Hey Bea! ā¤ļø I have no idea what's going on because I can't see your channel anymore but I want you to know you need to stay strong. You're amazing at what you do. I seriously can't help but feel like when you get to a part in your series- something happens. Whether it's age restricted, channel deleted or the AI voices actor coming to you (which I won't get into because it not my business but I do find it a bit strange..). There's always something, and I find it strange. It could just be a coincidence that these things happen but they seem to be happening a lot, maybe not too soon but it definitely occurs. I have no idea what help I can personally do to lend you a hand but please stay strong. All your stories are amazing, your drive, your passion and overall aesthetic! I'm not sure if YouTube is a safe place to keep posting but hang in there! You could always try Dailymotion, your own site or even on here. There is nothing you can't do but just know I and a few others are here to support you and lend out a hand to you, whether it be a need for voice actors or anything, for free of course. Love you bea and stay strong! Don't let this defeat you queen! š
My channel is fine, just hidden for the time being. They were collectively reporting it for whatever reason. The voice actor is also kinda petty. I was in the wrong to use his voice, I set the videos to private, apologized and offered to pay for the sample he sent me a few months back. He said heās not fine with me using his voice and I thought okay, thatās the end of the story, but no. He keeps sending fellow voice actors to attack me for using AI voices. Which is ridiculous! Theyāre all computer generated and werenāt cloned from actual humans. Theyāre all available on Elevenlabs voice directory. I have commercial rights to use them bcs I bought the Creator tier, which is 22 dollars/month. And Elevenlabs now has professional voice cloning too, users upload their own voice samples on Elevenlabs for people to use freely, and they get money after idk how many generated characters. The ridiculous part was one saying that I should use an actual cast. But why should I? I ticked off their community bcs I shown them that it can be done beautifully with computer generated voices. My series is a threat to the voice acting community. I feel like their time is numbered with these powerful AI tools. Last night I searched up a ton of other AI voice generated websites, and some sound just as realistic as the ones from Elevenlabs. Normally you canāt really copyright a voice, since many people have the same voices, or similar. I couldāve denied everything and the voice actor would have no way of proving itās actually his voice, bcs letās face it, he sounds nothing like Lathamās voice. But I owned up to it and messaged him to apologize. And with this I am done talking about this topic. As for why my story gets attacked⦠bcs I dare say I am the only sims 2 creator who actually has a solid plot with detailed world building, characters who actually have personalities, and theyāre also very good looking imo. Iām also the only one who can build a channel from scratch and gain new subs and actual views. The others have the same sub counts for years and years. Idk where this unnecessary hate is coming from. Like sit down and work as hard as I do on my stories. Uploading a video every few years or months wonāt gain new followers. Itās all about consistency. I can make an episode fast and still deliver the same quality content. And I know itās not easy to attract viewers to sims 2 stories because sims 4 is trending now. Thatās why you have to do something that stands out, something that attracts viewers from the sims 4 community as well. Like I know one series that is basically a mixture of Forsaken Souls and Infected, which makes it a cheap ripoff, and I should go on their channel and attack them for ripping off my stories, but theyāre not even worth that. Too much effort on my part to waste on someone who doesnāt know how to make original content. Also viewers arenāt stupid. They know originality when they see it. Iām by no means claiming my stuff is 100% original, bcs itās impossible. Everything has already been done is some form. I also get inspired by many things and stories, books and so on, but never another sims story for sure. Either way, right now I am taking a break from YouTube bcs itās just so toxic and draining. But yeah, I lost a channel with 40k subs, itās not like this drama is affecting me, ofc it makes me mad, but in a few days I wonāt care. Yk what happens when people try to take me down? I try even harder to bring something new and exciting to the table. They donāt understand that the more they attack me to more I wanna do better. Itās doing quite the opposite of what theyāre going for. Anyway, Iām still trying to figure out if I want to continue the story with AI voices or just return to subs. I havenāt decided yet. Although I already found a new AI voice for Latham ( and no, itās not cloned from a human, just to make it clear.) I also dunno if I will continue to upload new videos to YouTube other than previews. I might look into making a website or just move to Patreon altogether. Thanks for the kind words ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø