Am I a Scammer??

[@ilvanezzo]

Well Craig's got to offset the money he spent on all those copies of Concord, *somehow*

[@WayStedYou]

30 seconds of ads at the game awards is more expensive than Craigs entire award show

[@MatthiasVex]

"I don't know why I'd want to highlight something I hate" *proceeds to make a video highlighting something he doesn't like*

[@jester_to_lords]

*Makes anything free online* Bots: “My time to shine!”

[@chronix7946]

"Maybe you should sell some of your Pokemon cards" As a Yu-Gi-Oh player that hurts on several levels

[@A-D-D-F_Toxic]

I'm not a player of either and it hurt me lol

[@Ric_373]

Yo-Gi-Oh, Po-Ke-Mon, grammar is not his forte 😅 Craig is a retro games guy. He's not very knowledgable about most other things pop culture related. This will just be another meme on the channel 😂

[@marcogenovesi8570]

Craig delivering 4D burns

[@mattm7798]

Do you play in paper? I alwasy wondered how Yugioh players could remember all that text and heaven forbid you had to read it to someone lol

[@sparda9060]

My friend who plays in tournaments a lot sold his entire collection in 2015 to a card shop for $1500. And I sold recently sold all of mine for $400 even tho I hadn't played in any tournament and quit since 2017.

[@bighat4742]

I am a broke mf'er. I'm fine with how this is set up. I see no issue. Craig gets $30 a vote from gamers. Jeff gets millions from corpos that hate us gamers for the highest bidder.

[@DartjuDU]

I hate Jeff keighly as much as the next and the game awards have become hollywood slop and a joke. But don't be misled, Craig and his crowd are only in this for one thing: money. That's all it ever is with these people. We work to live, they mooch because they're greedy. It's easy to sit in front of a computer and read articles daily. Try working on scaffolding in -18 degrees. These people are lazy

[@wrongthinker843]

So it's "VGA at home"

[@Azhrei2000]

And yet... I could vote for every category in the game awards without paying a dime. Including the players voice category, where that's all us

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@Azhrei2000 you can vote for only player's voice, everything else is just a preference, with the real votes cast only by journos

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@wrongthinker843 so you can't tell the difference between VGA and a show where people actually vote

[@Bongoslam]

Telling people exactly what they get and what they don't get for their money before they pay is the new definition of a scam.

[@ianwest1624]

@@Bongoslam lol crazy world we live in

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

I saw a yt video where a young woman reviews Hummers new ev unit! it had a self drive software that drives your car in the lane you are and wont take over any cars, after 2 years, its an app you have to pay 20 dollars for every month!

[@mikewhitfield2994]

Same as showing uncut, unedited video is now branded as "cheap fakes". Let's all make 1984 fiction again.

[@PyromancerRift]

The same people as you said PS5 pro was a scam. despite knowing what you get. Making people pay for what should be free is a scam. For example, the upscaling for the PS5 pro and the right to vote.

[@davidslion3568]

"Maybe you should sell some of your Pokemon cards" I lost it

[@Veteran_Nerd]

Calling someone a scammer while opening YGO cards is peak irony. 🤣🤣

[@Python_Bacon]

I like the “negative” categories, my two cents.

[@boobah5643]

The general rule is that failures teach more than successes. Which means it is important to point out, and analyze, failures so that one can at least make _different_ mistakes next time.

[@HoLeeFuk317]

The "I deserve everything for free" crowd is coming for you, Craig.

[@uumanebs]

You do realize you're saying that to a dude that has repeatedly gone on the record begging for the opportunity to sell out once again, right? And this isn't old news, this was like right before Xmas. And his "fee" does nothing to stop those he supposedly wants to keep out bc it would be a business expense, ie tax write off, for them. Giving my free vote for the existing award show more value than his paywalled pay-to-win version.

[@HoLeeFuk317]

@@DartjuDU So whats it about? You just mad people are giving money to something you don't like? Do you think Craig is pocketing the money? Do you think Craig is trying to rig his own show? What is it about someone raising money for something they want to do that makes you so angry?

[@phluphie]

Thank you. I was gonna say the same thing. What's up w/ this section of the Gaming Crowd that doesn't think devs should eat?

[@DartjuDU]

@HoLeeFuk317 because he's not raising it for the art of video games and the people who enjoy them. He's doing it for himself and yes I believe he along with his cronies are pocketing the money. The whole project is half assed, and he's barely made any headway into his "project" this is something that takes time and real dedication. Sitting in front of a camera and asking viewers for money with nothing substantial to show for it says a lot. Why not ask his 100 thousand subscribers for a dollar each? What does that equal?

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@uumanebs the fee exists mostly for bots, if you can't afford 30$ for voting you can't afford games anyway

[@edgarmcanderson6991]

Maybe I missed it but I don’t remember hearing Craig or Blabs forcing anyone to become a member. As for the categories, that’s what gamers want. Gamers, not journalists or shills.

[@PyromancerRift]

But then, the winners will be voted by shills. Shills that are willing to burn 30$ for the sake of it. Oh the irony.

[@Aames32]

You can't say it's for the community then paywall it.

[@JamesMDavis1]

@@Aames32 The woke weirdos do that more and you don't have a problem with it yet you have a problem if Craig does it? You're a hypocrite.

[@MAGAMAN]

@@Aames32 Sure you can. It also helps avoid one person voting multiple times.

[@myles5276]

Really happy he took the fun rout and did his own thing.

[@lockecold]

"Diet P" seems like an unpleasant person to be around. Happy to support an alternative game anything including an awards show whenever possible, especially if it annoys boring people like "Diet P". Glad that this response exists to clarify things further.

[@betaradish9968]

It appears he’s buried this channel.

[@RacerDrag]

@@betaradish9968 so he cant be searchable ?

[@betaradish9968]

@@RacerDrag I could find his old one and I can find the twitch stream. But whatever this video was on is gone.

[@coozecontrol9253]

I do love how hes talking about 30$ to much, especially for poor people when those box of yugioh cards cost over 100$. Talking about Craig while opening them is especially funny.

[@Cyborg999999]

Self awareness is something you have to be aware of yourself unfortunately he seems to lack said awareness 🤡🤣

[@marcogenovesi8570]

30$ when most AAA are 70$ and a decent indie is 15-30$? Yeah that guy is not a gamer. If you are a "real gamer(tm)" you can afford that

[@paulsmith410]

LOL, I choked a little when he made that comment. I've done boxes of Magic: The Gathering once upon a time and it was not cheap.

[@evanhuff682]

@@marcogenovesi8570 I have been gaming since the 70s. Got Crohns in 82. Been on disability over 20 yrs now. I have spent more time gaming than most people can conceive, and I have to be very careful with money. Dont throw out generalizations, especially since the inflation we had the past several yrs.

[@Azhrei2000]

​@@marcogenovesi8570being able to afford it and wanting to pay it when we don't have to pay to vote in geoff's Game Awards are completely separate things.

[@thetravenousgamer]

Dude, you've been 100% transparent with this project, you gave clarity to the terms, and a bunch of us agreed to those terms. This is a non issue.

[@camilos007]

That guy either has zero understanding of what is going on with the woke industry or he fully understands & doesn't like what you're doing.

[@eastcoasteric]

Nothing like a grown man sitting there opening packs of cards from a child's card game that he's spent who knows how much money on - complaining about things that have zero impact on him.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@neurosis51 and they would be right. The issue here is the hypocrisy not the fact that a grown man is playing with toys

[@PyromancerRift]

@@marcogenovesi8570 You mean the hypocrisy of creating a competition to "give back gamers the power to chose what games are the best" and put that under a 30$ paywall ? The initial complaint was about gamers vote being useless. Well, now there would not be any gamers vote. Just a click of 200 old farts that are willing to burn 30$. I am sure this will not have any impact on the type of game that will be voted for. Absolutely not.

[@MAGAMAN]

@@neurosis51 You can make all the excuses you want. We all know the truth.

[@SirFailsalot91]

"Nobody in their right mind would pay $30 to vote on an award show." [Uses stock footage of himself opening $200+ boxes of Yugioh cards]

[@RealGreyGhost]

@@neurosis51 Its called lack of self-awareness. Dude made a video complaining about $30 a year for a membership, meanwhile opening a pack of cards that likely cost him well over $50 for the entirety of the video. I hope you can understand the irony. Or maybe you too lack the self-awareness to figure it out. "I'm so poor I can't afford to pay $30 to participate in an awards show. The VGAs is better because I can vote for free" FYI - that "free" vote only counts to 1 category. Its even stated on the VGA site that all other categories, that your vote is weighted by only 10%. The other 90% of the voting weight comes from the industry itself and not the actual people who spend tens of billions of dollars every year supporting the industry.

[@abrammill9365]

He's calling you a scammer while fake opening Yu-Gi-Oh packs that are all magically holographic. Riiiiiiiiiiiight.

[@chronix7946]

Actually the 25th bonanza pack is all holos and reprints of cards that are fan favorites, but he did get some very rare pulls in some of them so 🤷

[@chlamygamine2190]

Holos are no longer special. I've been out of the loop too but Ive watched rando card breaks and holos are common place. Kinda takes the thrill of pulling them

[@ShayminPunk64]

The Bonanza packs are like that It's not fake

[@JamesMDavis1]

@@chronix7946 I got that Yu-Gi-Oh box yesterday and I only got a few holographic cards. You saying that it's all holos is a lie.

[@SirFailsalot91]

​@@chronix7946And he's leaving ugly thumbprints on the foil artwork, too - doesn't even handle them properly FFS

[@PatrioticSam]

Even if I don't personally vote, I would trust an award decided by a panel of fellow gamers INFINATELY more than I would trust a panel of 'gaming journalists and influencers'.

[@Azhrei2000]

you know the journalists and whatever can still pay to vote right? And probably write it off as a business expense...

[@keto4366]

@@Azhrei2000 yeah and they will definitly do that. Common be real here. Even if they would it would be an insignificant number.

[@TheAndrewJohnBennett]

@@Azhrei2000 They should do it. Cause their vote will only be 1. If you pay, it will also be only 1. Unlike the VGAs which gives the the Journos 90% of the voting power.

[@wrongthinker843]

"We have "hello fellow gamers" at home" energy

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@wrongthinker843 yeah only the Dorito Pope is allowed to ask for money and give awards, he invented the awards and eveyone else is just stealing his idea

[@marce.7277]

The fact that you are open to criticism and can admit when you're wrong speaks volumes about your character, and proves that your intentions are genuine. Thanks for providing an alternative for us, Craig. I look forward to TRGA.

[@SLRModShop]

_"I wouldn't recommend giving these guys any money for ANY reason"_ Says a lot about his intention here. I'll never understand haters, what compels people like that to take time of their day to just be nasty. That quote ruled out the fact that he might have been doing that to help people not being scammed. He's just a hater. I don't get these people. When we buy AAA games, we get insulted, when we don't, we get insulted. We can't even have a little refuge when we can be among ourselves in peace, they have to lurk, and attack...

[@MarioWendorf]

Yeah, it did have him tip his hand and show this was about hating the man and everything sprung from that

[@PyromancerRift]

He is right though. First, they launch a free game award life on stream with polls. This is free for everybody and it shows they can make it happen. Then, the next year they advertise it more and expand etc etc... Then if they want to make it on stage, they ask the community for help. The way they are doing it now looks like they try to milk the suckers.

[@TheCybercoco]

Yeah, toxic positivity is always the way to go. Amirite?

[@ConsueloWubba]

NPCs cannot go against their programming.

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

Its because they are the doomer crowd of people that agree with our side. They think the fight is hopeless. they watch people like synthetic man and think that anyone trying to make a difference is controlled opposition and that nothing will get better. they are a real drag and they really keep us down by pretending any real victory as nothing when its clear that wokeness is dying and the left cannot survive without censorship

[@loganlevesques]

Yes, Craig is a scammer. He's stuttered his way into our living rooms

[@0070Link]

This guy seems like the type of person that shows up an hour before a party starts just to nitpick the food, drinks, music, and where it's at. He doesn't help just nitpicks. And then when the party starts just sits in the corner complaining to himself while everyone else is having fun.

[@therabidscorpion]

@@0070Link This is how I've always described DSP's personality lol

[@alexwaddington9808]

He was very close, Craig isn't a scammer for the award show, Craig is a scammer for his supplements 😂

[@allenr3164]

I was going to write a comment suggesting a "best jiggle physics" category... then I remembered this is Side Scrollers. At that point I said "They got it covered". 😂

[@jonathanmarshall2860]

I would not take this guy seriously. You can't even search dude's channel to get a feel for him. The only thing that he pointed out was Craig's poor grasp of the English language, but being here since the Screwattack days, I see it as par for the course. I would be questioning The Real Game Awards if Craig got the website out without a typo here and there.

[@lanceuppercut6168]

It'd be funny if he puts a typo in everything just as a running gag 🤣

[@iammaximumstupied]

facts, they did SGC too so Craig does have a background in that

[@Pidgen56]

"I've been receiving middle fingers my entire career". Sometimes it really is easy to forget what it takes to be successful. Standing resolute while it feels like everyone is doing as this guy does to you. Respect man.

[@LotsaThingsNstuff]

In THE REAL GAME AWARDS, the sponsors dont get awards based on how much they pay.

[@wrongthinker843]

Amazing! I can get the same experience for free by just not caring though.

[@LotsaThingsNstuff]

@wrongthinker843 you cared enough to comment. Lol

[@wrongthinker843]

@@LotsaThingsNstuff About your self-delusion. Don't become the left.

[@wrongthinker843]

@@LotsaThingsNstuff About you deluding yourself, sure.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@wrongthinker843 if you did not care you would be out there touching grass instead of replying to half of the comments in this video comment section

[@Flashback-Gamer]

You're smashing it, man. 100% transparent, and this must be killing the critics out there, biting their lips..ouch 😂

[@GhoulsGold]

If the paywall ensures voting isn’t blanketed by trolls, or industry “bots”/fanatics, or otherwise monopolized by one set of gamer/game “group”… I don’t see the issue. The biggest criticism is that one aspect, by short-sighted or otherwise flatly ignorant, or more than likely, disingenuous contrarians. The gatekeeping is a necessary component in hopefully operating and protecting an event,a system, that won’t be destroyed before it even gets off the ground. The fee is fair.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

the 30$ is blocking mostly the bot farms. Journos or anybody in the industry can easily afford one ticket, but getting enough accounts to sway the vote with a bot farm is getting expensive very quick. Also it's easy to track, if somebody bought 2k accounts with the same payment information you can notice it and realize there is something wrong

[@Azhrei2000]

Then why don't we have to pay to vote in the game awards? Goty may not be completely our votes but Players Voice is. And look what game won player's voice this year, The game everyone thought should have won goty...

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@Azhrei2000 because we don't vote in the game awards. There is one awards where the plebs are allowed to vote and it is given no importance in the show.

[@wrongthinker843]

@@marcogenovesi8570 So it's about wanting to be seen? The jokes write themselves...

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@wrongthinker843 what makes you think that people wanting to vote for actual game awards is "wanting to be seen"? Nobody is seeing the people voting dude. Let me explain it in terms you understand (by quoting the Acolyte) "It's about power, and who is allowed to use it."

[@Joonysuke]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't this guy criticized you before? I feel like I've seen this Channel comment on the stream or a video before.

[@genoman3]

Meanwhile he is totally fine with spending 100's of dollars on a Yugioh booster box.

[@knightdriver3592]

An endeavor requires funds to maintain, and bots cannot pay $30. I have zero problems with this.

[@RodimusPrimal]

There was certainly some constructive criticism there, which you've acknowledged in needing to fix, but this is certainly coming from a place of "Everything should be free." I'll take your track record of wanting to do it right over that any day.

[@sigmacademy]

It's even more laughable when you consider how many KZbinrs use something like Patreon to create member exclusive content. How can it be a scam when you can CHOOSE to not participate if you don't want to? I swear, the public education system has failed this generation pretty badly...

[@StCerberusEngel]

There are two things here that could be improved on outside of the grammar on the website. 1.) What's the harm in showing the categories to the public? You don't have to open the voting to them, but making an easy to peruse list of the categories and nominees so that people can see the possible entries makes sense, and may even encourage some to become voting members. You can browse through the categories currently, but it's not laid out especially well. That said, the option to vote would be a great thing for the general audience, which leads me to point 2.) What about a free voting option that's displayed along-side the paid member vote? You would be able to still have the paid member vote be the official result, with the free option being a special mention or the like. It would help show transparency and give the public who don't have or want to spend the $30 just to vote for an award show a level of participation. And since it won't effect the official result, botting would be pointless or at worst, just funny.

[@Cyborg999999]

Great ideas mate, this is how you constructively criticize something you have genuine interest in unlike the yugioh guy who's clearly just a " hater "

[@BigglesD]

This really would be the best change. The paywall is obviously necessary to deter bots, but there was no way I was gonna shell out $30 without even being able to see what I'd be able to vote on.

[@wrongthinker843]

@@BigglesD What? You won't pay for a cat in the bag? How entitled! /s

[@potatoradio]

First, this was how the Hugo Awards were done (Membership - paywall also Oscars, Spirit Awards...) Second First year the Awards were member suggestions. Likely 2nd year on most will be static with the new entry because tech and Genres change. Like Grammys when Heavy Metal or Hip Hop got added... No hate, but he covers this.

[@boobah5643]

Well, I wouldn't want the free-to-play votes and tallies. That just invites all the problems the paywall is intended to stop (because there _will_ be people whining that the FTP numbers are the ones that _should_ matter,) only now you're doing extra work.

[@maleficentdunn5370]

If Craig thinks he can't read then Gary/Nerdrotic needs him to hold his beer.

[@darkknightcometh9195]

'I don't care. Also...' (makes a video whinning about the thing he doesn't care about. Ok guy.

[@rafterman5072]

The thing I have a problem with is that your Game Awards seems incredibly low effort. I looked at a few of the “categories” and there are games on there that didn’t even come out this year. You also nominated Endymion as “Games Journalist of the Year.” lol I mean, I’m not saying someone from Kotaku should be nominated, but Endymion has absolutely no insider knowledge. That award should go to Jeff Grub, Nate the Hate or Jason Schreier. You know, someone who actually provides inside information about upcoming games. It seems like you are just trying to make an “anti woke” awards show, without actually really adding much of value to what already exists.

[@SirFailsalot91]

The Game Awards: 90% of voting power given to Progressive ideologue games "journalists" The _Real_ Game Awards: 100% of voting power given to the audience of gamers I wonder which sounds more like an award show that is for the people that love gaming, it's just too ambiguous to tell the difference!

[@Etnannarac]

The do nothings complaining about people trying to build new things is my favorite internet genre.

[@Dragonfire-c8u]

The Gamers Choice Awards would probably be too boring. But so long as it's the PLAYERS CHOICE is what REALLY MATTERS. LOL it's a great start

[@Dragonfire-c8u]

Yes CBS used it once in 2018

[@gitrekt-gudson]

Scam? No, but I do think the $30 thing is silly. I would never participate personally. I'm not spending money on award shows about games... I spend money on games.

[@neurosis51]

Facts, I wouldn't call this a scam per say, it's just not worth the cost given how little value it is; i'd just say it pretty greedy and is definitely reminding me of how every conartist more concerned with their pockets than the cause tried to monetize gamer gate 1 and why that movement fell apart. 30 bucks for a vote for a meme show, bro? If it's about verification so bots don't spam votes, just make it a dollar or something. Otherwise there needs to be 100% transparency as to what the cash is spent on and why.

[@RegularCupOfJoe]

I probably won't support it either. And that's OK. I think it's akin to properly organized union. Pay in if you want and get benefits... or don't. You don't lose if you don't pay in and you will still reap some benefit indirectly.

[@ZombieDireWolf]

you are our favourite grifting scammer Craig! keep up the fun content

[@ttrev007]

i don't think the guy is giving any weight to the fact that people who are donating to the awards are probably SideSchrollers viewers. they already have an idea who they are and are not using the website to make their decision.

[@mjy]

Scammer? Have you been promoting Honey, too?! 🤣

[@LotsaThingsNstuff]

Honey situation is infuriating, all these "influencers" knew they were ripping people off and said nothing!

[@MissRora]

@@LotsaThingsNstuff A bunch of them were ripping themselves off at the same time. It's pretty remarkable.

[@paul.9828]

@@LotsaThingsNstuffThe cherry on top of the scandal is that the influencers are themselves getting ripped off. Honey intercepts and rewrites all affiliate links to steal the commissions.

[@LotsaThingsNstuff]

@paul.9828 yes and they didn't care enough to tell people, they're sub human garbage.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@LotsaThingsNstuff no they were not, and in most cases they were ripping of themselves as well. Did you miss point 1 and 2 in the 3 point list of what Honey does?

[@Nicky2414]

"The categories that are stupid to me are the ones that highlight the negative aspects of gaming." *Clearly, my man has never heard of The Razzies.*

[@boobah5643]

Even if he has, by his reasoning they're 'stupid' and 'joke awards.' Which isn't really wrong, but he also thinks entertainment is serious business. The Razzies, and other similar awards, like the Ig-Nobel, are as much about entertaining the audience as they are about passing any sort of judgment.

[@RacerDrag]

I cant find Diet P's channel man

[@joecamel4006]

Me neither

[@skitswithextramayo6371]

I can't take a guy seriously that has footage of himself opening Yu Gi Oh cards

[@rikkf]

27:15 along the way~

[@evospawn]

An alternative game awards is a phenomenal idea and has massive potential considering the current state of games everything. That being said it needs funding, do not be ashamed to seek finances especially when your competition has no shame milking every last dollar with not a care in the world if it’s ethical or not.

[@Tri57b]

Free voting category should be the 'Open to trolls Award'

[@Nero_Jero]

"Maybe you should sell some of your Pokemon cards." Bro... 😂😂😂

[@lduddy]

If a person is a gamer, that player can afford $30 a year. Most non-AAA games are around $40-50, while AAA starts at $60-70.That is not even considering the price of the PC or console of choice. If $30 is a nominal amount, especially after the recent inflation spike. $30 is roughly 5 cafe coffees a year.

[@tetsuo3k]

Straight up. It's a reasonable, nominal fee. You basically are obligated to enforce a fee if you want to fend off bots manipulating your data with impunity. It's no silver bullet, but it does throw a wrench in the dead internet gears.

[@serv-on]

Starbucks is like $8 now for a single latte

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@serv-on that's why the leftists can't afford anything, it all goes in starbucks coffees

[@wrongthinker843]

I can afford a lot of things.What's the value for me? Oh, you'll call me "not a real gamer" otherwise? Oh no, anyway.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@wrongthinker843 I'm the one calling you not a real gamer, not Craig. Get the things straight

[@PoonSpelunker]

If there wasn't any fees at all then every troll and hater would be mass suggesting the worst games just to ruin it.

[@JordanDC87]

Those are Yu-Gi-Oh cards. I think this award show is a great start to give gamers the award show they deserve that isn't controlled by activist and non-gamers that have no interest in the games they are pushing on us(Ex. Dustborn, dragonage the veilguard) and ignoring the real games that gamers love(Stellar Blade, Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2, Black Myth Wukong, Final Fantasy 7 rebirth, Astrobot, Indiana Jones and the great circle, Dragonball Sparking Zero, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Marvel versus Capcom fighting collection)

[@GrayghostAlpha]

Man, people really don't understand the concept of audience filtering. I cannot wait for this award show.

[@theexile4694]

17:18 - Hey hey hey Craig... That's YuGi-Oh... Not Pokemon... Get your card games straight. XD

[@therabidscorpion]

I pay no attention to any game awards. Never have. I just play the games I like and ignore the rest. I have no interest in knowing, or making it known, what the best game of the year is. It has zero bearing on my purchasing of a game. There's been "games of the year" that I've completely ignored and passed over for other games just because they didn't appeal to me. Also, Craig, no disrespect, but you have a literal degree in journalism. Grammar should be a forte. 😂

[@marcogenovesi8570]

grammar is what editors are for

[@therabidscorpion]

@marcogenovesi8570 But what about freelance journalists? They aren't likely to have an editor.

[@boobah5643]

@@therabidscorpion They sell their articles to magazines, newspapers, and wire services. All of which employ editors who go through the article before publishing.

[@RealGreyGhost]

@@therabidscorpion Freelancers still have to report to an editor if they're going to contribute to a publication. If their own writings they post on a blog somewhere or substack, then thats entirely on them.

[@VaultofGames]

It costs money to produce a show, if you don't get sponsored the money has to come from somewhere, so it's a paywall but also money needed to even go through with the event. Logical people would understand that

[@arthalamus3584]

Some people complain about the situation they're living in, but when you show them a solution they crawl back to their hole when they realize they have to work and sacrifice for it.

[@Sentinel82]

I love how there are people who think content creators are a charity.

[@sigmacademy]

Or that somehow hosting any kind of event is free, never mind having to pay extra for additional bandwidth or whatever additional tools will be used in creating the awards. Any first-year event management student could tell you most events STILL cost money to host, even the online ones.

[@mattm7798]

A scam is where a buyer is being tricked. No one is being tricked here. You pay money, you get to vote. Pretty simple.

[@WhatWorxDev]

I can't take card collectors seriously, and neither should you.

[@FireHawkX]

What prevents corporations from hiring hundreds or thousands of people or account and pay that 30$ multiple times in order to make themselves win out by buying the votes outright?

[@planktime]

Drama farmers going to drama farm.

[@Pizzpott]

"The categories that are stupid to me are the ones that highlight the negative aspects of video games" and as soon as I heard him say that, I tuned out....he will never take anything you said in this under any kind of consideration.

[@kerbal666]

This guy is just the "Ackchyually" meme manifest. Also, anyone who tuts over easily missed typos as some test of your intelligence I dismiss their entire argument out of principle!

[@Will-zt9xz]

This guys been scamming us since we found out his first name wasn't stuttering.

[@metalguyver1969]

I've seen Craig throughout the years. He has always wanted to keep moving and work with an idea, and with passion. Sure, there are some flaws, but it's a step in a more positive direction. He's working more with actually gamers then the other. Keighly's game award has become the Corporation's Oscars now, while only dangling shiny trailers for the gamers.

[@feintcircles]

As a voting member at The REAL Game Awards, I don't feel scammed. I got in on the Black Friday 50% off deal, I voted for the games, and I can interact and chat with other members. Works for me! Nobody is forcing anyone to join and everyone can enjoy the show. I don't see what issue is here. 🤷‍♂️

[@inspiraPaz]

"Best Waifu of the year" exist because there is a push to make all digital/2D women ugly and hopefully this catagory will signal to artist and developers that we want the "sexy" part of videogames back.

[@inspiraPaz]

On a side note, when is the lasy time we got a sexy starship, boat, tank, train, & etcetera in a game. I want to look at aspirational things. Not blocky frankensteinian abominations.

[@boobah5643]

@@inspiraPaz Some people _like_ flying bricks.

[@StueyDuck]

this sounds like a kid who hasn't entered adulthood properly yet. The playing with kiddy cards helps reinforce that idea. When he gets a big boy job he'll start to connect some dots and realise how wrong he is.

[@cjd2889]

Craig being entirely honest and up front about why he's asking for money, what the money is being spent on, etc. and not forcing ANYONE to buy it or misrepresenting anything. This guy: Total scam, guys.

[@lexfrost4394]

Imagine trying to start an indie project, like an indie game, for example. A handful of minor glitches and guys like this come out without playing and condemn the entire venture.

[@kevindelacruz2602]

I cannot find that channel. Weird. 😕

[@maigi321]

you naughty boy ;)... but yeah, I can verify. seems like the dude got some serious backlash and rather closed his channel. 74 subs is like one step from start, so it probably doesn't hurt if he has to reearn them

[@Kisuke242]

I will say 30$ for a vote and a couple interviews seems a little lousy for a subscription. If it was 5 dollars to vote that would be fine. There is not enough content posted regularly for the price.

[@aetherial87]

Craig mistaking Yu-Gi-Oh for Pokémon? Oh my.

[@Jane_Doe-f2d]

I know right? How can you be in the gaming sphere as long as he has been and not know the difference between Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards? Come on!

[@aetherial87]

@Jane_Doe-f2d absolutely barbaric!

[@Mavenkumz]

Dude. I think let's just say dude needed content and Craig was just the lucky random target. I have been watching Craig since his backwards cap days. Always a man of integrity. Real Game Awards will be watched from Malawi.

[@supersentaiguy]

I’ve been a Screwattack fan since the beginning and I’ve been a supporter of Craig for many years. If Craig says this is the way to go then I’m behind him. No reason to believe it would be a scam.

[@lordbritannic]

The completely unnecessary podcast by the NES Punk was a better video game podcast but to be fair he's stopped it. so yer I'll say yours is currently the best video game podcast.

[@ODBHero1]

Now THAT was a tourist.

[@EionBlue]

I think our friend failed to see the irony of his criticisms of gatekeeping poor people overlayed on top of a YuGiOh box opening video. Its like someone complaining about how groceries cost too much while sipping dom perignon.

[@Marky_X]

Dude is complaining about 30 bucks while opening up a box of Yugioh booster packs

[@SupremeKingToshiro]

Ironic

[@MrSamuelAdam4]

Yeah but at least he got something out of it. It's not much but it's better then spending $30 bucks to vote a make believe video game award that no one cares about.

[@MarioWendorf]

​@@MrSamuelAdam4about that. Why were they all holographic?

[@funkspinna]

​@@MrSamuelAdam4Yet here you are.

[@cymes82]

He's on that Pigroach grindset.

[@joshbnimble]

Joke's on you, Craig! I already redeemed the Gift Cards!

[@justinp9170]

After watching this i only got one question: Is it too late to throw money at this to participate?? Lol

[@justinp9170]

Nvmd I got my answer at the very end 🤣🤣

[@dannyt503]

Including developer acceptance speaches is something I would like to see in a future award show. I get not having it in this year since the show hasn't proved itself yet. When it has built itself up some more it is something I think should be included.

[@HoLeeFuk317]

Just show receipts for where the moneys going and we can make the determination for ourselves. And your mic is hot

[@DesignedByTaz]

Well done Craig responding to the criticism 🎉

[@Bis0Razorback]

What does that guy mean by "become more commercialised"?... * Become*? Did he not watch any of the previous shows? Look at the first 2 Keighley Dicksu... Awards and look at the last 2. This has been a persistent problem from the get go. "Geoff Keighley's Game Advertisements" - Razorfist.

[@bugensbooks]

2024 was great. We had massive, based successes from the East, and we crushed our enemies ruining games in the West. Space Marine 2 was a standout Western title enjoying success as well. Gamers stood tall this year and I'm all for it.

[@majestic_irrelevance]

In theory I agree with you...but $30...get real

[@LotsaThingsNstuff]

A year.

[@SpiderPig34543]

two hours pay for a year sign me up

[@marcogenovesi8570]

It's fine, we don't need the vote of broke people that can't afford 30$ per year

[@AppleShampooProductions]

the thing that concerns me is if the voting members play the games in a category or just vote for the one you like because its the only one you played and liked

[@MetulManiac]

Is the awards show itself going to be streamed for free?

[@SpiderPig34543]

should be on the channel sometime in January

[@marcogenovesi8570]

yeah it will be a stream on this channel

[@GaijinMecha]

I just don't think this guy knows what a scammer is. He can not like you, he cannot like the event. But a scammer intentionally deceives, promising something they never intend to deliver, that's not what you're doing.

[@riptors9777]

74 subscribers... i guess his hope is that by heelsnapping hes gonna make it big on youtube...

[@wrongthinker843]

Or Craig's hope that he can get away with talking back.

[@riptors9777]

@@wrongthinker843 Getting away? I doubt craig gives a h00t about subscriber numbers. Are you suggesting he would have tucked his tail if a big channel would have tried to smear and slander him based on... well basically no evidence?

[@wrongthinker843]

@@riptors9777 Doesn't care so much he wants you to give him $30 for nothing. Yeah, he would have. He did it before. You mean criticize.

[@riptors9777]

@@wrongthinker843 Thats still not a scam you muppet. Hes not claiming to sell you a product and then doesnt deliver. He says: 30 dollars and you get to vote. Simple as that. You really need to find a better argument.

[@RealGreyGhost]

@@wrongthinker843 Why did you shut your channel down, Diet P?

[@BryceByerley]

The RED FLAG awards would make bank! Make it happen Craig!

[@gokaury]

And Diet P would be at the top of the winner of the biggest prize.

[@se7enTse7en]

I see it as an Early Access awards show.

[@gooberthoreau]

This Diet P dude is just someone who doesn't like Craig generally, that bleeds through the critique. I love that as he goes for a "dunk" about a typo on the website, he stumbles a little on his words but didn't fix it in editing. Perfect.

[@MarvinPowell1]

I don't think this is a scam, but I do think calling something "The Real Game Awards" and putting it behind an expensive paywall is complete bullshit and no different than what Geoff Keighley does.

[@LotsaThingsNstuff]

@@MarvinPowell1 it's $30 a year to be a voting member.

[@arthurwigglesby8590]

"Expensive."

[@neolynxer]

If it's not about the money, then buy 1 game per member (of varied prices) and raffle it among members. Get yourself a 20% cut for organizing and spend 80% of membership money to buy 1 game code per member in the range of $5-$70 per game. Then raffle all those among voting members. So you could spend $30 and not only get a vote, but potentially get a $70 game. Just do the raffle transparently on the stream.