I Am a YouTube Pipe Presenter

[peteguy]

I am all for promoting, educating, discussing, etc., etc., pipe smoking. I am not a "tuber" and didn't even know that the YTPC existed. I will take a shot at visiting these videos and decide for myself.....if I can find them.
So search for guys with beards, who don't shower and smoke dog turds. Got it.

 

[jmatt]

Anything that helps to promote pipes and tobacco cannot be a bad thing. I have seen this guys video's and they are great. He has naked woman and donkeys, what could be better than that?

Are there naked ladies AND donkeys? Or one part has naked ladies, while another part has donkeys? I'm sure you realize the difference has an immense impact on whether or not anything could be better than that.

 

[deathmetal]

Wake me up when there's naked donkeys.

 

[cigrmaster]

The women definitely get naked with the donkeys, it would be a crime if they didn't.

 

[jmatt]

The women definitely get naked with the donkeys, it would be a crime if they didn't.

Subscribed!!!

 

[tinsel]

I'm not sure what this post was originally about as I only made it about 1 1/2 paragraphs through the original post.
However, it seems the prevailing point of the thread is that Royal Yacht is really good.
Allow me to interject my opinion: I also think Royal Yacht is really good. Really, really good.
Thanks to everyone for contributing to this Royal Yacht appreciation thread ... we need more of them around here.

 

[cobguy]

I've only read the last few posts ... who just came back from Tijuana? :P
Edit: Did they smuggle back a boat-load of RY? I'm in!! ::

 

[brian64]

This thread nearly broke a forum record. It missed degenerating into bestiality on the first page by only one post.

 

[pylorns]

The only royal yacht I've had has been from pipestud's secret stash of 1980s - which he will only let you smoke if he can mix in some 5 brothers, which has been known to turn people green. But, it wasn't bad.
Now as for the point of this original post, I'm still not getting it. Is there some big anti-youtube pipe presenter thing going on? I haven't noticed... I also don't watch much ytpp stuff...

 

[sablebrush52]

Is there some big anti-youtube pipe presenter thing going on?

A few of us may have made the occasional unflattering reference to YouTube pipe videos... :roll:
It's not an organized movement or anything.
It's just...why spend 9 minutes talking about accidentally setting fire to your underwear when the topic is supposed to be a tobacco review.

 

[deathmetal]

I also think Royal Yacht is really good. Really, really good.

This is, in my view, one of the most important issues today.

if he can mix in some 5 brothers

This combination is fantastic, to my tastebuds. A solid smoke with many nuances of flavor!
Try Five Brothers and Carter Hall/Prince Albert. Codger heaven.

 

[disinformatique]

I am pretty much appalled at the initial comments by our esteemed forum gentlemen. Not everyone on YouTube is a hipster, or ramble about unimportant things on their YouTube Channel while smoking pipes, cigars or whatever. When I started smoking pipes, youtube videos from John Harden (Matches860), Jeff Mash (stogiefarts), Fr. Francis Stevenson (holysmokenpipepadre) helped me a LOT. Many of you won't be aware of these people but these are some of the men and women who are passionate about pipes and they share their experiences ranging from tobacco reviews, pipes, religion, stories, life experiences, heck even cooking recipes on YouTube.
It was because of Fr. Francis that I started making videos on YouTube. Of course I sucked a LOT, took me a long time to learn things. My webcam and mic sucked, but I kept going on because I wanted to share how I felt about the community and how thankful I was to be a part of something better. This includes forums, social platforms, pipe clubs and so much .
I have made acquaintance and friends through YouTube and Pipesmagazine and other social media. Many of them pipe makers, pipe collectors, tobacco blendersw, owners of tobacco houses and stores. Doctors, Engineers, Businessmen, Army Members around the world.
In the end let me request you all to actually check out people on YouTube, there are many of us who are there. We are not hipsters. We are just people who want to say something through a different media other than a forum.
It takes 1-2 hour to record a 15 minute video. Sometimes re-takes and re-recordings. Add a post-production of around 1-2 hours (rendering, editing, labeling) with a few more hours of uploading to the website.
If someone is passionate enough to invest that much time, we should atleast give them a friendly pair of eyes and ears and perhaps help them grow to be better YouTubers and forum members?
Cheers,

Chris :puffpipe:

 

[hawky454]

I enjoy watching a select few YouTube reviewers when I'm bored. Yeah, if ya don't like em, don't watch em, pretty simple really.

 

[disinformatique]

@hawky indeed brother, but I always go back after a few weeks to check in on my subscriptions. People really love feedback on youtube and a comment once in a while encourages them to be better.
Chris :puffpipe:

 

[jpmcwjr]

Could someone please post a link or two to good pipe related vids. that are under five minutes?

 

[deathmetal]

If someone is passionate enough to invest that much time, we should atleast give them a friendly pair of eyes and ears and perhaps help them grow to be better YouTubers and forum members?

Not necessarily. If you don't like videos, and think most of them are low quality, you have no need to watch them -- unless guilt is your motivation.
I am open to the idea of a YouTube piper, and friendly toward the fellow who started this thread and his buddy metalheadycigarguy, but I'm still not going to pop open a YouTube video for the reasons I mentioned.
I don't think the response was all that hostile. People have legitimate reasons to dislike YouTube video culture. The best way around that is to improve the videos.
And actually, there are some good ideas here about what to do. Avoid the dead air, improve the density of information (!!!) and keep content quality on par with the written information you're competing with.
I wish you all the best of luck and am glad for these new voices in our midst, but you still won't catch me checking out YouTube for anything but old death metal

 

[ophiuchus]

I'm a sucker for YouTube. I love the venue it opens for personal creativity. It's no different than cable television or the Internet in that you have to wade chest deep through doggerel, propaganda, and masturbation to find anything entertaining or meaningful. At least folks creating content are trying. :wink:
As far as pipe related videos are concerned, I'm no great connoisseur; I generally like the completely unproduced static shot rambling videos more than the ones which attempt to emulate a "show," but that's just a matter of taste.

 

[disinformatique]

@deathmetal totally agree with you. I started with having horrible videos. Still working on the production quality. A nice setup these days costs a little more than pocket money. My focus is on the new pipe smoker especially in India, lol and you can watch and laugh a little at the Indianisms in the video. In the end, we all just want to promote pipe smoking as much as possible. Offline I founded the Indian Pipe Club to network with other pipe smokers in the country. I run a small pipestore online for newcomers to get better pipes at good prices. ($35-$150)
Cheers,

Chris

 

[katarn07]

I've watched several You Tube videos along with lurking/posting here while getting into this whole pipe thing. I found some YT videos to be helpful and others are drivel. Just like any medium I guess including this very community. Some topics here are full of helpful comments that help the OP and others are full of ridiculous off-topic jokes and banter. I must agree as an outsider some of the comments can come off as cliquey and may make outsiders feel unwelcome. But that's true for any forum. I've been an active user of message boards for the past 15 years now. I know not to take anything personally.
The one YouTube channel I can remember watching and finding helpful and well made is Stuff & Things. His videos can be overly long. I don't watch them in their entirety. But what I do see and hear has been some of the best in the YTPC.

 

[deathmetal]

In the end, we all just want to promote pipe smoking as much as possible.

I agree; how can the people of this forum help?