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The AOT video got soft banned — it's not showing up in people's recs. What happened?

Yeah, it almost certainly did get soft banned. It blows because this AOT video did really well initially. There's such weird algorithmic stuff going on here. If you zoom way in, you'll see there's a huge spike up and then it just plateaus. This sort of plateau is pretty indicative of just not showing up in anybody's recommended — only showing up on your own channel. So obviously they probably didn't like the fact that it was Attack on Titan, and I completely understand. But I've since changed it so it doesn't actually read AOT.

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Are there any videos that are contributing to this?

Yes, the video that's driving the recent subscriber spike appears to be my NA full course, which is about six hours long. I’m not entirely sure why it suddenly took off, but it’s definitely gaining traction again and seems to be going viral, with a noticeable spike in views. I wish I could see the real‑time view count, but overall it’s contributing significantly to the growth.

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Are you going to keep working on your Minecraft AOT game in the future?

Probably not—it doesn’t make sense to invest a huge amount of time in it. In a good game, when a champion takes damage they should heal; when a champion titan dies, the player should be able to fall back to basic titans while respawning, and the Gail Run mission shouldn’t be impossible to finish. If I’m not actively working on the game anymore, you don’t need to worry about my feedback. Thanks, Wall‑E—I appreciate the nice haircut comment, but honestly that haircut sucks.

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