Gonna come clean with some observations I made on Sam Hyde since I'm moving on in life. Sam and his crowd are not the type that I'd like to be seen with IRL. It's unholy, not LARPing.
Sam is pretty beta. He still has mannerisms of an unstable kid in high school. He stutters at times and goes into edgy defense mode. So are the people around him in his recent sneak peak videos.
Thing is, he's unique and so was MDE. Naval on Joe Rogan talked about how to be un-replaceable. A lumberjack, factory worker, lawyer, etc etc are all replaceable. However things that require creativity aren't. So even if it isn't that great, it still draws the audience as long as you work hard and produce.
Truthfully, you wouldn't lose anything if you just stopped following what's going on. New doors would open, new avenues to walk down.. You get the point.