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Rain was grinding Borderlands 2 challenges for a tiny audience.
Then he started over on a brand-new channel.
19 months later:
→ 120,000+ subscribers
→ Tens of millions of views
→ Multiple $3K+ months (some hitting $4–5K)
Here’s exactly what changed:
Before, Rain had two problems.
The challenges took forever. He couldn’t post consistently when every video meant hours of grinding the game.
The niche was small. Even great videos could only reach so many people.
He wanted to go full-time, but he had no clear direction.
He needed one thing he could lock in on and execute every day.
So we made two changes.
1. A bigger opportunity.
We to Minecraft mods, a much larger potential audience.
2. A simpler process.
We narrowed his format, topics, runtime, and packaging options.
Fewer decisions. Less volatility. More consistency.
We also switched him from challenges to explainer videos.
His job stopped being “get good at a game.”
It became “research a topic and turn it into a script.”
That’s work you can do every single day.
The results:
March 17, 2025: First video. 0 subscribers.
November 2025: 11,000+ subscribers and his first $3,000 month.
October 2026: 120,000+ subscribers, more $3K+ months, and his first million-view video: “Every Wonderland.jar Monster Explained.”
The lesson?
A clear vision of success changes everything.
If you want gaming YouTube to be your career, find the right opportunity and build a process simple enough to repeat every day.
It might take a year. It might take more. It might take less.
But you have to show up every day and do the work.
One video at a time.
You don't need to make more gaming videos.
You need a better reason to make them.
Six years ago, I learned this lesson in a way I never expected.
When I started my business, all I wanted was to be a content creator.
I wanted to teach gaming creators how to grow their channels and turn their passion into a career.
But that's not what happened.
Jesus teaches us that He came to serve, not to be served.
I realized gaming creators didn't just need more YouTube advice. They needed the team, systems, and infrastructure to actually grow their channels.
So instead of pursuing what I wanted, I pursued what they needed.
God had a plan through it all.
Through those years of serving others, He gave us the knowledge, understanding, and wisdom to help gaming creators build sustainable careers.
That's why I built Full-Time Gamer.
To serve gaming creators by helping them realize their God-given potential and turn what they love into a career.
Because love is the best reason to create.
Fix your titles & thumbnails using 3 principles:
🎯 Simplicity: Remove anything unnecessary.
💎 Clarity: Make it instantly understandable.
😮 Curiosity: Give viewers a reason to click.
Don't think like a creator. Think like a viewer.
Perfectionism is holding your YouTube channel back.
On a recent coaching call, a gaming creator shared how he'd spent 2 years developing a video.
Even after finishing it, he kept second-guessing himself.
The script could be better.
The research could go deeper.
The editing could be cleaner.
There was always something else to improve.
But eventually, he published it.
And the response?
People loved it. Some had been waiting for someone to make a video exactly like it.
Here's what we learned:
You can spend another month perfecting a video, or you can publish it, learn from your audience, and make the next one better.
The first approach gives you more opinions about your work.
The second gives you actual feedback.
You don't have to abandon your standards. You just have to recognize when your pursuit of excellence becomes an excuse to delay.
Iterate by posting.
Not by redoing.
Watch the full call on my YouTube 👇
youtu.be/YHJTbL29LwQ
Gaming YouTubers, how close are you to full-time?
YouTube Studio shows how you did.
But what's holding you back?
*Enter the Full-Time Creator Assessment*
- Discover strengths
- Identify weaknesses
- Know your next steps
3 minutes. 100% free. 👇
bettergamers.gg/assessment
Design your YouTube videos to be imperfect so you don't fall for the trap of trying to make them perfect.
Publishing > Perfecting
The parallels between YouTube and football are uncanny.
When asked to define success, Jameis Winston raises a deeper question:
Are we chasing views, fame, and virality? Or creating for something greater?
Watch his response below.
Most gaming YouTubers approach their titles and thumbnails the wrong way.
They're so focused on making viewers UNDERSTAND their videos that they forget to make them WANT to watch.
And there's a big difference.
Viewers don't click just because they logically understand what they're looking at.
They click because something appeals to them.
Something they're curious about.
Something they want to experience.
Something they want to achieve.
There's a desire behind the click.
And your job isn't just to communicate what your video contains. It's to make the viewer feel like there's something in that video they WANT.
Think about a thumbnail with a mysterious item blacked out and a question mark over it.
The question mark itself isn't what makes someone click.
It's what that item could mean to the viewer.
If they don't care about the item, they won't care about the mystery.
That's why simply creating curiosity isn't enough. You have to create curiosity around something people actually desire.
So next time you're making a title and thumbnail, ask yourself:
What does my viewer really want?
And why would they click to get it?
I quit making gaming videos to help other creators make theirs.
Here's why.
Years ago, I was streaming Fortnite and making videos on Instagram.
Things were going pretty well. Some of my videos were getting hundreds of thousands of views.
But I was getting burned out.
I was trying to do everything myself.
Streaming, editing, thumbnails, titles, growing an audience...
And despite spending practically all my time on it, I couldn't figure out how to turn it into a career.
Eventually, I realized something.
I enjoyed helping other creators grow more than I enjoyed growing my own channel.
I'd spend time talking with viewers about their streams, giving advice, and helping them figure things out.
And I loved it.
So I stopped making my own videos and started learning how to help other creators succeed.
I studied business, learned how to get views, and eventually started working with clients.
But I ran into the same problem again.
I was doing everything myself.
And I realized that if I wanted to get really good at helping creators grow, I couldn't spend all my time becoming a better editor or thumbnail designer.
I needed people who were better at those things than me.
So I started building a team.
That freed me up to focus on what I was best at: figuring out the strategy, building the systems, and helping creators reach their potential.
Looking back, I think that's one of the biggest lessons I've learned.
You don't have to be great at everything to do something great.
Find what you're good at. Find people who are good at the things you're not.
And build something better together.
Finn joined our Discord before his channel was monetized.
He studied. He asked questions. He worked hard.
And the results speak for themselves:
→ 910K views
→ 4,300 new subscribers
→ $9,000 in revenue
Love seeing creators reach their potential 📈
If you want results like Finn, start by entering our Audio-Technica giveaway.
You'll get a chance to win and you'll connect with us on Discord and many more places.
Contest ends on October 28.
Enter here 👇
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You might be ONE video away from changing your YouTube career.
But you'll never know if you quit.
I see so many gaming creators spending weeks, sometimes MONTHS, trying to make the perfect video.
Eventually, they lose motivation, start questioning the idea, and consider starting over.
Sound familiar?
Here's what I'd recommend:
1. Stop chasing the perfect video.
Your audience doesn't care how many hours you spent editing.
They care whether your video is worth watching.
Focus on the idea, the story, and giving the viewer what they came for.
2. Give yourself a deadline.
If your goal is to become a full-time creator, you need a process you can sustain.
Try publishing one video every week.
Work backward from that deadline and cut anything that isn't essential.
3. Publish and get feedback.
Every upload is an opportunity to learn what your audience actually wants.
Study your analytics. Read the comments. Figure out what worked and what didn't.
You can't learn from a video you never publish.
4. Improve ONE thing.
Don't reinvent your entire process after every upload.
Maybe you need a stronger hook, better pacing, or a simpler editing workflow.
Pick one thing, improve it, and repeat.
We recently produced a gaming video that reached 1,000,000 views.
It was one of the least produced videos we've made.
We recognized the demand, moved quickly, and gave people what they wanted.
That's the point.
Your next breakthrough might not require another 100 hours of editing.
It might require a better idea, a simpler process, and the willingness to publish.
Don't quit on your gaming channel.
Stop perfecting every video.
Start perfecting the process.
Speaking of process, it's important to have a microphone that sounds good and lets you easily record.
That's why we're giving away an Audio-Technica mic to one lucky gaming creator.
Contest ends on October 28.
Enter here 👇
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“I can’t do this anymore.”
I was half asleep in Ethics class, thinking about how college was taking time away from my Twitch stream.
I wanted to become a full-time gaming creator.
I just didn’t have the views.
I kept thinking:
If I had more time, maybe I could finally figure this out.
Then it hit me.
School wasn’t getting me any closer to that goal.
After class, I walked into the financial aid office and asked what would happen if I withdrew.
The woman at the desk calmly told me I could withdraw at any time.
No strings attached.
I remember thinking:
“Really? It’s that easy?”
As soon as I got home, I whipped open my laptop and marked “W” on every class.
I was officially a dropout.
For the first time in my life, I felt completely free to pursue what I wanted.
And completely terrified.
How was I actually going to turn making gaming videos into a career?
That was 8 years ago.
Fast-forward to today:
I lead Better Gamers, and we’ve helped more than 700 gaming creators generate nearly 1 billion views on YouTube.
Getting here wasn’t easy.
My family looked down on me.
I failed more times than I can count.
Sleepless nights.
Rejection.
Fear.
I went through all of it.
But those years taught me what it actually takes to become a full-time gaming creator.
That’s why today I’m announcing Full-Time Gamer.
It’s the program I wish I had in 2018.
It’s designed to give serious gaming creators a clear path from hobbyist to full-time professional.
And I already know some of the thoughts that come up:
“Advice doesn’t work for my channel.”
“I’ve been doing this for years.”
“My situation is different.”
“The algorithm hates me.”
“I’d rather figure it out myself.”
I know because I used to tell myself versions of the same things.
Those excuses kept me stuck much longer than I needed to be.
The truth?
You may be much closer to going full-time than you think.
So I built something to help you find out.
It’s called the Full-Time Creator Assessment.
It’s a free, 3-minute assessment that shows you:
- How close you are to going full-time
- The biggest thing holding you back
- What you should focus on next
Take it here:
bettergamers.gg/assessment
I used to wonder whether I could ever make gaming my career.
Today, I know there’s a path.
And on October 28th, I’m opening Full-Time Gamer to help other creators follow it.
For this first group, I’m only accepting 10 students.
If you take the assessment, you’ll also get early access before the program opens publicly.
Find out your next move:
bettergamers.gg/assessment
I’m rooting for you.
– Riley
To celebrate, I'm giving away an Audio-Technica mic!
Contest ends on Oct 28. Enter here 👇
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