What is Roblox? Why do people play it?
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This video is intended for people that don't know what Roblox is. Maybe your friends are playing, your kids are playing, or you're just curious what it is.
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I really wasn’t expecting to be completely out of the loop by 27 lol - thanks for explaining what the kids are into these days
@Geico Lizard it sure is
I heard about this 7 years ago
I'm 23. It happens so fast D:
@@deedit4666 literally…. I knew it was a video game but I didn’t know what is was
Same lmao.
I'm even more confused what Roblox is now lol
Yeah mhhhhmm
Think of it as The Matrix but baby version
We are same bro
Same
@@Mr.Pluviophile Your comment is useless.
Very informative and direct. Thank you for the concise video :)
This was pretty good. Thanks! Also, I like the concept of your channel.
Thank you. I just wanted to know a bit more about Roblox and what all the fuss was about. This video explains it nicely.
omg thanks for making this video. I needed a crash course. The data was great, and it's very informative. I had no idea it had been out since 2006! Wild that now 3/4 kids are playing it.
Listening to this it reminded me of when I was twelve playing Habbo Hotel, guess this is like a next evolution of that framework
Ah yes exactly, also Ado Hotel. I didn't know these two online games were played by Americans too... I thought only francophones (French speaking people) like me play it
That’s exactly what I thought of too, except it’s gonna evolve into the meta verse and VR
I thought Habbo Hotel too! Lol. Used to love that site
Once habbo got rid of casinos it was rip.. I still remember when Finch-HIMself would wreck the hotel. And don’t forget about the pool having sdia
Pool is closed due to stingrays and aids
What a phenomenal video - near documentary levels yet still swiftly concise. Very much appreciated thankyou!
Really good, as a gamer-dad I appriciate the short introduction to what Roblox is!
Your choice of music in this video was well selected.👌
So glad you are making more videos! Or at least glad I’m seeing them on my Sub feed because I haven’t had your videos on my page for years.
I took some time off but I’m back! Thanks for watching!
Let me save you all some time, and I’m only about 90 seconds in and didn’t know what it was either. It’s basically a slightly more stable Gmod with monetization, a kid-friendly aesthetic, and “item trading.” Including stuff that costs real money. And it targets kids. To spend money.
Lol i know roblox more than 2 years now and its more than just adopt me there is like arsenal mm2 tycoons obbies toh and prob millions more :D
Now THIS is a good explanation.
Oh I see now. No need to watch the vid lol
@@ruvenchick only explanation I needed
It's not really a gmod though. Gmod - you buy the game and that's it, you have access to variety of servers with different ideas/content/games. Roblox - Free to Download as a client to enjoy basics but Pay-to-Play for premium content. (Basically a Second Life [If anyone still remembers that])
Hopefully this helped you understand the world of Roblox a little bit!
Yes. Yes it has. Thank you
It did thank you!! I typed in what is Roblox and yours was the first video that popped up so good on KZhead for that
Great video. It does what it's supposed to do, perfectly.
You mean the custom games can be played via servers ?
@@mentalhell4846 you can made your own game and play other people game
Thank you for this video. It is exactly the basic overview I needed. 👍
Thanks so much! Been out of gaming for a long time and my 3 year old loved train games! Great channel!
My son has been talking about this game. Very helpful video thank you!!
Caught my nephew playing this just wanted to make sure it was on the up and up. Thank you.
Good uncle :) Came for the exact same reason actually.
I play with my nephews. It’s a good platform
Thanks for this video. As someone working in IT industry and gaming daily (I am pretty on par with tech trends) - I had to setup surface pro for my friends kid today and she asked that roblox to be installed. I realized I am out of the loop (and not so on par with tech trends) when I launched roblox and was stuck at main menu and had to ask a kid: "So how do you start the game?" This video explains a lot, thanks.
As a 2020 player roblox was beter when he has egg hunts :( 2013 -2020
@@lomy__roblox3615 dud playing in 2020 aint a flex u can flex if u played atleast 6 years aka me
@@xwingsky_yt1311 You've only been playing since 2016 lmfao
lmao, I work in tech as well (data science / ML) and had no idea what this is.
"How do you start the game?" If you're smart, you don't. I wouldn't help kids play these corrupt games that monetize everything. Terrible. They turn 'Monopoly' money into real money.
Thanks for the useful and good explanation😃
Thanks for the education video. This helped.
1:36 None of those are "security" and "privacy" features, those are Parental & Content control features. By definition "security" features protect user against illegal access on their account, and "privacy" feature protect user's against linking their real life identity with in-game identity.
Blah blahh blahhh, argggghhh you're wrong.
thanks nitwit, nobody asked
what is with these replys
@@mookiefinn4732 You're wrong.
@@pressfinchat And no one asked you, clown.
So its like Garrys mod but more accessible. and with micro transactions basically? I swear I'm getting old.
@Amir Izaiah Yea, have been watching on instaflixxer for months myself :)
@@amirizaiah7179 Scam. You are trying to lure people into this dangerous website.
Hey, at least you’re still young enough to state the obvious without realizing it.😆😊
You know Roblox was on just as long as Garry’s mode
Garrys mod was just a mod years before it was "released" on steam
Great video and very informative for parent like me who want to know what the Roblox is as my kids keep asking me to want to play it
subbed, great short video. helpful
Thank you for this overview! I am a nineteen-year-old whose father is asking her to play Roblox for his upcoming interview with the company but... he's asking a MINECRAFT player to play a game that she doesn't want to play on incredibly short notice. I hate to compare the two, since it is clear that they are pretty different despite both being sandbox games with online functionality and ways for people to connect, but based on what I've seen I still prefer Minecraft. It's the fact that you have to pay real money (more often than not) to get Avatar Customization options that turns me away from Roblox. If I'm going to spend hard-earned cash on something, it's gonna be something that I care about like food or a present for my cousin, not an in-game currency. (Minecraft Bedrock does the same thing, I know, but at least there is an option to use a version of the game that doesn't have that functionality. i.e. Minecraft Java)
For Avatar customization, there is called ugc item, you can earn them in every game that include it and it's free but you need some receive condition and also Minecraft is overrated they have new eula and pay2win aspect (even though roblox did the same, not all of them are pay2win)
Orr just do an event to receive a price, but Minecraft event the only annoying thing is that you need to pay to go to event (bedrock issue not Java)
Thanks for the information. The interview didn’t end up happening and I’m happy as I am playing MC.
This game is fucking stupid
I was trying to fix my nephew’s iPad and had to reset it. My nephew got upset over deleting data from an app called “Roblox”. I asked what it was and him and his brother got excited. They told me it was a game that had many games + apps? Such is KZhead kind of. I was completely off the grid. Now I’m a bit scared imagining the link between Roblox, meta, and COVID.
I have 2 boys that want to play this Thank you for making this really helps my decision if I should let them play I worry about pervs but I will keep watch as they play
Thanks for the explanation 👍
Used to play it but playing games in 2022 makes me feel like i still being a kid
Thank u for the info. I have nephews that are addicted to these games and they are only 6 and 10 so I worry about the fact all they want to do is play these games. I know their parents are not monitoring anything! They just give them Robux cards to be GOOD. So I am concerned.
thanks for this one of my family members didn't know what roblox is, and i didn't wanna go through all the time telling them the basics
super helpful my friend
You know, this was a good explanation. You have said all the key factors of Roblox: -That it is a platform for games, rather than a game by itself -That there are scams -How the infamous corona made Roblux very powerful Mind you, did you say Roblox is free to play? It is so on mobile. I like your style, and this was a well made video! Why you don't have more views? It's so unfair, you came very late to explain it but still did a good job doing so!
Roblox should have better rules to protect all good players and should encourage players to be polite and kind.
i remember playing as a kid i came back to it today and its like i've never played before or just not as appealing as it use to be
I play it because there's countless of games no matter what genre you can play in one platform. There's a lot of people playing it and I like interacting with people.
It’s the modern day Habbo Hotel or RuneScape
I love the overall foundation of these types of games, and I think it has a good chance of making the younger generation.... focus on their creativity. I just don't like the overt greedy capitalism with all those microtransactions. Its good to teach kids, especially, that valuable things cost $ and there's a hierarchy to things... but i just feel bad that some kids are limited due to their financial situation. In real life AND now virtually too lmao
I would prefer that kids play Minecraft than Roblox tbh. Minecraft is once-off payment for the game and they can enjoy it and it develops creativity. But at the end of the day - it's all Business, if these games weren't making money - they wouldn't exist I guess.
Cap it gives depression
Roblox has no respect for underrated devs
@@arleitiss simulators...
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This was my childhood in ~2010. It's definitely changed a lot. OGs remember that helicopter game.
Thanks for the information
I think it’s the new type of Toys r us.
👀
I remember this was advertised over 10 years ago on websites. The commerical on one site made me very suspicious on the quailty but I'm glad its enjoy by alot of people.
Oof that was your chance to invest in Amazon when it was still a bookstore
So is it like a better marketed Second Life? I played around in Second Life for a few years here & there but there were some issues that prevented it from really getting mainstream inertia. The biggest problems were that you had to spend real money in order to be able to actually build anything or create any kind of content, and the second issue was that the graphics were so high that it took forever to populate a region. I could go somewhere and mess around for like an hour and still not everything even in the vicinity was downloaded. So is Roblox kinda like a more sustainable version of that?
I wouldn't call it that it's more like youtube for games, you watch people's content and people make content, you can pay to who you watch (play) and support them. That's what roblox is like, a social media platform for playing and making games
Thanks for sharing
roblox isn't a game it's a game engine with all kinds of games.
Bruh I didnt know that Roblox was released in 2006 when I was 10, I would have been it's target demographic then lmao.
I might be hired next week as a Roblox developper. I'm a programmer/developper, and it seems like Roblox is only continuing to grow. Its an industry . Thanks for letting me know what I'm getting into 😅
So, u hired or not by now? My curiosity
When you remove chat btw it just doesn’t let YOUR kid talk but other ppl can. There’s 2 chats, in game and out of game. One for you and your friends and another for everyone
Probably the best game I've ever played for the last 6 years!
I thought this was a video about explaining what roblox events were and what is happening in the roblox storyline thats official but this works too
Sooo. It’s effectively a sandbox where everyone can create a world to play different games or simply meet up and simulate a second life. It’s kinda what I wanted VR chat to be, just not VR lol
Well said
I'm so glad when I was a kid we used to play GTA 3 and shoot lizards with pellet guns
Huh
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yep literally what I did. Killing lizard with pallet guns are so fun seriously
Or just shooting pokemon cards or squirting a water gun on a spider like its a extreme obby they usually pounce on me like assholes
I'm so glad when I was a kid we used to play Streets of Rage and choke our chickens...
I am 22 almost 23 and I have been playing Roblox since 2011, so I was like 10 years old at the time. I remember it like it was yesterday. I am glad how big Roblox has become and I hope it grows more and more.
Also, there aren’t any limits for age (in games). So if you’re under 13 and play a “18+“ game it won’t kick you out it’ll just allow you. But it’s hard to find 18+ games since they’re kinda hidden. You need to SEARCH for them. But not in the sense of search bars. I mean like you need to go to someone who has those games and join it from their profile.
What is a roblox 18+ game parents DONT even play roblox that much?
Roblox is an online platform that allows users to create and play a wide variety of user-created games. With its easy-to-use tools and expansive library of materials, users can build almost anything they can imagine. From simple 2D platformers to 3D blockbusters, Roblox is home to thousands of user-created games. With customization options, users can customize their character's appearance and pick from a variety of gear and accessories to give their avatar a unique look. Roblox also features a variety of social experiences, such as parties, chat rooms, and mini-games, allowing players to connect with friends and family all over the world. Roblox is a safe and secure platform, with parental controls and moderation features that keep kids safe from inappropriate content. With its constantly expanding library of games and its user-friendly tools, Roblox is the perfect platform for kids to explore their creativity, make friends, and have fun.
I do not use roblox but in the games I frequent we get players who clearly use roblox they and the vast majority are the a pain in the rear at best many are so badly behaved it beggars belief why are roblox players such a nuance in other games?
idk man, i play roblox but get bullied, if not bullied, Insulted and get called mean things. idk why they hate me for playing it, always calls me a kid though i dont play kid-targetting kids. i play mature ones. maybe toxic kids gave bad impressions to them so when they see roblox players they'll insult them. for no reason. at all.
Ugh i have no idea i play roblox but when i get off the platform ans try to play pu they keep talking about roblox
So I am 25 just. But I recently met a 14 yr old guy while playing a game. He was talking all day about this... Well... I didn't have any clue, so I looked it up. Now I know., It amazes me how out of touch I am with what games are nowadays for those kids. When I was 14 I would never have played something like this... I used to tell and still sometime explain to my mum and her age group folks that they have no idea about the world today. Well... Seems as though the same goes for me in relation to the next generation behind us. It's crazy, but the world is changing at a dramatically increasing speed with every year. Its almost concerning :/
I used to play Roblox in 2017, man it has changed a lot
I’m 18 years old and still enjoy Roblox I’ve been playing since 2008-9 and love it
Your not the only one brother
I’m 18 also I’m trying to find games to play though:(
@@wrldnel5200 dawn of aurora Mad city Phantom forces Dbog The mimic Da hood Arsenal Strucid
@@slickbg115 played some before didn’t quite like them:/ but thanks for you’re top 10. Much appreciated.
@@wrldnel5200 hmm Demonfall Demon slayer tycoon Slayer life Naruto tycoon Demon soul And yes im a huge demon slayer fan
All I know is that Roblox is where the oof sounds come from so I looked this up lmao
You can totally purchase the original sound on Roblox for one fricking dollar.
@Pack All Gaming Check the store. The in-game store.
thank you :D i've been wondering what roblox is for quite a while... i'm 30 and i lived pretty much offline for 7 years, i heard the word roblox on a regular basis in podcasts etc but just never knew exactly what it is and why it's so popular. i still don't get the hype, it looks like sh!t to me tbh, i would never play sth with graphics like that but this video was really informative, thx 🙃
Very helpful wonderful video! Didn't know that 3 out of 4 children in the US between the age of 9-12 play Roblox. Wow!
The more I learn, the less I'm convinced life isn't just a giant game of Roblox.
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Wrong way to scale. Roblox is a miniature version of life.
What is ROBLOX? ROBLOX is an online virtual Playground Full of tryhards, Online daters, 40 year olds, youtubers, hackers, bots, alternate accounts, rich kids that flex their robux, poor people, robux beggars and many more!
Essentially a Free-For-All, with microtransactions to expand your empire!
Never ever heard anything more true! 👍
You got that damn right
How many purple haired hippopotamus females are there? I'm trying to avoid them in real life...
Thank you
Thanks for this... I was a bit iffy about it. My God daughter was asking for her present. Not sure if I will allow her to use real world money for it. I'm a gamer, so I understand this. But cosmetics is not really something I like to spend on... I'll wait for DLCs. Hahaha.
I'm a contractor. I was on Camp Lejeune this week and 2 marines were talking about playing Roblox. One was excited about his phone notification that made the OOF sound. I came here to see what Roblox is.
Were these Marines "old style" military Men that looked like they could have stormed Normandy or the new 🌈 rainbow boys & girls that can't do push ups and have 2 moms?
This is so sick and could be a huge starting point for the metaverse.
NO
@@BattIeon yeah it can lol
@@MrObsidian241 PLEASE DONT
Who remembers when tix was around? Been years since it was removed, but I remember using them instead of robux.
3 out of 4 kids are playing these corrupted games? Ugh, how jacked up are the new generations going to be, sad times. I used to play lots of custom Warcraft 3 maps and the idea of having to bring money into that equation to play all that great custom content is awful. Would have totally corrupted the experience and taken away the joy of people just being able to create and play whatever levels they wanted without having to bring in real world economics into the situation past the single initial purchase price everyone paid.
I'm 30, I got hired by Roblox recently and all I'm doing nowadays is researching this whole thing to understand better what this whole "game" is about
Hi how do you get hired or qualify to work there? Genuinely interested
Seems really fun and cute for kids and maybe some adults can enjoy it too. I worry about all of the scammers taking advantage of people but I suppose they will flock to whatever is popular if Its Roblox or anything else.
Thank YOU!
this was amazing🙂
Thank you I’m 40 from the uk and wanted a game I can get into and become addicted to to pass time lol I won’t be talking in there if it’s all kids unless it’s a hello or goodbye etc
A sad old lonely hag. Yay feminism.
@@go4thmultiply349 Are you okay? There's always people you can talk to, you know. If you don't have anyone around, there are free services like hotlines and support groups that can help. Lashing out won't help you with your issues, though. It only makes it harder to find people who will listen. Best of luck.
Play some open world single player games, i'd reccomend red dead redemption 2, withcher 3,GTA V, watch dogs legion (which sets in uk)
@@uzumaki6759 do u like Roblox?
@Jojo What about *Toon Blast?* That's a simple puzzle game but has optional teams who can chat.
Neopets was WAAAY better. Lmaooo
neopets- legend
when a random moron on youtube says that a flash game from 2003 that has since been shut down with a completely closed down system is better than a thriving game with over 50 million active daily players and the ability to make whatever you want, from cod clones to flight simulators, prophunt, bhop, etc seethe
I haven't heard of Roblox and I personally don't care but last week my sun showed me his own game created on Roblox Studio so I was impressed. The most useful thing is that the kids not only just play it and waste their time, but they can be creators too. Thanks Geeklama for teaching my kid
i was playing conquer online when i was 13 (2006). Same logic. This mechanics even existed before 2000s .
2 minutes in and I'm still bored and don't get it. Lol
Just find a game perfectly fit for u ive never liked much rb games the only thing i found very interesting is a trading game aka bgs meant to teach kids the values percentage and demands and also demon slayer tycoon its very fun if used properly
looks like a cheap VRchat platform
How can cheap be free tho also i aint listening to a opm fan
F thats not boros Lmao
THANK YOU!
What is Robolx's perspective on original works created within their platform, who owns the copyright?
For people who don't know what roblox is: What is Roblox? Roblox is an online virtual playground and workshop, where kids of all ages can safely interact, create, have fun, and learn. It’s unique in that practically everything on Roblox is designed and constructed by members of the community. Each player starts by choosing an avatar and giving it an identity. They can then explore Roblox - interacting with others by chatting, playing games, or collaborating on creative projects. Each player is also given their own piece of undeveloped real estate along with a virtual toolbox with which to design and build anything - be it a navigable skyscraper, a working helicopter, a giant pinball machine, a multiplayer “Capture the Flag” game or some other, yet-to-be-dreamed-up creation. There is no cost for this first plot of virtual land. By participating and by building cool stuff, Roblox members can earn specialty badges as well as Roblox dollars (“Robux”). In turn, they can shop the online catalog to purchase avatar clothing and accessories as well as premium building materials, interactive components, and working mechanisms.
Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system developed by Roblox Corporation. It allows users to program games and play games created by other users. Created by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004 and released in 2006, the platform hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in the programming language Lua. For most of Roblox's history, it was relatively small, both as a platform and a company. Roblox began to grow rapidly in the second half of the 2010s, and this growth has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Roblox is free-to-play, with in-game purchases available through a virtual currency called "Robux". As of August 2020, Roblox had over 164 million monthly active users, with it being played by over half of all children aged under 16 in the United States. Although Roblox has generally received positive reviews from critics, it has faced criticism for its moderation, micro... This channel was generated automatically by KZhead's video discovery system.
"This channel was generated automatically by KZhead's video discovery system." Wait..what?
Its not half of the children under the age of 16 its 80%
Oh United states sorry i though you mean worldwide
I’m hoping someone can help me. I work with a Kindergartener who talks about this game. He is having a hard time learning and is following behind. I decided to come here and see what this game is. Then somehow I can use a character from the game to motivate him to learn educationally. What are the popular characters? Any help would be appreciated!
Not really alot of characters, but there are youtubers that alot of roblox players watch. Flamingo, sketch, denis, dantdm.
@@Lunaticdoesdumstuff Thanks! I’ll go look for their channel and watch. You have been so helpful❤️
did a creator make the jailbreak game or is that a native game created by roblox? are all games/experiences created by creators or are there also games made by the roblox team?
Jailbreak is made by a creator, 99% of the games are. Some games are made by Roblox but if they are you'll usually know because either, Roblox will be featuring it like crazy or you'll see "By Roblox" underneath the game title.
@@basketman2517 yeah. anybody can create any game, any genre like horror, sci-fi, story, entertaining, funny etc.
Theres games created by the roblox team
It's more like GTA online with more fretures but crappy graphics
Your mean
@@Sweetlittleelf you're**
@@godofwar0678 I’m what...
If u play Greenville grafics are nicer there are some games with to much quality every device lags
roblox graphics can be high as gta 5 with roblox you can crate game and made graphics more realistic with no shader
Dude.... I was just chillin, sitting on the toilet with my morning coffee, and I searched for "top selling games of all time" on my phone for some reason, and up comes roblox. I'm 30, I game hard, and NEVER heard of it. MUCH thanks for explaining wtf this is. 🙏
What type of games do you like? I've played roblox for a few years and i can totally recommend you some games on roblox!
that is what the entire metaverse thing is about
So it’s basically a cross between RuneScape and Minecraft? the bar has been lowered
There are some games like phantom forces that is a first person shooter
Thanks man
I've been a gamer for over 25 years and didn't even realize what this game even was 😂I always just thought it was about blocks or something 😂
Roblox should be all ages to play. Adults can play because they can be kids like you. Kids grow up as an adult and can keep playing roblox. No matter what people say. Just enjoy what u do. I love roblox so much. I play when i was 20 something i dunno when. Im 26 and tomorrow is my birthday. I will always have Roblox in my heart now.
i've beennhearing about this in so many memes. . and i was like "wtf, that's what it is?" and then i came here and i'm even more like "wtf, that's what it is?" . kinda looks like a more modern version of Second Life, if that even still exists. . . . . but anyway, anything with microtransactions is automatically a no in my book. even if it's being shared with content creators, if the game is targeted to kids, it's predatory.
its NOT needed to use micro-transactions to play it, hell, ive only spent 5 bucks and im having as much fun as someone that spent 100.
@@Lyncin nowhere did i say it was "needed". I said if a game has microtransactions, it's a no. whether or not you "need" them to play a game or not is irrelelevant. if a game is marketed to children and has microtransactions, then it is predatory. this is the same disgusting argument i hear again and again from people defending the microtransaction model "ohh, they are only optional!". no. the games are designed to drive people to buy the microtransactions and they cater to the top 1% of players that drop the most money, called "whales" and then kids see that and they want the premium things and then they get taken advantage of. adults are being taken for a ride as well. but whatever, keep playing it. I don't care. I will keep buying my games through steam, which is not ideal either but i dunno. I guess all games devs are in it for the money and i agree they should be paid for their work. It's like the difference between buying ethically farmed meat or factory farmed meat.
thanks for telling us what this game
Thanks a lot! Now my English teacher will finally understand what is roblox 😎
Thank you, I just made a roblox account like 5 minutes before I watched this so I think this video will help me.
Here because I wanted to know what I'm missing, since Roblox is blocked from running in WINE, and once Windows 10 is end-of-support, I am very unlikely to ever run Windows on my personal hardware, again. Fortunately, it's something I can quite comfortably do without.
Been playing since 2008. I feel so old now.