Errr...More like a podcast, not so much a web series...The visuals are pictures of a guy's hand holding various albums and the audio is me and another guy talking about album covers, but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9nqc04wTqo…

That's a link to episode eleven. From there, one may watch all of them.

(curtsies and leaves)

I'm a web series producer and my Team and I are currently raising money for a series called 'Planning to Fail (Spectacularly)' it revolves around an independent and ambitious gaming store that’s drowning in debt and inadvertently gets bought up by a corporate gaming conglomerate! I think the show has ALOT of quality from acting, cinematography, sound, and color. I think the show is something Portland can be proud of and I challenge Kiala Kazebee and all of you to watch it and disagree. We’ve created a concept of the first episode and plan on shooting five more episodes this year, the link to video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDyPmibvpUc

Ah...what a can of worms you have so deliciously delved into!

Firstly I agree with b!X about high profile not equaling high quality.

After that the problem you immediately hit is - what is quality? One of my favourite indie productions, 'Action Traction' (http://www.youtube.com/user/DirectorHector1) has very few views but is fantastic and, I would say, high quality.

I made my first webseries 2.5 years ago, and while it is rather amateur-looking in many ways, it does exactly what I wanted it to do - told the story of the Evil League of Evil Application Processing Office as Dr Horrible's application was churned through Bad Horse's corporate machine (http://higletfilms.com/comedy/evil-league-of-evil-applications-processing-office/).

The drama we released last year, 'Goodnight Princess' is about love, loss and silly voices. It has people in tears even now - and in a good way (http://higletfilms.com/drama/goodnight-princess/).

As you said, using less-then-stellar equipment doesn't make a bad webseries, but I would like to put forward the idea that bad writing or an uncertain plot/theme/raison d'être does make a bad webseries. So when I say our current production, 'Mind My Brains, Darling!' is a Rom-Zom-Britcom set in England in 1979, five years after the zombie apocalypse, you might think I was taking the mickey. Judge for yourself (http://mindmybrains.com/)

It's okay to say you don't like some webseries. In fact, I think it's a great thing. If people don't like what I do then it sometimes sucks to hear that, but if they can tell me why then at least I can decide whether I agree with them or not. And make changes if they are necessary.

I don't think amateur equals bad and I think everyone who wants to make a webseries, should. Some will be terrible and most will never be viewed by anyone outside their family. But the lessons they learn and the joy of creating will probably be enough. And the next one they make will be better.

If anyone thinks making a webseries - even a crappy, local webseries - is easy, then I suggest they try it. You don't need to have made one to know what you like/don't like, but it will give a different perspective on why people bother at all.

http://vbctv.com
That site offers Web Entertainment. They have many webseries...