Steam Needs To Axe Shithead Developers (The Jimquisition)

[@JcGross93]

The pain of childbirth is nothing compared to the disappointment they cause when they grow up.

[@Haan22]

Dad, stop following me around on the internet.

[@AZAZEL899]

Savage I love it

[@danielwilliams7161]

Your dad is Lieutenant Columbo? No wonder you don't want him following you.

[@HuffdrewPaint]

You're alright.

[@FalloutGuy22]

I wish you could hear my standing ovation

[@Shajirr_]

I don't think Valve notices this problem too much through all the stacks of money they have lying around

[@JPOG7TV]

Shajirr that explains why we will never get half life 3

[@shr1neCS]

Alejandro Castro oh literal Alejandro, it was a joke.

[@user-eo8vg5zz6t]

You should physically fight every single bad dev on steam with the crab claws and without your galbladder weighing you down they stand no chance

[@overlordchemm3705]

Jim OP, plz nerf

[@Somescrub]

I got mine removed and now I have super strength.

[@FerintoshFarmsPhotography]

I'd pay at least 3 dozen eggs to see that.

[@Bobby__B]

But it would have to be with his gloves on, the handpocolypse will happen.

[@Parivertis]

Before One Punch Man was a thing, I had a joke super hero called Crab Hammers who had crab claws for hands, and could take out any villain with a single Crab Hammer attack. However, due to his immense power and the never ending nature of evil, his real enemy was finding the motivation to actually be bothered to do anything about anything.

[@randytyson]

Before you die Jim, someone needs to make a franchise about you. A movie Trilogy Titled: 1:"Born different" (The corporate menace ) 2:"Born innocent" (attack of the ramine brothers) 3:"Born livid" ( Revenge of the Jim ) Holiday specials: Halloween:Jimsaw's special Easter:day of cornflake homunculus Christmas: father boglin Thanksgiving: steamcleaner unmasked Valentine's Day: Pogfuckers ballet Spinoff's included: "Story of chip" "A lesson in five nights: birth of Scott cawthon" "Laura's podquisition proposition" end credits theme is chains of love followed by Nintendo footage that's been content id Thanks for the likes everyone. I only wish I could've made this funnier And of course a soundtrack by miracle of sound.

[@ZeIfore]

"Here's a TV that looks like an apple."

[@mojoforthewin3069]

ZeIfore Life's goooooooooooooooooooooood. When you're a ninja block.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

4: Kingdom of the Big Ego, Starring Shia Lebouf.

[@randytyson]

"What's wrong with you"

[@RAFMnBgaming]

+RANDY TYSON Nothing, he's definately not holding an axe to my throat or anything.

[@felisasininus1784]

Theatening to kill Gabe Newell while trying to sell games on Steam, make sense.

[@sheriffaboubakar9720]

Rectus Rectumius I guess he committed Digital Homicide

[@therealshadow99]

I've had a diseased gall bladder that was misdiagnosed as IBS for 15+ years before the doctors hit on what it was. When they did figure it out I still had to wait a few weeks before they got me in for surgery and removed it. The doctor told me it was the worst gall bladder he'd ever seen and told me he wondered how I'd lived with that... So yeah, I feel you Jim.

[@BazookaTooth707]

therealshadow99 Glad you got it figured out, bro.

[@bt1234567892010]

oh god, I know that feeling. I had mine removed a few years ago and the doctor said it was the worst she'd seen. I hadn't lived 15 years with it, but I know how painful a bad gallbladder is

[@jekblom123]

how do you get that? did it get infected from food poisoning or something?

[@therealshadow99]

I have no idea. The symptoms showed up when I was in high school, but I didn't go to a doctor about the symptoms for years. Heck, I didn't realize they were symptoms for years. I couldn't stomach food for breakfast, eating it just made me nauseous for hours afterward. I also had 'stomach pain' (which makes sense because it's attached to the stomach) for years that would come and go. In fact I went through college, came back and was working for awhile before the stress I was under made me have ulcer like pains and I went to the doctor. That was when they decided it was IBS after throwing nearly random drugs at me. Nothing they did helped, but I did work out stress made it worse. So I did stress management. Which worked until I was going to college for the second time in my early thirties and nearly collapsed from the pain that felt like ulcers are described. That time when I visited the doctor they ran different tests and figured out it was my gull bladder. It took a lot of time to get the surgery since at the time I was working for the college while studying there and had no benefits (like health insurance). So it was all quite a mess.

[@jestersbro1]

I feel your pain buddy. Literally in this case. I had a recurring "stomach" pain that would drop me like a sack for 8 -12 hours at a time. The pain would cause me to sweat uncontrollably, not be able sit or lie or in anyway rest, I would vomit and it was generally shitty. Food was an issue too. Anything too fatty, too much dairy, too spicy, too tasty, too boozy, in fact any food or drink that was worth consuming. It was rubbish but I lost weight. The first time, the hospital thought it was a heart attack. That woke me up. After that it was referred to as a pain of a "non-specific" origin. For 2 years there was always pain to some degree. Then I went to a GP with a modicum of sense and she got me referred to (& I'm not kidding) Professor Toogood! Google him, Professor Giles Toogood! He really could have been cursed with that name. Old Toogood whipped out the offensive sack of stones and bile (then gave the stones to my wife!) and it's been all good since then. The stones live in a jar above my home office desk and they come out to disgust adults and fascinate children whenever I feel like it. I'm looking at the enormous gob stopper sized bastards right now!

[@Psychol-Snooper]

"If you wanna get rid of a shit-snake you cut it off at the shithead."

[@kaiforward7843]

"Jim" lahey!

[@errorus1the1first]

Wait a minute... Do KZbin and Steam have the same core issue? A ton of shit is flung at them, and instead of hiring more people to fix this they have come up with complicated and contrived ways of automatically "solve" the problem?

[@drakan4769]

yes they do, haven't you noticed that it's the same people who take advantage of the lack of oversight on steam that are also the most prone to abuse the youtube copywrong system?

[@tj12711]

Errorus the first Valve, like Google and other tech companies have bought the myth that you can use an algorithm to coast. Well the consumers are telling them that it's not working, they just refuse to listen. Their products are in a vulnerable position due to their laziness. I hope that the competition steps up to the challenge and thoroughly fucks them so they get a wakeup call.

[@errorus1the1first]

You and me both tj.

[@Nightmster]

Didn't KZbin basically "outsource" the problem with that stupid "KZbin Heroes"-thing :v?

[@kidthorazine]

Yeah, although with youtube it's sort of understandable due to the absolutely insane amount of content. Steam doesn't really have that excuse though.

[@gamerhats4145]

I cannot believe that it's become the DeviantArt of Steam; everything worth your money is lost in a sea of fucking shit because no one monitors it at all.

[@stevethepocket]

And, just like DeviantArt, it's come to be associated mainly with the worst of it, and the even worse people behind it all.

[@EvanCops]

:( not everyone on DA is shitty.

[@bioforest6602]

Evan Cops Yes they are.

[@zwarriorkrillin6400]

Evan Cops but that's what Hats is saying; there are GOOD things there, but there's SO MANY shit people that no one can FIND the good people through the sea of shitty Sonic OCs and other assorted trash.

[@Muirbidul]

Come on, man. It's not that hard to find awesome art on DeviantArt or Pixiv... it's just way easier to find mediocre/bad art.

[@ferelpuma]

I admire your audacity and tenacity to sticking to your guns and going against the scumbags of this world. I wish there were more people like you that stood for what is right.

[@hazukichanx408]

+Crazy Privateer - True, but there are also a great many people keeping their heads down and saying "Not my problem" even when something kind of is their problem, and more so when it's mostly affecting someone else at the moment. These people, in my opinion, are a problem in and of themselves; ignoring an injustice is a great way to encourage both it, and other injustices.

[@neveridle]

@Crazy Privateer that may be true, but it's quite obvious what he's talking about and quite agreeable too

[@loonachan]

Don't be fooled, Valve replaced Jim's brain when he visited. He's now that guy with a valve on his head.

[@VersatileKing13]

Hence why Jim switched to the tophat from the bowler. The tophat hides his new modification better.

[@HQ_Default]

I have a bad feeling that steam's method of dealing with shitty developers is to just let the community report them... Which WOULD get rid of shit developers... but it would also get rid of a lot of actually sane developers for all the wrong reasons.

[@theallinonegamer8482]

he might be back but his illness has taken both of his hands. Can video game developers survive crab sterling EDIT also Jim played Britney Spears song toxic as background music I just thought all the people who see this comment should know that.

[@SapphireCrook]

Taken? I think you mean IMPROVED. None can escape his enhanced new snappers.

[@Krebons1200]

The All in one gamer Look on the bright side: he can no longer snap his fingers the wrong way and destroy a huge chunk of the world.

[@rjc862003]

the hands look like they would go great with butter

[@theallinonegamer8482]

now he claps his claws and destroys all the world

[@rotciv557]

Sapphire Crook You could say that Jim will no longer cut his enemies a break and will start cutting them down to size before he splits...

[@SyDin]

It's a shame that Freedom Planet, a genuinely good game, has to share screen space with Greenlight-diareah.

[@ikozael6157]

Good thing it rose out o' that shitpile.

[@HistorysMysterys]

@@ikozael6157 Can't wait for FP2

[@HistorysMysterys]

Well I can wait enough not to bother and troll the dev team like they do in that forum constantly.

[@Slimedoggy]

Playing Britney Spears' "Toxic" in the background. Nice touch, Sterling.

[@TheAnon1324]

JackAttack I thought that was a nice touch as well 🙂

[@petemadrona2252]

Aye aye

[@TheLegendaryVGA96]

Glad to see you are ok and back at it Jim. As a medicine student who studied the gall bladder recently I know how much that thing fucking hurts and how dangerous it is. Keep going strong, and give them bastards the shit they deserve.

[@NickPiers]

As a medical student, what is your professional opinion on lobster claw hand replacements?

[@NamelessBody]

As somebody from the field of emergency medicine, I'll quickly answer that, if I may: Emergency Lobster claw hand replacements (E-LCHR) are the primary method of choice in people with both abdominal pain (particularly liver and gallbladder) as well as significantly higher-than-average sex appeal. Not only do the E-LCHRs increase that sex appeal further, they also counteract the pain by drowning it in eroticism. Although a recent invention, E-LCHR have been extensively studied in the past years, and due to the ease of operation, they are now performed as soon as the patient is brought into the hospital. So far, a significant 100% of patients have been reportedly happy with their E-LCHR. Thank god for all one of them. Sadly, even igoring the 'ethical issues' sometimes brought up, a big problem has thus far halted the development of E-LCHR; the amount of suited patients has fallen by 100% very recently.

[@AngryOrphanGirl]

As someone who's had their gall bladder removed after months of pain, yeah it's possibly the worst pain I felt in my left. Worse than appendicitis, so I know Jim's pain.

[@tamar7065]

Gallbladders are fucking scary. One of my friends is only in her thirties, and about a year ago she came this close to dropping dead from pancreatitis re: gallstones. Scared the hell out of us.

[@EternalAnomaly]

+1

[@RedGreekWolf]

I remember when Steam got in trouble with the Australian courts because they had no refund system in place. People defended Steam and even suggested that Australia should not be allowed on Steam anymore because of it. This is why I have trouble talking with people and why people have trouble talking with me, because I defended the courts because it made sense to have refunds, whilst everyone else thought it was shit

[@jesuszamora6949]

Nathanael Paxevanos Steam is fanboyed to death. If you have any issues with Steam, if you say you don't like Steam or don't use it for ANY reason at all, the hordes of fanboys come at you. Me, I left in 2011, a bit before the sluice gates really opened. I only play PC games via GoG or DRM-free games from Humble Bundle, and now I almost never see any of this shit.

[@Legion12Centurion]

Its no difference than playstation, Nintendo or xbox fanboys... you will attract this small core audience that can not deal with dialogue, criticism to what they love and more. It applies to more or less all big companies. Weather ones pick of plattform and pick of store they are always problematic since they silence the discussions by screaming. But if you look past them there are plenty using all plattforms, various stores that can have sensible discussions about weaknesses, problems and strenghts of them.

[@ミリまた]

One wonders as to Jim's sheer resilience when he's willing to claw through Gall Bladder pain just to report further on the Steam Storefront. Not that I'm complaining, it's a source of endless entertainment. That is, the Steam Storefront. But Jim as well. Except Jim is legitimately entertaining. ...Thank God for Jim Fuckin' Sterling, Son.

[@Zanphos]

CLAW through, eh? EH?! ...because jim has claws now? get it?

[@deathslayer4600]

Was that claw pun intentional?

[@almondjoy4938]

Underscorer What did you say... *PUNK*.

[@GamingRevenant]

The human oversight is clearly also a problem for KZbin right now :(

[@Spinklestein]

>"If it's functional, it's sellable. Sometimes, it doesn't even have to be that." True. The Soul Reaver port has been on Steam for years, and VERY FEW people can actually get it to run on modern computers. You can report issues to the "developer", you can report it's shitty non-functionality to Valve, but nothing will be done about it, because it isn't supported at all. They're selling a broken piece of shit and don't care. Any response you get about issues on their forum will be, "try compatibility mode and pray it works".

[@jotabeas22]

Dickwraith Mekeritrig I suffered that with thr Bayonetta port.

[@Blunderbussy]

GOG Soul Reaver port is amazing. Steam is shit. I couldn't get a refund because when I bought it, refund policies were not common on Steam. Got fucking fed up with them, so I stopped buying from them, even if they have a gigantic 99% discount.

[@ravenousbasilisk5120]

Dunno about Soul Reaver, but I know another great example(2 of them in fact) - Heroes of Might & Magic 3 - HD Edition, a very fresh specimen at that, it did not just launch on my PC - end of story for quite a number or people. Another would probably be Disciples 2 - I can launch it, but only without a sound(even then it doesn't work every time)

[@AndrewConlan]

heres another bad one, Devil may cry 3: Special edition, the game works but there is no real way outside of 3rd parties to get the controller working right, like how can ya fuck up controls on a game that already had damn good controls

[@StephenStaver]

Anyone else notice that Jim seems a bit crabbier than usual?

[@MathewHaswell]

Jim F-ing Sterling, Son ought to have dressed as "Him", to put them rubbery claws to better use.

[@IshanDeston]

Nope, you must be imagining it.

[@MindOfGenius]

Oh come on, don't snap to conclusions like that...

[@bootmanbill2362]

Stephen Staver those are lobster claws you uncultured swine

[@compedycakemine6960]

It's a new hat. He definitely bought a new hat

[@callumfriel10]

Thank god for Jim's Gall Bladder pain, it made us appreciate him even more, Thank god for Mother Sterling #MotherStrong #SaveOurTroops

[@madamechaos7481]

Thumbs up for Mother Sterling.

[@wanderingrandomer]

Jim Fucking Sterling, Son suffers on this earth to atone for the sins of shithead developers

[@Deathclaw-lh5tl]

Jim can't atone for the sin of the shitheads, only the shitheads can atone for the sins of the shitheads.

[@SupremeMarioGamer]

If Tom Pom sues Jim, then Jim should file a countersuit & force that guy into bankruptcy.

[@simonw3858]

Super expensive as well, not worth the time and money especially when fighting people who even if they lost couldn't pay recompense.

[@NihilNick]

Vercusgames The legal system isnt BS lol, what is your origin of that belief

[@Omegacalgar]

Money. Money is the reason the legal system is BS. Like Patent Trolls. Or any civil suit and settlement. Money is the goal. Not justice.

[@simonw3858]

Ya I would buy that assessment. The rich definitely have an advantage over everyone else, they can buy the most expensive lawyers and drag the suit on forever just to bleed the other guy dry of funds.

[@onedeadsaint]

16:35 this is the exact reason why this shit will continue. valve doesn't wanna get it's hands dirty and actually shell out money to pay employees to fix this. it's just cheaper to let it go unchecked.

[@jackandersen1262]

Also there is no real incentive for Valve since no matter how terrible the game is, Valve always makes $100 from the submission.

[@genericwhitemale7028]

Will anyone ever give this guy a break? He's been DMCA'd, dossed, sued for 10 million, and gotten death threats by Zelda fanboys.

[@battlion507]

I wish... With the very thin skinned, over egotistical, douchebag-like wretched hive that resides in Valve, they're gonna take it out on Jim, Gabe or Valve, Steam Users, me, you, it'll never end. Cuz that was the sperm that won into this place.

[@awzthemusicalreviews]

I hope they never do. Like any great heel, he thrives on the petty marks who want to kill him. They push him to do better, and they downright encourage him to put them where they belong. May he teach them to check the hubris at the door, lest he devour them all one day.

[@martinperon4576]

He survived a $15M lawsuit, gallbladder pain... clearly, Jim's immortal. It's about time we start thanking Jim for God.

[@Healermain15]

Which would make a certain indie company into a perfect example of classical hubris. They insulted a god, and claimed they were better than him. Thus, they paid the price.

[@mjc0961]

Martin Péron Start? I've been thanking God for Jim since he started the show up again on the Escapist.

[@OriginalPiMan]

mjc0961 Reread it. He said thank Jim for God, rather than the usual thanking God for Jim.

[@mrman5566]

GUYS... He edits his podcasts...

[@MathewHaswell]

The claw hands are just some of the many articles of costumery owned by Jim F-ing Sterling, Son.

[@wile123456]

Like holy shit, they make billions of dollars but valve uses it all on VR? For fuck sake hire 100 people or something as service administration to oversee this stuff.

[@JJ-ry8mn]

But then they wouldn't be making all the money.

[@tj12711]

Jailyn Elcock With GoG rising in popularity, if Gwent takes off then they won't make all the money anyway. When you have competition you can't get away with a shitty product like Valve is trying to do with Steam.

[@tnerbtnerb5136]

wile123456 I wonder how much of it is laziness versus a "absolutely hands off" approach edict from Gaben. Remember he originally worked for Microsoft, and when he left vowed to never entertain such an "overbearing, innnovation inhibiting" environment again. This is why Valve's employees are kind of allowed to pursue their own projects with an almost dangerous lack of oversight in some cases. Why they rarely pay attention to "deadlines". And probably why they've time and again dragged their heels on quality control for their third party game submissions to the Steam Service. I'm not saying this is a *GOOD* model; only their model.

[@stevelarry3870]

They should keep that model, but they REALLY need to hire some people exclusively for quality control, and keep that separate from the rest of Valve so they don't all leave to work on virtual reality.

[@jesuszamora6949]

tnerb tnerb Have Atari's business model, have Atari's fate, at least hopefully.

[@Videaprojaekt]

I made a game with Unity for my studies and most asset flip games take less than 1 hour to put together. I mostly use assets, but why? I don't sell them.. I learn, I script, I program, since I am a programmer, not a designer :) Thats how this should work.. Steam is not the place for learning...

[@stingerjohnny9951]

Videaprojaekt well spoken, if this shit was just someone's weekend hobby project, no one with give a toss, but instead it's on sale...in a store

[@simonw3858]

Agreed I am an aspiring developer myself. I haven't sold anything yet because unlike a lot individuals I actually have the ability to look at what I made and be honest with myself as to whether its dog shit or not. When I do release a product it will be when it has been tested by many people and the general consensus is its good. My only hope is when that day comes it wont get swept under the rug because no body trusts the game is good.

[@startide]

Very fair point, but I have a question though : why on earth do people fucking buy that shit ? I mean there is no shortage of awesome games at cheap prices... why even bother mess with the filth that's posted on steam ? How do people even find those games to begin with ?

[@alistairpage-mcgill2723]

+Sora Fora KZbin doesn't charge you to watch videos though

[@valeoncat13]

I'm a designer and I've been using RPG Maker as a way to learn some really basic programming concepts as well as figure out ways to implement my art in interesting ways. I've probably made 10-15 different types of games I used to learn with. I'm actually now working on my own game with the goal of atleast 80% original assets. I don't expect to be done with it for another year or two. But it's pretty weird/sad seeing SO MANY RPG Maker games on Steam that appear to be peoples first attempts at creating something. And even with most of them having minimal work put in, they still are trying to charge people for these things.

[@DragonRaiderX9]

This video is a bit harder to watch in hindsight. It feels somewhat optimistic about where Valve is heading, and yet we've seen how Steam Direct has turned out. It's a hard road ahead for the game industry. Thank God we have Jim Sterling to lead the charge.

[@MeisuMeisu23]

Instead of going back to normal hands next week Jim should get gloves for his claw hands and keep em for a while.

[@ChilledfishStick]

I remember the good ol' days, when I was shocked that Steam would sell people shit like "Revelations 2012".

[@stingerjohnny9951]

Chilledfish I'm pretty sure we're in the "Upside Down" now, and with no cute little psychic death machine to save us

[@ChilledfishStick]

Embarrassingly I had to look up what "Upside Down" is. I really have to get out more :)

[@JIMMYBISDEAD]

Did anyone else think the crab claws snapping sounded like a judge hitting a gavel, as soon as i thought that all I could think of was a weird version of Judge Judy where Jim Judges cases between devs and gamers while wearing the crab claws, fuck it, i'd watch it.

[@InhalingAshes26]

"Case closed, bring out the dancing lobsters!"

[@Sarcasticmoocow]

Judge Judy with crab hands. I'd watch that.

[@weregretohio7728]

They're gonna win! How's that winning taste, Romine?

[@stingerjohnny9951]

Google Sucks I do believe it's fair to call the Slaughtering Grounds an "absolute failure" at this point.

[@SleepyMook]

Stinger Johnny No, The Slaughtering Grounds is an Abomination.

[@andrewerntell4775]

Valve have been blinded by bucket loads of cash that their digital store concept have generated. For them, it's now all about cashflow. Screw the customer base as long as the money keeps flowing. And they continue to get away with it because they are the only player in town. Trouble is, they don't realise that they are not to big to fail (remember Gamespy anyone? ). If another half competent company sets up a valve type operation with a strong focus on customer satisfaction and quality control, Valve are screwed. And given Valves declining reputation it's really a matter of when this happens, not if it happens.

[@cookiecrumb1018]

Andrew Erntell I agree both unity and steam don't do jack shit woch will cause there downfall you're going to make money but at a price of loosing what you owned aka your company but that's all they care about money over quality which doesn't work what they fail to realize is the better the quality of your product the more money you will make

[@Enbious]

It’s happening right now. Steam is slowly, but surely, falling. GOG is slowly, but surely, rising.

[@Lucas-ez4uj]

And now the Epic store has showed up.

[@havenprice]

Lucas and now the epic store is garnering tons of bad press making steam look like the shiny golden boy again

[@Yxng_Thicccness]

Jim, I really like you. That is all.

[@thomasl1061]

BootyPopperz Thank God for Jim Sterling!

[@darkxaur]

All new Jim Sterling! Now with Kung Fu Crab grip!

[@nidogoon6575]

Open video. See Jim has upgraded himself with crab hands. Press like button. Proceed to watch rest of video.

[@TheNethIafin]

^that^

[@VersatileKing13]

Frankly, I'm stunned he didn't get the crab hands WAY sooner :D

[@jonathanhurd6518]

I had the same feeling, lol.

[@youtubian2500]

>forget meme arrows >be a fucking normie >reeeeeeeeee

[@J_Themborn]

He betta than ever

[@FrankyMcShanky]

If I had giant crab hands I'd eat them. Then I'd have no hands. =(

[@MathewHaswell]

A variation of the "marshmallow dream" joke, then?

[@RedStar_N7]

Crab claws grow back ya know... INFINITE FOOD SOURCE!

[@ootdega]

LIFE HACK

[@LuffyBlack]

All of this talk of canibalism is making me hungry. I want some crab legs now

[@jiin6]

imagine if you were allergic to shellfish and had crab hands, sad times

[@rebeccabirch6130]

Coming back to this during work five years later and uh. Yeah no can confirm gallbladder pain is a fucking WHOLE NOTHER BEAST. Worst agony of my life. Glad the little bugger is gone now. Can’t imagine doing videos and stuff while dealing with that- toughest themme fatale online, you are!

[@senpaigru]

I rewatched this and it's probably one of my favorite Jimquisition episodes. What you do is so important. Thank God for You

[@Eco419]

ArE yOU feELIng iT Now MR KrABS???

[@Zappygunshot]

No, this is Patrick!

[@Projecthypocrisy]

Eco419 nosferatuuuuuuu

[@Provenom100]

ME ONE MILLIONTH DOLLAAARRR

[@thebigbrzezinski]

Best prop yet.

[@camilleosoba3981]

BIG. MEATY. CLAWS.

[@97Multiphantom]

Well those claws ain't for just attracting mates

[@jacobcarver1]

BRING IT ON OLD MAN! BRING IT ON!

[@shadowsnake94]

Jim making another video on Steam asset flippers aimed at Gabe Newell: HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN

[@1Korlash]

No, people, let's be smart and bring it off.

[@Coyotebriggs]

Kamil Osoba are ya feeling it now Mr. Crabs?

[@VoltieBird]

It's the #1 Crab Boy

[@LiveLNXgaming]

its not authoritarian. Steam is a global business. Products that they sell are representative of them and the suppliers that they work with are by contract of sale employed by valve. Every single one of them. If they are harassing customers, regardless of context, they should immediately be removed for valves employ and have their products removed as well. Even if its just harassing them by saying hey did you like the game to 100,000 people. if people report them, and they keep doing it, they have to go. Its good business to not align yourself with unprofessional people. And if they are actively insulting and offending their customers, even once, they should be removed. Its a professional environment, not a reddit form. Bad games are on thing, bad people is another.

[@SneedsterSpeedster]

The Architect Authoritarianism isn't bad in the first place.

[@StrazdasLT]

There was a gay people killing simulator on greenlight but it was not greenlit.

[@thatoneguy2394]

13:43. I still come back to this video and read that whenever I need a good laugh.

[@CazMeister]

Man, Jim is looking crabby today.

[@magadadaskolin4667]

yeah he looks NOM

[@moana_skellington]

Caz boo that joke was bad and you should feel bad (this is joke)

[@ItsAStuckPixel]

these videos remind me that its monday

[@animeguyreviews]

call in sick or say your playstation died

[@NickPiers]

Samules199 Just tell them I said it was okay for you to take the day off today. They'll understand.

[@84jesterx]

this video reminds me that this topic will never go away for Jim.

[@Sniperbear13]

ugh. mondays suck ass....... until i see that Jim Fucking Sterling Son video.

[@ZechsMerquise73]

Fuck. I just lost The Game.

[@TheLegendaryVGA96]

Gotta thank god for the fact that Dalas still gets shit from you Jim. The FurFun fiasco is not even the SLIGHTEST example of deplorable behaviour that guy is capable off.

[@MaXF25]

He once started streaming, and simulated that he was killed during the stream, letting it going on for hours. Why? Because that way gets people talking about him.

[@JOE0671]

hey, you leave applebee's out of this you monster

[@CaidicusProductions]

Well said, Jim. It's sad that money being the main motivator of all change in our present day societies has translated to "anything goes, as long as it's profitable"

[@0001Sika]

Whenever Jim showed up in this video, I kept thinking about that "why not Zoidberg" joke, but replaced "Zoidberg" with "Jim Sterling"

[@Malekariel]

jim and zoidberg have several things in common really. "This game is bad and you should feel bad!" the parallels are obvious. also crab claws.

[@Waffles-Mcnachos]

0001Sika "You still have your old friend Jim Sterling YOU ALL HAVE JIM STERLING!"

[@dumat100]

You called?

[@bzcharkl]

The trouble is that I think Valve would very much prefer to just make Steam an automated store front and let the algorithms sort it out. I'm sure it's a very attractive idea to someone up at the top of the chain who doesn't want to have to pay humans for things like oversight and quality control. That's why I think Steam Direct is much worse than Greenlight, which was never a particularly good idea in the first place. I just have a feeling things are going to get worse before they get better.

[@somedude5749]

Is that Britney Spears' "Toxic" playing in the background? I ask because it fits in PERFECTLY!

[@Ironman1o1]

So, after nearly half a year after this, we can see Valve was completely lying about doing anything about fixing these problems, to the point they exposed themselves to lawsuits from Cartoon Network due to non-action.

[@PhobosDDeimos]

It*s good to have you back, Jim! (though you never really left us, I know)

[@spud12345888]

Eric Bishoff intro song in the first 5 seconds = insta like

[@dollenrm]

I'm a simple man I see a grown man in a top hat and crab claws I hit the like button.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

Ryan Dollenmayer May the gods watch over your battles friend.

[@taylortierney6542]

I think that not yet fully grown men in top hats and lobster claws would also be quite entertaining.

[@wtfblonde]

yawn 'simple man' fuck boy comment. gkys

[@CrapLuckSimon]

Jim Fucking Zoidberg Son!

[@shockttrooper]

I cant thank you enough for making videos that describe exactly how i’m feeling. As a starting Game-Developer it pisses me off how asset flippers ruin the reputation of the industry. Thank god for you

[@EthelredFlametail]

Steam: Dose your game work Developer: kind of? Steam: Is there a story? Developer: well the main character takes a dump in the toilet and accidently flushes it down and now he is on a journey to find his long lost poop. Steam: OK... Will it make us money!? Developer: Yes Steam: Your hired!

[@headcrab4]

I remember a time where Valve was a highly respected company. Almost no people had a negative opinion of Valve. That's just been shifting over the past few years. Their whole "We don't interact with our consumers on any level whatsoever" policy just doesn't cut it in this industry anymore.

[@nou8257]

Valve and youtube are so alike if you think about it.

[@jesuszamora6949]

Smooth Trooper Almost-monopolies that don't want to hire humans for moderation, because there are enough people that will blindly defend them anyway, through scandal after scandal? Sounds about right.

[@amirgarcia547]

Jesus Zamora At least KZbin literally can't step in because of the law, as outdated as that law may be. SidAlpha made an entire video discussing it. Valve on the other hand...nah, they're just entirely lazy and anti-consumer.

[@jesuszamora6949]

Crono Sapien They could have people look at claims after a takedown. Two WEEKS?! It should take two days at most to resolve these takedown.

[@amirgarcia547]

Jesus Zamora Nah, I already told you that LEGALLY, they can't. I can't explain why because legal stuff has never been my forte, but check out SidAlpha if you want the full story since he has a whole video explaining it, like I already said.

[@ahettinger525]

Crono Sapien is right. I'd love to blame Google, but the reality is the KZbin DMCA takedown system is designed to follow the law. to. the. letter. It's designed that way because NOT doing so opens them up to losing their safe harbor protection and EXTENSIVE legal liability. If you want it to change, lobby your congress critter to change the DMCA. I think Leonard French gets into it, and (as much as I like Sid Alpha) is a better source (being an actual copyright attorney and all).

[@kleitosp.6272]

Symptoms of Jim's Gall bladder problem : Increased Awesomeness

[@Chyver21]

I miss when shithead developers were the villians on the Jimquisition. This season's villains are so much less fun to watch.

[@RoseDabest]

Now, now, Jim, no need to act so snippy.

[@B1ACKMAG3666]

It's Rose I saw what you did there

[@100billionsubscriberswithn4]

He's been acting a bit lobstery lately.

[@PewPewBeets]

Budum tish.

[@tally9542]

He's probably just a bit crabby that's all.

[@cuddleszorgy]

I like Lobster Sterling.

[@mapppkyc6698]

Lobsterlingson.

[@freakishuproar1168]

Next weeks Jimquisition will comprise entirely of Jim clacking his claws and making the ""whoo whoo whoo!" noise that Zoidberg makes. For thirty-one solid minutes. :3

[@LeanifyTV]

The shit at 13:46 is actually the cringiest nonsense I've read in a while.

[@TerrorBlades]

Imagine getting that message from someone... wtf does one even respond?

[@umbaupause]

But now read it in "insane villain" voice. That's suddenly very comedic.

[@LeanifyTV]

@umbaupause That's actually how I initially read it. Great minds think alike, lmao. How did they expect to be taken seriously? Jesus.

[@HolderOfLife]

Jim, Lato has always been like that. If you want more history on him you'll only need to look through old RPG Maker forums. CreationAsylum, RpgRpgRevolution (which might not be accessible anymore), rpgmakervx, any fan created forum had to deal with him.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

Dark Holder Really, did he often attack other users for no reason?

[@HolderOfLife]

Stinger Johnny when you say no reason I can only say yes, it always followed slight comments and criticism. I personally had to issue many warnings to him for flaming other users on RRR forum going as far as attacking people for not understanding his games description. In fact I believe he may have been banned permanently or temporarily from there. I was one of the forums Directors under the old owner and company iEntry.

[@spork8655]

14:59 Issue a DMCA takedown of a critical video and refuse to follow through with legal action, proving yourself a spurious abuser of the system? That's a paddlin'.

[@BornFlunky]

Huh. There's a deleted video in the Jimquisition playlist. Anyone know what that's about?

[@Shishkahuben]

Jim just keeps on ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN

[@freakishuproar1168]

LIMP LOBSTER KEEPS ON ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN

[@slapshotsd]

i want that condensed into a short reaction video so badly.

[@maliceflare]

i have a feeling it's much more financially feasible for Valve to have "Jim Sterlings" do the vetting of garbage developers than to regulate a free market on the PC space themselves... so, on top of your Patreon, you should have a stipend from Valve...

[@jesuszamora6949]

Malice Flare Stipend? Valve just needs to put him on the payroll.

[@ReddKnight10]

"You trying to trigger me fat boy?"

[@StormsparkPegasus]

Things have fallen a lot way since this. Nowdays, studios like Bethesda call people liars when they give bad reviews.

[@BloodoperaBlackvomit]

That Eric Bischoff entrance theme.... nice touch.. love that one.. so heelish.

[@Peter]

psssst... it's free rea- I mean capitalism

[@havoc3434]

And I for one welcome our new crabby...er...crab overlord.

[@dorpth]

Netflix needs to do the same thing. They desperately need a "filter out obviously shitty Asylum/SyFy level horror/sci-fi movies" button because holy shit they make up 70% of their catalog right now and I don't even want to bother sorting through it all whenever I remember that I still have a Netflix subscription that I'm getting closer to canceling every day.

[@MarquisForneus]

Has Jim become a Daemonette?

[@Spanners_]

Marquis Forneus where do you think he gets his sexy figure from? How could one person be so sexy without selling their immortal soul to Slaanesh

[@Spanners_]

laz kar and with the rage he gets from dealing with shitty devs and his need to crush them under his heel, Khorne is probably involved as well

[@TheDaFort]

He has been in cahoots with KZbin and Steam at times plotting new ways to destroy his enemies so Tzeentch could have been helping him. At this point in time he may as well be Chaos undivided and have received the blessings from all the Chaos gods.

[@jotabeas22]

BURN THE HERETIC

[@Spanners_]

TheDaFort if we want to go further, Jim being so cunningly Brutal he probably has connections with Gork and/or Mork, he doesn't discriminate

[@ZechsMerquise73]

Today in shitty game developers and publishers: Albion online official release date was today, July 17th.. They just didn't tell anyone launch day was only for people who paid $100 for early access. Launch day 2 is fo people who paid $60, and Launch day 3 is for people who paid $30... Actual public release day is July 20th.

[@manticore6963]

Why in the motherfucking Name of Dog would someone pay 100 Bucks, just to play a Game 3 Days earlier? Or better Question, what kind of Shithead thinks, Poeple would pay Money for three Days earlier Access?

[@AlwaysANemesis]

You'd be surprised, friend. _You'd be surprised._

[@manticore6963]

But I don't want to be surprised. Iwant to keep that tiny shred of Hope in Human Intelligence.

[@Haan22]

I bet they had quite a few takers for those early day access spots. People are morons.

[@JoPeTuYaTroJoueY]

even better : Kinguin is selling DESTINY 2 BETA KEY for 1$/€ !! just to get access 3 day before the open beta ://

[@ArkosMan]

Man it's "fun" to watch this video after valve saying that they are not going to do anything now.

[@Prophet6000]

lmao that part with the switch voice chat.

[@jackofallfades2656]

Glad to hear you made a speedy recovery. Regardless of the invasiveness of the procedure I'm glad to hear you are back at it.

[@DarkinPunk]

Re-watching this episode, and as someone that had back surgery a month ago, I have no idea how you managed to be so lively and mobile so soon after your surgery, while I was mostly just laying in bed trying not to die from the pain. Jim, you truly are the Jim Fucking Sterling Son of people. Thank God for you! o7

[@BrandonAngelDragon]

Where's Jim? Why is Davy Jones cosplaying as Jim Sterling??? #BRINGJIMBACK #NOTMYJIM

[@madratthemighty]

As long as someone's political stance does not qualify as means to be banned (that would be censorship), I would agree that if the developer is harassing people or doing anything illegal on the site, their accounts should get the noose

[@mel0_archive498]

Not discriminating against certain political stances should be self-explanatory... "should". After a moment, I realized just how necessary such a qualifier seems to have become in the past couple years.

[@markoliimatainen2565]

If they start banning based on how devs behaves on twitter or youtube, its only matter of time they will include it to political stances too. Also those Jim examples of bad tweets, is useless, because anyone can fake them by editing the page with browser and take screenshots from those so the picture would look legit and non altered.

[@Eunostos]

Not letting peopel say stuff on your private service is, definitively, not censorship, princess.

[@EternalModerate]

That's kinda the thing, services like facebook, youtube, steam etc, can censor anything they want because its there service, but imho they should not.

[@Exigentable]

They own the service and have every right to pull any game at any time for any reason, as well as have Valve mods delete your comments, etc. Keep in mind that protection would be extended to opinions and stances you don't agree with. It's not censorship, it's just that you should make your political statements to your state house and senate reps, not preaching to the choir on the internet. $100 does not entitle you to a soapbox to sell your political opinions under the guise of a crap game. That's not a game developer, it's an activist who downloaded Unity and simply dragged and dropped everything into place, oh wait they wrote some god-awful dialogue! now it's art! lol, some people are really deluded. Again, keep in mind that protection would be extended to opinions and stances you don't agree with. Steam is a digital distribution service and I fully support them removing politically charged games that spread hate, as well as games pushing a political agenda on the other side of the spectrum. Censorship is what happens in China, you're being shown the door for ignoring the rules when you get banned from a forum, a service, a subreddit, etc. Relevant XKCD is the one where he explains that you're probably an asshole if you find yourself being "censored" in internet communities, be they forums or youtube comments, subreddits, whatever. p.s. nor does buying a game entitle you to spew your political opinions on other people in the game's discussion forum. You can and should be banned for derailing threads and/or posting off-topic threads.

[@Katzenkaiser4]

toxic from britney spears?^^

[@Knightess]

Can you imagine if a video game company didn't hire anyone for QC and just let any old bug through until enough people complained about it? Maybe that's what happened to AC: Unity. On a more serious note, I truly am glad to have you here, Jim. Despite all the crap idiots put you through, despite online harassment and law suits, despite health issues, you keep going. I find that truly inspirational. Thanks for always continuing to fight for what you believe is right.

[@b-spiral8314]

@15:43 is it bad that when he adds these parts to the videos, that I actually crack a genuine smile?

[@gijoel]

You're fighting the good fight, Jim. Keep it up.

[@theallinonegamer8482]

aright I know this is off topic but can we talk about Jim using a Britney spears song as background music BTW the song is toxic I had to look it up

[@Theo_Caro]

Yeah I recognized it... it was traumatizing.

[@abziehbild1984]

The All in one gamer Toxic is the fucking best!

[@thegoldencaulk2742]

I like it. It's appropriate, and plus Toxic is unironically a pretty good song.

[@theallinonegamer8482]

now we know that Jim keeps up to date with music

[@wrigglenightbug603]

The All in one gamer up to date? Wasn't Toxic from like the early two thousands

[@Red88Rex]

Yet another Jimquisition on this shit, when will Steam get it together? Also would have been awesome if you woke up from surgery with claws for hands....big....meaty....CLAWS!

[@Welcometotheslam5424]

I just discovered your channel Jim, It's Awesome!

[@MrTombombodil]

"Yeah, you just keep laughing I don't understa.." "BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS AMUSING"

[@SkatterBrain]

Dumping on customers will no longer be tolerated. Get a real job and dump on a customer, see what happens. How was that even up for debate?

[@BitchesLoveGoodra]

Guise of the Wolf, arguably the first of the shitty steam games, in retrospect is no where near the level of shit we saw towards steam greenlight's demise. The games by digital homicide and racist homephobic old australian man (I don't know his name) amoung hundreds of others make Guise of The Wolf feel like a genuine game you'd see on a marketplace.

[@iwanttoputkamuistoesinmymo5938]

I feel you jimbo. Gall bladder pain is the fucking worst. I went through the same thing about 2 months back but i havent gotten it removed yet. Hope you get better soon nigga

[@amy9249]

Paranautical Activity is actually pretty great and the dev is actually a pretty cool dude. He was frustrated with valve launching the game without properly updating the art. The death threat was in a tweet, and was never intended to be taken seriously. While I don't think he should have done it, I think many articles have blown up his reaction for them sweet sweet clicks. The game is now back on steam as "Paranautical Activity: Deluxe Atonement Edition."

[@StridesOfJustice]

Had never watched this one... you put everything into place. Quite honestly, thank God for you, you're a good reporter.

[@edeyboy2931]

Love your work, Jim