Vidiots

"Tell your friends"

- Vidiots

Vidiots is a British gaming channel created by Ben Potter, Peter Austin and Michael Johnson which is part of the Yogscast gaming group

About
Prior to forming Vidiots the three hosts worked for WhatCulture Gaming where Ben and Peter worked as hosts while Michael worked as an editor until the trio announced their departures in December 2017 and Vidiots was officially announced in January 2018.

Addressing their departure from WhatCulture in a Q&A video Ben stated their reasons for leaving was down to being creatively stifled by producing nothing but list videos on a daily basis, and once a large chunk of the WhatCultre Wrestling team departed to form Cultaholic they decided they should strike out on their own.

Worst Games Ever
A weekly strand on the channel is Worst Games Ever (which Ben frequently refers to as "Shit Games For Wankers", a play on his WhatCulture catchphrase) where Ben and Peter play a game that either has a reputation for being downright bad or has been sent in by one of their viewers. Games played in this strand include
 * Prison Break: The Conspiracy
 * Little Britain: The Video Game
 * Sonic '06
 * Turning Point: fall of Liberty
 * 50 Cent: Bulletproof
 * America's 10 Most Wanted
 * 007 Racer

Post Some Tat
A regular strand features Ben, Peter and Michael opening gifts sent by their fans, which range from sweets to an ever-growing collection to their Walrus family that started with Billy Ray Walrus (a plus walrus modified to resemble Billy ray Cyrus) that now includes Miley Walrus, Billy Clay Walrus (a clay sculpture of a walrus, with added mullet and sideburns), Billy Ray Dollrus and many more - to the point that, at one point, Ben and Peter were barely visible behind their desk due to the sheer size of the Walrus family massed on their desk.

Hiatus
On 3rd November 2018 Vidiots posted an announcement where they stated that, starting in January 2019, they would begin to de-emphasise their YouTube output. In a subsequent Q&A they stated the main reasons for this was the channel simply wasn't sustainable because, while they had a dedicated fanbase, the niche nature of the channel meant they consistently slipped through YouTube's algorithm so never featured in anyone's recommended feed. They did stress, however, that Vidiots would not be ending and they were still working with Yogscast, continuing to produce podcasts and post videos to Twitch that would later be posted to their YouTube channel.