I opened this thread curious to see who actually watches this guy's videos. Good to know that a fair number of replies are from people who don't.Roocifer said:Telegram from Capt. E. Blackadder.
Dear Mr Chaplain. Stop. Have discovered only person in the world less funny than you. Stop. Name Jimquisition. Stop. Oh and one more thing, please please please. Stop.
They say they like it. They say it. But do they feel it?Kenji_03 said:Ya know, I think Jim finally has figured out his tone. "Everyone here hates me, and I like it that way". I'm starting to like Jim now, didn't think I'd say that at the start.
Doesn't rotten tomatoes work on a like-dislike system with equal voting of all users? A very different system that I don't think has been applied to games before.JoelChenFA said:Rotten tomatoes works. SO should metacritic.
Its a really straight hook.Swifteye said:Your in trouble. Ego IS his hook you might as well ask yahtzee to stop being cynical or movie bob to stop being a nerd.erbkaiser said:Some good points made here, but unfortunately a lot too much arrogance for me to actually like this video.
A little less ego and a little more depth on exactly why the misuse of Metacritic is harmful, and here I mean that in videogame reviews for some insane reason a '70' means mediocre and a '60' means horrible, and the video would have been much better.
What did he actually serve? that:Fearzone said:I LOL'd in this one.
"You've just been served in Jim Sterling's truth kitchen."
That was prime.
Rock on dude.
It isn't very hard to be a jerk on the internet is it? Personally I would be above such things but even though it's very cliche and easy to be mean it still draws a crowd.....JoelChenFA said:Its a really straight hook.Swifteye said:Your in trouble. Ego IS his hook you might as well ask yahtzee to stop being cynical or movie bob to stop being a nerd.erbkaiser said:Some good points made here, but unfortunately a lot too much arrogance for me to actually like this video.
A little less ego and a little more depth on exactly why the misuse of Metacritic is harmful, and here I mean that in videogame reviews for some insane reason a '70' means mediocre and a '60' means horrible, and the video would have been much better.
How true, my experience: call one person a jackass for,well, being a jackass and get a warning. Call the majority of your show's viewers pricks and get fame. (sigh)Pr0 said:Thanks for the warning, I'll keep in mind that only site contributors are allowed to insult people from now on! I shall move back to my life of being a sad little cretin.
Minority groups can be a good thing and can provide unique perspectives on matters. I would argue that the industry need super-hardcore fans, because quite often they're in tune with the essence of a game/series and can provide great feedback to developers. Bioware Social is a great example of a hardcore fanbase which contributes to the development process of Bioware games in a positive way. I frequently loiter around the Mass Effect forums and the developers have taken ques from community requests.Zom-B said:He's essentially right. And furthermore, you don't hear anyone complaining about how RottenTomatoes.com is ruining the movie industry.
As usual, a whiny minority seeks to change/ruin something for everyone else because they got their knickers in a twist of a perceived slighting.