Have you ever fallen asleep watching a GN video?

[dizmo]

Now, as mean as this might sound, it's a legitimate question. If I'm even a little tired I find myself falling asleep during Steve's videos. Nothing against his content, it's very informative and some of the best for what it is.

His voice though. So monotone, and I just knock right out.

 

How about you guys? Ever fall asleep watching a Gamer's Nexus video?

[Jurrunio]

Not unless I'm sleepy from the beginning.

 

AdoredTV is what makes me sleepy. Somehow my brain decides to quit while trying to decode Jim's heavy accent.

[Bananasplit_00]

i have used Steve to knock me the final way out yes

[Skiiwee29]

Technically, Steve is amazing at the information he presents.. however he can be a bit on the condescending side IMO and lacking in the humor, but thats just how his channel is. About presenting the facts as they are without trying to spin things to make them more interesting. I cant say ive ever fallen asleep to his videos, but I have stopped watching them at times because it was giving me the wrong itch. 

[PlayStation 2]

No because I don't watch most tech channels, GN included.

[Princess Luna]

How to watch GN videos: Pause the video, goes to the benchmark charts and SS it all, done.

[TVwazhere]

Hes' gotten a lot better, but oh man, some of his older videos....

 

 

Put in some headphones and head to sleep. There's a reason why most of the roasts directed at him were for boring sounding videos. 

 

Honestly I watch his videos at 1.5 or 2x speed. Not to make the video go faster, but just so that it makes my brain actually want to take the information in  

[_Hustler_One_]

Several times..

 

I suddenly just lol-ed myself by seeing this topic title at first.. I get your point right away by just read the topic, and I'm correct..

[WereCat]

Yes. But not because it was boring but because I was in my bed and I tend to fall asleep watching any video while Im in my bed.

[paddy-stone]

Yes, but technically I've gone to sleep with most of the channels in my YT favourites... If I feel sleepy I just chuck YT on the TV and let it run.

[porina]

Stopped watching it months ago as I couldn't take the levels of negativity he emits. He does tend to linger on things for way too long. Is that a cunning plan to increase watch times on the tube?

[Sorenson]

I feel like he tries to be impartial with his tone, but it comes off as uninterested. His videos that make fun of stuff are really entertaining though. 

[Drak3]

Nope, Steve is too boring to watch long enough to fall asleep.

[Mutoh]

No because I like hearing what he has to say and I don't care if he doesn't have an over the top catch phrase, fake high energy and meme captions along the way.

[IAmAndre]

I only watched a few of their videos when I was really interested by the topic but if there's an article related to the video I'd go for it. That's actually the case for most YouTube channels which also have a blog, like Hardware Unboxed.

[WereCatf]

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

How about you guys? Ever fall asleep watching a Gamer's Nexus video?

I'm one of those people who just can't randomly fall asleep. The only two situations where I can fall asleep is when I've deliberately laid down to sleep, or if I'm really tired and sitting in a moving car. I do totally get what you're saying about their speech and yes, I do also feel it's kind of boring to listen to, though.

[Xplo1t]

I've slowly stopped watching the the channel.  The topics are either repetitive, late or just not relevant the majority of the time.  Way too many drawn out case reviews or entry/mid-range video cards that only matter if you are in the market.  At that, if the product reviews were 2-3 minutes tops and had a huge library, then it would be beneficial for research, but not as daily entertainment.  That's where the other tech channels are doing laps around GN.  Linus, Jay, Paul and the others mix it up enough.  He also goes overboard with a certain topic instead of a single high quality video.  Do I really need to watch 30 minutes of videos to find out way the handful of 2080 Ti's they looked into died? 

 

The other thing I really don't get about the channel are great plans to do PSU testing, new location and so on, but the content and quality is pretty much the same over the last 3 years.  At least LTT has grown in content and quality after expanding.  Maybe that's why his subscriber counts are still behind other similar channels and not really growing.

[Giganthrax]

I can't fall asleep while watching a video unless I'm both tired and super drunk.

 

That being said, GN is all about presenting technical information in an impartial way. I don't think of it in the same entertainment way as I think of LTT, JayZ, and so on. HardwareUnboxed would probably be the middle ground between entertainment and GN-style highly technical videos. 

[RejZoR]

I have, many times. But mostly because I watch Youtube in bed and I often go to bed really late. So, basically it can happen to anything I watch then I usually rewatch them next day from about where I still remember it.

[pokemoncrusher1]

Yeah but i fall asleep to some ltt vids also...

[The King of the Undead]

1 hour ago, pokemoncrusher1 said:

Yeah but i fall asleep to some ltt vids also...

only with anthony.
 

[TetraSky]

Almost did while reclined back on my chair.

Only didn't because I decided to stop the video and actually go to sleep in my bed.

[Video Beagle]

I don't watch them, but I've fallen asleep to LTT vids, just cuz I tend to be sleepy.

I watch on my AppleTV, so it just plays video after video..used to be new ones, but now it loops, so I'll get Linus talks about the new mac, we built a mac pro, and the SPUD over and over til I wake up, often influencing my dreams.

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

no, but his content has given me a headache. all his walkabout frame times etc etc... I can't mash the right arrow enough if he starts about that. 

[XR6]

Sometimes. Usually I only fall asleep watching a GN video if I'm really tired.

That being said, I do find that occasionally Steve droning on about computer hardware and benchmarks is a good way to fall asleep.