UGC Limiteds! This change has significantly effected my channel and I should have talked about this earlier - but it should be obvious what's happening by now. Almost 2 months ago, Roblox suddenly changed their policies regarding free in-game prize items, or "[EVENT]s" as I called them. The main change being that free in-game items no longer can have unlimited copies, and they now have to be made limited by default.
There have been very few exceptions to this, such as the Roblox Carrier Center game where the prizes have unlimited copies. It seems like only official Roblox involved games will have unlimited free prize items from now on. Likewise, branded games that used to always used to regularly have unlimited free prize items are now also forced to have limited items as well.
On the bright side, players are finally able to create their own events! (should I even be calling them events anymore?) I'm sure you've seen this from some of the over 300 UGC Event videos that I've created over the past 2 months! The main downside about this new policy is that the items can only have a limited amount of copies. A very small amount of devs are being creative with these items and adding actual tasks like original events, while most other devs are using these items as bait to farm Premium payouts in their boring games.
As an example, a huge portion of free UGC limited items have been for "Simulator" or "Don't ___" games. These games have tasks or objectives that are designed to trap players in them for hours grinding away at mind-numbing tasks for a chance to get a free item. If you didn't know, devs get paid extra Robux when players with Premium membership play their game! And of course, the longer that these players play the game for, the more Robux they'll earn.
I assume the reason why devs make their tasks so grindy is so they can recoup the cost of creating the item! Right now, it costs 20 Robux to add 1 copy to a limited item when it's created. So it would cost 4,000 Robux to create a limited item with only 200 copies available! You see how that cost adds up when devs make items with 1,000s of copies, and I again assume that is why they make these tasks to grindy! Either that or they're just extremely greedy lol.
I still make videos on these extremely grindy items, though I only explain what to do and give a basic guide on how to grind in game so you'll be able to complete the tasks, and I rarely complete them for the video. I'm not too sure if I should keep on making these specific types videos. I literally have a script that I copy and paste text for them due to how repetitive they are. Sure it's content, but it's extremely lazy content that I'm not very proud of. But at the end of the day it is a free item that some of you guys are still somehow interested in, so again I'm not really sure what to do for them.
Also, a lot of you guys want regular event videos back, I do too - but again, they've unfortunately been forcibly replaced due to a new policy. As a send off to these free unlimited free prize items, I'll be remaking my old videos on any games that still have unlimited free items in them! I have a feeling that they might be disabled soon, so you should try to get them ASAP!
Oh yeah! There's also free UGC heads and bundles in the catalog. A lot of people are able to make these. I'm not really sure if I should be making a bunch of videos on them anymore as I've noticed that some of them have changed their prices to Robux shortly after I make videos on them. Right now I try to only make videos on items that clearly state how long they'll be free for or if they're permanently available for free so I don't accidentally click bait you guys!
As for my regular content, it'll mostly be the same as it was before! The only difference being regular event videos being replaced by limited event videos. I'll still be making badge guides and other guides for stuff in games, so don't worry about those going away! I've also slowed down a bit on the uploads for limited items for now. Let me know if you like it when I spam upload 6+ videos a day for free limiteds or if you prefer 1 - 4 videos per day on them. I'm fine with either to be honest, so its up to you guys!
I also want to make it clear that I do in fact actually sleep, so stop telling me to!!! Recording, editing, rendering and creating thumbnails for these limited videos doesn't really take much up time for me , as I've learned quite a lot of tricks over my almost 10 years of making guides, wow. Anyway again, I'm fine and well rested!
That's really all I have to say! As always, let me know if you guys have any suggestions for the channel! I have big plans for other things in both the short term and somewhat long term in regards to channel updates and revamps, and I really appreciate you guys still watching over the years! :)
TL;DR: Regular "event" videos are no longer possible due to most, if not all, new free in-game prizes having to be limited now. "Limited event" and badge videos will be the main content. Mainly free items and badges, just like it always was on here! :)
