1). This world would be boring as hell without drama. Plus, for a twenty year old gamer, I'm either happy-go-lucky, taking after the Youtuber Antastiq, or a raging, sadistic monster obsessed with overusing profanity and the word "rape" (usually just when I've had an extremely bad day and playing SG as a release from that bad day has gone horribly wrong and I'm trapped in an endless cycle of PVP suckage. (I know "suckage" isn't a word but it is now and Oxford can suck it galdernit!).
2). I once heard someone play Gold's leaving message in the MCSG TS and parody it. While most of us were laughing uproariously at how accurate his voice impression was, I did see the guy's point, and agree with yours, that Gold does seem to want to leave, get random people to cause a ruckus of "OMG GoldEllipse left! Huehuehue Imma go cut myself in sadness and shame even though this doesn't affect me!", and then have other people who didn't know him ask "Who is this GoldEllipse guy?", go to his channel out of curiosity, and BOOM! That, I have to agree with whoever that TS troll was, is a pretty cheap way to gain subscribers. At least my subscribers know I'm either busy or lazy in regards to my uneven upload schedule. (Shameless self-promotion lul)
3). Doesn't mean he has to quit Youtube entirely. Dear God, the man made anywhere up to a hundred (or two) videos for selfish reasons? If someone plays a game they really enjoy, they can upload it. If they're uploading it for some selfish reason like wanting popularity or wanting to show off their prowess at the game, then let them. Don't shoot them down completely as "oh well you might as well just quit." That's a form of belittlement and I, sir, piss on that!