#Shane Medej

[murasaki-cha]

Truly some of the greatest detective minds to ever detective

#yes ryan the lady from the 1800' that died of death as shane said was hit by a car #mystery files #watcher #watcher enterainment #shane medej #ryan bergara #shane and ryan

[friendly-neighborhood-furry]

for anyone who doesn't have the Return YouTube Dislike Plugin, here's how Watcher Entertainment's "Goodbye Youtube" video is doing right now

yeah... gonna throw out a yikes on that one

i suspect this number will only keep growing in the coming days/weeks, especially the longer and longer we go without any sort of response.

EDIT: its only been three hours and the number has already jumped to 206K dislikes.

#the fucking balls to link to their merch store on the announcement video too #as a long time fan i'm very disappointed #i get that creatives want to and SHOULD be paid fairly for their work. #hell my dad got laid off by MF DISNEY for wanting to be paid a fair wage for the work he was doing #but we're not talking about the billion dollar mega-corporation Disney here #we're talking about a company that by *all respects* should be able to sustain itself off of Youtube Ads & Patreon & Merch & Live Shows- #WITHOUT blowing 100K on flying 6 people out to haunted houses or paying 20 people to make and produce ONE lets play video #in short: Watcher... get your shit together. #watcher entertainment #we are watcher #watcher #shane medej #ryan bergara #steven lim

[quisters]

The ghoulies know what y’all are saying about Shane and they are deeply offended

#my art #watcher #ghost files #shane medej #ryan bergara #shane and ryan #ryan and shane #ghoul boys #demon shane #buzzfeed unsolved #watcher fanart #ghost files fanart #fanart #comic #quisters

[venus-fly-trapped]

#shane medej #ryan bergara #ryan and shane #the ghoul boys #ghost files #watcher #ghoul boys #watcher entertainment

[queenofthearchipelago]

Long Rant about the Watcher Thing

The thing about what's happening with Watcher is that I'm a musician. I understand deeply the difficulties that come with an artist making their art and needing money and the relationship with the people that art is for. So I understand that Watcher needs money to pay their employees and maintain their business.

That said, they revealed that they have 25 employees (half of which are nepotism hires and friends from BuzzFeed) and that one episode of Ghost Files costs "hundreds of thousands of dollars." (Ghost Files being their most expensive show by bar, not their average spending habits per Watcher episode)

I understand from a few people I've seen who are in their Patreon that they make at least 100k per month from the patreon. And then there's the money they get from youtube itself from the views. And then there's the money they get from the ads.

Now I understand that Ryan said this decision came down to primarily 2 things: the ad companies were making them feel stifled with what they could do (which they don't explain how), and they want more money to be able to keep up a higher production quality.

I'm going to skip past the thing about the ads. They never specified how the ad companies were making them change their content in a way that made them feel unsatisfied. I can't speak or provide any opinions on why they want so badly to escape needing ad deals.

But I can talk about the higher production quality they speak of and that's specifically because Ryan said that they wanted to pay for a higher production quality FOR US. "For you guys."

We... we didn't ask for higher production. This is NOT a decision they need to make on our account. I understand and respect if they aren't creating on they level they want. But it's odd that they're speaking towards not being able to afford their current spending habits, as if this is something we asked them to do.

I've read a lot of comments about this and I agree with a lot of you that it's odd that this decision to switch to streaming coincides with the return of Worth It, a show that when produced by Steven, seems like it could easily cost just as much as Ghost Files to produce.

I understand why it feels like this is all Steven's fault. His vibes in the video today, compared to Ryan and Shane, made it seem like he was the most excited about it. It's Steven that has been highlighted multiple times as the business man, the one who makes the financial decisions. It's Steven's shows on Watcher that get canceled after one or two seasons, meanwhile Ryan and Shane's shows just keep going to 5 seasons and beyond.

Shane even said it explicitly, that there are "shows that didn't do as well on youtube, that might do better on a streaming service."

But most of the fans DO watch Watcher for Ryan and Shane, they always have. Steven's shows don't do as well. When Watcher brings in a new host and makes a new show for them, those shows do even worse.

I know this upsets Ryan, he's been very vocal about wanting Watcher to expand beyond himself and Shane. He wants his company to be successful regardless of whether he's in front of the camera or not.

But I feel like this step is trying to force it. Right now, this is still Ryan and Shane's channel. This is why we're here. The people haven't latched onto Steven as much, and the attempts to bring in new hosts have been unsuccessful.

There are lots of comments floating around about why Watcher didn't do what Rhett and Link did and open up youtube membership. Or why didn't they host more live events. Or why didn't they do more livestreams. These all could have been fantastic ideas that wouldn't betray the fans.

Because I do think they forgot that their fanbase is largely women in their 20s. People are right in bringing up the cost of living crisis, in bringing up how many subscription services we're already subscribed to. And my heart goes out to the international viewers who can't access the website at all in their country and the ones who can't afford it because Watcher forgot to consider the currency difference.

I feel that they have betrayed their fanbase. I remember when Watcher started and Ryan admitted he was scared no one would watch. And then we showed up for them because we loved them and what they did.

But now most of the fans can't or won't follow them where they're going. And I think Ryan might know this too from the way he said If this is goodbye, it's been fun.

I wish they would have tried other things before hard launching a streaming service. I wish they would have had a long game plan to get to the place they wanted to be as a company and as creatives.

I feel betrayed but I also don't want this company going bankrupt. If they go bankrupt, then we truly have lost them forever. I hope they take a look at the overwhelming backlash, at their falling subscriber numbers, and I hope they reconsider doing this.

#just a rant of my thoughts right now #watcher #steven lim #ryan bergara #shane medej #thoughtsfromthequeen

[sirsavortoplegreat]

#ryan boogara #shane medej #ghost files #ghoul boys #ryan bergara

[loupettes]

The Ghostly Prisoners of Alcatraz • Ghost Files

#ghost files #amazing omg #ryan begara #shane medej #ghoul boys #wearewatcher #loup.gif

[bruceawaynefrfr]

btw guys smosh post around 34 videos a month over the 4 channels and mythical post 46 videos a month on 3 channels

#13 each on smosh pit and games #4 each on main channel and smosh cast #18 on gmm 15 on gmmore and 13 on mk #id pay 6 bucks a month for that #shady post i know #i hope watcher can survive all this the three guys are creative just think this was a dumb move #watcher #smosh #good mythical morning #watcher entertainment #shane medej #steven lim #ryan bergara #they need to be doing more for a subscription website yknow #smosh and gmm also have office and staff

[spoken-outofturn]

You know what, maybe I will.

#their closed captioning is insane and unhinged and I love it #thank you for the insanity Watcher #watcher #shane medej #ryan bergara #top 5 beatdown

[makky-mystery-ichor]

Guys, new meme template just dropped:

#puppet history #the professor #ryan bergara #watcher #puppet history professor #im hyperventilating #shane medej #we are watcher #puppet history season 5 #makky original: puppet history

[neocrows]

Still thinking about that mid song scene

#my art #puppet history #watcher #shane medej #ryan bergara

[feathered-serpents]

Y’know. I like to listen to puppet history while doing other things, and I noticed several times the Professor mentions “coming back as a new version of myself” and says that he hopes he’s “a little bigger” and now he’s being hatched out of a dinosaur and all of this to say I’m half-expecting season 5 onward to portray the Professor as Shane in a full Shane-sized handmade Professor fursuit that he then proceeds to have a choreographed fight with Ryan in. The man is insane enough to do it

#watcher #watcher entertainment #shane medej #ryan bergara #puppet history

[cornelia-street-cardigan]

We must stop letting guys sit on couches

#watcher #i can’t believe it #I’m so sad #Steven lim #ryan beraga #shane medej

[quisters]

That one time I did a completely impromptu art study using random screenshots from Ghost Files for literally no reason

#my art #shane medej #ryan bergara #ryan and shane #watcher #watcher fanart #watcher entertainment #ghost files fanart #ghost files #fanart #art study #digital painting #comic #buzzfeed unsolved #why did i do this #quisters

[venus-fly-trapped]

Bad blood reminds him of Ryan before they were friends again

#ryan bergara #ryan and shane #shane medej #watcher entertainment #puppet history #watcher #taylor swift #taylor swift 1989 #1989 tv #1989 taylor's version #1989 #the professor

[helloitsbees]

get yourself a bff who knows with dead-on accuracy what you would say to yourself alone in the pitch darkness of Alcatraz Island

#ghost files #ryan bergara #shane medej #watcher