What happens if you partner with machinima

I began subscribing to interesting gamers who had their own channels in the Machinima. Sometimes, I was watching interesting game plays while a 16 year old told me about his High School prom and how nervous he was. In addition to this, I started hearing stories from the tech circles I frequent that Machinima. The company was often compared to most record companies who recruit a clueless teen with natural talent to profit on until the teen burns out or is no longer popular see Lou Pearlman.

The Lou Pearlman identity people were assigning to the company was unfounded until I came across the story of MrWonanother , aka Jake and his problems with a Machima. The story, as I know it is that Jake wanted to switch to a streaming service known as Twitch and was forbidden to do so by one of Machinima.

After years of assuming things were bad, I saw first-hand that things were potentially as I had hear so I began a 2-month investigation to learn the inner workings of Machinima.

The transcript is below:. Jake : Rishi you around? Rishi : Yeah whats up Jake : I was wondering how I go about leaving machinima? Is Machinima. I was skeptical if this chat was staged by Jake. Rishi on the other hand did agree to a chat with me and his style of writing via Skype was identical to that in the conversation I received above grammar mistakes and all.

To the best of my ability, here are some things I learned about the company. There are three different ways you can come to an agreement with Machinima to create content for them: via HupitGaming.

There are channels who are independent and have their own content but are partnered into YouTube not independently but via Machinima. They are vouched for and made a partner by Machinima. The content creators have mostly editorial independence over what is posted to their channel but there are strict rules as to what Machinima. These individuals are approved in a more strict manner than the channels that are simply partnered.

The official Machinima. I received a few documents from gamers who were approached by Machinima. There are two standard opening email formats when Machinima is looking to recruit new talent. I am with Machinima. Once under contract you have no obligation to submit videos, and you can deliver them to us at your own pace. Once I receive that information I will email you the contract Note: If you are under 18, you must have your parents or legal guardian sign.

If you have any questions, or would like more information, please feel free to contact me at [redacted]. If this sound opportunity sounds like something you would like to pursue, or if you have any further questions, email me at:.

My assumptions were that Machinima promised the world to potential creators but that ended up not being the case. For most invited content creators, this is a lot more money than they were making already with most of them making zero dollars on a hobby that takes a big investment of both time and money. In fact, we have changed a lot of lives through our partnership program, Made many careers.

I was able to track down five different Machinima contracts. Standard non-compete agreements were in place that made it difficult for content creators to jump ship to a competing network easily. There were also agreements that content you uploaded while a Machinima partner would be monetized, promoted and leveraged by Machinima forever even though you technically still owned the content. However,removing the video from your YouTube channel seemed to be fine and Machinima would then no longer be able to monetize it.

In addition to making us feel like shit, they were very careful to make it sound like they were not giving this offer to anyone else. In reality, they give it to anyone and everyone. Quality does not matter. Machinima clearly has the advantage but I had yet to find any evidence of wrong-doing aside from a bit of bullying when meeting with potential partners. Nothing I saw required producers to perpetually upload content to Machinima. I don't think this will stop creators from relying on content channels, because they still make for great exposure opportunities.

Creators who have backed up their content could theoretically rehost it on their own sites, although that depends on the terms of their Machinima contracts. Rehosting them, however, is unlikely to offer the same exposure that a network such as Machinima can provide — even if it has less relevance than in its heyday. Up until the mass removal of videos, there was still much affection for Machinima, as evidenced by the reaction to its demise.

For many fans and creators, anger has replaced affection as the reality sinks in. Is there a future for similar MCNs? He blames executive mismanagement and mercenary partnerships, among other reasons, for their demise. Machinima gave creators the experience of having their videos showcased to a huge audience, but many have now been left with nothing to show for it.

Support UI. X Donate Contact us. New posts. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Machinima Partner Concerned. Thread starter Shadeypwns Start date Feb 11, Prev 1 2 3 Next. First Prev 2 of 3 Go to page. Joined Jan 3, Messages 10, Reaction score 7, Shadeypwns said:. Yeah I've heard the same things about Machinima, and as far as the contract expiring, I don't believe my contract has an end date.

I'm not a large channel so I'm hoping that they won't care if I leave. Also yes it very much matters who I am contracted with, regardless of my income. I'd simply rather get out while the getting is good, so to speak. Well that settles it for me. I'm going to get in contact with some of these other networks and see what my options are.