did Unpaid Intern flop?

The advertising flopped, I learned about it from the title of this video man

I think what people mean is it would have been way bigger if Lud announced it a million times in his videos and streams like chessboxing it would have doubled in veiwership.

It wasn't marketed well. I learned about it from a random community post on the day of. Plus, I was excited when I learned it's inspired by taskmaster, but many people in chat clearly had no clue what that is

Daniel thrasher was such a cool guy! Definitely needs to be brought back for a champion episode

Unpaid Intern rocked BTW. That said, I feel like his main argument for it not "flopping" was "it did about as well as the first Mogul Money" But I must call some major copium there, MM was years ago, and Lud has gained a LOT more poplarity in the past couple years for events specifically. To me it was clear for two reasons why this show did not get as many views: 1. Lack of marketing 2. Last minute time change from the little marketing they did do He blames the lack of marketing on the trailer not being ready until a week before the show, but I also think this is a bad excuse. You shouldn't be planning the stream date until you have the trailer and marketing material ready imo THAT ALL BEING SAID. I absolutely loved it, if lud is happy with it: who cares, and the next one will be even better

“Why not advertise it weeks in advance?” “Well we filmed the trailer for it a week before”

I watched the entire VOD and it was so tightly done I forgot I was watching a VOD halfway through

I’ll say that I had no idea it was going to happen. However, it was one of my favorite things Lud has ever done. It’s got huge potential.

I agree with the marketing feedback. I had absolutely no clue it was happening until I randomly tuned in (on the 2nd or 3rd day? Was there several days? Idek) and had to put some pieces together to realize it was an event/show stream. Mind you I watch most of Ludwig's content, from his main channel to Mogul Mail to The Yard to The Yard patreon. Never heard about Unpaid Intern or an event or a show or even a special stream. Maybe I missed it at the outro of a video or while busy when listening to The Yard, but I feel like something of Unpaid Intern's caliber should for sure be mentioned a few more times in the leading days/weeks. btw I loved the show, I hope we get more episodes/seasons! :)

fans: "Hey Ludwig, this event was poorly marketed, we'd love to know in advance next time if youre doing a cool stream, thanks!" Lwig: "No, youre wrong, we advertised enough you just dont get it because you're not a streamer like me Mr. Armchair QB."

PLEASEEE GET DOUG DOUG ON

I am a huge fan of taskmaster and have been watching for years. Honestly, I loved unpaid intern because it had a lot of the best parts of taskmaster with a whole different group of people that I also love. I loved that you kinda even replicated the dynamic between Greg Davies and Alex Horn. Stanz really aced the Alex Horn role whilst also making it his own. Please keep doing this show I loved it.

stanz did a great job differentiating himself from alex horne but also filling that same role also i'd like to see some of the Group boys as contestants

Only 2000 views in 12 minutes. He’s sunsetting😢

I think people only perceive something as "under advertised" because they themselves wanted to have known about it sooner in order to get more hyped for it. Like people hate ads but having an event constantly pushed in your face does make it feel bigger and more important and it helps the event feel satisfying once it actually happens . It's like, trying to get excited for the premier of a new TV show but then it just plays like any other show with no fanfare. Even if it did good, they want the fanfare to make it FEEL like it's doing good

I did not know this EXISTED until this video! And im a casual viewer of ludwig videos, ludwig clips, and The Yard and yard clips. It was definitely the lack of advertising it. I also think its a different format to the usual videos of your i enjoy so i may not be the audience for Unpaid Intern. And thats okay.

Please do more stuff with Daniel. I’ve watched him for years in addition to you and some of the others, and he meshed so well with the vibe. He should definitely be brought back for a winners episode of Unpaid Intern but also he should just be part of more collabs in general.

On The Yard, Slime asked why he didn't end up in Stanz's role since they had originally planned for that. Listen, I love Slime, he's really funny, but this show doesn't work without Stanz. The assistant (or "Alex Horne") role is all about finding the balance between maintaining structure (explaining tasks/jobs, making sure contestants are able to do their best to complete them, introducing the videos) and enabling comedy (telling jokes, encouraging contestants to try weird strategies, allowing for people to make jokes between the videos). On one hand, it's a gameshow where everyone is trying to win, completing "jobs" to the best of their ability, but on the other hand it's a comedy show where contestants should be daring and should fail, and where keeping score has to be second to jokes, so it's a really tough balance to find, and the assistant is the biggest make-or-break in the show. As Ludwig said, Stanz is a really big Taskmaster fan, and has seen enough to have a good sense of that balance and a willingness to play that role. Anyone else would probably end up taking too much attention or being too scared to take enough, or too focused on maintaining the competition to allow for comedy or too focused on maintaining comedy to allow for competition, and any of those things hurt this show. There's a reason why, in Taskmaster, the assistant role is played by Alex Horne, the creator of the show who had previously hosted two live shows with a similar concept: it requires a deep understanding of what the show should be and feel like. Not to make this already overanalytical comment even nerdier but it's the same as being a dungeon master in a D&D game, you don't control everything and you have to embrace what everyone else is contributing, but you need to be the one who has a sense of where the story is going, gently guiding everyone else towards something that is both what they wanted it to be and what you needed it to be. Slime is great, he's more than capable of hosting a show, we all know he's hilarious and he can enforce rules when he needs to. However, no matter how talented you are, this format requires the assistant to have such a strong awareness of the pace, the contestants' dynamics, the audience's feelings, and overall vibes that it's nearly impossible to nail first try. Luckily, Stanz – although understandably seeming a little nervous in the live segments, meaning he's only going to get better as he becomes more comfortable – has that awareness because he's so familiar with Taskmaster. The first episode of Unpaid Intern was great, day one you hit the ground running, and that is without a doubt because of Stanz.

as a taskmaster fan I did really enjoy it and it did feel different to the source material but in a good way. and i would love to see more episodes done! i think the hardest thing would be having good guests that can play off each other well

Don’t really watch livestreams often & didn’t know it was happening but watched the vod and the show was great!