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An editing-room example turns perfectionism into a practical question about keeping a creative team going.
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Why 85% is Better Than 100%
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Eight hours of work on a brief Blender animation: MatPat's example gives Colin and Samir's only new upload a familiar creative dilemma. At what point does making something better stop making the work sustainable?
In "Why 85% is Better Than 100%", Matthew Patrick, known for Game Theory, explains that his team needed coaching to stop short of perfection. He appreciates editors' dedication, but says the overtime spent polishing short segments can become unsustainable for both staff and channel. Stephanie Patrick supplies the blunt consequence: "They burn out."
The clip has reached about 40,000 views and is currently the channel's busiest individual upload. In the comments, viewers extend the argument to client work and other visual industries. Some discuss the diminishing returns of polishing; another makes the distinction between a good video delivered on time and a perfect one delivered late. The practical question is where to draw that line, not whether craft matters.
Elsewhere, "Why Instagram Completely Changed Its Mind" continues drawing viewers to Adam Mosseri's explanation of Instagram's move toward longer, horizontal videos and TV. Discovery, payment and the shape of a creator career give that conversation a different scale from the editing decisions in the new clip.
For Colin and Samir overall, viewing is close to its usual daily level, with roughly a quarter of a million views across the week and an unchanged subscriber count. Nearby interview channels have had busier stretches, including Nightcap and Call Her Daddy. Here, the week's fresh contribution is smaller and useful: a conversation about the work that viewers may barely notice, but editors certainly do.
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What viewers say
Yup, a good video finished on time is more sustainable than a perfect video that's delayed.
@SeagraveGamingSee it on YouTubeSooo good! I needed to hear this. Trying to go fast and publishing at 65% won’t cut it. And anything above 85% has diminishing returns and isn’t worth it unless that’s what your clientele demands.
@JJCoolStuffSee it on YouTubeThis is true across pretty much across all visual industries. I have to tell creatives all the time, that that last 15% will never be noticed by the client. You only notice it, because you are good at your job
@JakeFigTreeSee it on YouTube
2 more comments
💯 it takes twice as much time to get that last 15% and most of the time, it’s not worth it!
@tycetycebabySee it on YouTube80/20 rule. The last 20% of the work, the polishing, the perfecting, takes 80% of the time.
@KannabisMajorisSee it on YouTube
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The videos drawing views on Colin and Samir right now
- Channel
- Colin and Samir
- Subscribers
- 1,630,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 245,137
- Videos published this week
- 1
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 40,503
- Views on its first day
- 22,347
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Matthew Patrick, known as MatPat, created The Game Theorists.