous youtuber but I guess it gives you some personal glory, maybe a story you´ll tell your grandchildren? Of course that´s silly and it´s just a game, but for some people it´s more and beating that famous youtuber is quite tempting because you don´t meet them every day as an average gamer.
But try not to forget that they´re people just like you and me, they´re probably pretty good at what they do but apart from that they´re nothing more and nothing less than you. So maybe if you meet one of them try not to make it a goal to beat them, but just to have fun with a game. Isn´t that the reason why you play games?
When you see a famous movie star do you go to that person and ask for an autograph and/or maybe even a picture? It´s nothing new really, thousands of years ago people behaved like this towards certain people and they´ll probably keep doing that long after we´re gone. Heroes in the old times like Achilles were living legends, but later the people that worshipped them (for example Alexander the Great) became living legends themselves, of course that´s quite rare but it happens. In Roman times you had gladiators that got respect, well not all of them of course but some, and some even entered the arena by choice hoping to get fame and fortune.
So what has that to do with the hunt on famous youtubers? Well this comes a bit closer to our own time, I think the Wild West is a good example how things often are for youtubers. Because in the Wild West you had famous gunslingers that often got a lot of fame for their skill, but there would always be people ready to challenge them and that could sometimes be fatal. As Billy the Kid said in the movie Young Guns: " I can make you famous!" I think the same counts for youtubers in online multiplayer matches, whenever they enter and someone recognizes him or her then they´ll probably try to be around them when they´re on the same team or try to take him or her down when their on the opposite team. Not that it really brings you fame if you beat a famous youtuber but I guess it gives you some personal glory, maybe a story you´ll tell your grandchildren? Of course that´s silly and it´s just a game, but for some people it´s more and beating that famous youtuber is quite tempting because you don´t meet them every day as an average gamer.
But try not to forget that they´re people just like you and me, they´re probably pretty good at what they do but apart from that they´re nothing more and nothing less than you. So maybe if you meet one of them try not to make it a goal to beat them, but just to have fun with a game. Isn´t that the reason why you play games?
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