"We’ll never know if we got in because of our silly accent video."
You did not get in because of your silly accent video.
(As a rule it's a mistake to try to do amusing things in your video. Gags usually make you harder to understand rather than easier, and since we are usually at or past the limit of understanding when reading applications, any loss there is dangerous.)
I'm no YC dude, but if I were a betting man, I'd give them money due to:
1. History of shipping stuff
2. Huge ass market
3. Solving a real pain point for indie game devs out there
4. Simple, easily understood, business model
5. Domain experience
Do you have any advice on the length of the video? The application asks for a "one minute long" video, but most of the accepted videos I've seen are usually longer. Some are as long as 4 minutes. Does the length factor in to your decision?
We stuck to about a minute. I don't have any specific insight into how the YC acceptance process works, but it seems like a minute should be roughly the right amount of time to describe what you're doing. Remember that people have short attention spans.
You did not get in because of your silly accent video.
(As a rule it's a mistake to try to do amusing things in your video. Gags usually make you harder to understand rather than easier, and since we are usually at or past the limit of understanding when reading applications, any loss there is dangerous.)