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[Sirus]

I'd suggest kurtjmac (who's walking to the very world generation limit for charity), but I'm not sure how much Minecraft he actually does anymore. He tends to talk about whatever is going on in the astronomy world.

[Xantalos]

I basically only watch HuntrBlackLuna and some Jefmajor on occasion. Then again, I'm very boring and nonadventurous on YouTube.

[Valid_Dark]

I tried watching a few LPs  and I'd much rather play ths games myself.  Pewdiepie its annoying and game grumps are bad at video games. 

[Descan]

I only watch the people who are bad at video games (except Grimith. I like Grimith.), because I like watching people fail~.

[Slayerhero90]

I watch Criken because I like people screaming in terror at the smallest things yet still being competent.

[GlyphGryph]

I suspect Game Grumps may be intentionally bad at video games.

I like Jessie Cox myself. He's ALSO bad at video games. People who are good at the games aren't much fun to watch! It's like getting to viscerally live through the challenge I never get to experience.

[Korbac]

GAME GRUMPS FTW although Jon upsets me sometimes because he basically bullies Ego occassionally.

Northernlion is also a favourite of mine although Solifuge is just as good.

Then there's myself, and that video of Doom 2 with an australian accent I put on...

*shudders quietly*

[Putnam]

I like game grumps mostly because they can be perfectly critical and/or competent when they want--they were constantly making fun of how sexist Mary Kate and Ashley Sweet 16 Licensed to Drive is while they were playing, and they got farther in Zombies Ate my Neighbors than I ever did.

Related to the topic: I saw someone saying that Game Grumps as a whole is about two priviledged people flaunting their priviledge etc, followed by calling let's plays as a whole pretentious, as if people who think that they're funny shouldn't be allowed to make things they regard as funny.
(not to say there aren't pretrentious LPers, but saying that the medium as a whole is pretentious is... pretentious)

[Mephansteras]

LP's are odd things. For the most part I don't like watching them, but I've spent hours watching Jef Major's videos. Add in a fair amount of Grimith and a bit of Beaglerush on occasion, but Jef's the only one who I think I've watched the majority of his videos.

I also appreciate that at least a decent chunk of his audience have more than 2 brain cells to rub together.

[Mr Space Cat]

Gaem gramps can be pretty hilarious, though the main reason I watch them is for the horrors of their Sonic 06 playthrough. They are much more intelligent than haters seem to give them credit for, yes. The awareness of the extreme sexism of that Sweet 16 game is probably the best example, and the guys are kinda genre-savvy. The fan animations are also bloody fantastic.

Northernlion is also awesome. Best indie reviewer I've seen on Youtube.

Mangaminx and Krismpro are cool female Lpers with awesome/adawable voices who regularly play indie horror games.

Though honestly I haven't had enough time to watch many of any of their videos.

[Flying Dice]

I do enjoy watching the various ShackTacers play Arma II, and the LagTV guys when they go off onto random tangents (which is pretty much every video), but that's more or less it.

[Max White]

I love watching LPs. Especially ones that have no idea what they are doing. Watching people adapt to game mechanics and solve problems is interesting.

Also, TotalHalibut is just awesome.

[SealyStar]

I'd suggest kurtjmac (who's walking to the very world generation limit for charity), but I'm not sure how much Minecraft he actually does anymore. He tends to talk about whatever is going on in the astronomy world.

Astronomy and Minecraft-grinding for charity? Maybe there is hope.

One of the reasons I hate LPers for just about every game I own (except Starcraft II, which I am terrible at and that many people play professionally) is that they are worse at the game than I am. This goes double for Minecraft. I've played it enough that I know exactly what I'm doing, whatever it may be, in that game. And yet a lot of LPers are just blatantly terrible at the game they are demonstrating.

I realize the value of an LP lies mostly in whatever vaguely witty things the host(s) ha(s/ve) to say... but that part doesn't work that great.

[Graknorke]

I love watching LPs. Especially ones that have no idea what they are doing. Watching people adapt to game mechanics and solve problems is interesting.

Also, TotalHalibut is just awesome.

But watching him play puzzle games... my god.
In fact, any game without clear objective markers. It makes me want to gouge my eyes out and then punch him with them. He misses the solution just about every time.

[Sirus]

I'd suggest kurtjmac (who's walking to the very world generation limit for charity), but I'm not sure how much Minecraft he actually does anymore. He tends to talk about whatever is going on in the astronomy world.

Astronomy and Minecraft-grinding for charity? Maybe there is hope.

One of the reasons I hate LPers for just about every game I own (except Starcraft II, which I am terrible at and that many people play professionally) is that they are worse at the game than I am. This goes double for Minecraft. I've played it enough that I know exactly what I'm doing, whatever it may be, in that game. And yet a lot of LPers are just blatantly terrible at the game they are demonstrating.

I realize the value of an LP lies mostly in whatever vaguely witty things the host(s) ha(s/ve) to say... but that part doesn't work that great.

You could also check out direwolf and 2girls1minecraft. Both of those channels are still heavily Minecraft-based (unlike kurt, who also does a lot of Kerbal Space Program and other space sims) and they do a lot of mod tutorials.