Considering starting a gaming Youtube channel. Evaluating possible names and instructions.

Hi,

I suspect there may be a WF forum that better fits this post. If so please point me in the right direction. Thank you!

I've been playing DOTA2 for a while now, but I only recently started using a mic to talk to team mates that aren't my friends IRL.

In the two weeks I've been using it I've been asked if I have a Youtube channel 8-10 times.

That seems to me to be decent market validation, and since I'm playing the game anyway I would think it wouldn't cost much additional time compared to most other projects.

If you know of some top notch resources for getting a budding Youtube channel started off on the right foot I'd love to get some reading material, action steps plan and/or video tutorials on the subject. There are so many of these kinds of tutorials out there that manually sifting through them for the highest quality ones can't be pragmatic. Shoot me some links and I will be forever grateful.

By the way, It's not that I'm great at the game; I'm not. But I think there's a market for people who are just a bit less developed than I am to gain something from watching someone a bit above their level rather than trying to absorb talent from the chasm of superiority between my skill range and the real professionals that so many people watch.

I've found I don't mind explaining to my team my reasoning for doing certain things, explaining certain basic/intermediate concepts and guidelines to follow that are somewhat lagging behind in many players at my skill level.

I treat my team mates with respect and value their opinions. I encourage them to openly disagree with me and make clear that I'm not a pro and by hearing their ideas it improves my own skills as well. When I fu... screw up, I admit it and explain what I could have done better. My "commendations" from other players has skyrocketed since introducing the mic.

I've been using a "sign-off" at the end of the game that people seem to respond well to: See ya around the Dotaverse.

I'm looking to brainstorm a broad array of ideas that could fit with that "brand".

There are at least a couple factors to be considered when evaluating possible names. If you think of more, please do share your thoughts.

The term "Dotaverse" is already a bit long, so shorter modifiers are preferred. At a certain length, (I'll go hunt for the details on this) the name is cut short and requires a player to "mouse over" in order to see the full name. Additionally I plan to personally identify as 3DPrintedWaffles, so I may want to include a (3DPW) at the beginning or end of the name, length permitting.

I wrote a bunch of ideas down and I'm excited to hear your opinion about them. They tend to mostly follow a particular theme of "exploring the dotaverse", which I like but anticipate there are other entirely different and likely better approaches that might be fleshed out through getting more opinions. If you have thoughts or ideas on this theme or others, I would greatly appreciate hearing your thoughts.

I'll put my favorite 5 at the top, then the rest of them below. Feel free to just check out the top 5 if you get tired of looking at a list of mediocre ideas

TrekkingTheDotaverse
ExploringTheDotaverse
TravelingTheDotaverse
TouringTheDotaverse
TraversingTheDotaverse

And the rest:

Delving into the
Canvassing the
Adventuring the
Trip Thru The
Voyage Thru The
Whirling Thru the
Navigating the
Sailing the
Roving the
Roaming the
Pilotting the
Hiking the
Navigating the
Shlepping the
Surveying the
Exhibiting the
Mapping the
Roughing the
Sporting the
Strolling the
Wandering the
Ranging the
Rallying the

If you've made it this far, please accept my many thanks for reading this exorbitantly long post. I look forward to reading your ideas, advice, and productive criticisms.