Red Arremer
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Books usually don't come with some sort of visual representation beyond letters, though.
And if they are illustrated, then usually the illustrator also provides the cover.
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Jimquisition: When Jim Sterling Was Sued For $10 Million By Digital Homicide
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Books usually don't come with some sort of visual representation beyond letters, though.
mr teaspoon
Member
My favorite comment:
Suck it Romaine you cunt. All you had to do is keep quiet and you'd still be making a nice income from your shitty games and Jim's review would have been forgotten in a couple of weeks.
But no...your ego wouldn't let you would it? You dumb fuck. Enjoy being the gaming worlds poster boy for The Streisand Effect you fucking rat.
So yeah, remember the thing you have to say next time you get a job - repeat after me "do you want fries with that?"
It's funny because it looks down on people with menial jobs.
Jorok Goldblade
Member
He's created an extensive public record showing an inability to take criticism or interact with human beings. He wouldn't qualify for a retail or food service job.
You have to give it to him he was relentless and he was a man of his words and did what he said he would however illogical it was. Marks a new low for humanity and blows my mind, not because of what he did but rather what he didn't do instead. Because of his diligence I feel if he had spent that same amount of time and effort learning to actually make good games he potentially could have put out good games. Man has his head in the wrong place when looking for solutions. Maybe someone needs to bet he can't put out a good game, who knows that might motivate him to prove them wrong.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
#CrookedJim
i think they were spoofing posts that crop up in a lot of individual content creator review threads like 'why does angryjoe get his own review thread'
I can't see someone doing this kind of stunt and not think "mentally ill" instead of "evil". Evil would know he was doomed to lose and would just cut his losses and move on.
When people say "I pity you" it is usually bolstering, but in this case... I imagine an unstable person living a nightmare locked inside his own head. Where are the people in his life stopping him? Why his brother is enabling his sickness?
When people say "I pity you" it is usually bolstering, but in this case... I imagine an unstable person living a nightmare locked inside his own head. Where are the people in his life stopping him? Why his brother is enabling his sickness?
Finished the video. This dude didn't know when to quit.
I wonder if he represented himself in court because he couldn't get a lawyer to take his case.
Now I remember. I forget the dudes name.
I wonder if he represented himself in court because he couldn't get a lawyer to take his case.
Now I remember. I forget the dudes name.
MarkRenton
Banned
LinkSlayer64
Member
This was a joke about how AngryJoe gets threads and people who dislike him always ask why he gets his own threads.
blood from a stone my friend.
MrCunningham
Member
A counter lawsuit would cost just as much and end up with even lesser results. Nah, I think humiliating them is good enough. I'm glad Jim Made this video, because it is a good lesson for video game 'journalists' and publishers. He also got the title: "Jim Motherfucking' Sterling Son" out of it.... well, I guess that is also something...
Youtube can't even stop fucking Disney from shutting down the official live stream of the Oscars with a copyright claim on their own song being performed by their own stars. They're useless.
TransTrender
Gold Member
Oh my, that's delicious.
How About No
Member
sammyCYBORG
Member
The Digital Homicide guy is a real moron.
He had a sweet and easy gig which made lots of money. If he just accepted he had a good con going he could have made enough to retire and rode off into the sunset.
I wish I knew years ago how easy it was to play the Steam system. I'd have done what DH did, but without the suing Jim bit...
He had a sweet and easy gig which made lots of money. If he just accepted he had a good con going he could have made enough to retire and rode off into the sunset.
I wish I knew years ago how easy it was to play the Steam system. I'd have done what DH did, but without the suing Jim bit...
I'm sorry to hear you went through this, Jim (Not that it wasn't unexpected, but those fees had to be devastating), but damn, this had to be cathartic. I hate the Schadenfreude, but I loved just feeling you obliterate Romine second-hand.
Hopefully this sets a precedent and stops other devs from being so frivolous.
Hopefully this sets a precedent and stops other devs from being so frivolous.
Pantaghana
Member
DH's games sold for nothing and moved single digits in sales, so I very much doubt that.
ImaLemming
Member
He gave thousands of copies away for free and made shitloads off the trading cards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX6Ge-KaoZg
WorldofMiku
Banned
Message to Digital Homicide:
The gates are down!
The village is pillaged
Your reputation will be damaged from this defeat!
(Taken from their game - Medieval Mercs)
The gates are down!
The village is pillaged
Your reputation will be damaged from this defeat!
(Taken from their game - Medieval Mercs)
It was all about the cards, emoticons, and bundles. The games were a means to an end.
Pantaghana
Member
Huh. I always knew that they were earning some money on cards and stuff like that, but never would have thought it was that significant, always assumed they'd earn 1-2k a month tops.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
The Steam Marketplace is insane when you get into it. If you ever have 40 minutes, Idle Thumbs has a series of emails about it stemming back to the TF2 origins. Giant Bomb have also had some bits about the shadiness such as using Steam to launder money. Stuff like this is always going to attract the likes of Digital Homicide, which makes it all the more crazy that they made themselves such a public figures in the gaming space with the frivolous lawsuits.
ImaLemming
Member
On a less creepy note than money laundering*, if you look through some of the evidence on the 100 Steam Users lawsuit, you'll see Romine included comments from "fans" who "were harassed" for "being interested in DH products"... which were people defending/upvoting Digital Homicide games because they know they can turn a profit on the trading cards, and didn't actually give a shit about the games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I8PFCR6z50#t=8m55s
* I'm torn between "HOLY SHIT" and "Eh, what else do I expect from Steam" on this :\
They really should have taken pause around the time they put forward papers to sue "Karl Pilkington" and "Baron von FappyWank"; them attacking people who defended them seems par the course. The whole thing might actually be crazier than them suing Jim in many ways. Disturbing the great beast that is Valve is suicide.
Also, I never meant to imply DH could possibly launder money. I'm sure I've heard Giant Bomb talk about the craziness that goes on in the Steam Marketplace, but that's the only video I could find.
Now that i think about it, I wonder if the lawsuit was primarily to prevent Jim from naming DH as an example in a Jimquisition about their "real business" for as long as possible. Bleh, this is getting off the positive topic and it's best not to try and analyse the logic behind it all.
ImaLemming
Member
Oops, I think I mixed up my messages there. Yeah, I didn't think DH was using Steam to launder money, I meant to say "It's not as gross as money laundering, but there's totally people who Greenlight games to make money off the inevitable trading cards, as shown in DH's second lawsuit."
Also, Karl Pilkington and Sebastian von FappyWank weren't the ones defending DH, they were the ones calling out the "I want shitty games on Steam so I can sell the cards" crowd, which DH interpreted as "They're harassing our customers and hurting our business!"
Anything involving DH is a logical clusterfuck.
JamesJoyce1882
Member
I think the math does not check out. Even if 1000 of his cards were sold every single day, that would only be $10 per day or so, not a "shitload" by any stretch of imagination.